Villainous (miniseries)
| Villainous | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Alan Ituriel |
| Written by |
Alan Ituriel Diego Valenzuela |
| Directed by | Alan Ituriel |
| Voices of |
Alan Ituriel Markiplier Todd "Eco Vox" Asayer Melaney Sems |
| Composer(s) | Kevin Manthei |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Original language(s) |
English Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 1 minute |
| Production company(s) |
Cartoon Network Mexico A.I. Animation Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Cartoon Network Anything (2016) ThatPlaceToHangOut.com (2012 webisodes) |
| First shown in | September 6, 2016 (at Pixelatl Festival) |
| Original release | May 15, 2017 – present |
| External links | |
| Website |
www |
Villainous, known as Villanos in Spanish, is a Mexican children's animated web miniseries created by Alan Ituriel. It is based on his 2012 webseries and was picked up by Cartoon Network Mexico as a miniseries of ten one-minute episodes for the Cartoon Network Anything app. The miniseries is co-produced by CN and A.I. Animation Studios. Due to the success of the episodes released on YouTube, talks for a full series are underway,[1] but for now, the miniseries will be promoted on the CN Anything App, CN's YouTube channel, and eventually television.
The Villainous concept was pitched by Alan Ituriel at a contest run at the Pixelatl Festival in Cuernavaca, called IdeaToon Summit, in 2014. He met some Cartoon Network executives there and the concept was judged to fit the 6-11 year old demographic for CN Anything original content. Villainous has garnered very positive reception on Cartoon Network's online platforms, leading CN to decide to continue their own "Pitch Me" competition through at least 2017 in an aim to find more web original shows. Villainous is the first of what CN hopes to be many successful short projects for their app and YouTube channel.
Production notes
The original Villainous webisodes were written, animated and voiced by Alan Ituriel in 2012 for ThatPlaceToHangOut.com, an art website he jointly worked on. He had to use royalty-free music and voice all characters. During the production of the new series, Cartoon Network was able to sign on YouTuber and popular Internet gamer Markiplier as the voice of 5.0.5. and attached a professional composer, Kevin Manthei, to the project. Ituriel remained in control over most aspects as director, writer, storyboard artist, animator and voice of Black Hat.
Plot
Villainous is the story of Black Hat Inc., run by Black Hat (whose name is a synonym for villain) and his team of three less-villainous aides. Black Hat is trying to sell various evil inventions created by Dr. Flug and desperate to achieve his evil aspirations. However, things usually end up going wrong for him as the brilliant innovations tend to have small and often comical flaws.
Characters
- Black Hat (voiced by creator Alan Ituriel) is the main character. He is an evil, narcissistic mastermind who runs Black Hat, Inc. and appears in all of the ads that the "company" produces. Black Hat is of unknown species and is able to shapeshift, teleport, manipulate space, conjure objects at will and open portals with his claws. He is shown to be able to play the pipe organ and, according to the creator, a violin with strings made of cat guts. Black Hat is also shown to wear a smaller, black bowler hat beneath his signature top hat.
- 5.0.5. (voiced by YouTuber Markiplier) is the organization's failed experiment. Intended to be an evil creature, he instead became very loving and enjoys hugging his friends. He is a big blue bear-creature with a single flower sprouting from his head that wilts and grows based on his emotions. He seems to be the organization's house keeper.
- Dr. Flug (voiced by Todd "Eco Vox" Asayer) is a nervous scientist who wears a paper bag over his head. His name means 'flight' in German and, according to the creator, Flug has obtained his driver's and pilot's licence. Nobody has ever seen his face, except, according to someone working on the show, Black Hat himself. According to a tweet by Alan Ituriel, the reason behind his bag will be revealed once the mini-series becomes a show.
- Demencia (voiced by Melaney Sems) is Black Hat's crazed fan and assistant. Her outfit is inspired by reptiles and she has a love for destruction. If she crouches down, because of her hair color, her hair covers her body and she resembles a lizard. She is seen to be able to play the electric guitar.
- Cam Bot was revealed by Alan Ituriel in a recent twitter poll to be the one who films all of Black Hat Inc.'s ads. It is a sentient camera with useful attachments, however, the make-up puff arm was removed by Black Hat when it attempted to use it on him.
Episodes
Episodes are produced in English and dubbed in Spanish afterwards. Below are the Spanish titles for the one-minute shorts that Cartoon Network has approved (CN has yet to approve titles for the English versions.) and the small, fifteen-second shorts that are also being released on the CN Anything app to promote the show, ordered by their official YouTube compilation.
- La percepción del mal
- Helado de miedo
- Más grande, más malo
- Chirrido
- Horriblemente pesado
- Vistiendo la maldad
- Seguridad mala
- El retrato del mal
- Esculpiendo maldad
- La nota de destrucción
References
- ↑ Pineda Trujillo, Victor (June 14, 2017). "La nueva serie animada que hace honores al mundo de los antagonistas". It's Spoiler Time. Retrieved June 14, 2017.