/co/ - Comics & Cartoons

//youtube.com/watch?v=MtqKaUc6Uas
If the don't ever say the form such and such speech while transforming I'll be sad.

>>243054
Looks to be Mir again.

>>243054
>I vaguely remember hearing that the Bryke is going to work on Voltron and that post mostly confirms it.
No, they aren't, they're just excited because people they know are. Both of them are working are things outside animation: one's writing a novel, the other a comic.

>>243060
Wrong thread dude.

>>243054
I made a post over in /a/ some months back about Voltron's particulars: >>119360
The showrunners are Lauren Montgomery and Joaquim dos Santos - they've largely got the Korra gang back together for this show, sans Bryke. I'm glad they got this gig, these people are way too talented to be out of work.

Voltron on June 10, King Julien on June 17, and Dragons on June 24
They should have had something lined up for the 3rd to have an entire month of Dreamworks.
I'd nominate puss in boots because I'm interested in seeing where they're going after that cliffhanger.

Another Voltron clip: //youtube.com/watch?v=qSJ-HhxLuMc

Is Shiro still going to die like Sven? Or will they just make Allura's role more proactive to compensate?

>>243100

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

>>243102

I’d expect a day or two, at most, between the official release and the torrents.

>>243104
Best to that. Lady knows how to build a world.

>>243104
If she pitches may it go well. I'd say she'd do a good job pitching to Netflix.

>>243112

OH FUCK, IT'S A WIND WAKER MOVIE

>>243113
>>243112
7.8/10, too much water.

>>243115
Hoping for a Netflix pickup.

>>243120
Wonder if they're aware of the original series GoLion.
As a good 80's giant robot anime, it was pretty violent and brutal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltron#GoLion

>>243121
They are. That is why they are going with Shiro as one of the callbacks to that version. Series goes up Friday so we'll see how much they pull from that source.

The first twenty minutes or so suffer pretty heavily from gotta-get-the-party-together-as-soon-as-possible, which results in a lot of characters doing things for unclear reasons. It gets better after that.

>>243127

Moar!

>>243128
oh thank gosh. I'm really diggin it so far, but it feels a bit rushed.

...
I miss Korra.

Whoawhoawhoaholdthefuckup PIDGE IS A GIRL?!

>>243135
Honestly I never realized they were implied to be anything otherwise until after I went back and looked through promo stuff. Guess I didn't pay attention to that too closely.

There goes Dreamworks with more of their season ending cliffhangers.
At least a couple of other ones we've left off on will be resolving later this month.

Shiro is tripping up so many death flags, I'm amazed he didn't already die this season like the original Shirogane/Sven did.

>>243139
Well, it is only the first 13 episodes.
Even though they're called seasons by Netflix, I think it's just generally considered by all the showrunners that the combined 26 episodes of two seasons is equal to a season.

>>243120
Having just marathoned it, it's not really all that dark nor are the villains very complex (yet). Still enjoyed it though.
>>243139
On the contrary, I'm convinced it won't happen. They've changed the show up enough in other ways.

>>243146
>On the contrary, I'm convinced it won't happen. They've changed the show up enough in other ways.
I hope it doesn't, because I like the guy, but that was kind of the point of the original Shirogane.

>>243149

He came to earth in a Robeast Drop Coffin. He was supposed to destroy but needed up going Goku. How long till he gets activated?

>>243112
Trailer
https://i.4cdn.org/wsg/1465758581637.webm

>>243156
>Lin-Manuel Miranda
Huh, that's cool.

>>243173
Wonder how DreamWorks ATV can use this one.

sigh

https://wannabeanimator.tumblr.com/post/145940388250/disney-and-dreamworks-have-come-up-with-a-new

please stop pissing me off, hollywood

>>243178
Oh and omitting the part

>if they talked about the policy they'd be blackballed from working with any studio.

May some judge give them an exploration with a barbed wire bat.

>>243178
That is a dark rabbit hole. I'm curious if that whole wage-fixing debacle is what is also happening over in Japan or if the massive number of studios, artists and currently airing shows make the Japanese animation job market a completely different beast.

>>243181
Its Similar. But mostly worse going by all the stories of how the companies treat their workers.

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/japans-animation-industry-isnt-just-tough-its-illegally-harsh-110074.html

and more

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/storyboard-artist-accuses-chipmunks-maker-bagdasarian-productions-unethical-behavior-140334.html

Excuse for the Badasarian story is there a non union shop (and assholes)

But this case its just they are assholes that got caught I believe during the Sony email leak which exposed the collusion (which as noted those being abused cannot talk about lest they get blackballed)

Oh, speak of the devil and he brings news.
http://deadline.com/2016/06/trollhunters-anton-yelchin-kelsey-grammer-ron-perlman-cast-guillermo-del-toro-netflix-animated-series-1201773063/
It is looking for a December release.
I wonder when we get to see a trailer.

http://nerdist.com/dreamworks-all-hail-king-julien-pays-tribute-to-twin-peaks/

https://youtu.be/bPQK91gW9vk

>>243195
A little interview about working on the show
http://www.beyondthecartoons.com/mitch-watson

>>243197

Cool article. Nice they got a 78 Half Hour Episode Order. Pretty Respectable. Netflix Batch system seems to work quite well. Always good to read up on what one can possibly get themselves into.

Also love what they talk about wanting to do and how far they are allowed to go.

>>243201
Well it does look like a Baby Ruth which does have that reputation of looking like a turd. Doing the most why staying within the limits the key to animation.

Why is the intro for Voltron so incredibly terrible?

https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/6266127.html
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

>>243205
Mediocre is the worst thing an intro can be.

Goddamn it I can't find a good way to torrent Clarence.

Geez, Finding Dory is heavy.
I kind of forgot how scary it can be that Dory forgets, and they just basically bring that to the front the entire movie instead of near the end like with Nemo.

Found the Star Trek cartoon on Netflix. Animation isn't that good. But the stories are pretty damn up to par. Wasn't the story that all the scripts for the cartoon were unused they didn't use for the show when it was cancelled.

>>243242
Sorta.
They rehired as many of the same writers as they could, and reworked some preexisting scripts to fit the half hour format.

//youtube.com/watch?v=LVv_SLiXtRQ

Clip of Ben 10 Reboot.

>>243244
Why did anyone think this was even necessary?

>>243245

CN can probably still make money on the merchandising.

>>243246
Pretty much it. Omniverse hit the wall on how much product they could push so they are now going with this.

https://soundcloud.com/itsamike/boom-shadow

boom-shadow
Vocals by Mike Pollock
(Rise of) Lyrics © 2015 by Mike Pollock and Bill Freiberger

Just listen to this.

>>243254
Heh. So Hardcore Shadow or Beach Bum don't give a shit Shadow? Which is funnier.

>>243257
Edgecore Shadow with long monologs will always be funniest, but a Shadow who takes his beach bumming seriously would be funny too. "I am the ultimate beach enthusiast!" Shadow would scream at random while building his sand castle.

Boom Sonic is more of a beach bum type anyway.

>>243280
She's Pureheart OP

>>243292
Yea Puss in Boots was one of the earlier ones and I think after the first season that Netflix started to learn they wanted Serialized shows. Next season will likely carry that trend.

>>243295
I thought Spirit was a Lion King ripoff. Why make a brand new TV show based on 20 year old ripoff?

It's gonna suck.

>>243295
As long as they don't touch Prince of Egypt I'll be happy.

>>243296
I never really got a lion king vibe from spirit.
I don't think he even has an evil uncle, it's man that's the villain.

>>243299

So it's a Bambi ripoff then.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/comcast-strikes-deal-netflix-908452

Netflix cable box integration.

Cool, looks like DreamWorks deals are safe.

>>243301
Why not watch it before deciding what it's a ripoff of? I mean I haven't seen it either, but it seems kind of douchey to insist that a movie you've never seen is this or that.

>>243296
>>243301
Why would you think it's either of those things? It's obviosuly Every Young Adult Novel About Small Chldren With Wild Horses: The Animated Motion Picture.

>>243342
Perhaps it was meant it was like Lion King in the way it influenced everyone to draw their cartoon horses in the style of the movie.
I guess.
Do most people do the same human-esque horse eyes thing Spirit does?

>>243383
Well sure. Can't sketch a CG model.

>>243384
And yet, lots of people are still convinced you do not need to draw anymore now that 3D animation exists.

>>243385
I mean, most things have story boards.
It's useful for planning things.

>>243395
And rough action animatics without the in betweens frames to get a sense of the motions and such,

>>243439
No longer invisible but now inaccessible at the top of a looming demon wolf. I think it works.

>>243451

Well Nick has thrown support behind the Korra and Asami paring after it came about and gained positive attention. Guess its just a advancement of all of that going forward.

>>243461

And if you believe Bryke, Nick always had their backs on it, but couldn't afford to actually show Korrasami as a full-bore romantic couple because of concerns about overseas networks (specifically in countries that have strict rules about that sort of thing).

>>243462

Well that and the unwritten rule that they all including the executives had accepted that it just couldn't be done. Also knowing how often one of a same sex pairing often gets a death flag in their relationship it's likely a good thing it was at the finsh line.

But now there is a baseline for such things going forward. From the way the Voltron crew talks it may be something they want to visit. Nothing solid on that but I wouldn't mind that sorta thing playing out with a new inclusion to the cast on that show.

>>243465
It's on Netflix so it's up in the air but I imagine they have looser restrictions than network television. Anyways I have high expectations for any queer romance in Voltron being better written, since they would have had time to plan it from the series' inception, and they already have a buffer of at least half a season for the characters to form bonds first, rather than diving headfirst into a crappy love triangle that poisoned the characters for the rest of the series like Korra did.

>>243451
Didn't expect much from the guy who ran Dexter into the ground but that was actually kind of amusing. Is the show any good?

>>243468
Chris Savino's Dexter run was bad, but his PPG run was not bad. He worked on some good stuff, like The Flintstones: On the Rocks.

I don't watch a lot of TV animation these days, but I liked the preview episodes Nick released. It's probably the most relatable show on the network.

>I think they knew at that point that what we were doing with the show was right and they should just kind of continue letting us make it as we were making it, with no real stepping back and redoing anything.It was really great to see that it tested well, although I think it was also just the right place and the right time. I think that at the moment kids are looking for something a bit more relatable, but that’s going to change soon enough. I think it just happened to be that kids had had enough of funny animal cartoons, or snarky potty humour shows, especially on Nickelodeon, and hopefully they are ready for a human-based show that has a lot more heart than you would expect.

http://www.beyondthecartoons.com/meet-the-artist-chris-savino/

>>243474

>I think it just happened to be that kids had had enough of funny animal cartoons, or snarky potty humour shows, especially on Nickelodeon

I wonder if this encompasses the hundred hours of Spongebob reruns per week?

>>243480
Which is funny since Loud House started out as a family of Rabbits and about double the number of sisters. I do wonder if this had been green lit closer to the release of Zootopia if that would have stayed.

>>243506
Are you sure that was not better put in the Cartoon Animals thread?
>>243165

>>243507

What, are they not allowed to post it in this thread?

>>243509
The cartoon animals threads were originally created as a place for drawings that did not really belong anywhere else (as least that's what I wanted). Anon is just making fun of my earlier post.

>>243510
But then why did you do you earlier post? >>243489

>>243511
Because the way I saw it, the webcomics thread was made to post page updates, since that's all the content posted there. The already existing fanart thread was for all /co/-related fan drawings, while the wc thread had the new pages.

>>243644
SHITPOSTAN'
VODKA CHUGN'
ANIMAL FUCKAH'
That was a good thread.

>>243647
Thurop Van Orman is on it so I've got confidence that it'll be fine even it it doesn't look that snazzy compared to the others at the moment.

Also they've picked up his Black Forest film which is cool. Go Thurop.

>>243647
I liked it better when it was a 5 minute short.

>>243653
I backed it back when but man, I have been awful at keeping up with it. I think there's a backer exclusive dev blog even? How's that?

>>243657
If you paid, I think, 15 bucks, you got exclusive access. I gave 10.

>>243666
Wrong thread, furry fetish is over there.

>>243682
*in other news

>>243682

Heard good things. Those with family suffering from mental illness will be greatly impacted. Positively.

>>243686
>Heard good things
You mean you haven't watched it yet? Do it fast, once it leaves the theaters, it's ogre!

>>243688

Eh no good ones around here. Netflix should have it in a few months since they've now got that agreement with Disney.

>>243689
That sucks. People should have at least 1 good theater (relatively) close to them.

Watchmen - Adapting The Unadaptable
//youtube.com/watch?v=5oltd-Jsi2I

Oh hey, a new episode of Lucky Pie came out two months ago:
//youtube.com/watch?v=kpD_IRCfgI0

>>243648
I guess he was only there for a bit
https://twitter.com/littlethurop/status/762083187820404736

>Ben 10 is an international sensation.

Huh, learn something new every day.

>>243927
Oh yeah.
He's pretty big in latinamerica.

>>243938
Actually getting theme park rides and parts of the toy line they'd not bothered to release in the US. Always interesting to hear of another Saint Seiya type situation.

>>243994
Loved the behind the scenes stuff. Crazy scope of the stop motion they made for the film.

>>243994
Probably will see it this weekend. Anyone know if it's worth watching in 3D?

♪ Nobody’s a nobody and everybody is weird like you and me ♫

//youtube.com/watch?v=QbaebqlQmW8

>>243997
It's OK, accentuated the visuals but doesn't wow you with them either. Was a solid movie overall but did anyone think Monkey's voice acting sounded a little... off?

Honest Trailers takes down Batman: The Killing Joke.

//youtube.com/watch?v=oSYZekLljpg

Man, the new season of the Croods ends on an actual dramatic cliffhanger.
Why is DWA Netflix so dense with season ending cliffhangers, it's starting to stress me out, like I can't even look forward to an even numbered season of any of their shows now.
Like, Shiro is totally dying for the dramatic cliffhanger to Season 2 of Voltron.

Rewatched Titan AE for ??th time. It still amazes me that, with its clusterfuck of a prolonged troubled production, Don and Gary and company still managed to cobble together a coherent working film that I personally consider great.

>>244069
Holo Graphic shower curtains, who thought that was a good idea?

>>244070
They could be made of anything, nowhere are we told they are not solid.

>>244087
Harambe revenge robots from space? Memes have gone too far.

>>244119
*above great

>>244119

It's got fantastic design work, but that's about it. The script is a complete shitshow.

>>244149
I disagree, but I know I cannot change your mind.

>>244203

FUCK 2016.

>>244203
jesus christ

https://www.reddit.com/r/adultswim/comments/53f3bn/details_about_c_martin_crokers_death/

//youtube.com/watch?v=Rd5ceg8zU40

;_;

https://twitter.com/adultswim/status/778015259219066880
https://twitter.com/viperxmns/status/778035884851691520

MY FUCKING HEART. ;_____;

>>244213
>>244215
Bit too much oxygen in here now.

>>>/baw/409817

I decided to watch Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, and I think there have already been two Shakespeare jokes (unless I'm reading too much into the "ruthless, high-priced, prosecuting attorney" "rending human flesh" being Shylock).

I definitely wasn't expecting that.

>>244273

>Why do stream websites put porn ads next to cartoons?

Pretty sure it’s because those are the only ads they can get, given the whole “illegal streaming site” thing and all.

Star vs. has gotten pretty good:

//youtube.com/watch?v=6BYyJ5ETB90

>>244290
Does the show have more than 2 expressions now?

>>244290
Did they fix the lack of ambient sound?

>>244292
Who was the one they switched to that didn't have as much background music.

New season of RWBY is coming later this month. Here's a pretty cool teaser:

//youtube.com/watch?v=M0WeiG2-HRQ

Animation looks pretty different from last season, and I think it's a good change.

>Season 3 of Dinotrux releases
>16 episodes instead of the usual 13
Oh gosh

>>244399
If not for the show, lots of people would not know the books exist.

>>244403
Always find that an interesting Catch 22 sometimes. Some productions you wouldn't know are based on books. Yet differ so much from the books as to be useless to draw people further into the property.

Box Trolls comes as a heavily abridged version of the book series and How to Train your Dragon has a much lighter tone than its source material and I really doubt they will end those movies like the books did.

>>244464

Well that all sounds like a bunch of horseshit.

>>244465

Latest in the long line of reboot ideas being kicked around, with nothing to show of it in the end.

>>244454
Spider-man has me interested.

>>244464
>main characters are four teens
>not teenager programs, but actual users

Stopped reading right there. It's like whoever is writing that crap actually never watched the show, and instead just read a synopsis, thought "so, it's about people in your PC?" and went with it.

>>244468

And like the article said, even that’s not a unique idea—especially not in the planned execution.

Bob -a properly written Bob, that's it- meeting four user kids could be a potentially poignant and heartbreaking moment if handled well. Poor guy had so much faith in the ultimate benevolence of the otherwise incomprehensible User, alone among the Guardians in his belief that Viruses couldn't possible be designed on purpose to destroy systems (ha!), and even in the opening narration he makes clear that he doesn't buy that the games are just for the User's pleasure (HA!).

>>244471
Whoever designed winning games to destroy parts of your computer was a hell of a sadist.

>>244504
Poor user, so bad at video games they can't even win a children's carnival game.

Posted this over in /jam/, but it works here too, so I’mma put it here.

//youtube.com/watch?v=qAXW4CktofY

This won Team Four Star’s TIBA abridging contest, and for good reason.

>>244510

That's some classic adult swim style humor right there.

>>244511

The TIBA judges said much the same thing; they compared it to “good Williams Street” and SeaLab 2021.

>>244512

Exactly that fantastic delivery and solid jokes.

>>244568
This made my night. Pleased as punch by this.

>>244568
I take it YJ is doing well on Netflix then.

>>244568
But 2016 is the year terrible things are supposed to happen, not AWESOME things like this.

>>244574
It won't start airing until after 2016 is over.

Goddamit, maybe you guys can help. I saw a trailer for a pilot of a new animated series ages back, and now I can't find it. Unfortunately, I don't remember the title at all. It was set on a Trigun-esque desert planet, but with robots. The main characters included a cute little maintenance robot, a high-class servant droid looking for her employer, and an unkillable (and unkempt) outlaw. It had an anime-ish look but was also really clearly not Japanese. I think the pilot may have been funded on Kickstarter or Indiegogo.

Anyone know what I'm talking about?

Sounds like Cannon Busters, which got a new trailer a couple months ago for backers.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/473463284/cannon-busters-the-animated-series-pilot

Read the script treatment for Dragon's Lair movie (1st act). I'd say it's preddy gud.

Was explicitly asked not to share, so just take my word for it.

So I discovered Simpsums.
I guess I always heard zombie simpsons was a thing, but I didn't realize just how bad it was until I saw someone try to comically recap all the plots and realize that they aren't joking; most of that is actually what happened.

>>244616

You have my condolences on learning about how bad The Simpsons has become since Seasons 9–11.

Adventure Time just had it's season finale with a cliffhanger and nothing, no one cared.

>>244620
Oh? Well good that its finally over at least

Could somebody explain to me the whole "Animaniacs sucks/is overrated/hasn't aged well" meme that has been going on for the past 5-6 years?

I finally rewatched a bunch of episodes of the show, and while my opinion that Pinky & The Brain was the top tier (with Freakazoid as the close second) of that wave of WB cartoons hasn't changed, I still found Animaniacs an enjoyable, funny, really well made cartoon. I simply don't understand all the hate.

>>244623

I don’t get it, either. Someone wanna explain this shit?

>>244620

Why should people care when Cartoon Network doesn’t?

>>244623
It's alright, but it's nowhere near the Messiah that the Internet used to think of it. A lot of the gags are dated pop culture references or repeat themselves over and over, the animation is bad as often as it's good, and only half the cast have gimmicks that can entertain even the first time. The Warner Bros and the Warner Sister themselves are only funny half the time, the rest just being absurdly annoying with no real direction.

>>244626
Also John F. Kriflauski hated the show so people shitpost about it. So legit complaints, and trolling something beloved. Same as usual, just like when people tore down BTAS because it was held on such a high pedestal.

>>244627

John K is an asshole, though. I can’t think of a show he’s ever praised as much as the smell of his own farts.

And BTAS, like Animaniacs, is no perfect show, but it stands the test of time far better than most shows of its era (Animaniacs included). Ignore the existence of “I’ve Got Batman in My Basement” and the show’s overall quality shoots up even more.

Only thing I didn't like about Animaniacs was they went too hard on the musical Mickey Mousing to the point it was obnoxious, but every WB show from that era did that. Freakazoid had it and so did BTAS with a more serious version of it.

>>244629
My musical sensibilities (aka: opinions) make me despise Mickey Mousing and "every motion must be accompanied by a musical note", since I only want soundtracks to set the MOOD, not the ACTIONS. I simply hate "whimsical" music (along with puppies and sunshine).

That aside, I find nothing wrong with Animaniacs.

>>244622
A mini-series is coming again too.

>>244620
That's ebcause I have poor time management and missed it. Would help if Cartoon Network didn't ace its schedule page, though I guess I ought to get back on /co/ and get remidned by the threads there.

So anyone check out Moana yet? Hearing good things about it though I don't know if it'll be as good as Zootopia.