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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 17/11/2025

The final #IndieAnimationDay of 2025 is in the books! 🎉 at 394 posts yesterday on Bluesky, you are GUARANTEED to find an indie animation you'll like. You just need to dig deep! Until the next one on 16th February 2026, remember to #SupportIndieAnimation!

This past Indie Animation Day saw nearly 400 posts on Bluesky. (As of 17 November 2025, 08:06 UTC+0. Source: Bluesky algorithm; Skyfeed.app)

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 20/09/2025

The fifth reason might not interest most, but it's pretty significant. GLITCH used to exclusively make 3D animated series (see below)... not anymore. This series sets an important milestone in this studio's history: yes, GLITCH can produce 2D animation, and produce it well. (6/7)

Image ©GLITCH Productions. Tari from Meta Runner.

Image ©GLITCH Productions. Thad (left) and Uzi (right) from Murder Drones.

Image ©GLITCH Productions. Pomni from The Amazing Digital Circus.

Image ©GLITCH Productions. Melancholy Hill (right) from The Gaslight District.

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 20/09/2025

The character designs are also something to write home about - for some it brings back nostalgia for past works (of the Witch kind 🧙‍♀️), for others it’s a fresh look on the #IndieAnimation scene... Either way, each character's design brilliantly stands out in their own right. (4/7)

Image ©GLITCH Productions. Orville (left) and Olivia (right) from Knights of Guinevere.

Image ©GLITCH Productions. Frankie from Knights of Guinevere.

Image ©GLITCH Productions. Andi from Knights of Guinevere.

Image ©GLITCH Productions. A damaged android Princess Guinevere from Knights of Guinevere.

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 20/09/2025

Way before Knights of Guinevere even dropped, many on socials were curious of what a Dana Terrace-involved series would look like without guardrails, restrictions, and company values imposed from the top-down. The answer to that became clear: A visual spectacle which doesn't hold back 👇 (2/7)

Image © GLITCH Productions (@glitchprod.com). A sihlouette of a young girl standing beside a larger figure, seemingly pulling along a long-haired robot leaking a blue fluid, against a backdrop of spectacular castle-like buildings.

Image © GLITCH Productions (@glitchprod.com). An elderly woman is bedridden, surrounded by anthropormorphic nurses.

Image © GLITCH Productions (@glitchprod.com). A view of derelict buildings from a bridge.

Image © GLITCH Productions (@glitchprod.com). Two women laying wounded.

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 19/09/2025

Are you sitting comfortably? 🍿 Tonight, #IndieAnimation is in the spotlight once again. In just over 30 minutes, we'll witness the return of Dana Terrace (The Owl House) and the debut of a great indie crew with the powerhouse that is GLITCH. Sit tight - updates all night! #SupportIndieAnimation

Image ©Glitch Productions, Gigaseraph. A princess laying in flowers, with cute creatures surrounding.

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 17/08/2025

🚨 FINAL UPDATE 🚨 At 438 posts*, this season's #IndieAnimationDay was the quietest on record for Bluesky... But one thing for certain was that the sheer level of talent in the indie sphere continued to show 🎉 Until the next one on Sunday 16th November, remember to DIG DEEP! #SupportIndieAnimation

Dig deep! There’s an Indie Animation for you out there. It’s waiting for you. Keep looking! #SupportIndieAnimation

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 17/05/2025

🚨FINAL UPDATE🚨 It may have been much quieter than February, but at 610 posts exactly, it's been another amazing #IndieAnimationDay! 🎉 Until the next one on Sat 16 Aug 2025, remember to #SupportIndieAnimation!

This past Indie Animation Day saw 610 posts on Bluesky, As of 17 May 2025, 09:02 UTC+0. (Source: Bluesky algorithm; Skyfeed.app)

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 16/05/2025

#IndieAnimationDay's in full swing now, 352 posts and counting... We hope you've discovered a new #IndieAnimation project today!

There have been over 350 #IndieAnimationDay posts on Bluesky in the last 24 hours. (As of 16 May 2025, 21:21 UTC+0
Source: Bluesky algorithm; Skyfeed.app)

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 16/05/2025

🚨 First stats are in! We're up to 254 posts already here on Bluesky this #IndieAnimationDay... have you shared your favourite #IndieAnimation project yet?

There have been over 250 #IndieAnimationDay posts on Bluesky in the last 24 hours. (As of 16 May 2025, 18:04 UTC+0
Source: Bluesky algorithm; Skyfeed.app)

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 17/04/2025

It's been a while, hasn't it! Are you still supporting #IndieAnimation? There's just under ONE MONTH to go until #IndieAnimationDay on 16th May, and the feed will return soon! Until then, stay tuned. We have an important PSA coming next week...

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 12/03/2025

This short follows Hudson and sidekick Led, as they look to retrieve a lost buddy while out exploring in a vast forest, before encountering a foe that Hudson must fend off. And with that comes a very impressive shounen-style set of action scenes that leave you wanting more. (2/5) 📸: Shemmet

Hudson from CAPSULES, seen here about to punch.

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 03/03/2025

...that Flow will be featured as the splash screen art for #Blender's upcoming version 4.4? (March 18, 2025) 📖: www.blendernation.com/2025/02/16/f... #b3d #Indieanimation

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 03/03/2025

To celebrate Flow's monumental #IndieAnimation win at the Oscars yesterday, we wanted to share a few fun facts... here's a thread 🧵 DID YOU KNOW...

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 03/03/2025

#IndieAnimation has an OSCAR winner in Flow 🎉 This film, animated in the free software #blender, beat the likes of Inside Out 2, The Wild Robot and Wallace & Gromit to secure Latvia's first ever academy award. #SupportIndieAnimation

Flow, Oscar winner for best animated feature

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 24/02/2025

Another week is here 🦋 If you're a fan of #IndieAnimation, The Indie Animation Zine will be going on preorder this Friday @ 9am EST / 6am PST. With over a dozen projects taking place, help #SupportIndieAnimation by getting your copy. Link in replies, and all involved projects in the quote below 👇

Indie Animation Zine Preorders: February 28 - March 31

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 17/02/2025

🚨 FINAL UPDATE: This post marks the 881st #IndieAnimationDay Post☝🤓 Another great achievement! Yesterday was phenomenal. Until the next one on 16th May 2025, remember to #SupportIndieAnimation... and DIG DEEP FOR MORE! Also, why not drop us a follow? We'll continue to help boost #IndieAnimation!

This past Indie Animation Day saw 880 posts on Bluesky, As of 17 February 2025, 13:48 UTC+0. Source: Bluesky algorithm; Skyfeed.app

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 17/02/2025

🚨 #IndieAnimationDay UPDATE: You guys have done it again. 609 posts in the past 24 hours, and currently trending on Bluesky! It's been a blast 🚀 #SupportIndieAnimation

There have been over 600 #IndieAnimationDay posts on Bluesky in the last 24 hours, as of 17 February 2025, 0:44 UTC+0
Source: Bluesky algorithm; Skyfeed.app

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 16/02/2025

#IndieAnimationDay MEGATHREAD! To celebrate the first one of 2025, here's the COMPLETE list of all #IndieAnimation projects we've recommended so far! More to come beyond today... Go support them all, and QRP with your own favourite Indie Animation projects! 🧵 👇

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 16/02/2025

HAPPY #INDIEANIMATIONDAY! This is ToonTube News, one of @Toonshed.com's series, and we exist to spread the word! We also #SupportIndieAnimation here with recommendations - but will soon be in video form too 🎬 Stick around - we're launching a BIG #IndieAnimation campaign tonight...

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 12/02/2025

This DnD-inspired #IndieAnimation series not only has many funny moments, but is unique in that it brings forward ASL sign language representation through one of its lead characters, in an intuitive way. (🧵3/6)

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 05/02/2025

📰 RECOMMENDATION 📰 For Newgrounds' #TakeoverTuesday, we've picked the debut episode of Jumpcut!, an #IndieAnimation series which you are highly recommended to watch when you can. If you're familiar with its style of animation, you'll know this is a nostalgia trip from start to finish. (🧵1/3)

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 01/02/2025

Welcome to February ✨ The next #IndieAnimationDay is on Sunday 16th, and we're gearing up to share & celebrate creativity and progress in #IndieAnimation! We're looking forward to it - are you?

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 28/01/2025

A quick catchup on #IndieAnimation film Flow's monumental rise so far: 🏆 Biggest cinema attendance in Latvian cinema history 🏆 Golden Globe Winner 🏆 Over 50 other independent awards worldwide 🏆 Universal acclaim among critics 🎉 Double Oscar Nominee 🎉 BAFTA Nominee Have you watched it yet?

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 27/01/2025

Another week, another round of stellar #IndieAnimation projects are here! - MechWest, Episode 2 - Deep Space Discounts, Episode 4 - Jump Cut, Episode 1 - Day Job, Pilot Episode - Pieces of Powder, Episode 0 We strongly encourage you to check these out when you can. #SupportIndieAnimation

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 06/01/2025

In a MAJOR upset from last night, #IndieAnimation film 'Flow' wins the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film 🎉 It beat the likes of Disney (Inside Out 2, Moana 2) and Dreamworks (The Wild Robot)

Indie Animated film ‘Flow’ wins Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature

Source: Golden Globes; Cartoon Brew; Deadline

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 12/12/2024

But among other great elements, the hard-worked animation stands-out again, with episode 4 arguably giving you a fight scene capable of rewatching over and over. Alongside a voice cast that puts on an amazing performance for these fleshed-out characters, what more could you ask for? 📷: MW (🧵3/4)

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 09/12/2024

You may have noticed a lot of rave reviews about the #IndieAnimation film, Flow. But today, it's just received a GOLDEN GLOBE nomination 🎉 We're stoked to see this film in the UK, and will be writing up about it accordingly...

The poster for Flow, featuring a cat in water surrounded by many colourful kinds of fish.

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 09/12/2024

We've just begun another big week in #IndieAnimation: - New episode of Monkey Wrench on Wednesday 🚀 - New episode of The Amazing Digital Circus on Friday 🤡 - Several animators are teasing animated Xmas shorts already Yes, we are all eating...

Shrike throwing dice onto a cyan table with poker chips on

Pomni at a drive-thru window; left hand out, right hand holding a bag of Spudsy's. Jax and Ragatha are in the background, smiling and freaking out respectively.

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 29/11/2024

5 Quick facts about ToonTube News - a Thread 🧵4/5 The set design was an accident. It came about while testing #Blender's LoopTools. Eventually the curved blocks became 3 massive video walls, complete with a round desk on a stage. Simple, but recognisable. #IndieAnimation

Studio 6. A studio with three massive curved video walls: One on the left, one on the right, one in centre. They sit behind a round desk on a square stage. Three television cameras sit unmanned in the background, with a light rig attached to a grey ceiling

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 29/11/2024

5 Quick facts about ToonTube News - a Thread 🧵3/5 3. Although we don't cover politics, did you know that an episode was scheduled for 6th January 2021? It was pulled from release during the events in the USA, and only exists in Goldhill Animation Studios' archives. 3 other eps were also shelved.

Wednesday 6th January 2021 is displayed on the video wall behind the desk.

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 29/11/2024

5 Quick facts about ToonTube News - a Thread 🧵2/5 2. Anúzri Patah is ToonTube News's resident anchor. Did you know used to look very different? #IndieAnimation How it started: How it’s going:

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 29/11/2024

Here's 5 Quick facts about ToonTube News - a Thread 🧵 1. ToonTube News is Toonshed's first #IndieAnimation series, and began on 29th November 2019. But the series was only supposed to be an experiment to see if it was possible to report YouTube & Social media news in animated form. (it is)

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 29/11/2024

Today marks 5 years to the day that ToonTube News first made its debut 🎉 It's just past 5pm here in the UK, and tonight, we're celebrating with: - 5 facts about ToonTube News - 5 things to look forward to on the next edition - 5 more #IndieAnimation recommendations

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 22/11/2024

Why not check out Wisdom's Bluesky too: 🦋: @wizzymmd70.bsky.social ...did you know that there's a trailer to the fourth episode of Bob's World too? www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUcZO_x_Y4c

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 21/11/2024

Pamela Hayden's leaving The Simpsons 😯

Pamela Hayden, voice of Milhouse, is leaving the Simpsons after 35 years. Source: BBC, The Guardian, Deadline. Picture of Pamela Hayden next to Milhouse van Houten

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 19/11/2024

It's happened - 20 million are now registered, as the exodus continues on X. 🦋 Have your friends signed up already?

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 18/11/2024

Coca-Cola this past week launched a controversial Generative AI Christmas Campaign

Coca-Cola starts Controversial Generative AI Christmas Campaign
Source: Forbes, Adweek, Techradar, Indy100

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 18/11/2024

Many have expressed disappointment over the Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson main event, but Netflix reports 60 million homes watched live

60 million homes watched the Paul vs Tyson fight. Source: Reuters, BBC, the Verge

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 18/11/2024

The Animation Guild and AMPTP continue their negotiations, with 'hundreds' in attendance at a march on Dreamworks Animation

Weekly Rundown: Animation Guild / AMPTP talks continue amid Dreamworks March

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 18/11/2024

Bluesky continues skyrocketing - 19 million, including the guardian and Mark Hamill - have joined.

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 17/11/2024

It's official - #IndieAnimationDay is set to return on Sunday 16th February 2025 🎉 Calendars all marked... have yours? 👇

The next #IndieAnimationDay is on 16th February 2025. Source: @thesunflowerclub.bsky.social

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 17/11/2024

For now though, be sure to follow us here for weekly roundups of popular news articles, more #IndieAnimation recommendations and reposts, as we continue to #SupportIndieAnimation and keep you informed along the way!

Anúzri Patah, ToonTube News's news reporter, standing on a stage next to a desk labelled "ToonTube News", and in front of a giant video wall displaying the sunset skyline of Norwich, England.

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 17/11/2024

When are we? There's rumour someone very familiar is going to put up a video imminently... 🧵4/5⬇

Anúzri Patah, ToonTube News's news reporter, smiling at a desk in front of a giant video wall backdrop displaying the sunset skyline of Norwich, England.

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 17/11/2024

✨ ABOUT US: A THREAD ✨ So, who and what are we? Well, this is the Bluesky account for ToonTube News - an indie animated series covering the latest in social media, pop culture, and of course, #IndieAnimation. (did you know we started nearly 5 years ago? 🎥) 🧵 1/5 ⬇

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 17/11/2024

Good Morning, Bluesky! #IndieAnimationDay is sadly over, but it was nothing short of amazing. Final report on our feed's statistics, as of 10:33 (UK Time): 778 posts since that time yesterday, against a total of 908 in the past 3 days 🥇

There have been nearly 780 #IndieAnimationDay posts on Bluesky in the last 24 hours. (As of 17 November 2024, 10:33 UTC+0. Source: Bluesky algorithm; Skyfeed.app)

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 16/11/2024

Our feed's stats show over 600 #IndieAnimationDay posts in the past 24 hours, as of 20:28 GMT (603). Indie Animation Day is in full swing now 📈

There have been over 600 #IndieAnimationDay posts on Bluesky in the last 24 hours. Source: Bluesky algorithm; Skyfeed.app

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 16/11/2024

An absolute CRAZY number for Bluesky! 398 #IndieAnimationDay posts in the last 24 hours (as of 18:00 GMT), according to our feed's statistics. 📈 Who's project are you looking out for? #SupportIndieAnimation

There have been nearly 400 #IndieAnimationDay posts on Bluesky in the last 24 hours. Source: Bluesky algorithm; Skyfeed.app

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 16/11/2024

📰 RECOMMEDATION 📰 An #IndieAnimation team we've been most excited about is MAKE Visual. With plenty of industry experience, they've recently charted their own path and begun making indie animations. Our favourite series from them, House On The Outlands, is one we recommend you! 📷: Make Visual

Harmony, a girl endowed with eldrich powers, smashing through glass.

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ToonTube News @toontubenews.toonshed.com · 16/11/2024

#IndieAnimationDay is heating up... Now over 250 posts have been made in the last 24 hours, according to our feed's statistics (253) 📈 #SupportIndieAnimation

There have been over 250 #IndieAnimationDay posts on Bluesky in the last 24 hours. Source: Bluesky algorithm; Skyfeed.app

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