At the end of the Kickstarter on April 17th, it had reached up to $330,256 with 5,957 supporters. The campaign had reached it’s $85,000 goal 6 hours after it launched. If this was successful, it would show the studios that adults are interested in far more than just sitcom-type of animated content.

They launched the Lackadaisy: The Animated Short Film Kickstarter campaign on March 16th 2020 to a fund a proof-of-concept short animated film. Hollywood studios in general have this idea that when it comes to adult animation, only the sitcom format appeal to adults.Īfter the failed attempts at pitching to several networks, Tracy and Fable decided to turn to the fans. However, according to producers, studios thought the project would be too risky to finance, even if it did sound like an interesting idea. With her background as a game developer, graphic designer, and illustrator, Tracy was well aware of how complicated and expensive this dream would be.īefore going forward with a Kickstarter campaign, creator Tracy Butler and director Fable Siegel approached several studios with the concept of an adult animated series that follows booze drinking anthropomorphic cats as they indulged in crime during the 1920’s Missouri era. She had dreams of having her story to someday become animated in a way that would resemble similar animation styles and music quality that she had grown up with. When she first created Lackadaisy, she was imagining it as an animated film. Her love of animation also inspired her, having grown up with Disney animated films, Looney Tunes and Don Bluth animations.

Butler, who became inspired after researching the history of her century-old Saint Louis home and of her love of jazz music and the 1920s aesthetics. Lackadaisy began as a webcomic in 2006 by Tracy J. The 27-minute traditionally animated movie is rated PG-13 due to the drinking and the violence, but without the swearing. Lackadaisy premiered their pilot film today on YouTube, three years after their very successful Kickstarter campaign ended in 2020.

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