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Follow me on BlueSky! ★ PRESIDENT OF @jellybox_studio ★ FRONTMAN OF @qbombband ★
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Joined December 2010
★HELLO I'M GENE!★. I'm a director, producer, animator, and punk rock frontman! You might know me from my short Planet Panic, my webseries NOXP, or my band Qbomb!. I'm also the founder of a lil' animation studio called @Jellybox_Studio!. 👇Links to my works in thread below! 👇
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This is a perfect logo, makes me happy every time
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No Disney or Pixar??? NO DISNEY OR PIXAR?????
Annie Award nominees - Best Picture. • Nimona.• Suzume.• The Boy and The Heron.• Across The Spider-Verse.• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
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I desperately wanna pitch a show about a mom that gets stuck with anime chosen one powers but I feel no one will want to watch it.
We need more shows about middle aged women in strange situations
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Reminder that even negative attention is still attention.
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YES THANK YOU!! Kids entertainment cannot always be pleasant because LIFE IS NOT ALWAYS PLEASANT!! I became a much more well rounded person because of the media I experienced as a kid!.
Hot take (I may be wrong):.I feel one of the reasons children are becoming more cruel and mean nowadays is that these kind of scenes arent done much anymore . Heartbreaking scenes make kids realize ppl get hurt, and that hurt isnt fun. Heartbreaking scenes make kids empathetic
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I don't think I've ever seen the moral stance of a show so completely misunderstood by the general public like Squid Game has been.
Netflix has greenlit ‘Squid Game: The Challenge,’ a reality competition series based on the hit South Korean drama. The series will feature the largest cast and cash prize in reality television history as 456 players compete for $4.56 MILLION.
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Well. Nickelodeon has passed on Planet Panic. I'm pretty bummed. Thankfully, I'm getting the rights back so here's hoping somebody will wanna tell the story of this little non-binary kid that dreams of being a superhero.♥️
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Let it be known that I love Blue Submarine No.6 and I think it’s one of the most underrated anime of all time.
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People might not realize it, but getting positive comments on stuff you make as an artist means a hell of a lot. Wayyy more than likes or even follows, those feel less and less meaningful as bots take over the internet.
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The animation industry in America is in an absolute free fall, and I would suggest anybody looking to get their ideas made to do it yourself as much as you can. Audiences are hungry for fresh ideas and studios aren’t interested, so why wait for permission? Make your projects!!!.
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For all the folks who kept telling us “CN isn’t dead”.
As of today, the Cartoon Network website has officially shut down and redirected to Max.
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How is anyone supposed to want to work on pitches or even just wanna work in animation when studios are hellbent on pissing off every artist in the animation industry?.
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"I wanna run an animation studio!!". No you don't. You wanna make fun animated stuff with your friends. Running a studio is a lot of very tough decisions, production pipelines, tight budgets, and people managing. It's incredibly difficult work.
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☠️POISON POP IS HERE!!!☠️. This has been my most ambitious directing project ever: A LIVE-ACTION/ANIMATION HYBRID MUSIC VIDEO!!. I've been working all year with an amazing team and it turned out INCREDIBLY well! 🤩. YouTube link to full video below!
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Netflix really decided to just blow itself up huh.
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Fuck it, in support of #NewDeal4Animation, here's a thread about my last board gig and why I'm not working in TV animation right now:. After working on several successful shows, and having a wildly popular short, I still had a hell of a time finding work last year (1/?).
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Job hunting really just makes you question what the hell you're even good at huh.
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I love this, I need more adult animated series about ordinary people in extraordinary situations.
First trailer of "Carol & The End of the World" animated series. A love letter to routine coming to Netflix on December 15.
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Damn y'all really want this huh?. her name is June, she dyed her hair pink to "do somethin crazy for once 🤪" but then was mistaken for a chosen one protagonist by a Battle God from a different dimension and given immense power. She's also a floor manager at an electronics store
I desperately wanna pitch a show about a mom that gets stuck with anime chosen one powers but I feel no one will want to watch it.
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Every one of these shorts we made has been going ballistic within hours, it’s almost like people love animation and want to see more of it?? Fucking WILD!! 🤪.
Cartoon Network is dead?!?!. Spread the word about what’s at stake for animation!!! Post about your favorite Cartoon Network shows using #RIPCartoonNetwork. Active members of TAG can help by filling out your survey! Today (7/8) is the last day!
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Love how everyone’s first reaction to any new AI slop is retweeting it as much as possible so I have to see it on my feed 30 times in a row.
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Animation industry fucking blows right now.
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Happy #PortfolioDay! I just got laid off! 🙃. I'm an animation director/producer with over 15 years of experience working in TV animation and games! Hire me to make your project the best it can be! ✌️. Examples of my work in the thread below!
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If you’re a victim of all these awful show cancellations and have 2D/3D animation experience, hit me up! The studio I work at is hiring talented animators and illustrators!! ✌️.
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TODAY IS MY FIRST DAY AS A STORYBOARD ARTIST ON ANIMANIACS!!! I AM NOW LEGALLY REQUIRED TO BE ZANY TO THE MAXX!!!
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Friendly reminder that corporations don’t care about you and you shouldn’t base your identity on their products 🙃.
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@banannerbread I could write a fucking thesis on how much I think that shit ruined our generation.
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Okay here's the main character.
Damn y'all really want this huh?. her name is June, she dyed her hair pink to "do somethin crazy for once 🤪" but then was mistaken for a chosen one protagonist by a Battle God from a different dimension and given immense power. She's also a floor manager at an electronics store
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After a lot of thought, and a LOT of frustration with the current animation industry, I've decided to start my own indie animation studio, JELLYBOX!!. NOXP is our first production, but be sure to follow us for more updates and projects!. 🟩@jellybox_studio🟩
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This makes me so happy, feature animation is having a renaissance and it’s not tied to just one massive studio.
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quick everyone go to this social media platform, oh wait no that one is bad too, quick go to this other one, no wait it’s using AI, okay how about this one, no wait no one is using it okay how about this one, no w.
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People have poor reading comprehension so I’ll spell it out:. MAKE STUFF WITH YOUR FRIENDS! Or on your own!! I was making shorts and music and all kinds of projects without any outside funding before I “had a studio” and most of my opportunities have come from those efforts.
"I wanna run an animation studio!!". No you don't. You wanna make fun animated stuff with your friends. Running a studio is a lot of very tough decisions, production pipelines, tight budgets, and people managing. It's incredibly difficult work.
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I’ll be waiting for the phone call, @netflix.
A 'Scott Pilgrim' anime series is in the works at Netflix with Bryan Lee O'Malley and BenDavid Grabinski writing and producing . Source:
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PLANET PANIC IS BACK ON THE NICK SHORTS PAGE!!!. The original upload was taken down for some reason, so even if you've shared it before, PLEASE SHARE IT AGAIN! It would mean a lot to me!!.
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I’ve been at it a very long time but mostly these two probably
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If you haven't seen the original short, it's on YouTube:
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I’M STILL SEARCHING FOR MY NEXT JOB ADVENTURE!!! HELP ME GET THE WORD OUT!!!
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🔊THE NOXP KICKSTARTER IS LIVE!!🔊. This is my first ever crowd funding campaign for an animated project, so I'm NERVOUS!! I am very grateful for anyone who backs it, or even just shares/retweets/tells their friends about it! THANK YOU!!. FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW! 👇
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As the indie animation scene grows, it's very important for fans to understand that revenue from Youtube and Tiktok does barely anything to keep these productions afloat. Please support your favorite webseries by buying merch and supporting their Patreon!!.
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THE PLANET PANIC SHORT IS FINALLY HERE!!! Watch it on the Nickelodeon Shorts Facebook page:
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WOW!!! I cannot thank you all enough for all the kind words about Planet Panic! I'm absolutely gonna keep fighting to find it a proper home. 💪. Please keep tweeting, drawing fan art, and sharing it around! Show those execs what they're missing out on!!! . #SavePlanetPanic
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Boy it sure would it be great if my short that got two million views in a month and tons of love and fanart would finally get a series pickup, but a man can dream.
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HEY ANIMATION PALS! My current job is wrapping up soon! Please keep me in mind for any board revisionist gigs!!
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Did you know that Planet Panic was an animated comic before it was a Nickelodeon short?. I'm gonna be posting those pages for the next month! Stay tuned to this thread!
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GOT A REALLY IMPORTANT MEETING TODAY EVERYONE SEND ME YOUR POSITIVE ENERGY PLEASE
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NEW GORGEOUS EARTHWORM JOE SERIES AND THE BIGOTED CREATOR ISN’T INVOLVED? SIGN ME UP!!!.
Get ready to go BEYOND THE GROOVY!. I have a brand new tv show coming soon!. Come see my delicious existence at right now!. #EarthwormJimIsBack #BeyondTheGroovy #Interplay
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I WORKED ON THIS!!! THIS SHOW IS ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS, MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!.
The first trailer for 'JELLYSTONE' has been released. The new series premieres July 29 on HBO Max.
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⚔️A NEW HERO HAS JOINED OUR QUEST! ⚔️. The legendary @ianjq will be joining NOXP to voice EZEKIEL, a new character debuting in a future episode of season one!. We're still about $9000 short of our funding goal, so please support our Kickstarter so we can finish this season!
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MY BAND GOT SIGNED TO @LivingTombstone'S LABEL AND Y'ALL AREN'T READY FOR THE INCOMING LEVEL OF RADITUDE.
QBOMB IS SIGNING TO GHOST PIXEL RECORDS, @LivingTombstone's record label! We are super excited to have Yoav, Sam and Co. backing us up as we prep to launch our debut album, HYPERPUNK!. Announcement animation by the mega talented @mikejwitz.
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I guess now is as good a time as any. I'm starting a new animated webcomic on August 24th! It's called ROBOBO and it's about some lil' robots trying to save the world! I hope you'll support it!! #Robobo
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PAGE 17 OF THE PLANET PANIC COMICS!!!! Help defeat the evil ALGORITHM, and give this tweet some likes/replies!
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I also wanna thank the people at Nick who believed in the project to take it as far as it got! Unfortunately, getting a show greenlit is incredibly difficult and it was beyond anyone's control. They know who they are and I thank them from the bottom of my heart. ♥️.
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It's only been a few hours and look at these numbers, I hope the other networks are watching 👀. #SavePlanetPanic
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Gonna be a whole lot of cartoons made with this greedy dipshit as a villain in the years to come.
After Warner Bros took various cost-cutting measures including turning movies into tax write-offs and refused to pay actors & writers for months, David Zaslav’s 2023 pay package is now at $49.7M, a 26.5% increase from 2022. (Source:
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Hey this little studio I started is doing pretty well I think.
It's #IndieAnimationDay!!! Check out just a few of the AMAZING PROJECTS Jellybox has worked on! ‼️. If you wanna support Indie Animation, donate to our Ko-Fi!! .
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Can't believe we got this trending!! Animation guild workers need everyone's PUBLIC VOCAL support in these upcoming negotiations, so we really appreciate it!
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PLANET PANIC HAS HIT A MILLION VIEWS ON FACEBOOK!!! A HUMONGOUS THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR WATCHING AND SHARING IT!!! THIS IS AMAZING!!!
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Hey Twitter! I decided to share one of my pitch bibles! Introducing:⭐️COSMICOLA!⭐️. I pitched it around two years ago but no studio wants original ideas! So instead of letting it gather dust, I'd rather show it off!. Amazing Illustrations by @taiga080521 . Continued in thread!👇
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I hope storyboard artists and everyone else working in animation gets a better deal, and people can get paid more and burn out less and just generally enjoy the work they do, and not feel punished for doing what they love. (10/10). #NewDeal4Animation #StoryCraftUnite.
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HOLY SHMEBULOCK WE GOT ALEX HIRSCH ON CREATIVE BLOCK!!!. @_AlexHirsch had so much insightful stuff to say about working in the animation industry!! I’m a big fan of Gravity Falls so this was a super inspiring episode for me! GO CHECK IT OUT!!! 🌲.
Episode 54 feat @_AlexHirsch!. Alex is best known as the creator of Gravity Falls! Recently, he was an executive producer and writer on @insidejob and is currently working on several unannounced projects. Watch it! Our Patreon!
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Just like lil' Pibbles here, I'm still working hard on Planet Panic! Getting a show made is VERY VERY (VERY) CHALLENGING, so every little bit of support helps! THANKS FOR BEING PATIENT, PANIC FANATICS!!!.❤️❤️❤️
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Coconauts got such an amazing response (it already got fanart!) that I've decided to post the ENTIRE pitch bible and talk about the process of pitching! To anyone wondering: Planet Panic is NOT DEAD, these things just take time. More info in the thread:
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MORE PLANET PANIC NEWS: Proud to announce that the amazing @StudioYotta did the animation for the short and they NAILED IT!!! GET HYPED!!!
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The best part is when I told the Line Producer that I was being asked to do three jobs (Layout, Boards, Timer) she told me "I disagree, I've been working in animation for 30 years and this is how things are done". and that's the fucking problem right there. (7/?).
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@trishacuffari I didn't write that description and I specifically asked them to correct it, but no one got around to it.
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ATTENTION ANIMATORS!!. Are you looking for a full-time job with benefits? Are you experienced with 2D animation effects? Are you based in North America? THEN REPLY TO THIS TWEET WITH SAMPLES AND/OR A REEL!. Here are some examples as an eyecatch:
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In my meetings with Nickelodeon about Planet Panic, they would constantly deny that the millions of views it got meant that it had a built-in audience.
It’s crazy when I meet with executives and they willfully pretend that nothing exists in entertainment outside of what they understand — even if it has millions of people who champion it.
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THIS IS WHERE LAWS ARE SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN FOR FUCK’S SAKE YOU CRUSTY OLD POLITICIAN FUCKS.
Paramount has seemingly written off ‘BIG NATE’ and the ‘RUGRATS’ reboot. Both shows have been removed from Paramount+ and their existence has been completed wiped from the Nickelodeon website
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I was lucky that right after that, I got an amazing offer to work as an animation manager at a mobile game studio, where I'm treated with respect and paid well, and the entire studio actively avoids crunch. But my peers and colleagues deserve an industry that does the same. (8/?).
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I've been working on a new webseries, afraid to release the shorts cuz WHAT IF PEOPLE HATE EM? But we need more indie animation out there to show that we don't need studios to make cool stuff. So screw it, first episode of NOXP dropping next week!. Animation by @ShinyScribbles
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HEY 2D ANIMATORS!. I'm looking for an experienced animator to work on a Scott Pilgrim and Gorillaz-inspired live-action/animated hybrid MUSIC VIDEO!. ★ Must have strong anatomy AND FX experience.★ Work is happening in June.★ Compositing not required. Reply with your portfolio!
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HEY PALS I'M STILL LOOKING FOR A FULL TIME STUDIO GIG!!!. PLEASE HELP ME SIGNAL BOOST THIS!!! ❤️
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I JUST LOST MY JOB! Anybody wanna hire this little bean?
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HELLO I'M GENE! I'm a board artist, director, and revisionist currently looking for my next gig! Past work: Loud House, Animaniacs, Jellystone. ★ Portfolio: ★ Instagram: ★ Planet Panic:
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YO WHAT THE FUCK????.
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⚔️ANOTHER HERO HAS JOINED OUR QUEST!⚔️. The multi-talented @egoraptor will be joining NOXP to voice DUNCAN, the loudmouth president of POW CORP!. We're about $5000 from our goal, let's bring it to the finish line! We appreciate your support!! ❤️
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Not really a drawing but probably these goobers
Im bored so let's do something artists,. What is a drawing you think you're iconic for? and let people reply to you what drawing they think you are iconic for.
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I'm FLOORED by the amount of love this is getting. Thank you all so much!!! Believe me, I'll be pitching this to any studio that will listen! Please keep sharing and talking about Planet Panic, it's the best way to show that people wanna see it! ♥️♥️♥️.
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Speaking from experience: If you’re a creative person, please don’t spend your youth only working towards a job or a show. Actively try to find new experiences and challenge yourself. Your work will be so much better for it, and it won’t sting as much if things don’t work out.
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I'd love to come back to TV some day, and I'm still working on pitches (and hoping Planet Panic gets picked up) but the industry right now is fucking abysmal. Being on the outside has reminded me how much we're brainwashed to accept this as "normal". Believe me, it's not. (9/?).
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Jellybox is making shorts to raise awareness about the upcoming Animation Guild negotiations! Spread the word, share this around!.
Can you name all the cameos??👀. The Animation Guild’s (TAG) Master Agreement expires on August 16th — and we need YOUR help!. Spread the word about what’s at stake for animation!!! Follow, repost, and #StayTooned for more!
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@ShantiRittgers Yeah I always loved how he “magically” or “accidentally”managed to avoid getting shot but in reality that was just him hiding how skilled he actually was.
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@benhmedia Yeah I liked Elemental too, but Pixar and Disney needed to be knocked off their throne.
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PLANET PANIC IS NOW THE #1 MOST VIEWED SHORT ON THE NICK SHORTS PAGE!!! Over 330,000 views in just 2 weeks!! Thank you all SO SO MUCH for sharing it around! LET'S GET THIS SHOW MADE, PANIC POSSE!!!.
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Planet Panic can pretty easily become an adult animated series, just focused on Zeus Guy…. Just sayin 👀
Warner Bros. Discovery plans to venture into more genres for adult animation, including drama, sci-fi, post-apocalyptic, mystery and young adult. "We think there's more to do in dramas and prestige animation," says Adult Swim President Michael Ouweleen. #AnnecyFestival
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Just a heads up, if you harass any of my employees because of cartoons, you are lower than scum.
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I’m really glad to see more and more CG animation that actually pushes the stylization of the medium, but I’d also like to see the same treatment applied to live action. I wanna see more Scott Pilgrim types, more movies that go absolutely bonkers with the action and stylization.
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