Ted Rall’s latest animated short weighs in on Disney’s acquisition of Marvel, and supposes that there may be some redundancy and downsizing in all corners of the business. Legion of Superzeroes was animated with Toon Boom by David Essman.
If you hadn’t already noticed, Disney’s Jetix network has relaunched as Disney XD. New series have been added to the slate including a couple digital 2D projects – Kid vs. Kat (created by Rob Boutilier) and Jimmy Two Shoes (created by Edward Kay and Sean Scott). Kid vs. Kat is produced in Flash, while Jimmy Two Shoes is brought to life using Toon Boom Harmony. Jimmy Two Shoes is being produced by Breakthrough Animation and TELETOON, with help from Mercury Filmworks. Here’s title sequence:
Kid vs. Kat is from Studio B Productions and YTV Canada. Here’s the title sequence, which we showed here before:
Thanks to Ron Doucet for the tip.
Last week, we posted some animation that aired during Disney Channel’s Kids’ Inaugural: We Are the Future event. It was titled America’s Next White House Dog – four Flash-animated shorts that spoofed American Idol. Well, there was a 5th short that never made it air and we’ve got the exclusive video, which was produced by Six Point Harness in Hollywood. Below are all 5 shorts, starting with the unaired episode (must have been the racial hatred between the dog and the cat).
Today’s Inaugural ceremony in Washington D.C. was surely the main event of President Obama’s ascent to power, but yesterday kids got their own celebration on Disney Channel. Kids’ Inaugural: We Are the Future was a 1:30 hour event that featured several live performances, but viewers were also treated to some animated comedy, produced by the Presidential Inaugural Committee. The America’s Next White House Dog shorts aired before and after commercial breaks, spoofing FOX’s hit series American Idol. Hollywood-based animation studio Six Point Harness created the four shorts, which are all assembled end-to-end in this clip below.
This past Saturday, Playhouse Disney premiered a new, Flash-animated short-form healthy foods series for preschoolers and parents. Tasty Time with ZeFronk stars a French dachshund who cooks up a storm in his doghouse, alongside his assistant, a bird named Sue. Viewers can go to the website to see and print recipes demonstrated on the show. The shorts are directed by Robert C. Ramirez and Joe Menendez, and animated at Oddbot, Inc.
Here’s a clip from the episode Tomato Surprise:
And here’s the show’s title sequence:
