Cartoon Network Online Flash animations

blueberryanimation
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Cartoon Network Online Flash animations Feb 1, 2020 0:37:15 GMT MantleM likes this

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Post by blueberryanimation on Feb 1, 2020 0:37:15 GMT

So I haven't been on this site for a bit, but trying this out because I just need one person to say "I kind of remember that."

It felt like it was the late 90s and during the time that flash animation was becoming a thing (like newgrounds n' stuff).

So it was on Cartoon Network's website. I remember ads for the two shorts on cartoon network fridays.

One was on a beatnik crow with a lot of blues/blacks and the other one reminded me of a my little pony cartoon in the west. I believe they were in three or four parts (weekly), but the two animations weren't connected to eachother.

Take care,

Pat

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Cartoon Network Online Flash animations Nov 5, 2021 5:56:47 GMT MantleM likes this

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Post by likalaruku on Nov 5, 2021 5:56:47 GMT

We didn't really have flash animation in the 90s. It took 3 hours to buffer a 1 hour anime movie in a 4x4 window on a dial-up modem, & even that would stop every 5 minutes to buffer some more. Watching animation on the net back then was like being on the top floor of a 50 story building where someone's kid pushed every button on the panel.

I don't remember a Beatnik Crow, but I remember seeing flash animation for a series called Drinky Crow.

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Cartoon Network Online Flash animations Nov 5, 2021 20:53:54 GMT MantleM likes this

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Post by thpz on Nov 5, 2021 20:53:54 GMT

This might've been one of them: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKKh7EcSKe0

These were part of a series called World Premiere Toons Shorts. You can find a bunch of them here if you filter by .swf:

web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/watch/web_shows/*

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Cartoon Network Online Flash animations Feb 10, 2022 17:20:15 GMT MantleM likes this

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Post by cidhighwind2000 on Feb 10, 2022 17:20:15 GMT

Nov 5, 2021 5:56:47 GMT likalaruku said:

We didn't really have flash animation in the 90s. It took 3 hours to buffer a 1 hour anime movie in a 4x4 window on a dial-up modem, & even that would stop every 5 minutes to buffer some more. Watching animation on the net back then was like being on the top floor of a 50 story building where someone's kid pushed every button on the panel.

I don't remember a Beatnik Crow, but I remember seeing flash animation for a series called Drinky Crow.

Sorry for a two year old bump, but I just wanted to comment on this stuff. First up, the above is wrong. Shockwave based animations started appearing online in early 1998 thanks to Atomfilms and NUKE.com which used to post early flash animations. As far as buffering -- not all of us were on 56k modems in 1999 lol. I was using my college T1 line to connect to FTP sites in 1998-1999, and we were definitely trading full video rips in those days. I still have a huge binder of Real Media format anime I used to trade around.

Anywho, pertinent to this topic, for the OP, you are not crazy. The stuff you are talking about was called Web Premiere Toons. It started in 1999, and they'd air on Cartoon Network.com. Here's a release from 1999 talking about them: www.awn.com/animationworld/leading-animated-internet

I have a few commercials from that time period where they are advertising Web Premiere Toons if you'd like. I think, sadly, the actual toons are lost to time, but you are not crazy. Cartoon Network did indeed have streaming flash animations on CartoonNetwork.com in 1999.

courtneygriplinggg
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Cartoon Network Online Flash animations Feb 16, 2022 21:57:58 GMT

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Post by courtneygriplinggg on Feb 16, 2022 21:57:58 GMT

Feb 10, 2022 17:20:15 GMT cidhighwind2000 said:

Nov 5, 2021 5:56:47 GMT likalaruku said:

We didn't really have flash animation in the 90s. It took 3 hours to buffer a 1 hour anime movie in a 4x4 window on a dial-up modem, & even that would stop every 5 minutes to buffer some more. Watching animation on the net back then was like being on the top floor of a 50 story building where someone's kid pushed every button on the panel.

I don't remember a Beatnik Crow, but I remember seeing flash animation for a series called Drinky Crow.

Sorry for a two year old bump, but I just wanted to comment on this stuff. First up, the above is wrong. Shockwave based animations started appearing online in early 1998 thanks to Atomfilms and NUKE.com which used to post early flash animations. As far as buffering -- not all of us were on 56k modems in 1999 lol. I was using my college T1 line to connect to FTP sites in 1998-1999, and we were definitely trading full video rips in those days. I still have a huge binder of Real Media format anime I used to trade around.

Anywho, pertinent to this topic, for the OP, you are not crazy. The stuff you are talking about was called Web Premiere Toons. It started in 1999, and they'd air on Cartoon Network.com. Here's a release from 1999 talking about them: www.awn.com/animationworld/leading-animated-internet

I have a few commercials from that time period where they are advertising Web Premiere Toons if you'd like. I think, sadly, the actual toons are lost to time, but you are not crazy. Cartoon Network did indeed have streaming flash animations on CartoonNetwork.com in 1999.

this is awesome! Thanks for sharing!!

Post by blueberryanimation on Feb 1, 2020 0:37:15 GMT

Post by likalaruku on Nov 5, 2021 5:56:47 GMT

Post by thpz on Nov 5, 2021 20:53:54 GMT

Post by cidhighwind2000 on Feb 10, 2022 17:20:15 GMT

Post by courtneygriplinggg on Feb 16, 2022 21:57:58 GMT

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