Japan hosts the International Cosplay Summit to promote its quirky subculture worldwide. Anime fans from across the world mass in Japan for an international cosplay event as Tokyo throws its support behind the phenomenon born out of Japanese subculture.
(New York) The classic cartoon "Underdog" has been updated as a live-action movie. CBS 2`s Katie McGee sate down with Patrick Warburton, one of the stars of the new flick, to get the scoop on the superhero pooch.
A tiny African village is making a fortune from The Simpsons even though few residents have ever seen the satirical cartoon. Soap stone carvers in Tabaka have been given a lucrative contract to make models of characters from the hit tv series. Tabaka is
Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and is Warner Bros.s first animated theatrical series. The regular Warner Bros. animation cast also became known as the "Looney Tunes" .
The name Looney Tunes is a variation on Silly Symphonies the name of Walt Disneys concurrent series of music-based cartoon shorts. Looney Tunes originally showcased Warner-owned musical compositions through the adventures of cartoon characters such as Bosko and Buddy. Later Looney Tunes shorts featured popular characters such as Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Porky Pig Elmer Fudd Sylvester Tweety Marvin the Martian Taz Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner Foghorn Leghorn Yosemite Sam Pep Le Pew Speedy Gonzales The Barnyard Dawg Penelope Pussycat Michigan J. Frog and many others.
Originally produced by Harman-Ising Pictures Looney Tunes were produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions from 1933 to 1944. Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros. in 1944 and the newly renamed Warner Bros. Cartoons continued production until 1963. Looney Tunes were outsourced to DePatie-Freleng Enterprises from 1964 to 1967 and Warner Bros. Cartoons re-assumed production for the series final two years. From 1942 into the 1960s Looney Tunes was the most popular short cartoon series in theaters succeeding Disney and other popular competitors. 1
