Awesome Cartoons

Best known as SpongeBob Squarepants, voice actor Tom Kenny has been featured in numerous cartoons since the 1990s. In this funny Vanity Fair clip, he was put on the spot and asked to improvise voices for five new characters. It’s amazing how he brings all of them to life.

Runaway Pictures Inc. edited together footage from Mad Max: Fury Road with Hanna Barbera’s Wacky Races, starring the villainous Dick Dastardly and his snickering canine sidekick Muttley. Who will win this epic battle across the wasteland? And why wasn’t this music in the movie?

Illustrator Tobias Fonseca celebrates four of our favorite Freddies with this fun design, featuring Fred Flintstone, Freddie Krueger, Fred Jones from Scooby Doo, all doing Freddie Mercury’s iconic pose. Also available as prints, cases, stickers, and more from RedBubble.

(PG-13) The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons: A Semi-serious A-to-Z Archive contains almost 3,000 cartoons from over a century of publication. The illustrations are split into two volumes, 250 categories and 1,600 pages. Also in deluxe and as an ebook.

(PG-13: Language) Mylo the Cat is back with an epic new edit, re-voicing the 1970s Saturday morning classic with the sounds of ODB, Method Man, Inspectah Deck, Capadonna, U-God, The RZA, The GZA, Masta Killa, Ghostface Killah, and Raekwon.

The debut trailer for Dark Phoenix was intriguing, but Darth Blender’s take on it looks way more exciting. They used scenes from the classic ’90s X-Men animated series, which did take on the Dark Phoenix saga. It’s a shame they didn’t use scenes from the actual battle.

(PG-13: Language) Actor Nick Offerman already has a pretty solid day job, but in case his good looks and manly voice ever fade, he’s got a career he can fall back on – writing captions for the famed (but often esoteric) cartoons from The New Yorker. Seriously, they should hire him.

(PG-13) ArhyBES once again combine Batman and Dethklok to create a funny animated death metal music video. Set to Dethklok’s Awaken, the video sees Batman, Batgirl and their friends seek the help of characters from different worlds to try and revive the Joker.

Return to the wild and wacky Gravity Falls with Disney and Shout! Factory’s Gravity Falls: The Complete Series Collector’s Edition. All 40 episodes will be available in DVD or Blu-ray discs, with the latter coming with a limited edition lithograph.

(PG-13: Language) Despite their heritage, commercial success and inherent coolness, giant robots are not as popular today as they once wer. Gigguk charts the history of the mecha genre, its influence on anime and why it’s not as popular as it used to be.

(Gore) Originally aired in 2010 – and later released on DVD – Marvel and BET’s Black Panther is a motion comic miniseries with lots of action and cheesy humor. The miniseries sees T’Challa go up against a group of supervillains trying to take over Wakanda.

Kidrobot presents an awesome series of blind-boxed collectible mini vinyl figures for any fan of Nickelodeon cartoons of the 1990s. Includes characters from Ren & Stimpy, Hey Arnold!, Rocko’s Modern Life, Spongebob Squarepants, CatDog, Rugrats, and more.

Whether He-Man, Thundercats, Inspector Gadget, or TMNT was your jam, Andrew Farago’s 160-page book has got you covered with a great retrospective of the best that Saturday morning (and other days) had to offer back in the decade of big hair.

Haruko and the Medical Mechanica are coming back. Production IG is making two more seasons – each consisting of 6 episodes – of FLCL, with the help of original series director Kazuya Tsurumaki and more music from The Pillows. Drops in 2018 on Adult Swim.

“I refuse to answer a literal call to adventure, Morty. Let it go to voicemail.” The new season brings us Pickle Rick, Morty’s giant arm, some creepy dude smashing heads with a giant piano, and gooey mutants galore in “the darkest year” of their adventures. Episodes kick off 7/30/17.

Scooby Scooby Doo, where are you? A joyful cover version of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon theme song, performed in the Ska style by The Holophonics. In the mood for more? Be sure to give their cover of the Pokémon theme song a listen.

Disney XD is updating this late ’80s classic, and if the new opening credit sequence is any indication, we’re going to be tuning in for sure. Golden Wolf created the show’s wonderful new titles, packed with adventure and backed by that awesome theme song. Premieres 8/12/17.

Disney XD teamed up with Passion Paris to create a series of fun ’60s style animated short films starring Marvel’s size-changing superhero Ant-Man. The short films’ retro look matches well with their lighthearted tone.

(SPOILERS) Wisecrack takes on one of this century’s defining works of art. On the surface, One Punch Man seems like a brainless gag peppered with anime and superhero parodies. But at its heart lies a timely warning: an easy life is a pointless existence.

Relive some of the greatest cartoons of your youth with these officially-licensed 6″ plush toys from Nickelodeon, featuring characters from Rugrats, Hey Arnold!, Ren and Stimpy, Aaahh! Real Monsters, and Rocko’s Modern Life. We want the entire collection.

From the creators of Crunchyroll comes VRV, a hub for a variety of geeky online video channels. It has free content from Crunchyroll, Funimation, Tested, Seeso, Cartoon Hangover and more. It also offers a premium ad-free bundle for $10/mo. US only for now.

“He seems to have manifested some sort of butt. He is the smartest man in the universe.” Adult Swim pulled off a reverse April Fools’ prank by including the first episode of Rick and Morty‘s third season in an all-episode continuous livestream.

(SPOILERS) It’s been four freakin’ years, but the second season of Attack on Titan is finally coming. Unfortunately for us, the huge reveals are already popping up in the trailers. We sacrificed ourselves for you! Now run! Wait until 4/1/17. Mirror here.