#animation television

[prokopetz]

This site: What the fuck is with all these animated shows getting terrible live-action remakes? We should start remaking live action media as cartoons to balance the scales.

The monkey's paw: *curls one finger*

#tumblr #media #television #cartoons #animation #memes #swearing

[gameraboy2]

Scooby-Doo

#my gif #scooby-doo #halloween #spooky #haunted house #gif #gifs #vintage #television #vintage television #animation #cartoons

[superheroes-or-whatever]

Mark & Debbie in Invincible

#mark grayson #debbie grayson #invincible #skybound #television #stills #image comics #animation #comics #top posts

[local-fire-dumpster]

Apparently twitter is having discourse over this british kids series called "Horrid Henry" and people are absolutely SEETHING about how the horrid one in question isn't Henry but his parents. Every clip I've seen posted of this series is just pure Ragebait and I'd like to share this rage with tumblr so here is a compilation of clips that truly piss me off.

#horrid henry #tv series #tv shows #animated #b #british television

[hope-i-dont-choke]

Most bittersweet thing I’ve ever learned is that most animation is not affected by the writers strike so we get to keep cartoons, but it’s only because animators aren’t making enough fucking money to even qualify for WGA

#which sucks #thats fucked up #animators carry television #learned that from #Phineas and ferb #wga #writers strike

[thehauntedrocket]

The X-Files

Art by Anjohink

#Comics #Manga #X-Files #Science Fiction #Anjohink #Anime #Art #Film #Television #TV

[demifiendrsa]

Arcane: Season 2 | First Look

Season 2 of Arcane will premiere on Netflix in November 2024.

#Arcane #League of Legends #Fortiche Production #Riot Games #Netflix #cartoon #television #animated series

[ruinedholograms]

Æon Flux (1991-1995)

#animation #1990s #mtv #cd #compact disc #album art #peter chung #aeon flux #90s #hologram parade #liquid television

[rockymountainqueen2]

I just recently stumbled across the storyboards for Thanks To Them's opening, and well....

Turns out, Camila originally made a mom joke, lol.

Source: https://www.hayleynwong.com/work/the-owl-house-samples

#the owl house #thanks to them #toh thanks to them #camila noceda #toh camila #bisexual #coming out #props to camila! #camila appreciation post #camila noceda is an awesome mom #mom jokes #lol #disney #disney animation #disney tva #disney tv shows #disney television animation

[superectojazzmage]

My Adventures With Superman is honestly a really impressively good example of how you can make an adaptation radically different and new while still doing justice to the source material by just approaching said source from a place of love and respect. The show is unabashedly and upfrontly meant to be a very explorative and experimental take on Superman that does the classic premise in new ways, revamped for another time and medium.

So many of the characters, designs, aesthetics, and world feel so extremely unfamiliar and unlike “traditional” Superman. But it still FEELS like Superman. The core, the spirit, the SOUL is absolutely and unmistakably there. The characters are all incredibly in-character and instantly recognizable. The plotting and writing feels straight off the page of the comic.

Even with major reinventions, this is so obviously and clearly Superman. Not some hoary “deconstruction” or obnoxiously self-aware “parody”, it’s just unabashedly honest-to-God played absolutely straight Superman. Even through all the changes, it’s that same classic, undistilled, nostalgic vibe of a Superman comic with Clark as a lovable, goofy guy with powers trying to be an example to the world, fighting crazy bad guys, helping old ladies across the street, and winking to the reader after Lois and Jimmy fail to see through his disguise yet again before cringing because Perry yelled at him for calling Perry “chief” again.

Hot, overeager tomboy Lois Lane is a bit different from usual but she’s so clearly still that same gorgeous would-be star reporter that every Superman falls in love with. Jimmy has been reimagines as kooky conspiracy buff, but he’s still ultimately Superman’s Pal who gets into wacky situations by virtue of being Superman’s Pal. Perry, Lombard, Ronnie, and Cat are all very different from the comics superficially — hell, Ronnie has had his gender flipped — but they are all still instantly recognizable as the same eccentric bunch of newsfolk they were there. Livewire and the Intergang members are all totally changed but at their center, they’re the same; same powers and gimmicks, etc.. Dr. Ivo is now a douchey techbro and yet he’s still fulfilling the very same role he does in the comics as a self-centered mad scientist who creates things that spiral beyond his control. Even Parasite, the most radically altered of all to the point of no longer being sentient, is still identifiable as his core concept of a monster that feeds on the lifeforce of others and becomes more powerful as he does, while also weakening when he can’t do so.

I really, really like it. It’s a wonderfully imaginative and well-put-together take on a very old series that really brings the concept into the modern age in a way that hasn’t really been done successfully outside the comics since the DCAU back in the 90s and early 2000s. People writing Superman or just superhero fiction in general should absolutely take notes from this show.

#my adventures with superman #maws #mawsm #superman #clark kent #lois lane #jimmy olsen #kal el #dc #dc comics #dc universe #dcu #dcau #dc animated universe #comic books #comics #animation #television #adult swim #warner bros #cartoon network #animated series

[little-pondhead]

Inspired by this post.

#danny phantom #dp x dc #danny fenton #mad scientist danny #his suit is a mix of Jack and Maddie’s suits #with a lab coat thrown on top #he 100% smacks joker with a baseball bat on live television #and loves to kidnap zoo animals #Batman cannot find mention of the Fentons anywhere #it is driving the Justice league mad #Superman: stop right there kid! #Danny: suck my a s s #Wonder Woman: why do you keep stealing paintbrushes from the local art centers #Danny: I’m a bad bitch you can’t kill me! #Batman: hang on I speak fluent Teen #Batman: …you finna catch these hands #Batman: don’t @ me when you’re six feet under #Danny: I Am Uncomfortable With The Energy We’ve Created In The Studio Today #when the fight is over he’s just like #aight imma head out #it was fun playing #see y’all next time #and just #rips reality a new one #the Justice league can hear someone from the other side talking #as Fenton goes through the portal #‘did you have a good time? i made cookies come tell me about your day’ #the portal always closes before anyone can get through #until one day it stays open and they all make a collective decision to go through #clockwork knows exactly what he’s doing

[prokopetz]

It's that time of year when Tumblr celebrates Easter by posting pictures of crucified anime characters, and inevitably somebody in the notes will pop up to helpfully explain that crucifixion imagery has no cultural significance in Japanese media because Japan is only about 1% Christian, which bugs me because it's completely wrong.

It's true that in the majority of cases, crucifixion in Japanese cartoons isn't meant to be conveying any specific theological message, but something Western audiences are likely to miss is that a large portion of those random crucifixion scenes are referencing Ultraman.

Ultraman's creator was a devout Roman Catholic who explicitly intended the titular hero to read as a Christ figure, and consequently, various Ultramen have been crucified on multiple unconnected occasions throughout the franchise's history. Crucifixion scenes in Japanese cartoons are often directly name-checking particular crucifixion incidents from Ultraman, right down to emulating the compositions and camera angles of specific shots. It's like an especially morbid version of the Akira slide.

The upshot is that, while it's true that the inclusion of gratuitous crucifixion scenes in Japanese cartoons typically has no (intentional) theological message, stating that they have no cultural significance is incorrect. A large chunk of the Japanese viewing audience are going to see them and immediately go "hey, that's an Ultraman reference".

Anyway, as an image tax, have a shot of four crucified Ultramen miraculously resurrecting a fifth Ultraman by shooting laser beams out of their hearts:

#media #television #cartoons #animation #anime #ultraman #religion #christianity #catholicism

[gameraboy2]

Keith Haring for Sesame Street

#my gif #keith haring #sesame street #gif #gifs #animation #cartoons #vintage #television #vintage television

[superheroes-or-whatever]

X-Men: Evolution by Lucas Werneck

#X men evolution #Wolverine #Rogue #Cyclops #Scott Summers #Jean Grey #Shadowcat #nightcrawler #spyke #storm #ororo munroe #professor x #marvel #television #Animation #x men #comics #pin up #poster #Illustration #art #top posts

[volleypearlfan]

the Disney TVA gigaleak is insane

Amity was going to be an exchange student to the human realm? Sasha was going to have glowing green eyes? Sprig was going to be voiced by Thurop Van Orman? there was a Beverly Hills Chihuahua show??

#disney tva #disney television animation #the owl house #amphibia #big city greens #rc9gn #wander over yonder #very important house #beverly hills chihuahua #the 7d #the ghost and molly mcgee #apparently something milo murphy related was also leaked so #milo murphy's law

[douglasbradburyverne]

Early concept art from "X-MEN: EVOLUTION" (2000)

#xmen #television #xmen evolution #animation #marvel #marvel comics #superhero #concept art #character art #2000s #the wb #cyclops #jean grey #wolverine #nightcrawler #kitty pryde #rogue #nostalgia #art