Villainous

Villainous (Villanos in Spanish) is a Mexican animated web series created by Alan Ituriel, a veteran of the animation industry in Mexico, and produced by A.I. Animation Studios. It was launched as a Cartoon Network show in 2017 as a series of shorts and a miniseries for YouTube, the main series pilot was later released on June 8, 2019, one week after its launch in Latin America, the first season is scheduled to be released on Cartoon Network and HBO Max on October 2021.

The concept started as a series of web shorts from ThatPlaceToHangOut.com, Alan Ituriel showed the project at the Mexican animation festival Pixelatl in 2014, where Ituriel met with CN executives and later partnered with Cartoon Network to produce the series.

Summary
The story is about the villainous organization called the "Black Hat Organization", which is run by Black Hat, and his team which consists of Dr. Flug, a mad scientist who wears a paper bag on his head, Demencia, Black Hat's assistant who has a crazy obsession for him, and 5.0.5, who is the sweet kind hearted teddy bear created by Flug. Black Hat usually makes videos to advertise the evil inventions created by Dr. Flug, however, things usually go wrong and hilarity ensues.

Why It's So Villainous

 * 1) It is the first Cartoon Network show being produced mainly in Mexico. (No... La CQ doesn't count).
 * 2) Enjoyable dark and twisted humor.
 * 3) Well designed, glorious, and colorful animation that has a very natural flow when it comes to the movements of the characters and objects and the colors are very bright and give the already great animation a nice push in becoming even more pleasing to look at and watch.
 * 4) Likable characters, Black Hat is a badass character as he has many abilities such as teleportation, shapeshifting and the ability to open portals with his claws.
 * 5) Great and catchy character design, Black Hat looks fancy and badass, Flug looks funny, sympathetic and mysterious with his paper bag mask, Demencia looks colorful with her hair and reptile hat, and 5.0.5. is dangerously cute with his flower in his head and adorable bear-like design.
 * 6) There are cameos and easter eggs featuring characters from other Cartoon Network shows, particularly the villains from said shows that are part of the Black Hat Organization and serve as the major focuses of the Villain Orientation videos.
 * 7) Speaking of the orientation Videos for Villains, it's a series of shorts where Black Hat reviews other Cartoon Network villains and it always ends with said villains suffering some sort of misfortune at the hands of the Black Hat Organization due to their failures/mistakes as villains.
 * 8) Demencia's "Demencia Tips" are really funny and enjoyable with a unique art style different to the show's general one due to looking more like a young child's drawings than anything.
 * 9) The plot of the series is followed through posts from Instagram that help fans keep track on where the plot is going and what major events have occurred so far.
 * 10) It has an amazing crossover special with Victor and Valentino.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Even if it's not ideal, the name of the show is still pretty simple and generic.
 * 2) Some of the characters share similarities with Evil Con Carne and League of Super Evil characters.
 * 3) Demencia and Black Hat can be unlikable sometimes, as they constantly torture Flug and 5.0.5.
 * 4) In the Orientation Videos for Villains shorts, Black Hat sometimes punishes the other cartoon villains until eventually killing them, which can be disturbing for young viewers.
 * 5) * Also, these shorts are only available in Spanish.
 * 6) The launch of the first episode caused controversy as many people from A.I. Animation Studios who worked on the episode didn't get their corresponding mentions in the credits, causing them to quit working on the series; and some of the animators moving on SpindleHorse Toons to work on Helluva Boss.
 * 7) * It was also confirmed that the people who worked on the project even before the pilot suffered a toxic work environment and were not paid well.

Trivia

 * There was also another Cartoon Network project made mainly in Mexico, a short series called Santo contra los Clones, but it was only aired in Mexico. It was intended to have a full series for its international airing but it was cancelled and its pilot episode is now considered lost media.
 * Alan Ituriel voices Black Hat in both the English and Spanish versions.
 * Black Hat makes a cameo in Crossover Nexus.