Phil Rynda has joined The Pokémon Firm Worldwide because the group’s new director of unique animation.
Rynda introduced his appointment on Linkedin, the place he defined that his remit will cowl unique Pokémon television sequence, movies, and short-form content material. No matter he does at Pokémon, he’ll possible be doing with out the franchise’s long-time human protagonist Ash, who featured in his final episode in December of final yr. In March, the official Pokémon Youtube channel shared a teaser for an upcoming animated sequence, the primary of the post-Ash period.
Rynda, who relies in Los Angeles, was beforehand at Netflix, the place he served as director of artistic management and growth for unique animation. The streamer has a fruitful relationship with The Pokémon Firm and hosts a number of animated movies and sequence. Netflix will even stream the upcoming stop-motion sequence Pokémon Concierge, which the streamer says is coming quickly.
Final yr, after a disastrous Q1 earnings name, Rynda and a number of other of his workers have been let go by Netflix in a sequence of serious cuts made by the streamer.
Earlier than transitioning into administration, Rynda began out as an artist and received a Primetime Emmy for his work on Billy & Mandy’s Large Boogey Journey. He stuffed key artistic roles on a number of of the largest animated sequence of the final a number of a long time together with Gravity Falls and Journey Time, and was a personality designer on Chowder, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, The Enterprise Bros., and The Lego Film.
As an govt, Rynda labored as vp of growth at Nickelodeon, the place he was closely concerned with the community’s Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. As artistic director of Cartoon Community’s comedy shorts/pilots program, he helped develop initiatives that included Steven Universe, Clarence, Over the Backyard Wall, We Naked Bears, and OK Okay.O.!
Watch Cartoon Brew’s interview with Rynda about his shift from being an trade artist to working in administration:
