Tag: cartoon intro cavalcade
There are a select few cartoon theme songs that have entered the public zeitgeist: tunes that are easily recalled even by people who have not seen the original cartoon. Many of them originate from cartoons or characters that everyone...
"I always believe that Opening Titles of a show are very important.
They should provide intriguing visuals that not only sum up the series,
but also merit repeat viewing. To accomplish this, the artistic concepts
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One of my working theories of media (Marshall McLuhan, look out) is that having an awesome theme song is 90% of the work in getting an awesome opening credits sequence. Cowboy Bebop, Batman Beyond, and ThunderCats are a handy examples...
The opening credits to Cowboy Bebop are like the best improvised jazz: it may seem spontaneous, but close analysis reveals powerful structure and intelligence underneath. While improv jazz is inherently free-form, the best improv jazz still uses structure and...
Work with me on this one.
We're all going to pretend that we're actively working in the animation industry for a moment. It's sometime in the mid to late 1990's. We're in a meeting, discussing the future of the animated...
I've mentioned my love of the G.I. Joe opening credits sequence before. The opening credits in the video clip embedded below are the ones that started off the full TV series, but the reasons why I like it are...
There really hasn't been a "definitive" non-comics version of the Hulk in the way that Spider-Man, Batman, and X-Men have. The 1982 version of the Hulk comes closest. It's very much the antithesis of the 1970s live-action...
Main title sequences are possibly the most important part of creating a cartoon. It is the one element that viewers will most notice, as it is the one thing that will consistently air day in and day out. We're...
From the opening trumpets, to the over-the-top whining electric guitars, to the beautifully detailed and yet still fluid animation, there's only one word suitable to describe the Thundercats opening theme, "badass". It's a slick 1:15 of animation that gets...