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''Wallace and Gromit'' is a British clay animation comedy series created by Nick Park of Aardman Animations. The series consists of four short films and a feature-length film. The series centres on Wallace, a good-natured, eccentric cheese loving inventor, along with his companion Gromit, a silent yet intelligent anthropomorphic dog. Wallace was originally voiced by veteran actor Peter Sallis, but as of 2011, this role has been passed on to Ben Whitehead. Gromit has no mouth and remains silent, communicating only through means of facial expressions and body language. Because of their widespread popularity, the characters have been described as positive international icons of both modern British culture in particular and British people in general. BBC News has called them "some of the best-known and best-loved stars to come out of the UK".〔(Wallace and Gromit's cracking careers ). By Ian Youngs. BBC News. Published 10 October 2005.〕 ''Icons'' has said they have done "more to improve the image of the English world-wide than any officially appointed ambassadors".〔(Wallace and Gromit ). (icons.org.uk ). Retrieved 7 June 2009.〕 ''Wallace and Gromit'' has been translated into over 20 languages and has a particularly big following in Japan, as well as in its native Britain and across Europe and the United States. In 2015, a Wallace & Gromit experience will open at Land's End. The Land's End signpost will be rebranded 'Lamb's End' with original sets, models and characters from a range of Aardman productions. Visitors can also star in a real Shaun the Sheep scene, using green screen technology, and meet other characters from the Aardman family, including Shaun The Sheep and Morph.〔(Bristol's Shaun the Sheep to be star of new family tourist attraction | Bristol Post )〕 ==History== The first short film, ''A Grand Day Out'' first released in 1990, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, but lost to ''Creature Comforts'', another animated creation of Nick Park. The short films ''The Wrong Trousers'' and ''A Close Shave'' followed. The full-length feature ''The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'' was released in 2005. The latter three films each earned Academy Awards. A five-film deal with DreamWorks and Aardman fell through in 2007 after only three films, due to creative differences. Park said later that DreamWorks executives wanted to americanise the very British Wallace and Gromit after test screenings, that would have tarnished some of the duo's nostalgic charm. ''A Matter of Loaf and Death'' was Nick Park's first production since the end of the DreamWorks deal. ''A Matter of Loaf and Death'' was likewise nominated for an Academy Award in 2010, but lost to ''Logorama''. The films have received critical acclaim, with three of the short films having 100% positive ratings on aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes and the feature film having a 95% rating, placing it in the top 20 animated feature films on the site. In 2013, Peter Lord stated that there were no plans at the moment for a new short film, and Nick Park announced in the following year that the declining health of Wallace's voice actor, Peter Sallis, had the possibility of preventing all future films.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a571482/wallace-and-gromit-may-end-due-to-peter-salliss-health.html#~oEyRyxHuo5pZ0o )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wallace and Gromit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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