The term independent animation refers to animated shorts,web series,and feature films produced outside a major national animation industry.
Adam Maxwell Burton,known professionally as Maxwell Atoms,is an American animator,screenwriter,storyboard artist,and voice actor. He is the creator of the Cartoon Network series Grim &Evil and its subsequent spin-offs,The Grim Adventures of Billy &Mandy and Evil Con Carne.
Parry P. Gripp is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is the lead vocalist and guitarist for the pop punk band Nerf Herder from its formation in 1994. Gripp writes novelty songs for children,and has been featured on Disney television shows.
Uzoechi Osisioma "Uzo" Emenike,professionally known by his stage name MNEK,is an English singer,songwriter and record producer. He has been nominated for a Grammy and a Brit Award,and has received the ASCAP Vanguard Award. His writing and production credits include H.E.R.,Jax Jones,Zara Larsson,Little Mix,Dua Lipa,FLO,Sugababes,Clean Bandit,Julia Michaels,Craig David,Christina Aguilera,Becky Hill,Selena Gomez,Years &Years,Kylie Minogue,Beyoncé,Hailee Steinfeld,Madonna,KSI,Mabel and Twice.
Helluva Boss is an American adult animated musical web series created by Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano. It revolves around the misadventures of the employees of I.M.P,a company in Hell that offers hitman services in the realm of the living. The pilot was released on November 25,2019,while the first episode of the first season was released on October 31,2020. Set in the same fictional universe as Hazbin Hotel,the show is produced by SpindleHorse Toons. The first season was released exclusively on Medrano's YouTube channel,as she has done for other animations. The second season premiered on July 30,2022. On March 27,2023,the show was confirmed to be renewed for a third season,in active production.
Hazbin Hotel is an American adult animated musical comedy television series created by Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano. The series revolves around Charlie Morningstar,princess of Hell,on her quest to find a way for sinners to be "rehabilitated" and allowed into Heaven,via her "Hazbin Hotel",as an alternative to Heaven's annual "Extermination" of souls due to Hell's overpopulation. The series is produced by SpindleHorse Toons in collaboration with A24,Amazon Studios,and the animation studio Bento Box Entertainment.
Brandon George Rogers is an American YouTuber,actor,and comedian. He plays many characters in his eponymous YouTube channel and co-wrote the adult animated web series Helluva Boss,in which he primarily voices the main character Blitzo,as well as voicing reporter Katie Killjoy in Hazbin Hotel.
SpindleHorse Toons,or simply SpindleHorse,is an American animation production company founded by Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano in 2018,based in Burbank,California. It is responsible for the Hellaverse shared universe animated series,whose main series Hazbin Hotel is co-animated with Bento Box Entertainment and co-produced with A24. It is the sole animation studio of its spin-off series,Helluva Boss.
Vivienne Medrano,also known by her online alias VivziePop,is an American YouTuber,animator,writer,director,producer,and voice actress. She is best known as the creator of the musical television series Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss. She also created the webcomic ZooPhobia.
ZooPhobia is an American webcomic originally published in 2012 by Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano,from which she later loosely adapted characters and plotlines for her animated musical television series Hazbin Hotel. It follows a young woman named Cameron,who travels to an interspecies sanctuary named Safe Haven. Two ZooPhobia short films,"The Son of 666" and "Bad Luck Jack",were released in 2013 and 2020,respectively.
The pilot episode of the American animated musical web series Helluva Boss was written by series creators Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano and Brandon Rogers,and directed by Medrano and Rick Zieff. It premiered to YouTube on November 25,2019. It was mostly positively received,and has been viewed over 62 million times,which led Medrano to expand Helluva Boss into a full show.
"Overture" is the first episode of the first season of Hazbin Hotel. It premiered on Amazon Prime Video and YouTube on January 18,2024,and was written and directed by series creator Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano.
Alastor "the Radio Demon" is a fictional character created by Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano who primarily appears in the musical adult animated series Hazbin Hotel as one of the overlords of Hell. He was voiced by Edward Bosco and Gabriel C. Brown in the pilot and a series of music videos from 2019 to 2024,and by Amir Talai in the animated series since 2024. A constantly-smiling sinner,Alastor returns after a seven-year absence to run a hotel known as the Hazbin Hotel with Charlie Morningstar,princess of Hell,whom Alastor seeks to guide and control,while also wanting to free his own soul from the service of an unknown being. He is often accompanied by the hotel's bartender Husk and housekeeper Niffty,and he is considered a rival by fellow overlord Vox and Charlie's father Lucifer.
Princess Charlotte "Charlie" Morningstar is a fictional character created by Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano who appears as the protagonist of the musical adult animated series Hazbin Hotel as the princess of Hell. She is primarily voiced by Erika Henningsen. Charlie runs the titular Hazbin Hotel,where she hopes to redeem the souls of those in Hell and help them earn a place in Heaven. She is the daughter of Lilith and Lucifer Morningstar and is also dating Vaggie.
Hazbin Hotel (Original Soundtrack) is an extended play soundtrack album released in three parts from the adult animated streaming television musical series Hazbin Hotel. The first part was released on January 19,2024,the second on January 26,and the third on February 1. The music was composed and written by Andrew Underberg and Sam Haft.
"Loser,Baby" is a song from the American adult animated musical comedy television series Hazbin Hotel, which is sung by Husk and Angel Dust. The song is featured in "Masquerade",the fourth episode of the show's first season. On January 19,2024,the song and lyrics were published to YouTube and Spotify by Amazon Prime Video,and have since accumulated 26 million views and 64 million streams,respectively. The song also peaked at number one on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. The song’s release on YouTube has also become Amazon Prime Video’s fourth most-viewed video on their channel.
"Poison" is a song from the American adult animated musical comedy television series Hazbin Hotel, which is sung by Angel Dust. The song is featured in "Masquerade",the fourth episode of the show's first season. On January 5,2024,the song and lyrics were published to YouTube and Spotify by Amazon Prime Video prior to the release of the first season,and have since accumulated 17 million views and 77 million streams,respectively. The song also peaked at number two on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. The song is about the darkness involved in a psychologically abusive relationship,combined with a how traumatizing a sexually abusive relationship is to a person,continuing themes from the 2020 Hazbin Hotel song and music video "Addict". An official remix,featuring Joel Perez as Valentino,was released on April 1,2024.
