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Annie Awards 2012 Winners +Texas Avery Award Winner June Foray

Annie Awards 2012 Winners +Texas Avery Award Winner June Foray

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the 2012 winners of its Annie Awards were last night and here is the complete list of winners. Also one of the highlights of the event was Terry Gilliam accepting his Winsor McCay Award via video and the very cool special Texas Avery Award statue for life achievement to June Foray best known as the voice of animated characters as Lucifer (Cinderella), Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Granny, Natasha Fatale and Magica De Spell.

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Behind the Scenes of ParaNorman: Angry Aggie

Behind the Scenes of ParaNorman: Angry Aggie

Check out this very cool five minute clip, behind the scenes of ParaNorman featuring the art and construction of one the most uncontrollable characters Angry Aggie. Product Designer Nelson Lowery, 2D Effects Animator Susanna Luck 2d along with Brian Van’t Hull and Ean McNamara, plus so many different departments of the LAIKA house come together to create one very intense electrifying character you would not want to mess with. I have to admit it’s pretty astonishing how many people it took.

You can pick up ParaNorman (Two-Disc Combo Pack: Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy + UltraViolet) through my site via Amazon now, trust me it is worth the investment.

Check out the clip below.

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85th Academy Awards – Oscars Animation Nominees

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Early today the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 85th Academy Awards. The Oscars will air on ABC on February 24, 2013 and the host will be Seth MacFarlane. I have posted the nominees animation for feature film and short. A couple of my favorites like Frankenweenie and ParaNorman.

If you want to see the full list check full list you can over at the Oscars Official site.

Animated Feature Film

- Brave (Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman)
- Frankenweenie (Tim Burton)
- ParaNorman (Sam Fell and Chris Butler)
- The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Peter Lord)
- Wreck-It Ralph (Rich Moore)

Short Film Animated

- Adam and Dog (Minkyu Lee)
- Fresh Guacamole (PES)
- Head over Heels (Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly)
- Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare” (David Silverman)
- Paperman (John Kahrs)

LAIKA x Nike Air Raid ParaNorman Auction

LAIKA x Nike Air Raid ParaNorman Auction

A special one-night-only auction for the Nike Air Raid ParaNorman was tonight at the 366 Days Of Kicks Year End Party in Portland, OR. Inspired by last years LAIKA Studios stop-motion animated film ParaNorman.

Donated by Tinker Hatfield and Tiffany Beers, the kicks come with a special limited edition box designed by Mark Smith.

The bidding will start at 11pm Portland time.

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Nominees for the 85th Academy Awards – Animated Feature Film

85th Academy Awards
Here is the completed list for the final nominees the 85th Academy Awards. Twenty-one features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category. But only five will be selected for nomination. The nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at 8:30am/5:30am PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The winners will be announced on Sunday, February 24, 2013. Check out the entire list below.

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Laika ParaNorman Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack Pre-order

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Fan of the Laika’s ParaNorman? now you can own add it to your home video collection. Watch Norman speak to ghost over and over again with the ParaNorman (Two-Disc Combo Pack: Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy + UltraViolet). Featuring the voice talents of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Leslie Mann, Jeff Garlin and John Goodman. You can pre-order the DVD/Blu-ray through my site via Amazon. This title will be released on November 27, 2012.

ParaNorman 3D Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pre-order

ParaNorman
Universal Studios Home Entertainment is set to release the ParaNorman 3D Blu-ray/DVD Combo for $49.98 November 27, 2012. The DVD is packed with a ton of extras which include commentary from writer/director Chris Butler and director Sam Fell along with 7 short featurettes plus loads more behind the scenes footage and extras! If you haven’t seen this film you are missing out on a superb stop-motion animation from the creative minds who brought you Coraline. ParaNorman, is about a boy named Norman who has the gift of seeing and speaking with the dead. Always being the weird boy he must now use his gifts to save his town from a centuries-old curse. You can buy the ParaNorman (Three-Disc Combo Pack: Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy + UltraViolet) through my site via Amazon.

ParaNorman Nike Air Raid by Tinker Hatfield and Tiffany Beers

ParaNorman Nike Air Raid by Tinker Hatfield and Tiffany Beers
Back in August Joel Colley and David Trujillo of Laika Studios released the Nike Air Foamposite One ‘ParaNorman‘ sneaker to help raise funds for Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation which raised over $200,000.00. Since the success of the last sneaker, Tinker Hatfield and Tiffany Beers presented Colley and Trujillo a very special edition of the Nike Air Raid inspired by ParaNorman which actually happen to be an original prototype for the Born This Way Event but the Foamposite got selected. This amazingly limited edition version of the Air Raid features autographs by Tinker and Tiffany, in a perfect Halloween color combo, stay posted for more info on this sneaker.

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Born This Way Foundation x Nike Air Foamposite One “ParaNorman” Auction

Born This Way Foundation x Nike Air Foamposite One “ParaNorman” Auction
In August to promote the release of the ParaNorman stop-motion animated feature, Laika Entertainment teamed up with Nike to produce a very exclusive pair of Nike Air Foamposite One ‘ParaNorman’. A shoe designed to be given away for the “weird kids” Twitter contest, where you had to send in the “weirdest” childhood photo of yourself for a chance of getting a pair. Now you have one more chance! Nike and Laika are auctioning off another eighty pairs of ParaNorman Foamposites with 70% of proceeds going to Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation. These pairs are slightly different in small details take a look at the pictures below. Bid For Nike Foamposite Paranorman Born This Way on eBay

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Have You Seen ParaNorman Yet?

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Did anyone see Laika’s highly anticipated stop-motion animation ParaNorman today? I would love to hear your review of the movie was it everything you expected maybe more? leave some comments! also check out probably the last ParaNorman trailer entitled middle school below.

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