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First Big Break: Hayao Miyazaki — Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
A Career of Near Misses Before Creative Authority
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Slip! Slop! Slap!
The Sound of Public Trust
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The House Hippo and the Gentle Art of Skepticism
A Canadian public service announcement about misinformation, imagination, and learning to pause
May 3
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McGruff the Crime Dog and the Voice We Trusted
How a cartoon dog turned crime prevention into an everyday habit
Apr 26
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Duck & Cover - Be afraid, be very afraid.
The classroom drill of nuclear anxiety
Apr 19
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Rocky and Bullwinkle: Pioneers of Animated Satire and Humour
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The Jetsons: A Retro Look at the World's Favourite Space-Age Family
Aug 11, 2024
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Huckleberry Hound
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How Count Duckula Redefined Horror-Comedy in 1980s Animation
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I'm Popeye the sailor man...toot, toot
I'm strong to the finish, cus I eats me spinach.
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Charley says, and we listened.
The voice that taught a generation to stop, look, and think
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Stop, Look, Animate: How Tufty the Squirrel Saved Lives
How a gentle cartoon became one of Britain’s most effective safety campaigns
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Enchanted and the Art of Letting Fairy Tales Grow Up
A reflective look at Enchanted (2007), exploring how Disney used animation and live‑action to revisit fairy‑tale traditions, sincerity, and modern…
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit: When Animation Refused to Behave at All
I’m not bad. I’m just drawn that way.
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks and the Confidence of Imperfect Magic
How Disney’s most eccentric live‑action hybrid embraced animation, artifice, and imagination during a moment of transition.
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Mary Poppins: When Animation Behaved Itself…OK mostly.
'I'd recognise that silhouette anywhere.'
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