User blog:CoinsCP/The Mixels Production Evolution (Cartoon Network at least)

The Mixels Production Evolution (Cartoon Network at least)

It started in 2013. Eaaaaaaaarly 2013, as early as March as far as we know, but I don't know when they started working on the shorts themselves, so let's ignore that. The shorts started with "Coconapple" - 2 minutes flat. The next 19 episodes were their extra shorts. All of them were of the short lengths - at the longest was 2-minute flat, and at the shortest was 30-seconds flat.

Then, once those first 20 shorts (and whatever Calling All Mixels stuff was done by this time) were finished, "The Biggest and Most Epic Mixels Minisode Ever" came along. 6 minutes, 45 seconds. Their longest length yet. They had done enough shorts - could they do a longer episode? They did. And it came out great. They did one more to introduce the third wave of Mixels, "Murp Romp" - it was a bit shorter, 5 minutes, 35 seconds. That was their final episode of Season 1. The only other productions were some Calling All Mixels shtick. The two "minisodes" were lengths too abnormal for TV, so they compiled them and older shorts into "Mixed Up Special" - 22 minutes - and aired it on TV.

Season 2 was picked up with the collaboration of LEGO working on 2015's new fourth wave of Mixels. This was their time to experiment with new, longer lengths. The first six shorts were Series 4 themed and all part of a single experiment. The first one, "Tall Tales From Da Moon!" was 9 minutes flat. Their longest length yet. The others were just about the length of regular shorts (though this time they were a bit more varying that flat lengths - at short, 1 minute 15 seconds; at long, 2 minutes 45 seconds. They combined all these shorts into one, long, half-hour special, mixed together with separately-produced bumpers and vignettes featuring older Mixels. "Moon Madness" - 22 minutes.

Then was their big, finale experiment. Their first, full, 22-minute production. They knew they couldn't get this done in time for Series 5, so they introduced it and Series 6 in the same special. "Quest for the Mixamajig" - 22 entire minutes. This was also their first episode to be animated overseas, in South Korea at Digital eMation, Inc. They got it completely delivered sometime in mid-September before it aired late that very month.

They are now working on Season 3. Their evolution is finished. They've gone the shortest length - 30 seconds - they've gone the longest length - 22 minutes. They can make the next episode however long they want. Now we know not of what to expect. And that's the fun part.

CoinsCP - Wall  - Sandbox  01:58, October 9, 2015 (UTC)