#Rabbit & Bear Studios

[satoshi-mochida]

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes releases today for the PS4/5, Xbox One/Series, Switch, Steam, Epic Games Store and GOG.

[thankonomics]

[artist-fan146]

Disney & Personal Versions of WtP characters (Rabbit, Pooh Bear, Piglet, Kanga)! :)

[videogamequeens]

New fave character

[xtremeservers]

The team at Rabbit & Bear Studios is... https://www.xtremeservers.com/blog/eiyuden-chronicle-sequel-moving-forward-despite-death-of-its-creator/?feed_id=137384&_unique_id=6621d1661b92c&Eiyuden%20Chronicle%20Sequel%20Moving%20Forward%20Despite%20Death%20of%20Its%20Creator

[sonsofks]

El Anhelado Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes se Desvelará el 23 de Abril de 2024.

La espera ha terminado para los fanáticos de los JRPG, ya que 505 Games y Rabbit & Bear Studios se enorgullecen en anunciar la fecha de lanzamiento de Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. Este juego, que fue el número 1 en Kickstarter en 2020, verá la luz mundialmente el 23 de abril de 2024 en múltiples plataformas, incluyendo PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox X | S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch y PC…

[studiovlin]

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[kinhagamer]

[Xbox Game Pass 2023] 8 JRPGS e jogos japoneses para 2023 (Xbox Series, Xbox One, PC, Nuvem)

[Xbox Game Pass 2023] 8 JRPGS e jogos japoneses para 2023 (Xbox Series, Xbox One, PC, Nuvem)

Prevejo um bom ano para otakus gamers. E não otakus gamers também ^-^”. Wo Long já estou aqui te esperando! Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Difícil não querer jogar Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty depois do trailer de lançamento e desse trailer gameplay. Desenvolvedora: Team Ninja Publisher: Koei Tecmo Lançamento: 3 de março de 2023 Plataformas: Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Playstation 4, Playstation 5,…

[abyx]

Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising

Disfruta en @abyx_es del análisis de Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising. @abyx_es @eiyuden @505Gamesspain @RpgSpain #abyx_es #百英雄伝 #100heroesstrong #EiyudenChronicle #505Gamesspain #review #analisis

Suikoden es uno de los mejores Action RPG que ha lanzado Konami y de los más recordados por los fans de los juegos de rol. Es por ello que gracias a una campaña de financiación de Kickstarted sus responsables Yoshitaka Murayama, Junko Kawano y Natsume Atari lanzarán un sucesor espiritual. El nombre de la nueva saga será Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. Gracias a los objetivos de dicha…

[geekcavepodcast]

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Tokyo Game Show 2022 Trailer

Rabbit & Bear Studios and 505 Games Eiyuden Chroncile: Hundred Heroes is a turn-based JRPG. The game boasts over 100 unique heroes that can join with the protagonist. Players can expand their home base town, open new shops, and managing guilds.

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes releases in 2023 for Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4/5, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

[operationrainfall]

TGS 2022: Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Trailer

TGS 2022: Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Trailer

Bear & Rabbit Studios and 505 Games released the newest trailer for their Kickstarter project Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes at the Tokyo Game Show 2022, showcasing character Nowa, “a brash guard who throws himself into war,” voiced by Gakuto Kajiwara; and Seign, “an imperial officer in pursuit of his vision,” voiced by Kenji Akabane. The TGS 2022 trailer also shows off some more combat and…

[satoshi-mochida]

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes ‘Pre-Launch’ trailer.

Releases April 23rd.

[phantoms-world-and-more]

For a school project Tim and his class have to research do a report on 70s-80s media as a project on seeing how censorship and television in general has changed over the years. Tim looks through a Wikipedia entry of shows from those eras and finds one called "Tales from the toy chest" that ran from 1975 to 1983 that there is no information about besides the studio it was produced at was operated by one man and that he disappeared when the building mysteriously burned down

Danny was on a mission from Clockwork when he got stuck in the past. Bored out of his mind he decides in a spur of the moment thing to create a show. He buys a small building, converts it into a studio, and gets to work using duplicates as his production crew and his ghost powers to change his voice in order to voice the characters. He then managed to broadcast the show on a channel that was usually just static.

The characters in the show were a purple elephant, a white lion with a rainbow mane, an orange bear, a ty-dye pig, a night sky themed owl, a white and blue dog, and a green and white rabbit. All based on his own childhood stuffed animals.

Within a month Danny was able to go home but left another duplicate in charge of the show. The duplicates popped out of existence when an arsonist burned the studio which happened to have been in Gotham. The name of the studio was

Nightingale productions

Tim goes down a rabbit hole trying to find any evidence the show existed when he sees Danny while he's on a trip to Gotham with his class. Danny's only disguise while he ran the studio was a fake mustache and fake glasses

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[tymime]

Public Domain cartoon characters from the Golden Age of Animation (and beyond)

Revised and expanded version of this post: https://tymime.tumblr.com/post/648495121557585920/instead-of-whining-about-mickey-mouse-not-falling

While Mickey entering the public domain is exciting and all, I do think a lot of people are overlooking the many other animated characters that are available to use in their creative works. This list isn't entirely exhaustive, but it does highlight some of the most interesting and/or appealing characters, as well as ones that have the potential to be so.

Koko the Clown

One of the oldest cartoon stars from the Fleischer studio, almost all of Koko's silent-era cartoons are PD, and have been for quite some time. A handful of his appearances alongside Betty Boop are also PD.

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

Oswald's PD status has been greatly overshadowed by his fellow Disney star Mickey, but I believe that he deserves more recognition. All of the shorts produced by the Disney studio are PD as of this year, and let's face it, those are the only ones most people care about. Pegleg Pete's bear design is also PD.

Keep in mind that the blue shorts that Oswald wears in Epic Mickey and elsewhere are likely copyrighted, so I recommend steering clear of that.

I'm also not entirely sure you can use the name "Ortensia" for his cat girlfriend, since that name first appeared in Epic Mickey also. She was called "Kitty" back in the day, among other things.

All of Van Beuren Studio's cartoons

The Van Beuren Studio was active during the rubberhose era, and their cartoons, especially the earlier ones, are like a cruder, possibly even more bizarre cousin to Fleischer and Disney. They went bust in the late 1930s, and no one renewed the copyright later on, so the entirety of their output is PD.

Their most notable characters include Tom and Jerry, a pair of average Joes who always get into strange adventures. They shouldn't be confused with MGM's Tom and Jerry, and in fact they were called Dick and Larry when their shorts were rereleased for the home-movie market in the 1940s.

Also notable is Waffles and Don, who are basically just animal versions of Tom and Jerry. You might consider these two as a better alternative, just to avoid confusion.

There's also Cubby Bear, a pretty blatant Mickey Mouse clone, but unique enough that I don't think anybody’s going to confuse the two nowadays.

In the previous post, I mentioned a rumor that Disney threatened legal action over the character, but I can't find the source for that now. I may have been thinking of Milton Mouse, who was so extremely similar to Mickey that they actually did sue the studo for copyright infringement. So maybe don't try selling any Milton merchandise...

Finally, there's Molly Moo-Cow, who appeared in several Rainbow Parade cartoons in the mid-to-late 1930s. Molly is arguably not the most interesting character, but I have a fondness for her since we grew up with one of her shorts on a VHS tape.

Toby the Pup

Another very obscure character, about half of his cartoons are lost media. The little that does survive is hard to find online, but I think his design has appeal.

Dr. XXX

Disney's The Mad Doctor was never renewed for reasons unknown, though some speculate that the studio thought that the cartoon was too scary and decided to let it go. Fortunately for us, that means that this iconic character is now in the people's hands.

Goopy Geer

Goopy appeared in the three Merrie Melodies cartoons alongside his unnamed girlfriend. Despite his name and appearance being similar to Disney's Goofy, he actually made his debut about a month before (Goofy was named Dippy Dawg at the time anyway, so it was undoubtedly a coincidence).

Claude Hopper

Claude appeared in a single Looney Tunes cartoon in 1943 called Hop and Go, alongside a pair of Scottish rabbits who antagonize him. The cartoon ends with a very unfortunate depiction of Tokyo being blown up (World War II was still going on at the time), so it's no surprise that Warner Bros. decided not to renew this one. Despite that, he has a very appealing design (imo), so I think he has potential. (Also, he's voiced by Pinto Colvig, the original voice of Goofy!)

Private Snafu and Mr. Hook

Snafu and Hook were created for the US government, so according to the law are automatically public domain. The shorts were made to be shown to members of the US army and navy respectively, in order to teach them valuable lessons for fighting in WWII, but are nevertheless hilarious cartoons- animated by the Looney Tunes team with scripts by Ted Geisel- aka Dr. Seuss!

The Dover Boys

Also of note are the ComiColor cartoons from the Iwerks studio, Rainbow Parade from Van Beuren, and most of the Color Classics by Fleischer. These don't have any especially memorable characters in them, but I thought I ought to mention them.

Yes, Tom, Dick and Larry, Dora Standpipe and the villainous Dan Backslide are all public domain. A bunch of YouTube Poops were created after this fact was discovered by the internet a few years ago.

How Warner Bros. could ever let this one get away I'll never know. Their loss is our gain, I suppose.

Caveats and other concerns

Krazy Kat

Felix the Cat

All of the strips up to 1928 are definitely fair game. According to the Public Domain Superheroes wiki however, the entirety of the strip's run is PD. I'm not sure if it that's true, but the Fantagraphics collections don't credit any newspaper syndicate, so it seems likely. (Apparently the copyright status of newspaper comics are a whole can of worms on its own...)

At any rate, the strip's cast was pretty well set in stone by 1928, so it shouldn't be much of a problem. A large number of animated shorts starring Krazy are also PD, but those were pretty much in name only.

Flip the Frog

Felix was pretty much the first cartoon superstar, and almost all of his Golden Age appearances are PD now. Keep in mind that this does not include elements from the 1950s cartoon like his magic bag, or from The Twisted Tales of Felix, as amazing as that series is.

The character's name and appeance are still trademarked by NBC Universal however, so you might be able to use him in a minor role, but not much else.

I'm uncertain about this one. According to most sources Flip is PD, but according to the Thunderbean Blu-ray collection he's copyrighted by the Film Preservation Archives, whatever that means. Additionally, Flip himself is supposedly trademarked by Leslie Iwerks, Ub Iwerks’ granddaughter, though no one seems to be able to confirm that. I don't know how the trademark hasn't lapsed yet, considering that Flip hasn't appeared on any official merchandise or anything in decades.

Bosko and Honey

I believe there's nothing stopping anyone from using Bosko's classic design (later appearances at MGM and in Tiny Toons are still copyrighted), but the character himself is a bit problematic, considering that it's all but stated outright that he's a blackface caricature. Use with caution.

Foxy and Roxy

Noveltoons

Like Goopy Geer, Foxy appeared in three Merrie Melodies cartoons. Roxy's name originates from an episode of Tiny Toon Adventures however, so keep that in mind. Though I'm not sure what else you would call her (or if Warner Bros. would even care). Supposedly her original name was "Fluffy", but I can't find a source for this.

Like Bosko and Honey, later appearances in Tiny Toons are still copyrighted.

Noveltoons was a series produced by Famous Studios, the successor to the Fleischer studio. The characters include Baby Huey, Herman the mouse, Blackie the sheep, Little Audrey, and of course, Casper the Friendly Ghost. Only a small handful of the shorts are PD though, and Casper is trademarked, so one's options are limited.

Ginger Nutt (and rest of the Animaland cast)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

This one I'm not entirely sure about either, but Ginger Nutt's Christmas Circus has long been a staple of grey-market tapes and DVDs, so I'm just going to assume all of the Animaland cartoons are also PD. Considering that the series wasn't very sucessful, and is very obscure nowadays, it seems pretty likely.

If anyone has any insight on this, let me know.

Calvin and the Colonel

Now here's an interesting case. An all-time classic Christmas special, and yet large parts of it are PD because they accidentally put the wrong date on the copyright notice. Instead of the Roman numerals MCMLXIV (1964), it reads MCLXIV (1164), and according to the law at the time, that meant that the film immediately went into public domain.

Of course, Rudolph himself is still copyrighted, and will be until 2035 when the original book falls into the public domain. Even then he's likely to still be trademarked. Not to mention the songs featured in the '64 film will be copyrighted for a long time afterward.

Still, this means that anyone is free to use all the other characters, including Hermey, Yukon Cornelius, King Moonracer, Clarice, and all the Misfit Toys. It's a wonder no one seems to have taken advantage of this. And of course Santa and his reindeer have been PD for ages, especially Santa since he comes from folklore- and you can't copyright folklore.

This cartoon is based on and stars a lot of the same voice cast as the old-time radio show Amos and Andy, which, while not overtly racist, featured white actors pretending to be black. The cartoon obviously has animals instead, but still, tread carefully. Someone is bound to point out the characters' history.

Hoppity Hooper

Another one I'm not sure about. The Public Domain Superheroes wiki has characters from this show among its articles, but I wasn't able to confirm if it really was PD. It was created by Jay Ward, the same studio who made Rocky & Bullwinkle and George of the Jungle, but was also a huge flop for some reason, so that may be the reason why they let the copyright expire. Again, I'm not sure, but no one seems to care that the entire series is on YouTube, so who knows?

...Well, there you have it. Lots of obscure and forgotten toons waiting to be rediscovered and reused! If anyone has any more info or corrections, leave me a comment. I'd love some clarification on some of these.

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Queer Woman-led Contemporary Fiction

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The Subtweet

Vivek Shraya

Indie musician Neela Devaki has built a career writing the songs she wants to hear but nobody else is singing. When one of Neela's songs is covered by internet artist RUK-MINI and becomes a viral sensation, the two musicians meet and a transformative friendship begins. But before long, the systemic pressures that pit women against one another begin to bear down on Neela and RUK-MINI, stirring up self-doubt and jealousy. With a single tweet, their friendship implodes, a career is destroyed, and the two women find themselves at the centre of an internet firestorm.

Sadie

Courtney Summers

When popular radio personality West McCray receives a desperate phone call from a stranger imploring him to find nineteen-year-old runaway Sadie Hunter, he's not convinced there's a story there; girls go missing all the time. But when it's revealed that Sadie fled home after the brutal murder of her little sister, Mattie, West travels to the small town of Cold Creek, Colorado, to uncover what happened. Sadie has no idea that her journey to avenge her sister will soon become the subject of a blockbuster podcast. Armed with a switchblade, Sadie follows meager clues hoping they'll lead to the man who took Mattie's life, because she's determined to make him pay with his own. But as West traces her path to the darkest, most dangerous corners of big cities and small towns, a deeply unsettling mystery begins to unfold- one bigger than them both. Can he find Sadie before it's too late?

Ghost Wall

Sarah Moss

In the north of England, far from the intrusions of cities but not far from civilization, Silvie and her family are living as if they are ancient Britons, surviving by the tools and knowledge of the Iron Age. For two weeks, the length of her father's vacation, they join an anthropology course set to reenact life in simpler times. They are surrounded by forests of birch and rowan; they make stew from foraged roots and hunted rabbit. The students are fulfilling their coursework; Silvie's father is fulfilling his lifelong obsession. He has raised her on stories of early man, taken her to witness rare artifacts, recounted time and again their rituals and beliefs--particularly their sacrifices to the bog. Mixing with the students, Silvie begins to see, hear, and imagine another kind of life, one that might include going to university, traveling beyond England, choosing her own clothes and food, speaking her mind. The ancient Britons built ghost walls to ward off enemy invaders, rude barricades of stakes topped with ancestral skulls. When the group builds one of their own, they find a spiritual connection to the past. What comes next but human sacrifice?

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

Akwaeke Emezi

Feyi Adekola wants to learn how to be alive again. It's been five years since the accident that killed the love of her life and she's almost a new person now--an artist with her own studio and sharing a brownstone apartment with her ride-or-die best friend, Joy, who insists it's time for Feyi to ease back into the dating scene. Feyi isn't ready for anything serious, but a steamy encounter at a rooftop party cascades into a whirlwind summer she could have never imagined: a luxury trip to a tropical island, decadent meals in the glamorous home of a celebrity chef, and a major curator who wants to launch her art career. She's even started dating the perfect guy, but their new relationship might be sabotaged before it has a chance by the overwhelming desire Feyi feels every time she locks eyes with the one person in the house who is most definitely off-limits--his father. This new life she asked for just got a lot more complicated, and Feyi must begin her search for real answers.

[claypigeonpottery]

what kind of animal head should I give my next clay guardian? I’ll be making another brown clay guardian tomorrow at the studio and lately I’ve been deciding last minute. but I’m gonna have references this time dammit

I’ve recently done rabbit, hyena, fox, bear and lion (and likely others I’m forgetting lol)