Two New Flash Shows on the Horizon

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Nickelodeon, CiTV and Teletoon have recently ordered a whole heap of Flash animted programming.

As reported in Animation Magazine, Nickelodeon will go global with ‘Bruno and the Banana Bunch,’ a Cuppa Coffee production. There’s not much information available on this show, but what I did read is that it will marry live-action with Flash animation. The article also mentions a separate Flash production, but I’m not sure which title he’s refering to. It’s great to see Flash being used in a variety of production methods - this time compositing against what I’m guessing will be video footage. Can’t wait to see more when the show launches next year.

The UK’s CiTV and Canada’s Teletoon networks ordered some Flash compositing of their own. Aardman Animation and Decode Entertainment have teamed up to bring us ‘The Animated Sketch Show’ (I wonder if they know the show’s inititals are A.S.S?). The project will mix CGI animation with 2D Flash animation, and I’m guessing Aardman will be handling the CG portion. It may not be evident in the image above, but there character models have a great deal of complicated shading and highlights (not to mention gradient shading), and there doesn’t seem to be any of the telltale joint structures built in yet. In layman’s terms, expect these 2D models to look a bit different when the show airs. I haven’t read yet when the show will first air, but, with Aardman at the helm, you can bet it’s going to look amazing when it does.