Cartoon Sushi

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Cartoon Sushi was an animation showcase program that aired on MTV from 1997 to 1998. It was produced by Nick Litwinko. As a collection of animation shorts, Cartoon Sushi was of similar concept and format to MTV's own Liquid Television.

[edit] Memorable Shorts

• Charles Manson vs Marilyn Manson: The pilot episode of Celebrity Deathmatch, featuring a fight between Marilyn Manson and a diaper-clad Charles Manson
• Stick Figure Theater
• Boris The Dog - created by Cevin D. Soling. The short about a dog that kills his family so that he can see the big city also was shown at Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Animation Festival.
• Ultracity 6060 -shorts consisting of anime clips dubbed with hilarious dialogue.
• Science Facts - shorts consisting of "science facts" such as "Broccoli has an IQ of 10" and "A Mayfly Has A Lifespan of 2 Hours".
• Fast Driver - A parody of Speed Racer by Nick Gibbons; it portrays the main character as Fast Driver (instead of Speed Racer), he drives in a race to see if he can become the racing king. One of the UltraCity 6060 shorts.
• Dream Boy - created by Christopher Dante Romano.
• The Champ In: Snapper Boy - Line produced by Colleen Pollock.
• Rip-n-Glide
• Stroid 56
• The Dirdy Birdy - created by John R. Dilworth
• Death Wears A Plush Jacket
• Man's Best Friend
• The Many Deaths of Norman Spittal
• Day of the Monkey
• Robin - Created by Magnus Carlsson.
• Bill Plympton Studios shorts (most notably "Your Face", "Love Stinks" and "Carrots Are Good For Eyesight").

[edit] See also

• Eye Drops

[edit] External links

• Cartoon Sushi at the Internet Movie Database
• The AMPnyc "DeLuxe" Animation Studio Archive (Author of the Science Facts shorts)
• Cevin Soling (Author of Boris The Dog)
• Nick Gibbons (Author of the Fast Driver short)
• Happy Trails Animation (Author of the Rip-n-Glide and Stroid 56 shorts)
• Stretch Films (Author of The Dirdy Birdy)
• Damp Rabbit Land (Author of the Death Wears A Plush Jacket)
• Ben Gluck (Author of Man's Best Friend, made by CALArts
• Banx Cartoons (Author of The Many Deaths of Norman Spittal)
• Ooga Booga Studio (Author of The Champ In: Snapper Boy)
• Carlos Ramos (Author of Day of the Monkey)
• Bill Plympton Studios