Flash Series in the News
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Been lots of Flash animated series activity in recent months, and I’ve been slowly pulling together a list.
PBS KIDS GO! just 
started running The Amazing Colossal Adventures of WordGirl, a Flash-animated series of 2-minute shorts that run been episodes of Maya & Miguel. The series was created by Soup2Nuts, which is part of Scholastic Media.
Animax Entertainment and ESPN just launched the third season Off-Mikes with a new episode titled Casting Slouch. The Flash-animated series takes audio from the Mike & Mike radio show and re-imagines them as animated moments. Off-Mikes recently won the Spots Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Content for Non-Traditional Platform.
26-episodes of Edgar & Ellen, the Flash-animated series produced by Star Farm Productions, has been acquired by Nickelodeon channels in France, Italy and 7 other markets. The series, which started in book-form, also has a 6-book series in place with 14 international publishers.
As announced 
in Animation Magazine, Lola and Virginia, a Flash-animated series co-produced by Icon Animation & Millimages, has launched on the Animania HD channel. The 12-minute episodes follow Lola and Virginia, who live in the same neighborhood, but have vastly different lifestyles.
Pucca, the Flash-animated series produced by Studio B Productions, has received a second season order by Jetix Europe. The series is based on characters created by Vooz out of Korea. Pucca also airs in the US on Jetix blocks on Toon Disney.
Cartoon Network Europe has announced a new Flash-animated series for January 2008 - Best Ed. It’s aimed at the 8-12 market, and it’s being developed by Teletoon and Cartoon Network UK and animated by 9 Story Entertainment. The story centers on the unlikely relationship between a dog named Ed and his friend Buddy, a squirrel.
Tags: Animax, Cartoon Network, Edgar and Ellen, Italy, Jetix, Off Mikes, PBS, Soup2nuts, Teletoon
November 17th, 2006 at 1:20 am
Noticed the feature for Word Girl, fyi, we are the studio (big bad tomato in LA) that designed and built the site!! For what it’s worth you’ll notice a couple of cool features including the ability to use the browser button arrows to navigate a flash site, turning video files into a quiz game, and using animation action to teach kids the meaning of new words. Kind of fun.
We’re pretty proud of it, thanks for noticing!!!
November 17th, 2006 at 7:06 pm
I saw a sneak peak of one of the Word Girl Episodes at an animation event once, and it was really cool and really funny.