Cartoon Network just released an Over the Garden Wall stop-motion short

If there’s one custom I can rely on each fall, it’s the annual rewatch of Over the Backyard Wall. The leaves begin altering colour, pumpkins start to pop up all over the place, and I begin fascinated with venturing into the Unknown with Wirt and Greg. One thing tells me I’m not the one one. However this 12 months is further particular — at this time marks the 10-year anniversary for the reason that miniseries debuted on Cartoon Community, and there’s a brand new stop-motion quick to rejoice it. The quick, from Cartoon Community and Aardman Animations, options a few of the present’s authentic voice actors, together with Elijah Wooden as Wirt, Collin Dean as Greg and Melanie Lynskey as Beatrice.

Over the Backyard Wall creator Patrick McHale pitched the thought for the stop-motion particular to administrators Mikey Please and Dan Ojari earlier this 12 months, Ojari advised . All the figures are hand-carved picket puppets, and filming happened in miniature units (together with a “10-by-10 sq. meter forest”) that took two months to construct. “The one factor that’s digital is the facial animation,” Please advised FC.

The top result’s actually stunning, and the right primer on your yearly return to the unusual world of Over the Backyard Wall. It’s accessible to observe now on and .