Cold Hard Flash: Flash Animation News, Videos and Links » Captain Flamingo http://coldhardflash.com Flash Animation Community - Featuing a Blog, Videos and Links Fri, 25 May 2012 12:49:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Flash News Roundup http://coldhardflash.com/2006/01/flash-news-roundup.html http://coldhardflash.com/2006/01/flash-news-roundup.html#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:28:00 +0000 aaron http://coldhardflash.com/2006/01/flash-news-roundup.html First, ‘Captain Flamingo’ premiered on January 10th on Canada’s YTV. It’s a Flash animated series “created by Heroic Film Company and developed with YTV, Breakthrough Animation and Atomic Cartoons, this 26-episode series, commissioned by YTV, is a co-production of Breakthrough Animation (Atomic Betty), Heroic Film Company (Our Hero), Atomic Cartoons (Atomic Betty) and PASI Animation (Bob and Margaret),” according to the press release. Haven’t found any ‘Captain Flamingo’ clips on the web, but when I do….

Next, Jennifer Shiman’s The 30-Second Bunnies Theatre shorts are being used by Volkswagen to promote their Fox car. The ads are only airing in Germany, and you can watch them over at ad-rag.com if you give them a couple bucks. ****UPDATE*** – in the comments below, Jennifer just tipped us off that you can view the German-dubbed commercials FOR FREE at shortbutfun.com

According to Brandweek magazine, the ‘Happy Tree Friends’ parent company, Mondo Media, signed a deal with the Walt Disney Internet Group. According to the article, the plan is to offer “wallpaper, ringtones, episode downloads and games beginning in the second quarter of 2006.” Also mentioned was G4′s plans to begin airing a ‘Happy Tree Friends’ series in the Fall. Currently, G4 is airing shorts, but I’m guessing longer format episodes are underway. In similar news, AWN reports that the ‘Happy Tree Friends’ podcast hit number one on the download list over the holiday.

]]> http://coldhardflash.com/2006/01/flash-news-roundup.html/feed 2 Captain Flamingo Flies Into Frame http://coldhardflash.com/2005/04/captain-flamingo-flies-into-frame.html http://coldhardflash.com/2005/04/captain-flamingo-flies-into-frame.html#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:02:00 +0000 aaron http://coldhardflash.com/2005/04/captain-flamingo-flies-into-frame.html Breakthrough Animation, one of the fine companies behind the international Flash-animation hit ‘Atomic Betty,’ is rolling out a fresh new show. ‘Captain Flamingo,’ a 30-episode co-production with Heroic Film Company, Atomic Cartoons and PASI Animation, will be rolling out on Canada’s YTV in January 2006. The show centers on Milo Powell, a little boy with a terrycloth cape who fights for justice along with his next door neighbor Lizbeth. The property bowed at NATPE 2005, and expect a worldwide rollout to commence soon.

]]> http://coldhardflash.com/2005/04/captain-flamingo-flies-into-frame.html/feed 6