Designing Boondocks.
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2024
- With The Boondocks Reboot set to release in Fall of 2020, a conversation that I've often heard and even engaged with is this question of how The Boondocks should be designed.
I figured instead of pushing my ideas, I'd explore and share all the influences The Boondocks took in its design and how it went on the shape its visual identity.
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Man. I forgot Ruckus.
Ruckus changes outfits every episode cause' he loves workin' for the White Man. That's all.
TheStoryteller Uncle Fuckus
Well isn’t that tragic for him, lol.
@TheStoryteller do you think you could reference how some of the Boondocks episodes predict the future. Like for example the "Fried Chicken Flu" episode.
@TheStoryteller 16:28 Huey is clearly wearing a scarlet red pants in this scene.
@@kingnamor7777 how did the fried chicken flu episode predict the future? Btw this isnt a rhetorical question (I feel like u have to specify that on youtube lol)
As long as boondocks isn't CGI then it all good to me.
Same here
Can't argue there, we don't want another berserk 2016.
That'll be okay if boondocks can innovate cgi thats like 20 years ahead of everyone else...
@@11equalsfish 2D is better than 3D annimation
@@Hornetog9vp 2d is just a method, so it depends... I've seen shit 2D and great 3D, you can't say that.
I love how you broke the design history of the Boondocks down here. As an aspiring animator, I appreciate this.
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Me too
Same. This was an on point breakdown and explanation.
"This is why Huey went upstairs, he didn't want his frame rate to drop."
"This is why the white shadow showed up, he wanted Huey to buy some new clothes."
These Huey jokes were hilarious.
that last bit, where Aaron said the show would still not shy away from depicting race and politics... its good cause that was what the show was about but WOW politics has gotten a lot weirder since we last saw these characters...
this is something i always thought about both the art & animation of the show, season 1 always looked really weak and bland, but the art style really started to become alot more unique and expressive during season 2 & 3
@Rock i just cant help but enjoy storyteller's boondocks videos, they are soo good
Who gone be grandad is the question.
John Witherspoon probably has recorded lines already since this has been in production for a while
I heard that Grandad might be voiced by John Witherspoon’s son, J.D. Witherspoon, for the reboot series.
Wind and fire productions He didn’t get to record lines before he passed.
His son does a good impression
Maybe his son, J.D Witherspoon. He's able to talk like his dad.
OH MY GOD Tom's design with him hiding behind the shield with the anarchist logo fits him so well lmao
riley in the pilot with his big ass head and spaced out cornrows😭💀 i snorted i canf🤣
I really like the sleeker designs used in season 3 and onward. It kinda looks like a completely different show, actually. It's way more expressive and has a more vivid color palette compared to previous seasons. The most noticeable difference is in the eyes and eyebrows. They're a lot thinner and angular. I wonder if they switched out animation directors in between season 2 and 3.
They kind of did. Carl Jones handled a lot of overseas stuff, and Seung Kim was given a far more prominent role in production cause' they liked his work a lot. There's a reason he's currently a supervising director and executive producer.
JoJo Banks fr! I really only watch season 4 for that crisp art. Absolutely beautiful
@@journeybeyondthesea me too
The South Korean animation style really popped off in season 3 and 4, it looked a lot like Kim Jung Gi drew it. Both styles are very expressive.
@@TheStorytellerAJ Hearing that Seung Kim is the director by itself gives me high hopes for when the reboot is finally out.
Lowkey I just want to see how/ *if*
. Caesar
. Hiro
. Isis
would look in the new Boondocks art style
I love me some Caesar and Hiro, but I always get happy when people remember Isis. But maybe I'm biased since she's from Atlanta.
Tim Melton I didn’t know of Isis until I had discovered this link on tvtropes,
web.archive.org/web/19971007235545/www.hitlist.com/boondocks/html/characters.html
Yeah they should definitely include all of them
That'll probably only happen if they focus on the kids more in the reboot,which I doubt
@@windandfireproductions5358 Well, as fans, we can least dream about that possibility. Besides, you never know if Aaron McGruder might actually surprise us since he's been mostly quiet about the upcoming series.
i think they didn’t add caesar because they couldn’t find a voice actor that aaron believed would suit the vision he had for caesar
"Who I felt is the best cartoonist, day in and day out, it's Bill Watterson"...
Was there anyone that thought differently? Dude was a master at his craft, and like any proper master he knew when to quite. But the characters, artwork, stories, everything was critically acclaimed. He also revolutionized the Sunday strip formats.
Dang it! Looks like getting ready for bed will have to wait.....
@ TheStoryteller... that is a wonderful question. How do you "modernize" Huey style without compromising his character? Where the viewer can still take him seriously. Also, I can't wait for the episode where you talk about Huey's ideology being shaped by the intellectual side of Hip-Hop as well as the Black Panther Party. I would love to see an episode of Huey's past to see how his mind got to where it is currently vs. Riley.
I truly appreciate the research that you do, and the perspectives that you offer. Amazing vid as always!
Glad you like them. I'll keep at it.
Thank you for this treatment of "The Boondocks." I remember reading the comic strip in the newspaper and wondering how long it would last in syndication. Sure enough, in time they moved it from the "funny pages" and put it - in black and white, I believe - elsewhere. It did feature on Sundays in color.
Then, it disappeared and I lost track of it - even forgot the name of the creator. Didn't become a regular cable subscriber, so I didn't know until this year that Aaron McGruder's world found a new life on pay-TV. It became even edgier, more vulgar and disturbing. I'm glad to have found it.
I really wanted to express my admiration of the artwork and how the creative team translated the strip to the small screen. I watch excerpts here on UA-cam and often catch myself marveling at the background images: the trees and vegetation, the buildings, the interiors, the lighting. Of course, I'm taken by the artwork of the characters: anime at the highest level. Just so beautifully done that I'm amazed that such quality has been lovingly devoted to a black creation.
No, it's not perfect. I mentioned "vulgar" in the sense that it features language and topics that I don't feel are appropriate for children although I know that countless children have watched it. That is our world today. I just hope that now or later, the youngsters appreciate the thought that went into the production and the challenges to serious thought that the program makes.
The criticism McGruder suffered for taking so long to release episodes reminds me of the criticism George R.R. Martin received for taking so long to write his books which became "Game of Thrones." We all want quick gratification - myself included. But we don't realize how demanding, how draining the spirit of creativity is in those who capture our imaginations and draw us into their worlds. Creators - beginning with God Almighty - have the right to run their creations as they choose. The rest of us mere mortals are along for the ride. Thanks.
I've never read the comics so I hope they add some of those characters back. Seems like a lot were cut when they changed to the show. Huey, Riley, and Grandad need characters in their own lives to just expand on the universe more. Riley has some people like this but a lot of them are older.
“Riley doing the dial up”
Huey smiled in the basketball episode when Riley scored for the first time.
You should do a video on caesar
it's overdue
@@TheStorytellerAJ 😳
I like the introduction And the reference "wow wow wow we can't start right here".
I think we should give it a chance when the reboot comes out
I was really hoping for Caesar as his character was really interesting constant compared to Huey. It hurts to not see him as he played a big role in alot of the strips
Yoooo that "Rhymes like Dimes" by MF Doom transition at 0:56 was amazing! Instant like from me for that! Another great and mindful video as usual man.
Personally i think lots of the humor in the fight scenes comes from the fact that the animation takes itself so seriously so I don't think I would want that to change. Great vid tho :)
18:17 I can relate to that, I always look like I decided to throw on random clothes at the last second.
I personally prefer the art from Season 3. I liked the point about keeping designs simplistic because they are easier to animate and can take away from the character. Huey looks over designed. I liked the t-shirt and brown shirt outfit he was wearing. I think some of the new designs look too anime like. I love anime a lot but this isn't right for it. The Boondocks has always been an interesting blend of cartoons and anime.
I like the colours of Season 3 a lot. And, there's specific episodes that I quite like visually, for instance, The Red Ball is great.
That's actually the episode that got me into the series.
anime and cartoon are the same it's all just animation, I think what you mean is the blending of Western and Eastern influenced artstyles.
People make a distinction between anime and cartoons and they should. The Boondocks was created by an anime so it's a cartoon, the art may be inspired by anime but it's a cartoon. Anime usually has more storytelling too.
Awesome Video, I love it. another good video demonstrating the difference between animation and artwork, showing how simpler line drawings can benefit animation is "Why You Should Watch Mob Psycho 100" by Super EyePatch Wolf. I would love the boondocks to use really inventive animation to enhance it's themes. It's so much more effective than a lot of people realise, not just because it can be exciting to watch but I really do feel it can emotionally enhance a scene which will benefit the topics that the show wants to cover.
I think it can also just breathe life into animation. Look at the Dragon Ball Super Broly Movie. The series was stagnant, rigid and stale under Yamamuro's supervision, and as soon as they booted him for Shintani and we got the simple designs, it allowed for much more diversity in the animation, style and character animation.
While I definitely agree full heartedly that more inventive and experimental animation that doesn't rely entirely on model would benefit the license, I must take a moment to play devil's advocate and explain why I at least appreciate the show's aesthetic choices. And literally all I need to do is point to literally anything else on adult swim.
Seriously, when I first saw previews to "Mr. Pickles" I said outloud that "this is why we will never get our equivalent to Ghost in the Shell". Adult animation in the west is ugly it is designed to be ugly and unappealing and gross and creepy and shows like The Boondocks say no to that. They are a punch in the nose to the industry standard. The Boondocks proves that you can be lowbrow and irreverent while still looking pretty... and still having something actually worth saying for God's sake! Obviously you don't have to be consistently on model to be pretty, see shows like Avatar or Steven Universe for that, but this shows commitment to high quality visuals is commendable regardless of what opportunities they may miss
What about Cowboy Bebop though? One of the bigger influences on the Boondocks and that anime had detailed artwork but still had consistently great animation.
This new UA-cam comments arrangement is terrible🤦🏿♂️
What changed ? I'm on my phone
Lot of terrible change on UA-cam lately
ikr
@@nancym3041 I'm using an old version of UA-cam so I have the old layout. Thank goodness. Hate the new layout
I've gotten used to it in the past few months
11:10 - 11:26 no stahp i choked🤣💀 i’m creasing it’s true😭
its another thing i noticed if riley takes down his cornrows his hair will look like huey's afro but probably more longer cause he kept his hair braided and makes it grow more longer and it would've been cool to see riley without his hair in braids in a episode of boondocks
Love the MF Doom samples. “Whoa whoa whoa don’t start right here”
ALL CAPS WHEN YOU SPELL THE MAN`S NAME!!
StR4vn96 Smith I deserved that 🤦♂️
@Don Bonokollie
No disrespect, just make sure it don’t happen again my guy. Peace peace.
Personally, I’ve always been open to any art style that the Boondocks chooses to portray; as long as the story and characters are presented well. For all I care, it could have a more western style of design since it wouldn’t really change the characters as they were intended to be portrayed. Also, while the Boondocks is based on Aaron McGruder’s vision and not the fans vision, I’ve always thought that the Boondocks should primarily focus on the kid characters and their interactions with one another based on their individual character traits and their surrounding environment while working in having them grow and develop as characters. Perhaps in the same vein as Class 1-A from My Hero Academia. Heck, I’ve read Boondocks fanfics, in which despite the varied quality of the fics themselves, do a great job in actually utilizing and developing the kid characters, including Cindy, Caesar, and Hiro in addition to Huey, Riley, and Jazmine, instead of letting them go to waste like what McGruder seems to do on a continuous basis. Overall, I believe that the kid characters are the true heart and soul of the Boondocks franchise instead of on parody characters based on rap artists, politicians, and sociopaths.
I sympathise with the point you're making, in the sense that I do think The Boondocks could and should focus more on its younger characters, as they're the heart and soul of this franchise.
That said, I think it's equally as important to not neglect the other things that form The Boondocks' identity. And, that naturally IS politics, hip-hop and so-on so-forth. And, neglecting that element would be to neglect an element of The Boondocks' identity. An apolitical Boondocks with no basis in Hip-Hop, to be blunt, isn't The Boondocks.
TheStoryteller Oh don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to say that the Boondocks needs to abandon its political agenda, as I agree that without it, the Boondocks wouldn’t be what it is, I just think there needs to be a balance of incorporating that agenda with the factors I had mentioned in my previous comment.
It’s probably one of the reason why I don’t gravitate that much towards the later seasons of the original boondocks series following season 1 since I thought that the first season did a decent job in presenting social satire in relation to black and U.S. culture while still providing deep character moments with Huey, Riley, Grandad, and Jazmine. I’m not saying that that the later seasons are bad, with the exception of season 4, it’s just I felt that they focused way to much on the satire and less on the given characters to the point that all the characters, including Huey, were pretty much flanderized.
I personally wouldn't be interested if it had more of a western art style. That really depends on what you mean by western. If we're talking more cartoony, that's fine but if you're talking about a comic book sort of style, I might be less interested. I don't think Aaron's style translates to an animated series well and choosing an anime style is more inviting at least for me. I didn't get into the show for the deeper meanings, I got into it because of how anime like one of the episodes was.
Sirmel11 From my own experience, I didn’t know what to expect from the Boondocks when I had first watched the original series a couple of years ago. It was then that I was immediately invested in the overall character dynamics, themes, tone, humor, and satire that has been presented in the first season. For me personally, the anime style of design was just a bonus since other cartoon had already utilized the same tactic; such as Teen Titans, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Totally Spies. Given the general design that had been presented in the unaired pilot and both the original pre-syndicated and syndicated comic strips, they seem to be using a design that was minimally inspired by Japanese anime/manga in which they have more of a western design to them in comparison to the more heavily inspired anime design of the original series.
TheStoryteller word on that that’s what i said
man it was real shame the reboot was cancelled earlier this year, coming back to videos like these just hurts..
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I'm so glad I subscribed to this channel.
Very glad you talked about my favorite capcom game FLCL
anyway jokes aside. Great job. For people who really want to know which capcom games they used as reference not part of the video you should most likely look at games such as street fighter 3rd strike, power stone, and I believe the biggest influence of all rival school (and it's sequel). Great job as always telly!
THANK YOU FOR THIS.
Writing my own animation and you been a ton of help.. thanks my g !!
The outro beat is 🔥🔥
lol i liked the rhymes like dimes reference in the beginning
I knew the designs were good from a professional perspective but I didn't know they were that deep and significant. Though I'm not surprised. That's fascinating.
Stumbled across you today great channel
Big ups 💪🏿 don’t forget that fight with Huey and Riley vs Tha hateocicy was a remake of tha fight in naruto when Sasuke was getting fucced up by orochimaru
Robatto is definitely continuing the Capcom inspiration with the reboot
man this is so interesting
Your outro
Does anyone know if Jennifer Seng went on to do any other illustration work after her time with the Boondocks?
Yeah, I don't know how many frames per second this show is animated on. But I always noticed the, "lagging" as you put it.
It's nice to have consistent art, but it does limit fluidity. Which is kind of a key point of animation.
With how the reboot/redesigns look, sure it's not absolutely faithful from an appearance standpoint, but i take it as an evolution and that's perfectly fine. As long as we dont go backwards. Same case for when the kids were designed in the original comic strips, transitioning to anime form. It's changing, but keeping the essential things
Cesar looks like a young king von
I feel like one caveat you have to remember about some of the fight scenes is that they are direct frame for frame copies from other popular anime like Naruto, so you can't attribute it to this artist unless he did both.
I'm hype as fuck for a boondocks reboot. It brings back my hope of an animated ceaser, and possibly more fight scenes.
I'm holding out hope that we'll see a jasmine fight scene
Mugen Yes! One of the things I had hoped to see in the original series was for Huey to teach Jazmine in martial arts as a means to instruct Jazmine on how to defend herself in a fight without Huey’s help. I’m hoping that will happen in the reboot series.
I really hope Caesar will be in the reboot but you're probably right he most likely won't be there
Wind and fire productions 🤷♂️ Hey, you never now. Especially since Caesar was supposedly going to appear in the original series. Apparently the reason as to why he didn’t appear was because they were unable to find an appropriate voice for him.
@@johnnyd3158 hopefully they can find a VA for him, it would be great to have another level headed character on screen besides Huey
Wind and fire productions Technically, Jazmine is a level headed character as well. Perhaps not in the same way as Huey and Caesar, but in the original series, she was shown to be more mature than characters like Riley and was probably the only other sane character in the entire original series next to Huey. In fact, I would actually like to see a best friend trio dynamic between Huey, Jazmine, and Caesar, in the reboot series which is something I think was sorely missing in the original comic strip. In a way, Caesar is kinda like a fusion of Huey and Jazmine in which he has Huey’s insight and Jazmine’s optimism. I think that Caesar could act as a mediator between Huey and Jazmine’s viewpoints and with all three of them together, they would probably be the only sane characters in the entire reboot series, lol.
Were u find the boondocks comic strips pics they look raw
As a person who plays Capcom games I never noticed the boondocks Capcom design thing until now and even then I only see it in the strip not really the show
14:24 how does this man get such good songs
Omg i lost it at the frame rate jokes 😂
man i really like the design of the new video game
mojisola apalara Coincidently, when I first saw the concept art for the game on Aaron McGruder’s Facebook account, I compared it to the character designs from the original Mega Man games. However, I don’t think that the designs were suitable for Huey and Riley as it had made them look too cutesy. I thought that the design was more well-fitted for Jazmine given her character.
I kinda like the new design, It’s kinda stupid, but looks cool. 0_o
Where did you find the animatics of Huey fighting Bushido Brown and the blind swordsman
That DOOM reference was corny ass shit boy 🤣🤣 I love it
this nigga
11:20 hey, most anime have poor and choppy animation. Maybe that's from his anime influences. 😏
I don't think anime has to be this way, and that's a common misconception. There's a lot of character acting that goes into animation, and this can and has been done in the anime style. It's just a matter of having designs that compliment said movement.
Even Samurai Champloo has it's art style deviate sometimes to better animate certain scenes, like that moment where Mugen gets psychedelic for example.
@@islandboy9381 God, I was supposed to include that scene in this video. Damn.
@@TheStorytellerAJ for real? lol ah well I still think you got the point across well enough
If you lived In America in the 2000s you would know that how baggy Riley’s clothes are is not even an exaggeration. “Urban” kids really were wearing clothes that ridiculously oversized.
4:00 where’s this from?
If your having issues with understanding "anime" as a concept as you mentioned in the video let me simplify.
Anime is a contraction for japanime, which again is a contraction for Japanese animation.
A cartoon made in Japan, however many younger ppl don't know or understand this concept and started using hyponomy without any understanding of hyponomy.
If it didn't come from Japan it ain't anime, infact it's very common for many shows themed with cliche anime styles to not even be made here.
Alot if dc cartoons much like avatar were handed in Korea.
Their art style is not exclusive to that location.
To be fair, FLCL was heavily experimentation in animation styles in a passion project hence why for the
Carl jones art style looks like season one of the show I like it
What’s that beat at 1:00
Rhymes Like Dimes. It's all credited at the end of the video.
I think if Huey was a real person he'd be really into Warcore and Techwear which is kinda what the concept art is poorly going for. The way that the concept art is messing it up is that they're too colorful. Techwear and Warcore are pretty strictly monochromatic and when they are too colorful they start too look more like Streetwear outfits. His shoes are cool but they're also the wrong direction for Techwear Nike has gone in a more street/fashion direction while Adidas would fit better since they are more cutting edge and performance first designs, Techwear has a strong focus on being waterproof and Adidas is big into Waterproof designs right now. I think Adidas runners and hiking boots and shoes would fit Huey's character better especially if they based it off of sleeker designs. The Nike's he's wearing would fit better on Riley. I feel like Huey and Riley are easy to design clothes for since they are pretty different character wise the only problem is that they are designing them to have a cohesive design which makes it tough because they are trying to keep the colors equal, but what they should be doing is giving Huey monochromatic colors and Riley should be the one with the bombastic colors.
@TheStoryteller 16:28 Huey is clearly wearing a scarlet red pants in this scene.
It still looks bad lol.
@@TheStorytellerAJ No problem, that's why we fans are here to help you out too😊.
11:00 that was a good joke
Is not gonna be the same with out pops
I thought for the Capcom segment, you'd probably elude to CAP-artist Bengus; working consistently Street Fighter and Marvel vs Capcom, and even recent key-art for the Capcom Beat-em-up Collection.
I don't cover it here, but the team seems very inspired by Rival Schools.
Uh, Shinya Edaki is hella different-different. But it was still 90's; it was Capcom.
Oh man imagine if Huey and Riley were in Marvel vs capcom that would be fucking dope
APPLE SAUCE!
MASHED POTATOES!
AND IT DONT STOP!!!
YEAH
WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO SAY AT THE END OF RECORDS
I DON'T KNOW
YEAH
@@TheStorytellerAJ 😎
Man, you've got to start linking your sources!!!
Where'd you get the storyboards from?
I follow a lot of the artists behind The Boondocks.
The bootleg on ig has been active during this black rights movement going on. I wanna see an episode based on the recent protests and riots, where’s boondocks when we need em
Original series kinda had 2003 Naruto character designs but the new ones are kawaii af
I never seen the strips tbh 🤷🏾♀️
Wasn't caeser the bald kid when they went to Mo's funeral?
Lmao granddad wearing quarantine mask
Anime and cartoon should be different because the stories are told differently. Anime tend to have plot lines that last long while cartoons can change things from episode to episode. I think country of origin is important too. The Boondocks may look like an anime but it's created by an American. Same with Avatar.
Does an anime with episodic storytelling become a cartoon?
If Aaron was Japanese person would The Boondocks become an anime?
If an animated show is created by an american in Japan with an episodic nature and animated by a team in Korea, what do you call it? Does the art style change your answer?
Wow, great video I learned a lot, and I completely agree about ANIME just being more animation from Japan.
Japan is great but we don't need to dick ride. Anyone can inspire anyone else.
4:00 the hell was that???
Thank you for bringing up that anime is cartoons thing that bugs the fuck out of me. Because ultimately it’s the same thing either way I only use it to describe Asian particularly Japanese style animation.
Wait, it’s based off FoolyCooly too?
I Googled Jennifer Seng and... Turns out she's a furry from the early 2000s. Woah.
Wait the boondocks coming back someone educate me
bro where you been
all i have to say is if the boondocks moved to 3D animation. They should take inspiration from into the spider verse .
"Fall of 2020" look at this dude 😭💀
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So like one of the first comments you're going to read here is the opposite of what I am about to propose but you know what I think it could work; CGI.
We're getting a lot of cool artwork here but we have no idea what this could possibly look like in animation and while the aesthetic certainly does look more like Mega Man than Cowboy Bebop, there is still the risk of the final version inevitably looking too similar to the predecessor, especially if they commit to staying on model. Changing to 3D would *certainly* be an easy solution to this. I saw a comment on Berserk 2016, which (with respect to the commentor, I'm calling you out) feels most disingenuous to me; like, why assume the worst and dirtiest scenario. It's not like most CGI shows look like Berserk did.
CGI has many advantages to it and while I don't want to spread the myth that it's inherently cheaper than 2D because it's not, yes it is a little less expensive for CGI but that's because of the nature of the technique. Good animation will always cost money no matter what you're using.
Among the benefits to CGI are cinematic immersion with like moving cameras and kinetic energy. Another thing is that once again assuming that this show continues the tradition of looking pretty and staying on model CGI is pretty much a shoo-in for that because and I'm talking about TV CGI it's especially hard to go off model. It's harder to do squash and stretch in computer animation because once again you're using a 3D model with a skeleton and rigging that controls what moves and what doesn't the more joints you give your model the more expensive the animation will be once again proving that CGI is not inherently cheaper than 2D. Also because you're not constantly redrawing the caregivers and instead of operating a puppet it allows opportunities for extra details. It's still best to try to make the designs mostly simplistic for the sake of visual appeal, but that heavy detail clothing Storyteller was concerned over could be more feasible.
May I bring up Nickelodeon's Ninja Turtles as a comparison?
That show was very photogenically pleasing, with dynamic camerawork and very few recycled models. Each character was unique and well designed to fit their personality; the turtles themselves all had a slightly different shade of green, and had a slightly different build. Donatello had a distinguishing feature in a space, Michelangelo had freckles, and Raphael had a cracked shell. And that's to say nothing of the rogues gallery of brilliantly designed villains. The show was so visually complex and well designed and not inspite of the 3D. and do I even need to bring up the Star Wars cartoons clone wars and Rebels? That s*** was beautiful! I think they could do the same with Boondocks. And it would be a nice change of pace not just for the franchise but for TV in general. Primetime adult animation almost never is done in 3D and I honestly don't know why; the few examples I can think of is the MTV Spider-Man, tripping the rift, a really bizarre Stoner flick on Adult Swim whose title I don't know, and.... shoot, I know I had another, I'll edit it when it returns to me - that's about it! everything else on adult television is 2D.... very, very, fucking ugly 2D. I hate that this is the standard! Proof in God's existence is the Boondocks saying *NO!* to such foolishness! Regardless of what they do I trust that they will do the best they got!
*Edit*
*Father of the Pride!* the old DreamWorks series! That was the one. :)
I alluded in an older video that I think this reboot is gonna be CGI. The detail in these models kind of just don't allow for very fluid movement. Looking at the success of movies like Into the Spiderverse, it wouldn't surprise me. Plus, it helps differentiate the reboot from the original.
I think the Boondocks could work in 3D animation if done right. Such as if it were made in the same style as the Dragon Prince. Ironically, Ezran from the Dragon Prince kinda looks like Huey, lol.
Why didn't McGruder allow Caesar into the show? He's still my favorite character...
They probably couldn't find a good voice actor for Caesar
I KNOOOOOOOW this nigga did NOT just call Riley's wife beater a VEST! 15:35
I don't agree with Aaron saying anime is Japanese animation directors imitating american cinema. They a have rich history of full so much so that west tries to imitate it.
I probably have to disagree on the exaggerated silly expressions, I don’t see it as limiting. Maybe I’m not a fan of the silly anime antics like the examples given in the video. This makes Boondocks more grounded, more like a western show but just has an eastern show style.
I’m disappointed they never did a one off joke about Huey and Riley looking similar in the show, just for one moment..
What’s The Name Of Hueys Red Star Jacket
(Disclaimer: this comment is copy and pasted; my channel was temporarily suspended and I am reposting whatever lost comments I can salvage)
So like one of the first comments you're going to read here is the opposite of what I am about to propose but you know what I think it could work; CGI. We're getting a lot of cool artwork here but we have no idea what this could possibly look like in animation and while the aesthetic certainly does look more like Mega Man than Cowboy Bebop, there is still the risk of the final version inevitably looking too similar to the predecessor, especially if they commit to staying on model. Changing to 3D would certainly be an easy solution to this. I saw a comment on Berserk 2016, which (with respect to the commentor, I'm calling you out) feels most disingenuous to me; like, why assume the worst and dirtiest scenario. It's not like most CGI shows look like Berserk did. CGI has many advantages to it and while I don't want to spread the myth that it's inherently cheaper than 2D because it's not, yes it is a little less expensive for CGI but that's because of the nature of the tech
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Fall of 2020 and still no Boondocks. This year so trash bruh.