I was snooping around to see if there was any new information available about the stalled Red Nails animated movie, which led to naught...but it did make me remember this little tidbit of discouraging news that was sent my way earlier this year by Kaiser Crowbar (thanks Kaiser!) which was left anonymously on his blog, and which I promptly forgot to post...
"I am a freaking investor in the movie, and Swordplay wont even tell me what the f**k is going on. They need to remove their heads from their ass!"
Anonymous freaking investor has spoken! Heed these words, Swordplay!
On a brighter note, my recent search did lead me to this delightful Conan short, courtesy of one OzyJoe2...Enjoy!
I've been watching the Conan the Adventurer animated series with my kids of late, and to my surprise they are thoroughly enjoying it! I suppose I'm simply nowhere near the target demographic anymore. On a related note, I've been scouring the web and have discovered that there is very little to be learned about the short-lived spin-off, Conan and the Young Warriors...
I found this a little unusual, after hearing that it was slightly better than its predecessor! But other than a list of episodes, a handful of pics, and some small blurbs here and there, this intro video (found here) was about the only other thing of interest that I could track down...unfortunately, it's not even in English!
Now if someone was to use THIS illustration as the basis for a Saturday morning cartoon, it just might work!
Picture thanks to Timothy Lim over at Bam! Kapow!
These short videos courtesy of Ron Smorynski (a.k.a. WorldOfGrim), who was apparently "the lead animator on the notorious "Conan Red Nails" project (whose story is not yet finished, fingers crossed)"...
And now for the bad (but not suprising) news...Ron also had this to say: "Sadly, the animated film has been put on indefinite hold."
Thanks to Terry Allen (UK) for the heads up!
*** UPDATE ***
Oops, I missed this one, which has some Red Nails battle sequences at the beginning. I hope that blunder doesn't result in a dock in pay!
Today, our good friend MArcos has sent us some pics from this classic Conan the Adventurer sticker book. Now, don't get me wrong, I know that cartoon was ridiculous and all, but it's now part of Conan's collective pop-cultural history and all I really want to know is WHY THE HELL DIDN'T WE HAVE THESE IN THE STATES!?
Here's a sweet production proof card back from the Conan the Adventurer line of action figures, based on the 90's animated series. A production proof is what they have to run by the big wigs at a toy company before everything goes to print. This is a one of a kind piece! This particular card was for Wrath Amon (the watered down villain of the series) who's the green dude on the right in the final pic. Another nice addition to these pieces is what appears to be the original inked drawing of the Wrath Amon character which was used in the toy packaging. Sweet!
Crom! They can't give these away on eBay. Right now there are a ton of them posted for sale, but nobody is buying them. I admit, though, I've been tempted to order a couple, just for run. I didn't exactly love the cartoon (but I liked it enough to watch pretty much every episode!), but it's part of Conan lore now, so maybe I should have a couple in the collection.
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