According to a Digital Home story, Samsung Electronics has posted an advisory on its corporate web site warning that children and teenagers may be more susceptible to health issues when viewing 3D content on their televisions. The company also recommends that pregnant woman, the elderly and anyone under the influence of alcohol should refrain from [...]
Entries from April 16th, 2010
Why 3D TV May Not Be the Next Great Thing — At Least Not Right Away
April 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Stereoscopic films, Technology, Television
Tags: 3D television sets·Samsung Electronics·Sharp Corporation
Waking Sleeping Beauty Screening at SCAD-Atlanta
April 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Animation studios, Documentary films, Film history and criticism
A free preview screening of Waking Sleeping Beauty, Don Hahn’s documentary on the Disney animation renaissance that started in the 1980s will be held at the Atlanta campus of the Savannah College of Art and Design, 1600 Peachtree St., in Event Space 4C, on Wednesday, April 14th, at 7:00 PM. The film will be presented [...]
Tags: Don Hahn·Peter Schneider·Savannah College of Art and Design·Waking Sleeping Beauty
Japanese Edition of Astro Boy and Anime Come to the Americas
April 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Anime, Books, Japan, Television animation
The Japanese-language edition of Astro Boy and Anime Come to the Americas, by Fred Ladd (with my assistance) has been published by NTT in a translation by Kumi Kaoru, the author of two books on Hayao Miyazaki. The Japanese title is Anime ga Anime ni naru made (How the Japanese Cartoon Became “Anime”’). Kumi-san emailed me [...]
Tags: Astro Boy and Anime Come to the Americas·Fred Ladd·Harvey Deneroff·Kumi Kaoru
Oxymore’s Special Fleischer Issue
April 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Animation studios, Film history and criticism
I just got my copy of the latest issue of the nice little French fanzine, Oxymore, which is a special Fleischer issue, to which I contributed “Max Fleischer & les studios Fleischer.” The other featured piece is Leslie Carbarga’s “L’histoire des Fleischers.” In addition, there is an interview with comic artist Kim Deitch, who talks [...]