* 1928 – Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse.

The third and fourth Earthsea books were used as the basis of the 2006 animated film.

Herzog also lent his voice to the animated television program The Boondocks in the third season premiere episode It's a Black President, Huey Freeman in which he played himself filming a documentary about the series ' cast of characters and their actions during the 2008 election of Barack Obama.

At the time of its release, it was the third highest grossing animated film after The Lion King ( 1994 ) and Aladdin ( 1992 ).

His retirement from acting has not included voice acting, as his appearance in the third season of Fringe includes his voice ( his character appears only in animated scenes ), and he provided the voice of Sentinel Prime in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

With story direction by Joe Grant and Dick Huemer, and production supervision by Ben Sharpsteen, it is the third feature in the Disney animated features canon.

In a period where ideas for cartoons had run dry ( comedy was heavily scrutinized for violence, and everything else seemed to copy the popular Scooby-Doo format ), Filmation's strong point was its adaptations of popular TV shows, movies and other works, although at least one show, " M * U * S * H " ( the third animated segment on Uncle Croc's Block ), while not a direct adaptation was inspired by the film ( and later TV series ) M * A * S * H.

So far, there is still no word on releases for Gilligan's Island / Planet, the original Batman animated series, The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show, or the second and third seasons of The New Adventures of Superman.

In an audience poll ( with 80, 402 voters ) of 100 best animations of all time, conducted by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2007, Castle in the Sky was the second highest-ranked animated film, and third highest-ranked animation overall on the list.

* Doctor Strange ( Spider-Man ), the third season premiere of the Spider-Man animated series

A Halloween special, it was the third Peanuts special ( and second holiday-themed special, following A Charlie Brown Christmas ) to be produced and animated by Bill Melendez.

In the episode " Sibling Tsunami " of the animated series My Life as a Teenage Robot, when asked what's wrong, XJ-7, a chronically depressed robot character replied, " The usual, life, the universe, everything " a reference not only to Marvin, but the " Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything " a central tenet of the series ' storyline ( as well as the title of the third book ).

The company has also produced television shows, including four animated series: Highlander: The Animated Series, Dragon Flyz, and Sky Dancers ( the second and third are based on their respective toy lines ) and the very popular Oggy and the Cockroaches.

* In 1979 he was given a special Academy Award " for bringing joy and laughter to every part of the world through his unique animated motion pictures ", being the second animator to receive this award ( the first was Walt Disney — who received it three times —, while Chuck Jones became in 1995 the third — and latest one — to receive the merit ).

For the third and fourth seasons, an animated sequence and different logo were used.

The show is the third longest running prime time animated series behind The Simpsons and South Park.

Following this he also composed theme songs for various other Cartoon Network series, including Ben 10 along with the score composition, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and a new theme for the third season of The Batman animated series, replacing the original theme performed by The Edge of U2.

The series ran for a total of four seasons ( 52 episodes ) from November 2000 until October 2003 on Kids ' WB, which has made it the third longest running Marvel Comics animated series, behind only X-Men: The Animated Series and Spider-Man: The Animated Series.

It was the third animated feature film to have sound, after Quirino Cristiani's Peludópolis ( 1931 ) and The New Gulliver ( 1935 ) from the Soviet Union.

With a script by Eduardo Gonzalez Lanuza, he set out to make his third animated feature film, Peludópolis.

Reiniger also attempted to make a third animated feature, based on Maurice Ravel's opera L ' enfant et les sortilèges ( The Child and the Bewitched Things, 1925 ), but found herself unable to clear the rights for the music with an unexpected number of copyright holders.

it was the third and final Disney animated feature produced primarily by the Feature Animation studio at Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida ; the studio was shut down in March 2004, not long after the release of this film in favor of computer animated features.

The cartoon was the third animated series produced by the collaboration of Steven Spielberg and Warner Bros.

After Disney acquired Saban during the third series, the first three series moved to the cable network ABC Family, while the fourth ( Frontier ) premiered on UPN.

A third example showing a different version of metonymy is the fictional character Scrooge McDuck's " money bin " or indeed Scrooge himself, often used in Disney works and parody works as metonymous with wealth-most currency in the modern era is now stored electronically, but the money bin is still drawn in comics and persists as a pop culture metonym for any financial holding of great value.

In April 2007, Disney re-introduced José Carioca ( along with the third Caballero, Panchito ), in the newly-revamped ride at Epcot's Mexico Pavilion with entirely new animation and a new storyline.

By 1992, Nielsen Media Research estimated that a third of The Disney Channel's subscriber base were adults without children in the home ; and by 1995, its subscriber base expanded to 15 million cable homes, eight million of which received the channel through a premium subscription.

By the 2000s, a third contender, Disney Channel, also entered the field.

The Frank G. Wells building was specifically designed for Walt Disney Television Animation, and the division has offices located on the third floor.

Soon there is a word from Disney on the release on a third DVD boxset volume which should have episodes 52-65.

As of 2010, The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the US, with News Corporation, Time Warner and Viacom ranking second, third and fourth respectively.

These included Adventure in Dairyland, Walt Disney Presents: Annette ( which co-starred Richard Deacon ), and the second and third Spin and Marty serials-The Further Adventures of Spin and Marty and The New Adventures of Spin and Marty.

Its first home video release came in 2004 with the release of the third wave of the Walt Disney Treasures DVD sets.

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo is a 1977 film, the third of a series of films by Walt Disney Productions starring Herbie – the white Volkswagen racing Beetle with a mind of its own.

He was nominated a total of 45 times, making him the third most nominated person in the history of the Academy Award behind Disney and John Williams.

Modern recordings, including those aimed at children such as VeggieTales ( part of A Very Veggie Christmas ) and Disney Sing-Along versions, often omit the third verse.

It is the third Disney sequel to have a theatrical release rather than going direct-to-video after The Rescuers Down Under in 1990 and Return to Neverland in 2002.

The jazzy 2005 show won the Spirit of Disney Award and took third place at DCI Finals.

Orlando, Florida's theme parks closed Sunday — only the third time Walt Disney World closed for a hurricane, but the second time in a month.

Just a few days later, on September 15, Downtown Disney West Side opened as a third shopping, dining, and entertainment area featuring more eclectic venues such as La Nouba ( a permanent show which is part of Cirque du Soleil ), DisneyQuest, and Tower Records ( later a Virgin Megastore ).

The park opened on April 1, 1995 and was the third Walt Disney World water park.

After construction of the Matterhorn, Disney bought a third of Arrow Development and moved the company to a larger plant at 1555 Plymouth Street in the North Bayshore Area.

On October 5, 2004, a third site opened within a three-story New York City space formerly occupied by a traditional Disney Store on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue.