Housepets! Animated! Central Development Thread

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 9:35 pm

Not yet except the two clips on the previous page in this thread. Watch this space for any news though!

And I like Retto's Pete and Bino too.

Welcome to the forums, Retto! Don't hesitate to ask if any of us staff can do anything to help you feel more at home or to help you out while you're here.

CHAOKOCartoons · Post by **CHAOKOCartoons** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 7:14 pm

I will not be releasing the announcement animation until I can confirm that the first episode is ready to animate. That way if it for some reason the show doesn't end up coming out I won't have lied.

tsMKG · Post by **tsMKG** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 8:44 pm

I hope that turns well!

I would like to participate but don't know very much the English pronunciation. Will try to learn that this year.

Meanwhile I can do Maxwell's Spanish lines

Naro Rivers · Post by **Naro Rivers** » Fri Feb 19, 2016 3:26 pm

I was under the impression that Max would speak terrible Spanish; that he would have only learned enough to impress queens.

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Fri Feb 19, 2016 6:58 pm

I can't speak spanish, but i would love to try reading them out loud :3

Post by **D-Rock** » Fri Feb 19, 2016 11:27 pm

What he's said in Spanish so far isn't too bad, really. I just imagine that he has a heavy accent.

Naro Rivers · Post by **Naro Rivers** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 4:23 pm

That's kind of what I meant: it translates well, but I imagine him to have terrible pronunciation.

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 1:06 am

Oh, a thought I just had. I know I don't really have a say in this, but I just thought, GreatKitsune, maybe you should ask Gasuuba to try a bit rougher or scratchier voice for Grape for the next time you record an episode. Nothing big, just to make her sound slightly boy-ier, cause, well, you know... it was just a thought.

CHAOKOCartoons · Post by **CHAOKOCartoons** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 7:41 am

Well, I don't mind the way she does the voice too much as I can see that as sort of a little boy voice. However, even that seems a bit odd for how old they're supposed to be in animal years. But I prefer it over a blatantly female voice

I mean, it'd be nice if the voice was a little more boyish but still understandable when it's revealed she's a girl, but I think that's a bit too much to ask. If she want's to try that for the next recording, go ahead, but I wouldn't blame her for just going on with this voice.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 8:34 am

SuperStar wrote:Nothing big, just to make her sound slightly boy-ier, cause, well, you know... it was just a thought.

I think what Gasuuba did is fine.
Keep in mind that Rick has said that Grape sounds like Rita from Animaniacs. She's actually not supposed to be boyish at all which was part of the joke of the big reveal - that Peanut had missed every clue including her voice and anatomy.

CHAOKOCartoons · Post by **CHAOKOCartoons** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 9:16 am

Oh well after hearing that, I think she's doing the voice perfectly then

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 10:27 am

Well I never said the current voice was bad or anything, just I think it may be sort of good to test some stuff.

Hlaoroo wrote:that Peanut had missed every clue including her voice and anatomy.

Max also missed it somehow.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 10:57 am

SuperStar wrote:Well I never said the current voice was bad or anything, just I think it may be sort of good to test some stuff.

That's fair enough. Never hurts to try new things!

SuperStar wrote: Max also missed it somehow.

He did? How did I miss his missing it?

Naro Rivers · Post by **Naro Rivers** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 3:01 pm

Right here, Hlaoroo: https://www.housepetscomic.com/2008/12/ ... hats-a-no/

Post by **D-Rock** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 7:10 pm

That does remind me, no one else has confused her gender since the reveal. Did they figure it out quickly on their own or was she straightforward about it?

Did Res and the barn cats ever get confused? Did Fox know?

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 7:25 pm

I always just assumed max and peanut were both clueless, and the rest aren't.

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 7:37 pm

Jata did. She dressed up and added a bearded chin to look like a guy, so it's safe to assume people just judge her gender from appearances.

Post by **D-Rock** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 7:59 pm

Well, appearances really do a lot with perception, especially with clothing. I recall a girl in high school that I was so sure was a guy. She was rather androgynous regarding physical appearance, which was mainly because I almost always saw her in her ROTC uniform, which are bulky and look the same for both men and women. I was told by a friend of hers eventually. Some time later, I FINALLY saw her in regular clothes, and then it became a bit more obvious.

GreatKitsune · Post by **GreatKitsune** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 10:36 pm

SuperStar wrote:Oh, a thought I just had. I know I don't really have a say in this, but I just thought, GreatKitsune, maybe you should ask Gasuuba to try a bit rougher or scratchier voice for Grape for the next time you record an episode.

Every opinion has value.

CHAOKOCartoons · Post by **CHAOKOCartoons** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 10:55 pm

By the way, a few things I forgot to ask that are probalby pretty important now that I've continued animating:
How are we gonna go about the youtube channel/social media thing? Should we create a gmail that only certain people can access so they can manage the channel? I've had quite a bit of experience with working with youtube and it's functions so I can just do the work for setting it up and posting the vids.
And along those lines, should we make a twitter as well? I think Kitsune or someone should run that cause I can barely remember to post anything on my own

Also, should I include a "this is a fan made thing blah blah blah belongs to Rick Griffin blah blah blah please support the official release and such" thing at the beginning or credits? Not sure if we need that or not but I feel like it's more respective.

And another thing, what exactly IS the title of this show? I've been saying "Housepets!: The Animated Web Series" or "Housepets!: AWS" but I didn't want to put it anywhere on the animations until I confirmed what it actually was (I kinda forgot to ask sooner

). I was thinking we should either call it that, or just put an "F" in front of the "animated" to make it clear that this isn't an official series, but that's just my opinion

Post by **D-Rock** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 11:01 pm

A dedicated channel that a few people have direct access to sounds like a good idea.

Of course Rick needs to be given credit. At the beginning, maybe show a splash screen saying something along the lines of "based on the works of Rick Griffin" or something like that.

"Housepets!: The Fanimated Series"? That sounds both pretty clever and too silly. We can't just call it "The Series" due to the fan fic, so I would say "The Animated Series"? With the disclaimer at the beginning, hopefully it'll make it clear that it's unofficial.

CHAOKOCartoons · Post by **CHAOKOCartoons** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 11:06 pm

Yeah, that's why I thought of the splash screen thing, but what if he decided to actually make an animated series of the comic later on and we'd have already taken the name "The Animated Series". Then again, he'd probably just call it "Housepets!", so in reality I'm probably overthinking it.

...Should I just ask Rick if we can use "The Animated Series"? Kinda forgot we can do that.

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 11:21 pm

Housepets! The Animated Series! sounds good. But yeah, ask Rick or whatever,

Or we could just call it Housepets! Animated! like the thread is called...

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 11:32 pm

If Rick ever made a animated series, it's possible he would want the viewers know it's animated when searching it online. =P

Since this is a fan project, I would suggest we try something like "The Housepets Fanimation Project"

CHAOKOCartoons · Post by **CHAOKOCartoons** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 11:43 pm

Well, my only problem with that would be that "project" doesn't really look good on a title

.

EDIT: I've sent Rick the message, hopefully he will reply soon.

GreatKitsune · Post by **GreatKitsune** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 11:57 pm

I had just been calling it Housepets! Animated! this whole time, so whatever ends up sticking will work.

Post by **D-Rock** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 12:09 am

Everyone on this team could call themselves The Housepets Fanimation Project (HFP), though. Sounds like a good collective name.

CHAOKOCartoons · Post by **CHAOKOCartoons** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 12:13 am

Wow, he responded super fast

This was his reply:

RickGriffin wrote:I would prefer if the title indicated it was unofficial. I like "Fanimated"

Therefore, whatever title we make must indicate that the series is in fact unofficial. And, because I agree with Rick

, I personally think we should either go with "Housepets!: The Fanimated Series", "Housepets!: Fanimated" or "Housepets!: The Fanimated Web Series"

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 12:17 am

That F in animated goes along way. My vote is The Fanimated series. :3

Naro Rivers · Post by **Naro Rivers** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 12:25 am

CHAOKOCartoons wrote:And along those lines, should we make a twitter as well? I think Kitsune or someone should run that cause I can barely remember to post anything on my own

What if there were social media accounts for individual characters as well? A number of series do that, one example being Castle; Richard Castle has a Twitter account (@WriteRCastle). Enough characters have this that TV Tropes has a page called Character Blog: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/M ... racterBlog

The thing about saying "based on the works of Rick Griffin" is that it's not. It's not based on it; it is it, just in animated form.

CHAOKOCartoons wrote:Therefore, whatever title we make must indicate that the series is in fact unofficial. And, because I agree with Rick , I personally think we should either go with "Housepets!: The Fanimated Series", "Housepets!: Fanimated" or "Housepets!: The Fanimated Web Series"

I personally think "Housepets! Fanimated" is the better of the three; brevity is generally better.

GreatKitsune · Post by **GreatKitsune** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 12:27 am

If that's the case, go with Housepets! Fanimated so it's short enough to be easily remembered by those who aren't aware of this project.

CHAOKOCartoons · Post by **CHAOKOCartoons** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 12:28 am

@Retto Well, we'd ALSO have to ask Rick to do that considering they're his characters, not ours. I also just personally don't like the idea of that for this series

Naro Rivers · Post by **Naro Rivers** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 12:33 am

Good point.

CHAOKOCartoons · Post by **CHAOKOCartoons** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 12:44 am

To make the name deciding more official, I've created a straw poll to allow us to make sure how many votes there are for each (please follow the instructions

) : http://strawpoll.me/6887703

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 1:03 am

I voted for Housepets! Fanimated, but personally I think it should be Housepets! Fanimated!. Note the difference.

And I don't think we should get ahead of ourselves with that Twitter, idea, sounds sort of excessive.

Also,

Retto-the-Otter wrote: The thing about saying "based on the works of Rick Griffin" is that it's not. It's not based on it; it is it, just in animated form.

They do this even in official animated adaptions, like with animes and stuff. By that I mean even official animations say "based on".

CHAOKOCartoons · Post by **CHAOKOCartoons** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 1:10 am

Oh well of course, I just forgot the "!". My b

UPDATE: Well, at this point I'm pretty sure it wouldn't matter if anyone else voted, it looks like it's leaning towards "Housepets!: Fanimated!" by a large majority (that would be 100%, because I accidentally pressed Fanimated Series to test if it counted my vote and I didn't wanna say anything

). I'll keep this open until I wake up, so unless it gets a sudden jolt of votes for the other 2 names I'm going to say the show is officially called Housepets! Fanimated!

Naro Rivers · Post by **Naro Rivers** » Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:07 am

The deadline listed on CCC is September first. Not to sound pushy, but is that when the cast will be announced?

CHAOKOCartoons · Post by **CHAOKOCartoons** » Sat Feb 27, 2016 5:17 am

We probably made the deadline WAAAY back when, like last year. The project kinda died for a while, but then it kicked back up after a few months so that was quite the delay. And only recently could kitsune come back to edit the polls again so that's a lot more time that was lost.
In other words, I wouldn't be surprised if the cast is not announced by then, though it doesn't mean we aren't trying to finish it up.

GreatKitsune · Post by **GreatKitsune** » Sun Feb 28, 2016 2:48 am

Retto-the-Otter wrote:The deadline listed on CCC is September first. Not to sound pushy, but is that when the cast will be announced?

Actually, I had set the date as far as possible to keep the casting page open, as new characters are added every few months.

Naro Rivers · Post by **Naro Rivers** » Sun Feb 28, 2016 4:48 am

I'm guessing that roles will be cast as needed, then (e.g. Bino will be cast before "A Mournful Situation").

Again, sorry if I sound pushy; I think the suspense and my own uncertainty are getting to me...