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McCracken had wanted to do a third season, but Disney execs said no.

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Some popular animated programs are being recognized for the first time this year.

Cartoon Brew has an exclusive clip from the first-look telecast of Wander Over Yonder which follows the premiere of “Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel this Friday, August 16, at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on Disney Channel. In this clip, we are introduced to Emperor Awesome and his fist-fighter army.

What does every galactic villain need when facing off against his arch enemy Lord Hater for the ultimate cosmic power – a classic battle theme song! In this exclusive clip, you’ll see Emperor Awesome and his fist-fighter army rock Lord Hater on the battlefield – just one of the many adventures Wander experiences on his travels through outer space. The epic battle music is performed by Two Man Gentlemen Band member and composer for the series, Andy Bean.

In the episode, “The Picnic,” Wander discovers the perfect spot for his celestial picnic — right next to Lord Hater’s epic battlefield, consequently making it extremely difficult for Hater to focus on his battle against arch enemy Emperor Awesome for ultimate cosmic power.

Disney Channel’s new animated comedy series Wander Over Yonder, premieres Friday, September 13 (9:00 pm ET/PT). The series stars Jack McBrayer (30 Rock, Wreck It Ralph) as the free-spirited Wander, April Winchell (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse) as Wander’s true-blue stallion and best friend Sylvia, Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants) as Commander Peepers, the leader of the Watchdog Army, and Keith Ferguson (Gravity Falls, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends) as evil villain Lord Hater. Wander Over Yonder is created and executive produced by two-time Emmy Award-winning animator Craig McCracken (Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, Powerpuff Girls).

Here’s a new extended clip from Craig McCracken’s upcoming TV series Wander Over Yonder, which will be previewed on Disney Channel this Friday, August 16, at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

The Disney Channel provided us with this sneak peek of the main titles for Wander Over Yonder, their new series created by Craig McCracken. The main title theme song is written and performed by Two Man Gentleman Band, and the group’s banjoist Andy Bean is the composer of the series. The Wander Over Yonder first-look telecast will premiere on Disney Channel Friday, August 16 (9:00 p.m., ET/PT), followed by the series premiere on Friday, September 13 (9:00 p.m. ET/PT).

Bonus points if you spot the tribute to Ward Kimball’s Mars and Beyond!

These two promos are the publicly released footage that I’ve seen from Wander Over Yonder, the upcoming Disney Channel series created by Craig McCracken (The Powerpuff Girls, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends).

Also, here’s a lo-quality version of the trailer that someone recorded at the San Diego Comic-Con yesterday:

(Thanks, Anthony DiPaola via Cartoon Brew’s Facebook group)

Joe Pitt, a designer on Wreck-It Ralph and director on the Disney show Gravity Falls, posts personal and professional work on his blog, such as this behind-the-scenes look at the process of developing the perfect design for gnome barf.

Recently he moved over to the position of Lead Character Designer for Craig McCracken’s new show, Wander Over Yonder, also in production at Disney.

Joe also synchs his blog-flow of art with Twitter, where you can occasionally see work like these pieces below from a personal project in development.

I was just cleaning out my bags from the Comic Con last week and found this postcard (both sides, below) for Disney’s forthcoming Craig McCracken series. I’ll bet this was posted on the internet somewhere, or Facebook, but I hadn’t seen it myself till now, so I thought you should see it too. Intriguing images… I can’t wait to see the show!

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* Oriental DreamWorks, the joint venture between DreamWorks and a consortium of Chinese investors, has announced that its first feature will be released in 2016. Katzenberg is in Shanghai this week reviewing at least seven different film proposals vying to be the studio’s first feature. The studio plans to “closely link elements of Chinese history, culture and literature in its various productions.” More details in this news article.

* Craig McCracken (The Powerpuff Girls, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends) is comign back to TV with a new TV series called Wander Over Yonder for the Disney Channel. The Disney TV Animation-produced show, scheduled for the 2012-13 season, is about:

Wander is an overly-optimistic intergalactic traveler who, along with his loyal but bullish steed, Sylvia, goes from planet to planet helping people to live free and have fun, all against the evil reign of Lord Hater and his army of Watchdogs.

* Composer Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin) talked animation in the Wall Street Journal:

What do you think of the shift in animated film earnestness to irony?
Menken: Ironic is OK. You can have a Sebastian [the crab in The Little Mermaid], as you can have a Jiminy Cricket. They can be adult and smart. However, they can’t be culturally or morally subversive, in that Disney sensibility. Rango and things like that are edgier. In general, the animated medium lends itself to a sweetness.

Do you personally connect to that?
Menken: I first appreciated that medium back in the 1980s when the AIDS crisis had hit full force and everybody—my gay collaborators and friends—was dying. I was so scared for my daughter, Anna, and the only thing that could soothe me was those Disney animated films that were coming out on VHS. It was so safe.

* How did I miss the news that Glenn Beck’s online network GBTV is currently developing an animated comedy series with Icebox. Yes, that Icebox. A lot of readers may be too young to remember Icebox.com, but they were among the more notorious animation dot-com busts in the late-1990s and a punchline for jokes about what happens when sitcom writers try to make funny cartoons.

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