It is the most expensive animated film ever made, costing $260 million dollars. It's also the second-most expensive film ever made period, after Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. It's gotten an 88% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. And it has been called by many critics as Disney's best fairy tale since Beauty and the Beast.

That film, of course, is Tangled.

Tangled opened on November 24, 2010--the day before Thanksgiving. It was up against Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 1 for the weekend box office, and ended up losing, though only by about $1 million. [...]

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While trying to remove some members from the staff lists, I accidentally removed all the member table data...(Woops!)

Fortunately I had a backup from yesturday, so I managed to restore it the way it was, one day ago.

Which means you may have lost any change done to your profile meanwhile, and if you registered less than one day ago, you may have to do it again. Sorry for the inconvenience! I'll try to be more careful next time.

If your profile doesn't work the way it should, remember to log out, then log in, and everything should be fine.

At least I learned how to restore [...]

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The first issue of the Rescue Rangers comics from Boom Studios, "Worldwide Rescue", is OUT!

Only two words : GET IT!!!

The Animation Source Awards's was founded by Steet back in 2007 when he launched the "Balto Source Awards" back in 2007/08. The concept of the Awards was to place the spotlight on "unnoticed", but talented individuals who had created excellent work, whether it be artwork, fanfictions or videos. And unlike the Oscars, these awards are not popularity contests between users; they are awards to celebrate the works of talented members who have contributed to the sites sections. We hope, that this year; the Animation Source Awards can keep to it's original goals of being a "talent competition" [...]

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Just a quick reminder that Epic Mickey is released TODAY in the USA!!!

If you are a Disney fan, this is a MUST BUY. If you own a Wii and like good video games, this is a MUST BUY.

I'm playing it since a few days (it's been released on the 25th here in France), and I'm definitely not disappointed :)

Well, Darkwing #6 has been released since a few days already, and it includes a LOT of cameos from Disney stuff.

The most obvious one is on the front cover...

So yes, that's Goliath from Gargoyles. (and makes no doubt that this will get a new comic series soon too, but I never had any doubt about it) The thing is, everyone (including me) has been so much focused on that Goliath cameo, that they skipped another, well hidden...

Check the picture again! Don't you see it now?

Actually I HAD seen it, but I thought it was only my [...]

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I've been extremely surprised by the Animation Source visitors statistics lately...

There has been a 70% increase of visitors in 3 days!!!

No joke - this have NEVER happened before, in 6 years since Balto Source is online.

This is, obviously, a good news - but I was very suspicious. It seemed too big to be true, I thought that the Xiti statitics were bugged for some reason. Especially considering there was no external backlink that explained it.

But, seeing more than 250 visitors online at the same time yesturday (!!!), I understood that was real.

And now I got it. Is [...]

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The first theatrical trailer for the new Disney film "Winnie the Pooh" has been released. It gives away a little bit about the stories that the film will be exploring: Eeyore losing a tail and having to find a replacement, Pooh and friends going to find a "Backson", and what Christopher Robin does in the morning.

"Winnie the Pooh", slated for release in the US in July, and in the UK in April, is the newest adaptation of A.A. Milne's original stories. It is being animated by the best animators Disney has to offer,and from the looks of it, it's going to be a terrific film!

Just so everyone around here knows about it, I will have to repeat myself : the Darkwing Duck trade paperback, which collects the first four issues , is out TODAY in comic book stores as well as available directly on Boom Studios' site!

It's also available to preorder on Amazon.com

If you already got the individual issues, it may still be worth it, because it contains a two-pages essay on Darkwing from original creator Tad Stones, all the covers released, and artworks from artist James Silvani!

Get them because they're awesome, but also don't forget what [...]

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The voice actor of Wildcat, Pat Fraley, has sent me a voice clip of his audition for TaleSpin!

Click here to listen!

According to him, it was recorded for director Ginny McSwain, the year prior to Talespin hitting the air (which still seems strange to me, considering the content of the clip itself?) Nevertheless, this is awesome to hear "Wildcat" again :)

It's now official : the new project from Ron & John Musker (aka the directors behind Aladdin, The Princess & The Frog...) is an adaptation from one of the Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, "Mort" !

There were already rumors that Disney wanted to do very different things from now on, and this project confirms it.

I have never read the books myself, but I have fond memories of the two video games that were released in 1995/1997, which are (to me) two of the best point'n click adventures games ever made. And I wouldn't mind at all Disney to borrow some [...]

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I forgot to bookmark the link where I found that, but this Halloween, some people had some fun by...

...dressing themselves as Tale Spin characters! Pretty cool :)

First of all, Toy Story 3 was released on Tuesday on DVD and Blu-Ray. It is also available on iTunes, where on its first day of sales, it became the best-selling movie ever offered on the service. Reports of its first-day sales are not available yet, but Disney is confident that the movie will sell as well on DVD as it did in its theatrical run.

Next up, it looks like Who Framed Roger Rabbit is getting a sequel. The original movie was released in 1988, combining live-action as well as traditional animation. It received six Academy Awards, and is often deemed as the film that [...]

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NOTICE: THE EVENTS OF THIS EPISODE ARE FAKE! SOURCECAST IS STILL ALIVE AND WELL!

We are very sorry it had to end this way, but something has happened that has put Sourcecast into a hiatus until further notice. In our brief episode describing what happened, we explain that circumstances beyond our control have taken place, preventing our recording the show any longer.

Please listen to our newest episode, "Sourcecast: Happy Hallow--Oh Sweet Steet!" for more information

It's that time of month again. In our newest episode of Sourcecast, Rusty the Fox has temporarily left, being replaced by special guests Ahura Werewolf, UK - Ban Cat, and Conay. This was supposed to be a Halloween special, but we kind of got carried away. *shrugs in apology*

In this episode, we discuss the latest on Animation Source--including the additions of Aristocats and Watership Down Source--hear some British reviews of "Alpha and Omega", listen to some news about this years Animation Source Awards, get a sneak peak of a sequel to "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", and much, much [...]

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Yet another Youtube video featuring cartoons themes and, obviously, the Disney Afternoon themes!

It seems like the frenchies have noticed it immediately (and have already sent a LOT of reviews), but not this side!

Strange. Anyway, here's the news : there is a whole new section on the site, reviews! Just check for the link in every film / series section in the left menu.

So that's right, you can now review each of the films featured on the Animation Source sites!

This is something that I have been wanting to do for 6 years (no kidding, it was planned since the very first version of Balto Source), but now that there are a lot of film / series to talk about, this makes [...]

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That's right, I completely re did the layout. The old one was rather pink and bla. So come and check out the new layout!

Now that "The Duck Knight", first 4-part story arc is finished (if you didn't get it yet, the trade paperback is released in november!), it's time for a new one : "Crisis on Infinite Darkwings!"

This one pushes the Ducktales crossover line even a little more...! The preview of Darkwing #5, which is released TODAY in stores, can be found here :

Darkwing Duck #5 preview

Also, if you needed proof that this series is a success : Darkwing Duck #4 outsold #3, which already outsold #1 !!!

The series keeps gaining popularity and sales are beating all [...]

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Yes, it's that time of the month again...actually, for the first time, a second SourceCast episode has been posted this month: "Aniu Reloaded". In this episode, we have a special guest: Tovah_XOXO, who helped us out with a review of the recently-previewed "Legends of the Guardians", as well as helping us answer some old mailbag questions.

As always, this episode is hosted by Rusty the Fox, Aniu Caelestis, Swords of the Wolves, and yours truly, Skulblaka_Shur'tugal. And if you were wondering about the episode title, let's just say that Aniu was drinking Mountain Dew Code Red when [...]

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Two of the greatest Disney Afternoon sites have accepted to do a partnership with TaleSpin Source :

- The Darkwing Duck Blog, which has very quickly become a favorite of mine for getting all the news on the Darkwing Duck comics, and more!

- The Acorn Cafe, probably the oldest-running and most active boards for Chip'n Dale Rescue Rangers!

Be sure to check and bookmark them!

We were at Walmart on Friday night in the movie section. My husband pointed these videos out to me. I knew that you could get the Rescue Ranger videos online but at Walmart in the rural mid-west? Is this the result of the newly published comics? I will buy some next payday. There were several people standing around looking at them. Just thought this was way cool.

Since this is Halloween month, I decided to propose a fun challenge to all TaleSpin artists out there. As there already has been artworks of Rebecca and Baloo in Halloween costumes on TaleSpin Source, I would like to ask you draw and colorize the following characters in Halloween costumes: (Put them in a costume of your choice.)

Kit Cloudkicker   (may I suggest Jack Sparrow or William Turner for his costume?)
 
Molly Cunningham

Kit and the Jungle Aces

Wildcat

Louie

Don Karnage (May I suggest Barbosa for Karnage's costume, he is a pirate through and [...]

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(LONG news - click on "Read More" at the bottom!)

Darkwing Duck may be a Disney property, this doesn't change the fact that Disney itself wasn't much involved in the creation of the new comics. This is Boom! Studios idea, they are the ones who wrote the story, the artists who drew it, the ones who took the "risks", and Disney merely gave the "go ahead" to Boom (which is already a good thing!)

Also, you know that Disney has never really understood the potential of the Disney Afternoon. The only thing they did since the shows ended their run on syndication, is to release [...]

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Disney's Robin Hood may not be the most acclaimed film ever made by the company. In fact, it was made during the "darkest" period, a little while after Walt's death and a little before Disney's golden age in the 80's-90's. It had a very low budget and as such, they re-used a lot of animation from previous films.

That didn't prevent this film from becoming a cult one! It's, of course, the first major film that involved "furry" characters and is fondly remembered for that, but has more than enough qualities that helped it become the best version of this well-known tale.

So, [...]

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In an age where VHS tapes are forgotten, nobody knows what Laserdiscs are, and DVDs are all but yesterday, many people are turning to the high-definition of home entertainment--trying to replicate a movie theater as closely as possible. And with this, many companies are releasing their older movies on Blu-Ray for an unmatched clarity and clean-cut film that has been unseen since their original release in theaters.

Disney is no exception: recently, they released their "Diamond Edition" for Beauty and the Beast, continuing on with a tradition that started with Sleeping Beauty of [...]

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A TaleSpin fan on the web has used some 3D software to recreate Louie's place :

The 3D rendition itself is not bad, but this reminds me just how much I would NOT want to see a TaleSpin CGI series...

Currently on Ebay, the TaleSpin original soundtrack CD by Christopher L.Stone is available (that's a rare new/unopened copy! and remember that there were produced in very limited quantity, something like a hundred...) Of course the starting bid is pretty high (25$) and I expect this to sell at a good price.

Today the fourth episode of SourceCast is being published. Many of you older members remember this, a fan-made podcast celebrating Animation Source and all of its sites. The last episode published was back in March, but now the Sourcecasters are back, with their newest episode "Losing a Son, Gaining a Daughter...wait..."

The SourceCast is run by four Animation Source members: Founder Aniu Caelestis, Chief Caster Rusty the Fox, Caster the Great Swords of the Wolves, and myself Skulblaka_Shur'tugal.

SourceCast began with Episode 1, "The Arrival", on October 8, 2009--almost [...]

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That's a pleasant surprise : less than a month ago, new TaleSpin DVDs have been released, and (as far as I know) for the first time outside of the USA!

In total, seven DVDs have been released, each containing 4 episodes for a 9€ price (which isn't cheap...)

It seems it's also the first Disney Afternoon series to be released in this country (yeah for choosing TaleSpin!!!)

I hope this means that the same could happen in other European countries. (it seems they got the Lilo & Stitch series several months before it was released in France, so maybe the same [...]

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A TaleSpin fan (Marc Teichert) has re-released his TaleSpin tribute soundtrack video (in HD), for the 20th year anniversary of TaleSpin. If you didn't see it yet, you should! If you've already seen it, you should see it again!

I just updated my Firefox and noticed the Persona possibility (that I didn't use before) I just wondered if someone had made a Talespin persona, and coincidence : someone added one a few days ago! If you use Firefox, go to that link to use this theme :

http://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/persona/294741

Another fan, Axel16, has [...]

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Today is a celebration day! 20 years ago, both a new series and a new program aired for the first time, and became famous...

Happy Birthday to TaleSpin and the Disney Afternoon!!!

Well Talespin fans . . . for those of you who have not sent an e-mail or request to Boom yet this is your chance to tell them just how much we want a Talespin comic!!! Please read the link below and remind them we are still out here.

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/09/03/chip-n-dale-rescue-rangers-comic-on-the-way-from-boom/ 

Strange things happen sometimes...

Some of our youngest folks here probably don't remember it, but the Disney Afternoon program was the most watched cartoons in Disney history. There were Ducktales, Gummi Bears, Darkwing Duck and TaleSpin, all awesome in their own kind.

They're a big part of the Disney golden age in the 90's! Maybe even more than the films...

And there also was Chip'n Dale Rescue Rangers. Here's to refresh your memory :

(and I strongly recommend everyone not knowing these Disney shows to watch some episodes on Youtube!)

Then, after these [...]

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I have noticed that, even though this place was pretty active one or two months ago, lately, it's like we're in a ghost town.

Maybe that's the effect of vacation for most of you, but : you can't fool me! The database shows that most of you are still visiting the site every day, and according to the Xiti statistics, this site has never had so many visitors.

So, why is no one posting on the forums, talking on the shout box, posting comments, and helping on the VS?

I would really like to understand. I know very well everyone has a life, but still, posting one little message [...]

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The most famous mouse is coming back, in a fairly unexpected way. I talked about this almost one year ago, and it has come a long way since then!

Epic Mickey is a Wii exclusive video game featuring the Disney character. In this game, Mickey is back to his 1920's form, and...he's no more the "perfect model", bland character that we've known since more than 20 years.
Well, I'll just let you watch the opening scene so that you get the picture :



As you can see, it features a lot of Disney "forgotten" elements and characters such as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (Walt's first character), The [...]

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The wait is (almost) over : The Lion King has finally been officially announced for a release on Bluray. It will come Fall 2011! Which should give you all the time to get a Bluray player (I still don't, myself ^^)

See this trailer below :

Also, to give you a taste of what it will look like, I had access to an HD version of the film and posted more than 600 high-resolution screenshots of the first film! They will replace the old (bad quality) ones. Here are some samples of what you will find in the gallery (click on them to expand) :

Advice : [...]

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Here are some things Talespin related I have found in the past few months, but didn't share yet :

- Found a Don Karnage merchandise plane, that looks pretty cool on Ebay :

- Here's a very cute Baloo plush in his Talespin version, still on Ebay :

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- Talking about merchandise, that one is probably a very rare and expensive one! It's a russian-made Baloo costume.

- A Talespin pin's (try to say that several times...) The particularity is that it has been made recently! "This pin was part of a set of the 5 Disney Afternoon pins released by the Disney [...]

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For most of you animation fans, summer ends in just a few weeks--maybe even days if you're going off to college like me. I feel like Andy in Toy Story 3, complete with my vintage Toy Story action figures. But enough about that. Time for the stuff you're all wanting to read. (By the way, thank you steet for making "Lady and the Tramp Source". It's one of my favorite films of all time.)

First off, I want to inform you with something that might come as a shock, at least if you were looking forward to this as much as I did. It would appear that Beauty and the Beast's 3D re-release in [...]

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Hey, it's been a few long months since the last Animation Source site opened.

This one is sure to be a favorite for all dog fans around here : please welcome Lady & The Tramp Source, a site dedicated to the 1955 well-known film from Disney!

You can now congratulate MightyBalto1925 (graphics) and Sardonyx (content) for their hard work! It only took them two weeks to make this site, and even though I was not much involved, it looks just as good as the others!

Be sure to bookmark it :

https://www.animationsource.org/lady_tramp/en/

With this new site, I'm going to [...]

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Tom Cloudkicker of the Cloudkicker Message Board has recently extended his Cloudkicker fandom to FaceBook, where we basically do the same thing as we do on CMB -- share artwork of TaleSpin or Disney in general characters, news about things relating to TaleSpin or Disney or just simply post your opinions and expres your feelings in the area of Disney or TaleSpin

Please go here to join:

CLOUDKICKER on FaceBook

And invite your friends to join too!

UPDATE : Adding to the topic, Jymn answered most remaining questions in the "Ask the creators" section! Go check them out!

Jim Hill Media, a blog which always offers interesting news on Disney, has just published an article on Jymn Magon and the history of the Disney Afternoon.

This is also a reminder that Jymn's first webinar is this week end, so if you're interested, be sure to register! More information here.

Just in case you hadn't noticed yet, I have added 5 "new" TaleSpin comics in the section with the same name. These are pretty short, but still interesting ones.

He're to hoping that we can get real NEW (and better / canon) TaleSpin comics soon!

That's a long news, so be sure to click "Read more"!

Universal released its first CGI film this month, and it's...a huge success. Despicable Me is probably the biggest surprise this year, as it generated 118M$ in only two weeks (yes, more than Princess & The Frog during its whole lifespan), while it was produced (in France) for a very small 60M$ budget.

It seems nowadays every company is doing better than Disney...the complete opposite of what happened in the 80-90s, when every animated film would fail, one after the other, when there wasn't written "Disney" on it. Any logic [...]

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I have upgraded the text editor on the site, which is used when sending PMs, editing your profile, writing fanfics, articles etc...

It used to be FCKEditor 2.0, but it has been renamed to CKEditor for version 3. (Ok, I think no one cares)

The thing is, there is a new graphical interface (which is much nicer IMO, and with a different color on each site), but also a new file/image browsing interface, which is MUCH more practical (thumbnails, renaming, deleting files...)

NB : Somebody has reported having problems with computers slow down, with the SCAYT spelling corrector, tell [...]

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EDIT!!! see below

While the results from the past two days are not yet in, there is enough information for me to inform you...

Toy Story 3  is the highest-grossing film of the year!

Well, to be more specific, it is ONE of the highest-grossing films of the year. In the United States, it has grossed, as of July 4, $301,883,298. That is the third-most of the year, behind Iron Man 2 with $308,530,297 and Alice in Wonderland with $334,185,206. However, this is only as of July 5--this past Monday. As it is now Wednesday, Box Office Mojo has placed Toy Story 3's Tuesday [...]

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I have always found strange that The Jungle Book has never been featured in a Kingdom Hearts game. (I'm sure some of you play these games! And if you don't, you should)

Well, actually, it was meant to appear in the first Kingdom Hearts, but was eventually removed because they already had a "jungle-based" world (Tarzan).

But what I didn't know is that it was also meant to appear in the upcoming Kingdom Hearts : Birth By Sleep game. Some people have found scrapped rooms on the game disk, and you can see that on this video :

We don't know the reasons why it was deleted. [...]

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A long, long time ago...there used to be a RSS feed for the news posted on Balto Source.

But that little function went broken, so when I created Animation Source, I decided to scrap it until I get the time to fix it.

And now, it's back! Every site has a separate RSS file which allows to list the 20 most recent news. You can now add it in your favorites syndication readers, such as Netvibes, your IPhone/IPad/ISomething or even directly in your browser. You'll find the link at the bottom of the page. So now, you can be alerted when there's a news posted on the site, without having to [...]

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I would TOTALLY buy this if I had money! I have seen these Baloo dolls before but have never seen the package it came in. How cool can this get! Someone buy this and then show me the pictures of the package.

cgi.ebay.com/NRFB-Disneys-Tale-Spin-Giant-Baloo-Figure-Doll-Jungle-/350369447883

It has just been announced that Disney is working on a 3D version of The Lion King, from one of the workers behind the project (Don Hahn)

This isn't a CGI version (phew! thank you my lord) but of course a stereoscopic version of the same Lion King film we already know, adding depth to the picture.

This follows the 3D conversion of Beauty & The Beast getting the same treatment, which was originally planned for 2010 but has been pushed to next year. All the people who have watched some screenings of the 3D version of B&TB said that it was "amazing", maybe even better than the [...]

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I have just discovered that a Disney Rescue Rangers game has been released, for mobile phones! The game is published and developed by a Russian company (Dynamite Pixels)

The game can be downloaded for free (!!!) on this page. In order to download it, you'll need to connect directly with your mobile phone, with a Wap connexion. At least, that's the normal way.

The thing is, I wasn't able to download it on my mobile phone (I was stuck on the "choose your provider" empty list), so I just took some of my technical skills to work around everything and get [...]

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Today, around the world, Pixar's 11th full-length motion picture, Toy Story 3, was released. I'm sure a lot of you have been waiting a long tome to see it; for people who first saw Toy Story 2 in theaters, they've been waiting the better part of eleven years--including myself. In celebration of this movie, I want to take a moment to remember Pixar Animation's films.

First of all, I would like to bring to your attention that, before 1995, animated movies only existed in two genres: those made by Disney, and those not made by Disney. Of these two catagories, the Disney films are by far [...]

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I just realized that I still didn't write a news about this, even though that's probably one of the things that I'm the most looking forward this year.

After 15 years since the end of the show, and nothing new since then (save for the DVD release), Darkwing Duck comes back TODAY!!!

Not as a TV series, mind, you, but as a comic book. This is published by Boom Studios!, and these are all-new stories involving that crazy superhero duck of Disney. Darkwing Duck will be an ongoing monthly release, and the quality seems high level. Judge by yourself :

And as a good news never comes [...]

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Meeting in the Talespin Source Shoutbox. We are meeting to discuss the Virtual Season Project and anything Talespin related, or off-topic so we can all get to know each other.

every Sunday at 19:00 GMT

Check this to know the GMT time :

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/

(For example, in France, it means it would be at 21:00, and in Mexico at 13:00)
 

Here's something that (I hope) will allow more people to come and join the sites. You know, most people are lazy when it comes to creating an account on a site, which is why I have now added a "Facebook connect" button to make this easy.

It's simple : if you have a Facebook account, you can click on that and you'll automatically become a member on Animation Source!

Needless to say, you need to own a Facebook account first, but seriously, who doesn't nowadays...
Facebook connect can also be convenient for all of you who are already members here : by associating your Facebook account with [...]

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As early as 1934, Walt Disney started persuing the idea of a full-length animated feature film. He and his team of nine animators got together for a meeting in early 1935 and discussed ideas. They finally settled on two stories in particular: the story of Snow White, and a movie based on Felix Salton's novel A Life in the Forest--later to be known as "Bambi".

Production began immediately on "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", and in a remarkable amount of time, the film was completely finished within just under three years. Snow White became the highest-grossing film at the time, [...]

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Like PrtyWatrPrincess, I too like to browse through eBay for TaleSpin RARE  goodies.  And what I found are instead RARE and are very rarely found in Goddwill stores, Collector's stores, Flea Markets, etc.  Here are what I [...]

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Honestly, I have never seen anything spreading as quick as the "Like" button on the web. I mean, Facebook added that only one or two months ago, and almost all of the sites that I visit regularly have already integrated this...

Well, as much as I don't like the vision of having "Facebook as the center and all the other sites contributing to it", and even though I tend to refuse relying on "external" sites, it's not much a choice. And maybe it could even be a good thing for Animation Source.

So, now you will find a "Like" button pretty much everywhere on here. For example, if you like a [...]

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I have finally added something that was missing from the sites since I revamped the news system : the possibility to find and read the older news.

Now you'll be able to do this by clicking on the links at the bottom of the news (just above the "What's new on the site") This goes as far as 2004 for Balto Source.

Especially be sure to read them if you're a newcomer on the site. But also read them if you're an old member. Because sometimes, it's very nice to read them a few years later, you may see things differently :)

The USA citizens are very lucky to have Hulu.com, a site which offers to watch many films and series online for free and LEGALLY.

Well they've added the ADGTH series! I think this is recent (or at least, I didn't know about that) and I believe that's a very good thing to make them available for everyone who never got the chance to see such old cartoons. It's far from being a masterpiece (bad animation, among other things) especially when compared to the films, but I think it's still enjoyable and a must-see for the fans.

Is this a hint that they intend to bring the franchise back? I [...]

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Talespin T-shirt! Found while surfing the net. This Talespin shirt is charcoal gray, for a while Hot Topic had some blue shirts for sale. They sold out rather quickly, which kept me from purchasing one. This I one I am going to buy!

www.80stees.com/products/TaleSpin-Shirt.asp

A new game has been announced from Disney Interactive Studios, the gaming company responsible for over twenty years' worth of Disney-related computer games. The game, a branch-off of "Disney: Sing It!" is called "Sing It: Family Hits".

The game will be available on Sony PlayStation3 and Nintendo Wii, and will arrive sometime this summer. It will feature karaoke songs from several well-known Disney films, both old and new. A few movies whose songs are included in the game really caught my attention, such as "Mary Poppins", "The Jungle Book", and "Cinderella", and then [...]

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Today I have added around , "I Only Have Ice For You" and "From Here To Machinery".

"I Only Have Ice For You" is remarkable for being one of the first episodes produced and animated, which explains why many parts of the series introduction include footage from it.

Also, it's technically the very first Talespin episode being aired on TV, as it was shown in may 1990 (yes, you've noticed it : this is exactly 20 years ago!), a few months before the official release of the series which was in september.

I've been saying for a long while that there should be partners sites on here. Well I'm proud to announce our first partner to cover all the Animation Source sites : Keyframe Online!

This is a site which gives information on a lot of animated films and series, and which allows to post reviews on them. Be sure to take a look!

This is kinda interesting to see which DTV film is rated first in the Top 5, and which TV series is rated first too

The site is also accessible withing the "Partners" section in the left menu, on which all partners will be listed.

 On [...]

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I've been working on creating an interface to make forum styles (just like it works for the site), and I have experimented it by making a new forum style for the Talepin sections, to match the site style.

OK, it's a bit green-ish (too much?) but I still like it more than the original "grey" one. What's your opinion? Things to improve?

Greetings fellow TaleSpin fan! You may be interested to know that a group of fans are currently working to produce a !

Why produce a Virtual Season for TaleSpin? Well, because it ended after only 65 episodes with no conclusion, and it has so much potential! The writing and character dynamics were always spot-on and the stories and plots were entertaining for kids and adults alike. Many TaleSpin fans, especially myself, would like to see new episodes produced to carry on this awesome series, which led us to create a Virtual Season.

How will the Virtual Season be handled? [...]

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Up until the late 1920, all animated films were silent films. The oldest full-length film still in existence is The Adventures of Prince Achmed, from Germany. It used stop-motion photography to film shadows as if they were moving on their own. Meanwhile, in the United States, Walt Disney had already invented Mickey Mouse, which became a national phenomenon. In 1928, Disney used a process of synchronizing picture and sound to create the very first animated short with audio: Steamboat Willie. The outstanding welcoming of Mickey Mouse into the lives of people all over the world caused [...]

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What is webranking?

Search engines rank the sites, according to the site content of course, but also according to the number of pages that links to the site.
To get a good rank, a site must be linked from a very large number of other sites (at least, this is how most of the search engines work, and the primary criterion of Google - thats why it's so important)
These links are called "backlinks". The more backlinks a site has, the best it is ranked! (and of course, the primary goal of a link is also to bring visitors)

And needless to say : the best a site is ranked, the most visitors [...]

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As we continue down our road of history, let's take a look at the first full-length animated films of all time. Contrary to popular belief, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs actually was not the first animated movie. The first movie was El Apostol, an Argentinian film released in 1917. The film lasted at 70 minutes, but unfortunately does not exist now, as no copies of the film have been found, even after decades of searching.

<--The only surviving frame from El Apostol.

Ironically, the next animated film made is a lost film as well: Without a Trace, also from Argentina. Around this time, [...]

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This is a new series of articles I'm starting to post. I decided it would be fun if you Sourcers could look into the history of animation with me. In this section, I will be discussing how animation existed before modern technology.

You'll have to go on a journey with me back in time--way back in time. Back to the ancient Egyptians.

^This is a mural on a Pyramid wall, depicting a burial.^

The Egyptians stumbled upon animation when they decided to try setting up several images in a row, each slightly different. Then they ran by the images, looking at the wall as they went. [...]

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I was searching Ebay again today and found this neat Don Karnage toy. It is still in the orginal box and the seller has posted pictures of the front and back of the box.

Front and back of Colonel Spigot.

The back has Themberia spelled Zambria. Have we been wrong all this time?

Talespin Colonel Spigot action figure

This is with so many regrets that I'm officially closing my so-wonderful site...You see, I expected a lot more visitors, so this is a complete disappointment, and I'm devastated...

...Ok, the joke's over, happy April Fools everyone! I hope not too many of you are blind now (oh, and the Animation Source shout box is back too)

I just wanted to show you that there's nothing worse than following demographics statistics when it comes to making a cultural product, yet that's what every company nowadays is doing!

And that's exactly what I despise the most in our current world. When [...]

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As the Article about the cartoon qualities mentioned, there has been a few shows that taught the kids a lesson at the end of some episodes, which includes:

Turtles Tips from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gqeiJ-2BZQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEfsGImhVgQ&annotation_id=annotation_277033&feature=iv

Sonic Says from the Adventure of Sonic the Hedghog  [...]

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I have made some statistics on the members of Animation Source, and I have noticed that the main demographic is : Girls (10 to 15 years), with 72% of share.

So I had the awesome idea to make a site dedicated to YOU : I am very proud to present you the newest and best site I have ever made, Girls Fashion Source!

https://www.animationsource.org/girls/en/

This is the site for your every need : shopping, fun, makeup, more shopping, love, games, and so much more!!!

What are you waiting for? Click on the link to enter it! You will say WOW!

Oh and be sure to bookmark it of [...]

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I occasionally check up on Talespin stuff on e-bay. There is the usual games or VHS videos. I found two interesting items on e-bay today that I have never or rarely seen.

I have only seen a picture of this toy plane that Don Karnage flew. This is a large toy plane not the little McDonald Happy Meal toys that I see on Ebay all the time.

Ebay : Don Karnage Plane

Maybe everyone has a Kit Cloudkicker mask in the back of their closet but I have never see one before.

Neat Items!

 In case you haven't noticed there has been some activity going on around the website. Three new articles and a gamebook have been posted.

Gamebook "Molly's Revenge"

Gamebook was inspired by Talespin cartoon "Mollycoddled." Can Molly chase away Rebecca's new boyfriend?https://www.animationsource.org/talespin/en/view_fangbook/Molly_s_Revenage/110236.html

"Cartoon Quality Gone Down"

This article by KitCloudkicker52885 should really make you sit up and think about the junk that kids are watching today. What happened to cartoons that had a purpose other than entertaining. Where have all [...]

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Yes, the Disney Afternoon CD soundtrack is officially available on the ITunes store! If you live in the USA, then you shouldn't miss that opportunity to get it *legally*.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-disney-afternoon-songbook/id272257989

I have added a new "Partners" section (in the left menu), which aims at giving direct access to other Talespin-related fansites as well as improving the site popularity/webranking.

Our first partner is "Cloudkicker's Message Board", which is another Talespin active forum that I suggest you to visit :)

I have also corrected a bug with the "Comics/books" link in the left menu that would stay "New" even after visiting it. Now you'll only have to visit it once again and the "New" should disappear.

Following our line of "What the heck are they doing", Disney has announced they will be closing down the ImageMovers Digital studios that they had opened 3 years ago. This studio only produced one film : the very recent "A Christmas Carol", who "only" generated 300M$ internationally (yes, nowadays, that's not enough...)

I have never been a real fan of Zemeckis' "undead/Resident Evil"-like characters, but it always seem a strange decision to close a studio after the release of only ONE film.
The studio will produce another film before it's closed though : Mars Needs Moms, which [...]

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When I announced the newest Animation Source sites, I said there would be dedicated staff working on them. Well, it has taken me some time, but now I was able to create a system that will help managing the sites. But nothing can works without some volunteers!

So, here are the changes :

Princess & The Frog Source :
minespatch => Global moderator, News, Site editing (changing poll, selection of the week)
Skulblaka_Shur'tugal => Manage reports, Shout box mod

Talespin Source :
PrtyWatrPrincess => Global mod, News, Site editing (Changing poll)
KitCloudkicker52885 => Global mod, [...]

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I have posted another french Talespin (Super Baloo) comic, which (I believe) has never been released in other countries.

The name is "The Wrong Culprit". I haven't translated it - if someone is interested in doing it, this would be greatly appreciated!

You can download it in the page.

- Recently I was talking about the cancelled "King of elves" and "Snow Queen" at Disney. Well one of the previously announced Pixar project, "Newt", seems to be cancelled too. Which makes us wondering even more : what's going on out there?

- Enchanted 2 is on its way  : I really didn't think that one to be the kind to get a sequel...seemed like the story was complete, to me. But I kinda liked the first one. (though a bit "girlish") But : will it be partly animated like the original?

- I found a page which explains more about the closure of [...]

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Recently, I've read a lot of news on many sites (especially animators sites), in order to know "what's coming". And I have found many "behind the scenes" (mostly Disney related) , that I thought were enough important to share :

- Universal has closed down their "Universal Animation Studios" facility since mid-2009. I'm not sure how to understand this news, because it seems they're still making CGI films though not indoors ("Despicable Me" is coming soon), but we DO know that they stopped making anymore Land Before Time sequels and series. So yes, we can safely assume that the facility [...]

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You'll be able to find some more 200.

Also, I have posted a new poll on the left menu : I would like to know how many of you actually own the packs or cassettes!

Did you notice the "NEW" icons appearing sometimes on the left menu?

Well, this is to indicate when there is a new content in the associated section. But, even more precise, it's a personal one, just like it works to indicate new topics on the forums (ex : when there are new fanarts submitted, you will see a "NEW" in the menu; when you will have entered the section, the "NEW" will disappear until there's new content again - you'll need to be registered and connected in order for this work)

Why adding this? Because this way you'll be enclined to check all the sections of the site, [...]

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UPDATE : The server migration is complete! If you catch any bug, please report it on the bugs report forums topic. Thanks!

This is just a little information note, to warn that the sites will migrate to a new server this week end. (NO, the previous update was a huge site code and database update, but the site still runs under the same old Pentium 4 since years)

As such, there may be trouble connecting on the sites - and actions you will do during the migration might be lost afterwards. We'll try to get this going as smooth as possible, though.

The new server should be able to [...]

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I just posted a link to a nice Talespin Czech site you probably don't know :

http://letohratky.wz.cz/

Interesting (even if you don't understand a word, like me! )

It took me a while, but I have finished writing my article about the first design of the Talespin characters - because yes, they were originally truly different from our beloved ones!

Read the article : Talespin characters old design

Also, if you didn't know already, Don Karnage is featured in one of the Raw Toonage series episode, and that one is available on Youtube!

Read the article : Don Karnage in Raw Toonage

Recently I used the site with a "low" resolution screen (1024*768, which most visitors still use!), and noticed that the "user bar" was taking a lot of height space for "nothing". I have also studied where people clicked, and very few people used the links under the banner, except for the News and Forums ones.

So, I have simplified the site display by moving the "users" links under the banner. They're all there, except for the "Friends list" that you can now access within the Private Messages page. (not enough space to fit)

Also, when you're not connected, use the "log in" button [...]

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Some members are organizing an Animation Source Awards event : you can nominate the best artists in each category, and if enough people vote for them, they get an award!

Each site gets specific rewards. Here's a list :

Overall Awards:
Wolf Award - The most responsible newbie and one who has shown great pleasure in his or her first month here.
Lion Award - The member who's the most active, while posting useful messages.
Dog Award - The member who posts very few messages, but also the most interesting ones.
Bear Award - Funniest member.
Princess Award - Most helpful member.
Spirit Award - The [...]

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So here it is, 2010...Wow. How time flies. I really didn't see the 2000 years pass (but that's also due to the fact there haven't been as many good things happening compared to the 80's and 90's, be it movies, video games or anything...or bad world situation, economical or ecological...but I digress)

Here at Animation Source, I have many things to work on; although the most urgent is probably to organize the sites maintenance, especially for the new sites. If there's nothing new, I can't expect people to visit the sites regularly, right?

There needs to be very regular updates on each [...]

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