Jamal Otolorin, a freelance animator with Turner Studios (Harvey Birdman, Gametap), gives us this Flash-animated Tuesday morning wake-up call. Get out there and attack, people!

In case you missed it last night, below is the final episode of Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law – titled The Death of Harvey Birdman.

The 39th and final episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, airs this Sunday night. The Death of Harvey will air at 11:45 pm/ET on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, ending one of the more successful Flash animated series on air. According to a recent interview with series creators Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter, the show was originally intended to go 10 episodes, but 6 years later Turner Studios if finally wrapping up the production. Congrats to CHF members Steve Vitale and Les Harper and to the rest of the crew in Atlanta. We’ll close out the series with an homage to Birdgirl, assembled by animation director Steve Vitale:

The 2005 Ottawa International Animation Festival has come to a close, and 3 Flash animated projects have been hailed. In the ‘Animation Short Made for the Internet,’ Roque Ballesteros (Ghostbot), won for his ‘Mole in the City’ short, which is part of the ‘Happy Tree Friends’ universe. Roque’s work was hailed for its “for its bold art direction, comic timing and entertaining story.”

‘Manege Frei,’ a German Flash-animated short that was featured here a few months back, received ‘Special Mention’ in the same category.

In the ‘Television Series for Adults’ category, ‘Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law’ won for the ‘Birdman of Guantanamole’ episode. This Adult Swim show wasn’t always animated in Flash, but the more recent episodes have been.

Congratulations to all nominees and to the winners of OIAF 05!

Tonight, I’ll be joining a panel discussion at Cartoon Network
Studios in Burbank, California called ‘The Evolution of Flash.’ Joining me on the panel will be Flash animator Alx Meza; author, Producer and Director Clifford J. Parrott; Renegade Animation Executive Producer Ashley Postlewaite and JibJab co-founder Evan Spiridellis.

In thinking about tonight’s discussion, I figured it might be a good time to look at where Flash stands in the TV animation world. I’ve broken the list down into three categories – 1) Flash shows that are currently on the air and also in production, 2) Flash shows that are in pre-production or production and will be airing within the next year and 3) Flash shows that have completed their production runs and are currently on the air. This list is certainly incomplete, as I’m sure your emails will prove, so please send along anything I’ve missed or reported incorrectly. And let’s remind ourselves that this list is TV-centric, telling only half the story. Web-only projects like ‘College University,’ ‘Making Fiends’ or ‘Ninjai;’ or DVD/Internet shows like ‘Mr. Wong‘ or ‘Broken Saints‘ – these shows are almost more important, because they represent the new models of delivery.

And as we celebrate the rapid emergence of Flash animation production, let’s also remember that this amazing software is but a tool – and the real story here is the creativity, inspiration and vision that brings us armfuls of fun shows to work on and watch.

IN PRODUCTION AND CURRENTLY AIRING
01) Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi Show – Cartoon Network
02) Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends – Cartoon Network
03) Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law – Adult Swim
04) Atomic Betty – Cartoon Network
05) Bruno and the Banana Bunch – Nickelodeon
06) Being Ian – YTV
07) BB3B – BBC
08) Happy Tree Friends – MTV Int’l

IN PRODUCTION AND AIRING SOON
09) Coconut Fred’s Fruit Salad Island – Kids’WB!
10) Wubby Widget & Walden – Nick Jr.
11) Squidbillies – Adult Swim
12) Shuriken School – Nicktoons
13) Kappa Mikey – Nicktoons
14) Princess Natasha – Cartoon Network
15) The Wumblers – 4Kids TV
16) Captain Flamingo – YTV
17) George of the Jungle – Teletoon
18) Katbot – Disney
19) Omega Dome – Fox Sports Net
20) The Buzz On Maggie – Disney TV Animation

CURRENTLY AIRING
21) Mucha Lucha – Kids’WB! & Cartoon Network
22) Incredible Crash Dummies – 4Kids TV
23) Yakkity Yak – YTV