Kyle A. Carrozza

Kyle A. Carrozza
Born	Kyle Adam Carrozza (1979-11-19) November 19, 1979 Catskill, NY, U.S.
Occupation	Animator storyboard artist writer director producer voice actor musician accordionist songwriter composer
Years active	1997–2024
Known for	Mighty Magiswords

Kyle Adam Carrozza (born November 19, 1978), known professionally as Kyle A. Carrozza, is an American animator, storyboard artist, writer, voice actor, producer, musician, composer, accordionist and director. He is best known as the creator of Cartoon Network's Mighty Magiswords (2015–2019) and the animated short for Nickelodeon's Random! Cartoons, "MooBeard: The Cow Pirate".

Carrozza worked as a storyboard artist for Fanboy and Chum Chum, the Animaniacs reboot series, The Casagrandes Movie and The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish, as well as a character layout artist for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.

He is also a professional musician and frequently makes songs under the name "TV's Kyle". They were featured on the comedy music Dr. Demento show and on The FuMP.

Early life

Carrozza was born on November 19, 1978 in Catskill, NY. His father worked as a teacher for Catskill Middle School and as a photographer. He studied under cartoonist Brian Mitchell during the summertime. He graduated from Catskill High School in 1997 and in the Art Institute of Philadelphia in 1999.

Career

Animation

Carrozza's first animation profession was as an in-between animator and clean up artist for Jon McClenahan's StarToons, specifically working on the original Animaniacs series episode "Bully for Skippy" albeit uncredited. Carrozza would eventually return to the franchise as a storyboard artist for the reboot series in 2020.

Carrozza also worked for Knowledge Adventure under their Funnybone Interactive division doing character designs, animation and voice-over for selective CD-Rom titles such as JumpStart. He would later produce and develop his own animated short for Nickelodeon's Random! Cartoons, "MooBeard: The Cow Pirate".

He went on to be a storyboard artist for Fanboy and Chum Chum, Fish Hooks, Doc McStuffins, Bravest Warriors, The Casagrandes Movie and The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish, and a character layout artist for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.

Carrozza went on to create the animated series Mighty Magiswords, which premiered in 2015 and was billed as Cartoon Network's first digital series made specifically for online. The shorts eventually green-lit into a TV series which premiered on September 29, 2016 in Cartoon Network. The characters in the series were created by Carrozza in 1996, and was pitched to Cartoon Network in 2005–2006 under the names "Legendary Warriors for Hire", and to Mondo Media in 2007–2008 as "Dungeons and Dayjobs", before Cartoon Network picked it up in 2013. The series concluded in 2019 with the remaining duration being released on Cartoon Network Video and Boomerang.

Music

Carrozza began producing music since the early 1990s, releasing most of his songs online under the name "TV's Kyle". He is proficient in the accordion, keyboards and music software such as GarageBand. Many of his songs can be heard on his BandCamp, and are frequently played on the comedy music Dr. Demento show and on The FuMP.

Personal life

Carrozza is the grandson of WWII soldier, Frank P. Carrozza; who survived the 344th Bomb Group.

On June 20th, 2024, Carrozza was charged and arrested for possession of child pornography. Several former colleagues have announced their disassociation with him as a result.

Influences

Carrozza cites the works of Bob Clampett, many Spumco alumni (e.g. Bob Camp, Jim Smith, Eddie Fitzgerald, Lynne Naylor, etc), Doug TenNapel, Bill Kopp, Bruce Timm and Jhonen Vasquez as his main inspirations. Carrozza is also heavingly influenced by anime and tokusatsu shows (e.g. Super Sentai) and would frequently implant references to them in his works.

Carrozza's music styling was influenced by the works of "Weird Al" Yankovic, They Might Be Giants and numerous artists, with the two former inspiring his use of the accordion in his works.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Storyboard Artist	Notes
2015	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	No	Character layout artist
2024	The Casagrandes Movie	Yes

Animation

Year	Title	Storyboard Artist	Writer	Notes
1997	Animaniacs	No	No	In-between animator and clean-up artist for "Bully for Skippy" (uncredited)
2005	Random! Cartoons	Yes	Yes	"MooBeard: The Cow Pirate"
2005-2006	Danger Rangers	Yes	No	Storyboard revisionist
2010–2011	Fanboy and Chum Chum	Yes	No	Storyboard revisionist and artist
2012	Fish Hooks	Yes	No	Storyboard artist
2013	Doc McStuffins	Yes	No	Flash animator for episode "Big Head Hallie", storyboard artist for "The Doc Files" shorts
2015-2018	Mighty Magiswords	Yes	Yes	Creator, show runner, story, writer, voice actor, executive producer, storyboard artist, composer, theme song writer, character design, background design, model designer
2020-2023	Animaniacs reboot	Yes	Yes	Storyboard artist
2021-2024	The Snoopy Show	Yes	No	Storyboard artist
2023-2024	The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish	Yes	No	Storyboard artist
2024	Camp Snoopy	Yes	No	Storyboard artist

Web series

Year	Title	Role
2012	Bravest Warriors	Storyboard artist: CatBug
2021	Wha Cha Got?	Storyboard artist: Spatula

Video games

Year	Title	Role
1999	JumpStart Explorers	Character designer, animator and voice
1999	JumpStart Around the World	Voice
2000	JumpStart Adventure Challenge	Character designer
2007	Ratatouille	Tester
2007	ABC Mouse	Character designer and graphic designer

Voice roles

Year	Title	Voice role
1999	JumpStart Explorers	Additional voices
1999	JumpStart Around the World	Brady Bear
2008	Random! Cartoons	Ungus the Unpleasant / Ungentlemanly Pig (MooBeard: The Cow Pirate)
2015-2019	Mighty Magiswords	Prohyas / Announcer / Grup the Dragon / Additional Voices
2018	The Powerpuff Girls	Harmadillo
2024	SCOOP D'ÉTAT	Sun
2024	The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish	Pe-Az #1 / Pe-Az #2 / Pe-Az #3