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Pokémon has chosen its home for its upcoming Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu stop-motion animated show, and they’re getting some help from Aardman Animations. The new series, created in partnership with the British stop-motion studio, will air on Disney XD and stream on Disney+ in 2027, becoming Pokémon’s first animated series to originate on Disney.…

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On August 1, 1950, “Crusader Rabbit” debuted on the NBC-owned Los Angeles TV station KNBH, making history as the first animated series created specifically for TV broadcast. Produced as a satirical series of four-minute serialized chapters, “Crusader Rabbit” followed the zany exploits of Crusader, a brave and heroic bunny, and his sidekick Rags, a sensitive tiger. Together, the unlikely…

Brad Bird’s 1999 animated sci-fi film “The Iron Giant” didn’t exactly take the world by storm — at least, not at first. “The Iron Giant” was released in August, a month traditionally considered a post-blockbuster-season dumping ground for studios. Warner Bros. seemed willing to let the film slide into obscurity, perhaps smarting from the not-very-glowing…