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''Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"'' (a.k.a. "''Ren & Stimpy's All New Adult Party Cartoon''") is an animated television series created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi for the cable network Spike. The series was an adults-only-revival and spin-off of the original animated series, ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', which had previously aired on the American children's cable network Nickelodeon. It aired from June 26, 2003 to August 14, 2003, when Spike's entire animation block was discontinued. The series is rated TV-MA for explicit sexual dialogue and sexual references, hence the name. ==History== The original Ren and Stimpy series was controversial, and Kricfalusi had been known for disputing content with censors. When Nickelodeon fired Kricfalusi in 1992, Nickelodeon's studio Games Animation took over the series, leading many animators to quit the series. ''The Ren and Stimpy Show'' was canceled in 1996. In 2002, Viacom hired John Kricfalusi to produce a new version of his series for an updated version of the TNN network devoted specifically to programming for male audiences. Kricfalusi said that TNN wanted an "extreme" version of ''The Ren & Stimpy Show''. TNN gave Kricfalusi greater control of the writing and contents of the episodes than the control given by Nickelodeon. Kricfalusi produced seven new cartoons aimed at adult audiences. A few of the head storyboard artists, screenwriters, and animators returned from the original ''Ren and Stimpy'' series, such as Vincent Waller, Eddie Fitzgerald, and Jim Smith, but most of the animation and writing team were a new team of artists, specifically instructed and headed by Kricfalusi himself. Many of the original voice cast members returned with the exception of Billy West, who said the new series wasn't funny and he believed being in it would hurt his career.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Billy West Interview )〕 Eric Bauza was hired to replace West as Stimpy. West had previously shared the role of Stimpy with Bauza for one episode of the original series, "Man's Best Friend", produced during the Spümcø era on Nickelodeon. Cast members Harris Peet and Cheryl Chase also returned, and Kricfalusi's father Mike Kricfalusi and long-time childhood friend Tom Hay provided some voices. All of the episodes were animated at Carbunkle Cartoons, in association with Big Star Productions. Kricfalusi had previously relied upon Carbunkle during the Nickelodeon years, and he subcontracted animation of many original series episodes (including "Space Madness", "Black Hole" and "The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen") to that studio. In June 2003, the new series began airing as part of an animation block also featuring ''Gary the Rat'', ''Stripperella'', and digitally remastered episodes of the original ''Ren and Stimpy'' series, subtitled "Digitally Remastered Classics". Kricfalusi wrote the first episode, "Onward and Upward", based on requests from fans from the Nickelodeon era.〔 The episode portrayed the characters as bisexual: In one scene, Ren informs Stimpy, "I'm the pitcher, you're the catcher." Advertisers objected to some of the new show's content, particularly that of the risqué episode "Naked Beach Frenzy" which did not air in the show's original run, causing trouble with scheduling.〔http://archive.wgnradio.com:8080/ramgen/wgnam/shows/digilio_nick/audio/kricfalusi030819nd.rm〕 The show stopped airing when Spike's animation block was "put on hold", but it was only officially canceled around November 2004. Kricfalusi shut down his studio in Canada shortly thereafter following a lawsuit filed by Carbunkle against Spümcø in the Canadian court system. In 2005, Kricfalusi announced that all of the ''Adult Party Cartoon'' cartoons were coming to DVD, and that the possibility exists for new ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' episodes to be produced if DVD sales are successful. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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