Categories | Animation |
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Country | United States |
Based in | Boston, Massachusetts |
Language | English |
Animato! was a magazine that was dedicated to animation, generally viewed by animation fans as a successor to Michael Barrier's pioneering Funnyworld and David Mruz's Mindrot/Animania.
Animato! was founded and initially edited by Michael A. Ventrella in Boston in the early 1980s and featured the film Rock & Rule as its first cover.Harry McCracken later become editor and expanded the magazine to full sized with a color cover.
Ventrella later sold the rights to Patrick Duquette, who began distributing through newsstands. It ceased publication in the late 1990s.