Canadian Animation is Way Better Than You Think
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0:00 Intro
2:59 The Big Snit
4:56 Sponsor
6:25 Why Canada Funds So Many Short Films
7:46 Madame Tutli-Putli
9:54 The Importance of Public Funding
11:31 Other NFB Films
12:38 Watch More Short Films - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
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★ make mostly animation, 3d and 2d and shortly games ★
Far stretch, but the animation of titanfall 1 and titanfall 2, campaign and multiplay Feel real, you can tell the devs then, cared
You were 7 days late with this one
Absolute thanks for not showing scary stuff, my cats were watching on my side.
Native Leaf Man here, please allow me to speak on behalf of all Canadians watching:
"WOOOOO, OUR COUNTRY WAS MENTIONED! LET"S GOOOOOOOO!!!!"
Absolutely agreed.
True
dude your getting way to real
Thank you leaf man ambassador sir
My country being mentioned? pfft Impossible!
this video got the maple syrup in my blood pumping
the blood in the canadians body was a trick and twas only maple syrup
Brau
well if it isnt canadian animator brody animates.......................... well well well...........
Don’t you mean the blood in your maple syrup system?
YOOO
Great video, Doodley! Thanks for sharing your appreciation for our animated content and showcasing the importance of publicly funded art. 🥰
We hope your fans and followers enjoy our films and discover new gems in our ever-growing collection!
You guys are the legends of my childhood, “The Cat Came Back” and “Blackfly” were universal hits with everyone at my school.
Hey, thanks so much!! I wasn't expecting a comment, glad you liked it!
it's real
@@doodley3d It's the least we could do! Keep up the amazing work.
Aw shucks, @@Ithoughtthiswasamerica! We're happy to hear it.
Omg THANK you for this. I'm from the US but I work as an animator in Canada (both film and tv), and it can be so frustrating hearing people talk smack about Canadian animation, then immediately talk about their favorite movies or shows... that they have no idea are animated in Canada. The reality is even if a Candian studio does 95%+ of the animation on a tv show or movie, animation is still credited to the LA studio (which sometimes only has an artist or two in each department to make last minutes changes). I've even worked on projects with no LA artists at all that are still attributed to the US company.
I'd also push back on the idea that Canadian animation is taking over: we've been here pretty much the whole time. I think the difference is that the rise in streaming has allowed for longer end credits, which in turn has allowed for more studios to get proper credit for their work! I can't tell you how many beautiful shows and films are credited to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Disney, etc. when they're animated almost entirely in Canada. It's not just short films, either. The Monkey King (2023) is one of my favorite animated movies in the last 10 years. It's listed as "Netflix Animation", but if you dig you'll find the bulk of the work was completed in Canada (mostly Reel FX). Vancouver's Sony Imageworks is responsible for stunning animation in Spiderverse, and Wind Sun Sky Entertainment is behind the breakout Amazon hit Invincible, but no one thinks of these as "Canadian animation". Even for older tv franchises like MLP, Rick and Morty, Animaniacs, Peanuts, etc. I've found most American fans have no clue that these are largely Canadian work. Canada has produced award-winning animation for decades now; it's just that credit is finally starting to be searchable.
I also love that you showed the short Bao as one of your examples: Bao was made by Domee Shi, who grew up and went to art school in Canada. She went on to write and direct Turning Red for Disney, a fantastic film based on her childhood up north. Turning Red is "American animation" even though it's the story of Canadian protagonists, set in Canada, written and directed by a Canadian citizen who studied animation in Canada. Doesn't that seem a little odd? I feel that modern animation productions can't really be defined as the work of a single country.
I think there's a subconscious understanding for some (not all) LA animators that anything made or worked on outside LA originally belonged to LA, and thus the work is viewed as being 'taken over'. I think we as an industry need to analyze that mindset with a more critical eye, especially given how few animators are born where they work.
Thanks again for covering this! If you ever want to talk about the topic more I'd love to chat.
yes to all this! i went to art school here and it was amazing to learn so much about our vastly overlooked history in modern media. hell, even outside animation, so many films "set" in america are filmed in canada but nobody even knows.
Shoutout to Canada for being where I grew up. Treehouse is the GOAT
Same
I'm from canada and I feel this vid and comment.
always has been
real
hell yeah
canadian animator here, thank you for speaking about our vibrant culture in animation. canadian animation is great
CANADIAN ANIMATORS RISE UPP
Hello, just dropping by to ask a question. My GF dreams of becoming an animator and Canada is a country we think about migrating to if she ever breaks into the industry. Do you know how the pay is there? I hear it's cheaper than in the US but is it enough to make a living if you get a job at a studio?
@@Sgt.Crawler1116 You're likely to be living in Vancouver which is quite an expensive city, but you won't have to pay exorbitant healthcare costs for basics (though dental and eyesight isn't covered). I've known several people however who have made a modest living doing animation work, and entry pay is usually decent if you get signed on with a good studio. If she builds up a good portfolio, there's a good chance that she'll get a job that can support herself.
@@Sgt.Crawler1116 depends where you work, but animation/gaming industry right now is pure chaos, at least in east canada but i think its global in the world right now. my friend who's an animator and went to university for further animation education hates her studio, they pay everyone like shit (gaming/animation industries aren't unionise btw here) and she can't leave because everyone in the industry is getting layed off. So there is no job because companies are cutting off jobs, and everyone who worked in those industries have to find a job unrelated to their profession to keep living.
@@KwehShiroI feel like this is common for a lot of the film industry in Canada right now. :/ I went to film school & hardly any of us got a job in our fields, or from my experience & other ppl, it’s often an entry level like a production assistant etc. Canada is kind of a mess for finding any decent job at the moment 😅🥲
Fun fact. The Vancouver film school is directly across the street from the national film board of Canada.
As a Canadian, I did not know Johnny test was Canadian
neither did I
same
Me neither
It started out in the USA and moved to Canada.
80% of Johnny Test is American. Only the animation was outsourced to Canada.
Fun fact: The creator (and animator) of Pizza Tower is Canadian.
Crazy
Thought he was french....how about that?
@@Ujulahipobaka121 French-canadian.
so we invented pineapple pizza and Pizza Tower
we’re redeemed
there's probaly a reason why both a cat came back and a big snit looks so similar to the game's style
I had a mini heart attack when doodley said “if you’re looking at this footage and thinking ‘wow, those eyes look real’. That’s because they are.” Because I thought that meant they put actual human eyes into a puppet.
But actually, amazing video, I should really check out these Canadian short films!
I thought he was gonna say they put cow eyes or smth in it
I thought to myself "Oh, so they like took out some like spare realistic human eyes? Wait, but won't those eventually decay? Did they put the eyes in something like a jar so that they could be preserved for this very film?" And then when I heard they were edited in I thought "Oh... okay then. That makes sense."
i thought the same thing
No, yea yea. The total exact thing over here
Yeah, I thought they were just super dedicated to the craft, lol. 😅
As a Canadian studying animation, I'd like to say that the NFB is a very important part of both our study and (in my opinion) our culture as Canadians.
I've both lived in Canada my whole life and loved animation since I was a kid but I didn't know about the NFB's existence prior to going to art school and i wish i did because there is so much cool stuff to watch, I remember in my second year of uni our professor would show us stuff from the NFB for our lessons like "Neighbours" and explain some principles, techniques, and types of animation using the videos as reference before giving us our assignments lol.
Also love your stuff Doodley, you're such an inspiration :]
I'm lucky, one of my teacher (who, alas, passed away now) was one of the animator / voice in «L'homme qui plantait des arbres».
Also, it's nice he mentionned Vancouver for the studios, but here, in Montréal, we produce a LOT of shows from the US and Europe. Per instance, I had the chance to work on the last four seasons of Arthur.
OMG thats epic
i LOVE arthur!!!
i appreciate your contributions
Man, I love the ONF/NFB. When I was young, we had a school trip where we got to visit their offices in Montréal. It got me hooked on animation for so many years. In the end, as I found new hobbies, I did not pursue a career in the arts, but I've always kept a niche interest for animation and I think the organisation can be credited for that. Beyond enabling the development of our talent pool, I think the ONF/NFB serves a huge cultural role here. Cultural exports from Canada are hard to get out, or hard to be seriously marketed. This may be biased from my perspective as a french canadian, but much of Anglo Canada's cultural content is kind of amalgamated to that of the U.S, and it makes it seem as if the region, although full of talent, consumes more content from outside than it seems to be producing its own. Québec, from its language barrier, has had a vested interest in being a culture generator, which I believe has enabled it to portray itself favorably compared to other provinces. Surrounded by majority english territory, however, I see much of Québec culture nowadays aimed at saving itself by supplying a lesser array of "cultural ventures" and ensuring traditional forms of content remain french in practice. I think this has the opposite effect it wants to have, as those who dare to innovate with their art or those who would consume more stimulating forms of content are forced to go elsewhere, but i digress.
As much as french and anglo canadians can hate each other (lol) I think the ONF/NFB kinda serves a purpose for the both of these groups in enabling artists to make great stuff and enabling all canadians to be proud of their cultural exports. Way to go ONF/NFB! I hope they never stop what they are doing.
Hilda (the *phenomenally* good cartoon aired on Netflix) was one of the huge wins for Canadian art being properly appreciated on a wider scale.
Also, it isn't even just animation, Canada facilitates the filming of hundreds of American movies and TV shows every year. Any time you see a show that's not a documentary with scenes set in a "lush, unspoiled wilderness", it was probably filmed somewhere around Vancouver, like Whistler or Squamish.
Hilda FTW
Honestly the most underrated show i've ever seen, worth a watch too!
The trees that line my neighbourhood streets are so pretty for the first couple weeks of fall it feels like every hallmark movie
I am a simple man. I see Hilda mentioned, I like comment
@@youssefbencheikh8637 You are based indeed-
As an Australian, I remember basically all good tv shows were made in Canada. Detentionaire was one of their best.
Ohhhh i remember that one I love it
AYYYYYYY I WAS GONNA MENTION IT TIL I SAW YOUR COMMENT! LET’S GOOOO
Knowing people around the world also loved my favourite animated show makes me so happy 😭
The full series is now on TH-cam actually
I remember that one! It was great!
Interestingly enough, a lot of the shows I grew up with on Australian tv were Canadian animated shows. I never understood why they the Canadian government symbol at the end till now.
Not sure if they were from importing or government funded but they were good nonetheless
@@stuiwoodside5555 even commercially produced shows that are exported can take advantage of some of the tax credits or funding that the canadian government provides for the arts, which is why you'll often see that in the credits.
Video games are pretty big cultural export from Canada too. Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Celeste, Pizza Tower, Cuphead, etc. Glad to see our little frozen wasteland getting some recognition.
Dead by daylight
night in the woods
Let's never forget that Canada Animation were dominated during our childhood. DKC animated series,Jane and The Dragon,6Teen,TDI,Miss Spider,Rolie Polie Olie,Tintin,Ruby Gloom,Wayside,Franklin,Max & Ruby those show were memorable. Which is really sad that nowadays most people remember from Canada animated series is the non stop Fart jokes.
Man, reading some of those names hit me like a brick. Good memories.
Don’t forget slugterra I was obsessed with it
Cybersix too
Did they do Little Bear too?
Reboot and Detentionaire are also great
As a Canadian, I am so happy to see at least someone with a bigger social presence talk about the positive that our animation has done instead of the negative. It is really nice to see more ppl know about our gouvermnet funded shorts and know about it.
Side note: I loved Johnny Test and find it nostalgic. I will die on this hill. I know it's bad but I love it.
Me too, it is a shame most American animation fans just see Canadian animation as nothing but a bunch of flash animation junk or low quality shows, or the infamous Johnny Test bullcrap, when they can never think about better Canadian animated shows (outside Ed Edd N Eddy or Inspector Gadget) like The Raccoons, NFB or other Canadian animated gems from the 80’s or 90’s. But what do you expect, most Americans are insular.
@@thecaledoniansleeper2648 Inspector Gadget's CANADIAN?!?! The OG or the 3D cartoon?
@@Nobodyshere1105 Half Canadian, Half French, Half American and Half Japanese for the DiC Entertainment 1983 series
And fully Canadian for the 2015 series made by DHX Media
Leonard Maltin (the "Entertainment Tonight" film critic from 1982 to 2010) put together a special of his favorite NFB animated shorts, so it is not that the NFB animation studio is ignored by American pop culture.
@@thecaledoniansleeper2648ttte fan yes!
The Cat Came Back is ICONIC. I remember it playing frequently between other TV shows.
Also, we had Canadian PSAs, and one of the ones that was probably my favourite was the house hippo. If you've never seen it, please look it up!
the house hippo! that and the one with the girls chasing the boy and the one with the words beating up the girl i saw a lot growing up (nick and cn were banned from my house for a long time, so i grew up on mostly shows from canada/the uk, i believe that made me a better artist/media enjoyer in the long run lol)
I feel like the Canadian government realized decades ago that we can fund things other than our military, and now look what cool stuff has come out of it! 13,000 unique short films is awesome. You, or some other animatuber, should make a series putting a spotlight (for the first time) on *some of* their favourite of these short films. Ive grown up in Canada and never knew about any of this so I feel like its important to highlight them.
It was a Canadian studio, Mainframe Entertainment, that created the first fully CGI TV series. "Reboot".
Mainframe Enterainment would later go on to work on Beast Wars.
Not to sound rude or anything, but “Reboot” isn’t even the first fully CGI TV series of all time. If anything, “Veggietales” is.
Yes, “Veggietales” was more VHS than TV, but they’re still considered the first nonetheless, first releasing in 1993. “Reboot” didn’t even come out until 1994.
But I will admit:
At least Mainframe Entertainment (Mainframe Studios nowadays) have improved their animation throughout the years, especially with their 2 theatrical films:
“Escape From Planet Earth” from 2013 and the “Ratchet & Clank” movie from 2016. The cancelled “Sly Cooper” movie would’ve been their 3rd, but there are MULTIPLE reasons why it got cancelled.
Also, fun fact:
“Ratchet & Clank (2016)” shares a couple animators with “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” from 2023.👍🏻
@spaceboyctstudios2934 I guess that depends how nit-picky you want to get. Reboot premiered in 1994 on television. Veggitales began in 1993, but as a direct-to-VHS series.
@@Raziel312 True. But at least “Veggietales” beat “Reboot” nonetheless, right?
Wait wait wait, "Reboot"? The show on Netflix where four teen kids find a hidden basement room and are able to be transported into the internet?
I know there's an OG one, but I'm not sure where it is.
@@spaceboyctstudios2934 1. Just going to gloss over the fact that Mainframe made all those VHS Barbie Movies / pretty much every animated Barbie movie/project which is part of why they've gotten so good at what they do, eh? & 2. Part of why Veggietales "beat" Reboot as you put it is they were working on making sure they had enough buffer episodes before putting it out, due to how difficult it was to make, it took them roughly 3 years to produce enough to where they felt comfortable it was enough. from 1991-1994 when it premiered. Whereas with Veggietales it was the one VHS OVA produced at the time and then more that followed afterward. Entirely different set of circumstances and standards to follow let alone protocols for production itself and distrbution where one would be for a DTV market for Ye Olde Christian Households and the other would be for Broadcast TV. Like, it's neat that it happened, they're both cool parts of history but they're honestly not really in competition with each other directly either more sideways than anything. Both were part of my childhood, being Canadian & growing up in a relatively religious household so there's fondness for each property in their own nostaglic way. I don't see a point in pitting them against each other really when like I said both were great achievements for their time and with the same software too.
12:20 seeing the cat came back was such a sudden feeling of nostalgia one of my favourite animations when I was little
Same
Has to go in the Canada hall of fame fr
Fr
Right! sent me wayyy back
i literally did a spit take when i heard it!!
12:38 good sir i did not even have the SLIGHTEST clue this existed (which means it was all the cooler to learn about it!)
Canadian animation mention that isn't Care Bears, 6teen, Cybersix, Total Drama, or Paw Patrol is SO rare because so few people think about what else we produce!
I think both Canada and France have created some of the best animation of all time.
Quebec on its way to suddenly start creating the best animations of all time via being both French and Canadian
The both Subsidize culture, how weird
@@shaebullen1878 Hah, perhaps not the best, but they certainly had a busy period in the 80's and 90's.
Really? France?
I would like some examples.
@@Nobodyshere1105 The studio that animated Arcane (Fortiche Productions )is french and so is Wakfu
The amazing thing about every Canadian Short you showed off today is that I have seen them all. They all aired on either YTV or Teletoon when I was a kid. I'm very glad you talked about them as they really are hidden gems on television today.
As a Canadian animator myself, I am so happy to see this video!
I got the immense pleasure of getting taught by one of the animators for the partly founded NFB movie “The man who planted trees”, her name was Lina Gagnon (may she rest in peace). It is in my opinion one of the most impactful animated Canadian movie culture wise and I highly recommend the watch. Thanks for showing light on Canadian animation culture!
Bro this was a fucking AMAZING analysis. I knew of some of the shows that came out being an American kid (ex. Ed, Edd, & Eddy, Total Drama Island, 6teen) and the concept of REALLY good shows that aired in America not being created here but I genuinely didn’t know anything about the Canadian government funding all these short films and how rich and heavy they fucked with animation up there. Hell I didn’t even know there was a concept of people making quality animated shows that didn’t sounds like torture to the animators producing the series like what we hear from WB and Disney. I say that to say thank you man I’m really going to do some research on that and find out more of what’s happening
"oh canada" is a great way to start your video
“Our home and native land” 🎶
@@That-guy-named-Henry”🎶True patriot love in all us command🎶”
@@superawesomekel "🎶With glowing hearts we see thee rise🎶"
"🎶Our true north strong and free🎶"
@@setriza4649 "Ton histoire est une epopee"🎶
The NFB is amazing. I remember watching a few short films for various classes throughout school-my favourite being Log Driver's Waltz lol.
It's cool to see Canadian animation getting more love!!
"Go to the church and ask God to forgive you!! "
So do I. Those shorts inspired me to make films on my own!
hell yea Log Driver's Waltz! so much nostalgia from that name alone lol
Thank you for saying it so I don't have to repeat myself
The Log Drivers Waltz is the first thing I show all my non-Canadian friends haha I love it so much
Borm and raised in Canada, and I grew up with my dad showing me a lot of these short films from the NFB. The Big Snit was one of those that we watched so often that I'm sure, even over a decade after my last watch, I could tell you each and every story beat.
Canadians are used to the idea that no matter how great something we make is, it won't matter to anyone but us. And it's a shame. This video gave us what I feel most of us haven't had in a very long time: recognition of the art we make.
1:08 Fun Fact: This is actually where the electronic duo Boards of Canada got their name from!
Had to look it up, you're right! Super cool.
Most of our animated shows here in canada def do not get enough recognition. we've made some incredible stuff with rigged animation, cgi, and flash ones, like 6teen, hilda, detentionnaire, league of super evil, clone high, and more. I wish more people knew about our studios and animation culture, as we've helped produce some pretty awesome shows. If you ever wanna make a video exploring specific animation styles and techniques, I reccomend looking at Nerd Corp Entertainment's lineup of shows. Despite them being early 2000s cg shows, they're some of the best tv 3d animated shows ive ever seen, and they even helped animate some of the Monster High films!
HOLD UP- we made Hilda? The Luke Pearson Hilda? How could I not know this?
@@mintyreview6794 mercury filmworks!
If you ever do another Canada animation please talk about Hilda one the best animated show I’ve watched
I would like to see that tbh
Hilda is also European, btw. But yeah.
I agree!
hilda was canadian? thats cool, hilda was incredible.
Burger Man here, Ive actually seen that show! Its pretty good.
words cannot describe how happy i am about this, i have been in Canada for my whole life and i am glad you've shown our USA friends that there are a HUGE amount of Canadian animations that amazingly good.
Thanks Doodley
:)
I grew up without cable, so a lot of the cartoons I watched as a kid were on public television. One of the main channels I watched was Qubo, which at the time had acquired a lot of Canadian shows. The Canadian studios always felt like they stood out from their American counterparts on the channel. Jacob Two-two was definitely my favorite.
I absolutely love this and your children's animation video where you dive deeper into the systems that create the art we know and love (or I guess in this case, DON'T know and SHOULD love). So many people like to isolate art from the complex and often crushing systems that dictate every day of our lives (and like, I get the appeal...) It'd be easy for your channel to focus only on the craftsmanship and keep art separate from all that. But learning the systems that fund, create, and publish great stuff is so important to truly love it, and certainly gives me a deeper appreciation for the folks that actually roll up their sleeves and make cool things. Besides, the best art usually isn't shy about the messy world that it comes from.
Keep up the stellar work ✌
YOOO I love your channel
The same programs that helped fund animation in canada also have one for videogames. Thats why a lot of the big studios had studios set up in Montreal
It also had a lot to do with the funding of the government of Québec and its ties to France to get Ubisoft here instead of New Brunswick.
I believe The Long Dark was funded in part by such a program
I had no idea how amazing the Canadian animation industry was, and I was born in it. I thank you for making this video 🇨🇦 🍁
The Log Driver's Waltz is probably the short I remember the most both for it's animation but also for it's catchy tune.
And while not NFB, I really did like the CGI Short Circuits they use to air on YTV. Shorts were used to fill air-time between shows; as in Canada there is a limit to how much time you can allot to advertisements.
aaaaand now it's stuck in my head again
thanks for that :P
i so learnt this in film studies (from canada). they will literally fund any indie project as long as you send it in and its just, cool. ive loved so many canada funded short films and im so happy someones bringing attention to it!!! we certainly have very talented artists here and i hope one day ill become one of those!
Thank you for talking about Madam Tutti Putti, I remember watching that film years ago and I still think of it!
That’s actually really awesome that Canada supports animation like that.
Now I want to see all these kind of animated films because there are so many different styles that I saw.
as a canadian who consumes maple syrup, thank you so much for exploring canadian and other countries animation! i had no idea that the USA didnt fund art as much as we do, and now maybe more animators will come here and continue to improve and innovate animation!
also, my pet goose and my stallion moose say hi, but they were eating a heart breakfast of maple syrup
👍
seeing canadian animation beating hollywood is really weird
Nah
As a Canadian I am offended u.u jk
@@fusion1203 Man i'm canadian too I'm just saying nah Because I just can't believe that he didn't know that
@@BenPearson-ph4zb I wasn’t saying I’m offended to you and also I was joking
@@fusion1203 ok man thx for Telling me.
Honestly, thank you for making this, as a Canadian I have always felt the love towards the arts in my country, be it drawn, music or just in general expression, and in recent years I've felt a bit of a pinch as more Americans come into Canada and I genuinely hate that feeling, it feels like some kind of weird propaganda sensation thrown to me but I think it's cause a lot of us Canadians aren't all that out spoken, unlike our American counter parts.
But thankfully I have been noticing a big up swing in the focus of the arts here, I know I'm in a huge minority as a NSFW artist but I've not only received support because I'm an artist and I have more ambitions than just NSFW things like making my own visual novel or comic series, but also because I have a pretty huge back drop of technical support in the form of my government, a few of my friends got some green lights from the NFB and are making their own work, I couldn't be more proud to be Canadian even through I'm not very patriotic at my core. I know my ideas can be safely pitched to not soulless corporations focused only on investors stocks rather than creative works, it's always been a heart warming feeling that I often forget isn't there for my American friends.
Also, Canada made P*rnHub so you guys are also welcome for that.
The Donkey Kong Country TV series was also made in canada.
1:09 Boards of Canada! Boards of Canada! Boards of Canada! Boards of Canada! Boards of Canada! Boards of Canada! Boards of Canada! Boards of Canada! Boards of Canada!
Great video as always, Dudley!
How dare you, Johnny Test is peak animation. It showed me that the only aound design necessary was a whip crack, really brought me back to the late 1800's.
Despite being a Canadian myself (and proudly sporting red and white online in the weirdest way), I haven't paid much attention to Canadian animation... But hey, I'll contribute to it as well in time! For now, time to appreciate what my country has produced.
Also, got my Doodley plush the other week and I love it :3 It's now my rubber duck/rock to talk to while doing art so I can problem solve better!
One of my favorite shows: Ninjago, is animated by WildBrain and it’s insanely incredible with how the animators animate the action in that show
Wow, I live in Europe and most of the films you mentioned in this were shown to us in my uni animation classes by my professors, some of them multiple times. We've seen a rise in animation recently, for the first time in my country, exactly due to more public funding of short films, yeah.
It’s only been an hour, and the NFB has become my biggest obsession. I blame you.
"Go to the church and ask God to forgive you!!" - The Sweater, NFB Short Film
As a Québécois, I always find it really funny you canadians made a (very funny) meme out of this short, based on one our book authors and how important the Canadiens team are to our culture, they're our Québécois french-speaking team in a world of english-speaking teams, so I was really not expecting to see how popular it was outside Québec.
@@Game_Hero DAWG I'M MEXICAN AMERICAN!!
@@chobies5383 good to know, guess americans do too
I am so thankful you're talking about these! I was blessed to be a big part of Fangbone (voices and theme song), a Canadian cartoon that aired a bit in the states as well, and some others. It had a slightly larger budget than other Canadian animated series, as early on they actually had a writers room, rather than writers just writing scripts remotely and independently. It really benefitted the show. So much love went into that show and it turned out great overall, but I could feel how everyone was struggling with the limits of the funding and timeline. NFB is a wonderful exception, but its also not effortless to get funding as an artist, whatever siscipline you're in, and allotments also shrink or grow based on whose in power politically... and when art is seen as a 'waste of taxpayer money' by certain ppl. Canadian co-productions are often extraordinary: Hilda, Breadwinner (Oscar nominee for best animated film), a CBC show called 'What Its Like Being Alone'. I was also in a fully stop motion musical series called 'Norman Picklestripes' that was stunning, super impressive, and shockingly very hard to find! More of a Canada/US co production
Thanks for watching!! I really love hearing from people involved in Canadian productions in the comments.
I actually didn't even know The Breadwinner was a co-production with Canada, I thought it was just Cartoon Saloon. That film is beautiful. I suppose I'm not surprised, Ireland also has excellent public arts funding.
@@doodley3d i at least know an animation voice director in Canada who I know, Marilyn McAuley - was quite involved with it.
So glad someone is talking about the NFB’s amazing linup+it’s film history. Im a canadian who had to learn about it in my animation class and many of the films have really inspired me as an animator (especially Ryan and neighbours). Hoping to see more ppl talk about it in the future. :]
Amazing vid as always Doodley!
As someone who has cousins living in Canada and watching Canadian cartoons, I personally think that Canadian animation is a mixed bag, and can either be a force of greatness or the bane of animation critics in America. Since I never grew up watching cable TV, I watched all of my animated content exclusively on both DVDs and digital purchases on Apple TV, and most of them were made in Canada. Some of my favorite animated films and cartoons from Canada are Rock & Rule, Cybersix, Ruby Gloom, Jacob Two-Two, Franklin, The Rhino and the Redbill and Night of the Zoopocalypse. Plus, I would love to see Saberspark doing a video on the NFB's short films.
You should do something on French animation as they have about as much history as the US does and date back to a similar time period. Both the US and France contributed a ton to the early days of animation. One of my favorite animators of this day is French and his name is Vincent Chansard. I believe he got his start with Wakfu but I don't know, nor have I seen Wakfu
French animation started earlier than American animation, around 1892 to be exact.
Great video, I'd love to see someone else do this video but with Irish animation. There's many examples of Irish animated movies, shorts and shows that deserve so much attention.
as a canadian animator i feel honoured 🇨🇦
Ive seen a bunch of these films from my animation lectures, but I had no idea they all came from canada!
its really interesting to see how a little public funding can go so far!
treehouse brings me back dude, i remember watching stuff like max and ruby on treehouse, such good times.
As a Canadian, I appreciate you talking about the rich history of our animation. I tend to see that a lot of what make's Canada, Canada, isn't really talked about a lot. People tend to focus on its compairason to our larger and southern neighbour, so I'm glad to see something like this for once.
Thank You.
I'd also recommend a retrospective on Nelvana Studios. Canadian!
Nelvana has such a good library of shows
I refuse to tolerate this Johnny Test slander
True bro true... reboot looks soooooo bad. I'm not wrong tho ... right?
It's a disgrace >:(
The first season by far looks the best of all of Johnny Test
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@@lesleygoodall5345 Reboot? What Patrick-home rock am I living under?
Canadian studio Hinterland Studios, Developer of The Long Dark, made one of my favorite games of all time. It's such a beautiful game.
I live in Canada and didn’t know about some of this! Super informative!
This video was such a nostalgia trip. Growing up, my dad would take me from time to time to the NFB/ONF location in Montréal. We’d sit down in individual seats and watch a bunch of random short films that were on offer. I remember binging a lot of the animated ones such as Ryan (which traumatized me as a kid) and the cat is back. This video brought me back, and definitely makes me appreciate my country a lot more. Thanks ❤️
Canadian doodley is awesome, if you ever make another Canada video or something like that talk about Hilda its really good.
Thank You! I'm Canadian and I've been showing my friends these films for years. Its very nice that more people will know about them. Also, Fugget About it's youtube channel has over 1 million subs. Oh Canada!
When I was a little kid, I borrowed an NFB DVD collection of award-winning animated shorts from my local library. Madame Tutli-Putli was on it, and it was the scariest thing I had ever seen. No movie traumatised me and seered itself into my brain as much as that one. I see it completely differently as an adult.
My god i was honestly really worried places outside the US were dealing with the same issue. Hearing that the US is the only state not funding their arts makes me feel a lot better about the world as a whole. And it's giving me even more reason to live anywhere other then the US
I went to the ONF for a school trip once! We did our own little animation there and we watched some of the animated shorts there it was really fun!
Oh Canadian Cartoons!
Canadian animation is fucking awesome! Johnny Test, 6Teen, Total Drama, Johnny Test, Wayside, Jacob Two Two, Roly Poly Olie, Franklin, Arthur, I got off track and just kept naming shows so I don’t know where this sentence is going.
As a Dane, "The Danish Poet" intrigued me. I found it on TH-cam and it was very beautiful and inspiring. Thank you for sharing.
One of the best things that ever happened to me was after I watched one of those animation thesis that launch every semester and TH-cam recommended me a TON of short animated films.
It was great. I felt like an archivist/erudite, watching this stuff and sharing it with people...
If you allow me this tagent: it feels like how sometimes I sorta forget that I could find that one book I've been looking for from somebody else who may not want it anymore, or sitting still in a Sebo (a style of second-hand bookshop you find in Brazil). I see that jacked-up price of some recently published bestseller in a mall bookstore and think: "Maybe I could find it in a Sebo."
Then I don't find it... But I find this other interesting book, or a comic book I've been looking for... In one of them I even found a figurine I added to my collection!
Im Canadian and I remember in elementary school, every year since grade 4, several classes and schools would go to the movie theatres to watch Canadian short films. Some were live action, but most were animated. At least from what I remember. I also remember wanting to submit my own animations to them :)
This video is quite motivating to check out more indie creations. I have seen great animations that are not as recognized that is outside of the usual American big corporate stuffs. Stuffs like those in France are great. I look back into our scene in the Philippines and thought of how we could empower our local creatives as well. Awesome video!
Excellent video! I would like to see a top 10 from you of the best NFB animated shorts. More people need to know these amazing works.
More people needs to know about this! It's insane how little this is documented, and I'm glad you could help tell people about this. I'm american and I didn't know about this, but thank you!
YOO ITS A DOODLEY VID!!
Canadian here. They used to play some of these on TV too as short interstitials so most people know about the older ones. The Cat Came Back is ICONIC. Like I'd count it as a cultural pillar. Something not mention is a lot of the popular ones, including The Cat Came Back, are based around songs. And as much as I'd love for us to take credit for funding weird ideas it's important to note that the Canadian sensiblity and sense of humour is really f*cking weird lol. So like these ideas aren't as out there over here as they may seem to Americans. So like Eric Andre-esque stuff is not unusual humour here. Look up "The Tom Green Show" its basically Eric Andre but made in the 90s lol.
Something else to note, that's not totally related but important I feel, is that in Canada if you're a media company (TV station, radio, film studio, etc) we have a law that at least 30% of you content has to be "Canadian". Sometes referred to as "CanCon". There's a lot of things that count as "Canadian". It could be the themes and subject of the content or that the creators or crew are from Canada. It might be hard to grasp if you're American but US art and media is overwhelmingly most of what we see and listen to in Canada. 80% of our population lives within spitting distance of the border and the population of the States is 10x the size of Canada (not to mention the culture of the States is a lot more aggressive and pushy than Canada's so we kinda get bullied with it lol) so if we didn't have that law all our own culture would get totally obliterated.
This was a very enlightening video. I truly should watch more shortfilms, I truly enjoy watching them and just... never looked for them
One thing you forgot to mention is that the NFB produced the pilot for Peep and the Big Wide World. That show was the GOAT.
I'll be honest, as a UK native, I grew up with some of these more than the popular American cartoons. Particularly Nelvana.
this is your best video yet! unfortunately now I'm gonna need a 5 hour video on the history of animated short films in this style
thanks for introducing me to a huge world of short films that I never thought existed before “The Hockey Sweater”. your analyses on the films’ visual styles, structure, and significance really shined a light on a side of Canadian animation I’ve GOT to check out for myself. as a Canadian animator, I’m especially inspired by the works of nearby studios such as Mercury Filmworks, Guru Studio, and Jam Filled; all of which have produced some HQ television work that I’m confident could survive in the long run.
side-note: your videos are always a delight to watch. thorough research, pleasant accompanying visuals, and sense of message :D
OFC I bolted to this vid when I saw Canada in the title
As a canadian animation enthusiast who lives very close to vancouver, I feel ashamed of myself for not knowing any of this.
Thanks for making this video! As a Canadian who works in the film industry in Vancouver as a production assistant, I had no idea we had such a good reputation for animation. It's really cool to learn more about my country's contributions to the industry. I haven't seen many Canadian movies, as most of the content we work on is set in America, at least in terms of characters and settings.
OMG!!! Thank you for making a video like this ^^ As a proud Canadian and someone who is soon to be an animation student in Canada. This video definitely brought a smile to my face since global recognition is being recognized. I remember watching these short films when I was a child and grew to love them thinking these were films everyone worldwide watches. I never realized how the concept of the government funding art is foreign and essentially weird. There are so many things I have talked about Canadian things to people worldwide but never realized it's only in Canada or if you live here it is 'common knowledge'.
Anyways, the Canadian government also doesn't stop at funding animators they fund a whole variety of content like music, a variety of art, ice sculptures, etc. If you're trying to make 'Canadian content', you have the government's support. They love to help, along with us as Canadians. We love seeing art of course! For example in my city they hire artists to paint those random electrical boxes you see outside or make murals on buildings/skyscrapers, statues, road art. I've been to many and I mean MANY cities and towns across Canada and they always have art outside to show to the world. My dad is an architect so I get a lot of insight when they are making commercial or government buildings. Every project every single time they love to hire artists to create something for the building to show more culture depending on where it is and what the building is for. Sometimes even the building means something. Canadian art is everywhere here essentially! So I definitely implore you to come visit or do more research on Canada. Canada is like a huge positive pandora's box just waiting to be explored all you have to do is look.
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Canadian, I am very glad and prideful of my nation's commitment to the arts and while I did have a general idea that the government funded domestic films prior to this video, I had no idea it was to this extent and I will definitely be checking out the extended catalog.
About Canadian animation being cheaper to produce, don't get me wrong, it's great that it is easier for Artists to be Artists here but I do have concerns since Hollywood has heavily begun out sourcing labour to areas like Vancouver. This type of practice predatory, it isn't for the talent or give people jobs in Canada but rather it's for financial greed as Canadian animation is taxed less and Canadian animators aren't unionized to the extend American animators. I worry that the animators in Vancouver take this work because it's never been available to them but are also still underpaid by Corporate in Hollywood since they know these animators here will take less for the same reason. It's taking advantage of people willing to take less.
Not to mention, outsourcing labour to Canada and other countries means American animators are being shafted by Hollywood which we see in the massive lay-offs waves. Thousands of US animators are out of a job simply because they demand better treatment and pay which foreign markets (worse of these in Japan and Korea) are devoid of and therefor cheaper.
Ever wonder why the rise of Indie Animation happened at the same time as the Hollywood lay-offs? That's all the talent which was let go, looking for work and finding it with online independent studios who create stuff here on TH-cam.
Animation has it pretty rough right now with Hollywood becoming increasingly corporatized and profit driven as well as the invasion of "AI" (I throw up a little typing that). They don't care for the well-being of animators or even the final product as long as it makes them money. The *entirely finished* animated movies which are being shelved are for tax ride-offs, that's now how far corporations are willing to go for the bottom-line.
I'm sorry I've brought the mood with my depressing tangent but I'll say this, If you love animation, continue to love animation, even more so now. Love not just the things that you watch but the people behind them, support the Artists because they make the things you love, not the corporations.
About government funding NFB who gets to decide which projects gets funding.is there a government censor that the projects have to pass.are there certain qoutas?
Cant forget total drama island!
yippie!! as a Canadian animation student it's lovely to see the appreciation for our industry here in Canada!!! I'm so happy to have grown up with Canadian-made cartoons :)
As a Canadian, I aspire to make a big fat animation production company, making feature films, series, short films and videos.
Animation is slowly becoming one of Canada's biggest exports **Whipcrack**
Would be more accurate to put the whipcrack after every word
OH CANADA 🇨🇦 🗣️
Dude, I love the new music you made. Especially Cherry. Keep up the fruity work, man.
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Blackberry awakened Super Mario Galaxy memories, love your work and i can't wait to see what you do next!
This video is awesome! Despite being born and living in Canada all of my life, I was never really told much about the NFB as far as I can recall. A lot of the information here was complete news to me! I didn't even know that the NFB had those shorts available to watch either! Thank you so much for pointing myself and people around the globe to great canadian talent! Now if you will excuse me, I have some animated shorts to watch :D