Kotaku: Cartoons

Dragon's Lair, the Animated Series, Now on DVD

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:45:00 EDT

The further animated adventures of Dirk the Daring, Hanna-Barbera's 1984 Dragon's Lair cartoon, is now available on a two-disc DVD set, thanks to Warner Bros. It's early '80s animated Dragon's Lair fun, only without the rote memorization! [WBshop via EGM] More »

There Were Worse Mario Cartoons Than the American One

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

It has a certain nostalgic charm, yeah, but lets face it, the American Super Mario Bros. cartoons were pretty terrible. Poorly animated, poorly written, poorly voiced. More »

It's OK, Everyone, It's Time to Talk About the Wing Commander TV Series

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 EDT

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Yesterday, we waded through a lot of painful memories talking about the awful (and mercifully forgotten) Wing Commander movie. More »

Dreaming of the Perfect Adventure Time Video Game

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 24 May 2011 05:30:00 EDT

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Adventure Time, possibly the best cartoon on TV right now, is full of video game gags, from the opening credits to a faithful companion. In this clip, we get to see the show's creators talk about this at length. More »

Remembering Possibly The Worst Thing Zelda Ever Did

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST

Nearly every single Legend of Zelda video game is revered, if not as an all-time classic, then at least as a pretty good/good/great game. The franchise's one major departure onto TV screens? It was not good. Not at all. More »

Angry Birds Hurl Themselves At The Small Screen

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 04:30:00 EST

Angry Birds. It's the craze that's sweeping the nation. Well, many nations. And soon, it'll be the craze that's sweeping TV sets (or computer monitors), with an Angry Birds animated series on the way. More »

Steamboat Mario Bros.

Luke Plunkett — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 01:30:00 EDT

I like Paper Mario's stylised ake on the Mushroom Kingdom, but I'd like this one even more. By belldandies, as seen on Rampaged Reality. More »

First Trailer For New Resident Evil Cartoon

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 08:00:00 EDT

Resident Evil: Degeneration, Capcom's 2008 animated zombie flick, has a follow-up film called Resident Evil: Damnation. Confusing! More »

Heavy Rain's Cartoons Are Better Than Heavy Rain

Luke Plunkett — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 01:30:00 EDT

I liked Heavy Rain! Really liked it, actually. Funny thing is, I enjoyed the three short cartoons found within the game a lot more. More »

Red Dead Redemption Gets A 30-Minute Trailer (With A Hollywood Director)

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:30:00 EDT

John Hillcoat, director of The Road - and more importantly The Proposition - has helped developers Rockstar put together a 30-minute ~~animated film~~ machinima based on Western adventure Red Dead Redemption, which will air next month. More »

What Do BioShock And Batman Have In Common?

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 06:30:00 EDT

BioShock and Batman. Apart from the "B" thing, you wouldn't think the two had a thing in common. But then, you'd only say that if you hadn't seen a 1994 episode of the Batman animated series, called "Deep Freeze". More »

Dante's Inferno Getting Animated Movie

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:30:00 EDT

Like Dead Space before it, EA are serious enough about this "new intellectual property" thing with Dante's Inferno to go making cartoons. More »

Obsidian's Avellone Explains Game Development, Visually

simonc — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:00:00 EST

So, you guys might know Obsidian's Chris Avellone as one of the designers behind Fallout 2 and Planescape Torment. But it turns out he also has another talent that's well worth checking out - he does rather hilarious game development-related cartoons on his MySpace blog. More »

360 Family Timer Official, Jerry Rice Approves

Mike Fahey — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:20:08 EST

The children at the Stuart-Hobson Middle School in Washington D.C. today got a real treat, as Microsoft Entertainment & Devices President Robbie Bach was joined by Parent Teacher Association President Warlene Gary and Super Bowl champion Jerry Rice to unveil new parental tools as part of the second year of the "Safety is no game. Is your family set?" campaign. One of those tools is the new 360 Family Timer, which allows parents to set a limit on the time their children spend gaming on Microsoft's console. I'm sure that went over well with the kids. Also included in the initiative is PACT, which is a family contract that allows parents and children to agree on the amount of access they have online and the amount of parental involvement in their gaming life. PACT is available at http://www.xbox.com/isyourfamilyset, and conveniently crumbles into a wadded ball of paper later on whenever it becomes inconvenient for the parties involved. More »

Ape Escape Coming To Nicktoons

Mike Fahey — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:30:18 EDT

Ape Escape may have already gotten the anime treatment in Japan, but here in the States we'll be getting our first shots of Ape Escape animation in early 2008. Frederator Productions is teaming with Project 51, Hawaii Film Partners, and Showcase Entertainment to create a series of 38 2 minute long animated shorts based on the monkey bondage video game series. The shorts should begin airing in early 2008 on the Nicktoons network. Frederator has a production blog up gives some entertaining insight into the whole monkey business. Check it out! More »

Eidos Puts Deadline on Hanna-Barbera

Mike Fahey — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:00:04 EDT

I need a truly great, next-generation Tom and Jerry game, and I am hoping that maybe - just maybe Deadline Games A/S is the developer to give it to me. The Total Overdose and Chili Con Carnage developer has just signed a deal with Eidos to develop new video games over the next three years, including no less than ten titles based on classic Hanna-Barbera studio properties like The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, the Jetsons, and the aforementioned cat and mouse duo. The new deal has Deadline looking to expand in a big way. They'll need it to develop a physics engine worth of my dream T&J title. If I don't get realistic cat-body deforming when Tom runs headfirst, mouth-open into a suddenly dropped ironing board, Deadline is totally fired. More »

ReBoot, Returning in Safe Mode

Mark Wilson — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:00:23 EDT

Confession: I hated ReBoot. I tuned in to enjoy the computer graphics, excited for the first episode. And I quickly realized, even in my youthful ignorance, that this show sucked. And I also figured that if I, as a youth, could tell it sucked—it must really suck. It had all the vague, heavy handed themes of Tron without the timeless animation or general fashion sense. More »

A History Of Gaming Cartoons

Mike Fahey — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:20:12 EDT

Back in the 1980's I wasn't in a position to get my hands on all the video games I wanted to play. Luckily for me, television provided an outlet for me every Saturday morning in the form of countless videogame cartoons, based off fo some of the most iconic characters in the industry. Pac Man, Link, and even Frogger got the cartoon treatment, and my mother had no qualms at all about me being glued to the television all morning long. At least I wasn't setting things on fire...as much. Samuel Claiborn of AZNightBuzz.com takes a look back at those glory days of commercialism with commercials in part one pf a two part series on video game cartoons, gathering together some of the best YouTube has to offer in one convenient package. More »

Tak and the Power of Nickelodeon

Mike Fahey — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:20:44 EDT

Nickelodeon has gotten a little mixed up. You're supposed to make the cartoon, THEN develop the video game for it, not the other way around. We'll see if the odd tactic pays off for them when the Tak and the Power of Juju CGI cartoon series debuts this September. More »

Every Single Episode Of Captain N Ever

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 21:20:55 EST

Oh, I suppose you could spend a few hours searching YouTube for Captain N episodes, but wouldn't you rather have them all at your finger tips for maximum masochism? I'll admit it's been a while since I've subjected my eyes and ears to this Saturday morning parade of brand violations, but the liberties they take with classic Nintendo (and Konami and Capcom) characters are hilariously bad. More »

First Episode of Captain N on YouTube

egauger — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:20:17 EDT

Siliconera linked to the first episode of Captain N the Game Master in honor of the DVD that's coming out next year. More »

Sam & Max Cartoon Being GameTapped

egauger — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:20:41 EDT

According to Joystiq, the Sam & Max revival is more than just games. We're also getting the old show back, which I never saw when it aired. But after seeing the above clip, I'm TubeSocking every episode I can find, as fast as I can. More »

Zelda Comic and Cartoon Blow Out Bonanza!

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:24:09 EDT

Like Zelda? Comics your thing? Cartoons? We got you covered. Web site Urban Retro Lifestyle has a 196 page PDF of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past comic book as well as the Fox Kids cartoon with a brown-haired Link uttering the unforgettable "Excuuuuuuuuuse me, princess" line. Classic! Brian Ashcraft More »

Saturday Morning Pac-Man Chomped Up My Childhood

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:22:01 EDT

Okay, so Pac-Man in a Fedora, but this cartoon is actually pretty good. Well, it was when I was five. It ran from 1982-1984 and was produced by Hanna-Barbera, the folks that brought you The Jetson, Scooby-Doo and The Flintstones. Hit the jump for the episode's second part. Brian Ashcraft More »

Mario Does Miserlou

egauger — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:20:44 EDT

The still at right is a cap from a Mario fan flash that protrays the ubiquitous plumber sucking cancer sticks and kicking ass to Dick Dale's Miserlou. It was sent in by the extremely enthusiastic tipper Barry, who says the "troll imps" might cry old meme. More »

Better Babegear for Zombie-Bashing

egauger — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:20:15 EDT

Screw it, the gallery isn't showing. Click here to see Oneechanbara X screenshots. More »

Super Tibetan Racer!

egauger — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:40:17 EDT

MarioKart goes Zen in one of my favorite Annecy entries evarrrr. Gorgeous animation with a delightful ending. Thanks to reader Rustybret for reminding me about this one; it's been sitting on my HD for a while but Kotaku hasn't seen it yet so it's mine all mine! Moo hoo ha ha! More »

Something Awful Sums Up

egauger — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:20:00 EDT

After this flash masterpiece addressing the console wars was posted on Something Awful yesterday, Kotaku became officially obsolete. More »

Doug Tennapel isn't Bitter, He's Tangy

egauger — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:40:00 EDT

Earthworm Jim creator Doug Tennapel is the sort of man I admire, while I simultaneously fear the possibility that I will end up like him. He goes into detail about this duality in a new interview over on Gamasutra. More »