ADVERTISEMENT Festivals & EventsTop Stories 10 Things We Loved about This Past Year By Animation Magazine December 30, 2012 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp The silly, big-hearted cast of Aardman’s The Pirates! Band of Misfits. How Korra, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and a stop-motion SpongeBob came to Nickelodeon’s rescue. A Brave Pixar princess who doesn’t give a damn about princes. DreamWorks’ double treat—a rollicking summer Madagascar adventure and a magical Rise of the Guardians holiday gem. Cartoon Network continued to make us laugh with Adventure Time, Regular Show and Annoying Orange. Genndy Tartakovsky’s vampire hit Hotel Transylvania erased the memories of the lame Twilight series. The zombies of ParaNorman and the re-animated pets of Frankenweenie put screams back into stop-motion. Wreck-It Ralph‘s perfect mix of clever humor, 8-bit nostalgia and genuine emotion. The brilliant lunacy of Disney Channel’s Gravity Falls. Live-action movies like Life of Pi, The Avengers and The Hobbit that put some animated pics to shame. TagsAardmanAdventure TimeAnnoying OrangeBraveCartoon NetworkDisney ChannelDreamWorksFrankenweenieGenndy TartakovskyHotel TransylvaniaKorraLife of PiMadagascarNickelodeonParaNormanPixarRegular ShowRise of the GuardiansSpongeBobTeenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesThe AvengersThe HobbitThe Pirates! Band of MisfitsTwilightWreck-It Ralph Share FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp ADVERTISEMENT 178FansLike27FollowersFollow69FollowersFollow88SubscribersSubscribe NEWSLETTER Get the DAILY SCOOP on what's going on in the ANIMATION INDUSTRY DAILY NEWSLETTER ADVERTISEMENT FREE CALENDAR 2024 2024 Animation Trade-Show Calendar Is Here! Click here to download MOST RECENT Anime ‘Blue Lock’ S2 Finale Drives Down the Pitch with Dual Trailers! Awards Awards Updates: ‘Flow’ Wins NYFCC & Nat’l Board of Review Awards, ‘Hadu’ Wins at AFRIFF, Saturn Awards Nominees & New Kids’ LGBTQ Media Awards Streaming Watch: ‘Eva the Owlet’ Warms Up for S2 with Apple Holiday Special Features GKIDS Reveals ‘The Colors Within’ English Cast with New Trailer Streaming First Look: ‘The Bravest Knight’ S2 Returns to Hulu with Fairy Tale Guest Stars CONTEST Win ‘The Art of Futurama’! ENTER TO WIN! ADVERTISEMENT Click here for more trailers... Features GKIDS Reveals ‘The Colors Within’ English Cast with New Trailer Mercedes Milligan - New ‘Snow White’ Trailer Features Digital Dwarfs, CG Critters & Augmented Environments Features Television Trailer: ‘StuGo’ Brings Sci-Fi Summer Camp Adventure to Disney Channel in January Mercedes Milligan - Exclusive Clips: Disney Decks the Screens with ‘Big City Greens’ & ‘ZOMBIES’ Animated Holiday... Television Streaming Watch: ‘Eva the Owlet’ Warms Up for S2 with Apple Holiday Special Mercedes Milligan - First Look: ‘The Bravest Knight’ S2 Returns to Hulu with Fairy Tale Guest Stars Streaming Anime ‘Blue Lock’ S2 Finale Drives Down the Pitch with Dual Trailers! Mercedes Milligan - ‘Sakamoto Days’ Strikes Netflix on January 11 (New Trailer) Anime Shorts Preschool Favorites ‘Sesame Street’ & ‘Baby Shark’ Unite for Holiday Fun Mercedes Milligan - Lighthouse’s ‘Póg mo Pigeon’ Wins Oscar-Qualifying Award Shorts Home Entertainment ‘Time of Eve’ Explores Life with AI in New Blu-ray from AnimEigo Mercedes Milligan - ‘The Swan Princess’ Celebrates 30 Years with 12-Movie Collection Home Ent VFX Digitoonz & Citrus Ink Launch VFX/Animation/Gaming Venture DGX Animation Magazine - The VFX of ‘Here’: Time Travel Enabled by Machine Learning VFX People Micaela Hicks Tapped to Head Eris Talent Agency Voiceover Division Animation Magazine - The Animation Guild Reaches Tentative Agreement with AMPTP People Festivals & Events Animar_BCN 2024 Publishes Results of European Animation Conclave Animation Magazine - L.A. Animation Festival Announces 2024 Shorts Lineup and Special Fleischer Studios Showcase Festivals & Events Schools CTN Launches International Student Exchange Program for Animation Animation Magazine - ‘Kiri and Lou’ Feature Film Production Kicks Off at U. of Canterbury in New... Schools Video Games Toei Animation Launches ‘Hypergalactic’ Game Universe Tied to Upcoming Movie Mercedes Milligan - Netflix Shuts Down AAA Video Game Studio Before First Release Video Games Digital Media Simon’s Cat Sinks Claws into Cryptocurrency Market Mercedes Milligan - Baseball-Themed Kids’ Cartoon ‘HexClad Presents Bronx Buds’ Hits YES App Saturday Digital Media