Kotaku: Cartoon

Season Four of Star Wars: The Clone Wars Begins Online in Clone Wars Adventures

Mike Fahey — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:16:56 EDT

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While season four of the popular Cartoon Network series Star Wars: The Clone Wars officially kicks off this fall, players of Sony Online Entertainment's free-to-play online game Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures will be able to play through an epic storyline leading directly to the first episode's opening act. More »

Pac-Man Cartoon Coming In 2012

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:00:00 EDT

In the early 1980s, there was a Pac-Man cartoon. In 2012, Namco Bandai now says, there will be a new one. More »

ThunderCats Writer Murdered

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 28 May 2010 06:00:00 EDT

Stephen Perry, who was a writer for 1980s cartoon ThunderCats, recently went missing. His van was found last Sunday. Inside it, a man's severed arm. Stephen Perry, police now report, is dead. More »

Live-Action Mario Dead At 76

Mike Fahey — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:40:00 EDT

Wrestling manager Captain Lou, Cyndi Lauper's fake dad, and Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Lou Albano passed away today at the age of 76. More »

4Kids Grabs Mini Ninjas

Mike Fahey — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:20:00 EDT

It looks like we'll be seeing a lot more of Eidos' Mini Ninjas in the future, as film and television production company 4Kids Entertainment becomes the property's global licensing agent. More »

Bakugan: Contender to the Pokemon Throne?

Brian Crecente — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:00:00 EDT

"There it is!" More »

So Why Didn't Wii Ghostbuster Copy The Cartoon?

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:00:00 EDT

For anyone growing up in the 1980s, cartoon The Real Ghostbusters was quality Saturday Morning television. It seems like it would be perfect fodder for the Wii version of the Ghostbusters game. More »

Lego Batman Cartoon In The Works

Mike Fahey — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:40:00 EDT

Batman has been the subject of plenty of cartoons over the years. There have been cartoons based on the comics, cartoons based on the movies, so why not cartoons based on a Batman video game? Speaking to GI.biz at the Games Convention last week, Traveller's Tales producer Rich Earl revealed that a TV show based on their latest Lego project is indeed in the works. The show is being produced by a separate studio in the states, using TT's assets to bring classic Batman characters to life. More »

Lord Raptor's Most Embarrassing Moment

fdemarco — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST

It seems that in the world of cartoons, our favorite video game characters sink to ungodly depths. Just ask Link, Sonic, Mario, Pac-Man or any other of the myriad other characters who have turned to TV to help extend their careers. Anyone who has ever played Darkstalkers will be familiar with Lord Raptor, the Australian rock star turned zombie fighter. Watch in horror as the cartoon universe turns him into a rapping, catch phrase spouting, olde tyme bathing suit wearing idiot. "Party hardy, dudes!" Yes, he actually says that. And aren't those bikinis a little racy for a kid's show? More »

Eternity's Child Coming to WiiWare

fdemarco — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:00:00 EST

WiiDS.co.uk is reporting that cartoonist Luc Benard has announced that his surreal game, Eternity's Child, will be available for WiiWare download sometime in Q2 of 2008. It will set you back 500 Wii points to get a peek in side the beautifully twisted mind of Mr. Benard and his wild cast of characters. More news from Mr. Benard on other projects are expected to come next week. More »

Playlogic Captures Dragon Hunters

Mike Fahey — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:20:23 EDT

Dragon Hunters might be unfamiliar to the US audience, as outside of two short runs on Cartoon Network and a series of DVD's released by Anime distributor Geneon it really hasn't had much exposure on this side of the pond. Produced by French company Futurikon, the quirky, highly stylized series follows muscle-bound Lian-Chu and witty Gwizdo - dragon hunters in a futuristic medieval world. Now there's a major CGI motion picture due out in 2008, and publisher Playlogic Entertainment has just signed a 3-year agreement with Futurikon to exclusively produce games on the series across all platforms. The company currently plans to have a DS title ready for the film's release on early '08. More »

Gallery: Ben 10 On The PS2

Mike Fahey — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:26:16 EDT

Being somewhat of a fan of the series I cannot help but hem and haw over every little bit of information that surfaces about the Ben 10 videogame. I know I've been over it before, but this is exactly the type of cool-ass concept that is going to be mangled in game form. As a boy who can transform into a predetermined number of aliens with different powers with time limit constraints attached, designers either have to create levels with 10 different ways of traveling in mind, lock the player into one character per level or situation, or scrap an integral part of the whole concept in order to make things easier. Choice three is extremely popular in a licensed title. More »

Free Pac Man Cartoon Episode from 1982 Available

Kim Phu — Wed, 02 May 2007 14:40:00 EDT

In this week's available downloads of the Xbox Live Marketplace is the first episode of Pac-Man from 1982. It's filed under the Warner Brothers Network, so you might have missed it and it's completely free. More »

Screens: Legend of Dragon PSP & Wii

Mike Fahey — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:41:08 EST

Screens, boxart, characters, and backgrounds from the upcoming Wii and PSP titles based on the popular cartoon series, and you know games based on cartoons always do well. At least this one should look good. Michael Fahey More »

Cartoon Classics Seeking Games

Mike Fahey — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:40:04 EST

Classic Media announced today that their cadre of classic cartoon characters are being ushered into the digital age via an agreement with Flashman studios. Together the two companies plan to actively seek out gaming publishers to gamify (my word) icons such as Rocky and Bullwinkle, Dick Tracy, George of the Jungle, and Underdog! More »

Viva Pinata Gets all Special Editiony

Brian Crecente — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:00:51 EDT

It looks like Special Edition fever has struck the Xbox 360's Poke... um Pinata-festooned game Viva Pinata. When the game hits in November it will come in two fancy flavors. One will include just the game, while the two-disc Special Edition version will come sealed into a colorful Pinata in the shape of a PS3. To get the game out you'll have to smash the paper mache creation with a Wii-mote shaped bat. Once you crack the thing, the game will spill out along with a collection of chocolate offal and Gummy intestines. More »

Impression of the Viva Pinata Cartoon

Brian Crecente — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 12:39:49 EDT

I just finished watching the premiere of Viva Pinata with my 5-year-od son. He loved it, I thought it was typical empty children's programming. More »

Clips: Viva Pinata Cartoon Hits Soon

Brian Crecente — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:00:18 EDT

Msoft's John Porcaro points out that merchandising vehicle Viva Pinata will be hitting Saturday morning television in the coming weeks. He got a chance to check out an episode and says his young kids will love it. I'm still confused about whether this intended to be Pokemon or the Sims. Brian Crecente More »

Teens Knocked Up, Usual Suspects Implicated : TV, Movies, Games

egauger — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:40:16 EDT

This opinion piece on CantonRep.com addresses the high pregnancy rate of students at Timken High School, and places blame squarely on everything except lack of access to birth control and decent sex education. These two things are not mentioned once in the entire article. More »

Strawberry Shortcake Dance Dance Revolution Announced

Brian Crecente — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:00:21 EDT

Konami and Majesco have teamed-up to slap together a craptastic Dance Dance Revolution spin-off featuring Strawberry Shortcake and her posse of confections. Apparently the Care Bears, Smurfs and Mr Magoo had their dance cards full. More »

New Team Fortress Art!

egauger — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 22:40:59 EDT

Click the image to see full size, hosted here on Joystiq. More »

More Anime Crossing!

brownlee — Wed, 17 May 2006 10:40:57 EDT

Gamasutra is reporting more on that Animal Crossing movie that is on its way to Japanese theaters this December: More »

Major Nelson Gets Artsy

Brian Crecente — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:00:29 EST

Microsoft blogger extraordinaire TriXie unveiled the new, slick art for her and the other Xbox bloggers. More »

Viva Pinata Cartoon Coming

Brian Crecente — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:00:02 EST

To help embed the idea of walking, talking, romancing candy-filled paper mache animals, Microsoft has signed a deal with 4Kids Entertainment for a cartoon about the game. More »

Kids WB Picks Up Viewtiful Joe

Brian Crecente — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 08:00:14 EDT

Looks like the Warner Brothers have signed up for some Viewtiful Joe goodness. The Kids WB announced today that they have ordered 26 episodes of the cartoon based on the video game. The network will air the show on Saturdays starting this fall and I predict it will suck major ass. More »