BIX Animation Conference: press.releases

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animation/press.releases #1, from switch, 206 chars, Tue Dec 12 20:48:12 1995
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TITLE: press.releases topic
If you’ve got official news straight from the source, you can post a
transcription of the release here. Only official press releases, please — no
rumours or “I heards.”

Emru

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animation/press.releases #2, from switch, 1025 chars, Tue Dec 12 22:30:20 1995
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This one languished in the fps office for awhile before it was
forwarded to me, but it’s still quite valid.

PRESS RELEASE

Release Date: Immediately Date: 10/16/95
Contact: Cheri Amarna, 508-448-3717

CALL FOR FILMS
SEVENTH ANNUAL MEDICINE WHEEL ANIMATION FESTIVAL

Touring Festival of animation open to US and Canadian independent
filmmakers (born or residing). Films must be 16mm, under 25 minutes
and may from any year. No entry fee. We are a non-profit
organization promoting animation as an art form. Festival plays at
colleges, museums, galleries, and art theatres such as George Eastman
House, Rhode Island School of Design, and Griffin Gallery, CA.
Looking for beauty, innovation, content, and experimentation. All
proceeds go to the filmmakers or to Medicine Wheel Artists’ Retreat.

Send SASE to: Medicine Wheel Artists’ Retreat, PO Box 1088, Groton,
MA 01450-3088. (508) 448-3717. DEADLINE: POSTMARKED FEB 3.

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animation/press.releases #3, from elfhive, 3043 chars, Sat Dec 23 21:39:54 1995
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*** Moved from animation/anime #1358 of Sat Dec 23 13:02:03 1995
TITLE: AnimEigo News
AnimEigor AnimAnnouncement

AnimEigo, Inc. announces their video and laserdisc releases
for March, 1996. Please add these titles to all listings,
new release bulletins and purchasing systems.

You’re Under Arrest!

They’re Cosmically Cute…They’re Catastrophically
Charming…And they’re itching to tell you…You’re Under
Arrest! In Love’s Highway Stars, matchmaking goes awry when
Natsumi and Yoriko become convinced that Ken is about to
lose Miyuki to an old high school boyfriend. In On The Road
Again, Natsumi is offered the chance to go and be a member
of the motorcycle patrol, but to do so means breaking up her
partnership with Miyuki!

You’re Under Arrest! – Love’s Highway Stars

AT095-006 VHS Subtitled Color Stereo 25 Min. $19.95
UPC 7-37187-00151-2 ISBN 1-56567-150-3

ET095-006 VHS Dubbed in English Color Stereo 25 Min.
$14.95
UPC 7-37187-00155-0 ISBN 1-56567-154-6

You’re Under Arrest! – On The Road Again

AT095-007 VHS Subtitled Color Stereo 25 Min. $19.95
UPC 7-37187-00152-9 ISBN 1-56567-151-1

ET095-007 VHS Dubbed in English Color Stereo 25 Min.
$14.95
UPC 7-37187-00156-7 ISBN 1-56567-155-4

PREBOOK 2/27/96 STREET 3/27/96

You’re Under Arrest! Hybrid LD #2

AD095-007 LASERDISC Subtitled and Dubbed in English Color
Stereo 50 Min. $39.95
2 sides CLV Side One Dubbed in English Side Two Subtitled
UPC 7-37187-00158-1 ISBN 1-56567-157-0

PREBOOK 2/27/96 STREET 4/10/96

High-speed action and comedy from the creator of last year’s
hit, Oh My Goddess!

Based on the Japanese Manga “You’re Under Arrest!” by
Fujishima Kousuke

English Comic Book release by Studio Proteus and Dark Horse
Comics

Simultaneous Dubbed/Subtitled VHS and Hybrid (Dub&Sub) LD
releases

Video packaging features unique SpineScener design

LIMITED TIME OFFER

YUA! Busted Sub Pack – You’re Under Arrest! Vols 1-4

The YUA! Busted Sub Pack consists of one (1) each VHS
SUBTITLED versions of You’re Under Arrest Vols 1-4.

AS096-003 YUA! Busted Sub Pack Subtitled $72.00

YUA! Busted Dub Pack – You’re Under Arrest! Vols 1-4

The YUA! Busted Dub Pack consists of one (1) each VHS DUBBED
versions of You’re Under Arrest Vols 1-4.

AS096-004 YUA! Busted Dub Pack Dubbed in English $52.00
PREBOOK 2/27/96 STREET 3/27/96

CHARACTER GOODS

Bubblegum Crisis Mecha Mouse Pad

The Bubblegum Crisis Mecha Mouse Pad is a four color, 7″ by
10″ matte finish mouse pad with non-slip foam backing. The
satin finish promotes accurate tracking. This design was
chosen by fans via our Web Site!

MP002 BGC Mecha Mouse Pad $14.95
AVAILABLE NOW

New Market Sales, Inc. P.O. Box 2534 Wilmington, NC 28402
Order Fax (910) 763-2376 Voice (910) 762-2955 Fax (910)
762-0777
Email 72********@co********.com

Please pass along to any interested fans out there! We
welcome comments, suggestions and feedback! Visit AnimEigo
on the World Wide Web at
http://www.wilmington.net/modular/animeigo/a_home.html

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animation/press.releases #4, from switch, 1291 chars, Tue Jan 9 12:07:29 1996
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TITLE: Hiroshima ’96

Dear Friends,

We are happy to announce that the 6th International Animation Festival,
HIROSHIMA ’96, will take place from August 22 to 26. Enclosed please
find out regulations and entry form.

Under the spirit of Love and Peace, the Hiroshima Festival has always been
aiming and striving for the development of animation art and it is our
sincere hope to continue the manifestation together with all of you who
love this art form.

We are very much looking forward to receiving your wonderful works for our
competition. Receiving your entry will be a pleasure for us working at the
Festival Office and it will encourage us more than anything else. So
please send us your entry form at your earliest convenience.

The final date for entry forms is: March 21, 1996.
The period for films/videotapes is: March 1 – April 21, 1996.

We are now planning various special programs, exhibition and other events
for HIROSHIMA ’96. I believe that our programs will satisfy you and we are
looking forward to your participation in HIROSHIMA ’96!!

See you next summer in Hiroshima.

Sincerely Yours,

Sayoko Kinoshita
Festival Director

HIROSHIMA ’96 FESTIVAL OFFICE
4-17 Kako-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730 JAPAN
Phone: 082-245-0245 Facsimile: 082-245-0246
Cable: HIROANIMA

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animation/press.releases #5, from elfhive, 4297 chars, Sun Feb 4 16:21:13 1996
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TITLE: AnimEigo News
AnimEigor AnimAnnouncement

AnimEigo, Inc. announces their video and laserdisc releases
for May, 1996. Please add these titles to all listings, new
release bulletins and purchasing systems.

Oh My Goddess!
DUBBED IN ENGLISH

What happens when you dial up for take-out and a Goddess
appears? Does Keiichi ever make the moves on a babe who is
literally divine…will Belldandy’s sister Goddesses drive
everyone crazy? And exactly what is this mysterious Ultimate
Force stuff anyway? The answer to these burning questions
can be found only in Oh My Goddess!

Oh My Goddess!-Moonlight and Cherry Blossoms
ET096-001 VHS Dubbed in English Color Stereo Hi Fi 29
Min. $14.95
UPC 7-37187-00185-7 ISBN 1-56567-184-8

Oh My Goddess!-Midsummer Night’s Dream
ET096-002 VHS Dubbed in English Color Stereo Hi Fi 29
Min. $14.95
UPC 7-37187-186-4 ISBN 1-56567-185-6

Oh My Goddess!-Burning Hearts on the Road
ET096-003 VHS Dubbed in English Color Stereo Hi Fi 29
Min. $14.95
UPC 7-37187-00187-1 ISBN 1-56567-186-4

PREBOOK 4/30/96 STREET 5/29/96

Doses of Divine Comedy from the creator of runaway hit,
You’re Under Arrest!

Based on the Japanese Manga “Oh My Goddess!” by Fujishima
Kousuke

English Comic Book release by Studio Proteus and Dark Horse
Comics

Simultaneous Dubbed VHS and Hybrid (Dub&Sub) LD releases

Video packaging features unique SpineScener design

Dubbing by Coastal Carolina Studios (Spirit of Wonder,
You’re Under Arrest!)

Oh My Goddess! HYBRID LD #1

Join college freshman Morisato Keiichi as he gets more than
he bargained for when he goes dialing for dinner and gets an
unexpected delivery – Belldandy, a real live, honest-to-
goodness GODDESS! The Oh My Goddess Hybrid LD #1 contains
episodes Moonlight and Cherry Blossoms and Midsummer Night’s
Dream.

AD096-001 Oh My Goddess! Hybrid LD #1 LASERDISC Color
Stereo 58 Min. $39.95
Subtitled and Dubbed in English 2 sides CLV Side One
Dubbed Side Two Subtitled
UPC 7-37187-00190-1 ISBN 1-56567-189-9

PREBOOK 4/30/96 STREET 6/12/96

AnimAlertAnimAlertAnimAlertAnimAlertAnimAlertAnimAlertAnimAl
ertAn imAlert

The Spirit Dub 5-Pack and the Spirit Sub 5-Pack are going
off the market! The last order date will be 03/31/96!

Individual titles that comprise each pack or set will
continue to be available.

New Market Sales, Inc. P.O. Box 2534 Wilmington, NC 28402
Order Fax (910) 763-2376 Voice (910) 762-2955 Fax (910)
762-0777
Email 72********@co********.com

Please pass along to any anime fans out there!

Win a chance to audition for OMG!

AnimEigo will be offering chances for attendees to audition
for incidental voices at Katsucon 2! Attendee packages will
have a limited amount of special coupons entitling the
bearer to audition for upcoming dubs of Oh My Goddess!

Here’s the deal…we will insert 25-30 special coupons in
the registration packages at Katsucon 2 and the recipients
will get a chance to audition for incidental voices/lines.
Representatives from Coastal Carolina Sound Studios will
handle the audition and recording processes. We hope to
record 5-6 bits from the pool of coupon recipients. People
whose voices are used will have a credit in the video! This
is your chance for fame and glory (if not cash), register
for Katsucon 2 today!

Meet Natsumi and Miyuki!

O.K., so you won’t actually meet the anime characters. But
you will get a chance to meet the English language voice
actors who portray Natsumi and Miyuki from You’re Under
Arrest! at Katsucon 2.

Tamara Burnham (Tsujimoto Natsumi) and Jo Ann Luzzato
(Kobyakawa Miyuki) will be appearing at the AnimEigo table
for autographs on Saturday, March 9th and will also be
participating in a voice acting workshop during the Con that
same day. Very cool! I suppose now that you will actually
want to know the Con particulars!

Katsucon 2 will be from March 8-10, 1996 at the Holiday Inn
Executive Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia. To register or
get more info:

Mail –
Katsu Productions P.O. Box 11582 Blacksburg, VA 24062-1582

Email –
ka******@vt****.edu

Mailing list –
ka********@so*****.edu

WWW –
http://elfie.bevc.blacksburg.va.us/katsucon/katsuni.html

Albert Price

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animation/press.releases #6, from switch, 1122 chars, Sun Mar 3 18:23:29 1996
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WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR ANIMATED FILM TO BE SHOWN ON INTERNATIONAL
TELEVISION?

WE CAN HELP YOU DO IT!

Jolt Television Productions Inc. is putting together a new
compilation of animated films for the international home video,
broadcast, and related markets. If you are an independent animator
who would like to have your work considered for such a package, Jolt
TV wants to hear from you!

If your work is selected, we offer:

* potential national and international exposure;
* payment for your efforts;
* inclusion in our international database of filmmakers that we
would make available to networks, producers, etc.

Send us your work right away on videocassette (1/2 inch VHS, 3/4, or
Beta SP). For further information, please contact Jolt TV
Productions at the address below.

CANADIAN FILM INSTITUTE
2 Daly, Suite 140
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6E2

e-mail: aj***@fr*****.ca

fax: (613) 232-6315
tel: (614) 232-8769

Web: http://www.DocuWeb.ca/CFI-OttAniFest/

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animation/press.releases #7, from elfhive, 3549 chars, Sat Mar 9 17:53:57 1996
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TITLE: AnimEigo’s latest
AnimEigor AnimAnnouncement

AnimEigo, Inc. announces their video and laserdisc releases
for June, 1996. Please add these titles to all listings, new
release bulletins and purchasing systems.

Urusei Yatsura TV Vol 18-Episodes 67-70

In the 18th installment of Urusei Yatsura, Lum’s
indescribably bad cooking
is the least of the problems facing the gang in “Found: The
Valley of
Peaches in the Camp-from-Hell”; those pesky Tengu crows find
a near-perfect
match for their princess, Kurama, and they set out fix that
one little
problem that keeps “him” from being eligible in “The
Bridegroom’s name is
Ryuunosuke”; a letter in a bottle leads to chaos in “A
Letter in a Bottle-
Seaside Spookiness”; and Mendou’s deadly rival, the scion of
the
second-richest family in Japan (they own the other 49.9% of
the country) arrives on the scene in “The Sensational Debut
of Mizunokouji Ton!”

Urusei Yatsura: so wild that we have run out of adjectives
to describe it!

AT092-118 Urusei Yatsura TV Vol 18 VHS Subtitled Color
Mono 100 Min. $24.95
UPC 7-37187-00100-0 ISBN 1-56567-099-X

Comedy
PREBOOK 05/30/96 STREET 06/28/96

BUBBLEGUM CRASH HYBRID LASERDISCS

MegaTokyo 2034 AD — The story of the Knight Sabers
continues in the action-packed 3 episode sequel to the
popular Bubblegum Crisis series! A mysterious “voice” plots
to control first MegaTokyo, and then the World! In order to
defeat him; Priss, Sylia, Nene and Linna must face down an
old enemy – and kill him… not once but 3 1/2 times!

Bubblegum Crash Hybrid LD #1 – Illegal Army
AD096-006 LASERDISC Subtitled and Dubbed in English Color
Stereo 45 Min. $39.95
2 sides CLV Side One Dubbed Side Two Subtitled UPC 7-
37187-00200-7 ISBN 1-56567-199-6

Bubblegum Crash Hybrid LD # 2 – Geo Climbers
AD096-007 LASERDISC Subtitled and Dubbed in English Color
Stereo 45 Min. $39.95
2 sides CLV Side One Dubbed Side Two Subtitled UPC 7-
37187-00201-4 ISBN 1-56567-200-3

Bubblegum Crash Hybrid LD #3 – Meltdown
AD096-008 LASERDISC Subtitled and Dubbed in English
Color Stereo 45 Min. $39.95
2 sides CLV Side One Dubbed Side Two Subtitled UPC 7-
37187-00202-1 ISBN 1-56567-201-1

Sci Fi Action Adventure Violence

PREBOOK 05/30/96 STREET 06/28/96

AD POLICE FILES HYBRID LASERDISCS

MEGATOKYO 2027 A.D. — Relentless technological development
has resulted in the creation of Boomers, artificially
intelligent androids with the potential to free mankind from
physical labor. But anything that can be used can also be
misused…

AD Police Files Hybrid LD #1
The Phanton Woman and The Ripper
AD096-004 LASERDISC Subtitled and Dubbed in English Color
Stereo 55 Min. $39.95
2 sides CLV Side One Dubbed Side Two Subtitled
UPC 7-37187-00196-3 ISBN 1-56567-195-3

AD Police Files Hybrid LD #2
The Man Who Bites His Tongue and Music Videos
AD096-005 LASERDISC Subtitled and Dubbed in English Color
Stereo $39.95
Side One CAV Dubbed in English 28 Min.
Side Two CLV Subtitled OVA/Dubbed MegaTokyo Mix and AD
Police Music Videos 53 Min.
UPC 7-37187-00197-0 ISBN 1-56567-196-1

Nudity Violence Adult situations For Mature Audiences
PREBOOK 05/30/96 STREET 07/10/96

ANIMALERTANIMALERTANIMALERTANIMALERTANIMALERT

The release dates for the VHS dubbed versions of Oh My
Goddess!- Misummer Night’s Dream, Oh My Goddess! – Burning
Hearts on the Road and the laserdisc Oh My Goddess! Hybrid
LD #1 have been delayed. The new street date is 6/28/96.
Please adjust all lists and announcements.

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animation/press.releases #8, from switch, 2263 chars, Fri Mar 15 13:08:08 1996
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TITLE: Ottawa International Animation Festival 96

Greetings Festival Friends!

1996 marks the 20th Anniversary of North America’s largest showcase of
animation, the Ottawa International Animation Festival.

OTTAWA 96 will take place at the National Arts Centre from October 2nd to 6th,
1996, and looks forward to entering its third decade as host to the world’s
greatest animation films and filmmakers.

All the events that made the Festival famous will be with us again in 1996: the
Official Competition; the Panorama and Restrospectives; the famous animators’
picnic; the workshops; Chez-Ani, the animators’ rendez-vous and informal
screening facility; and, of course, the soirees.

Also, in celebration of our 20th Anniversary, we will be undertaking a number
of special events, including a FAVES OF OTTAWA’S PAST programme. Among the
other new activities are:

A FULL-FLEDGED ANIMATION TRADE FAIR;

“BEST OF THE OTTAWA ANIMATION FESTIVAL” FILM TOUR;

NEW OUTDOOR SCREENINGS;

A NEW TV/VIDEO PACKAGE;

A NEW FESTIVAL SITE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB;

I hope you’ll be able to join us for Ottawa 96!

Warmest regards,

Chris Robinson
Director

FAVES OF OTTAWA’S PAST

As part of our celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Ottawa International
Animation Festival, we want you to help us put together a FAVES OF OTTAWA’S
PAST programme. Simply send us a list of your 10 favourite films from past
Ottawa Festivals (yes, that includes Toronto and Hamilton).

Be sure to include your co-ordinates, so that we can enter you in a draw to
win an Ottawa ’96 Animapass Plus (free admission to every Festival event).
We’ll also be giving away AnimaPasses (free admission to screenings),
individual tickets, t-shirts, posters and much more.

My FAVES OF OTTAWA’S PAST are:

10.

Send your entries to: FAVES OF OTTAWA
c/o Ottawa International Animation Festival
2 Daly Avenue, Suite 140
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1N 6E2
Fax: 613-232-6315
Email: aj***@fr*****.ca

To be eligible for the draw, your entry must reach our offices by April 1,
1996. PLEASE NOTE: Films must have been in either competition or panorama.

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animation/press.releases #9, from switch, 7277 chars, Tue Mar 19 22:40:51 1996
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TITLE: Oslo Animation Festival
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 96 17:06:21 0000
From: Vibeke Christensen <nm****@te******.no>
Organization: M
nelyst
To: em**@ca*.org
Subject: (no subject)
X-URL: http://laotzu.art.niu.edu/~asifa/currfest.html

Oslo Animation Festival
Founder: ASIFA Nordic

http://wit.no/sentrum/Festival.html

Highlights and main events –
The 3rd. Oslo Animation Festival
25. – 28. April 1996

The festival program includes the following:
Film screenings:

Films in competition
Oslo Animation Festival 496 will present about 200 films. More than 1/3
of the films are produced in the Nordic countries. This year we
emphasise the Nordic profile by arranging a competition for Nordic and
Baltic animators. An international jury has been invited to judge the
films, and five prizes will be awarded the films in competition will be
screened in a separate program .

“Crumb”
– directed by Terry Zwigoff, has been a hit at festivals around the
world, and will be screened for the first time in Norway during Oslo
Animation Festival ’96. The film won the Grand Prize for best
documentary at the Sundance Film Festival, 1995. This funny and often
disturbing documentary portrays the underground artist Crumb, and
introduces us to his eccentric family.

Shot over a period of six years, Zwigoff uses interviews with the
artist, his family, colleagues, critics, and ex-lovers, along with
footage of his work, to present a vivid picture of Crumb’s obsessions,
and of the powerful visions he has created with them. Crumb has produced
an enormous body of work; his comic work is more widely read today than
ever. Critics have come to recognise him as an extraordinary talent, and
his work is now finding its way into museums.
Zwigoff’s initial interest in making the film stemmed from his
friendship with Crumb, and his long-held belief that Crumb is one of the
great artists of our time.
Robert Crumb is a cult hero, an artist whose work is collected as fine
art, and an iconoclast, a spokesperson for those who began questioning
authority in the 1960’s. Well known in Europe as well as Japan, crumb’s
work is reprinted in costly fine art editions that have given him an
artistic credibility abroad that has yet to be matched in America.

Aardman Animation
“The Wrong Trousers” and “Creature Comforts” (among others) have already
seduced the Norwegian audience. This year we proudly present the newest
Wallace and Gromit-film “The Close Shave” (Oscar nominated 1996).
“What’s Pig and Pop” and two other new surprises are also included in
the program.

Filmtecknarna
From one of Northern Europe’s most inventive and vigorous studios- we
are happy to present new episodes about the stereotypical Swede –
Lennart. Lennart presents his semi-fascist and perverted tips about
trivial things. With the best intentions – of course. From the same
director (Magnus Carlsson) comes “Sweden”, where the Swedes let us
participate in their opinions about this and that.

Dennis Nyback (USA)
visited the festival in ’95 with “Bad Bugs Bunny”. This year he’s back
with new classics. Films by Max and Dave Fleischer; the brothers who
created Betty Boop and Popeye, will be presented. We have been promised
“Der F|hrer’s Face”, a “propaganda” film from Disney about the second
world war starring Donald Duck. We are also looking forward to Tex
Avery’s “Red Hot Riding Hood”, described as one of Avery’s masterpieces
about sex and violence.

New international films
animated masterpieces have been picked from other festivals, and will
be screened in separate programs. In addition to the films in
competition , the festival includes a guest program, a historical
program and the features TOY STORY and CRUMB.

“The chicken from outer space”. (Oscar nominated 1996.)
– by John Dillworth (USA). Last year we screened the popular “The Dirdy
Birdy” by the same director. Dillworth makes films for MTV and works on
own projects simultaneously. Humour and strong personalities
characterise his films.

Cartoons
Gary Larson could unfortunately not make it this year either, but the
filmed. version of his cartoons will be shown. “Gary Larson tales from
the far side” is a 30 minutes series of dark, gloomy, funny and sick
stories from Larson’s universe. The films are filled with cows, insects,
wolves, snakes and rebel sheep that keep on returning during the course
of the story. – Transferred successfully to the screen by Canadian Marv
Newland, who will be present at Oslo Animation Festival.

From Palestinian – administered – areas comes for the first time an
exhibition and a new cartoonbook from Khalil Abu Arafeh made specially
for Oslo Animation Festival 1996.

Norwegian cartoon strips.

Guests and jury members

Marv Newland
Absurd, black humour characterise the films of Canadian Marv Newland. He
has worked with animation for almost 30 years, and his debut – “Bambi
meets Godzilla”- became an immediate cult-classic. He was chosen to
animate Gary Larson’s drawings because the two have a similar approach
to humour. Marv Newland has also worked with cartoons, and Robert Crumb
is one of his favourites. Newland will present his own program during
the festival. His animation studio – Rocketship Ltd. – will also present
a separate program.

Paul Driessen
is considered one of animation’s grand masters. Driessen is Dutch, but
lives and works in Canada. He has produced animation films for more than
30 years, and started his career as on “Yellow Submarine” in London.
Driessen has received awards for many of his films, and he presents his
own program at the festival.

Abby Terkuhle
Creative Director at MTV USA. He also works as a producer, and is one of
the people behind the MTV-series “Beavis and Butt-head”. A selection of
programs and shorts from MTV will be screened – among others “Beavis and
Butthead – Animation Sucks.”

Aleksandr Tatarsky
Animator at the Russian studios Pilot Moscow Animation Studio and Second
Frog. Films from these studios have received numerous awards, and have
been received with great success at festivals world wide. Tatarsky’s
“Gagarin” is Oscar nominated this year.

Piotr Dumala
From Poland we have invited Piotr Dumala. Apart from attacking Polish
society by seeing “the humourous in the evil”, his films are highly
respected from an artistic perspective. Dumala has developed a plaster
technique which make his films to a genre in themselves within the
tradition of animation.

Bettina Bjvrnberg
From Finland have studied art and art history in Florence, Italy. In
19982 she moved to Finland and started working with cut-out animation at
the national broadcasting. OY Yleisradio. While working ever since that,
she has been studying art history, philosophy and graphic art. Oslo
Animation Festival will screen five of Bjvrnbergs films. Currently a new
series of 13 x 104 is under work and will finished in 1997.

Cinemas: Sentrum Scene and The Film House in Oslo .

We look forward to welcoming you to the 3rd Oslo Animation Festival
1996.

Vibeke Christensen
Festival Director

Tel: +47 22 47 46 34. Fax: +47 22 47 46 87
http://wit.no/sentrum/Festival.html
nm****@te******.no

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animation/press.releases #10, from switch, 7590 chars, Mon Mar 25 22:04:22 1996
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Date: Sat, 16 Mar 96 17:06:21 0000
From: Vibeke Christensen <nm****@te******.no>
Organization: Mnelyst
To: em**@ca*.org
Subject: (no subject)
X-URL: http://laotzu.art.niu.edu/~asifa/currfest.html

Oslo Animation Festival
Founder: ASIFA Nordic

http://wit.no/sentrum/Festival.html

Highlights and main events –
The 3rd. Oslo Animation Festival
25. – 28. April 1996

The festival program includes the following:
Film screenings:
Nordic film
International premiers
Historical program
Student films

Children’s workshop/screenings
Video art/Installations
Comic strips
ASIFA seminar
Guests
Internet and electronic brochure

Films in competition
Oslo Animation Festival 96 will present about 200 films. More than 1/3
of the films are produced in the Nordic countries. This year we
emphasise the Nordic profile by arranging a competition for Nordic and
Baltic animators. An international jury has been invited to judge the
films, and five prizes will be awarded the films in competition will be
screened in a separate program .

Dennis Nyback (USA)
visited the festival in ’95 with “Bad Bugs Bunny”. This year he’s back
with new classics. Films by Max and Dave Fleischer; the brothers who
created Betty Boop and Popeye, will be presented. We have been promised
“Der Fhrer’s Face”, a “propaganda” film from Disney about the second
world war starring Donald Duck. We are also looking forward to Tex
Avery’s “Red Hot Riding Hood”, described as one of Avery’s masterpieces
about sex and violence.

From Palestinian – administered – areas comes for the first time an
exhibition and a new cartoonbook from Khalil Abu Arafeh made specially
for Oslo Animation Festival 1996.

Norwegian Forum for cartoons will be present with their annual stand.

Earni Special from cartoon publishers Bladkompaniet present four new
Norwegian cartoon strips.

Guests and jury members

Bettina Bjrnberg
From Finland have studied art and art history in Florence, Italy. In
19982 she moved to Finland and started working with cut-out animation at
the national broadcasting. OY Yleisradio. While working ever since that,
she has been studying art history, philosophy and graphic art. Oslo
Animation Festival will screen five of Bj rnbergs films. Currently a new
series of 13 x 10 is under work and will finished in 1997.

Cinemas: Sentrum Scene and The Film House in Oslo .

We look forward to welcoming you to the 3rd Oslo Animation Festival
1996.

Vibeke Christensen
Festival Director

Tel: +47 22 47 46 34. Fax: +47 22 47 46 87
http://wit.no/sentrum/Festival.html
nm****@te******.no

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animation/press.releases #11, from switch, 3466 chars, Mon Mar 25 22:06:21 1996
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Date: 25 Mar 96 09:51:27 EST
From: Albert . Price <72********@co********.com>
Subject: AnimEigo July 1996 New Releases

AnimEigoR AnimAnnouncement

AnimEigo, Inc. announces their video and laserdisc releases for July, 1996.
Please add these titles to all listings, new release bulletins and purchasing
systems.

Battle Royal High School

Hyoudo Riki is just an ordinary guy who likes to wear a tiger mask while Kung Fu
fighting, which means he fits in real well at BATTLE ROYAL HIGH SCHOOL!

Unfortunately for Riki, he’s the doppleganger in our world of Byoudo, Master of
the Dark Realm, and when a dimensional gate opens between the two worlds, the
evil Fairy Master tricks Byoudo into making an attempt to conquer our beautiful,
and better lit, world.

Now poor Riki is semi-possessed by his opposite number, and the minions of the
Fairy Master are mutating his classmates into hideous lustful monsters. To make
matters worse, all the inter-dimensional commotion has attracted the attention
of a sword-happy exorcist and the heroic Zankan of the Space-Time Police!

Which all means that Riki is about to take one bitch of a mid-term! The course
is survival, and forget “Pass/Fail”….this test is graded “Live/Die!”

BATTLE ROYAL HIGH SCHOOL – and you thought YOUR school was tough?!

ET096-006 Battle Royal High School VHS Dubbed in English Color Stereo Hi Fi
60 Min. $19.95
UPC 7-37187-00204-5 ISBN 1-56567-203-8

AT096-001 Battle Royal High School VHS Subtitled Color Stereo Hi Fi 60
Min. $24.95
UPC 7-37187-00203-8 ISBN 1-56567-202-X
PREBOOK 06/25/96 STREET 07/31/96

AD096-009 Battle Royal High School Hybrid LD LASERDISC Color Stereo 60 Min.
$39.95
2 sides CLV Subtitled and Dubbed in English Side One Dubbed Side Two
Subtitled
UPC 7-37187-00205-2 ISBN 1-56567-204-6
PREBOOK 06/25/96 STREET 08/14/96

Violence Nudity Strong Language

Vampire Princess Miyu – Dubbed in English

A stylish tale of Gothic Horror – Japanese Style! Join spiritualist Himiko as
she hunts down the mysterious Miyu, childlike Princess of the Vampires. What is
the secret that binds Miyu and Himiko? A secret of life…of death…of blood!

ET096-007 Vampire Princess Miyu #1 VHS Dubbed in English Color Stereo Hi Fi
50 Min. $19.95
UPC 7-37187-00206-9 ISBN 1-56567-205-4
PREBOOK 06/25/96 STREET 07/31/96

AD096-010 Vampire Princess Miyu Hybrid LD #1 LASERDISC Color Stereo 50
Min. $39.95
2 sides CLV Subtitled and Dubbed in English Side One Dubbed Side Two
Subtitled
UPC 7-37187-00208-3 ISBN 1-56567-207-0
PREBOOK 06/25/96 STREET 08/14/96

AnimAlertAnimAlertAnimAlertAnimAlertAnimAlertAnimAlertAnimAlertAn imAlert

The YUA! Busted Dub Pack and the YUA! Busted Sub Pack are going off the market!
The last order date will be 05/31/96! The Genesis Surviver Compleat Dub Pack and
the Genesis Surviver Compleat Hybrid LD Set are going off the market! The last
order date will be 07/31/96!

Individual titles that comprise each pack or set will continue to be available.

New character goods! AVAILABLE NOW

Bubblegum Crisis Phone Cards – limited to 1,000 sets!
3 Card Set – $17.50
Chase Card – $5.00

Miniatures
AD Police Car with Leon and Daley figurines – $19.90

Domestic CD
You’re Under Arrest! BGM Soundtrack (55 tracks) includes opening and closing
songs. – $15.98

Hand-painted stools by Lois Brand (commissioned by AnimEigo)
Nene – $375.00
Priss – $375.00 (seen at Katsucon 2)
Both are “one of a kind” 1st come, 1st served!

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animation/press.releases #12, from switch, 2936 chars, Sun Mar 31 10:09:32 1996
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1996 UFVA STUDENT FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL

CALL FOR ENTRES

DEADLINE: MAY 31, 1996 Over $7000 in prizes

Founded to survey and exhibit the very best in student work
worldwide, the UFVA STUDENT FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL announces its
fourth annual competition and national tour.

Categories & Prizes:
Entries are being accepted in four categories: Animation,
Documentary, Experimental, and Narrative. First, Second and Third
place prizes, as well as several Finalists & Honorable Mentions, will
be awarded in each eategory. Over $7000 in prizes will be
distributed. All entrants receive a free copy of the UFVA
International Festival Direetory for Students.

Judges:
All works will be prescreened by a panel of filmmakers, teaehers, and
curators; finalists are sent on to the Finalist Judges. Past juries
have included Susan Seidelman, Allison Anders, Tom Kalin, CHristine
Vachon, Allie Light, Christine Choy, Art Cloeky, Jill Godmillow,
Michael Rubbo & others.

Eligibility:
Works must have been completed no earlier than May 1994, and while
the film/video maker was enrolled in an educational institution
(University/College Undergraduate or Graduate level).

Tour:
The festival premieres each year at the conference of the University
Film & Video Association, which will be held this year in Orange
County, California, at Chapman University, in early August.
Following the conference, selected works will go on a national tour.
Previous tour sites have included American Cinemateque, Los Angeles;
Neighborhood Film/Video Project, Philadelphia; University of the
Philippines; Wellington City Gallery, New Zealand; Florida
International University, Miami; University of Arizona; University of
North Texas; Films From the Margin, Boston; Rhode Island School of
Design; Stanford University; American University; Indianapolis Art
Center, University of Memphis; University of SW Louisiana; Fitchburg
State College; SUNY Buffalo; Depauw University; University of
Wisconsin, Oshkosh; Mills College, Oakland.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: MAY 31, 1995

ENTRY FEES: $15.00, $10 for UFVA mernbers.

TOUR AVAILABILITY:
The Festival will be available for rental as part of a national tour,
from August to Spnng ’97. Please contact us about prices &
scheduling.

For Entry Forms or More Information, Call:
1-800-499-8382
(215) 923-3532 (from outside the US)
fax: 215-204-5280
email: uf**@vm.edu
web: http://astro.temple.edu/~ddoyon
Dept. of Film & Media Arts, Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA
Dave Kluft, Festival Director

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animation/press.releases #13, from shadow, 643 chars, Fri Apr 5 10:21:44 1996
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TITLE: Ghost in the Shell
Manga Entertainment’s “Ghost in the Shell” debuts as New York’s
highest grossing single screen exclusive.

Manga Entertainment’s animated cyber-tech thriller “Ghost in the
Shell” dazzled audiences and critics with its March 29-31 theatrical debut,
grossing over $16,000 and finishing as New York’s highest grossing
single screen exclusive. From the producers of “Akira,” “Ghost
in the Shell” is the most expensive and technically advanced
Japanese animated feature yet made and fetures the song “One Minute
Warning” by Passengers (Brian Eno & U2).

Manga Entertainment’s www address is : http://www.manga.com/manga

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animation/press.releases #14, from hmccracken, 2999 chars, Sat Mar 22 22:43:44 1997
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TITLE: Press Release from Cartoon Network

For Release: March 7, 1997

Cartoon Network Presents Fifth Annual Academy Awards(r) Special
Airdates: Sunday, March23, 6-9 p.m.; Monday, March 24, 6-9 p.m. (ET)

Cartoon Network presents its fifth annual celebration of Academy
Award(r)-winning and Academy Award(r)-nominated animation on Sunday,
March23 and Monday, March 24 from 6-9 p.m. (FT), allowing viewers to
experience the creme de la creme of cartoon ~itles from the MGM, Paramount
and Warner Bros. libraries.

Included in the special is Cartoon Network’s own Courage, the Cowardly
Dog, in “The Chicken From Outer Space,” nominated for the 1996 Oscar(r)
for best achievement in animated short films. A product of Cartoon
Network’s World Premiere Toons project, the short is directed by John R.
Dilworth. Also included in the special is the 1997 Academy Award~nominated
animated short “La Sail a.” Directed by Richard Condie, “La Salla,” was
produced by the National Film Board of Canada, it first premiered in 1996
at the 21st Toronto International Film Festival.

Listed below, in order of their appearance, are all of the cartoons that
will be featured in this year’s Academy Awards(r) special.

Title, Studio, Character, Year
“The Chicken From Outer Space”, Hanna-Barbera, Courage the Cowardly Dog,1996
“The Pink Blueprint”, DePatie-Freleng, Pink Panther, 1966
“The Dot and the Line”, MGM, Generic, 1965 *
“The Pink Phink”, DePatie-Freleng, Pink Panther, 1964 *
“One Droopy Knight”, MGM, Droopy Dog, 1957
“Johann Mouse”, MGM, Tom & Jerry, 1952 *
“Little Johnny Jet”, MGM, Generic, 1952
“Two Mouseketeers”, MGM, Tom & Jerry, 1951 *
“Jerry’s Cousin”, MGM, Tom & Jerry, 1950
“Tweety Pie”, Warner Bros., Tweety Pie/Sylvester, 1947 *
“Walky Talky Hawky”, Warner Bros., Foghorn Leghorn, 1946
“Superman”, Paramount, Superman, 1941
“A Wild Hare”, Warner Bros., Bugs Bunny, 1940
“Hiawatha’s Rabbit Hunt”, Warner Bros., Bugs Bunny, 1941
“Rhapsody in Rivets”, Warner Bros., Generic, 1941
“Pigs in a Polka”, Warner Bros., Generic, 1942
“Greetings Bait”, Warner Bros., Generic, 1943
“La Salla”, Nat. Film Bd. of CA, Generic,1997

* Academy Award(r)-winning animation

Cartoon Network, currently seen in nearly 40 million U.S. homes, is Turner
Broadcasting System, Inc.’s 2~hour, basic cable service offering the best
in animated entertainment and drawing from the world’s largest cartoon
library. Cartoon Network also showcases with unique original ventures such as
Big Bag, Dexter’s Laboratory, Space Ghost Coast to Coast and World
Premiere Toons. Since its launch in 1992, Cartoon Network has remained one
of basic cable’s highest-rated networks.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a subsidiary of Time Warner Inc., is a
major producer of news and entertainment product around the world and the
leading provider of programming for the basic cable industry.

-30-
CONTACTS:
Atlanta Joe Swaney / Paul Siefken (404) 8854)657/0217
New York Stanka Luna (212) 852-6858
Los Angeles Karen Farris (310) 788-6903

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animation/press.releases #15, from switch, 1355 chars, Tue Nov 4 17:00:44 1997
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TITLE: Comics + Hooters

I think this is one of the signs of Armageddon, but I’m not sure. From the
pages of the latest Previews comics catalogue:

When You think “Hooters,” you probably don’t immediately think of comic
books. If anything, you think of the phenomenally popular restaurant which
has, in the space of 14 years, grown to 200 locations with annual sales
topping $350 million. You probably think of the controversial and
beautiful Hooters
Girls, or even the lawsuit that forced the chain to hire “Hooters Guys.”
Anything but comic books.

Think again.

Beginning this month, Cabbage Comics presents Halle the Hooters Girl, a new
comic that follows the adventures of (aw, you guessed) Halle, a waitress at
Hooters who decks herself out in a special Hooters ensemble to take on the
forces of injustice and bad fashion. Like the real waitresses at Hooters,
Halle is 100% all-American girl-next-door. She can knock out crooks and
then take your order for a double set of extra spicy wings without missing a
beat.

The new series represents a first for the restaurant chain, which has grown
dramatically since its beginnings in 1983. With calendars, videos, and a
golf tournament (among other things) already bearing the Hooters name and
the images of the famous Hooters Girls, the comic proves that there’s always
room for a Hooters Girl.

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animation/press.releases #16, from davecolton, 33 chars, Tue Nov 4 18:49:37 1997
This is a comment to message 15.
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It is indeed the apocalypse. . .