http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/cartoon-network-mighty-magiswords-1201794225/
>Cartoon Network has given a greenlight to “Mighty Magiswords,” a full-length linear television show developed as a series of interactive short videos on the Cartoon Network Anything app. The linear series is the first project to be developed as a digital-first property by Cartoon Network, then migrate to the company’s linear cable channel.
>“Mighty Magiswords” debuted last year as a series of 15-second interactive videos on Cartoon Network Anything. Created by Kyle A. Carrozza, “Mighty Magiswords” tells the story of a brother-sister warrior team who rely on their collection of swords — cheeseburger sword, dolphin sword and mummy sword among them — to complete tasks during their comic adventures.
>Alongside the upcoming linear series, Cartoon Network will debut more than 400 pieces of original content across various platforms. That content will include shorts, vlogs and web and mobile games, as well as interactive narratives. Cartoon Network is also developing proprietary technology that will allow fans of the series to collect and trade the various swords.
>“Mighty Magiswords” is part of a shift at Cartoon Network toward developing series outside of the normal process.
day look liek slayers
At least it's not another CalArts garbage.
Oh, another one of these, huh?
Fuck
>>83744471
Yeah. Thank god its a different sort of garbage.
>>83744422
As long as they keep her voice actor I'm sold
>>83744422
any inseki r34 yet
>linear
>linear
>linear
http://www.itvdictionary.com/definitions/linear_tv_definition.html
When did a "regular" TV series switch to being called a "linear" TV series?
>>83744422
Hear that sound? Sounds like scraping, like, at the very bottom part of some kind of barrel.
>>83744552
When it's source materials entire Shtick was being interactive
>>83744540
There's one where the artist drew her very thicc and holding a dildosword.
>>83744595
Mighty Magiswords was interactive?
>>83744422
FUCKING FINALLY!
>>83744679
Yeah you got to choose a sword
What about OK, KO?
>>83744422
this art looks like hot garbage
That color palette should be fucking illegal.
>>83744679
>>83744422
>"Mighty Magiswords", debuted last year as a series of 15 second interactive videos on Cartoon Network Anything.
>interactive
>interactive
Its 3 paragraphs but its not even that long to Tl;Dr. Fucking check what your dissing before you comment stupidity ok?
Kyle A. Carrozza is a great artist.
>>83744845
That looks like something a 15 year old on deviantart drew
>>83744842
It also says the episodes are 15 seconds long, but they're 3 minutes long.
>>83744708
Same thoughts here.
I actually really enjoyed these shorts sense of humor and animation. I'm really glad this got picked up.
I'd still love a gif of Vambre shooting a tomato saying "BOO" for whenever someone makes a terrible joke/pun.
>tfw the reason his two characters look like they are ripoffs of Slayers characters is because hes been trying to pitch this show since the 90's, when Slayers was still relevant
Will cat mage finally show up?
Might as well post all of these.
Neat, I hope it's a good show and addition to CN's current lineup.
>cheeseburger sword
>dolphin sword
>mummy sword
>>83745022
>>83745010
>>83744995
>>83744980
These designs look like they're trying way too hard to be "wacky 90's" art. Even then, that style was always shit
>>83745073
I think you just have shit taste.
That art is horrendous.
>>83745092
No, I'm pretty sure that's shit
>>83745073
The guy making this has been pitching the show to people since the 90's. Of course its going to look 90's.
I remember seeing some old art that showed how the style for the show has changed over the years. It used to look alot less cartoony and more serious.
>>83745092
Alright, there's similarities, and then there's literally Amelia.
>>83745116
Doesn't excuse the shit art now, tbqh
>pitched for two decades
It's shit like this that makes me give up on my dream of show creation. I want to create entertainment but I don't want to waste my life on something that will never happen
>>83745332
Hey, dont give up! You'll just have to spend two decades changing your art syle, and story, and target audience age, and music, and basically everything so its nothing like what you really wanted to make, but at least your creation that now resembles almost nothing from your original vision is now on TV right? RIGHT!?
>>83745496
Maybe I'll write a book
Got a couple of friends working on this show as storyboarders. I wish them luck but I can't get myself to care about this show at all
I don't care for the show at all and don't really get it's sense of humour. That said, I know a couple of talented artists who have done bits and bobs for it, so hopefully they get work for the series proper too.
>>83745073
>they're trying way too hard to be "wacky 90's" art
shut up fagboy
>>83745546
nice counterargument
>>83745073I kinda like it.
>>83744744
confirmed on the TAG blog (along with Royals) but not confirmed by CN
>>83744422
that show is visually disgusting
>>83747016
savage
I love Slayers! Wheres best girl Naga?
>>83744522
Better than Calarts garbage. Objectively better. At least we have a variety of garbage to shift through. Fake 90s anime is at least better than morern american calarts samestyle toons.
>>83747189
What's "Calarts"?
>>83747221
A nickname for any show that is visually descended from The Simpsons. Circular eyes, thumb noses, sausage mouths, and lots of other stuff that Matt Groening used in his comics and was later translated and stiffened and straightened for television.
Big examples: Gravity Falls, Family Guy.
I'm not sure this garbage is better than that garbage, it's just different garbage.
>>83747221
Basically what happened to anime is happening to cartoons. Everything is getting really inbred in terms of character design.
>>83747682
right now anime is going through a "moe uguu a shit" phase but cartoons through a "lazy as fuck" era, you can count with one hand the number of cartoons that are currently trying to be good while the other is the same barbie but with a new hat.
I kinda liked the YouTube videos. Hopefully the art will be cleaned up, and the pacing will be better.
>>83747189
No it isn't.
I don't know how to feel about this.
>>83747144
She QT. Where does one start with Slayers anyway?
>>83750731
I want OK KO to be honest senpai :/
>>83744953
But if it came out in the 90s wouldn't he have still been accused?
>>83747682
And it happened in the 80s, the 90s, etc.
Nothing new. The style is just changing like the climate.
That CalArts meme is stupid.
>>83750954
Pretty much. Every era of cartoons has a style that's recognizable as what was big that era. Right now it's just the "CalArts style"
>>83746947
And it still beats out SU and AT art wise.
>>83751112
>beating shit with crap
well, I guess?
>>83751106
Yeah. I wonder what'll be the next big style though.
Not that I dislike recent cartoons. But I am bit curious.
>>83751260
I actually like Steven Universe's art style. Honestly my fav out of the new CN shows.
Also maybe Twelve Forever but that's not picked up so..........
>>83746947
God forbid cartoons look like actual cartoons. God forbid a cartoon have an original artstyle.
>>83750766
First season is just called Slayers, so start there. Slayers NEXT is the second series, and Slayers TRY is the third. The surrounding media (Glorious, Premium, Perfect, etc) can be watched in pretty much any order, even before you watch the show. QT Naga only shows up in the OVAs.
And there's Revolution and Revolution-R, I guess, which take place after TRY and are technically season 4 and 5, but that's only if you want to put up with pic related.
>>83751495
I don't like it, what you gonna do about it? reply to my post with a meme?
>>83751499
Oh Naga was there... She was totally there the whole time.
>>83751724
Touche, compadre. You can't kill the Naga.She actually met the gang in a game, but it was never translated.
>>83744471
How is this not CalArts
>>83744422
this legit looks like it was made by chris chan
>>83751313
>I wonder what'll be the next big style though.
Considering how things are looking design-wise, I'm not sure anymore.
>>83747144
Lina is gr8, Naga sucks.
>>83751939
Stone punk really ought to make a comeback. It's all flying elbow simulators and spit art demonstrations nowadays.
>>83750954
>>83751106
That's just not true. In the '90s you had The Simpsons and Rocko and Tiny Toons and Rugrats and B:TAS and TMNT and tons of shows that looked very distinct from each other.
Now you have a whole bunch of shows in DCAU style (Bruce Timm-esque style), a while bunch of shows in Simpsons-esque style, and a show here and there that has its own style but isn't really distinct.
I feel like both 90s whacky style and UPA style are both gonna make a comeback.
We're already seeing this with Magiswords. It's like animaniacs + anime. UPA is next for sure
>>83751854
Kyle Carozza never went to CalArts and also are you fucking blind
>>83754042
>Kyle Carozza never went to CalArts
Neither did most "CalArts" artists.
You know who did?People behind Iron Giant.
>>83744422
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKIN SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT
>>83753852
The problem with that is that Animaniacs had really shitty animation. It's the copy-of-a-copy-of-a-copy problem.
Animaniacs animation is a Korean imitation of an '80s imitation Tex Avery cartoons, and it looks like utter shit. (not talking about the quality of the writing or the songs or anything, purely the character design and animation)
Now you got Kyle Carozza, who probably grew up on Animaniacs, and instead of going to the source and improving upon it, he just made imitation-Animaniacs style (FRS, Moobeard, now this)
So that's an unskilled imitation of a Korean imitation of an imitation of Tex Avery, and it looks worse after every step.
Plus his humor is really bad, I doubt anyone finds his comics or cartoons funny.
Pic related. It's what happens when you try to do wacky animation without being able to execute animation fundamentals.
>>83754704
>Animaniacs animation is a Korean imitation
I thought it was Japanese.
Pic very related
If the feature length cartoon is shit the creator is going to look awfully full of himself for that time he drew this comic
>>83744422
>cartoon network is so creatively bankrupt they have have to go for a series they had to first tested on their app to see if anyone would like it
those last set of pilots were real garbage too if no one saw them
>>83754755
Either way. it's a Japanese animator's idea of an unskilled '80s animators' idea of what Tex Avery animation should be, with neither person having the skills required to do that sort of animation.
>>83754857
You mean the one with the brain damaged llama and the one that was Regular Show but everyone was food?
>>83754856
But he already made a failed cartoon, Moobeard the Pirate. This is drawn in nearly the exact same style and has nearly the exact same humor.
>>83754911
yes
>>83754891
Actually, wouldn't the issue be having a TV show budget? Tex Avery's cartoons were theatrical shorts, so of course they'd look better than a TV show.
Animation is a art.
>>83754920
>Moobeard the Pirate
Weren't those shorts and not pilots?
I mean, just because they weren't made into an actual show doesn't mean they were badthen again, I'm not saying that Moobeard was any good
>>83754856
That's a salty ass comic.
John K may be an ass but at least I like his stuff
>>83754856
>based his style off John K
>finally meets him
>John K tells him to fuck off
>makes a comic making fun of him that's not even being subtle
Oh boy
>>83744422
I'm still not really looking forward to it even before from what we've seen.
>>83755022
The humor and style of charm was a lot to be desired.
>>83754971
Animaniacs had a fairly substantial budget for a TV show. You can see the same problems with Gummy Bears, although unlike Animaniacs, Gummy Bears had '70s Disney character design which made the characters at least not look like vomit. Additionally it had rather tight controls from actual skilled Disney animators so despite being animated by more or less the same studios, Gummy Bears had somewhat superior animation.
A small budget can account for using as little animation as possible or using a lot of corner-cut animation, but in Animaniacs you see full animation done bad. Some artist did 200 drawings of a run cycle only to have it look like crap because they don't have a clue about timing, settle, and other stuff that's necessary for good animation.
>>83754856
So, this is basically shitposting were you gain legal income?
>Been pitching the show since the 90s
How and why the fuck?
Why not make new pilots as time goes on? Improve your craft, develop your art?
Rebecca Sugar was probably a toddler when this shit was first pitched!
>>83755207
She went to Cal Arts though.
That's a free cartoon for each graduate.
>>83754704
Wait, why would say its "shitty" animation for a TV animated show?
>>83755257
But dats wrong doe
>>83755283
She didn't study at Cal Arts? My b, then.
>>83745116
Now this may be a minor nitpick, but the humor from the earlier shorts weren't that great either.
>>83755311
Yeah she went to the SVA in New York City.
See I knew you were trying to trick me but you can't trick me I trick myself every day so I've got lots of practice in stopping from being tricked.
I am practically an expert.
>>83755257
>>83755311
Where did the calarts meme come from?
>>83754856
Seems kind of weird when his art style looks very similar to John K's
Anyways he's not wrong
>>83744476
It's a "Flash-animated cartoon done out of malicious effort to make money/fill the timeslot show"
Fucking finally
also episodes
https://mega.nz/#F!KJ8Ahb5B!kqQz1ZgTE57RVC3N0idVyA
>>83755407
I think John K might have started it.
>>83755407
Cal-Arts is the most prestigious animation school in the country. Graduates basically have a guaranteed cartoon of their own, regardless of skill.
Don't forget that it's all about nepotism and connections, kids. Skill is tertiary.
>>83755407
calarts
>>83755161
Aren't you just nit-picking?
>>83755489
>All watered down 90s American one minute and then suddenly fucking Naruto shock eyes with side mouth
I feel like this art style doesn't know what it wants to be, it's just an aimless Frankenstein's monster of shit the artist liked.
>>83755468
>Graduates basically have a guaranteed cartoon of their own, regardless of skill.
That is literally impossible. The number of cartoons currently airing is far less than the number of calarts graduates.
Why does /co/ believe that every cartoon currently airing was created by a calarts graduate?
You can see how the styles changed over the 20 years its been alive.
>>83755407
Because apparently a few guys (Alex Hirsch, Pen Ward, etc.) Have similar styles so any new cartoon these days gets labeled Cal-Arts
Even those that are created by people who probably never stepped into that school.
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-commentary/l-a-animation-artist-tired-of-explaining-to-fans-he-didnt-attend-calarts-108559.html
>>83745511
Hello, I'm an editor. I hear you want all your original intentions to be sucked out of your creation? Can do!
>>83755548
If anything, Kyle A. Carrozza is my least favorite artist that came from the Internet.
Well at least the chick is THICC.
>>83755467
So a bunch of bitter fucks started the meme?
I expected as much.
>muh George Liquor!
>1996
>2003-2006
>2007-2012
>2013-present
>>83755559
IMHO it does looks better but the legs/groin of the last one are pretty weird.
It does look like just the kind of show that would air in CN.
>>83755595
Do you like that Crash Bandicoot theme song from the cut 2D cartoon cutscene?
>>83755500
Isn't all criticism nitpicking? 200 years ago 90%+ of the population was illiterate and would never dream of such high entertainment as Mighty Magiswords or Megababies.
But the topic was "what's wrong with Kyle A. Carrozza's animation" any my answer is "it's a bad imitation of Animaniacs which was a bad imitation of Tex Avery". Instead of getting better and better, the animation just gets worse and worse because people imitate instead of learning the basics and building up.
>>83755467
Partially yeah, but the poster child of what John K was talking about was Iron Giant (he's also praised some calartists, but I think it's mostly people he's worked with, like Aaron Springer and Erik Wiese)
>>83755468
Well CalArts's main advantage is that it's nearby many of the studios
>>83755630
>>83755559
Something is very wrong with those feet.
>>83755630
>>83755559
The 2007 one looks better but I can see why it was simplified more for animation purposes.
>>83755630
Interesting - from some sort of ranger to a wizard, ending with a more typical fighter archetype
>>83755630
Well at least it's not B^U
>>83755645
You do know his inspirations were more than just the 90's Warner Bros cartoons right?
I like how you go in and assume that his art is shit because it's a cheap "imitation" of something he likes. That's called 'inspiration' anon.
Now how about an ice cream cone?
This is the show that the guy that made Evil Billy and Josh went on to make, right?
>>83755790
Is he really not allowed to like his art style?
I don't think it's all that appealing either. Am I a nitpicker?
>>83755467
John K was talking about bland metrosexual characters and bad character design.
Pic related is what John K calls "CalArts style", which is watered-down and '80s-ized Disney.
What /co/ calls CalArts is Adventure Time.
>>83744422
oh god why
>>83755865
I'll take #3
>>83755839
You're making an invalid argument about animation on television budget at its "finest" from the way.
This isn't the fucking 30's you know? And if you want to watch those if that fancies your needs then just go watch some indie animated shorts online, I can guarantee you will find some enjoyment out of those.
>>83744422
wasn't expecting that
certainly not before a confirmation of Lakewood Plaza turbo or whatever its called these days
>>83755936
The feet are the worst thing about this show.
Jesus fuck they are just stumps. Do they have goat hooves inside their huge boots?
I gotta say, I'm not looking forward to this. Maybe it's just being promoted badly and it'll turn out great, so I'll give it a shot, but my expectations are low.
>>83755968
Both have been confirmed ages ago during MIPCOM.
>>83755962
Why are you getting mad at us? If you like the art style then thats cool. The fun of a board like this is so one can gush and hate on stuff. Not be a pissy baby. But you can always watch his shorts if that fancies your need of his style.
I'm sure you can find enjoyment out of those.
>>83756027
No it's going to be problem solverz tier. Go look up the 3 minute shorts.
>>83755401
>rubyposting
I like this.
>>83755936
"Do those legs go all the way up?"
"No."
>>83755968
I really want Lakewood Plaza or Twelve Forever :/
This just looks bleghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>>83744422
>Palette swapped Lina and Gourry.
>>83756054
How about you animate something if you're so "amazing" at animation.
>>83756090
>twelve forever
never ever :(
>>83756122
Turns out it was Glen Keane posting all along!
>>83756122
Pretty sure it'll be better than this, asswipe : )
>>83756090
honestly besides Butt Witch Twelve Forever wasn't that memorable
>>83756147
I like it for more than just Buttwitch
It would be awkward though considering Star Vs. has a similar premise
Though it could just be a whole Jimmy vs. Dexter thing
Similar sounding cartoons with different executions.
>>83756209
It was still fun I think.
And I liked the art style a bunch
Just let me have this anon
>>83755936
This is just Chinese John K but I'll be fucking damned if she ain't thicc.
>>83756188
First off all... why do you think the animation in Animaniacs to be considered "shitty"? What makes you expect from a TV production compared to the shorts in the 30's or 40's?
>>83744422
I hope this never actually makes it onto cable.
>>83756090
If this is meant to be the "new" way they introduce cartoons then I think you can reasonably expect to see more Lakewood Plaza soon.
>>83756347
Yeah that's fair. I'd rather have that first than this.
I'm just being dumb is all honestly.
They can't get away with this, can they?
>>83756347
>>83756400
>Hidalgo also mentions Mighty Magiswords and OK K.O.!, which were “developed as digital properties first and will roll out as high-quality games and shorts in our apps and digital platforms before launching as long-form shows on our linear channels.”
MIPCOM. I made a thread and everything. Nobody cared.
>>83756430
Slayers lives on in a new way : ^ )
>>83756430
It's too shitty to be copyright infringement.
>>83756471
My bad anon.
>>83756475
>>83756502
bls
>>83744422
I've seen the shorts, they're pretty mediocre. But maybe three minutes is too little to work with and the usual 11 minute shorts will be better. Hopefully, they'll have some new good writers on board.
>>83755865
>This was his pet project since '96
>Had to compromise the hell out of it to get it on TV
Fuck the industry. I understand why it is, but I hate what it's become. The only way to reliably stay on model is to go CG.
>>83752561
fuck you buddy.
>>83757307
Begone, monster!
>>83757485
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbfaF5otJv0
>>83751112
>beats out SU and AT
in see the issue here, you have no eyes. how are you browsing 4chan with no eyes?
>>83754387
oh god, don't even spoiler that title!
https://youtu.be/wmiH1xFyjRg
>these are the kinds of people making cartoons at cartoon network
>>83758373
I don't get it.
Is he supposed to be attractive to make cartoons or something?
>>83751499
>And there's Revolution and Revolution-R
did you mean Evolution-R
>>83758474
>sidestepping the blatant cringe
Nice try, kyle.
>>83754387
Actually Kyle went toAI
>>83744422
So, more Vambre porn it is then? Good. I'm totaly okay with it.
>>83747144
God tier
>>83744953
>hes been trying to pitch this show since the 90's
>>83744845
>>83744876
>That looks like something a 15 year old on deviantart drew
This is sad.
>>83759130
Why not both?
>>83744953
>Highcut leotards.
Very yes.
>>83744422
>she finds a lightnng sword called the ragna blade
make it so
