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Animation is a filmmaking technique by which still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets (cels) to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animation has been recognized as an artistic medium, specifically within the entertainment industry. Many animations are computer animations made with computer-generated imagery (CGI). Stop motion animation, in particular claymation, has continued to exist alongside these other forms.
Animation is contrasted with live-action film, although the two do not exist in isolation. Many moviemakers have produced films that are a hybrid of the two. As CGI increasingly approximates photographic imagery, filmmakers can easily composite 3D animations into their film rather than using practical effects for showy visual effects (VFX). (Full article...)
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Phineas Flynn is the main protagonist of the animated television series Phineas and Ferb. Voiced by Vincent Martella and created and designed by Dan Povenmire, Phineas first appeared along with the rest of the series' main characters in the pilot episode "Rollercoaster." Phineas, along with his stepbrother Ferb Fletcher, star in each A-Plot of every episode. The series concerns Phineas's attempts to avoid boredom by finding something new to do every day of the summer vacation. His sister's name is Candace Flynn, who tries to reveal their outrageous creations, but to no avail. It is also said in Phineas and Ferb's "Quantum Boogaloo" that he had won the nobel prize, as he was in Switzerland at the time for the "award ceremony". Phineas comes from a blended family. The creators chose this arrangement because they considered it underused in children's programming as well as from Marsh's past experiences in one. As a character, Phineas has received a positive critical response, with one reviewer describing him and his brother as a "comical pairing." Phineas appears in Phineas and Ferb merchandise, including plush toys, t-shirts, and a video game.
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Did you know (auto-generated) -
- ... that Paul Dini was a writer for both the animated television series Batman: The Animated Series and the video game series Batman: Arkham?
- ... that the Tuca & Bertie episode "The Jelly Lakes" employs a paper-cutout animation that helps to depict abuse in a way that centers the victim's story?
- ... that, for the animated film Us Again, director and writer Zach Parrish considered a video of an elderly couple dancing to be visceral and ideal inspiration?
- ... that Encanto's Isabela Madrigal was animated to be aware that she is "always on stage"?
- ... that at age 12, Shaylee Mansfield became the first deaf actor to be credited alongside the voice actors for a signed performance in an animated production?
- ... that the first lady of the Ivory Coast created an animated kids' show in 1989?
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Mike Scully (born October 2, 1956) is an American television writer and producer. He is known for his work as executive producer and show runner of the Fox series The Simpsons from 1997 - 2001. Scully grew up in West Springfield, Massachusetts and long had an interest in writing. He was an underachiever at school and dropped out of college, going on to work in a series of jobs. Eventually, in 1986, he moved to Los Angeles, California where he worked as a stand-up comic and wrote for Yakov Smirnoff. He went on to write for several television sitcoms before in 1993 he was hired to write for The Simpsons. There, he wrote twelve episodes, including "Lisa on Ice" and "Team Homer". He became showrunner from season nine onwards; Scully won three Primetime Emmy Awards, but his tenure has been criticized as a period of decline in the show's quality. Scully still works on the show and also co-wrote 2007's The Simpsons Movie. He co-created The Pitts and Complete Savages as well as working on Everybody Loves Raymond and Parks and Recreation. He is married to fellow writer Julie Thacker.
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Family Guy's eighth season first aired on the Fox network in twenty one episodes from September 27, 2009 to May 23, 2010 before being released as two DVD box sets and in syndication. It ran on Sunday nights between May and July 2010 on BBC Three in the UK. The eighth season, which premiered with the episode "Road to the Multiverse" and ended with "Something, Something, Something Darkside", was executive produced by Chris Sheridan, David Goodman, Danny Smith, Mark Hentemann, Steve Callaghan and series creator Seth MacFarlane. The season's showrunners were Hentemann and Callaghan. The season received a mixed reception from critics, who cited a lack of original writing. More positive assessments revolved around the "tail end of the season," which "threw out all its old conventions and tried something remarkably different." Season eight contains some of the series' most acclaimed episodes, including "Road to the Multiverse", "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side" and "Dog Gone", as well as some of the most controversial episodes, including "Extra Large Medium", "Brian & Stewie", "Quagmire's Dad" and "Partial Terms of Endearment," which was banned from being aired on American TV, but has been released on DVD (as both a standalone episode and as part of the complete season set) and saw broadcast in the UK on BBC3. It was the recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation and a Genesis Award for television comedy, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.
More did you know...
- ...that the animated sitcom Home Movies switched to Flash animation for its second season?
- ...that the Rugrats episode "At the Movies" introduced the character of Reptar, who became a heavily recurring character throughout the series and the basis of countless merchandising tie-ins?
- ...that the Burka Avenger is Pakistan's first animated female superhero?
Anniversaries for October 1
- Events
- 1992 – Cartoon Network begins broadcasting in the United States by Turner Broadcasting System. (current logo pictured)
- Film releases
- 1929 – Mickey's Choo-Choo (United States)
- 1949 – Love That Pup (United States)
- 1955 – Knight-mare Hare (United States)
- 1962 – Sorry Safari (United States)
- 1982 – Hey Good Lookin' (United States)
- 1982 – Vincent (United States)
- 1983 – The Green Cat (Japan)
- 1988 – Hiatari Ryoko! Ka - su - mi: Yume no Naka ni Kimi ga Ita (Japan)
- 2006 – Gunbuster vs. Diebuster (Japan)
- Television series and specials
- 1972 – Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, a Japanese anime series begins airing on Fuji TV
- 1975 – Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures, a Japanese anime series begins airing on Fuji TV
- 1976 – Candy Candy begins airing on TV Asahi
- 1977 – The New Star of the Giants, a Japanese anime series begins airing on NTV
- 1977 – Temple of the Balloons, a Japanese anime series begins airing on Fuji TV
- 1978 – Gatchaman II, a Japanese anime series begins airing on Fuji TV
- 1978 – Nobody's Boy: Remi, a Japanese anime series finishes airing on NTV
- 1980 – Astro Boy, a Japanese anime series begins airing on NTV
- 1981 – Superbook, a Japanese anime series begins airing on TV Tokyo
- 1986 – Kinnikuman, a Japanese anime series finishes airing on NTV
- 1986 – Saint Seiya, a Japanese anime series begins airing on TV Asahi
- 1988 – Tsuide ni Tonchinkan, a Japanese anime series finishes airing on Fuji TV
- 1988 – RoboCop: The Animated Series, an American animated television series begins airing in syndication
- 1996 – Martian Successor Nadesico, a Japanese anime series begin airing on TV Tokyo
- 1996 – Saber Marionette J, a Japanese anime series begins airing on TV Tokyo
- 1998 – Flint the Time Detective, a Japanese anime series begins airing on TV Tokyo
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