Kids and adults alike can have a great time bringing these characters to life on paper. Anime offers a fun way to create ...

Generations of kids have grown up with chubby cartoon characters like Fat Albert, Winnie the Pooh and Homer Simpson -- and it may not be good for their diets. A first-of-its kind study finds that ...

And when given a choice, the vast majority of kids pick the food from the cartoon-adorned package as a snack, the study found. The use of TV and movie characters on food packaging is "designed to ...

A new study finds that when kids see familiar and favorite characters from cartoons or movies on food packaging, they tend to like that food more. That may not seem like such a revelation ...

Principal cartoon characters are more than twice as likely to be killed off as their counterparts in films for adults released in the same year, reveals new research. On-screen death and violence ...

When the main character of a kids TV show can both listen and respond to viewers by using advances in artificial intelligence, youngsters learn more from the program. That’s what my colleagues ...

“The most striking thing about that episode of Arthur wasn’t that they thought it was time to introduce kids to gay ... showing at least one character in a kid’s cartoon questioning it.

A new animated series for young children premiering Nov. 14 will be PBS Kids’ first to feature main characters with autism, the network reports. “Carl the Collector,” aimed at 4-to-8-year ...

(AAP) More than half of supermarket products marketed at kids are unhealthy, according to a new survey by the Obesity Policy Coalition. The finding has lead to calls for cartoon characters to be ...