Netflix Animation General Thread

Can't find a place to talk about toons on Netflix in general, so I made one now.

Why? Because we got a huge animation update!

Netflix is making animated shows based on the books of Roald Dahl!

Expect Matilda, The BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and The Twits among others!

In fact, we might be looking at a Shared Universe revolving around Roald Dahl!

James Baxter is head of Character Animation!

Hey-o gang-o!

Remember how Alex Hirsch, maker of Gravity Falls, went to do stuff for Netflix?

We know what it is now!

Takeaways:

• It's called Inside Job: an adult animated series by Shion Takeuchi and co-executive produced by Hirsch, both of whom have worked together on GF.
• What is it?: A workplace comedy set within the seedy underbelly known as the shadow government. All those conspiracy theories you've read about, like the reptilians and Illuminati? They. Are. All. TRUE. And one woman is making sure these theories stay just that, lest everything slams into hell.

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Apr 23rd 2019 at 5:08:59 AM

Should be an interesting series.

I wonder if this means we'll finally get an adaptation of Great Glass Elevator. Sure, his will specified no film adaptations, but it didnt say anything about animation.

Hey, remember how we're supposed to get a Netflix toon based on the Cartoon Network pilot Twelve Forever?

It's coming July 29th!

Oooh. This sounds interesting. I bet a lot of good stuff will come out of this, especially since Netflix doesn't care for rigid broadcasting standards like mainstream TV does, nor excess control on creators' work.

Is there anything more beyond that screenshot? Because I looked up the Netflix site and I don't see a release date.

The official site says "Season 1 coming July 29".

That's the exact same site I'm talking about. I don't know if we're seeing a different version of the site, because I'm not seeing a release date there.

Speaking of a shared universe, aren’t “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “The Giraffe, The Pelly and Me” already in the same continuity? Also potentially the latter and “The Twits” and also potentially “The Enormous Crocodile.”

Cuphead is getting an animated show done by the team.

A trailer for Twelve Forever just came out (presumingly on the site?).

And now it's on YouTube:

Huh, looks like Mabeland is getting its own series.

Edited by Alycus on Jul 18th 2019 at 10:14:01 AM

One year early, to boot.

@J79: The article specifically mentions a Great Glass Elevator cartoon, so yes?

Reposting from Invader Zim's thread:

Enter the Florpus hits Netflix on August 16!

Laugh with Zim!

Bumping because while Tuca & Bertie gets thrown under the bus, Big Mouth gets to have 3 more seasons.

Yeah! Because that makes SO MUCH SENSE!

(No, it doesn't.)

I don’t want to blame the success of other shows, the success of creators just want to put food on the table. Because I don’t think their intention was to silence other voices or ensure other shows don’t get other seasons.

I do believe that this is the beginning of a course correction of sorts for Netflix. Not out of inherent malice, but a lot of the colder realities of business where a lot of the shows that are focused on minority, female, and LBGTQ+ voices (not all) get cancelled more quickly because less people are watching them and they don’t get a chance to find their voice. Given the cancellation of Tuca, Aaron Ehasz complaining that he is getting no help from Netflix for The Dragon Prince as far as advertising, and the renewals of Big Mouth, you’re gonna be seeing a lot more cancellations of shows that would have been allowed slots as “prestige” TV when there was no competition with Netflix because they need to have all their shows driving subscriptions in the face of increased competition.

Of course that’s just my theory.

Edited by Beatman1 on Jul 27th 2019 at 11:25:00 AM

Wait, you're losing me.

You're saying the canning of distinct shows running on Netflix is considered a course correction in light of impending competition? Because that sounds insanely backwards.

I'm probably reading it wrong, but doesn't Netflix kind of need the distinct shows to, I don't know, help them stand out?

What would they even replace these prestige TV shows with?

I’m saying that shows that could have been saved because they had something to offer even if the ratings weren’t ideal, given that they could serve as a example of positive representation, now, with greater expectations and the rise of competition, need all shows to be able to contribute. The problem is that often that leads to more...conventional shows being the ones that get renewed. Big Mouth is a lot more conventional (and gross out based, even if I laughed out loud at a few parts) than Tuca and Bertie, so it probably gets a lot more views. Same with The Dragon Prince. I’m not sure if it attracts kids the same way other shows do. You see what trends on Netflix, it wasn’t trending, but when they debuted, stuff like Miraculous and Saint Seiya were, so they’re more likely to be renewed.

They’ll probably keep picking up diverse shows (one of their biggest successes is Orange Is the New Black after all) but unless they can bring in casual viewers, they won’t get renewed.

Again, just my theory. I just don’t want to blame creators for well...creating.

Edited by Beatman1 on Jul 27th 2019 at 12:50:58 PM

I actually think Netflix is less invested in their acquired or commissioned animated shows and movies now that they have their own animation studio that can crank out shows for them. They have little incentive in doing more than the minimal promotion for those shows.

Dreamworks shows don't have that problem, since they come with large orders and they can do their own advertising, and pretty successfully so.

The character pages for the Tales of Arcadia shows need to be formatted better.

I thought Netflix was the savior of animation, but with them screwing over Tuca and Bertie I don't think so anymore.