The box offices are buzzing lately, especially with the release of Big Hero 6, which so far has brought in a whopping $36 million just last weekend, and over $100 million in just the second week of its showing. World-wide, the movie has grossed $148 million.

The film is based off of the original Marvel Comics issues. Big Hero 6 was originally supposed to be introduced in December of 1988 in the issue Alpha Flight #17, but instead starred in its own comic in September of the same year. The comic tell the story of a group of super heros recruited by the [...]

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Can you believe it?

Even though Disney bought Marvel a few years back, they also stopped publishing any Disney comic in the whole USA for years! (more precisely, since Boom! Studios cancelled their Disney comics)

This always made me quite angry at Disney : buying the biggest comics company and not doing ANYTHING with their own properties...

But now, with the efforts of the team behind the Darkwing Duck comics ("The Duck Knight returns") in 2010, and a whole new publisher : "Joe's Comics", a new batch of Disney comics will be released! And they're quite varied! 

All these [...]

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Pixar's next film, Inside Out, has been in the works for a long time. And now, a mere 8 months before its theatrical release, Pixar has released its first teaser trailer!

The teaser mixes together emotions we have seen in all previous Pixar films, before giving us some clips from Inside Out. Keep in mind, since this IS a teaser trailer from Pixar, none of these clips will likely be seen in the final film. This is just to introduce you to the characters.

Inside Out releases worldwide next June.

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The new full-length 2D animated movie from veteran Disney and DreamWorks animators has been funded!

Hullabaloo, the steampunk animated superhero story is the brainchild of creator James Lopez (The Lion King, The Emperor’s New Groove) and a veteran team of animators, modelers, composers and voice actors. Lopez is a Disney veteran who has also served stints at Warner Bros. and DreamWorks, so he definitely has the credintials.

Lopez and his team started an IndieGoGo campaign to raise $80,000 for the film production, but now it received 140% of expected goal, with $111,705! [...]

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Congratulations to our two winners in the How to Train Your Dragon fan contest!

In the art category, Windhowler's "Tracking" won by a slight majority! In the fanart, "Four Wings" by Pawface was the winner! These two winners will receive FREE digital downloads of How to Train Your Dragon 2 when it releases in a month or two!

 

Our latest Site-Wide Contest has come to a close, and now the time has come for you to vote on your favorite How To Train Your Dragon fan art and images! Each piece is below; click each to view in higher resolution. To vote, send me a PM telling me who you vote for in each category (DO NOT COMMENT ON THIS NEWS POST!!!!). Voting runs from now through August 31, and the winners will be announced September 1. Their prize: a free digital download of How to Train Your Dragon 2!

Fan Art:

#Tootless Selfie by LionObsession 

Toothless by Karlamon
 

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Two big publications (People.com and ABC.net) posted interesting articles recently, to celebrate the 20 years of The Lion King.

They contacted me so I could post a link to their article, so here they are!

20 Reasons Why The Lion King Still Rules 20 Years : http://www.people.com/article/lion-king-20th-annniversary?xid=pr_sandbox_LionKing201

Behind the scenes at The Lion King Musical : http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/intothemusic/behind-the-scenes-at-the-lion-king-musical/5587494

 

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Hello Animation Source.

I just wanted to let everyone know that the contest and projects glitch has been fixed. You can submit your entries directly for contests/projects pages again! Pageviews glitch was fixed too.

I'd also like to welcome our new Source moderators. Skulblaka_Shur'tugal and Epyon on Balto Source and Brown Wolf on Lion King Source.

 

Remember a while ago when we had a site-wide Frozen contest? Well, now we're having another one: How to Train Your Dragon!

To celebrate the release of How to Train Your Dragon 2, Animation Source is hosting an art contest! There are two categories: Fan Art and Fan Images. Anyone from any Source is open to submit to both contests, but only one submission per category. The contest runs from right now through July 31. Then, for the month of August, members get to vote for their favorite piece from each category! The two winners will receive a great treat: A free digital copy of How [...]

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If you aren't using an ad blocker, you've surely noticed it by now : I am putting back ads on the site.
Wait! There's a good reason for this.

To put it simply, I am soon going to leave my current job, and I will be creating my own micro-company. (more on that later)
This means that I will have more time to dedicate to the site, so I'll be able to do much more than currently!
For example, I could add support for more languages, create a new and improved interface, correct all the remaining bugs etc... All the things I wanted to do but never could, because of time constraints.

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There's barely enough to cover here, so this should be short. First of all, Box Office Mojo announced release dates for several new Fox animated films. Several sequels have been announced, but the soonest releases are all original films: Underdogs in early 2015, Boss Baby in 2016, Captain Underpants in 2017, and Larrakins in 2018. The sequels to be released are The Croods 2 in 2017, Madagascar 4 in 2018, and Puss in Boots 2: 9 Lives and 40 Thieves in late 2018. Remember, these release dates are tentative and may change.

For now, Puss in Boots 2 is the farthest-out movie with a [...]

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Hello Lion King Source, there are some great news for you:

 

1. Remember previous news about Legacy Edition soundtrack?

Each album will also feature newly created artwork from Lorelay Bove, a visual development artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios (Tangled, Winnie the Pooh, Wreck-It Ralph). Here's an example of the artwork:

The two-disc album is available in pre-order now.

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2. We know about new Lion King spin-off movie and series to be aired on Disney Channel in 2015, “The Lion Guard”.

The series will [...]

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Walt Disney Records just announced The Legacy Collection, a new line that will celebrate the anniversaries of Disney classics, including The Lion King. The two-disc set will feature the original soundtrack, 30 minutes of unreleased score, and liner notes from the producer, Don Hahn, and Academy Award-winning composer, Hans Zimmer.
The Lion King has its 20th anniversasy on June 24, 2014. Here's a preview of said sountrack's cover:

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Disney has released the first trailer for their next animated film, Big Hero 6. The film is based off the lesser-known Marvel characters and will release worldwide this November. Disney's previous animated film was, of course, Frozen.

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After a month of no updates, we finally have stuff to talk about. This weekend, Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return arrived in about 2,500 theaters in North America. Unfortunately, it only gathered about $3.7 million over the weekend. For a release that wide, it's among the worst openings ever. In fact, it's the 7th-worst for any film that opened over 2,500 theaters. At this point, this film will be lucky to end its run over $10 million, which would make it an all-out box office flop against a budget of $70 million. (The 15% rating on RottenTomatoes.com doesn't help.)

In contrast, Rio 2 [...]

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This year is full of new sources. I'd like to announce an opening of a Source dedicated to the most popular TV series of last time.

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Source is now open!

All credits for the English mirror goes to Blazetail and Meemee.

 

There you go. The bar is crossed.

Ten years ago, I was putting online the very first version of the site "Balto Source".
And it's still there! Even if I'm not as active, very few fansites can argue such a longevity!

To celebrate this, I've added a new functionality, that I wanted to do for 5 years : choosing styles!
At the top-left corner, under the banner, you'll find a new link. Click on it, then you'll be able to choose the style to use.

Warning though, for now the only style that can be chosen is the default style (so it's pointless), but the moderators will be able to [...]

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The site will be migrated to a new server tomorrow! (for more speed, memory etc...)

As a result, it will be unavailable for a few hours. The migration will start late this night for USA citizens (11:00 AM here in France)

 

Rio 2 was released in American theaters this weekend and managed to top Captain America: The Winter Soldier on Friday. But it was not to last, and ultimately, it ended the weekend about $2 million short of 1st Place. Altogether, it managed a solid $39 million from its opening weekend. That's almost identical to its predecessor, which racked up $39.2 million. Considering it had solid competition this itme around, that makes its intake even more impressive. Combined with a foreign total of $125 million, Rio 2 has now earned $164.2 million worldwide. This means it's on track to easily pass [...]

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Well, ladies and gentlemen, Animation Source finally has a Source for the biggest animated film in history. That's right: FROZEN SOURCE IS HERE!

The Source was entirely created by Hecate, and I translated it into English. So if you want to thank anyone, thank her! Also of note, this is the first time in forever that a Source has opened on both the English and French sides at the same time!

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Hello Lion King source.

I've got an idea to post more or less known Lion King facts on a rolling banner. What do you think of the idea and how often would you like those banners to change? Please comment and vote in new poll.

 

In other news, complete first movie sountrack has been added to site's Music Player.

 

You will have 24 hours to back up your art, characters, and profiles before Animation Source officially goes off-line. That's right: after almost 10 years, Animation Source is officially shutting down.

As Steet said in his latest staff meeting, "Animation Source is getting too tiring to deal with. There are too many people complaining about characters, not enough people contributing to the inactive Sources, and too much drama revolving around certain members. The shout boxes are full of rude people, the questions pages are littered with guest accounts, and the forums are completely [...]

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This will probably be the last news of this sort until Rio 2 releases, since animated films are not doing so good at the North American box office right now. So we'll be taking a 2-week break from this coming up here.

The highest-grossing animated film was Mr. Peabody and Sherman, which took in a respectable $9.5 million this weekend and placing 4th, behind holdovers Muppets Most Wanted and Divergent, and trailing behind 1st-place newcomer Noah. Given the competition, that's not too bad. To date, Mr. Peabdoy and Sherman has earned just shy of $95 million at the US box office and $197 [...]

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Me and Troll  have worked hard and have made this new layout

If you cannot see it press ctrl + f5 (this is known as hard refresh)

The layout is on trial only and will depend on what Steet says, but we want to know what you the members think of the layout

Please post any and all comments about the layout on this news.

-Blaze

 

After spending a weekend at the top of the box office, Mr. Peabody and Sherman plummetted to 3rd Place, behind newcomers Divergent and Muppets Most Wanted. It took in about $11.7 million, which puts its total domestic gross to $81 million domestically and $183 million worldwide. That's not too bad at all, and it looks likely to close at over $100 million domestically/$250 million worldwide.

The Lego Movie also took a big hit from the new releases, as well as strong holdovers. After spending last weekend in the Top 5, it barely was able to stay in 9th Place, and earned just over $4 [...]

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As you may or may not yet know, we saw a big change on how the English side works today. We mods now activate characters instead of them being automatically uploaded. This used to be done a while back, but the amount of characters submitted each day rose to the hundreds, so it was changed to being done automatically.

It has been this way on the French side for a while and works well, so we hope you will get used to this small change.

DO NOT PM mods to activate a character unless it is not done within 3 [...]

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Well, enough news has racked up in the past week or two for a news post, so here it is. Hopefully you'll enjoy this. If you get too bored, there's always watching paint dry or something....

First of all, the upcoming 2015 film Peanuts has had its first teaser trailer revealed, as you can see below.

It looks like the animation studio is doing their best to convert the famous Charlie Brown and Snoopy characters into CG, while at the same time keeping true to artist Charles Schulz's original designs. We haven't seen this kind of animation in a long time, so it'll be a fun change from [...]

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First of all, my apologies for not posting this news last week. I was on Spring Break. But there wasn't much you missed, so let's just jump in to this weekend.

In its second weekend of release, Mr. Peabody and Sherman rose from 2nd to 1st Place, which made it the highest-grossing film at the United States box office this weekend. (It has been in release overseas for several weeks already, and has done very well.) It earned an estimated $21 million domestically which, combined with its $32 million from last weekend and its gross over the past week, puts it at $63 million total so far. [...]

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Hello Animation Source, it's been almost to years since last source was made.

I'd love to announce the opening of Watership Down source! The source has been in the making for over 2 years, but Blazetail and I have been working on it intensively for past months and now it's done and ready for you to enjoy!

The source is dedicated for the 1978 movie and 1999-2001 TV series adaptation of Richard Adam's book named Watership Down about brave rabbits who leave their home warren to start a new life.

WARNING: Movie has detailed fighting/wounds and this site is aimed for a mature [...]

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Hello, Lion King Source

After having to deactivate some characters, we decided to post a small reminder about character species on TLKS.

* Extinct species (like Barbary or Cape lions) are not allowed.

* Tigers and cougars are not allowed. Please do a little reseach on your characters. Tigers live only in Asia and cougars inhabit only both Americas. Tigers, cougars and their hybrids are not allowed unless they are reasonably explained.

And a little reminder about realistic/unrealistic tag. Dark brown lions are allowed, but such colour don't occur in real lions and those characters [...]

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Well, what did you expect? Frozen won two Oscars tonight: Best Animated Film and Best Song, "Let It Go." This marks the first time Disney has won an award in the Best Animated Film category, the first time it has won an Oscar since 1999's Tarzan (which also won Best Song), and the first time it has won two awards in the same year since 1995's Pocahontas.

Direcotrs Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, and producer Peter Del Vecho accept the award for Best Animated Film.

The wins in both categories were no real surprise, but still, it had some heavy competition. The wins are a huge [...]

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Well, ladies and gentlemen, it has happened. Frozen has passed the $1 billion mark worldwide - ahead of expectations, and just in time for the Academy Awards.

This weekend, Frozen stayed in 8th Place at the domestic box office (and has now been in the Top 10 for the longest time for any movie since Avatar), and grossed around $3.6 million. That's way higher than the $2 million analysts estimated, and this is undoubtedly from families and critics wishing to watch the movie one final time before the Academy Awards tonight. Worldwide, it earned another $12 million more, which just barely [...]

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Congratulations to Demonic-Fantasy for winning the site-wide Frozen contest! You just won a free digital download of the film!

 

The Lego Movie has dominated the box office once again! It was at the #1 spot for the third weekend in a row, raking in an impressive $31.5 million. To date, the animated hit has earned $183 million domestically and $234 million worldwide. Combined with the recent announcement that it will receive a sequel in 2017, The Lego Movie is on track to be one of the highest-grossing February releases of all time!

Frozen had a good weekend as well. It retained its 8th Place hold from last weekend, and earned about $4.5 million domestically. Considering it is in its 10th weekend of wide [...]

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Great news, Animation Source. Moderators have regained permission over reviews!

It's been about two years since this section have been dead, but now you have a chance for your reviews to be revised and activated again! There are a lot of movies to choose from, so get to writing and share your opinion with other fans! All previous reviews have been also revised so you can enjoy them now :)

 

Sourcecast was last seen in the Christmas special, but now we have a special announcement!

On February 28, beginning at 6:00 PM Central time (check Google to convert it to your time), Sourcecast will begin a live streaming event! That's right: Sourcecast will FINALLY have a Live Episode!

I will be hosting, and if you want to appear as a special guest (you don't have to show your face), you need two things: 1) a working mic, and 2) a Google account (Gmail works). The stream will be hosted on Sourcecast's YouTube page, and a link will be provided one hour before the stream begins. [...]

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The time you've all been waiting for is finally here. That's right, the site-wide Frozen Contest has closed, and now it's time for you to begin voting! The entries are below, and remember, the winner gets a free digital download of the film when it's released next month!

To vote, simply send your vote to me by PM. The voting ends on February 28, and the winner will be announced on March 1. We had a lot of people enter, and all of them were great! So think carefully before you vote; you only get to vote once.

"Elsa" by Jordan

"Anna from Frozen" by Aleu15.

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Coming in at #1 for the second weekend in a row, The Lego Movie raked in an impressive $48 million at the domestic box office, ahead of newcomers RoboCop and About Last Night. So far, the animated blockbuster has earned about $130 million domestically and $150 million worldwide; it is on track to pass the $200 million mark by next weekend, and a close at $300 million seems likely.

Frozen (which has a contest ending here soon; stay tuned for that) finally fell out of the Top 5 after 10 weekends there - a record for any animated film. The film earned a respectible $5.8 million from an [...]

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As if you don't already need another reason to watch the Academy Awards on March 2, now here are two more: "Happy" singer Pharrell Williams and "Let It Go" singer Idina Menzel will be performing their respective songs LIVE on Oscar night!

Williams, whose song "Happy" is from animated blockbuster Despicable Me 2, was first announced about a week ago, while Menzel, whose song "Let It Go" is from Disney phenomenon Frozen, was just announced today. Both of them are very enthusiastic to sing for their films, both of which were nominated for Best Animated Film and Best [...]

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This is going to become a weekly thing, hopefully, to keep you all up to date on how animated films are doing at the box office. If there are other weekly news stories you would like to see involving animation, let me know and I'll see what I can do. (Also, don't forget, you have 6 days left to submit something to the Frozen contest!)

Please keep in mind that most of this information, especially for newer films, is limited to the United States. Each weekend after this, as films expand to foreign territories, I'll be giving updates for international grosses as well.

This weekend, [...]

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For starters, don't forget to enter the site-wide contest for Frozen - and remember, there is a huge grand prize to the winners! Click this link for more information and to submit your entry.

The annual Annie Awards were held last night, which honor the best in animation. Frozen won five awards, including Best Picture. That was to be expected, but it's worth noting that the Annie Awards are mostly run by DreamWorks, and Disney Animation has only seen one win in the past 15 years (last year's Wreck-it Ralph). So it's great to see Frozen getting some attention, even among huge [...]

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The time has come to announce the winners of the 3rd Annual Animation Source Choice Awards! 

Thank you to the 50+ people who voted! It was a vast improvement over last year, and this will help to ensure that the ASCAs are here to stay! You all can probably guess the majority of winners very easily, but in all honesty, there were some categories where the outcome was decided by a margin of five votes or less! 

Click the banner above to view the winners of the Animation Source Choice Awards! (They'll be spelled out to you if you click "Read More" on the news [...]

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This isn't strictly related to animation, but it will affect Frozen's Oscar potential in a big way, so please bear with me.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (which hosts the Academy Awards, aka The Oscars), has announced that they are revoking a nomination in the Best Original Song category: "Alone Yet Not Alone" from the film of the same name. In essence, the song is no longer nominated in this category, and no replacement will be decided. The reason for this is because the song's composer, a former Academy governer, violated promotional terms for the nomination--and [...]

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This is going to be short, but I feel it's important enough to share.

Many of you have seen "Frozen", but did you know that it is now the highest-grossing original animated film of all time? The only one that has grossed more is "The Lion King", which has only earned more money thanks to its 3D rerelease in 2011. Frozen has passed The Lion King's original theatrical gross, and to date has earned more than $810 million worldwide. That makes it the 42nd highest-grossing film EVER!

To top that, the film is not only still in theaters, but still performing beyond even the most [...]

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Hello Animation Source!

The moderators have begun to notice an abundance of inappropiate chat/comments in the shoutbox. We would like to just remind you to keep all chats kid-friendly. Anything drug/sexual/alcohol related willl NOT be tolerated. If you see any such talk, please report it. Even if it is in a "joking" matter, we will not allow it. 

You will be warned ONCE, then banned. 

For any questions feel free to respond below or PM a moderator.

Thank you and have a good day!

 

 

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Each year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science hosts the annual Academy Awards (also known as the Oscars), which honor the best in film from the previous year. Historically, animation has been one of the less-appreciated genres, and unfortunately, this year is no exception. However, what few nominations were received are quite something to see.

^promotional poster for the 86th Academy Awards, showcasing host Ellen Degeneres (aka Dory from "Finding Nemo")^

Animated films have only been nominated in two categories this year, including the one that is exclusive to the [...]

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OK, so normally this would be the time when I come on here and say, "And now that we're done with our first round of voting, here are the nominees, so it's time to vote again!" But I've been thinking, and I decided, why do that, when it would be easier to just have you all vote as many times as you want?

That's right. From now through January 31, you can vote as many times as you want, for as many categories as you want, in any way you want. This may sound crazy, but what the hay. Go ahead and continue voting!

Click either the picture above, or the link below, to view the nominees. [...]

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Hello Animation Source.

Lately there are a lot of reports about image and character uploading isues. It's now confirmed that the glitch is to do with Internet Explorer. It's unknown when it will be fixed, so for now please try using different web browser like Chrome or Firefox.

For more info check out those two questions here and here.

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When you're bored with nothing to do, you start thinking of building a snowman. When you start thinking of building a snowman, you ask your sister to make one for you. When you ask your sister to make one for you, she turns the whole room into a winter wonderland. When she turns the whole room into a winter wonderland, you start playing in the snow. When you start playing in the snow, you run along pillars she creates. When you run along pillars she creates, she can't keep up, and she hits you on the head with her snow powers. Don't let her hit you on the head with her snow powers. Stop [...]

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Animation has steadily become a genre in its own right. What was once viewed exclusively as a kids-only film category has become a family-friendly class of movies that can be enjoyed by anyone, from the ages of 2 to 102. 2013 is one of the best examples of animation we have in recent history, ranging from the funny to heart-touching.

The first animated film released this year was Escape from Planet Earth. The film opened in American theaters on February 15, to poor reception (a 27% "ROTTEN" score on RottenTomatoes.com), and after all was said and done, it grossed a total [...]

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-the following was written by Troll Berserker -

Hello Animation Source

There was a lot of confusion and complainings about the rule regarding characters tagged on images and drawings. First off this is not a new and made-up rule! It was brought along with rule overhaul in 16th August 2013 and it is visible in the rule page that shows up before sending drawings and images.

We decided to explain this rule in detail so there will be no further confusion.

Every character present on the image must be tagged

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