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Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animation has been recognized as an artistic medium, specifically within the entertainment industry. Many animations are either traditional animations or computer animations made with computer-generated imagery (CGI). Stop motion animation, in particular claymation, has continued to exist alongside these other forms.

Animation is contrasted with live action, although the two do not exist in isolation. Many moviemakers have produced films that are a hybrid of the two. As CGI increasingly approximates photographic imagery, filmmakers can easily composite 3D animations into their film rather than using practical effects for showy visual effects (VFX). (Full article...)

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"Homer's Phobia" is the fifteenth episode of The Simpsons' eighth season, which originally aired on the Fox Network on February 16, 1997. It was the first episode written by Ron Hauge and was directed by Mike B. Anderson. John Waters guest-starred, providing the voice of the new character, John. In the episode, Homer dissociates himself from new family friend John after discovering that John is gay. Homer fears that John will have a negative influence on his son, Bart. "Homer's Phobia" was the first episode to revolve entirely around homosexual themes, with the title being a pun on the word homophobia. Originally, due to the controversial subject, the Fox censors found the episode unsuitable for broadcast, but this decision was reversed after a turnover in the Fox staff. It won four awards, including an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) and a GLAAD Media Award for "Outstanding TV - Individual Episode".

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Gertie the Dinosaur

Credit: Box Office Attraction Co.

An advertising poster for Winsor McCay's 1914 film Gertie the Dinosaur.

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... that Morph was included in X-Men: The Animated Series because the writers "really wanted to kill somebody"?
... that director Isao Takahata reportedly stayed overnight at a doss-house to ensure that the Japanese animated film Jarinko Chie accurately depicts the city of Osaka?
... that although Blizzard's franchise Overwatch is centered around video games, its lore is mainly told through animated shorts, comics, and novels?
... that the live-action comedy series Community had a stop motion animated Christmas special?
... that the stylized animation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem was inspired by rough sketches in school notebooks?
... that Princess Mononoke was the most expensively animated, most expensively promoted, and highest-grossing Japanese film of its time?

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It is pretty amazing to go from being a print cartoonist to having a hit animated television show, although I secretly expected it [The Simpsons] do well.

— Matt Groening

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William Denby "Bill" Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an American animator, director, producer, television director, television producer, and cartoon artist, whose movie and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the 20th century. During the 1930s, Hanna steadily gained skill and prominence while working on cartoons such as Captain and the Kids. In 1937, while working at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Hanna met Joseph Barbera. The two men began a collaboration that was at first best known for producing Tom and Jerry and live action films. In 1957, they co-founded Hanna-Barbera, which became the most successful television animation studio in the business, producing programs such as The Flintstones, The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, The Smurfs, and Yogi Bear. In 1967, Hanna–Barbera was sold to Taft Broadcasting for $12 million, but Hanna and Barbera remained heads of the company until 1991. At that time the studio was sold to Turner Broadcasting System, which in turn was merged with Time Warner, owners of Warner Bros., in 1996; Hanna and Barbera stayed on as advisors. Hanna and Barbera won seven Academy Awards and eight Emmy Awards.

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The Simpsons' eighth season originally aired between October 1996 and May 1997, beginning on October 27, 1996 with "Treehouse of Horror VII". The showrunners for the eighth production season were Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein. The aired season contained two episodes which were hold-over episodes from season seven, which Oakley and Weinstein also ran. It also contained two episodes for which Al Jean and Mike Reiss were the show runners. Season eight won multiple awards, including two Emmy Awards: "Homer's Phobia" won for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) in 1997, and Alf Clausen and Ken Keeler won for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics" with the song "We Put The Spring In Springfield" from the episode "Bart After Dark". Clausen also received an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Music Direction" for "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious". "Brother from Another Series" was nominated for the Emmy for "Sound Mixing For a Comedy Series or a Special". The DVD box set was released in Region 1 on August 15, 2006, Region 2 on October 2, 2006, and Region 4 on September 27, 2006. The set was released in two different forms: a Maggie-shaped head to match the Homer and Marge shaped heads of the previous two sets and also a standard rectangular shaped box. Like the seventh season box set, both versions are separately available for sale.

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...that Leaving Springfield is a non-fiction anthology of essays analyzing the impact of the television program The Simpsons on society?
...that the Family Guy episode "Ocean's Three and a Half" includes the actual audio of Christian Bale's outburst (pictured) on the set of Terminator Salvation, making it appear to be directed at Peter Griffin?
...that former Disney animator Jack Dunham created the official rooster mascot for St-Hubert, a Canadian BBQ restaurant chain?

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Anniversaries for August 1

Films released

1922 – The Four Musicians of Bremen (United States)
1922 – Felix Finds a Way (United States)
1923 – Felix in Fairyland (United States)
1924 – Alice the Peacemaker (United States)
1924 – Felix Goes West (United States)
1927 – Sealing Whacks (United States)
1935 – Garden Gaieties (United States)
1936 – Mickey's Circus (United States)
1936 – Porky the Rain-Maker (United States)
1941 – Truant Officer Donald (United States)
1942 – The Ducktators (United States)
1942 – Foney Fables (United States)
1947 – Crazy with the Heat (United States)
1951 – How to Catch a Cold (United States)
1953 – The New Neighbor (United States)
1958 – Paul Bunyan (United States)
1958 – Tot Watchers, last Tom and Jerry cartoon produced at the original MGM cartoon studio before it shut down in 1957. (United States)
1959 – Wild and Woolly Hare (United States)
1962 – The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit (United States)
1964 – Señorella and the Glass Huarache (United States)
1992 – Ranma ½: Nihao, My Concubine (Japan)
1997 – Jungle Emperor Leo (Japan)
1998 – Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (Japan)
1998 – Slayers Gorgeous (Japan)

Television series and specials

1949 – The first American animated television series Crusader Rabbit, begins airing in syndication.
2003 – My Life as a Teenage Robot, an American animated television series begins airing on Nickelodeon
2004 – Rugrats, an American animated television series finishes airing on Nickelodeon