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...must be "the most wretched place in the world" (some might have said a Von Trier movie set, but Leth chooses Mumbai, formerly Bombay). When the filmmakers have a chat about their mutual hatred for animation, Von Trier decides that remake No. 4 be the shoddiest possible cartoon...
...price break at fast-food restaurants for small portions, and a re-examination of the use of popular cartoon characters to sell junk food. Nickelodeon deserves praise and encouragement for exploring this...
...also adjusts images so athletes appear to be the same size, even if, for example, the camera was zoomed in on the first shot-putter but zoomed out on the second. Another feature, StroMotion, can freeze a long jumper's position at various points in flight; the jumper resembles cartoon cels whooshing across the screen. The program also makes quick calculations. To illustrate, Leigh pauses a video of speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno, a gold medalist, and another skater approaching a left turn. In speed skating, the lower the knee's angle, the faster you explode around a bend. Leigh...
However, Associate Professor in the School of Cartoon and Comic Art at Kyoto Seika University Matt Thorn disagrees. As president of the Parent-Teacher Association at his son’s public Japanese elementary school, Thorn has first-hand experience of Japanese cuteness, which gives him the authority to refute a cynical view of cute culture. He describes his comic art students as “talented and intelligent...as well as cute,” and argues that they do not use cuteness as a form of escapism...
...when fans of the animated sitcom Family Guy managed to bring it back, not by writing letters but by spending cash. When Family Guy--canceled not once but twice by Fox during its 1999-2002 run--was released on DVD, fans bought 2.2 million copies. That number helped persuade Cartoon Network (which reruns the show) to give Family Guy a third life, committing to 22 new episodes starting next year...