Issue #208 Dec. 2010/Jan. 2011

Features - After several years of revisions and reboots, Disney serves up "Tangled", a thoroughly modern, seamlessly animated version of Rapunzel with memorable characters, inspired songs and surprisingly emotional moments; Anime vionsary Mamoru Hosoda imagines a clash between two realities in his 2D sci-fi hit, "Summer Wars"; "Yogi Bear’s" animation director talks about the process of bringing Hanna-Barbera’s famous Jellystone resident to CG life. Television - Rubicon Studio's CEO and founder Randa Ayoubi realizes her ambitious plans by putting Jordan on the global animation map with new international partnerships and innovative educational initiatives. VFX - The penultimate Harry Potter movie, "The Deathly Hallows, Part 1", offers a dark, grown-up adventure glistening with astonishing visual effects; "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" provides many opportunities for the killer vfx teams at Moving Picture Company and Cinesite to make an unforgettable visual splash.