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PULP NINTENDO — Series 1

PRINTS available here: Society6

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Ghibli Museum illustrated postcards by Noboru Yoshida (art director on Ponyo, Howl’s Moving Castle, Arietty …).

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"For the first time in its history, Laika will auction puppets, models and props from its stop motion films. Over 250 lots will be offered in “The Art of LAIKA” auction to be held by Heritage Auctions on Thursday, February 12, 2015, in Beverly Hills, California.

All three Laika films—Coraline, ParaNorman, and Boxtrolls—will be represented in the auctions."

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"Granted near-unfettered access to the notoriously insular Studio Ghibli, director Mami Sunada follows the three men who are the lifeblood of Ghibli – the eminent director Hayao Miyazaki, the producer Toshio Suzuki, and the elusive and influential “other director” Isao Takahata – over the course of a year as the studio rushes to complete two films, Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises and Takahata’s The Tale of The Princess Kaguya. The result is a rare “fly on the wall” glimpse of the inner workings of one of the world’s most celebrated animation studios, and an insight into the dreams, passion and singular dedication of these remarkable creators."

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"Lost Constellation is a Longest Night ghost story. Travel into the frozen woods in a folktale from the world of Night In The Woods.

It was made by Alec Holowka, Scott Benson, and Bethany Hockenberry in the last weeks of 2014.

This is a supplemental game, which is to say it's not a demo or a preview of Night In The Woods. In some ways Lost Constellation is a lot like NITW, but in a lot of ways it's not. It's a tangent, a side-story, a way for us to explore a bit in a more off-the-cuff manner."

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"The trilogy ends with Mother 3, a title which began development for the N64 DD unit before being switched over the the Game Boy Advance due to technical issues. Still unreleased in the US, a translation was created by the Starman.net community to help fans in the US finally experience this emotional end to the series."

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"Part 2 brings us Mother 2, or Earthbound, as it is known in the West. Building on and improving nearly all aspects of the original, this release saw a limited run in the US that was perhaps cursed by it's oversized packaging and strange marketing campaign."

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"Programmer on Costume Quest 2 and Mother superfan Ben Burbank shows off selected scenes from the entire trilogy and explains the complicated history of this beloved cult series. Featuring a mix of Japanese and English releases, fan translations, and imported hardware, Ben takes us on a journey through the bizarre cultural mashups and heartfelt story that define Mother. In the first chapter of this three part episode, Ben presents Mother, the Famicom RPG that spawned the cult classic series. Never released in the US yet still translated internally by Nintendo, the build was eventually leaked out into the wild."

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Mighty No. 9 - Documentary - Episode 0.

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"Natasha Allegri began her career while still a college student, getting her start on Cartoon Network's Adventure Time. How’d she get that gig? Through the referral of her friend Pendleton Ward, coupled with her natural talent that shone through during the interview process. Simultaneously, with her extra creative energy, she created  the characters Bee and PuppyCat. Her characters went on to get their own short on Frederator’s Cartoon Hangover YouTube channel, where they found a home, and a major audience. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, the series raised enough funding for a full-on web series, complete with a comic book, merchandise and an army of cosplaying fans. Hear more about Natasha’s creative successes as she answers audience questions with Wacom’s own Techman Joe and Caleb Goellner."

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Bee & PuppyCat: episode 3 & 4!

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Bee & PuppyCat: episode 1 & 2!

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"*NOTE* This episode begins with a ~12-minute overview of "Aladdin" to help set up the story of production on "The Lion King." To skip directly to The Lion King, please jump ahead to 13:37 (click "Show More" for episode description and series release schedule) Double Fine’s Greg Rice is joined by Louis Castle, co-founder of Westwood Studios, for a full play-through of the beloved 1994 platformer "The Lion King." Louis tells the story of how, with a small team and a tight schedule, Westwood developed the spiritual successor to the 16-bit classic "Aladdin" at a time when action platformers were still king and the Disney Renaissance was in full swing. DEVS PLAY is an original series presented by Double Fine and 2 Player Productions that combines the running commentary of a traditional Let's Play with the perspective of experienced game developers. Each episode this season will feature at least one member of the Double Fine family with occasional appearances by developers that actually worked on the games being played."

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How did Aymeric Kevin and his team manage to produce so many quality backgrounds on such a short schedule? Aymeric speaks to Cartoon Brew about the background art of "Ping Pong."

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"The Grim Fandango Remastered team begins development following the game's show-stopping announcement at E3 2014."

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Japanese trailer for the anime series Ping Pong (ピンポン). An amazing 11 episode anime directed by Masaaki Yuasa. Fantastic animation, art style, music, story - amazing everything!

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"The makers of Grim Fandango discuss the development of the beloved adventure game and how Double Fine Productions plans to release the original classic to a contemporary audience."