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If Warner Bros. Won’t Put Us Up at the Cartoon Network Hotel or Pay Us Sweet, Sweet Cash, It Should at Least Let Us Live in Its Water Tower

April 28, 2020May 4, 2020 The Dot and LineComments Off on If Warner Bros. Won’t Put Us Up at the Cartoon Network Hotel or Pay Us Sweet, Sweet Cash, It Should at Least Let Us Live in Its Water Tower

Look, this is pretty self-explanatory. What do you want, a road map?

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Kimson Albert Nicknames, Ranked (Pt. II)

August 29, 2019December 30, 2019 John MaherComments Off on Kimson Albert Nicknames, Ranked (Pt. II)

The animation director is now at ‘OK K.O.!-Let’s Be Heroes,’ where his tradition of taking a choice quote from each episode as a nickname in the credits continues. We’ve ranked them here.

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An Urgent Question About ‘ThunderCats’ (1985)

June 4, 2019March 21, 2020 Nicole OrtizComments Off on An Urgent Question About ‘ThunderCats’ (1985)

IS IT STILL GOOD!?

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Warner Kids Dish Deets on Pix Biz

May 30, 2019December 30, 2019 John MaherComments Off on Warner Kids Dish Deets on Pix Biz

With a little shade for the trades.

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What Would Maes Hughes Do?

April 4, 2019May 6, 2019 Eric Vilas-BoasComments Off on What Would Maes Hughes Do?

An incomplete list.

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‘Really Wild Animals’ Turns 25 Today

October 24, 2018December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on ‘Really Wild Animals’ Turns 25 Today

The world is burning and melting. Poor Spin would be in anguish. And yet this show still inspires, in its sumptuously silly way.

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Is the ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Food Truck Any Good?

October 23, 2018May 6, 2019 Gilcy AquinoComments Off on Is the ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Food Truck Any Good?

One intrepid reporter found out for us at New York Comic Con.

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Why ‘Breath of the Wild’ Is a Ghibli Movie: A Legal Resolution

October 1, 2018May 6, 2019 The Dot and LineComments Off on Why ‘Breath of the Wild’ Is a Ghibli Movie: A Legal Resolution

Like, really, it’s ‘Castle in the Sky’ fan fiction. In the best way.

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BoJack Horseman Declares: No More Crossover Episodes

September 27, 2018December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on BoJack Horseman Declares: No More Crossover Episodes

Another day, another Twitter tantrum from the ‘Philbert’ star.

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Harvey Birdman Is Back to Save America From a Tyrant. Guess Which.

September 20, 2018December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on Harvey Birdman Is Back to Save America From a Tyrant. Guess Which.

Did you get that thing that they sent you? It’s a White House summons this time, Mr. Birdman.

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EDITORS PICKS

The Dot and Line, Which Took on Tales of Toons, Dies at 4

By The Dot and Line

The website grew over the course of four years from scrappy, puckish up-and-comer to perhaps the best cartoon journalism publication on the internet. (Fight us!)

Mamoru Hosoda’s ‘Mirai’ Finds the Magic in Simplicity

By Ari Howorth

The film’s singular focus creates a profound meditation on the responsibility that family demands and the little decisions that make up the tapestry of life.

Animate ‘The Godfather’ You Cowards

By Eric Vilas-Boas

Enough of the live-action adaptations of classic cartoons.

15 Things Brandon Vietti Learned Directing Batman, Young Justice, and Scooby-Doo: Exclusive

By Eric Vilas-Boas

After almost two decades, working on the movies starring the heroes he grew up watching…is still pretty cool.

Eric Hasn’t Watched ‘Twin Peaks’ or ‘Lonesome Dove’ So He Can Shove It

By John Maher

A rebuttal in quotes from these two seminal series.

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Steve Conte Looks Back on ‘Bebop’ and Working With Yoko Kanno: Exclusive

By Eric Vilas-Boas

An exclusive interview with the show’s English-language male singer looks back on the show’s music, its legacy, and his other anime projects.

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‘Dragon Ball Super: Broly’ Is Brolic, Bro

By John Maher

‘Dragon Ball Super: Broly’ is even more over-the-top than we could have believed.

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Inside the Passion of ‘Batman: The Animated Podcast’: Exclusive

By Eric Vilas-Boas

Two decades after the genre-defining show ended, Justin Michael is the evangelist that 'Batman: The Animated Series' needs and deserves.

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A Close Reading of the Art of “Adventure Time: Islands”

By Evan Fleischer

Now that ‘Adventure Time’ has ended, let’s look back on one of its best collections of episodes.

Here’s What Would Happen if Elsa From Frozen Played the Super Bowl

By The Dot and Line

If Elsa from ‘Frozen’ led a team of ice-themed football players to the Super Bowl, they'd freeze out the Pats.

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