From Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer to Tolkien tales, EW celebrates the inventive, festive, and timeless output of the classic animation studio. Perhaps the most famous Rankin/Bass production and one ...

IndieWire reached out to a number of current animators about the eternal appeal of the Rankin/Bass stop motion and animated holiday specials like "Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer" and "Jack Frost." ...

More than five decades ago, Arthur Rankin Jr., a producer-director working in stop-motion animation, had an idea to develop a family-oriented TV special around a popular Christmas song. He hoped a ...

Rankin and Bass’ first Christmas special is still their most enduring and popular. Based on Robert L. May’s 1939 short story of the same title (originally written on behalf of department store ...