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Thanks to Animation Scoop we found out about The Bad Guys — a new feature film currently in production at Dreamworks Animation, slated for a 2021 release. “After a lifetime of pulling legendary heists, five notorious bad guys — Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Shark and Ms. Tarantula — attempt their most challenging job yet: Going good. Nobody has ever failed so hard at trying to be good as The Bad Guys… Based on the bestselling Scholastic blockbuster book series by Aaron Blabey, which has more than 8.2 million copies in print worldwide, The Bad Guys is directed by Pierre Perifel (director, DWA award-winning short Bilby; animator, the Kung Fu Panda films), making his feature-directing debut, from a script by Etan Cohen (Tropic Thunder, Get Hard) and Hilary Winston (NBC’s Community and ABC’s Happy Endings).” Got all that?

image c. 2019 Dreamworks Animation

Giving a cat a bath is just asking for trouble.   Just the indignity of it! It does look like the guys at Simon's Cat have really been upping the production quality these days.
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We can always depend on interestingly strange stuff to come at us from Silver Sprocket, and much of it rather furry-fannish. This is no exception:  I Think Our Friend Dan Might Be A Dolphin (yes that’s the title) by James Stanton (creator of Gnartoons). “He tried to pass it off as back sweat, but there’s no mistaking a blow hole stain on the back of a shirt. This is a very funny comic book for grown-ups (printed in fluorescent blue and black ink on thick matte cover stock). Check it out over at Previews.

image c. 2019 Silver Sprocket

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From the "Together with the Colorado Tourism Office" we have a PSA with an critters, a misbehaving hiker and an cute song.   This animated short was a part of the Leave No Trace [1] campaign for their state and national parks. Rather cute. "These seven principles will help you get Colo-Ready. Respect the place, leave no trace — it sure would help a lot!" [1] https://www.colorado.com/articles/leave-no-trace-care-colorado
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Cover art credit to Fleeks

Here’s a new initiative to bring together the musicians of the furry fandom, and give them a collective platform to share their music and be recognized.

The Furry Music Anthology plans to release “Anthrologies”: a series of themed albums, filled with tracks by various musicians. They recently released the very first album of that series, “A Song of Your Sona“. It’s free!

Get it here: https://furrymusicanthology.bandcamp.com/album/a-song-of-your-sona

1. Bob Drake – On Fursonas 2:17
2. Mark Nichols – Bramble 3:03
3. What Eyleth Thee? – The Wolfing 2:38
4. The messangers – Forgive and Forget 3:30
5. Ruky – Fire Escape 4:44
6. Nichibotsu – Galactic Shakes 4:53
7. Jaiko – Dragon Incoming 3:10
8. Phozon – Look For It 4:05
9. Aniwix – Energyzed 4:52
10. Ikodo – Scavenging for Parts – Ryou’s Theme 4:43
11. Jayden Raske Productions feat. Birds of Paradise and Ruky – Tale of the Two Thunder Wolves 7:14
12. Draks – The Approach of Autumn 6:23
13. Leon Gremonceaux – Leon’s Overture 8:10

Musicians within the furry fandom are just as varied as the visual artists — but rarely attract the same audiences. There are many furry websites that gather and unite artists to share their works, but such unity hasn’t been shared among the musicians. Now, rather than sit on the sidelines, they’re taking things into their own paws and making a banner to gather under, to share a fair stage with those who have struggled for a spotlight.

The “Anthrologies” will be a series of themed albums. The first one has thirteen musicians each providing a song that ties to their characters, the species, or even the concept of fursonas as a whole. Future plans will provide ever-changing opportunities for musicians of all stripes to make a meaningful contribution and gain recognition. The project is currently expanding reach and preparing for Volume 2. What else is on the agenda? Creating a proper base of operations.

So far they’re grateful to the Furry Musicians group for launching the project. Find them on FurAffinity or Twitter.

For future submissions, they will put out a journal with a link to the entry form. After approval (they want a pretty fair stage for all the musicians) the organizers will give a green light and deadline to make a track. It’s non-profit but will help members to promote themselves.

The Furry Music Anthology currently consists of Camarón the Flamingo, Kiko Picasso, Bob Drake, and another organizer who prefers to remain anonymous.

– Camarón the Flamingo, Furry Music Anthology Founder

More about musicians in the fandom:

• A Q&A with Bob Drake and Fox Amoore.
• What is furry music?

FURRY MUSIC WANTED: themed, mainstream, or fandom made. Please PM to add your link to the rotation. Send a Youtube video, add a tweet-length message or tags, and news links are welcome too. #furrymusic #furryfandom #furries

— Furry Jukebox (@FurryJukebox) May 22, 2019

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It’s always nice to see a Kickstarter campaign that works — especially when the result is something anthropomorphic. That’s what writers Bob Frantz and Kevin Cuffe and artist Walt Ostlie managed with Metalshark Bro, a new full-color comic series from Scout Comics. “What the Fin is a Metalshark Bro? Well, here’s the liner notes summary: a traditional shark stumbles upon Satan’s nephew and is forcibly given anthropomorphic qualities. With his newfound human physique and propensity for violence, he’s tasked with collecting the souls of those that have sworn allegiance to Satan. The only problem? He just wants to be a normal shark again! Naturally, he swears bloody vengeance and, uh, a whole lot of death ensues!” Be forewarned — and check it out over at Previews.

image c. 2019 Scout Comics

It looks like we are about to get a Reboot of the 1980s series The Raccoons! This new show is being developed by the original creator Kevin Gillis [1] with Jetpack Distribution [2] and Run With Us Productions [3]and it's expected to start airing someplace around the holidays of this year on YouTube, CBC (It is a Canadian show after all) and Disney Channel. In every way this looks like the original show and given the original creator is doing this I expect the writing to be close to the original show. Note: You will have to click though to see this as ... reasons.         [1] https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319299/ [2] https://jetpackdistribution.tv/ [3] https://bigjumpent.com/projects/the-raccoons/
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Alcohol and drugs. But what if they changed your size? How would that work? Also: Artist spotlights and our closest vote yet on Macro Madness. And a tangent on poodling. Episode 28: "Drugs" (2019-10-07)

Thanks to Previews we learned about Mayamada Ltd, a UK-based publishing house that specializes in manga-style graphic novels — with decidedly anthropomorphic characters. Their lead title is Samurai Chef by Nigel Twumasi (writer) and Anna Liisa Jones (art). “Samurai Chef is an action comedy cooking show where the Chef judges dishes with his sword!” Other titles include Serious, Hot Lunch, and The 11th Hour. Visit their web site to find out more.

image c. 2019 Mayamada Ltd.

We were off for two weeks and had to catch up so this one is quite a long boi. Massive roundup, plus lots of silly debates.

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Link Roundup:

• World’s First Unionized Mermaids
• California passes law to ban default passwords on consumer devices
• Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf-in-the-Midde
• PocketCasts changes original subscription plan, allows grandfathering
• Soatok Medium piece on friendship in the furry fandom
• Furry butt rock band releases song in celebration of Area 51 weekend
• Kik Shutdown
  • Article 1 The Next Web
  • Article 2 9to5Mac
  • Article 3 The Verge
  • Article 4 Decrypt
  • Article 5 Popculture
• Fanta Cat Fursuit Tweet
• Australian Capital Territory legalizes personal cannabis use
• Labradoodle creator says it’s his ‘life’s regret’
• SALLY: Season 2 | Official Teaser
• Masked Singer dancers wear pup hoods
• Vulture: Is The Masked Singer Furry Crossover Culture? We Asked an Expert
• BESTARS Anime Trailer Dubs & Previews
  • BEASTARS Anime Trailer (English Fandub)
  • BESTARS 10 minute preview
• CDC warning: Deer with tuberculosis can pass it on to people
• TikTok’s local moderation guidelines ban pro-LGBT content
• Bojack Horseman Returns for Season 6 Finale
  • Bojack Horseman Season 6 Trailer
  • Aaron Paul says ending BoJack was Netflix’s call, not the show’s creators
  • Is this why BoJack Horseman and Tuca & Bertie were cancelled?
• RED WOLVES – One of the world’s rarest wolves
• Arctic Dogs Trailers
  • Trailer 1
  • Trailer 2
• Hataage! Kemono Michi Rise Up clip
• Boof video: SEX IN THE FANDOM?! MURRSUITS, LATEX AND PETPLAY?
• The Long Return on Steam
• Why Is Everyone So Horny All the Time? – The Trevor Moore Show
• Sketchy mascot company website is back
• CJ Husky shares drifting video on MethLab twitter
• Sims 4 Furry Mod 4 – Initial Release
• DingoTech on Twitter hacking iPhones
• Voxian successfully makes their taur fursona in VR
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• Speaking of Red Riding Hood, this site made a narrated Porn Story

News:

• Artificial Insemination Bull Facility Burns
• AI Turns Racist Again
• Digital Billboard Hacked to Display Porn
• Unexplained Mutilated Cattle Keep Finding in Oregon
• Farm Grown Furniture

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How in the world did we miss this one? Lion Forge has a new full-color graphic novel, the first volume of The Underfoot entitled The Mighty Deep. “It has been untold years since the Giants-That-Were disappeared, leaving behind the animals forever changed by their strange science. Now, granted the gifts of intelligence and self-awareness, the valiant Hamster Aquatic Mercenaries struggle to keep their horde alive in the dangerous new world. In The Underfoot: The Mighty Deep, H.A.M. has been hired to save their badger allies from dangerous flooding, but first they’ll need new recruits. Only the best of the best can join the ranks of H.A.M., and the colony’s most ambitious young hamster pups compete for their chance at glory and prestige. Those who succeed, however, soon discover that life outside their burrow is not the grand adventure they imagined, but instead find a world of deadly threats and conflicting stories about their species’ origins.” The Mighty Deep was written by Ben Fisher and Emily S. Whitten and illustrated by Michelle Nguyen.

image c. 2019 Lion Forge

Zefrank has a new short in the grand tradition of "Sad Cat Diary" and I really hope he does more of these.   My cat could probably use some therapy sessions like this but I expect he would just complain about the food (Never enough) and my constant taking pictures of him for Instagram. ...also Zefrank is a national treasure, just saying.
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Crossover with the mainstream can make great furry news, like when dogwhistles to fandom pop up in things like Disney blockbusters. That’s why I did an interview with Vulture, the culture and entertainment site. Here’s their articles about the Masked Singer. This one’s worthwhile for fursona design inspiration: The Masked Singer’s Costume Designer Breaks Down All 16 Egg-cellent New Looks.

We barked about performances from Season 1, and sniffed at the costumes for Season 2. Looking at the lineup made me want to know more about them as characters. If they have a backstory with each other… Whose Egg is that? Does the Eagle hang out in the Tree? And who pollinates that Flower?

Pup hoods – Safe enough for conservative Fox network to broadcast to 8 million viewers (according to their own numbers) during prime time – Should be safe enough to be seen on con floor at a furry convention. https://t.co/gPwhwQL2wI

— Furry News Network @ FWA (@furrynewsntwk) September 26, 2019

For my first impression of the show: I’d rather chase my tail than watch celebrities… Margaret Cho excepted. She speaks to outsiders and she was one of the best listeners I’ve ever talked to when she did an interview for furries. I’d go to see her perform anywhere, including being a singing poodle.

The Masked Singer’s gimmick is having a Secret Somebody who becomes an Obvious Somebody when you find out… and what’s the fun in that? I don’t want furries to take off their fursonas. I think it’s magic when you don’t know and could live in a cartoon with them, and they’re a Somebody Period.

Furries don’t “dress up”, they become what they feel like inside. It brings up a difference between Mascots, Fursuits, and just plain costumes. Mascots are made to be iconic and project to a big audience far away. Fursuits are an original fursona who you can hug or hang out with. To be fair, I think the Masked Singer integrates wardrobe on character to take the designs really far. But taking the heads off is a big deal and it’s supposed to be private to furries, so having an audience demand it is kind of counter-furry.

“Take it off! Take it off!” Don’t do that at a fur con or you might get tailwhipped.

My preference would be seeing a nobody become a Something, not just with a boring dream of being a TV star, but turning into something that doesn’t exist and being their OWN dream, not just what a designer made. The average person being a star is nothing new for reality TV, but it’s less common to change species. Imagine your plumber or UPS driver finding their inner sparkledog.

It’s also tamed down from what could be. Celebrities have to play safe and won’t have sexy awakenings with their new selves. Or they just won’t tell you how it feels when the audience goes “take it off”. Actually, it’s a really wholesome show. The Monster is a giant ball of fun but I can’t see him making furry crushes. Having crushes on cartoons is where so many furries come from.

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— Dogpatch Press (@DogpatchPress) October 3, 2019

That’s how it’s not so geared for someone who’s already into amazing transformations. It’s more for people who follow celebrities and want to know who could be underneath. That makes it lightweight. It almost makes me feel like I’d appreciate it more with drugs, but that might not be wholesome, so they really only need music and rainbows. Except that Pineapple is so high.

It makes sense as pop culture to use names to get people to watch, but I can see one place for more wild cards. They should get a furry in fursuit on the judges panel. Or get that ordinary retired lady who watches between taking the grand kids to the park. I’m sorry… those celebrity judges aren’t great, besides Ken Jeong. I laughed my tail off when he showed his abs to the Pineapple. That was ABsurd.

There are already a bunch of fursuiters who judge dance competitions and masquerade shows, like Kiyani (@Hojozilla) or Brenda Banks (she’s so sassy.)

I do have to give credit due for who gets the furry vibe. Who might you see at a furry con? Joey Fatone’s Rabbit. What a PRO. He was more than just a good voice or look, he was living down a rabbithole. He wasn’t just a regular soft rabbit, he was from the Mad Hatter Matrix dimension with that robot vibe.

As a gateway it’s definitely a step beyond mascots. The stories of the characters don’t go far enough for me though. They just tell clues. I want short movies about them living in their world, not just teasing about what they are outside it on a plastic set on a corporate show. That’s why this makes a little taste of furriness but it’s nothing like a full dose of DIY fandom. There’s only one place to get that — you can’t see it on TV, you can only dream it and make it with each other.

UPDATE: I was afraid they pre-empted our interview, but it published at the same time as this one by surprise!

The very premise of #TheMaskedSinger is particularly abrasive to a furry palate, according to a furry expert https://t.co/20H6CKkcuG

— Vulture (@vulture) October 4, 2019

had the truly most fun interview with @DogpatchPress press about my favorite good-bad tv show. omitted from the interview but my first crushes were on Simba and the Tramp, OBViously. https://t.co/QzkW0i7U1j

— rebecca vaulter (@ralter) October 4, 2019

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New for the younger readers out there: The Wolf In Underpants. “In this witty graphic novel, a community of forest animals trades scary rumors about a nearby wolf. Some critters have even gone into business selling wolf traps and anti-wolf fences. But when the wolf appears in a pair of striped underpants, everyone rethinks their fears. This is a heartwarming story about understanding differences, told with an oddball sense of humor.” Written by Wilfrid Lupano, with illustration by Mayana Itoiz and Paul Cauuet, look for it now from Lerner.

image c. 2019 Lerner

Bonus video for today!  I expect when Disney gets to the live action reboot of the Arisocats the piano scene will likely go like this.   All I can say to MikeLakeMedia [1] is bravo and it's impressive how well this works.  My only gripe is I want more but I feel their pain when it comes to complicated video edits.       [1] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiU9QOs4_i2BQLs_aBWMZPA
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Here's an animated short by Anastasiia Platoshyna of Titmouse [1]for their Annual 5-Second Animation Day.  For this company holiday each animator gets the day off to make a short of anything they like as long as it's at least 5 seconds long.  These shorts then get shown off for a film festival at the Egyptian Theater [2]each year.  This particular short has a cat lady with a very large family.     [1] https://titmouse.net/ [2] https://www.fandango.com/titmouse-5-second-animation-night-161793/movie-overview
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Another one of those stories where the furries are the back-up characters more than the leads — but they sound interesting none the less. Nico Bravo and the Hound of Hades is a full-color graphic novel written and illustrated by Mike Cavallaro. “Got a problem? At Vulcan’s Celestial Supply Shop, you can find the magical merchandise to set things right. The seasoned staff — a kid named Nico Bravo, a sphinx named Lula, and a unicorn named Buck — pride themselves on providing ‘legendary service and expertise in all areas of the arcane.’ But Nico’s world is about to be turned upside down, and it’s all thanks his latest customer: Eowulf, the pint-size descendant of the monster slayer Beowulf. Determined to carry on the family business, this would-be warrior plans to slay Cerberus, the terrifying, three-headed hound of Hades. There’s just one problem: Cerberus is the only thing preventing the hordes of the Underworld from entering the land of the living. Can Nico stop Eowulf from unleashing a zombie apocalypse?” Nico Bravo is available now from First Second. Check out the preview over at MacMillan.

image c. 2019 First Second

From the design and animation studio Art & Graft [1] (Leafcutter [2]) we've got here a few bumpers that manage to dip a bit furry.  I'm really shipping that bar goer and the shrimp, it's so adorable and weird. "A pub like any other dead-end establishment, with the most unlikely patrons. Two characters sit at the bar…" https://vimeo.com/296832611 [1] https://artandgraft.com/ [2] https://furry.today/2016/06/15/the-leafcutter/
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