Ralph Bakshi is making an appearance at Wondercon 2012 in Anaheim this weekend, and he took a few moments to talk to our pals at Nerdist News for a typically blunt and provocative interview. It’s been 35 years since the release of Wizards, which marked the animation legend’s turn from social satire like Fritz the Cat towards fantasy, and the interview covers a possible Wizards sequel, CGI vs. hand-drawn vs. motion-capture, his response to Peter Jackson’s version of Lord of the Rings, new projects, and much more, including cameo appearances by Frank Capra and Orson Welles. If you’re into animation at all, you’ll want to read the interview, so go over to Nerdist News and do that. (And if you’ll be at Wondercon, he’s speaking Saturday in a Q&A after a screening of the remastered Wizards at 6:30 pm.
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