ANIME CHARACTER ( COURAGE THE COWERLY DOG)

       (COURAGE THE COWARDLY DOG)

      

                 COURAGE THE COWARDLY DOG IS AN AMERICAN ANIMETED HORRER COMEDY TELEVISION SERIES CREATED BY JOHN R. DILWORTH FOR CARTOON NETWORK AND THE IGHTH  CARTOONS. IT WAS PRODUSED BY DILWORTH'S OWN ANIMATION STUDIO AT STRETCH FILMS AND DESTRIBUTED BY WARNER BROS. THE TITLE CHARACTER IS PINK, ANTHROPOMORPHIC DOG WHO LIVES WITH AN ELDERLY COUPLE IN THE FARMHOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF ''NOWHERE''. IN EACH EPISODE, THE TRIO ARE THROWN INTO BIZZARE AND FREQUENTLY DISTURBING MISADVENTURES, OFTEN INVOLVING THE PARANORMAL OR SUPERNATURAL. THE SERIES IS KNOWN FOR ITS DARK, SURREAL HUMOR AND ATMOSPHERE.

DILWORTH PITCHED THE SERIES TO HANNA-BARBERA'S ANIMATED SHORTS SHOWCASE WHAT A CARTOON! AND A PILOT TITLED ''THE CHICKEN FROM OUTER SPACE'' AIRED ON CARTOON NETWORK FEBRUARY 18,1996. THE SEGMENT WAS NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD, BUT LOST TO WALLACE AND GROMIT'S A CLOSE SHAVE. THE SHORT WAS GREENLIT TO BECOME A SERIES, WHICH PREMEARED ON NOVEMBER 12,1999, AND ENDED ON NOVEMBER 22,2002, WITH FOUR SEASONS EACH CONSISTING OF THIRTEEN EPISODES. DURING ITS RUN, THE SERIES WAS NOMINATED FOR THREE GOLDEN REEL AWARDS AND ONE ANIME AWARD. MERCHANDISE BASED ON THE SERIES HAS ALSO BEEN PRODUSED, SUCH AS HOME MEDIA RELEASES,TOYA, AND CLOTHING. COURAGE IS JUST LIKE YOU, BINGO.