The team at Canadaian studio Loogaroo, which is run by ex-Fatkat kingpin Gene Fowler, is hoping you’ll like Space Knights, a 22-minute, Flash-animated pilot for Detour, the adult block on Canada’s TELETOON network. The project is part of an animated contest that pits 10 series against eachother in a vote-a-thon. So far, Nerdland and Dunce Bucket have proved the most popular amongst viewers, but the recently-released Space Knights is already hurtling to the top. Here’s a short intersticial clip featuring the Green Knight:
Andy Coyle recently posted the updated Space Knights title sequence on his blog. The project, which was initiated at Fatkat, was selected to be part of The Detour on TELETOON Pilot Project, as we announced here almost exactly a year ago. The team produced 2 episodes that comprised the pilot, and Coyle and his friends Jon, Tavis and Pat worked on this intro.
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Nick Cross (The Waif of Persephone), has been hard at work on Angora Napkin, the girl-band he created along with Sheridan College-grad, Troy Little. The Flash project actually began as a graphic novel, which was published only 5 months ago (on sale for $19.99), and back in 2008 the Canadian network TELETOON announced the project would be part of The Detour pilot project. Below is a montage that Cross and Little whipped together to keep us busy while the pilot continues cooking. It’s nearly a 100% digital production, focusing on strong poses in favor of “slick modern-looking animation.”
Now for a short note on persistence. Of the 60+ interviews I’ve posted here at ColdHardFlash, my discussion with Joey So and Todd Kauffman was number two. This was back in 2005, and the twosome were invited by the Canadian network Teletoon to produce Sidekick, a short series for their Funpak block. In Flash, they created 5 shorts, a process well detailed in the 2-part interview.
Now, 4 years on, Sidekick has been picked up by Cartoon Network. Persistence has paid off. Congrats guys! Here’s a trailer they cut for MIP:
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:
