Awesome Inc

Last updated

Awesome Inc
IndustryAnimation
FoundedDecember 21, 2005;19 years ago (2005-12-21)
FounderAshley Kohler
Drew Tyndell
Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Website www.awesomeinc.com

Awesome Incorporated, also known as Awesome Inc, is an American animation studio founded on December 21, 2005 by Ashley Kohler and Drew Tyndell. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, it produces adult animated television series as well as animation for commercials and live-action productions.

Contents

The studio is best known for its collaborations for Adult Swim, providing animation or producing shows such as Aqua Teen Hunger Force , Squidbillies , 12 oz. Mouse , Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell , and Birdgirl . Awesome Inc also produces series for Comedy Central, including a reboot of Ren & Stimpy , [1] [2] and a spinoff of MTV's Daria , entitled Jodie. [3]

History

Launched on December 21, 2005, [4] Awesome Inc began as a motion design studio, primarily focused on the creation of promos, commercials, and network packaging. In 2011, Awesome Inc became the studio of record to animate and composite Adult Swim's satire-comedy Squidbillies , which continued to run for another 10 seasons before concluding in November 2021. Awesome Inc also animated and composited 4 seasons of Adult Swim's Aqua Teen Hunger Force . [5]

Upon the departure of Drew Tyndell as Creative Director and co-owner in 2013, Awesome Inc became a certified woman-owned business led by Ashley Kohler as President / CEO. [6] In February 2021, Awesome Inc was tapped by ViacomCBS (now Paramount Global) to produce its first animated feature film Jodie. [7]

Productions

ProjectYear(s)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force 2013–2015Seasons 10–11
Squidbillies 2012–2021Seasons 7–13
The Awesomes 2013–2015opening animation
Too Many Cooks 2014Television Special
Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell 2015–2019Seasons 2–4
Final Deployment 4: Queen Battle Walkthrough2018Television Special
Harvey Birdman: Attorney General 2018Television Special
12 oz. Mouse 2018–2020Season 3, Title Sequence & TV Special
Gēmusetto 2019–2020Seasons 1–2
Tender Touches 2020Season 3
Danny Ketchup2020Television Special
Birdgirl 2021Season 1
Macbeth With Dinosaurs2021Pilot
Star Trek: Very Short Treks 2023Promotional Shorts for the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek: The Animated Series
Ren & Stimpy 2024Production company
Jodie TBAFeature film

References

  1. ↑ The Ren & Stimpy Show Returning With New Episodes, Michael Roffman, August 5, 2020, retrieved August 5, 2020
  2. ↑ Ren & Stimpy – Storyboard Artist, Awesome Inc, October 25, 2021, archived from the original on October 26, 2021, retrieved October 31, 2021
  3. ↑ Otterson, Joe (May 16, 2022). "'Daria' Spinoff 'Jodie' Now an Animated Film, Sets Main Cast Including Pamela Adlon, William Jackson Harper, Kal Penn (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Georgia Register". www.georgia-register.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Animate Atlanta". Oz Magazine. Archived from the original on May 27, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Studio Stories: 15 years of Awesome INC". motionographer.com. October 7, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  7. ↑ Otterson, Joe (May 16, 2022). "'Daria' Spinoff 'Jodie' Now an Animated Film, Sets Main Cast Including Pamela Adlon, William Jackson Harper, Kal Penn (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.