| Intertitle used in videos | |
| Type | Subsidiary channel |
|---|---|
| Network | YouTube |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Picture format | 1080p |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Defy Media |
| Parent | Smosh |
| History | |
| Launched | April 30, 2012 |
| Closed | June 23, 2017 |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| YouTube | ShutUpCartoons |
Shut Up! Cartoons was a YouTube animation channel project created by Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox of Smosh and by Barry Blumberg, featuring various animated videos. [1] [2] [3] Shut Up! Cartoons launched on April 30, 2012, with Do's and Don'ts, and ended with the termination of the series Smosh Babies on June 23, 2017. [4] [5] [6] [7]
The channel was launched as part of YouTube's $100 million "original channel initiative" by Smosh co-creators Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox, as well as Barry Blumberg. Blumberg served as the president of the Smosh YouTube channel, as well as Shut Up! Cartoons. Previously, Blumberg served as the executive vice president of Harvey Entertainment, [8] as well as Disney Television Animation chief. [9] At the time of Shut Up! Cartoon's launch, Blumberg was the Head of Content for Alloy Digital, [10] which would become Defy Media via its 2013 merger with Break Media. As such, Defy Media owned Shut Up! Cartoons. [11]
At the channel's launch, Lenora Hume served as its production lead. [9] Later, TeamTO co-founder Corinne Kouper served as head of production on Shut Up! Cartoons. [12]
The initial teaser trailer featured clips from 11 different shows, with Padilla and Hecox later informing their viewers that there were 18 planned shows in total. The first three cartoons launched by the network included Do's and Don'ts: A Children's Guide to Social Survival, Zombies vs. Ninjas, and Pubertina, a show about an 11-year-old girl going through puberty. [13] [14] In May 2012, Smosh launched Krogzilla , a show created by and starring Cory Edwards featuring John O'Hurley, about a shrunken sea monster seeking employment. [15] Snowjacked soon followed, broadcasting on Tuesdays to mixed reception. [16]
At the end of the first three cartoons' 10-episode run, they were replaced by Nature Break, Weasel Town, and Oishi High School Battle. Oishi High School Battle was a 10-episode live-action animated series created by Daniel Dominguez and Joe Gressis, [a] which followed a anime teenage demon hunter, Oishi Kawaii, attending an American high school following the termination of her father Ryuzu's job due to incompetence. [5] [6] [7] The series was directed by Brett Weiner [17] and animation directed by M.C. Griffin. [18] [19] [20] Lauder Robinson and Peter Lundquist produced the series, [21] with Dena Hysell-Cornejo and Melody Rutherford serving as executive producers alongside Padilla, Hecox and Blumberg. [8] [22] Marina Viscun and Jake Hartley served as associate producers. [23] [24] [25] The theme song was performed by Blood on the Dance Floor. [26] The series ran from July 13, 2012 to September 14, 2012. Another show was added replacing Krogzilla, called Samurai! Daycare. [27] In September 2012, they also launched Politicats to replace Snowjacked. The show that replaced Nature Break was Planets, a reality show about the ten celestial bodies of the Solar System (the eight planets, Pluto, and the Sun).
Weasel Town's replacement, entitled Really Freaking Embarrassing, was created by Peter Hannan (Nickelodeon's CatDog ). [28] The series had its first trailer removed by YouTube for "shocking and disturbing content". A new trailer was added, with fewer disturbing scenes. In September 2012, the channel launched Oishi Origins, a three-episode prequel to Oishi High School Battle. The show replacing Samurai! Daycare was Icons of Teen, which features both fictional characters (such as Batman and Spock) and real celebrities (such as Oprah Winfrey) as teenagers. Also that week, Oishi Origins was replaced by Teleporting Fat Guy, which was based on a character from previous Smosh videos, who explains how he became the Teleporting Fat Guy.
On November 20, 2012, Politicats was replaced by Sub: 3, following a Speed Racer-like character that delivers pizza on a tight time limit, met by mixed reviews. On November 28, 2012, the trailer for With Zombies, created by Matt Clark (the creator of Planets), was released. On February 17, 2013, Oishi High School Battle was nominated for Best Animated Series at the 3rd Streamy Awards, but lost to Electric City . [29] [30] [31] On June 12, 2013, the paper series Paper Cuts premiered on the channel. The ten episodes featured shot-by-shot re-creations of famous movie scenes and trailers made entirely out of construction paper. On June 23, 2013, the Canadian stop motion series Life's a Zoo premiered on the channel. On June 26, 2013, Oishi High School Battle was renewed for a second season, [32] [33] [34] with episodes being directed by Joe Gressis. [35] Adam Deyoe and Loren "Enzo" Semmens joined production as live-action director and producers, [36] the latter through his company Bronco Showdown, [37] [38] and Hilary Miller was hired as a script editor for the episodes. [39] Jeffrey Peters served as director of photography for the season, [40] and Lucas Smith did second unit camera work. [41] On November 15, 2013, Do's and Don'ts and Krogzilla received IAWTV nominations for Best Animated Web Series. [42] In January 2014, Oishi High School Battle was renewed for a third and final season. [43] The second seasons for Do's and Don'ts and Pubertina premiered in April 2014.
On June 23, 2017, the channel posted their final video, which was the series finale of Smosh Babies, [44] and ceased operations following Padilla's departure from Smosh. [45] [46] Defy Media later removed all the episodes of Oishi High School Battle from Smosh's website and the channel, and sold the rights to Verizon's streaming service go90, commissioning a 20-episode sequel series named Oishi: Demon Hunter. The series was directed by Joe Gressis and produced by Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freedland. [47] The series was produced in 2017–2018. [48] [49] Actors Cathy Shim, Kyoko Mase, Shawn Pearlman, Greg Watanabe, Anthony Burch and Kevin Joy and Gressis himself reprised their roles from the original series, while new actors and actresses were cast for the production. [b] Mark Viloria handled plate shooting for green screen use, [50] and Andrew Garwig served as a production assistant. [51] Animation production was handled by SmashBits Animation. [c] [52] The series was edited by Michael Stratigakis, [53] Barrett J. Amato, [54] Don Fisco, [55] and Kenny Kiesecker. [56] Oishi: Demon Hunter was set to air in March 2019. [57] However, production was halted when go90 shut down on July 31, 2018, [58] [59] [60] and Defy Media also shut down on November 6 of that same year. [61] [62]
| Show Title | Creator(s) | Debut | Ended |
|---|---|---|---|
| Do's and Don'ts | F. Ryan Naumann | April 30, 2012 (Season 1) | July 2, 2012 (Season 1) |
| February 4, 2013 (Season 2) | April 8, 2013 (Season 2) | ||
| Pubertina | Emily Brundige | May 2, 2012 (Season 1) | July 4, 2012 (Season 1) |
| February 20, 2013 (Season 2) | May 22, 2013 (Season 2) | ||
| Zombies vs. Ninjas | Michael Granberry | May 4, 2012 (Season 1) | July 6, 2012 (Season 1) |
| March 22, 2013 (Season 2) | June 28, 2013 (Season 2) | ||
| Krogzilla | Cory Edwards | May 31, 2012 | August 2, 2012 |
| Snowjacked | Kelsy Abbott and John Olsen | June 26, 2012 | August 28, 2012 |
| Nature Break | Mike Hollingsworth | July 9, 2012 | September 10, 2012 |
| Weasel Town | Eric Filipkowski and Nathan Hamill | July 11, 2012 | September 12, 2012 |
| Oishi High School Battle | Daniel Dominguez and Joe Gressis | July 13, 2012 (Season 1) | September 14, 2012 (Season 1) |
| December 6, 2013 (Season 2) | February 7, 2014 (Season 2) | ||
| June 20, 2014 (Season 3) | August 22, 2014 (Season 3) | ||
| Samurai! Daycare | Mike Blum | August 9, 2012 | October 11, 2012 |
| Politicats | SunnyBoy | September 4, 2012 | November 6, 2012 |
| Planets | Matt Clark | September 17, 2012 (Season 1) | November 19, 2012 (Season 1) |
| May 27, 2013 (Season 2) | July 29, 2013 (Season 2) | ||
| October 28, 2013 (Season 3) | December 30, 2013 (Season 3) | ||
| Really Freaking Embarrassing | Peter Hannan | September 19, 2012 | November 21, 2012 |
| Oishi Origins | Daniel Dominguez and Joe Gressis | September 28, 2012 | October 12, 2012 |
| Icons of Teen | Brian Wysol | October 18, 2012 | December 20, 2012 |
| Teleporting Fat Guy | Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox | October 19, 2012 (Season 1) | December 21, 2012 (Season 1) |
| April 4, 2014 (Season 2) | June 6, 2014 (Season 2) | ||
| October 31, 2014 (Season 3) | January 2, 2015 (Season 3) | ||
| Sub: 3 | Prudence Fenton and Peter Hastings | November 20, 2012 | January 22, 2013 |
| With Zombies | Matt Clark | December 5, 2012 | February 6, 2013 |
| Paper Cuts | Travis Betz | June 12, 2013 | October 16, 2013 |
| Life's a Zoo [d] | Andrew Horne | June 23, 2013 | November 3, 2013 |
| Just Shut Up | Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox | July 13, 2013 | November 23, 2013 |
| Smosh Babies | August 12, 2013 (season 1) | October 14, 2013 (season 1) | |
| January 13, 2014 (season 2) | March 21, 2014 (season 2) | ||
| January 23, 2015 (season 3) | June 26, 2015 (season 3) | ||
| January 22, 2016 (season 4) | June 24, 2016 (season 4) | ||
| January 20, 2017 (season 5) | June 23, 2017 (season 5) | ||
| Munroe | Brian Wysol | November 13, 2013 | January 15, 2014 |
| Otaku Taco Truck | SunnyBoy | February 17, 2014 | April 21, 2014 |
| 16-Bit High | Brett Weiner | March 8, 2014 | August 3, 2014 |
| Alfred and Poe | Chris Bennett | May 5, 2014 | July 7, 2014 |
| Money & Cash | Joel H. Cohen | August 4, 2014 | October 6, 2014 |
| Überdude | Jeremy Diamond | February 13, 2015 | June 5, 2015 |
| Maganzo | Brian Wysol | June 19, 2015 | July 17, 2015 |
| Super Smosh | Chris Bennett | July 24, 2015 (season 1) | November 25, 2015 (season 1) |
| July 22, 2016 (season 2) | December 23, 2016 (season 2) | ||
| Staff of Gelroth | Brian Wysol | July 31, 2015 | August 14, 2015 |
| Crazy Cabbies | September 2, 2015 | October 21, 2015 | |
| Scream Engine IV [e] | Harriss and Matt [63] | October 5, 2015 | December 14, 2015 |
| God Squad | Nicholas Kempt | November 4, 2015 | December 16, 2015 |
| An Okay Place to Eat | Andrew Racho | December 21, 2015 | January 4, 2016 |
| ABC Wid Da Mob | December 30, 2015 | February 17, 2016 | |
| Blood Red | February 24, 2016 | April 13, 2016 |
Several creators who worked with Shut Up! Cartoons have gone on to create their own series or worked on other successful shows, including Mike Hollingsworth (creator of Nature Break, who went on to become the supervising director for BoJack Horseman and served as an executive producer for Inside Job ), [64] Brian Wysol (creator of Icons of Teen, Munroe, Maganzo and Staff of Gelroth, who went on to create Hot Streets ), [65] [66] [67] Emily Brundige (creator of Pubertina, who went on to develop Harvey Street Kids and served as a writer for various animated shows like Unikitty! and Amphibia ) [68] [69] and Daniel Dominguez (co-creator of Oishi High School Battle, who went on to work as a writer for various shows like The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants ). [70]
Animation Director, The Collective, 2011–2012. Was Director of Animation on the Smosh web series Oishi High School Battle. The show was a live-action/animation mix, so I also had to be on hand to help with the interaction.
Talent Manager and Executive Producer, The Collective, October 2010–October 2012. Executive produced several projects with clients for the web, including: 5 music videos for the Axis of Awesome, garnering over 15 million views; 3 seasons of Oishi High School Battle, which garnered over 18 million views in season 1 alone, and Next Week in History for Official Comedy.
Producer, Freelance Producer (all media), March 2008–February 2020. Oishi High School Battle web series (2012): YouTube/Smosh.
Associate Producer, Shut Up! Cartoons, 2013–2013. Punched up produced scripts for Oishi High School Battle seasons two and three. Edited scripts and took notes from the writers' room.
Director of Photography, Secret Handshake, April 2013–May 2013. Director of Photography on 2nd Season of Oishi High School Battle web series.
2nd Unit Camera, Smosh LLC, May 2013–June 2013. I shot 2nd Unit Camera for the 2nd and 3rd seasons of [the] popular webseries Oishi High School Battle.
Showrunner/Executive Producer/Writer, Oishi: Demon Hunter, January 2018–January 2019. Executive producer, writer, showrunner of live-action/animated hybrid TV show based on [Smosh] series.
Freelance Production Assistant, DEFY Media, November 2017–May 2018. [Oishi: Demon Hunter (sponsored by Verizon)] by Smosh - May 2018. Plate shooting for green screen use.
Video Editor, go90 (Formerly OnCue, acquired by Verizon Media), 2018–2018. Performed editing for 12 of the 20 episodes of Oishi: Demon Hunter, a comedy/action TV series that combined animation with live-action. Received from vendors. Collaborated with post-production supervisor and showrunners to deliver approved edits by timelines. Coordinated with the assistant editorial team and worked with cross-functional teams to source footage.
Assistant Editor, Apogee Media Network, February 2018–June 2018. Assistant Editor on Oishi: Demon Hunter.
Oishi Kawaii: Demon Hunter Premiers March 2019.
Actor, SAG-AFTRA, July 2017–Present. Recent Film/Television Projects: High Holiday (2019), The Haunting of Nicole Brown Simpson (2019), The Amityville Murders (2018), The Young and the Restless (2018), Oishi: Demon Hunter (2018).
Lead Freelance Character Designer, Defy Media (Go90 Network), December 2017–April 2018. Primary character designer for season 3 of Oishi: Demon Hunter. Designed many main characters and side characters seen in the show.
Flash Animator, Very-Important Productions, September 2013–October 2013. Flash Animator on interstitials for an Oishi High School Battle special. Between 6-9 minutes of animation was created for this project. Animator, DEFY Media, March 2018–May 2018. Animator on [Oishi: Demon Hunter].
Animator and Effects Artist, Oishi: Demon Hunter, April 2018–May 2018. I was able to help out as a freelance Animator and Effects artist for a couple of episodes of the current season.
Character Designer/Animator, DEFY Media, January 2018–March 2018. Contracted artist for GO90 TV series Oishi: Demon Hunter. Worked closely with Animation Director. Designed characters and character posing. Animated characters using Adobe Flash and Clip Studio Paint.
2D Animator, DEFY Media/Freelance, May 2018–August 2018. Cut-out animation for Oishi: Demon Hunter, a series for Verizon's streaming service 'go90'.
Character Designer/Alt. Costume Designer, DEFY Media - Oishi: Demon Hunter, January 2018–March 2018. Contracted artist for GO90 TV series Oishi: Demon Hunter. Responsible for a wide range of pre-production and production tasks such as character designing, character posing, and animating. Programs: Adobe Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint.
Art Department, Freelance, June 2011–Present. Series: Oishi: Demon Hunter, produced by Apogee Media Networks, LLC. Urban Nightmares, produced for Blackpills by Fire Axe Productions.
Prop Designer, Smosh, March 2018–April 2018. Prop designer for [the] TV series Oishi: Demon Hunter (2018).
Supervising Producer, Apogee Media Network, February 2018–June 2018. I was the Post-Production/Supervising Producer and Animation Pre-Production Manager for a mixed media online series, Oishi: Demon Hunter (in production).
2D Animator, SmashBits Animation, November 2017–April 2018. Provided character animation for Oishi High School Battle. I animated the main protagonist for the series. March 2018–August 2018. Provided animation for Oishi: Demon Hunter.
Art Director/Animator, Smashbits Animation, September 2018–December 2020. Worked alongside a team of animators in completing scenes, sequences, and walk cycles for contracted animated productions, varying from web to television. Art Directed a team of artists in completing a pilot for a potential series. Tasks included managing, supervising, reviewing, rigging, and working closely with clients. Series credited include: Johnny Test: The Lost Web Series, Oishi: Demon Hunter, Sidewalk Cops, Fairy Doors, Bright Fairy Friends, Little Ruby Roo, and the Groggy Bottoms pilot.
Animation Generalist/Compositor, Smashbits Animation Studio, July 2018–April 2020. I ensured [that] the 2D animated characters blended and interacted with a live-action world [on Oishi: Demon Hunter].