Oct
12
2006
Russian Flash Series Smeshariki
Andrew Dickman, a storyboard artist in Burbank, California, recently pointed me to a Flash-animated series out of Russia called ‘Smeshariki.’
In a 2003 article in the St. Petersburg Times, the show’s PR Manager said:
…the cartoons are produced in the best classical traditions of Russian animation with the use of a modern information technology called Flash.
‘Modern Information Technology.’ Brilliant!
The show’s website claims the show is “the first large-scale Russian animated serial for children of pre-school and elementary-school age,” and they’ve completed a total of 208 episodes.
From what I can tell, the series wrapped production in 2004.
October 12th, 2006 at 7:47 pm
Looks great! Nice and cute and colourful.
We don’t see enough coming out of Russia, though..
October 13th, 2006 at 8:17 am
Nice pacing and colors!
October 13th, 2006 at 6:27 pm
First, why didn’t they shop this to any overseas markets?
Second, what they workin’ on now?
October 15th, 2006 at 1:30 pm
Hello everyone!
As for now, 80 episodes are complete, 128 more to do
We are going to broadcast Smeshariki on German television, and maybe some other european or asian countries.
Also on our website (www.smeshariki.ru) we are going to open an online video store, so Smeshariki will we available everywhere on the planet
October 16th, 2006 at 3:38 pm
WOWO!!!
SOme of the best flash stuff I’ve seen in a long time!
December 16th, 2006 at 2:21 pm
Good outsourcing flash works I found at the site http://www.toondra.ru
English version here: http://www.toondra.ru/en/index.php
What are you think about russian flash animation?