The show was/is probably the best piece of western animation imo. It felt like a studio ghibli movie except not anime.
It probably would have done better if they did it as a movie like Nickelodeon does instead of a short series. Still my favorite halloween movie/show besides maybe Coraline.
Every couple years, yeah. It's getting later and later every year for the winter to blow all the leaves off the trees, so it's hard for me to watch it at a consistent time.
I'll always love that it got made. We're really fortunate.
I'm glad it's not forgotten by the network. It something that feels like it could have been.
OTGW is the best example of a general aesthetic that seems popular in American animation over the last decade that I call 'Agrarian Gothic'. You can see it to varying degrees in stuff like Gravity Falls, Adventure Time, Amphibia, Flapjack, etc.
It's hard to really pin it down but it's like this kitschy rural early-20th-century feel, with warm and often washed-out color palettes, natural/agrarian elements, woodwork, dense interiors, etc.
Like you said, folkloric Americana. Almost the same mood as the album cover for In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.
I think the two "official" terms are 'Victorian Americana' and 'pastoral aesthetic.' Full of earth tones, pre-industrial farming practises, and before the Spanish American war that created the American Empire.
I was born pre-mature, and if I was born in this general 1842-1892 time frame, I would have been dead in a matter of hours. But it's nice to visit in fantasy.
It perfectly fits the setting, too. Early colonial history sits between this awkward spot of not being recent history but also not being ancient history. Because of rapid advances of technology, the styles of early America didn't last very long.
Everything in this show suits the liminal nature of the setting, it's really nice.
No, but now I'm going to. Especially the one with Auntie Whispers. I used to wish they had made another series of this but now I realize that it was made, it was perfect, and trying to sequel it would only take away from the original
Sweet baby corn, yes.
November is prime autumn season. It's not just a pre-christmas placeholder month, and I'm tired of people treating it like a post-Halloween pause.
eh? There's a pretty extensive comic book series, the audio tape, and the Tome of the Unknown release. For a cool look into the quasi-world, check out McHale's oldsidelinghill website and his college short about a woodland being. It's spooky.
Lorna should have be Wirt's end game.
I watched it when it first came out and then romanticized it in my head for many years before finally rewatching it this year. It didn't quite hold up to my rose-tinted memories but it's still a very noteworthy cartoon. And the soundtrack is FRICKING good.
Check out Leon Redbone. Very in the general Edwardian vibe.
I watched it when it first came out and then romanticized it in my head for many years before finally rewatching it this year. It didn't quite hold up to my rose-tinted memories but it's still a very noteworthy cartoon. And the soundtrack is FRICKING good.
Nah I already watched 8 years ago when it aired
no I watch it on MLK day
I get mid november vibes from this, even though it's happening on halloween. But I miss when the internet fawned over it like crazy
I try to but I never get around to it until like mid November. The teacher was cute
mega?
The show was/is probably the best piece of western animation imo. It felt like a studio ghibli movie except not anime.
It probably would have done better if they did it as a movie like Nickelodeon does instead of a short series. Still my favorite halloween movie/show besides maybe Coraline.
I rewatched it last week.
I've heard many times people claiming that something is "Ghibli but western" and didn't see it, but this one sure is.
It's an early November show. Definitely throwing on the soundtrack though.
>the whole thing is being livestreamed right now
https://youtu.be/s6KWwYjtHAE
Every couple years, yeah. It's getting later and later every year for the winter to blow all the leaves off the trees, so it's hard for me to watch it at a consistent time.
I'll always love that it got made. We're really fortunate.
I'm glad it's not forgotten by the network. It something that feels like it could have been.
Watching the show right now.
also don't forget there is also a pilot worth watching too.
the show's americana aesthetic is still unique and a little sad. there's not much like it.
it makes me sad for what america is now… every trace of soul erased
OTGW is the best example of a general aesthetic that seems popular in American animation over the last decade that I call 'Agrarian Gothic'. You can see it to varying degrees in stuff like Gravity Falls, Adventure Time, Amphibia, Flapjack, etc.
It's hard to really pin it down but it's like this kitschy rural early-20th-century feel, with warm and often washed-out color palettes, natural/agrarian elements, woodwork, dense interiors, etc.
Like you said, folkloric Americana. Almost the same mood as the album cover for In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.
I think the two "official" terms are 'Victorian Americana' and 'pastoral aesthetic.' Full of earth tones, pre-industrial farming practises, and before the Spanish American war that created the American Empire.
I was born pre-mature, and if I was born in this general 1842-1892 time frame, I would have been dead in a matter of hours. But it's nice to visit in fantasy.
It perfectly fits the setting, too. Early colonial history sits between this awkward spot of not being recent history but also not being ancient history. Because of rapid advances of technology, the styles of early America didn't last very long.
Everything in this show suits the liminal nature of the setting, it's really nice.
No, but now I'm going to. Especially the one with Auntie Whispers. I used to wish they had made another series of this but now I realize that it was made, it was perfect, and trying to sequel it would only take away from the original
Yep, just finished and it still holds up.
Sweet baby corn, yes.
November is prime autumn season. It's not just a pre-christmas placeholder month, and I'm tired of people treating it like a post-Halloween pause.
millions of people, you're not special anon
it's an 8 year old miniseries without any sort of continued promotion or mechandise. "millions" is probably a bit much.
therefore, pretty dang special, buddy boy.
eh? There's a pretty extensive comic book series, the audio tape, and the Tome of the Unknown release. For a cool look into the quasi-world, check out McHale's oldsidelinghill website and his college short about a woodland being. It's spooky.
Lorna should have be Wirt's end game.
Check out Leon Redbone. Very in the general Edwardian vibe.
I watched it when it first came out and then romanticized it in my head for many years before finally rewatching it this year. It didn't quite hold up to my rose-tinted memories but it's still a very noteworthy cartoon. And the soundtrack is FRICKING good.
Yeah I rewatch it every year, anon.
Haven't done my yearly rewatch yet. Think I'm gonna do it with my siblings today.
I planned to
I try to watch it when the leaves start to change
Eventually
I do