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"
Betty
" is the forty-eighth episode of the
fifth season
of the American
animated television series
Adventure Time
. It was written and storyboarded by Ako Castuera and
Jesse Moynihan
, from a story by
Kent Osborne
,
Pendleton Ward
, Jack Pendarvis, Adam Muto, and Moynihan. It originally aired on
Cartoon Network
on February 24, 2014. The episode guest stars
Lena Dunham
(pictured)
as the eponymous character, Betty. The entry also saw the return of
Miguel Ferrer
,
Steve Agee
,
Duncan Trussell
, and
Maurice LaMarche
as various characters. In this episode, the
Ice King
reverts to Simon (both voiced by
Tom Kenny
) after being exposed to an anti-magic being named Bella Noche, and gets help from Finn, Jake, and Marceline in order to get Betty, his former fiancee, back. Once he succeeds in bring her back, however, he begins to die, forcing Betty herself to defeat Belle Noche. An episode centered around Betty had been promised by the crew at
San Diego Comic-Con International
in 2012. Due to the subject matter and length of the episode, several scenes had to be cut or trimmed for time, since so much was being placed in the episode. A review by Oliver Sava of
The A.V. Club
was complimentary towards the story, and Sava also applauded Dunham's voice acting.
The word
cartoon
has various meanings, based on several very different forms of
visual art
and
illustration
. The term has evolved over time. The original meaning was in fine art of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, where it referred to a preparatory
drawing
for a piece of art, such as a painting or
tapestry
.
- ... that although
Blizzard
's franchise
Overwatch
is centered around video games, its lore is mainly told through animated shorts, comics, and novels?
- ... that the Pakistani film
Shehr e Tabassum
was the first animated
cyberpunk
film to be made by an
Urdu
development team?
- ... that according to an elaborate 1990s joke,
Elmo Aardvark
was history's first animated cartoon character?
- ... that, for the animated film
Us Again
, director and writer Zach Parrish considered a video of an elderly couple dancing to be visceral and ideal inspiration?
- ... that
Encanto
's
Isabela Madrigal
was animated to be aware that she is "always on stage"?
- ... that the stylized animation of
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
was inspired by rough sketches in school notebooks?
I suppose "canon" means what Gene Roddenberry decided it was. Remember, we were making it up as we went along on the original series (and on the animated one, too). We had a research company to keep us on the straight and narrow as to science, projected science based on known science, science fiction references (we didn’t want to step on anyone’s exclusive ideas in movies, other TV shows, or printed work). They also helped prevent contradictions and common reference errors. So the so-called canon evolved in its own way and its own time. For whatever reason, Gene Roddenberry apparently didn’t take the animated series seriously (no pun intended), although we worked very hard to do original STAR TREK stories and concepts at all times in the animated series.
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Hayao Miyazaki
(born 1941) is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, author, and
manga artist
. A co-founder of
Studio Ghibli
, a film and animation studio, he has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and as a maker of
anime
feature films, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest animation directors. Born in
Bunky?
, Tokyo, Miyazaki expressed interest in manga and animation from an early age, and he joined
Toei Animation
in 1963. During his early years at Toei Animation he worked as an
in-between artist
and later collaborated with director
Isao Takahata
. Notable films to which Miyazaki contributed at Toei include
Doggie March
and
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
. Miyazaki co-founded Studio Ghibli in 1985. He directed several films with Ghibli, including
Castle in the Sky
in 1986,
My Neighbor Totoro
in 1988,
Kiki's Delivery Service
in 1989, and
Porco Rosso
in 1992. Miyazaki's works are characterized by the recurrence of themes such as humanity's relationship with
nature
and technology, the wholesomeness of natural and traditional patterns of living, the importance of art and craftsmanship, and the difficulty of maintaining a
pacifist
ethic in a violent world. The protagonists of his films are often strong girls or young women, and several of his films present morally ambiguous antagonists with redeeming qualities.
The
episodes
of
Family Guy
, an American
animated
television
sitcom
created by
Seth MacFarlane
(pictured)
for the
Fox Broadcasting Company
. Since its debut on January 31, 1999, the show has broadcast 201 episodes. The series centers on the
dysfunctional
Griffin family
, which consists of father
Peter
, mother
Lois
, son
Chris
, baby
Stewie
and
Brian
, the family dog. He created two shorts entitled
The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve
, both of which played a key role in Fox executives' decision to pick up the series in 1998. After two seasons, Fox decided to cancel the show. Despite the cancellation, a third season was produced, after which the series was officially canceled at the end of 2003. Reruns on
Cartoon Network
's block
Adult Swim
drove up interest, and a letter-writing campaign, along with impressive DVD sales, encouraged Fox to bring the show back permanently.
Family Guy
returned to production in 2005, and is contracted to continue producing episodes until at least 2013.
- Films released
- Television series and specials