#3 No Mercy (Tom + Liam from Mashed)

We spoke to Pegbarians and Amazing Animation Analysis' Florian Walraven about Mashed's trio of Donkey Kong cartoons, Donkey Kong's Bizarre Banana Adventure, Donkey Kong's Even More Bizarre Banana Adventure and Donkey's Blind Date.What's more fun to write: drama or comedy? Is making shorter cartoons viable on YouTube anymore? And who had the idea to make this Donkey Kong speak Japanese instead of English? All is revealed in this episode of Rogue Pixels!Rogue Pixels is the podcast that shares your love of the biggest and best online animations. Each week Colm Ahern chats with the creators of the internet’s most successful cartoons in order to learn more about how those toons came into existence.---Find Rogue Pixels on the internet:🟡 Rogue Pixels on Snapchat: https://bit.ly/roguepixelssnap 🔴 Rogue Pixels on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@roguepixels⚫ Rogue Pixels on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@thisismashed🟣 Rogue Pixels on Instagram - https://instagram.com/roguepixelspod🔵 Rogue Pixels on Twitter - https://twitter.com/roguepixelspod---The people who made the cartoon!Watch the original cartoons here: https://youtu.be/-TWgtmnjJ1MSubscribe to Mashed: https://www.youtube.com/@Mashed?sub_confirmation=1Subscribe to Pegbarians: https://www.youtube.com/@Pegbarians?sub_confirmation=1Subscribe to Amazing Animation Analysis: https://www.youtube.com/@AmazingAnimationAnalysis?sub_confirmation=1---Donkey Kong's Bizarre Banana Adventure CreditsProduced by Tom JenkinsWritten and Animated by PegbariansVoice of Donkey and Diddy Kong, Pacman, Sonic, Snake, Link and Falcon by PegbariansEnglish to Japanese Translation by Jip MindermanMusic curation by PegbariansSound Design and additional voices by Jason DeweyDonkey Kong's Even More Bizarre Banana Adventure CreditsProduced by Tom JenkinsWritten and Animated by PegbariansAll voices by Florian WalravenEnglish to Japanese Translation by Jip MindermanMusic curation by PegbariansSFX by Pegbarians and Jason DeweyRogue Pixels is a Spud Gun Studios production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We spoke to ArtSpear Entertainment's Joe Bauer and Rita Artmann about their narrative-driven whodunnit follow-up to Super-Bowl, Fanfictasia!How did they decide to focus on new characters like Thor and Hela? How much more of an undertaking, animation-wise, was Fanfictasia over the Super-Bowl trilogy? And who brings all those cinematic references to the table? All is revealed in this episode of Rogue Pixels!Rogue Pixels is the podcast that shares your love of the biggest and best online animations. Each week Colm Ahern chats with the creators of the internet’s most successful cartoons in order to learn more about how those toons came into existence.---Find Rogue Pixels on the internet:🟡 Rogue Pixels on Snapchat: https://bit.ly/roguepixelssnap 🔴 Rogue Pixels on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@roguepixels⚫ Rogue Pixels on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@thisismashed🟣 Rogue Pixels on Instagram - https://instagram.com/roguepixelspod🔵 Rogue Pixels on Twitter - https://twitter.com/roguepixelspod---The people who made the cartoon!Watch the original cartoons here:FANFICTASIA - The Phantom-like Menace: https://youtu.be/DI7FN5AM_7AFANFICTASIA - The Vault of Un-Kept Secrets: https://youtu.be/PrM11kelhHUFANFICTASIA - Guiltfinger: https://youtu.be/hs91rjuudDQSubscribe to ArtSpear Entertainment: https://www.youtube.com/@ArtSpearEntertainment?sub_confirmation=1---Fanfictasia Credits:Written and voiced by Joe Bauer and Rita ArtmannAnimation, music and sound by Joe BauerRogue Pixels is a Spud Gun Studios production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We spoke to The Chalkeaters about their epic Animal Crossing and Doom video game parody song - Doom Crossing!Did the band have to work fast to jump on the Doom Guy and Isabelle trend? How difficult was it to mash-up so many musical genres? How does an artist balance creative freedom vs creating art of already-established characters? All is revealed in this episode of Rogue Pixels!Rogue Pixels is the podcast that shares your love of the biggest and best online animations. Each week Colm Ahern chats with the creators of the internet’s most successful cartoons in order to learn more about how those toons came into existence.---Find Rogue Pixels on the internet:🟡 Rogue Pixels on Snapchat: https://bit.ly/roguepixelssnap 🔴 Rogue Pixels on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@roguepixels⚫ Rogue Pixels on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@thisismashed🟣 Rogue Pixels on Instagram - https://instagram.com/roguepixelspod🔵 Rogue Pixels on Twitter - https://twitter.com/roguepixelspod---The people who made the cartoon!Watch the original cartoon here: https://youtu.be/jpw2ebhTSKs Subscribe to The Chalkeaters: https://www.youtube.com/@TheChalkeaters?sub_confirmation=1---Doom Crossing Credits:Executive producer / songwriter: AliosComposer / arranger: ErgySound producer, arranger and engineer: Masel"Animal Crossing" artist / cover artist: Pondis"DOOM" artist: HunternifCharacter animator: KiryumiaMotion designer, supporting animator and supporting sound engineer: LenichIsabelle vocals: Natalia Natchan aka PiNKII"DOOM" supporting artist: Fedor TitovBrutal "DOOM" voice: Jonathan LuhmannPiano: Dmitry KovzelFlugelhorn: Kelly O'Donohue Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We spoke to Mashed's Ben Michael and Liam McKeown about their JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and Friday Night Funkin’ mash-up, FNF's Bizarre Anime Adventure!Who decided that Dio vs Boyfriend was an animated battle that must take place? How difficult was it to marry anime and FNF-style gameplay? And who's idea was it to have BF talk in beeps and boops? All is revealed in this episode of Rogue Pixels!Rogue Pixels is the podcast that shares your love of the biggest and best online animations. Each week Colm Ahern chats with the creators of the internet’s most successful cartoons in order to learn more about how those toons came into existence.---Find Rogue Pixels on the internet:🟡 Rogue Pixels on Snapchat: https://bit.ly/roguepixelssnap 🔴 Rogue Pixels on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@roguepixels⚫ Rogue Pixels on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@thisismashed🟣 Rogue Pixels on Instagram - https://instagram.com/roguepixelspod🔵 Rogue Pixels on Twitter - https://twitter.com/roguepixelspod---The people who made the cartoon!Watch the original cartoons here:FNF's Bizarre Anime Adventure: https://youtu.be/19Y-BDr29tASubscribe to Mashed: https://www.youtube.com/@Mashed?sub_confirmation=1---FNF's Bizarre Anime Adventure Credits:Produced by Tom Jenkins and Ben MichaelWritten by Ben MichaelRough Animation by Liam McKeownClean up by Tim Bender, Kai Newton and Liam McKeownColor by Rizatch and Liam McKeownRap Battle Art by Tim BenderRap Battle Animation by Moro and Tim BenderBackgrounds by Eric OleanderVoice of Jotaro by Alex Walker SmithVoice of Dio by Kevin Andrew RiveraVoice of Boyfriend by Kevin AfghaniRap Battle Music Composed by Joe Simmons AKA GizmodeEdit, compositing, Sound Design, VFX and Music Curation by Jason Alan DeweyRogue Pixels is a Spud Gun Studios production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We spoke to FusionAnimations Anthony Acedo about their long-running, super-ambitious object animation series, The Daily Object Show!How important is audience participation on YouTube? How did this series go from Survivor-like to something that has a sprawling narrative? And why inanimate objects? All is revealed in this episode of Rogue Pixels!Rogue Pixels is the podcast that shares your love of the biggest and best online animations. Each week Colm Ahern chats with the creators of the internet’s most successful cartoons in order to learn more about how those toons came into existence.---Find Rogue Pixels on the internet:🟡 Rogue Pixels on Snapchat: https://bit.ly/roguepixelssnap 🔴 Rogue Pixels on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@roguepixels⚫ Rogue Pixels on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@thisismashed🟣 Rogue Pixels on Instagram - https://instagram.com/roguepixelspod🔵 Rogue Pixels on Twitter - https://twitter.com/roguepixelspod---The people who made the cartoon!Watch the original cartoons here:The Daily Object Show: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-VCQWkCeDlEUh2tsEzeg91aPQKH1pK0ySubscribe to FusionAnimations: https://www.youtube.com/@FusionAnimations?sub_confirmation=1---Rogue Pixels is a Spud Gun Studios production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We spoke to ArtSpear Entertainment's Joe Bauer and Rita Artmann about their juggernaut pop culture mash-up battle trilogy, Super-Hero-Bowl, Super-Villain-Bowl and Super-Showdown-Bowl!How did a duo that was predominantly involved in live-action productions get involved in animation? Was the Super-Bowl trilogy planned out from the beginning? And how do you a tackle a project this big when you're just two people? All is revealed in this episode of Rogue Pixels!Rogue Pixels is the podcast that shares your love of the biggest and best online animations. Each week Colm Ahern chats with the creators of the internet’s most successful cartoons in order to learn more about how those toons came into existence.---Find Rogue Pixels on the internet:🟡 Rogue Pixels on Snapchat: https://bit.ly/roguepixelssnap 🔴 Rogue Pixels on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@roguepixels⚫ Rogue Pixels on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@thisismashed🟣 Rogue Pixels on Instagram - https://instagram.com/roguepixelspod🔵 Rogue Pixels on Twitter - https://twitter.com/roguepixelspod---The people who made the cartoon!Watch the original cartoons here:Super-Hero Bowl: https://youtu.be/K9G9lfA8fa8Super-Villain-Bowl: https://youtu.be/YMnAGN2gRswSuper-Showdown-Bowl: https://youtu.be/S6yLGIqyBM8Subscribe to ArtSpear Entertainment: https://www.youtube.com/@ArtSpearEntertainment?sub_confirmation=1---Super-Hero-Bowl, Super-Villian-Bowl, Super-Showdown-Bowl Credits:Written and voiced by Joe Bauer and Rita ArtmannAnimation, music and sound by Joe BauerRogue Pixels is a Spud Gun Studios production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We spoke to The Chalkeaters about their viral swing ear worm about Valve and Gabe Newell always getting stuck at the number two - Count To Three!How did The Chalkeaters get both Gabe Newell and Ellen McLain from Portal involved in the project? What was the inspiration for the cardboard bodies on lollipop sticks art style? And why is My Little Pony important to the early stages of the band? All is revealed in this episode of Rogue Pixels!Rogue Pixels is the podcast that shares your love of the biggest and best online animations. Each week Colm Ahern chats with the creators of the internet’s most successful cartoons in order to learn more about how those toons came into existence.---Find Rogue Pixels on the internet:🟡 Rogue Pixels on Snapchat: https://bit.ly/roguepixelssnap 🔴 Rogue Pixels on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@roguepixels⚫ Rogue Pixels on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@thisismashed🟣 Rogue Pixels on Instagram - https://instagram.com/roguepixelspod🔵 Rogue Pixels on Twitter - https://twitter.com/roguepixelspod---The people who made the cartoon!Watch the original cartoon here: https://youtu.be/jpw2ebhTSKs Subscribe to The Chalkeaters: https://www.youtube.com/@TheChalkeaters?sub_confirmation=1---Count To Three Credits:Executive producer / songwriter: AliosMusic producer / engineer: Tim MaslovArranger / guitars / choir ErgyLead artist / art director: PondisLead animator / video composer: LenichCharacter animator: Kiryumia Gabe Newell vocals: The StupendiumGLaDOS vocals: Ellen McLainAlyx vocals: Holly TurtonSupporting arranger / piano: Dmitry KovzelDrums: Matias MenarguezTrumpet: Bruno BritoSaxophones: Weber MarelyTrombone: Felipe CoelhoChoir: Hineko, Vasya, Martie, Chaos Angel, tooi_cat, Venix, Walter, Dmitry Litvinov, Tsumikashi, Lenich, Ergy, Dmitry Kovzel, Nikdoge, Felya, Jerico, Choki, Finch under cover, BertyDahlia, Victor BirdSupporting artists: Hunternif, Koldan Grey, Freskovich, QuietVictoriesMastered by Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis Studios Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We spoke to Dangoheart Animation about their incredibly popular, multi-part anime series featuring Steve, the Enderman, Creepers and more – Minecraft Anime!What inspired Dangoheart to begin creating animations for YouTube? How did their Minecraft collaboration with Merryweather Comics come about? And how difficult is it to balance wholesome and horny? All is revealed in this episode of Rogue Pixels!Rogue Pixels is the podcast that shares your love of the biggest and best online animations. Each week Colm Ahern chats with the creators of the internet’s most successful cartoons in order to learn more about how those toons came into existence.---Find Rogue Pixels on the internet:🟡 Rogue Pixels on Snapchat: https://bit.ly/roguepixelssnap 🔴 Rogue Pixels on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@roguepixels⚫ Rogue Pixels on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@thisismashed🟣 Rogue Pixels on Instagram - https://instagram.com/roguepixelspod🔵 Rogue Pixels on Twitter - https://twitter.com/roguepixelspod---The people who made the cartoon!Watch the original cartoon here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoaRMsTQxLFBTIOnRdJNE61ovUT_nEAqeSubscribe to Dangoheart Animation: https://www.youtube.com/@DangoheartAnimation?sub_confirmation=1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We spoke to Pegbarians and Amazing Animation Analysis' Florian Walraven about Mashed's Super Mario Bros anime trilogy – some would call it the true Super Mario Bros movie – Super Anime Brothers!Why does the Mario vs Luigi story work so well in this when the brothers are just hats and moustaches? How difficult is it to give up control when you've been the head of this Mario party? And... the all-important question... why Mario but anime? All is revealed in this episode of Rogue Pixels!Rogue Pixels is the podcast that shares your love of the biggest and best online animations. Each week Colm Ahern chats with the creators of the internet’s most successful cartoons in order to learn more about how those toons came into existence.---Find Rogue Pixels on the internet:🟡 Rogue Pixels on Snapchat: https://bit.ly/roguepixelssnap 🔴 Rogue Pixels on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@roguepixels⚫ Rogue Pixels on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@thisismashed🟣 Rogue Pixels on Instagram - https://instagram.com/roguepixelspod🔵 Rogue Pixels on Twitter - https://twitter.com/roguepixelspod---The people who made the cartoon!Watch the original cartoon here: https://youtu.be/i68yN3qa0BQ Subscribe to Mashed: https://www.youtube.com/@Mashed?sub_confirmation=1Subscribe to Pegbarians: https://www.youtube.com/@Pegbarians?sub_confirmation=1Subscribe to Amazing Animation Analysis: https://www.youtube.com/@AmazingAnimationAnalysis?sub_confirmation=1---Super Anime Brothers Credits:Produced by Tom Jenkins & Ben MichaelWritten by Florian WalravenAnimated by Pegbarians (Part 1 & 2)Rough animation by Smash ToonsColour Design, Lead Colour by Jan F. SorrentinoAdditional Colour by Billy B Crinion, Claire Mackenzie, Kai Newton, Smash Toons Backgrounds by Josh Floyd, Eric Oleander, Liam McKeown & Ethan Menegakis16 Bit Intro & Outro Animation by Tim Bender Additional VFX by Jan F. Sorrentino & Jason Alan DeweyCompositing by Jason Alan DeweyAdditional compositing by Dalton BrownSound design and music by Tom Polkamp & Jason Alan DeweyAdditional music composed by Alex Walker SmithVoice of non-anime Mario, non-anime Luigi, Head Koopa and Bear by Florian WalravenVoice of Mario and Wario by Alex Walker SmithVoice of Luigi by Blake SwiftVoice of Gooigi and Narrator by Mick LauerVoice of Toad, Kid Toads & Kid Goomba by Eileen 'EileMonty' MontgomeryVoice of Waluigi, Koopaling & Shyguy by RicanFly Voice of Chomp, Hench Koopa & Toad Father by Steven "Sarifus" Kelly Rogue Pixels is a Spud Gun Studios production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Rogue Pixels, we're chatting to Tom Jenkins and Liam McKeown of Mashed about one of the biggest YouTube animated music videos of 2017... or ever, frankly. It's time to chat about No Mercy.How did Mashed get involved with The Living Tombstone for this collab? Were there a few redesigns of these Overwatch characters before the toon released? How did Mashed feel about the I'm Already Tracer TikTok Overwatch meme? All is revealed on this episode of your favourite podcast about online animation!Rogue Pixels is the podcast that shares your love of the biggest and best online animations. Each week Colm Ahern chats with the creators of the internet’s most successful cartoons in order to learn more about how those toons came into existence. Find Rogue Pixels on the internet:🟡 Rogue Pixels on Snapchat: https://bit.ly/roguepixelssnap 🔴 Rogue Pixels on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@roguepixels⚫ Rogue Pixels on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@thisismashed🟣 Rogue Pixels on Instagram - https://instagram.com/roguepixelspod🔵 Rogue Pixels on Twitter - https://twitter.com/roguepixelspodNo Mercy Credits:Animated by Liam McKeownProduced by Tom JenkinsMusic Production by Yoav Landau  Songwriting, Lyrics by Yoav Landau, Cien Miller (Crusher-P)Guitar Recordings by Or “Orko” CohenVocals by Gabriel C. Brown and LittleJayneyCakesMastering by Recursion MasteringVocal Editing and Tuning by Freddy van HoofSubtitles by Laura RankinRogue Pixels is a Spud Gun Studios production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.