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03.14.08 by Widge @ 4:15 am  A piece of pottery has been revealed to exhibit the world's oldest known instance of animation: a cavorting goat. (Follow the link to see an animated image of the goat in action.) A 5,200-year-old bowl found in Iran’s Burnt City in the 1970s features a series of five images that researchers have only recently identified as being sequential, much like those in a zoetrope. Giving the bowl a spin, one would see a goat leaping to snatch leaves from a tree... Just like ArchaeoBlog (where we found this article), we count nine images. But it must be that New Math we keep hearing about. In a further comment, researchers have also proven scientifically that this piece of pottery is a better piece of animation than all the Disney cheapquels put together. "Give me a few seconds of a leaping goat over the whole of Bambi 2 any day of the week, pal," one remarked. Categorized as: Animation
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02.24.08 by Widge @ 7:11 pm When the Lady Porphyre cannot sleep, we all win. She decided to pull together a list of all the Oscar-winning animated shorts you can find See why insomnia is your friend? Categorized as: Animation
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02.23.08 by Widge @ 8:07 pm You can read more about it here at Cartoon Brew (one of the commenters even delivers some info on what's going on and translations and such), but it's a Japanese cartoon from 1934 that takes place two years in the future where a bunch of happy-go-lucky critters on an island find themselves under assault by a legion of Mickey Mouse doombots riding evil bats, plus panzer divisions of giant snakes. Classic Japanese heroes come to the rescue. No, really. Watch for yourself. Categorized as: Animation
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02.12.08 by Widge @ 3:20 am The first appearance of Pete Junior here, in the 1942 short "Bellboy Donald." Pete Junior and Donald were voiced by Clarence Nash; Pete was voiced by Billy Bletcher. Direct link for the feedreaders. Found via Saturday Morning Blog. The short's available on The Chronological Donald, Vol. 2. Click here to buy it from Amazon. Categorized as: Animation
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02.11.08 by Widge @ 10:14 am Well, we mentioned the Annie Awards--apparently for the big night the cast of Spongebob did some dubbing work over some classic movies. The results are about as nuts as you would expect... Update: Removed from YouTube, we got the headsup on another link. Thanks, Zondron. Categorized as: Animation
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