Creator / GLITCH Productions

aka: Supermarioglitchy 4

I swear we're professional

Here you'll find fun, colourful animated shows with occasional violence and existential breakdowns :D

— The studio's YouTube channel description

Glitch Productions is an Australia-based independent animation studio specializing in animated web shows.

Glitch was originally founded as Glitchy Boy in 2017 by brothers Kevin and Luke "Supermarioglitchy4" Lerdwichagul, best known as the team behind Supermarioglitchy4's Super Mario 64 Bloopers, to represent their channels as a company. However, Glitchy Boy would truly pick up speed in 2018, when it got renamed to Glitch, launching a new SMG4 merch line and their own original shows, starting with the short-lived martial arts showcase Hitbox, followed by the announcement of a full 3D-animated series: Meta Runner, which launched the following year on the SMG4 channel to much success.

Glitch moved up further into prominence in August 2020, when they launched a new standalone channel separate from the main SMG4 channel, not only becoming the new home for Meta Runner, but other future shows.

On November 9, 2023, Glitch hosted the first GlitchX event on YouTube, a livestream spotlighting the indie Web Animation community, featuring creators and voice actors from Murder Drones, The Amazing Digital Circus, Lackadaisy, Spooky Month and Helluva Boss, before ending with the announcement of their latest show, The Gaslight District.

Selected works:

• Supermarioglitchy4's Super Mario 64 Bloopers (2011-)
  • TheAwesomeMario (2013-2017)
  • Retarded64^note Renamed to R64 after it ended (2013-2017)
  • Guards N' Retards (2014-2019)
  • Dumb Stories to Chill and Relax To (2019-2020)
  • Meggy's Destiny: An SMG4 Movie (2020)
  • Sunset Paradise (2021)
  • The SMG4 Movie: 10 Year Anniversary Special (2021)
  • SMG4 Crew ^note  Formerly named Mario Does Things prior to July 2023 (2021-)
  • SMG4 Movie: Revelations (2022)
  • SMG4 Movie: It's Gotta Be Perfect (2023)
  • SMG4 Movie: Western Spaghetti (2023)
  • SMG4 Movie: Puzzlevision (2024)
• Hobo Bros (2016-2020)
  • The Carl Chronicles (2017-2018)
• Hitbox (2018-2019)
• Meta Runner (2019-2022)
  • Ultra Jump Mania (2020)
  • Meta Runner: Source (2022)
• Murder Drones (2021-2024)
• The Amazing Digital Circus (2023-)
• The Gaslight District (TBA)

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Glitch Productions' works provide examples of:

• Doing It for the Art: They have stated on multiple accounts, especially in their "A New Era" video, that it costs up to $300,000 dollars just to produce a single episode of Murder Drones (as one example), using YouTube revenue, merchandise sales and grants to keep their business afloat. The reason they keep at it is because they're just that passionate to improve their craft and create new content free of charge. The wave of numerous shows getting cancelled by cable networks and streaming services in 2022 (The Owl House and Infinity Train, to name a few) also fueled them to raise support for indie animations and offer new opportunities with other creators.
• Production Posse: They've worked with several of the same actors across different shows, sometimes in two or more roles:
  • Sean Chiplock as Thad (Murder Drones); One Shot Wren (SMG4); and Kinger (The Amazing Digital Circus).
  • Lizzie Freeman as Meggy Spletzer's first voice (SMG4 and Sunset Paradise); a Skybreakers admin (Meta Runner), and Pomni (The Amazing Digital Circus).
  • Michael Kovach as N (Murder Drones); Niles and SMG0 (SMG4); and Jax (The Amazing Digital Circus).
  • Elsie Lovelock as Saiko Bichitaru, Meggy Spletzer's second voice, and Karen (SMG4); Evelyn Claythorne, Bo, and numerous bit characters (Meta Runner); a one-time stand-in for Auri Bori (Sunset Paradise); Uzi Doorman (Murder Drones); and the Gloink Queen (The Amazing Digital Circus).
  • Anthony Sardinha as Lamar Williams and Dr. James Sheridan (Meta Runner); and the Funky Fource, Froy Malloy, Doy Malloy, and Chet (Sunset Paradise).
  • Robyn Barry-Cotter as Theo (Meta Runner); SMG2 (SMG4); and various child characters (Sunset Paradise).
  • Hayley Nelson as Sofia Porter (Meta Runner) and Judge Kirby (SMG4).
  • David J.G. Doyle as Derek Lucks, Elder Tomato, and A.I. Lucks (Meta Runner), the Aura-Bora-Beat-Boy-Brothers lead singer (Sunset Paradise), and James Elliot (Murder Drones).
  • Jason Marnocha as Marco (Meta Runner), Aloysius Bori (Sunset Paradise), and the JCJenson Tech Training narrator (Murder Drones).
  • Brendan Blaber as Petey (Meta Runner) and Mr. Puzzles (SMG4).
  • Amber May as Whisk (Sunset Paradise) and Alice (Murder Drones)

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