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[Tulpa]

alright well I'll concede it, I'm just going off of episode credits and I have seen key frames coloring and cleanup all credited to non-koreans at least for more than a few episodes.
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[Tulpa]

oh yeah and how much fun the korean animators are having animating a thing is probably a part of it.

Apparently the korean studio that did that first short really loved working on Pendleton Ward's stuff because it was out there enough that they could do a lot of fun stuff they would normally not be allowed to do.

But yeah that's what I meant with the Madhouse example. They're a studio filled with a lot of talented artists but if they're just being rented for some property and no one really cares about the end result (like all those post Animatrix anthologies for instance) the results will be mixed to terrible.

If they're working with an artist that has any kind of vision or creativity the results are night and day.
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Yeah, and I get the impression that a lot of those studios have, like, A teams and B teams and C teams and individual guys who do, like, auteur projects and stuff.

Looks like the South Korean studio that Madhouse works with has worked on Ghibli movies! : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DR_Movie
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[Mikey]

I could have sworn we made that Adventure Time thread but I'm chiming in to say I think it's hit its stride again after seeming like it had run out of juice there, for a while. There have a been a few episodes lately that are really killer.

Also the packaging for the complete 1st season DVD is pretty great.

[Lick Meth]

I've found series 4 to be a bit disappointing on the whole, though I'm really looking forward to the next one. Not to exclude the stand-out episodes that were excellent though (favourites including "Hug Wolf" and "Gotcha!").

[Lick Meth]

[Take It Sleazy]

Gravity Falls is a pretty funny and well made children's television program and it seems like it is as funny/funnier than people keep telling me Phineas and Ferb is without making my eyes want to vomit. Everyone who came out of Flapjack seems to be making cools stuff. Also Disney seems to have a strangely solid-ish stable of tv cartoons suddenly.

[Lick Meth]

[Take It Sleazy]

Between Tron (which is at least visually appealing), Motorcity, Gravity Falls, Avengers, and that upcoming Craig McCracken show that looks pretty neat, they seem to be going in a much better direction.

I think the last Disney show I liked before the current crop was probably Fillmore

[Mikey]

I mean I dunno about you Sleazy but Tron has always been about the visual appeal, for me, so I'm fine with how it's turning out. Is that Motorcity show actually worth watching?

[Take It Sleazy]

I certainly agree about Tron as neither movie has particularly well drawn characters or anything. Like I said earlier in the thread the worst thing about Tron Uprising is that it is the perfect Tron Legacy cartoon.

Motorcity is the one of the most gorgeous pieces of animation on TV period right now, it is definitely worth checking out for the art alone. It's the only TV show I go out of my way to watch in HD.

[Loki Laufeyson]

i think the last cartoon that was anywhere near as funny as gravity falls was flapjack
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yeah watching episodes 5 and 6 really cemented it is something really special for me. laugh out loud funnier than any other kids show on probably. also there are so many weird secrets going on in the background and fun continuity gags. there is a time traveller that has shown up in the background that is going to come into play later apparently.

plus you can't go wrong with




i guess i am going to end up watching the disney channel on my television which is a weird thing to think about

[Mikey]

On the bright side my landlord just switched our cable provider to the one I'm actually familiar with so I'll be able to find the disney channel to watch it. My friend who works at Nickelodeon wants to hear nothing of it

[Tulpa]

[Ronk]

i love the hell out of gravity falls


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[Take It Sleazy]

This may only amount to a 45 second gag but Archer/Bob's Burgers crossover of all things

[Take It Sleazy]

Also speaking of crossovers, between the Dynomutt/Jonny Quest episode and the Moby Dick/Sealab episode, this season of Mystery Incorporated sure is Hanna Barbera Adventures

[Take It Sleazy]

Man Black Dynamite managed to do a literal Yakub plot and that is a thing that I can't imagine a white writer would even think of and it was funny and terrible and man I am glad this show is on the air

[Gorblax]

Watched Batman - The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 today. Pretty faithful adaptation of the book. I like their use of visual cues as replacement for the narration.
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Gravity Falls was pretty awesome tonight. As usual.

[Take It Sleazy]

Young Justice is still way too broad and expansive but they manage to carve out some good character stuff every once and awhile like today. Still, there probably have been more individual characters in two seasons of this show than 20 years of the whole DCAU. It makes for lots of exciting and creative fights but sometimes I can barely keep track of who is onscreen at any given moment. Guess Jason Todd existed during the timeskip. Appreciated Weisman getting in "Revenge is a sucker's game" from Gargoyles

New Ninja Turtles is actually way better than it has any right to be (meaning it's okay). The uh..remixed...origin is pretty good and The Kraang are pretty funny. The style looks way better in motion than in stills. I guess it is literally impossible to make a Turtles show as bad as the 80s show was. It's pretty cute.

[evnvnv]

man 80's turtles (and ghostbusters) is one of those things that I know I probably spent 75% of my childhood thinking about, but I cannot remember anything about any of the episodes of the shows. I guess they really were that bad. Maybe if I watched them again it would come back to me but... I don't really want to do that.
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[RobotRocker]

Funnily enough I was flicking through TV stations on Sky last night and found that one of the kids stations still shows 80's Turtles. It just does not hold up at all, mainly because it's just "Plot introducing new character or thing that gets sold as a toy". The episode I saw showed Raph leaving on his Birthday, getting kidnapped and strapped to some convoluted death trap by Shredder where he gets saved just in time. And wouldn't you know it, they released the death trap as a toy!

I watched new Turtles today and it seems to be better by default by having actual characters and plots instead of "Buy this thing we showed you". Also having a much more believable relationship between Splinter and the Turtles and actually have the Turtles be bickering, headstrong teenagers. Its a series with potential, if anything.
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[Take It Sleazy]

Superjail's back. Not quite at season 1 levels but as far as the plot not getting in the way and visual creativity go they seem to have taken steps back in the right direction. Some really incredible scenes

[Take It Sleazy]

[Gorblax]

DC Nation moves to January, two weeks after returning from hiatus.
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[Take It Sleazy]

boo

cable schedules for kids shows are dire

[Take It Sleazy]

Looks like at the new Young Justice is up on torrents anyway (just like Brave and the Bold, Cartoon Network didn't take it off iTunes after they randomly stopped showing it)

Also Stephanie Brown for 30 seconds apparently

[Dracko]

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[Gorblax]

Every episode of Gargoyles is available to watch online for free
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[Take It Sleazy]

bravest warriors is out

[Gorblax]

Sorry P. Ward but there is already one too many Lost Dad's Superteams in my heart right now, I cannot afford to take on another
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[Take It Sleazy]

Deathstroke! Static! Apache Chief using his powers! The show airing on television!

[Gorblax]

But where is Stephanie Brown?
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[Loki Laufeyson]

in our hearts ;_;
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[Take It Sleazy]

Man the Archer/Bob's Burger's semi-crossover was pretty fantastic and I appreciated how the burger of the day was Archer-level obscure

The realistically drawn kids were fantastic too although they didn't say anything