Dougal and the Blue Cat is the 1970 animated film by Serge Danot that features a mysterious voice and a cat named Buxton that plot to take over the world and turn it blue. The animated film is based on…
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“Dad Baby” and the Theotokos – Exploring the scandal of childbirth
by Erin Jones • July 16, 2024 • 0 Comments
There are few things more sought out by desperate American parents than the “banned” episodes of Bluey. We not only want the extra content for our kids, but for a show so intentional about world-building and Easter egg hiding (literally)…
On Anime Superheroes
by Patrick Gwillim-Thomas • July 15, 2021 • 2 Comments
Tackling the subject of anime superheroes, both the graduate thesis “Superman vs. Goku: Different Cultural Values Represented in Superhero Characters in American and Japanese Comics”[1] and the widely viewed YouTube video essay How HeroAca and One Punch Man Flip the…
Racialized Voice Acting and Transracial Voice Casting of Animated Animals
by Kara Lynn Andersen • May 27, 2019 • 7 Comments
Until now the research on race and ethnicity in animated films and cartoons has mainly taken one of two directions: critiquing racist and ethnocentric characters and stories, and calling for increased diversity, especially in children’s animated media. There have been…
“Trans”formers: Reading the Rescue Bots
by Nichola Dobson • December 15, 2016 • 3 Comments
I’ve written here before about some of the children’s animation which my son consumes and, as he gets older (he’s almost 5), we all become exposed to more sophisticated shows aimed at older children. Thankfully, many of these shows are…
Early Years Animation as Ambient Experience
by Joe Darlington • October 2, 2015 • 0 Comments
You can imagine the scene – perhaps you’re living it now – with the infant sat captivated by the shifting shapes moving on the screen and the parent behind them, busy with another task, not concentrating on the screen but…