If there’s one tradition I can count on every fall, it’s the annual re-watch Over the garden wall. The leaves are starting to change color, pumpkins are starting to pop up everywhere, and I’m starting to think about venturing into the Unknown with Wirt and Greg. Something tells me I’m not alone. But this year is a special one — today marks the 10th anniversary of the miniseries’ debut on Cartoon Network, and there’s a new stop-motion short to celebrate. The short from Cartoon Network and Aardman Animations features some of the show’s original voice actors, including Elijah Wood as Wirt, Collin Dean as Greg, and Melanie Lynskey as Beatrice.
Over the garden wall Creator Patrick McHale pitched the stop-motion special to directors Mikey Please and Dan Ojari earlier this year, Ojari said. . The figures are all hand-carved wooden puppets, and filming took two months on miniature sets (including a “10×10 square meter forest”). “The only thing that’s digital is the facial animation,” he said FK.
The result is truly beautiful and the perfect primer for your annual return to the world of the weird Over the garden wall. It is available to watch now and .
