Royalty Free Sound FX & Music
Archive.org Creative Commons and Public Domain Music
Audio Sparx Subscription service
Beat Suite Production Music
Flashkit Music Loops
Flying Hands Royalty Free Music
Freeplay Music Free to download, must submit cue sheets
FreeSound.org User submitted effects and music
IB Audio Royalty Free Production Music, pay per track or subscription
JewelBeat.com 99 cent tracks, or pay for a hard drive full
1001 massivetracks Royalty free Production Music and Gemafreie Musik
Partners in Rhyme Royalty Free Music and Sound FX
PremiumBeat.com Royalty Free Music and Sound FX
SoundBible.com Creative Commons and Public Domain Music and Effects
Sound Dogs Royalty Free Sound FX and Music
Sound Ideas Music & FX (on disc only?)
SoundTaxi.net Royalty Free Music, Music Clearances
theMUSICASE.com Royalty free music, including classical, priced per track
Videoblocks Subscription service

Film & Video Production

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Adhub.com Upstate NY Advertising Resources
B-Independent.com
Indieclub.com
Indietalk.com
Independent Feature Project
Mandy.com resource directory
New York Film and Video Council
Rochester/ Finger Lakes Film & Video Office
Sonnyboo Independent production and resources
Surfview Linking projects with investors
Trevanna NY resources
Zoetrope.com Forum for filmmakers

Festivals

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Animator Festival Poland
Annecy Animation Festival France
Animation Show A showcase presented by Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt
Berkeley Video and Film Festival
Black Maria Film Festival
Boston Underground Film Festival
Brooklyn International Film Festival
Chicago Underground
Chicago Int’l Film Fest
DC Shorts
Fantasia International Film Festival Montreal, Canada
Filmblitz.org New York City
The High Falls Film Festival
Hiroshima International Animation Festival
Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee
L.A. International Short Film Festival
London Int’l Animation Festival
Maine International Film Festival
Melbourne Int’l Animation Festival
Movies on a Shoestring: Rochester Int’l Film Festival
Ohio Independent Film Festival
Ottawa International Animation Festival
Philadelphia Film Festival
Philadelphia First Glance Film Fest
Red Bank International Film Festival New Jersey
Red Stick Animation Festival Baton Rouge, Louisiana
San Antonio Underground Film Festival
SIGGRAPH
Slamdance
Spike and Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation
Syracuse International Film Festival
Vermont Int’l Film Festival
Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films

Organizations

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The Animation Guild
Animators Unite
ASIFA East
ASIFA Hollywood
ASIFA International
ASIFA San Francisco
National Film Board of Canada
Women in Animation

Animation News

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Magazines

3D World
Animation Magazine
Animation World Magazine
FPS the magazine of animation

Online News

Animated-News.com
Animation Alerts
Animation Consultants International Harvey Deneroff
Animation Insider
Animation World Network
Cartoon Brew Amid Amidi
Cartoon Research Jerry Beck
Film & Video Magazine
Michael Barrier news & commentary
Michael Sporn’s Splog
Scribble Junkies from Bill Plympton & Patrick Smith

Skwigly Online Animation News
Toonhound British Animation News

Animation History

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Cartoon Retro
Inkwell Images Koko & others on video

Articles and Other Resources

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About-arts.com directory of websites and discussion groups
Animation Career Review
Animation Nation Links & Bulletin Boards
The Big Cartoon Database
CG Talk message boards
Gray’s Anatomy
Toonopedia alphabetical listings of comics and cartoons
VFXPro Articles and Interviews

Collection and Restoration

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Animazing
Hanna Barbera Drawings from Animatus
Premier Animation Britain

Animated Features

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Atom Age Vamipre
Night of the Living Dead Reanimated
Song of the South fan site
Tron Sector fan site

Anime

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The Animatrix
AnimeNation News & Forums
Anime News Network News & Forums
Dragonball Z
GundamOfficial.com Official Gundam site
Manga Entertainment
Nausicaa.net Hayao Miyazaki Fan Site
Neo-Anime.org News and fan sites
Pokemon
Robotech/Macross
Toonami
Yu-Gi-Oh!

Television Networks

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The Anime Network
Boomerang Yogi Bear, Flintstones, Jetsons
Cartoon Network
Comedy Central South Park, Drawn Together
Crunchy Roll Anime
Kids WB!
Movieola Canadian shorts network
Nickelodeon
Teletoon, Canada

Cartoon Series

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Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Batman/Superman
Blobs
The Boondocks
The Boondocks at Cartoon Network
Felix the Cat
Futurama Point with Alien Alphabets
He-man.org Fan Site
Looney Tunes Online
Mr. Bean The Animated Series
Pink Panther
Ripping Friends
The Simpsons
The Simpsons on BBC
The Simpsons: What Badgers Eat

Internet Animation

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Flying Puppet – interactive art
Happy Tree Friends
Homestar Runner
Icebox
Mondo Mini Shows
Nobody Here interactive site
Nosepilot flash art
Post-It Theater
SciFi Originals
Shockwave
Superbad interactive site

Independent Studios

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Aardman Animations Wallace & Grommit
Acme Filmworks
Animatus Studio Derf the Viking, Su & Mo
Animink Inc.
Bowes Productions
Cinar Arthur, Little Lulu
Cosgrove Hall Dangermouse, Truckers
Cuppa Coffee Animation
Fablevision Animation
Film Roman The Simpsons
Handmade 3D Graphics (Sweden)
Head Gear Animation
HIT Entertainment Thomas and Friends
Mainframe Entertainment Spider-Man, Reboot, Beast Wars
Nelvana Eek! the Cat, Sam & Max
Renegade Animation Elmo the Aardvark
WETA, New Zealand Lord of the Rings
Wild Brain Animation Joe Paradise, Romanov
LAIKA
World Events Productions

Animators

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Tex Avery Tribute Page
Ralph Bakshi
Don Bluth
Tim Burton Collective Fan Site
Doug Chiang
John Canemaker
Rena Del Pieve Gobbi
Ken Harris
Don Hertzfeldt
Dr. Minz
Frank and Ollie
Terry Gilliam “Dreams” Fanzine
Emily Hubley
John and Faith Hubley Independent Spirits
Phil “Captain 3D” McNally
Pilar Newton
Joanna Priestly
Plymptoons Bill Plympton
Patrick Smith
Richard Williams

Selected Animated Shorts

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Fast Film
Fresh Toones
H.P. Lovecraft’s The Other Gods
History of Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts
Intolerence
Movies in 30 Seconds Re-enacted by Bunnies
National Film Board of Canada animated shorts
Mt. Head
Nibbles
Rejected
Ryan

Stubble Trouble

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