HunterMon17
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Studios and networks are notorious for being awful to animation creators, even worse than how video game publishers treat their developers. You know how they often sabotage a series chance of success like Invader Zim or My Life as a Teenage Robot, or wear out a series that does have success to no end like SpongeBob SquarePants or Powerpuff Girls. And the creators can't take their series and leave because after a network gives you the funds to produce a pilot, they own your IP outright.
I kinda honestly blame John K for the corporate culture of the animation world. If you don't know, John K is the creator of The Ren & Stimpy Show, one of the first three Nicktoons from 1991. He used to take forever to get episodes done, went under budget all the time, and included disturbing content that was against the standards and practices of Nickelodeon. Nevertheless, it was still a popular and profitable series. But this situation and these tensions got so bad that Nick fired his ass in 1992. They produced the entire series in house for the rest of its run which lasted until 1995, and it still remained a very popular and profitable series.
I think this inspired Nick to hold a tighter leash on other creators, and proved to them that creators are expendable, they didn't need to be kept around or treated well. Eventually other studios like Disney and Cartoon Network caught onto this, and as a result, we got the dynamics if animation creator vs studio that we have today.
I kinda honestly blame John K for the corporate culture of the animation world. If you don't know, John K is the creator of The Ren & Stimpy Show, one of the first three Nicktoons from 1991. He used to take forever to get episodes done, went under budget all the time, and included disturbing content that was against the standards and practices of Nickelodeon. Nevertheless, it was still a popular and profitable series. But this situation and these tensions got so bad that Nick fired his ass in 1992. They produced the entire series in house for the rest of its run which lasted until 1995, and it still remained a very popular and profitable series.
I think this inspired Nick to hold a tighter leash on other creators, and proved to them that creators are expendable, they didn't need to be kept around or treated well. Eventually other studios like Disney and Cartoon Network caught onto this, and as a result, we got the dynamics if animation creator vs studio that we have today.
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