There's That One Cool Studio... ◉1

         Alright, maybe it’s about time I talk about something apart from stuff I do. Which means I talk about what others do. Sounds straightforward enough. So with that:

        Aye. I remember a time when I would see these really weird characters here and there, people talking about it like it was this really cool thing but all I could see was the weirdness.

No, Finn, you’re just weird, I thought in my ignorance.

       But that’s the thing. Later on two of my buddies, with much wisdom, advised me to give Adventure Time a go. The weirdness is the cool factor of Adventure Time, or well, the immediate cool thing you come to acknowledge in it. There’s a whole lot more to it, granted. But if you have it in you, you see you can appreciate the weirdness. It is a good weirdness.

         That’s how I got to know about Frederator Studios’ work. Founded in 1998 by Fred Seibert, this studio is widely known for titles such as the aforementioned Adventure Time, My Life As a Teenage Robot and The Fairly Odd Parents.

         But let’s go back to Adventure Time for a closer approach to this studio’s ways. The first thing, really, would be that this studio seems to have this specific type of freedom that I haven’t so far seen elsewhere, and it is especially clear in Adventure Time through all its odd worlds, characters and odder events. Unexpectedly, this story does have its deep and even heartbreaking or touching moments here and there – not to mention a couple of such that have stirred some controversy in discussion within the audience.

        The animation follows the lead of the peculiar story, which is another treat. Simple, with the right touch of weird. On that note, I find the backgrounds themselves such a delight, look at these!

         Strangely enough, this is one of the things that, admittedly, threw me off before I actually had a proper look at Adventure Time, but grew to like so much. It all comes down to the same main point: the colours, the animation style, the odd characters and, obviously, the story itself— they all cause such impact, and the results are great.

         I’m going to take the liberty to leave a clip from one of my favourite episodes, but it’ll take more than that to make you see these things I’ve mentioned reflected on the show itself.

         Frederator has recently released a new show to its Cartoon Hangover youtube channel that retains a bit of the Adventure Time eccentric spirit, fused with extra futuristic stuff. This one is called Bravest Warriors, its debut coming from in November 2012.

         For a taste, have the 11th episode from the first season, featuring the cutest thing Bravest Warriors has to offer: Catbug.

        A lot of Adventure Time’s charm comes from a particular artist, Natasha Allegri (go go go!!), and currently she still works with the crew as a storyboard revisionist (she also draws the cutest little comics for it amongst others).

         That’s that for good ol’ Frederator.