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DIED. JOE RANFT, 45, respected Pixar story artist who served as a key creative force behind many of the company's hit animated films, including Toy Story, which earned him an Oscar nod in 1995; in a car accident; in Mendocino County, Calif. Ranft did voice-over work on many of his films, most famously as Heimlich, the corpulent Teutonic caterpillar in A Bug's Life...
Since the 1960s, kids of all nations have enjoyed the quests and antics of Astro Boy, Robotech and their TV kin. But in its feature-film form, anime (Japanese animation) boasts a graphic artistry as potent as Disney's or Pixar's--or Goya's or Bosch's. Here, some anime for the ages...
Although spiraling into the animated abyss has become the preferred M.O. of Walt Disney Pictures (Pixar notwithstanding), Disney’s live action features have stabilized at pleasant amiability. So even if its latest release, “Sky High,” isn’t the entertaining generational crossover of “Pirates of the Caribbean” or the Pixar animations, it still is a delightful turn on the status...
Shifting home-video economics are a problem not just for DreamWorks. Pixar had to lower estimates for The Incredibles. Yet the issue is most acute at DreamWorks, which has had a tougher time finding its animation groove. Pixar is the one pumping out hit after hit, from Toy Story to A Bug's Life to Monsters, Inc., and that has attracted Wall Street's admiring eye. In Hollywood, it's said you're only one hit away from success. DreamWorks has high hopes for Bee Movie, with Jerry Seinfeld, and Shrek 3, both due out in 2007. But by then...
...Born Free, naturally, and Chariots of Fire and Planet of the Apes ("Darn you! Darn you all to heck!"). For the kids there are lots of funny spit takes and an abounding love for all things rectal. (To define the top two CGI studios by their favorite bodily functions, Pixar is farts, and DreamWorks is poop.) Add an outrageously adorable baby lemur and a penguin applying suntan lotion, and you've got savvy family entertainment...