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  The Mainstream Business of Adult Animation by Sean Maclennan Murch
Abby Terkuhle, president of MTV Animation and creative director of MTV, was North America's first pioneer in the area of adult animation.
Looking at the line-up of successful animated programming in North America this year, it is apparent that the industry has moved to a more sophisticated, edgier and decidedly older audience than that of three years ago.
Some people will argue that adult animation today is merely a renaissance of the early days, when cartoons were played in the theater ahead of adult features.
www.awn.com /mag/issue3.4/3.4pages/3.4murch.html   (1295 words)

  
 Adult Animation - Not For Your Child's Eyes
Adult humor can easily be offensive and confusing to a child and even though shows like South Park and Family Guy may appear to be appealing to children, they are really inappropriate.
Adult language and swearing is also common in many of the adult animation programs.
Adult animation is ironic in that the characters and events revolve around an immature format.
www.really-truly.com /interesting/adult_animation.htm   (526 words)

  
 Animated cartoon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An animated cartoon is a short, hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn) film for the cinema, television or computer screen, featuring some kind of story or plot (even if it is a very short one).
The phenakistoscope, zoetrope and praxinoscope, as well as the common flip book, were early animation devices to produce movement from sequential drawings using technological means, but animation did not really develop much further until the advent of motion picture film.
Animated characters usually performed the action in "loops", i.e., drawings were repeated over and over, synchronized with the music.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Animated_cartoon   (1542 words)

  
 Adult Animation
Home : TV : TV Shows : Adult Animation
Thrill to the adventures of the fast-food trio of Frylock, Meatwad and Master Shake as they solve mysteries, fight aliens and...
well, mostly hang out, with this wallpaper from the Adult Swim hit, Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
www.screensavers.com /Home/TV/Animated/Adult/index.html?SS_ID=11929_13044_13045_0   (54 words)

  
 From Bugs to Bart, 'Shrek' to 'Adult Swim,' animation brightens our collective imagination
Animators are freer to invent, to riff, to borrow and play with other sources -- music, politics, public figures, lifestyle tics and trends.
High-gloss computer animation, which many see as the medium's dominant and inevitable mode, is nowhere to be found among the 2006 Oscar hopefuls.
All animation draws on the inherent potency of stylized and abstracted imagery.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/08/DDGHPH3QJH1.DTL   (1228 words)

  
 CNN - 'Toonists say TV animation entering a golden age - August 27, 1997
But they learned their lesson quickly, and now animation is telling more grown-up stories, more often.
Adults aren't the only ones benefiting from new animation trends.
But Greg Daniels, the co-producer of "King of the Hill," is one of several animators who feel the extra expense is justified.
www.cnn.com /SHOWBIZ/9708/27/tv.animation   (523 words)

  
 Reel.com: Seminal Animation
All-star animated tale of nebbish worker ant causing societal revolution pleases older kids/adults with bug's-eye-view, big-budget effects.
Feature-length animated film from Aardman Animation, creators of Wallace & Gromit, follows the chickens of Coop 17 making a great escape to freedom under the leadership of a plucky hen named Ginger and a rugged American rooster.
This timeless tale, with its acclaimed animation effects, is a landmark for fantasy buffs, a delight for kids.
www.reel.com /reel.asp?node=sale/animation   (823 words)

  
 Adult Animation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
And the few successes adult-orientated animation has enjoyed, mostly on TV like The Simpsons and The Flinstones (yes, The Flinstones were originally intended for grown-ups) are overshadowed by several cinematic failures.
You'd think the movie theatre would be the ideal, risk-free place to educate the unassuming colonial masses as to the advantages of the cheap, offshore drawn moving image, but...
Animators relied heavy on live action to bring the story to life: most of the movie was shot with actors, and the images traced over top.
members.shaw.ca /mikewasnt/ADULT.HTM   (472 words)

  
 Modern animation of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The major reason for the increase in the quality of American animation was the ability to outsource the actual animation grunt work to cheaper animation houses in countries in South and South East Asia resulting in high frame rates at lower costs.
Likewise, a number of animated feature films released during the 1990s tried to imitate the success of Disney, but just as in the 1930s and 1940s, the animated feature offerings from 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. failed to capture a sizable segment of Disney's feature film dominance of the market.
While traditional cel animation is likely to remain a mainstay of TV cartoons and TV commercials for the foreseeable future, scholars of animation history believe the era of classically drawn American animated features which began with Walt Disney's Snow White is about to come to a close.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Modern_animation_of_the_United_States   (3820 words)

  
 Adult animation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Many films, such as the works of Ralph Bakshi, contain all of these factors, and some examples of "adult animation" were originally released with the X rating in the United States.
Animated pornography is produced worldwide, but the best known variety is the Japanese genre, incorrectly known as Hentai.
In other words, animation that might be viewed upon as "Childrens entertainment" today, such as the Disney films or the aforementioned Looney Tunes shorts for example, was originally intended for adults and children alike.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adult_animation   (495 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Adult Swim goes against the flow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The two-hour block of adult animation has become my favorite thing on TV in years; to be honest, it's usually far more entertaining than time spent with the Fisher family or those sour Sex and the City crumpets.
Adult Swim's quirky comedy is the perfect end to a weekend, and the spouse and I usually spend the following week quoting nonsensical lines from the series.
Of course, Babcock adds, the format was also a way for the network to attract adult advertisers, "people who sell cars and blue jeans and stuff like that." Although this may be true, I promise you barely notice the ads, as many of the cartoons air commercial-free.
www.usatoday.com /life/columnist/popcandy/2002-07-31-candy.htm   (1049 words)

  
 Morphizm.com -- The Greatest Show on Television: Adult Swim
Which is another way of saying that the adult animation showcase believes -- and invests -- in segments of the population excited by fringe artistry.
While adult animation has a very long history in cinema, its track record in American television is arguably no older than a few decades at the most.
It is that type of built-in audience -- animation fans who grew up on Bart and Co. that are now old enough for college or their own families -- that has found a home with Adult Swim and its impressive line-up bred on a steady diet of cultural allusion and critique.
www.morphizm.com /features/adultswim.html   (3440 words)

  
 Daily Titan: FULL EFFECT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
But a fan-base of teenagers and young adults was growing, who would, as they matured, begin to demand more material like “The Simpsons”; to satisfy their collective appetite for creative and edgy animated shows.
Almost 15 years later, due to a number of factors, a barrage of cartoons aimed squarely at an adult audience is infiltrating television and forming a trend that is reshaping the TV animation industry.
CSUF Illustration Professor Cliff Cramp said that the expansion of adult animation is due, in part, to growing media options and new economic outlets.
dailytitan.fullerton.edu /issues/fall_03/11_20/full_effect/not.html   (1058 words)

  
 Animation Paper
Even with the increase of young animation companies, Disney, with the assistance of Pixar, remains the standard for animation with the success of Toy Story.
As the audiences for new animated features remain constant in the future, many companies especially Disney broadcast many of their future animated features to start attracting audiences.
Although audiences will demand future animated features in three-dimensions, they are still fascinated by two-dimensional drawn features and the modern computer animated features.
www.unc.edu /~lonfun/AnimationPaper.html   (2446 words)

  
 ask Adult Swim - Animation Insider
This is exactly why I love the way Adult Swim runs their business-- it's like a prime example of the right way to communicate with consumers.
In any case, the animation is being produced and funded by a Japanese global-media company to the best of my knowledge.
But there's something beautiful in being a part of Adult Swim at this moment in time and what it means in the scope of TV and comedy.
www.animationinsider.net /forums/showthread.php?t=17716   (6550 words)

  
 TV Squad
Adult Swim has a transcript of creators Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter talking about the origin of the bear, which first appeared in the episode "Very Personal Injury," the one where Apache Chief loses the ability to grow into a giant.
The writers and animators fire a ton of scenes at you like buckshot, and while some hit their target, others are either not funny at all, or just zip by too fast for you to catch them.
Like all Adult Swim news, information is a bit scarce on this, but here's what I've pieced together: The Court TV series Smoking Gun, based on the popular Web site The Smoking Gun is getting a trial run on Adult Swim starting on October 23 at midnight.
www.tvsquad.com /category/adult-swim   (2500 words)

  
 La Salle University's Collegian On The Web
Popular stories for children, especially those made into animated pictures, tend to revolve around simple good-versus-evil conflicts, frequently with the two extremes conveniently personified: the princess and the witch, the cute animal and the hunter who wants to kill it, the hero and the villain.
As long as animation is arbitrarily equated to immaturity, few childless adults will be inclined to give the genre an honest chance.
Animation is a wonderfully varied and expressive medium, and just as much of an art form as music or sculpture or haiku.
www.lasalle.edu /collegian/commentary/articles/06/april5/animation.html   (504 words)

  
 The Corporate Circus as Office SitCom Adult Animation Television Project Sets its’ Licensing & Entertainment Sight at ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Corporate Circus as a television series(www.thecorporatecircus.com/index1.html) will be presented at the upcoming NATPE TV PRODUCERS’ BOOT CAMP in West Hollywood on July 29-30 as both an Adult Animation show and as an Animated Interplay in a live action Office SitCom.
The Corporate Circus book (www.thecorporatecircus.com/book.htm), a fantasy soap opera look at the workplace, details the office drama and travails of 15 key characters that Adela JP (pen name of Adela Josue Polin) created through satirizing office behavior and interactions that are prevalent in work environment settings.
The Corporate Circus hopes to relieve some of the boredom common in the workplace by helping employees connect with their uninhibited creative inner kid through the utilization of animated office humor characters as office toys to have fun with or as play module or device to dramatize common organizational behavior issues.
www.prweb.com /releases/2004/7/prwebxml141868.php   (1255 words)

  
 Invader Zim on TNN's Adult Animation Block Petition
There is such a strong fan base for the show, especially with teenagers and adults that we think Invader Zim would be a perfect addition to your new Adult Animation Block in 2003.
Please consider Invader Zim for your upcoming Adult Animation Block.
The Invader Zim on TNN's Adult Animation Block Petition to TNN was created by Fans of Invader Zim and written by Jenny Pratt.
www.petitiononline.com /zim_tnn/petition.html   (180 words)

  
 'Adult Swim' cartoon show adds 4 days   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Its "Adult Swim" animation block -- the late-night weekend programming aimed at an 18-to-34-year-old audience -- is going five nights a week as of 11 p.m.
Nearly a third of Cartoon Network's audience is adults, with a sizable portion of that being college students, Samples said.
The Sunday "Adult Swim" programming was launched in September 2001 and has shows running in 15-minute intervals.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /tv/101810_adultswim.shtml   (1017 words)

  
 DaVinci: Adult> Arts> Animation> A
Animation workshop to be held on SaturdayHindu, India - 4 hours agoThiruvananthapuram: Toonz Academy, training centre of Toonz Animation India, will organise an animation workshop here on October 28 in connection with the...
Vividas uses online animation to help property developersNew Media Age, UK - 1 hour agoVideo streaming technology company Vividas has announced a partnership with animation studio The Electric Drawing Board (EDB) to create and stream computer...
Meanwhile, numerous clips from The Nicktoons Network Animation Festival, delivering independent animation from around the world, are also available to purchase...
www.bluegrassdavinci.com /ODP/Adult/Arts/Animation/A...Genres/Yaoi/Original_Yaoi   (357 words)

  
 ANIMATED DVD NON-ANIME - Animation Show Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
As far as adult non-anime animation, I do see more shows and pieces, but only a select few in the mainstream.
It was very creep and well animated, but lack of info has prevented me from finding a copy...
the silly thing about adult animation is that it tends to never get past what appeals to a teenager.
www.animationshow.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=34   (1075 words)

  
 The Corporate Circus Adult-Animation Project Signs Business “Edutainment” Multi-media Cooperation Deal in China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The terms of this non-exclusive cooperation deal are multi-faceted which includes, but not limited to animation (shorts, television shows, feature film), media (television, cell phones and Internet), merchandising, publishing, corporate seminars and business management training, computer and digital games, live entertainment, corporate shows, and licensing.
TianYu also has extensive relationships in China business management schools (www.ceibs.edu), and is a current member of the internationally recognized Shanghai Multimedia Industry Association (http://www.xmedia.org.cn/company/index.php), a non-profit organization consisting of individual and organizational members involved in the creation, production, and study of multimedia and related fields.
Promotion of TCC books, concept and brand will be through an “infomercial” animation using shorts films to introduce The Corporate Circus 15 office humor characters in their corporate settings.
www.prweb.com /releases/2005/5/prwebxml245030.php   (1146 words)

  
 Something screwey going on at Adult Swim - Animation Show Forums
In the past few weeks, Adult Swim has been airing the forgotten 80's toon, 'Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos' at the tail end of the block.
The only 'adult' connection it has is Liz Berkley's involvment with 'Showgirls', and the only 'animation' connection it has is (again) Liz Berkley doing voice work on the english dub for the anime 'Artimage III'.
I guess it's Adult Swim's idea to be hip and irreverent by showing the most God-awful animated garbage Hanna-Barbera ever produced.
www.animationshow.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=2531   (739 words)

  
 free adult animation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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 Fantastic Four Superhero T-Shirts - Mr. Fantastic - Invisible Woman - Human Torch - Thing
Welcome to Animation Shop’s Fantastic Four clothing section, where you can find Fantastic Four items that celebrate the Marvel Comics group of superheros that gained their powers after being exposed to cosmic rays.
Animation Shops offers Fantastic Four tees that feature the Fantastic Four classic logo as well as images of the group and their arch rival, Dr. Von Doom.
Animation Shops has the perfect Fantastic Four t shirt for you - and we are always adding new styles, so check back with us often!
www.animationshops.com /products.asp?catid=104   (293 words)

  
 Career Corner Job Posting - Adult Animation Salesman
Adult Animation Company seeking experienced animation sales person for the rapidly expanding line.
We have acquired 51 more animation titles for release this year and we need an experienced person to head up our sales force.
Our ideal candidate is someone familiar with the animation buyers and has a relationship with press sites and mainstream buyers, with knowledge of all animation events pertaining to our industry.
careers.awn.com /jobdisplay.php3?job_no=13132   (181 words)

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