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• n  the condition of living or the state of being alive
• n  the property of being able to survive and grow
• n  quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
• n  the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something
• n  the making of animated cartoons
• n  general activity and motion

• Koji Yamamura is a lone wolf in the world of assembly-line animation.
• So do other studio heads, who can be stirred to animation animus when they shiver in the shadow of the cartoon colossus.
• Disney is trying to kick its animation division back to life by (finally) embracing the computer.

• life
• living
• aliveness
• vitality
• spiritedness
• invigoration
• brio
• vivification
• liveliness

News & Articles

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• Animation Studio Bento Box Enters Original Programming, Taps Mike Clements To Run It
  EXCLUSIVE : Primetime television animation studio Bento Box Entertainment , which provides animation for such series as Fox’s Bob Burgers and Comedy Central’s Brickleberry , is expanding its business into developing and producing original animated content. The company, founded in 2009 by Mark McJimsey, Joel Kuwahara and Scott Greenberg, has formed Creative Development and Original Programing ...
  June 21, 2013 - Deadline Hollywood
• DreamWorks Animation to produce original content for Netflix
  DreamWorks Animation has signed a multi-year deal with Netflix to produce original content for the streaming video service. ..
  June 20, 2013 - News 10 NBC Rochester
• DreamWorks Animation CEO Says TV Will Give Revenue Boost
  DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. (DWA) , maker of the “Madagascar” movies, will gain $100 million in revenue from TV production this year, Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Katzenberg said, as it lessens its dependence on films.
  June 18, 2013 - Bloomberg

Quotes

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• John Lasseter in USA Today
  His ideas were way beyond what was being done in Hollywood. He kept pushing the technology of animation and that is something that at Pixar we've always been doing as well,notes Lasseter, chief creative officer of Pixar and Disney Animation...
• Angelina Jolie in Melbourne Herald Sun
  Jolie said, "I was really surprised that I felt exposed. There are certain moments where I actually felt shy - and called home, just to explain that the fun movie I had done that was a digital animation was, in fact, a little different than we...
• Amy Poehler in SunJournal.com (subscription)
  As a person who knows absolutely nothing about animation, I am thrilled to be in such great hands over at Nickelodeon. I can't wait to find out how they make those cool little people move around,says Poehler.