Huevocartoon

Founders, Gabriel and Rodolfo Riva Palacio, Carlos Zepeda, and Rodolfo Riva Palacio Velascoas, at the 2007 Ariel Awards.

The brand was founded in November 2001 by brothers Gabriel and Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste, Carlos Zepeda Chehaibar, and Rodolfo Riva Palacio Velascoas, as an internet website dedicated to animation, originally called 'La Comunidad Huevo' (Spanish for 'The Egg Community').[1] The website was officially been launched in 6 January 2002.[2] Since then, the website gained 3 million visitors within the first three months of its launch, and at the end of 2004, it was visited 230,000 times daily.[2] Tycoon Enterprises, a marketing investing company, invested in Huevocartoon within six months of the launch after gaining popularity. Hoping to expand into higher-budgeted projects, such as a film and a television series, the company partnered with several marketing companies, including Sabritas, Renault, and Telcel, to include the 'Huevos' characters and brands in their advertisements.[2] Nonetheless, the marketing and licensing campaign helped the company's budget and plans for a film has moved on.[1]

Confi, a Cascarón character frequently featured in the Huevos films.

The company's first film, Una Película de Huevos (A Film of Eggs), was released in theaters in Mexico on 21 April 2006, becoming a major box-office hit, grossing $142.3 million pesos (est. US$7.6 million).[3] The film later won the Ariel Award (Mexico's equivalent to the Academy Awards) in 2007 for 'Mejor largometraje de animación' ('Best Animated Feature Film').[4]

The second film, Otra Película de Huevos y un Pollo (Another Film of Eggs and a Chicken), was released on 20 March 2009. Despite a weaker performance, it was another box-office success, grossing $113.5 million pesos.[3]

Un gallo con muchos huevos was released in Mexico on 20 August 2015 where it was a major box-office success and holds the record as the highest-grossing Mexican animated film of all time.[3] It grossed $167.8 million pesos (est. US$9 million).[5] The film was also released in the United States on 4 September 2015, distributed by Pantelion Films, where it was a surprise box-office success.[6][7] The release thrilled the filmmakers, to which co-director Gabriel Riva called it "a dream come true", as it had been their goal to release a film in the U.S. from the beginning of the company's foundation. Neither of its predecessors were released in the United States in any major format due to their controversial and edgy content, failing to match the humor code within the American animation film industry.[8]

The company's next film, Marcianos vs. Mexicanos, was released on 9 March 2018.[9] Unlike its past feature productions, Marcianos has an original concept and features an entirely human cast.[9] Additionally, the film is aimed for an adult audience.[9] The film features the voices of Adal Ramones, Martha Higareda, Omar Chaparro, Angélica Vale and Eduardo Manzano.[9]

Other upcoming films include two succeeding Huevos films, and the horror-comedy, Grimalkin, which will all be animated with computer animation.[10]

Huevocartoon Producciones is the production label of the company. It is best known for producing films based on the "Huevos" characters from the internet shorts. All of the films, with the exception of Marcianos vs. Mexicanos, have performed commercially well, many earning over $100 million pesos.

Frequent and recurring collaborates

In addition to the Riva brothers, Gabriel and Rodolfo, taking part in voicing aside of directing, producing, and writing, each film produced by Huevocartoon features the voice of famous Mexican talent, including Bruno Bichir, Carlos Espejel, and Angélica Vale, as well as some recognizable voice-over artists known for Spanish-dubbing in cartoons, such as Humberto Vélez and Rubén Moya. In the crew department, Carlos Zepeda, the company's co-founder and composer, provided music for the first two films, while Spanish composer, Zacarías M. de la Riva composed music for the third film. Amado López and Javier Calderón composed music for Marcianos vs. Mexicanos. Paco Arriagada co-produced the first two films. Ignacio Casares produced the other two films including Marcianos. The following consists of the list of actors and actresses who have provided voice work in two or more films. People who have single roles aren't included (see below).

Actor/actress	Una Película de Huevos (2006)	Otra Película de Huevos y un Pollo (2009)	Un gallo con muchos huevos (2015)	Marcianos vs. Mexicanos (2018)	Un rescate de huevitos (2020)
Bruno Bichir
Maite Perroni
Carlos Espejel
Angélica Vale
Omar Chaparro
Humberto Vélez					TBA
Gabriel Riva Palacio					TBA
Rodolfo Riva Palacio					TBA
Fernando Meza					TBA
Rubén Moya					TBA
Mario Filio					TBA
Lourdes Morán					TBA
Gaby Torres					TBA
Enzo Fortuny					TBA
Carlos Cobos					TBA
Paco Arriagada					TBA

Single-film collaborates

The following consists of a list of actors and actresses who have provided voice-overs to a character in at least one film. Only those who have notable roles are included.

Actor/actress	Una Película de Huevos (2006)	Otra Película de Huevos y un Pollo (2009)	Un gallo con muchos huevos (2015)	Marcianos vs. Mexicanos (2018)	Un rescate de huevitos (2020)
Miguel Guerrero
Darío T. Pie
Lucila Mariscal
Patricio Castillo
Armando González
Olga Fernández
Sergio Sendel
Facundo
Ninel Conde
José Lavat
María Alicia Delgado
Juan Frese
Cláudio Herrera
Humberto Vélez Jr.
Paco González
Adal Ramones
Martha Higareda
Eduardo Manzano
Jaime Maussan
Miguel Rodarte
Jesús Ochoa
Mauricio Barrientos
Mara Escalante
Freddy Ortega
Germán Ortega

Huevocartoon
A screenshot from a cartoon short depicting an egg spoofing James Bond.
Also known as	HuevocartoonTV
Genre	Sketch comedy Off-color humor Animation Suspense Satire
Created by	Gabriel and Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste Carlos Zepeda Chehaibar Rodolfo Riva Palacio Velasco
Written by	Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste
Directed by	Gabriel and Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste
Voices of	Gabriel and Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste Fernando Meza
Composer	Carlos Zepeda
Country of origin	Mexico
Original languages	Spanish English
Production
Executive producers	Gabriel and Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste Carlos Zepeda Chehaibar Rodolfo Riva Palacio Velasco
Production company	Huevocartoon Producciones
Distributor	Huevocartoon, S.A. de C.V.
Release
Original network	YouTube (2007-present)
Original release	2002 (2002) – present
External links
Website

Huevocartoon (Spanish for Eggcartoon; also known as HuevocartoonTV) is a Mexican internet series created by Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste, Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste, Carlos Zepeda Chehaibar, and Rodolfo Riva Palacio Velasco. Its content typically features characters portrayed as civilized eggs, set in a humorous setting which focuses on politics, socialization, and culture.[2]

Much of the content is primarily aimed for a teen-to-adult audience as much of the shorts' content is "rauchy" and "edgy", to which co-creator Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste calls it a "latino South Park".[9]

All the shorts are written, directed, and voiced by brothers, Gabriel and Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste, and is produced by Huevocartoon Producciones.

The original YouTube channel was created in 2007, which has gained over 2 million subscribers.[23] Later, the company launched a new YouTube channel in 2014, named HuevocartoonTV, designed specifically for an English-language audience.

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• Official website
• Huevocartoon History (in Spanish)
• HuevocartoonOficial on YouTube (current page)
• Huevocartoon on YouTube (original page)
• HuevocartoonTV on YouTube (English page)