Tubi expands its bet on adult animation with two new original series from Animation+. The first, Toon World Express, is an absurd humor clip show created by Cartoon Trap House that combines traditional animation and collage, with contributions from various web animators. Its premiere is scheduled for spring 2026. The second, America´s Next Top Cryptid, comes from ExplosmEntertainment, the team behind Cyanide & Happiness. The series follows cryptid creatures competing in a reality show, only to discover that the contest might be part of a controlled experiment.
Hybrid animation and procedural narrative on the platform 🎨
Toon World Express bets on an aesthetic that mixes traditional animation with digital collage, an approach that allows integrating disparate styles from multiple web creators. Each clip works as a standalone piece, facilitating modular production and talent rotation. Meanwhile, America´s Next Top Cryptid employs a reality show structure with narrative layers: behind the visible competition, a storyline about manipulation and control is hidden. This dual technical reading allows ExplosmEntertainment's writers to weave absurd humor with social criticism without breaking the comedic rhythm.
A reality show with monsters? No, it's an experiment with witnesses 👾
America´s Next Top Cryptid promises to be the crossover between MasterChef and a National Geographic documentary, but with more misunderstandings and fewer nutritionists. Watching a Chupacabra struggle not to be eliminated while discovering it's all a setup sounds like the kind of drama only the Cyanide & Happiness team can orchestrate. The most ironic part is that the cryptids might have more agency than the human contestants of any real reality show. At least they don't sign 50-page contracts.