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 shade, pumpkins start to pop up in all places, and I begin serious about venturing into the Unknown with Wirt and Greg. One thing tells me I’m not the one one. However this yr is further particular — in the present day marks the 10-year anniversary because the miniseries debuted on Cartoon Community, and there’s a brand new stop-motion brief to rejoice it. The brief, from Cartoon Community and Aardman Animations, options among the present’s unique 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 yr, Ojari advised . The entire figures are hand-carved wood 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 tip result’s actually stunning, and the proper primer in your yearly return to the unusual world of Over the Backyard Wall. It’s accessible to look at now on and .