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Cartoon Sushi
''Cartoon Sushi'' is an adult-animation showcase program that aired on MTV from 1997 to 1998. It was developed by Eric Calderon and produced by Nick Litwinko, and was the successor to Liquid Television. The title screen opening was illustrated by ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'' creator Danny Antonucci. Each episode featured internationally produced cartoons, along with some original material created for the show. Animation Weekend First pilot # ''The Maxx'' Animation Weekend pilot by Sam Kieth # ''The Adventures of Ricardo'' (1996) by Corky Quakenbush # ''Buddy'' # ''A Day in the Life of an Oscillating Fan'' by Neil Michka # ''Chunk'' # ''Iddy Biddy Beat Boy'' (1993) by Mo Willems # ''Men Making Meetings'' # ''Angry Cabaret'' by John R. Dilworth # ''Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions'' (1991) by Henry Selick Second pilot # ''The Maxx'' Animation Weekend pilot II by Sam Kieth # ''The Adventures of Ricardo'' (1996) by Corky Quakenbush # ''C'mon C'mon'' # ''Another Bad Day for Philip Jenkins'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Antonucci
Daniel Edward Antonucci (, ; born February 27, 1957) is a Canadian animator, director, producer, and writer. Antonucci is known for creating the Cartoon Network animated comedy series ''Ed, Edd n Eddy''. He also created ''Lupo the Butcher'', ''Cartoon Sushi'', and ''The Brothers Grunt''. Danny Antonucci dropped out of the Sheridan College of Visual Arts to take a job as an animator at Hanna-Barbera, where he worked on a number of series, including ''Fables of the Green Forest'', ''The Flintstone Comedy Show'', '' Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo'', ''The Smurfs'', and '' Richie Rich''. He continued his career in Vancouver, where he worked on animated shorts and television commercials for International Rocketship Limited, and created his first solo work, the animated short ''Lupo the Butcher''. At MTV, he worked on a number of commercials, his series ''The Brothers Grunt'', and the animation showcase program ''Cartoon Sushi'', which he co-created with Keith Alcorn. He went on to create ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe's Apartment
''Joe's Apartment'' is a 1996 American musical black comedy film written and directed by John Payson (in his feature directorial debut), based on his 1992 short film of the same name, and starring Jerry O'Connell and Megan Ward. The first MTV Films production, it was the only one not to involve Paramount Pictures (the 2019 film ''Eli'', which was distributed by Netflix, still had the involvement of Paramount). The main focus of the story is the fact that, unbeknownst to many humans, cockroaches can talk, but prefer not to, as humans "smush first and ask questions later". They also sing and even have their own public-access television cable TV channel. Actors providing the roaches' voices included Billy West (in his feature film debut), Jim Turner, Rick Aviles (in his final film role before his death), Tim Blake Nelson, BD Wong, and Dave Chappelle. The film received generally negative reviews from critics and was a box office failure. Plot Penniless and straight out of the Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sandman (1991 Film)
''The Sandman'' is a 1991 stop-motion animation film, animated and directed by Paul Berry (1961–2001) and nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 1993. The storyline is inspired by the E.T.A. Hoffmann's version of the European legend of The Sandman. Plot Late on a moonlit evening, a young boy is sent up to bed by his mother. He walks through the darkened hallway of his house and ascends the long, narrow flights of stairs alone, becoming increasingly paranoid that something is following him, until he reaches the safety of his bedroom. As he's drifting off to sleep, he sees a face appear in the crescent Moon outside his window. At the bottom of the stairs, a monstrous, bird-like man appears, looking like the face the boy saw. It begins to clamber upstairs, slamming doors and creaking floorboards all the way to let the boy know of its impending presence. Frightened, the boy accidentally knocks over his oil lamp—alerting the monster to exactly what room he's i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Squad
''Time Squad'' is an American animated television series created by Dave Wasson for Cartoon Network and the 10th of the network's Cartoon Cartoons. It follows the adventures of Otto Osworth, Buck Tuddrussel, and the robot Larry 3000, a trio of hapless "time cops" living in the far distant future who travel back in time attempting to correct the course of history. During their adventures, they run into major historical figures such as Julius Caesar, Abraham Lincoln, Sigmund Freud, Leonardo da Vinci, the Founding Fathers, and Moctezuma, who have taken a drastically different course of life than history dictates. The mission of the Time Squad is to guide these figures onto the correct path and ensure the integrity of the future. The series premiered during Cartoon Network's marathon block "Cartoon Cartoon Summer" on June 8, 2001, and ended after two seasons on November 26, 2003, airing 26 episodes in total. In the course of its run, the series received five Annie Award nominations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Wasson
David Jerome Wasson (born September 11, 1968) is an American animator, storyboard artist, director, producer, writer, and voice actor. He graduated from the California Institute of the Arts with a B.F.A. Wasson created the Cartoon Network original series ''Time Squad'', before going on to develop ''Star vs. the Forces of Evil'' on which he is also a director, writer, and executive producer, and directing and writing on the series '' Mickey Mouse Shorts''. He was the supervising director of '' Making Fiends'' and was the executive producer and director of the series ''The Buzz on Maggie''. He is also the author and illustrator of the children's book ''The Big Ideas of Buster Bickles''. Wasson is currently developer and executive producer of ''The Cuphead Show!'' for Netflix. Career Wasson created the animated series ''Time Squad'' at Cartoon Network. He has co-written, storyboarded, and directed a number of the shorts for the series '' Mickey Mouse Shorts''. Wasson was the superv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courage The Cowardly Dog
''Courage the Cowardly Dog'' is an American animated comedy horror television series created by John R. Dilworth for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television. It was produced by Dilworth's animation studio, Stretch Films, and originally aired from 1999 to 2002. The title character is a dog who lives with an elderly couple in a farmhouse in the middle of "Nowhere". In each episode, the trio is thrown into bizarre, frequently disturbing, and often paranormal or supernatural adventures. The series is known for its dark, surreal humor and atmosphere. Dilworth pitched the series to Hanna-Barbera's animated shorts showcase ''What a Cartoon!'' and a pilot titled "The Chicken from Outer Space" aired on Cartoon Network on February 18, 1996. The segment was nominated for an Academy Award, but lost to the Wallace and Gromit short film ''A Close Shave''. The short was greenlit to become a series, which premiered on November 12, 1999, and ended on November 22, 2002, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Falk
''Untalkative Bunny'' is a co-produced animated series about a yellow anthropomorphic rabbit and its life in the big city (closely based on Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.). The show is aimed for kids 6-17. The series consists of small episodes (about 4–5 minutes long each) with a number up to four longer 'specials' in each season. Untalkative Bunny has been aired by Teletoon, as well as Disney Channel in many parts of the world, including the UK & France (excluding the US). The pilot episode was first seen in the first episode of ''Cartoon Sushi'' in 1997, and later in the ''KaBlam!'' episode "KaFun!" in 1999. It first aired on Teletoon on April 15, 2001. The first show was written by Karolina Craig and Jordan Craig with Graham Falk as creative Director and Board Supervisor. The episodes usually deal with Bunny and the problems of a modern life in the big city, and often features surrealist humour. The show covers topics of contemporary interest such as dieting, vegetarianism, racism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superjail!
''Superjail!'' is an American adult animated television series produced by Williams Street. It follows the events that take place in an unusual prison. The pilot episode aired on television on May 13, 2007, and its first season began on September 28, 2008 on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. ''Superjail!'' is characterized by its psychedelic shifts in setting and plot and extreme graphic violence, which give the series a TV-MA-V rating (for graphic violence, including scenes of bloodshed, dismemberment, torture, and extreme cruelty). These elements are depicted through highly elaborate animated sequences, which have been described as "Baroque and complicated and hard to take in at a single viewing". Setting and premise The majority of ''Superjail!'' is set inside the eponymous prison, located in an alternate dimension identified as "5612". The prison is overseen by an individual known only as "The Warden", the amiable yet sadistic and mischievous head of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christy Karacas
Christy C. Karacas (born March 8, 1975) is an American musician, animator, voice actor, director and writer, known for creating ''Superjail!'' and '' Ballmastrz: 9009'' for Adult Swim and directing the Cartoon Network series ''Robotomy''. Life and career As a child, Karacas frequently drew, with inspiration from comic book superheroes and '' Star Wars'' characters to ''Family Feud'' scenarios, often with violent themes (though Karacas has explained that he in actuality is "a very non-confrontational person"). Karacas went on to study film and animation at the Rhode Island School of Design, though he wanted to originally get into live action material. For his senior film project, Karacas created the student film ''Space War'', which raised his profile via showings at animation festivals. Karacas began his career in the animation industry at MTV Animation, where he served as a background designer for ''Daria''. He is a founding member and guitar player for the band Cheeseburger, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Carlsson (illustrator)
Magnus Carlsson (born April 20, 1965) is a Swedish illustrator, director and animator. Biography Carlsson was born in Gothemburg, Västra Götaland, and is one of Sweden's best known and most active animators. He started animating professionally in 1988, and has since created a series of animated films and television series. Among other things, he has created ''The Three Friends and Jerry'', which has been distributed to over 100 countries. He also created Radiohead's video for the song "Paranoid Android", for which he was nominated for a number of MTV Video Music Awards. Carlsson has also made the stop-motion animated feature film ''Desmond & the Swamp Barbarian Trap'', which premiered on 19 November 2006. Filmography Television * ''Robin'' (1996) * ''Lisa'' (1998) * ''The Three Friends and Jerry'' (''De tre vännerna och Jerry'') (1998) * ''Da Möb'' (2001) Film * '' Desmond's Trashed Apple Tree'' (''Desmonds trashade äppelträd'') (2004) * ''Desmond & the Swamp Barbar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin (TV Series)
''Robin'' is an adult animated sitcom created by Swedish cartoonist Magnus Carlsson and narrated by Dave Avellone. Characters *Robin is the main lead who lives in a run down apartment and collects welfare/workfare. *Benjamin is Robin's best friend. He is a self-described "Cheegro" and drinks heavily. Plot Every episode focused on the titular unemployed Swedish bachelor, in his early 20s and his best friend Benjamin. While neither seem to do anything constructive with their lives, they are involved in several misadventures, mostly resulting in a non sequitur ending. The following episode will feature no mention of past encounters. The pair (or frequently, Robin alone) will have run-ins with the law, encounter drunks, flashers and other uneven characters. Influence In 1997, after seeing Robin on Channel 4, British rock band Radiohead approached Magnus Carlsson to make a music video for their song "Paranoid Android" with Robin in it. Carlsson accepted and came up with the original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
