If you ask any child either a boy or a girl who Dora the Explorer is, they can tell you in a heartbeat. Most adults who have children have heard, if not watched several episodes of Dora the Explorer and could tell you the names of the characters and sing the songs. But why is watching Dora the Explorer so much fun?

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A new Tim Burton production (but directed by Shame Acker), 9 hits theaters this week. It’s a CG movie, but it was animated to look more like stop motion. The title refers to nine “dolls” that guard something of great importance. (You’ll see it in the movie.) The voice cast features famous actors like Elijah Wood and Martin Landau alongside the great Alan Oppenheimer, who you might remember as the 1980s voice of Skeletor.

The Story: When 9 (The Lord of the Ring’s Elijah Wood) first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they’ll soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them.

If you dig the designs, check out the Tim Burton’s 9 Action Figures Series 1 Case. The strange figures look like they were crafted from burlap sacks and the scraps in your junk drawer, with little zippers and accessories cobbled together from odds and ends.

Denver, CO (PRWEB) August 28, 2009 — Nan Desu Kan (NDK), Denver’s premier anime convention, will return Sept. 11-13 to host its 13th annual celebration of Japanese animation, music and culture. Fans from around the world will gather at the Marriott Denver Tech Center, along with actors, musical artists and industry insiders from Japan and across North America.

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New York, NY (PRWEB) July 9, 2009 — Cartoon Network, the number one kids’ channel in Asia Pacific, today announced that GoAnimate’s ground breaking software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology will power Toon Creator, a new regional interactive platform which aims to inspire creativity in kids through technology. Continue Reading

While my husband I were in Topeka, Kansas, we went to see the movie UP after the races on Saturday. We thought about seeing Star Trek or Angels and Demons, but we didn’t because we didn’t want to wait three and a half hours and pay $9.25 per person to see either of these movies.

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