While he liked to remain faithful to the source material, he also gave his directors creative freedom

Being the new kid in town proves tough, especially if Eric Cartman decides to take an interest in you.

I finally "got" Wes Anderson the other day. Which is not to say that I hadn't "got" him before – in the sense of liking his work and always being willing to substitute his vision of the world for mine for an hour or two. Though I'm not very fond of fey art-house whimsy (see references to Miranda July passim), there has always been something about.

From Springfield, Ohio, to the city's namesakes in West Virginia, Vermont and Illinois, resounds the exclamation: "Doh!" The creator of The Simpsons has broken his silence and revealed that the real-life inspiration for the animated series is the Springfield in Oregon.

The films of Studio Ghibli are often as bizarre as they are beautiful. So, on the eve of its latest release, Robert Epstein went fishing for answers from Hayao Miyazaki, the genius behind it all

Disney's landmark new cartoon, The Princess and the Frog, has given hand-drawn animation the kiss of life. Guy Adams reports from the Mouse House

A contender for the most famous feline on the web, Simon’s Cat is the star of five online films that have been watched by 36 million viewers across the world.

Bumps, thumps and shaking chandeliers make for enjoyably hammy horror