ASIFA-Hollywood: The International Animated Film Society
Friday, December 24, 2004
Thursday, December 23, 2004
A lot of people look at the Disney Strike as a very bad thing. A lot of people won`t even talk about it. Back in 1941 Walt Kelly was a Disney Striker. If he had not gone out on strike we never would have had Pogo Possum and without Pogo Possum we never would have had my favorite Christmas merry Boston Charlie carol. So why don`t ya mossy on over ta da swamp an dish yarselves a big heaping mess of the one and only Pogo lyrics. http://www.pogopossum.com (I grewed up in the South so I can talk that way an still be PC)
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
99 and 44/100`s % Hayao Miyazaki
The 99 Cent Only Store has done it again! This time I am almost positive that they have a Spanish version of the 1974 Zuiyo Studio Heidi with layouts and design by Hayao Miyazaki and direction by Atsuji Hayakawa, Masao Kuroda, and long time Miyazaki collaborator Isao Takahata.
I can`t be 100% because I have never seen it before but Yee Gods and littl` fishes it looks like Miyazaki even if the picture quality is not the greatest. It is copyright 1974 which is the right year. Not only that but they do credit Takeo Watanabe with music even when no one else gets credit but the people that repackaged it in Canada.
One of the things that makes it a little hard to nail down is the fact that the original was a Japanese television series and this one is packaged as a feature. A lot of the images I find around the web look like stuff that has been cut from this packaging.
The final fact in favor is that the characters look the same just a little washed out in the 99 cent version. As you can see from the images below. This has got to be the real thing, it just has got to be. And if it is not then you are only out a dollar.
Miyazaki`s Heidi -------- 99 Cent Mystery Heidi
The 99 Cent Only Store has done it again! This time I am almost positive that they have a Spanish version of the 1974 Zuiyo Studio Heidi with layouts and design by Hayao Miyazaki and direction by Atsuji Hayakawa, Masao Kuroda, and long time Miyazaki collaborator Isao Takahata.
I can`t be 100% because I have never seen it before but Yee Gods and littl` fishes it looks like Miyazaki even if the picture quality is not the greatest. It is copyright 1974 which is the right year. Not only that but they do credit Takeo Watanabe with music even when no one else gets credit but the people that repackaged it in Canada.
One of the things that makes it a little hard to nail down is the fact that the original was a Japanese television series and this one is packaged as a feature. A lot of the images I find around the web look like stuff that has been cut from this packaging.
The final fact in favor is that the characters look the same just a little washed out in the 99 cent version. As you can see from the images below. This has got to be the real thing, it just has got to be. And if it is not then you are only out a dollar.
Miyazaki`s Heidi -------- 99 Cent Mystery Heidi
Monday, December 20, 2004
Clueless in Germany
I just got this e-mail from some jerk in Germany. Hey read the blog. I said NO, I will not sell or give away my screeners to you, my friends, my students, or anybody else. Don`t ask. I am glad, glad, I say that they have tracking numbers on them because it cuts down on fools like this that ask me studid questions. I teach copyright law you fools don`t ask. Too bad the tracking numbers does not get rid of greedy fools completlely.
Here is you answer Oliver, NO!!!!!! If you want the swag then join ASIFA-Hollywood and then you can put up with fools wanting you to get yourself banned from the studio screener lists.
hi larry,
let me introduce myself: my name is oliver and i live in cologne, germany. i was seeking the web for a dvd screener of the incredibles and i suddenly saw that you wrote something about the dvd (having pic problems,whatever...). i know that im just an unimportant person out of millions on this world whos writing to you. anyway, im sure, that youre a nice person and so i wanted to ask you if theres a possibility for me to get one of those 3 the incredibles-dvd`s that you have from the asifa. dont worry, id surely pay you for that.
greetings from germany
oliver
Here is you answer Oliver, NO!!!!!! If you want the swag then join ASIFA-Hollywood and then you can put up with fools wanting you to get yourself banned from the studio screener lists.
DAY OF REMEMBRANCE!
I just got this copy from Tom Sito. I never miss this event. For the past 3 or 4 years my kids and I go together. I take notes and learn things that I can pass on to my students. It is not a sad event at all and I wouldn`t miss it for the world. * Larry Loc
IT'S THE HOLIDAY SEASON: parties, gifts, family- and time to plan to attend the 2005 DAY OF REMEMBRANCE! Okay, okay, I know going to a memorial is not everybody's idea of spending a fun-filled Saturday afternoon. But the Day of Remembrance was never conceived as a dreary funeral. It's a celebration of the lives and careers of some of animation`s most wonderful people.
It's not a religious service; it`s not in a church; nobody`s in black; frequently, there`s more laughter than tears. You don't have to be a family member or have some personal connection to attend. The event was created for friends and co-workers to share stories about their old friends. It`s the animation industry saying goodbye to some of its own. I`ve learned a lot over the years just by listening to old animators tell war stories of their careers. During these ceremonies, I've found it particularly interesting to hear about the things the honorees did besides animation.
In previous years we`ve heard about one animator who designed the board game Chutes & Ladders; He-Man layout man, Wes Hersenschonn, hung out one summer with Picasso and wrote a book, My Summer with Picasso; another artist was a drummer for the rock band the Turtles. Disney assistant, Dale Oliver, flew a
glider with the 82nd Airborne in the D-Day invasion. Bugs Bunny animator, Ben Washam, created the fat kid logo for Bob`s Big Boy. Still, another, had an award-winning collection of tropical pith helmets.
Among this year`s 45 honorees will be the Disney legends Frank Thomas, John Hcnch and Volus Jones; Kathrin Victor, who, when not doing the job of animation checker, starred in 60`s B movies like The Wild, Wild World of Batwoman; Dayton Allen, the voice of Heckle & Jeckle; announcer Jackson Beck who first said "Look! It`s a Bird! It`s a Plane! It`s Superman!" Mitsuteru Yokoyama the creator of Gigantor, And Donald Trumbull who was a major designer of the effects for 1977 STAR WARS and was the father of visual effects great Douglas Trumbull.
We honor all persons who were part of the animation world, from studio heads to ink & painters. The speakers are frequently the leaders of animation. Chuck Jones, Bill Stout, Arthur Davis, June Foray and many others have come to speak in the past.
At the end of the year we pause to recall those who left us and how much they meant to us. You are welcome to come to ASIFA/Hollywood, TAG 839 and WIA`s Day of Remembrance.
Tom Sito
IT'S THE HOLIDAY SEASON: parties, gifts, family- and time to plan to attend the 2005 DAY OF REMEMBRANCE! Okay, okay, I know going to a memorial is not everybody's idea of spending a fun-filled Saturday afternoon. But the Day of Remembrance was never conceived as a dreary funeral. It's a celebration of the lives and careers of some of animation`s most wonderful people.
It's not a religious service; it`s not in a church; nobody`s in black; frequently, there`s more laughter than tears. You don't have to be a family member or have some personal connection to attend. The event was created for friends and co-workers to share stories about their old friends. It`s the animation industry saying goodbye to some of its own. I`ve learned a lot over the years just by listening to old animators tell war stories of their careers. During these ceremonies, I've found it particularly interesting to hear about the things the honorees did besides animation.
In previous years we`ve heard about one animator who designed the board game Chutes & Ladders; He-Man layout man, Wes Hersenschonn, hung out one summer with Picasso and wrote a book, My Summer with Picasso; another artist was a drummer for the rock band the Turtles. Disney assistant, Dale Oliver, flew a
glider with the 82nd Airborne in the D-Day invasion. Bugs Bunny animator, Ben Washam, created the fat kid logo for Bob`s Big Boy. Still, another, had an award-winning collection of tropical pith helmets.
Among this year`s 45 honorees will be the Disney legends Frank Thomas, John Hcnch and Volus Jones; Kathrin Victor, who, when not doing the job of animation checker, starred in 60`s B movies like The Wild, Wild World of Batwoman; Dayton Allen, the voice of Heckle & Jeckle; announcer Jackson Beck who first said "Look! It`s a Bird! It`s a Plane! It`s Superman!" Mitsuteru Yokoyama the creator of Gigantor, And Donald Trumbull who was a major designer of the effects for 1977 STAR WARS and was the father of visual effects great Douglas Trumbull.
We honor all persons who were part of the animation world, from studio heads to ink & painters. The speakers are frequently the leaders of animation. Chuck Jones, Bill Stout, Arthur Davis, June Foray and many others have come to speak in the past.
At the end of the year we pause to recall those who left us and how much they meant to us. You are welcome to come to ASIFA/Hollywood, TAG 839 and WIA`s Day of Remembrance.
The food & drinks begin at 1:00PM and the speakers at 2:00PM. There is no admission and attire is better casual. You may laugh, you may tear up, but you most certainly will learn some new stuff. For more info check the ASIFA-Hollywood or the Animation Guild websites.
It will be held on Saturday, the 29th of January 2005
at the historic Hollywood Studio Museum,
aka the DeMille Lasky Barn where the first Hollywood movie was filmed.
Across the street from the Hollywood Bowl at
2100 N. Highland Blvd. in Hollywood.
Tom Sito
Sunday, December 19, 2004
