The crew at Estonian-based studio Animal produced this soft-drink spot using Anime Studio, the low-cost comeptitor in the digital 2D realm (as compared to Toon Boom Animate and Flash CS4). The soft drink is called Limonaad.

Formerly known as GreyKid Pictures, Stu Gamble’s Budapest-based animation studio has taken on a new name – Freakish Kid. Along with his two partners, Dan Balaam and Jez Hall (who is also the designer of Federov, the fearless CHF mascot), the team has launched a new website, showcasing what the team has accomplished in recent years. Included is a teaser for a Nicktoons project they produced called Cluckie the Vampire Chicken. The 5-episode order was produced using Anime Studio and Flash, and below is a little teaser:

Stu recently took some time to answer a few questions about the project and the new studio:
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Jayson Thiessen has been discussing the benefits of Flash-competitor Anime Studio on his blog Super Saiko. He’s now putting his stylus to the test, animating a short walk cycle for his character Chubby Dee.

Here’s the original Chubby Dee short, Stale Sale, which was animated in Flash.