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Up A Tree (Adventure Time)
The fifth season of ''Adventure Time'', an American animated television series created by Pendleton Ward, premiered on Cartoon Network on November 12, 2012 and concluded on March 17, 2014, and was produced by Frederator Studios and Cartoon Network Studios. The season follows the adventures of Finn, a human boy, and his best friend and adoptive brother Jake, a dog with magical powers to change shape and size at will. Finn and Jake live in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo, where they interact with the other main characters of the show: Princess Bubblegum, The Ice King, Marceline the Vampire Queen, Lumpy Space Princess, BMO, and Flame Princess. This season comprises 52 episodes, making it twice the length of any of the show's previous seasons. The episodes were storyboarded and written by Tom Herpich, Jesse Moynihan, Cole Sanchez, Rebecca Sugar, Steve Wolfhard, Skyler Page, Somvilay Xayaphone, Ako Castuera, Michael DeForge, Kent Osborne, David OReilly, Ward, Graham Falk, Thomas We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Shada
Jeremy Shada (; born January 21, 1997) is an American actor, musician and singer. He is best known for his work as the voice of Finn the Human from the American animated television franchise ''Adventure Time'' and Lance in '' Voltron: Legendary Defender''. He is also known for starring as various characters in the sketch-comedy series '' Incredible Crew''. His most recent appearances are in the 2020 Netflix original television series '' Julie and the Phantoms'', as Reggie Peters and the voice of Tom Kullersen in DreamWorks' '' Dragons: The Nine Realms''. Life and career Shada began acting at the age of seven, soon after moving to Los Angeles with his family. He was inspired to act by his older brother, actor Zack Shada. Shada initially appeared in commercials. Later on, he began auditioning for voice acting and theatrical performances, taking advice from a voice-over agent. His first live-action theatrical role was as Young Kurt Diamond in '' No Rules''. He has since appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Moynihan
Jesse Mark Moynihan (born January 4, 1978) is an American artist, animator, composer and director. He is best known for being a writer and storyboard artist on the animated television series ''Adventure Time'' and as the creator of the graphic novel ''Forming''. He also released the animated short ''Manly'' exclusively through Cartoon Hangover, made with his brother Justin. He has most recently participated in '' The Midnight Gospel'' as director of the art department. Early life Jesse was born in Santa Ana, California to Shoko and Robert Moynihan. The family moved to Pennsylvania when he was one, where he spent the rest of his childhood with his younger brother, Justin. At an early age, Jesse was encouraged to draw and learn music. His parents started him on violin when he was five. In elementary school, he drew his first comic about a character named Super Bug, described by Jesse as a dust ball with legs and ''Garfield'' eyes. Jesse went to a Quaker boarding school in West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Baxter The Horse
"James Baxter the Horse" is the nineteenth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series ''Adventure Time''. The episode was written and storyboarded by series creator Pendleton Ward and Somvilay Xayaphone, from a story by Patrick McHale, Kent Osborne, and Ward. It originally aired on Cartoon Network on May 6, 2013. The episode guest stars animator James Baxter as the titular horse. In this episode, Finn and Jake stumble across a horse named James Baxter (voiced by Baxter the animator) who has the ability to make sad people feel better. While seeking to emulate James Baxter's style, Finn and Jake accidentally anger the spirit of a deceased being at a funeral and are nearly killed by it; however, James Baxter arrives at the last moment and cheers the spirit up. The impetus for the episode stemmed from a guest lecture Baxter gave at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) when Ward was a student; during the discussion, someone requested that he anima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Baxter (animator)
James Baxter is a British character animator. He was first known for his work on several Walt Disney Animation Studios films, including various characters in ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'', Belle in ''Beauty and the Beast'', Rafiki in ''The Lion King'', and Quasimodo in '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame''. After ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', Baxter moved over to DreamWorks Animation working on films such as ''The Prince of Egypt'', ''The Road to El Dorado'', '' Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'', ''Shrek 2'', and ''Madagascar''. Early in 2005, Baxter left DreamWorks and set out on his own as an independent animator. He became the head of his own studio, James Baxter Animation in Pasadena, California where he has directed the animation for the 2007 film '' Enchanted'' and the opening credits to DreamWorks' ''Kung Fu Panda.'' In 2008, Baxter closed his studio and returned to DreamWorks as a supervising animator. While at DreamWorks, Baxter worked on films including ''Monsters vs. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Ristaino
Andy Ristaino is an American artist who is best known as a former lead character designer, writer, storyboard and background artist on the animated television series ''Adventure Time''. Life and work Ristaino grew up in New England and studied at the Rhode Island School of Design where he earned a degree in illustration and animation. Ristaino was friends with Tom Herpich, a character designer and storyboard artist for ''Adventure Time'' and asked Herpich to tell him if there were any job openings on the show. Ristaino applied to be a storyboard artist, but failed the test required to achieve this position. Eventually, he was hired as a character designer before being promoted to lead designer. During season five, he was promoted to storyboard artist, but changed to working on backgrounds after season six. Ristaino's work on ''Adventure Time'' gained him an Emmy Award win for his character designs for the fifth season episode " Puhoy", the first time that the series had won an Emmy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Pearson
Luke Pearson (born 12 October 1987) is a British illustrator, cartoonist, and comic book writer best known for the '' Hilda'' series of comics for Nobrow Press, and '' Hilda'', the Netflix series based on the comics. He has also storyboarded episodes of the Cartoon Network series ''Adventure Time'', during its fifth and seventh seasons. Early life Luke Pearson was born in Stockton-on-Tees, but grew up mainly in Tamworth. His father worked in IT and his mother was a solicitor's secretary. In their spare time, his father played and recorded music and his mother painted. Career Bibliography His first comic was published in 2008 as part the anthology Ctrl.Alt.Shift Unmasks Corruption, edited by Paul Gravett Paul Gravett is a London-based journalist, curator, writer, and broadcaster who has worked in comics publishing since 1981. He is the founder of ''Escape (magazine), Escape'' magazine, and for many years wrote a monthly article on comics appear .... His first published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Falk
''Untalkative Bunny'' is a co-produced animated series about a yellow rabbit and its life in the big city (closely based on Ottawa, Ontario, Canada). The show is aimed for kids 6–7. The series consists of small episodes (about 4–5 minutes long each) with a number up to four longer 'specials' in each season. Untalkative Bunny has been aired by Teletoon, as well as Disney Channel in many parts of the world, including the UK & France (excluding the US). The pilot episode was first seen in the first episode of '' Cartoon Sushi'' in 1997, and later in the '' KaBlam!'' episode "KaFun!" in 1999. It first aired on Teletoon on April 15, 2001. The first show was written by Karolina Craig and Jordan Craig with Graham Falk as creative Director and Board Supervisor. The episodes usually deal with Bunny and the problems of a modern life in the big city, and often features surrealist humour. The show covers topics of contemporary interest such as dieting, vegetarianism, racism, and environm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David OReilly (artist)
David OReilly (born 1985) is an Irish artist, film maker and game developer based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Work Animation OReilly began his animation career at the age of 14, where he worked at Cartoon Saloon. Aside from a 1-minute film entitled ''Ident'', from which he draws his logo, the earliest work available on his website is ''WOFL2106''. This short draws equally on original designs and popular internet memes to create a disturbing landscape of serenity juxtaposed with chaos. This film sets the tone for his entire œuvre, though the direct inclusion of outside memes disappears in his later work. He created several animation sequences and props for the 2007 film '' Son of Rambow'', as well as animation for the "guide" sequences in ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', with Shynola. He created the first video for Irish rock band U2's single " I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight". The video was released on U2.com on 21 July 2009. In 2007, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kent Osborne
Kent Matthew Osborne (born August 30, 1969) is an American animator, writer, producer, director, and actor. He has worked for such animated television shows as ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', ''Camp Lazlo'', ''Phineas and Ferb'', '' The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack'', ''Adventure Time'', ''Regular Show'' and ''The Amazing World of Gumball'', he has received multiple Emmy Award nominations and has won twice for ''Adventure Time'' (in 2015 and 2017). He was the head writer for the Cartoon Network animated series '' Summer Camp Island'', which premiered in 2018, and is also co-producer and story editor for the Disney Channel animated series '' Kiff''. He has also starred in several mumblecore films, including '' Hannah Takes the Stairs'', '' Nights and Weekends'', '' All the Light in the Sky'' and '' Uncle Kent'' (in the title role). His brother is the director Mark Osborne. Osborne had replaced Walt Dohrn as a storyboard director and writer after Dohrn left SpongeBob to work o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael DeForge
Michael DeForge (born 1987) is a Canadian comics artist and illustrator. Biography DeForge grew up in Ottawa and attended the University of Toronto, dropping out after two years. He lives and works in Toronto. According to DeForge, he has "always been drawing cartoons" and learned to read and draw from his parents' comic strip collections such as ''Bloom County'', '' Far Side'', ''Peanuts'' and ''Calvin and Hobbes''. He has described ''Peanuts'' as his all-time favorite cartoon strip. He read and tried to draw in the style of superhero comics until junior high and high school. He has described his early comics as "just these dinky revenge cartoons" in response to having been "picked on a lot growing up". In high school he realized that drawing could be a vocation and started drawing gig posters, initially in exchange for free entrance to concerts until he started charging for his work. He became interested in the work of Marc Bell (which he saw for first time in ''Exclaim!'') a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ako Castuera
Ako Castuera (b. 1978) is an American artist who is best known for being a writer and storyboard artist on the animated television series ''Adventure Time''. Early life Castuera's father is from Mexico, and his ancestors originated from the Spanish city Castuera. Her mother is of Okinawan descent. According to an article published by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, she was "born at home in a commune to non-hippy parents." History Castuera graduated from the California College of the Arts, and it was at this university that she got involved with '' Giant Robot'', a bi-monthly magazine of Asian and Asian American popular culture. After graduating, she moved to Los Angeles and eventually landed a job as a character designer on the Adult Swim series ''Metalocalypse'' after she drew a card for the series' lead character designer, Songgu Kwon. After an indie comic of hers was well received by Pendleton Ward, she was hired as a storyboard revisionist on the Cartoon Net ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skyler Page
Skyler Dale Page (born October 13, 1989) is an American former animator, writer, storyboard artist, and voice actor. He is best known as the creator of the Cartoon Network animated series '' Clarence'', as well as for his tenure as a writer and storyboard artist on the series ''Adventure Time''. Page was fired in 2014 after allegations that he had sexually assaulted female co-workers. In 2021, Page admitted that the allegations were true and issued a public apology. Early life Page was born in Phoenix, Arizona, on October 13, 1989. Career Page is a graduate of California Institute of the Arts. He created two short films entitled ''Crater Face'' and ''Girl Wallet''.CalArts Producers’ Show (Guest Review by Fran Krause) , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
