Max Gilardi
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 Gilardi at Animate Miami in 2014 | ||||||||||
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| Born | January 28, 1988 | |||||||||
| Website | hotdiggedydemon | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2007–present | |||||||||
| Genre | Comedy | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 1.57 million[1] (June 11, 2020) | |||||||||
| Total views | 302 million[1] (June 11, 2020) | |||||||||
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Last updated: April 16, 2020 | ||||||||||
Max Gilardi, also known as "hotdiggedydemon" (born January 28, 1988)[2][3] is an American animator, voice actor, and YouTuber. He is best known for his "PONY.MOV" web series, a parody of the popular children's animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.
Early life and education
Gilardi was born in Massachusetts in 1988.[3][4] He attended the Art Institute of Boston briefly before dropping out.[5]
Career
Gilardi, under the name "HotDiggedyDemon", first started creating flash animations in the early 2000s on Newgrounds.com.[4] In 2007, he began uploading his work to his YouTube channel as well. That year, he created the "Jerry" series, a series of animations detailing the life of a man named Jerry.[3]
In 2010, he created the "Wacky Game Jokez, 4 Kidz!" series, also known as "WGJ4K", featuring video game-based humor. In addition to creating animations, he co-hosted the Wisenheimers podcast with fellow animator Yotam Perel from 2010 to 2012.[6]
From 2011 to 2013, he gained notability for releasing his six-part video parody of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, "PONY.MOV", an adult animated dark comedy web series in the art style of John Kricfalusi and Spümcø's The Ren & Stimpy Show.[7][8] The series grew as a spin-off of Gilardi's Tumblr webcomic, "Ask Jappleack", and each video highlights a different character from the main cast of the television series.
Gilardi has over one million subscribers on YouTube.[9] The majority of his videos are self-made: written, animated, and voiced[5] by himself. In his more recent projects, he has experimented with 3D animation.[5][10] On September 2, 2016, Gilardi launched a new YouTube series titled "Brain Dump" in which he reviews movies, often satirically.[11] The series has since become the main series on Gilardi's channel.
References
- ^ a b "About Hotdiggedydemon". YouTube.
- ^ Max G [@hotdiggedydemon] (January 29, 2016). "Thanks for all the birthday drawings ..." (Tweet). Archived from the original on February 5, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2016 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b c "Gilardi Animates Jerry's Daily Grind". Cold Hard Flash. June 27, 2007. Archived from the original on June 30, 2007. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
- ^ a b McCloud, Skye (May 5, 2004). "[ NG Mag ]- Max Gilardi". Newgrounds. Archived from the original on January 11, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Hotdiggedydemon • Frequently Asked Questions!". Hotdiggedydemon.com. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
- ^ "Wisenheimers by Wisenheimers on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
- ^ Woerner, Meredith (June 26, 2012). "Incredibly messed-up short gives My Little Ponys's Pinkie Pie a sex tape". io9. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
- ^ Stohs-Krause, Hilary (December 26, 2013). "BEST OF 2013: 'Brony' fandom carves out space for young men to enjoy friendship ... and cartoon ponies". Netnebraska.org. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
- ^ "hotdiggedydemon YouTube Stats, Channel Statistics". Socialblade.com. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ^ Person, Chris (August 19, 2013). "King of the Hill, In Eye-Popping 3D". Kotaku. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
- ^ Max G [@hotdiggedydemon] (September 2, 2016). "Please watch my new clickbate / movie review show, BRAIN DUMP! ..." (Tweet). Archived from the original on February 6, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2016 – via Twitter.