Watership Down
TV Miniseries

With its first episode released on the 22nd December 2018,
Watership Down is a 4-part, CGI adaption of Richard Adams' novel of the same name.

The Parts (each 1 hr long) are as follows:

- The Journey
- The Raid
- The Escape
- The Siege

For more information, check out IDMB
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5670764/?ref_=ttmi_tt

Visit YouTube for a taster of this series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcyrhLLGaUE

What are your thoughts on the series?

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A Christmas Special update on some of the sites!

 

Windhowler and I have been adding more emoticons to the sites, including

 

Watership Down Source

Balto Source

Spirit Stallion Source

 

(Hopefully we can make some for the other sites during the holidays!)

 

And now for some creations with a Christmassy/wintery feel (both old and new) by members of the sites!

 

(Feel free to post any Christmas creations I either missed or you have recently made in the comments below!)

 

Bambi GIF animation by [...]

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THE LION KING TEASER TRAILER

Three days ago Disney gave us our first sneak peak trailer for the upcoming live action The Lion King remake. The film, which is a live action remake, is set to be released next summer on July 19th in the United States. Other countries will release on the 17th, 18th, 25th, 20th, and 26th. The latest release being in Italy on August 15th. To check the release date in your country, visit the IMDB page. 

 

The Lion King Source got a brand new optional design. Under The Stars is a dark theme inspired by various night scenes from the movies. It's dedicated for mobile users or people who just like to see darker colours on their site :)

The style should be now available on styles menu, located in the top left corner of the site banner. Enjoy :)

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I have removed all advertisement from Animation Source!

With new regulations and practices to follow becoming more and more complex and dramatically decreasing revenues, it has reached a point where it's no longer profitable for a "small" fansite to maintain those ads. Yes, the "free with ads" model of the web is slowly disappearing - which may or may not be a good thing depending on the situation.

Don't worry though! I started using ads when I quit my job, as a way to make sure I could at least get enough to pay for the server. I've become moderately successful with the videogames [...]

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New concept artwork and ideas for the film has been added to the site!

Including one of the early ideas: Spirit is taken to a mining town, where he is later used to pull coal carts underground.

 

The Mines

 

 

 

Spirit and some other horses get stuck in the mine and though the others loose hope, Spirit does not give up and tries to cheer them up by telling them about his homeland.

 

"This scene would have taken place moments after the images in the dark mine, and you can feel the change in mood. Ultimately the story [...]

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~***~    Late-ish Spring News for Spirit Source     ~***~

Lots of new merchandise has been added to the pages

https://www.animationsource.org/spirit/en/custom/&id_film=16&nump=5762

https://www.animationsource.org/spirit/en/custom/&id_film=16&nump=9272

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Windhowler and I have been working on some new emoticons . . .

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Characters from the original film "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron", the Spirit GBA game [...]

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I don't know if this has ever been shared on here before, as it isn't the latest in animated news, but last night I came across the Mickey Mouse animated shorts on Twitter.  If you're not familiar with this series, it first released on June 28th, 2013 on the Disney Channel.  The series is produced and directed by Paul Rudish, a man known for cartoon series such as Dextor's Labratory and The PowerPuff Girls. For the past four seasons of the series, seventy or so episodes have been released. These episodes can be found on the Mickey Mouse YouTube channel. 

I [...]

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 Windhowler and I have recently put together a new Spirit Source site style "Homeland" and it is now available to use!

It's still a work in process as there are some elements that need changing.

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HAPPY NEW YEARS![Fiona Hsieh, Disney]

We are pleased to release the newest Animation Source interview with Fiona Hsieh, a young and talented background artist who worked on Tangled: The Series. Organized and conducted by Nakou, you can check out the interview here on Tangled Source.

Click here to read the interview!

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