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- Miyazaki Week: "My Neighbor Totoro" as a Reverse Coming-of-Age Story
posted by Ed Liu on
Thursday, March 4th, 2010.
The coming of age story is a common plot in cinema, and in the works of Hayao Miyazaki in particular. The coming of age can be literal, as in Kiki's...
- Miyazaki Week: Why "Princess Mononoke" is Not an Environmentalist Fable
posted by Ed Liu on
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010.
One common criticism I've seen of Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke is that it's "environmentalist," which is usually used to mean the sort of...
- Welcome to Toonzone's Miyazaki Week
posted by Ed Liu on
Monday, March 1st, 2010.
 To commemorate the release of Ponyo on DVD and Blu-ray on March 2, 2010, Toonzone is kicking off Miyazaki Week: 5 days of reviews and essays on the work of Studio Ghibli's Hayao...
- Cartoon Intro Cavalcade: Curious George
posted by Ed Liu on
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010.
One of my working theories of media (Marshall McLuhan, look out) is that having an awesome theme song is 90% of the work in getting an awesome opening credits sequence. Cowboy...
- A Few Random Thoughts on the 2010 Oscar Nominations
posted by Ed Liu on
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010.
The 82nd Academy Award nominations have been announced, with Disney/Pixar's Up getting a nod for Best Picture in addition to the expected Best Animated Feature...
- Voice Actor for a Weekend: Top 5 More Lessons from Bob Bergen's Advanced Class
posted by Ed Liu on
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009.
Last year, I got to take Bob Bergen's introductory voice acting class when he brought it to New York City, and had so much fun doing it that I...
- Toons of the 2000s: Top 5 Significant Headlines from the '00s
posted by Ed Liu on
Monday, November 16th, 2009.
We wanted to name the biggest news stories for animation as part of our look back at the past decade. We...
- Cartoon Intro Cavalcade: Cowboy Bebop
posted by Ed Liu on
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009.
The opening credits to Cowboy Bebop are like the best improvised jazz: it may seem spontaneous, but close analysis reveals powerful structure and intelligence underneath. While improv...
- Cartoon Intro Cavalcade: G.I. Joe (1985)
posted by Ed Liu on
Monday, September 28th, 2009.
I've mentioned my love of the G.I. Joe opening credits sequence before. The opening credits in the video clip embedded below are the ones that started off the full TV series, but the...
- Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death" Full-Frame vs. Widescreen Comparison
posted by Ed Liu on
Friday, September 25th, 2009.
Do not buy the Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death DVD or the new Wallace & Gromit Complete Collection DVD.
Apparently, both...
- Robert Zemeckis Just Sees What He Wants to See
posted by Ed Liu on
Monday, September 14th, 2009.
Robert Zemeckis is going to remake the Beatles' Yellow Submarine using his "performance capture" CGI animation techniques, and the news is being received with a number of...
- Why I Like "G.I. Joe" Over "The Transformers"
posted by Ed Liu on
Thursday, July 16th, 2009.
On the surface, G.I. Joe and The Transformers are pretty similar. They were both released at the same time to capitalize on the relaxing of regulations that prohibited TV shows...
- July 4th Special: Shout! Havoc and Let Slip the Joes of War!
posted by Ed Liu on
Saturday, July 4th, 2009.
What better way to celebrate the July 4th holiday than with some Real American Heroes: the men and women of G.I. Joe, coming to DVD on July 14, 2009, courtesy of...
- The Chico Marx Effect
posted by Ed Liu on
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009.
During his Presidential campaign, Barack Obama asked for a new, freer, and more open conversation about issues of race, saying, "I have never been so naïve as to believe that we can get beyond our...
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