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KyoAni Taught Me What It Meant to Become Special

July 25, 2019December 30, 2019 Molly BrenanComments Off on KyoAni Taught Me What It Meant to Become Special

Remembering those lost in the attack at Kyoto Animation through their work.

EDITORS PICKS

Schoolhouse Rock Is Still the Best Explainer Video for Election 2016

By John Maher

This ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ clip — first aired 14 years ago — will tell you exactly how the United States works.

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15 Cartoon Dogs, Ranked From Worst to Best

By The Dot and Line

Meet the dogs who defined what it means to be a cartoon canine. They are heroes. They are our best friends.

How Our Icey Football Team Would Fare at the Winter Olympics

By The Dot and Line

These (mostly) animated ice hounds would have creamed the Pats—but they’d really thrive in these Olympic sports.

A Long Chat with Tom Smith, Designer and Animator of the New Short ‘Gleep Glorp and Lasertag’

By Rob Ryan

We chatted with Rocko's Modern Life storyboard artist Tom Smith about his and Justin Michael's new animated short "Gleep Glorp and Lasertag" (out this week!) plus what it's like to work on Seth Green's Robot Chicken and create a couch gag for The Simpsons.

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We Asked Neil deGrasse Tyson Why He Voiced a Pig on ‘Gravity Falls’

By John Maher

And other things you don’t know about the popular scientist and his cartoon career.

The Best American Animation Writing 2019

By The Dot and Line

A roundup of 15 of our favorite stories about cartoons published during the past year by outlets not called The Dot and Line...plus some extras.

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Don’t Make ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Live Action

By John Maher

If anyone ever casts Keanu Reeves as Spike Spiegel, I swear I’ll eat Eric! (And don’t even say the words “Joseph Gordon-Levitt” to me.)

Animate ‘The Godfather’ You Cowards

By Eric Vilas-Boas

Enough of the live-action adaptations of classic cartoons.

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10 Hidden Clues That Will Blow Your Mind When You Revisit ‘Gravity Falls’

By Ang Cruz

A series billed as "like 'Twin Peaks' for kids" is a show that keeps on giving in the mystery department.

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6 Ways to Celebrate Summerween

By Marley Crusch

Enjoy the fictional ‘Gravity Falls’ holiday in style—just like the Pines Family would.

2017 editorial | Editorial by MysteryThemes.