February 28, 2003

  • Link: Gallery of Mascots!

    ¡Mucha Lucha! newsflash

    From the Animation Insider forums: The latest Kids WB press release reveals their Fall 2003-2004 schedule. ¡Mucha Lucha! will be back on air at 11.30am.

    More animated Koalas…

    The BBC (UK) has just successfully sold an animated series about “Koalas in the outback” to Australia’s ABC.

    The Koala Brothers follows the adventures of Frank and Buster, two koalas on a mission to help others in need in the Australian outback.

    Link: Animation Magazine news item.

    Do we really need MORE shows about koalas in this country? We don’t even want to imagine what the accents would sound like …

     Cold War Animation

    An interesting article  – how the CIA funded production of Halas and Batchelor’s Animal Farm. (From Animation World Magazine).

    A must-see animated movie is Juan Padron’s Vampiros en La Habana (Vampires in Havana) from Cuba. I first caught this on SBS many years ago and loved it. It has since been rereleased on VHS and DVD. Hilarious story with a socialist subtext and great music! An obscure and interesting fact: Juan Padron’s mentor in animation was Harry Reade, an Australian who migrated to Cuba in the late 50′s to join the revolution, who more or less pioneered Cuban animation.

    Looks like there’s going to be a Vampiros en La Habana 2 (webpage is in Spanish) And we finally have Juan Padron’s email address. Cool.