The Good Cartoon – Three Little Bops (1957 – Dir: Friz Freleng)
The wolf may be square, but this cartoon certainly isn’t.
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The Lovely Background Art in Nelly’s Folly
The only cartoon article you’ll read with absurdly long vertical pans.
Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (1996 – Dir: Shigeyasu Yamauchi): A Cartoon Review
(Writer’s note: I’d originally written this around the end of March 2024, but a technical issue with the site meant I wasn’t able to upload this in time. I’d posted it on my personal blog until that had been cleared up, with the hope that I might be able to write something else in the …
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Looking back at Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return! (Part Two)
Last time on Cartoon Milk, I wrote about the 2008 Dragon Ball short film Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!, as a way of celebrating its 15th anniversary. I had written quite a lot of thoughts, but in trying to make for a more coherent article, I ended up with a review that left …
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Looking back at Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return! (Part One)
The passage of time has a funny way of synching things up. It’s the year 2023, meaning that I’ve been a fan of Dragon Ball for a little over 15 years now. It’s also the 15th anniversary of the 2008 Dragon Ball short film “Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!”, which I haven’t seen …
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Mask of the Phantasm: Revisiting A Ghost from the Past
You won’t like every cartoon, and that’s okay.
Cyborg 009 2001: Emotional Arcs in Art Direction
A look at how two episodes from this series use colour tones and backgrounds to surprising effect.
Hare Ribbin’: Comparing The Two Versions
Between the original version and the revised theatrical cut, what’s been changed, removed or added?