Watch the Brand New Batman Beyond Short, Featuring Kevin Conroy
We showed you the preview earlier this week, now watch the full version of Darwyn Cooke's Batman Beyond animated short, featuring Kevin Conroy and Will Friedle.
Watch The New Batman Short By The Animated Series Creator Bruce Timm
Batman: The Animated Series co-creator Bruce Timm delivers a brand new Batman short in honor of the hero's 75th anniversary. Styled as a 1930s pulp, it follows Batman to the lair of Hugo Strange.
Meet Korea's Most Infamous Character: Poop Man
This is Dongchimee. In you live in South Korea, you might be familiar with him. He's into dookie and other shit.
Hong Kong's Government Explains Money Troubles... With Cartoons
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In Hong Kong, government-provided public services are considered pretty good. Supposedly, the social welfare net is also pretty good. Technically being part of China but with a passport that is accepted by many western countries, Hong Kong is overall a pretty good place to live.
These Are China's Top Five Home-Grown Cartoons
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Modern animation in China has largely been dominated by foreign imports. Anime like Naruto, Bleach, and One Piece are extremely popular. However, China's own animation industry is slowly getting better; here is a list of some of their best home-grown cartoons.
This Hilarious Cartoon Is Like Adventure Time, But Way Cuter
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Bee and Puppycat returns, this time continuing where the last amazing episode—which you should definitely watch—left off. It seems that there's way more to Puppycat than meets the eye, and I'm not just talking about how it might be either a cat or dog (or both?)
Navi Actually Sounds Adorable in This Catchy Zelda Music Video
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A nice choice of music and some slick animation by Mélissa Goudjil make this Legend of Zelda video a cheerful way to start the week.
The Most Beautiful Cartoon-Style Adventure Games
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After LucasArts' brilliant 1993 game Day of the Tentacle, cartoon-style point-and-click adventure games slowly became their own sub-genre. Although the genre has had its ups and downs, these games are still around: Think Gemini Rue or the new Broken Sword.
Kingdom Hearts Needs More Scrooge McDuck
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Yesterday saw the release of Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix in Japan. And as I plunged into the graphically remastered Disney/Square-Enix crossover, I couldn't help but think about the one thing the franchise needs more than anything else: more Scrooge McDuck.
Don't Ever Leave Me Again, Mini Ninjas
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I contend that one of Square Enix's finest acquisitions in 2009's take-over of Eidos Interactive was the six miniature trained killers of 2009's action-adventure, Mini Ninjas. Soon they will be an animated series, but for now they're an endless runner, and I've missed them so much.
The Angry Birds Cartoon is Launching Next Month. Take Cover.
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You know what the most recognizable characters in mobile gaming are lacking? Character. Debuting March 16 and 17, Rovio's Angry Birds Toons series will define Red, Black, Blue, White, Yellow and the pigs by their story arcs instead of their parabolic arcs. Yeah, I've been waiting to use that forever.
From the Director of Rush Hour and X-Men the Last Stand: FarmVille the …
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Oh calm down, FarmVille fans, it's not like Brett Ratner is directing the upcoming 30-minute cartoon series based on your Facebook obsession. According to the Wall Street Journal he's just producing the show, so it might still be good.
Battle Bears Take the Fight to TV Animation
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With five bear-based shooters for Android and iOS devices under their fuzzy little belts and another on the way, SkyVu Entertainment teams up with the makers of Yo Gabba Gabba! to transform Battle Bears into the next big TV animation franchise for boys.
The First Official Adventure Time Video Game Talks Trash This Fall
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Pendleton Ward's quirky cartoon sensation Adventure Time makes its video game debut this fall in Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?! for the DS and 3DS. I'm so, so happy.
52 Episodes of Angry Birds Animation Coming Your Way This Fall
Rovio has confirmed that Angry Birds will be animated this fall, with 52 three-minute episodes made available for download on "all devices possible". [Guardian UK]
Pac-Man Returns to Television in 2013, and He's Bringing Friends
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One of the most iconic characters in video game history gets another shot at small screen glory in 2013, when the Avi Arad-produced 3D animated Pac-Man: The Adventure Begins makes its Disney XD debut. So who's this cute little round girl with the pink streaks?
Season Four of Star Wars: The Clone Wars Begins Online in Clone Wars…
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While season four of the popular Cartoon Network series Star Wars: The Clone Wars officially kicks off this fall, players of Sony Online Entertainment's free-to-play online game Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures will be able to play through an epic storyline leading directly to the first episode's opening act.
Rebooted Voltron Force gets horrific rap theme song "Let's Voltron"
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We usually enjoy the latest SwizzBeats track as much as the next pop rap follower. However, the brand new Voltron Force theme song, which turns our favorite kitty robot into some sort of horrible buzz verb, has us worried.
Pac-Man Cartoon Coming In 2012
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In the early 1980s, there was a Pac-Man cartoon. In 2012, Namco Bandai now says, there will be a new one.
ThunderCats Writer Murdered
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Stephen Perry, who was a writer for 1980s cartoon ThunderCats, recently went missing. His van was found last Sunday. Inside it, a man's severed arm. Stephen Perry, police now report, is dead.