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Animation, Interview, Television

Jayden Ham, Jaba Keh, and Viva Lee on Bringing K-Culture in Nickelodeon’s ‘Bossy Bear’

Laura Sirikul

Based on the popular children’s books by David Horvath, Bossy Bear is now a television series on Nickelodeon. It is produced by Horvath and Sun-Min Kim, the creative team behind the popular plush toys UglyDolls, and gives a deeper backstory for extrovert Bossy Bear (Jayden Ham) and his best friend and introvert Turtle (Jaba Keh) as they go through some fun adventures, including some Korean American-inspired situations like show-and-tell Korean food and making kimchi. 

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Animation, Interview

Rodger Bumpass and Carolyn Lawrence Talk ‘Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years’

Sophia Soto

Rodger Bumpass and Carolyn Lawrence voice the beloved characters of Squidward and Sandy in Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years, which is the first original spinoff of Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants. The series was recently picked up for a second season. New episodes are now streaming on Paramount+.

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Animation, Reviews, Streaming

NRW Review: ‘Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous’

Patrick Strange

The NRW Crew of Robert J. Medina and Steve Escobar review and discuss the animated Jurassic World series, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous. You can catch Season 1 of Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous currently streaming on NETFLIX!

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Animation, Interview, Television

‘Mira, Royal Detective’ and Celebrating Diversity and Community in the Time of Social Distancing

Jason Sperber

This was supposed to be a different kind of article.

Two weeks ago, The Nerds of Color youth correspondents and their parental units were invited to attend the premiere screening party for Disney Jr.’s landmark new animated series, Mira Royal Detective (premiering on Disney Jr. today in the United States and India) and interview the cast of voice actors from the South Asian diaspora on the red (or rather blue) carpet at Disney’s Burbank studios. It was a celebration of diversity and community, of difference and commonality, full of music and laughter, of children of all colors and artists and craftspeople from all parts of Hollywood joining together to marvel that this milestone of representation was finally on-screen.

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Animation, Art, It's a Draw

It’s a Draw with Natalie Kim and Cade Hiser

Natalie Kim

How do the best comedians and cartoonists do what they do? Check out our new twice-weekly collaboration with Natalie Kim to find out!

On today’s show,  meet the host and face of Cartoon Hangover, Cade Hiser. And hear how he got his start at Frederator. Also, which Bravest Warrior is Cade most like?

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It’s a Draw with Natalie Kim and Breehn Burns

Natalie Kim

How do the best comedians and cartoonists do what they do? Check out our new twice-weekly collaboration with Natalie Kim to find out!

On today’s show, the writer/director of Bravest Warriors, Breehn Burns, and Natalie draw “Parrying Bunnies,” the two word suggestion sent in from viewer Mike Timony. They talk about everything except Bravest Warriors.

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It’s a Draw with Natalie Kim Special: Kimchi Power

Natalie Kim

Today’s special episode is “Kimchi Power,” an animated cartoon about a normal Korean American girl who finds out she gets super powers when she eats kimchi.

1656175_10153760786905106_18923767_n Natalie created this short with animator Tyler Landis aka Visual Brownies!

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