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“Little blue guys” going viral: new trend takes over social media Tengrinews.kz – Pocoyo is trendy again. The 2000s cartoon character has launched a new dance trend and become a symbol of the “autumn vibe.”

13 November 2025 22:38

Coach from Kazakhstan reenacts a scene from "Despicable Me” Tengrinews.kz - The video, in which karate and jiu-jitsu coach from Almaty Dauren repeated a popular scene from the cartoon film "Despicable

23 July 2024 16:20

Comcast in talks to acquire Dreamworks for $3 bn US cable operator Comcast is in talks to acquire Shrek and Kung Fu Panda studio DreamWorks Animation for more than $3 billion.

27 April 2016 16:19

Pixar's 'Inside Out' set box office record in debut Pixar's critically acclaimed "Inside Out" -- an animated look at the mind of a pre-teen girl -- could not defeat the dinosaurs of "Jurassic World" at the North American weekend box office.

23 June 2015 11:51

D'oh! Homer and Marge to split on 'The Simpsons'? D'oh! Will Homer and Marge split after more than 25 years together on "The Simpsons"? Or are their creators just teasing us?

11 June 2015 13:37

'Okely dokeley!': 'Simpsons' voice artist quits - or does he? Harry Shearer, the Emmy-winning actor who voices pious neighbor Ned Flanders and greedy boss Mr Burns in "The Simpsons," said he is leaving the show.

15 May 2015 11:52

Cartoonist sent into hiding after Copenhagen attacks A Swedish cartoonist believed to have been targeted in one of the Copenhagen shootings at the weekend has been sent into hiding.

17 February 2015 13:22

Disney to release 'Frozen' short sequel next year The "Frozen" princess stars of Disney's Oscar-winning animated film are set to return in a short sequel to be released next spring.

04 September 2014 14:09

Ecuadoran cartoonist sanctioned over sketch A newspaper cartoonist was sanctioned by a new Ecuadoran media watchdog after publishing an image deemed harmful to President Rafael Correa, the artist said Friday.

01 February 2014 14:39

World's longest-running cartoon to go digital in Japan The world's longest-running cartoon is to go fully digital, its Japanese broadcaster said Friday, abandoning hand-drawn celluloid-based animation after a run of 44 years.

28 September 2013 10:55

New Belgian king inherits political timebomb In Belgium's papers, King Albert II has been portrayed by the country's most fabled cartoonist for the past 20 years as just out of bed and lounging about in a dressing-gown and slippers.

19 July 2013 12:33

'Despicable Me 2' tops US box office for a second week "Despicable Me 2," a sequel to the 2010 animated blockbuster, led the US box office for a second consecutive weekend.

15 July 2013 18:22

Pixar goes back to class with Monsters prequel Pixar sends its Monsters back to class this weekend with "Monsters University," the first time the animation giant has made a prequel to a member of its stable of hit franchises.

22 June 2013 13:08

Over $1 million spent on Er Tostik and Aidakhar 3D cartoon 3.5 years ago the Animation Center was created in Kazakhstan and work on Er Tostik and Aidakhar started at about the same time: KazakhFilm.

03 April 2013 11:33

It took Shymkent animators 7 years to create 45-minute cartoon The animators are going to make Sauran-Batyr and a winged panther the national heroes of Kazakhstan.

09 January 2013 11:19

Japan manga 'geeks' seek love at masked match-making Self-confessed geeks in Japan who might ordinarily be too shy to ask someone on a date are trying a new kind of matchmaking: wearing cartoon character masks.

24 November 2012 14:23

Australian 'Dumb Ways to Die' safety clip goes viral An online video featuring cartoon creatures killing themselves in a variety of ways as part of an Australian transport safety campaign has gone viral, with almost 12 million YouTube views in a week.

22 November 2012 11:17

Pakistan set for protests over anti-Islam film Tens of thousands of Pakistanis are expected to protest Friday as global Muslim anger mounts over a US-made anti-Islam film and cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in a French magazine.

22 September 2012 10:01

Afghans protest against French cartoons, US film Hundreds of Afghans on Thursday protested for the first time against cartoons of the prophet Mohammed published in France and staged fresh rallies against a US-made anti-Islam film.

20 September 2012 15:00

French in the firing line after prophet cartoons Tens of thousands of French expatriates in Muslim countries face a nervous weekend amid fears they could be swept up in a rising tide of anger over controversial depictions of Mohammed.

20 September 2012 13:35

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