#cole sanchez

[featherswallow]

i cried so bad at the end i thought i was part of their relationship

[twilightofthesandwiches]

After all these years, ‘I Remember You’ is still one of the great highlights of Adventure Time Storytelling. And not just in the basic ‘what???? Silly children’s cartoon does something SAD??? HOLY SHIT MIND BLOWN’ way. But with the execution of that Something Sad. How it manages to pack so many Complex Emotions into just 11-minutes of television. And especially the way it utilizes the basic Adventure Time format for that purpose.

So Adventure Time is a Board-based show. Each episode has an outline pitched and written down by the writer’s room, and then this outline goes to a team of (usually) two Storyboard Artists who develop that simple outline into a full story. And with the show’s art-style deliberately eschewing staying perfectly ‘on-model’ in favor of having the animators take direct reference from how the different storyboarders draw the characters

And the show being generally extremely versatile in terms of themes and tone - AT has allowed a lot of their Storyboarders to really express themselves and their unique artistic vision as part of the Big Collaborative Narrative that is Adventure Time. 

Now, the Boarders who worked on ‘I Remember You’ are Cole Sanchez and Rebecca Sugar. These two were a Storyboarding Duo from the start of S4 and until Sugar left the AT Crew during S5, and they always struck me as a curious combination. I think really from all of the individual boarders working on AT during that time, these two really are the closest to having like… Totally Opposite Artistic Sensibilities as boarders. 

With Sugar favoring a style that is very loose and sketchy and also very rounded. Focusing on expressions and subtle body language and lighting. And being famous for going deep in depth into Big Moments of Emotional Catharsis

And Sanchez having a very clear art style that emphasizes strong silhouettes and clear lines that suggest flatness. Focusing more on major poses and the character’s positions in the space. And having just a really great eye for AT’s brand of silly humor.

Like, I almost kinda suspect these two were paired together so they can each cover for the other’s “weakspots” in writing ‘Adventure Time’. 

And there were a few episodes that did some really interesting stuff with this very contrasting pair - ‘Jake the Dog’ is another example. Giving most of the Farmworld scenes to Sugar and most of the Time Room scenes to Sanchez both plays to their personal strengths as storyboarders and helps to emphasize the strong emotional contrast between these two scenarios. 

And ‘I Remember You’ is actually kinda unique among Adventure Time episodes cause… Most episodes will have the two boarders alternate between working on the episode throughout it. Like you’d have Boarder A draw a bit and then Boarder B and then Boarder A again… But “I Remember You” is divided between Sanchez and Sugar… basically perfectly in the middle.

So the entirety of the first half of the episode was boarded by Sanchez

Until Ice King pushes Marceline and then leaves the room in shame.

And then, Sugar takes over.

And, like, even if you don’t know anything about the Behind the Scenes of Adventure Time or who Cole Sanchez and Rebecca Sugar even are - the Shift is noticeable. The shift in tone, in narrative focus, in the subtleties in which the characters are drawn. 

The entire first half of the episode has this thin veneer of just being a Silly Goofy Ice King Episode. Sanchez’s talent for Adventure Time’s brand of comedy is on full display… but there is also this underlying feeling that Something is Happening just under the surface. And these hints of the Big Emotions of ‘IRY’ expressed via Sanchez’s kinda goofy style really create this balance between putting the audience into a false sense of security that this is just a Very Normal Episode about two characters hanging out and the Tension constantly brewing in the subtext. 

And then it all comes to a blow.

And then the Shift happens. And now we are in Sugar’s court.

And this subtle shift in the artstyle and storytelling also coincide with Marceline finally openly expressing her feelings and the Reveal of Simon and Marcy's shared past. The episode changes focus from Ice King's silly antics to Marceline's feelings. Everything changes, everything in the first part of the episode gets recontextualized and... even on the most basic level, the episode is now Noticeably Different.

I would almost say that Sanchez’s half of the episode has Ice King define the tone, while Sugar’s half of the episode has Marceline define the tone. But more than anything it’s the catharsis. The reveal and release of those emotions that were building up so expertly through the Sanchez half of the episode. All of the Sugar-boarded scenes in this episode are really heartbreaking on their own, just through the tragedy of the story and Sugar’s expert knowledge of howto convey emotion in the visual medium - but it’s so enchanted by what came before it.

“I Remember You” is truly a great testament to how ‘Adventure Time’ could use every aspect of its medium to tell a great story in such a short time.

[adventure-time-news]

Released today: Fionna and Cake S02E10 “The Bear and the Rose”

Release date: 25 December 2025

Written and storyboarded by: Iggy Craig, Graham Falk, Jackie Files, Sonja von Marensdorff, and Jacob Winkler

Story by: Jack Pendarvis, Kate Tsang, Hanna K. Nyström, and Adam Muto

Animation directors: Bong-Hee Han, Chol-Hee Han, Yong-Taek Choi, Jong-Cheol Baek, Cheol-Ki Kwon, G. M. Lim, and C. W. Choi

Supervising director: Cole Sanchez

Supervising producer: Sandra Lee

Art director: Carolyn Ramirez

Produced by: Fred Films and Cartoon Network Studios

Network: HBO Max

[stuff-diary]

Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake (Season 2)

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Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake (Season 2, 2025, USA)

Creator: Adam Muto (based on the original show by Pendleton Ward)

Directors: Ryann Shannon and Cole Sanchez

Mini-review:

I still can't believe I got to watch this with a relatively short delay from the original premiere. As with the first season, there's something astonishing about the way this creative team continues to find new approaches to the Adventure Time universe, all without losing the spark that made it such a cultural staple. Even with the more adult tone and themes, it feels like a natural evolution for the show. That being said, I'll admit this second season felt a bit more unfocused than the first. The increasingly sprawling ensemble means that only a few characters get a chance to truly shine, and parts of the plot are a bit too scattered. Still, almost everything comes together in the last few episodes. One particular thing I loved about this season is the regular experimentation with different aesthetics and animation styles, especially in a lot of the opening scenes. Anyway, I hope Fionna and Cake goes on for as long as the creators want; I'll be here to watch it.

[mikyapixie]

𝟗 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐠𝐨 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤!!

[pretendurgod]

Michael Cimino | 📷: Aurelio

[kaceyrps]

PEYTON LIST and MICHAEL CIMINO in GIRL HAUNTS BOY

[supercap2319]

Boy Haunts Boy:

Cole looks at the ghost boy in front of him. Moving to a new town and house was one thing, but it was another thing completely when you move into the bedroom of a century old ghost boy trapped inside of said house you move into. "So, if you promise not to do any ghost stuff around my mom, then I'll take you wherever you want to go. Deal?"

The ghost boy, Y/N smiles as he shakes Cole's hand. "You've got yourself a deal, pal. Let's paint the town. Make the scene."

"I don't know what you're saying, but we can go out and hangout. Chill."

"What's chill?"

Cole laughed. "To hangout with friends. You know, a get together."

Y/N nods and grins. "Why ain't that the bees knees."