Manka Bros. First Cartoon Character!
Originated as Ollie Ostrich in 1924 and starred in several popular shorts. Ollie had the popular catchphrase "Who Stole My Baby?". He became Orange Ostrich after the revolutionary TriMankaTate™ film coloring process was created in 1929.
This pelican with low self-esteem ("I can do it! No, I can't.") was created and incorporated in the Manka Toons stable of characters. Pelican't starred in a series of shorts in the 30s and 40s and was a spokes-character during World War II.
If you're a kid and watch MBS Kids! the Animaltered gang needs no introduction. If you're not a kid... Chimpanzebra is the lead character in Animaltered, an extremely popular animated series now in its 16th year on MBS Kids!
One of the more popular Animaltered characters. There was a slight controversy with Dolphinsect in 1996 causing parent and church groups to boycott the show after she declared "There is no God." She has since found God.
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The romantic of the Animaltered gang, Rhinoserostrich always has a rose in his claw and a song in his heart. He pines for Buffalobster - who doesn't even know he's alive. Poor Rhinoserostrich!
That silly tricycle from Finland was already a huge star in Europe before Manka Bros. Animation bought the show for North American distribution.
These animated teenage, rock music playing Super Draculas that take on evil were wildly popular in the 1970s and spawned the spin-off Super Draculas Meet The All-New Invisible Super Frankensteins.
Starred in a series of shorts in the 1940s and 1950s. Part of the Manka Toons stable of characters. Hole Hog had a slight resurgence as a plush toy in the 1970s after the theatrical release of the post-apocalyptic movie Swine.
Starred in a series of shorts during the 1940s. Part of the Manka Toons stable of characters.
Modeled after the popular Russian weightlifter from the 1992 Olympics, this animated Pocket Hercules starred in The Crazy True-Life Adventures Of Pocket Hercules which aired on MBS Kids! until 1995.
Based on the movie starring Al Pacino. This animated series featured the crime fighting kid with integrity. He's still featured in public service announcements aimed at gangs.
Bill Frog caused a huge audience panic at the Palace Theater in New York after he became the first cartoon animal to talk! Was a very popular character during the late 1920s and throughout the 1930s (featured mostly with Orange Ostrich). Way too smart for a normal amphibian.
Villainous turtle who is always caught as he escapes VERY slowly. Sabaturtle played the villian in several Manka Toons shorts throughout the 1930s and 1940s as well as a pathetic appearance with the Animaltered gang in 1999.
100,000 year old unfrozen crow was very wise and very mean. She was always confused by modern society. Whenever she was flustered she would say: "You're all going to die one day!"
Acquired from Idaho Public Television for $3 million, The Shrieking Potato hosted a Saturday morning variety hour on MBS Kids! for ten years from 1970-1980 before it was eaten by a church group who thought the potato was obscene.
The Yak that wouldn't shut up! Starred in a series of shorts during the 1930s and had a brief revival in the 1970s as Yak-robat - a Yak who wanted to be a circus performer.
Cryin' Wolf starred in a series of shorts during the 1940s and 1950s. Part of the Manka Toons stable of characters.
