Pixelatl 2018 Cartoon Network Latin America Overview: Villainous Pilot Teaser Trailer, El Bosque Olvidado Wins CN Pitch Competition, Toontorial Coming To Cartoon Network Latin America In October
Yesterday (8th September) was the final day of the Pixelatl 2018 animation, video games and comics festival in Cuernavaca, Mexico, so here’s an overview of the Cartoon Network Latin America related events that happened this week at the festival.
Villainous Panel: Villainous Without Limits: Something Villainous This Way Comes!
Yesterday (8th September), was the panel for Cartoon Network Latin America’s animated shorts series – Villainous, featured in this year’s panel was a teaser trailer for the much-anticipated teaser trailer. Despite only being targeted for Latin American audiences for the time being, popularity of the series has spread worldwide, including the United States and as far as South Korea and Japan. Attending the panel was the show’s creator – Alan Ituriel, the show’s production crew from A.I. Animation Studios and also Cartoon Network Mexico producer – Humberto Cervera. The panel was an opportunity for fans to ask questions about the show, fans were also given paper cut-out masks featuring Black Hat, Demencia and 5.0.5. character designs.
Regalitos del crew de #villainous !!! Pero esperen… atrás viene un código QR? Alguien decifre!! #cartoonnetwork #villanos #Pixelatl2018 pic.twitter.com/Knug76LaP1
— Fernando Peyro @ Pixelatl ! (@Fpeyro) September 8, 2018
¡Ya entremos en sesión! #Villanos #Villainous #Pixelatl2018 @AIanimacion @AlanIturiel pic.twitter.com/MlBTk86tPM
— Gerry Rodriguez (@GiveThemInferno) September 8, 2018
La audiencia emocionada tras la primera proyección del teaser de #Villainous de #CartoonNetwork
El equipo de @AIanimacion presentando su trabajo en @Pixelatl #Villanos #Concordia #Pixelatl pic.twitter.com/oyZDGDU0P9
— Dessignare Media (@Dessignare) September 8, 2018
El equipo de @AIanimacion junto a @AlanIturiel y @Game_Brains en el escenario del foro @Pixelatl
¡Compartiendo anécdotas sobre la producción de #Villainous de #cartoonNetwork#Pixelatl pic.twitter.com/76Ykx99d4N
— Dessignare Media (@Dessignare) September 8, 2018
Toontorial Panel
Afterwards on Saturday was the Toontorial panel with show creator – Axur Eneas. The show was the winning pitch at last year’s Cartoon Network pitching competition at Pixelatl – Pitch Me Evolution. Toontorial features humorous animated tutorials for simple everyday tasks but made ridiculously over-complicated and unnecessary, an given example is finding a cyclops to open a can of beans. The brand new animated shorts series is made by animation studio – Cinema Fantasma. At the panel, it was announced that Toontorial will premiere on Cartoon Network Latin America on Saturday 6th October and a new episode will air every two weeks.
Presentación de 'Toontorial', un nuevo proyecto de @AxurEneas y @CinemaFantasma para Cartoon Network. Estreno Octubre 6 #Pixelatl #Pixelatl2018 #Concordia pic.twitter.com/yGDHZbvup6
— Frames Motion (@FramesMotion) September 8, 2018
Al fin puedo compartir el logo de Toontorial 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/wl0MUHyZHo
— Axur (@AxurEneas) September 9, 2018
Well it's official. TOONTORIAL se estrena el 6 de octubre en Cartoon Network. La primera temporada es de 16 episodios, uno cada 2 semanas. pic.twitter.com/OjK3oiL04k
— Axur (@AxurEneas) September 9, 2018
El Bosque Olvidado (The Forgotten Forest) wins Cartoon Network’s Girl Power: Pitch Me The Future Show Pitch Competition
Madelein Treviño’s El Bosque Olvidado (English: The Forgotten Forest) has won this year’s Cartoon Network pitching competition at Pixelatl – Girl Power: Pitch Me The Future. The pitching competition was an opportunity for female animators and creators living in Latin America to pitch their original show ideas to Cartoon Network. The competition’s finalists had the chance to pitch their ideas in-front of Cartoon Network executives at the festival.
¡Me encantó poder participar en Pitch Me The Future y me encantaron los proyectos de todas! 💜 ¡Muchísimas felicidades al proyecto ganador: El Bosque del Olvido! 🎉 #Pixelatl2018 pic.twitter.com/uyxyWdZUg6
— Mirelle Ortega (@moxvi_) September 9, 2018
@IvanobichV es una persona increíiiible 😭 creador de #VikingTales ❤️@Pixelatl #Pixelatl2018 #TheForgottenForest pic.twitter.com/MbgrpIJVJX
— Madelein Treviño (@MadeleinTrevino) September 8, 2018
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Viking Tales Talk Session
Ideatoon 2016 winner – Ivanobich Verduzco – The creator of Cartoon Network Latin America’s recently premiered short-form animated series – Viking Tales gave a talk about the show’s development at the festival.
El origen de Viking Tales. Nueva IP de Cartoon Network Latinoamerica #Pixelatl2018 pic.twitter.com/P8gm5MV3By
— Axur (@AxurEneas) September 6, 2018
Casa llena en la presentación de #VikingTales de #CartoonNetwork@IvanobichV en el foro @Pixelatl comparte el trabajo de https://t.co/TEHVECu31m pic.twitter.com/YKBMGPeSmV
— Dessignare Media (@Dessignare) September 6, 2018