There's a New Ducktales Cartoon Coming in 2017
Life's going to be like a hurricane in Duckburg all over again. Scrooge McDuck and his less well-off family members are coming back in an all-new cartoon series.
The Ultimate Up! Cosplayer Gets A Doghouse To Match
Steve Minty is such a huge fan of Disney's Up! that he adopted a dog, named her Doug and fashioned an MP3-powered voice box so the pair could cosplay together. If these two don't deserve a custom Up! dog house, I don't know who does.
Scar from The Lion King is one dapper gentleman in Hyung86's Disney University fanart series. In-universe, he teaches political science, and is a fan of classical music, English literature, and... Jeremy Irons films. Of course. Look below for Professor Scar in his full glory, and over here for more from Hyung86.
Disney Expo Japan Shows Off New Star Wars and Age Of Ultron Toys
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Disney's annual Japanese Expo is in full swing, and now that the giant owns Marvel and Star Wars, it means we get to see a snifter of some of merchandise for the two properties created by Japanese companies. Come see Hot Toys' Star Wars figures, A Hulkbuster figure and more, oh my!
Japan Turns Hoth into Mount Rushmore
The annual Sapporo Snow Festival kicked off today in Japan. The center piece is an enormous Star Wars snow sculpture that looks like the Empire's take on Mount Rushmore.
Making Yoda Out of Wax Isn't Easy
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Madame Tussauds, the famous wax museum, is bringing Yoda to life—er, wax—for an upcoming Star Wars exhibit. If you thought it was easy to make a Yoda wax statue, then you are a crazy person. It's not!
Even More Disney Characters Go To College
DeviantArt's Hyung86 has been hard at work on his Disney University series which, as the name implies, depicts Disney characters as members of a real-world university—whether they were originally human or not.
Why Big Hero 6 Is Upsetting Some People in South Korea
You'd think Disney's Big Hero 6 would steer clear of controversy. That it would be a fairly innocuous movie. You'd think!
Cosplayer Is a Perfect Hiro from Big Hero 6
If you are wondering what a live-action Big Hero 6 would look like, my guess is this.
Disney Artist Pays Homage to Studio Ghibli
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Jin Kim, Character Design Supervisor at Walt Disney Animation Studios, drew this Big Hero 6 piece to express his gratitude to Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki.
The 12 Best Villain Voices Of All Time
Whenever people discuss the greatest bad guys of all time, they usually go by evil deeds, or powers, or how many spikes are on their outfits. But what about their voices? Would anyone be scared of Voldemort if he sounded like Gilbert Gottfried? Of course not! So let's celebrate the people who make bad sound so good.
Dota Heroes Illustrated In Disney Style
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Artist Igor Artyomenko reimagined Crystal Maiden, Traxex the Drow Ranger, Windrunner and Lina the Slayer from Dota 2 and they now actually look like characters with personality. Especially love Windrunner and that piece's color palette.
Wall.e Restaurant Staffed With Robots Opens in China
Yet another new restaurant with robot servers has opened in China. And the owners seem determined to test Disney's patience with intellectual property laws. Why? The name of the restaurant is apparently Wall.e — just like the cute little robot worker from the 2008 Pixar film.
How Westwood Made The Lion King, One Of Gaming's Finest Platformers
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In the first episode of Double Fine's new "Devs Play" series, Westwood Studios co-founder Louis Castle explores the challenges of turning one of Disney's most beloved animated films into a 16-bit platformer. I've learned so much.
Five Nights at Freddy's Fan Game Makes Disney Characters Terrifying
Forget Chuck-e-Cheese-like animatronics. Those are already a little bit creepy on their own. Corrupting Disney characters, however, is a bit more unsettling.
Star Wars in Japanese, Projection Mapped on a Wall
For the holidays, Disney is projection mapping Star Wars at Yokohama's Dockyard Garden. Because nothing quite says Christmas like Star Wars!
Magical Thinking: Bitcoin Gathers at Disney
ORLANDO—(BTC @ $355.27) The hotel is a tomb of hopeful thinking. Built in the 1980s, the single tower of the Wyndham Lake Buena Vista Hotel at Disney World juts up from the Orlando ground as if tectonic forces pushed skyward a sheet of pure, brown stucco. A soundtrack of Mickey Mouse anthems plays around the clock.…
This isn't a Kingdom Hearts screenshot—it's a 3D recreation of Maleficent's throne room by environment artist Andy Hansen, with hand-painted textures inspired by Disney's Sleeping Beauty. The project's one-year journey is chronicled in this six-page Polycount forum thread, and the full image can be found below.
Big Hero 6 Makes for Touching Flipbook Animation
Tekken, the Japanese comedian named after the fighting game, is back with another flipbook animation. This time, it's for Disney's Big Hero 6.
More Wonderful Chalk Art from Japanese Classrooms
There's more to do than study at school. For example, you can draw amazing pictures on the chalk board. So, let's have another look at just that.