Angela Anaconda
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Angela Anaconda is a cutout-photo cartoon from Canada that aired on the Fox Family Channel (now called ABC Family) in the US. It revolves around a eight-year-old girl named Angela who has wacky brothers, weird friends, and hates a fake-French girl named Nanette Manoir.
It started as a short skit on the Nickelodeon show Kablam!. Angela Anaconda later became a series and was a hit on The Fox Family Channel from 1999 to 2001. In 2001, when Disney brought The Fox Family Channel and changed the network's name to ABC Family, Angela was moved and cancelled after two months. Nickelodeon aired the show's reruns for one week.
The show was created by two women; Joanna Ferrone, who created Fido Dido, and Sue Rose, who also created Disney's Pepper Ann. The show is produced by Decode Entertainment and C.O.R.E Digital Pictures. It also airs on Teletoon in Canada.
The show features a very distinct art style, reminiscent of Terry Gilliam's animation from Monty Python's Flying Circus, in which all the characters are made out of cutouts of black and white photographs. It is similar in nature to that of South Park.
The characters also appear as an introduction to Digimon: The Movie, released outside of Japan. This is to help disguise the fact that the movie is three Japanese movies cut together.
The animation style is also copied for the music video "Kids in America" by Len, shown at the end of the movie.
External links
- Angela Anaconda official site (http://www.angelaa.com/)