This is a fantastic video going into the creation of the score for Akira.

Kids these days honestly have a glut of cartoons to choose from, whereas my childhood was largely just toy commercials and Looney Tunes reruns.

What I’d like to see is more stuff like Persepolis and Waltz with Bashir on the small screen. More animated shows that aren’t action, or futuristic sci-fi, or raunchy comedies, but straight up dramas. Networks probably don’t see the justification in doing so if it won’t be fantastical, considering the production time…

That’s the point I’m always bringing up, Looney Tunes was made by adults for adults... there’s so many other examples of animation in western culture not specifically targeting kids, prior to the introduction of the Disney formula and the Saturday morning cartoon.

Well, not technically one, but Blood Machines on Shudder certainly feels like an attempt at a live-action Metal Hurlant story.

“Del Toro clearly chafes against such sentiments, especially in animation; while accepting the Golden Globe award last month for Best Animated Motion Picture for Pinocchio, he proclaimed that “animation is not just a medium for kids.” This comes after telling journalists at last year’s Toronto Film Festival that…

He’s cheesing his balls off!

I agree attitudes towards animation are mostly broadening, but there’s still a stigma. I know a few (lame) people who wrinkle their noses and say, “I don’t like cartoons.”

I have to admit, I chuckled at the wheeled support for his penis.

Yesterday Twitter’s main character was a guy who was furious that one of the Transformers was trans.

This figurine is believed to be 25,000 years old.

Would you care to see my etchings?

Cool World fails because Bakshi had a very specific story planned out (a horror noir set in the world of Dick Tracy/Sin City style crime/detective comics) and the studio mandated that he do a Roger Rabbit knock-off.

Also, the idea that Heavy Metal = major boobage spilled into the magazine which (pre-movie) was probably one of the most important works of SF ever published. Not just in comics but in the genre as a whole it was probably on equal footing with New Worlds in how it revitalized the game. Everyone from William Gibson to…

There’s a movie called Down and Dirty Duck that brings the phrase fuck a duck to life.

The real impact Avatar had was on the VFX industry, but rarely do I see someone online or hear someone IRL mention it’s one of their favorite series the same way they might talk about Star Wars, the MCU, LOTR etc. I don’t think there’s a tangible way to gauge cultural impact, but it certainly feels like an event that…

They’re being facetious.