Styro the Dog

This is the animated short Styro the Dog from Miramar's Imaginaria. It was also among the shorts to air as part of YTV's Short Circutz in the mid 90s.

if you're wondering about the quality, there's a reason for it being rather poor. These animations were created on early computers as separate projects in the late 80s. They were then output to film or (ugh) VHS. This was then collected by Miramar who somehow edited them together into the shorts. Once that was done, it was released on VHS tape. Later on, these VHS tapes were recorded into a computer by unknown means and compressed with an obscure video compressor. The result was burned to a CD and mailed off. After that it was extracted from it's bizzare video format and converted into a more standard AVI format. Finally it was uploaded to Youtube and re-encoded in their system. That means that this short has been in 8 different lossy video formats by the time you watch it. It's a wonder you can even make out what's happening.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• CG
• Miramar
• Imaginaria
• Short
• Circutz
• YTV

[jputnam]

I was working at Sinnott's on some consulting projects at the time this was created. I even have a Styro Christmas tree ornament he gave out one year. Tom now is a VP/GM Technicolor West Coast Digital Intermediates.

There is an episode 2 of Styro. Wonder if it will ever surface?

[Jax184]

That's really cool. I love hearing stuff like this.

Let me know if you want to part with that christmas decoration :)

[fluffyqueer]

I never got this one... why did they go out of their way to catch him? What did he do???

[Jax184]

Didn't you see the poster in the background? He's a terriorist, wanted for bone graft!

[Tavok1]

Old school YTV was the greatest, I loved watching the Short Circutz between shows. Now all YTV has is anime =\

Anyone remember the name of the one with the pyramids and the Coyotes in the desert? It had a cool tune to it.

[Jax184]

Yes, it's just called Pyramid. The music was done by Jan Hammer. It's on youtube.

[iadorechrismartin]

Anyone else want to be a kid, again?

[iiSOoFWESH]

apparently hes a terrorist

[83yomomma]

You dont understand...

I never thought I would see this ever again... This takes me back! THANK YOU...

Do you remember the one with the Salt shakers?

[83yomomma]

I LOVE YOU. THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!

[OneLeggedPuppies2010]

The 90's was the best decade ever.

[1ajs]

Wow..... that brings back memories

[TimJSwan89]

This appears 26:34 into the movie Imaginaria.

[TheImperialConqueror]

u see his wanted poster?

he's a terriorist... he's goin to doguantanamo. :(

[TheJunkieBox]

I only ever watched a beta version of this animation... It had different sound.

[IAmAFugitiveOnTheRun]

Wow! Memories! :)

[flashn00b]

I only have memories of this video because of an edited version of Beyond the Mind's Eye :(