To end things with the new year and continuing our goal to provide for LGBTQ+ and POC spaces in our podcast, we delve into a discussion about diversity and inclusion within the animation industry while also appreciating POC creators from show running, character designing, writing, animating, and backgrounds (excluding performative/voiceover).
You can find our episode on diversity in voiceover animation (S1 E8) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52x4Too6j-s&t=1s
Cartoon Network Career Panels: https://www.instagram.com/cns_recruiting/
Creators Mentioned:
Jeff Trammel (Craig of the Creek), Kate Tsang (Adventure Time: Distant Lands, Welcome to Doozy), Ian JQ (OK KO!: Let’s Be Heroes), Fatma Almheiri (Emara), Natasha Allegri (Bee & Puppycat), Matt Braly (Amphibia), Janice Burgess (Backyardigans), Sascha Paladino (Mira, Royal Detective)*, Niki Lopez, Leslie Valdes, and Valerie Walsh Valdes (Santiago of the Seas), Alan Ituriel (Villainous), Diego Molano (Victor & Valentino), Bobby Alcid Rubio (Disney Pixar animator), Jorge R. Gutierrez (El Tigre, The Book of Life), Daniel Chong (We Bare Bears), Floyd Norman (Disney animator), Elizabeth Ito (Welcome to My Life), Kiana Mai Khansmith (Big City Greens), Tiffany Ford (Craig of the Creek, Steven Universe), Shiyoon Kim (Disney animator, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)
*Sascha Paladino is the executive producer of Mira, Royal Detective, and uses He/Him pronouns.*
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