I would swim to the end of the ocean and fight whatever sea monster was there to see more animated work by Matt Braly, but it seems it may be even easier than that soon enough. Clara and the Below is an animated project that is a twist on the Nutcracker story where Clara must fight the spirits of the soldiers her father killed in a world below her house known as the Below. She is aided by a toy nutcracker in this dangerous place as she tries to complete the deal she has made with the dark wizard, Drosselmeyer. They also have composer,TJ Hill doing some great work with the show.
We have not been this excited for an animated series since Amphibia to be honest, which kind of makes sense. Plus the fact that Matt gets to flex his creative muscles a bit more with a project like this is super exciting.
From the site: Our aim with this Kickstarter is to animate the first episode of a four-part story. Each segment will be around 6-10 minutes and cover a different subject within the same overarching narrative
Make sure to head over to the Kickstarter for the show because there is already a lot of great info over there, plus you get to see Matt in some kind of weird Nutcracker outfit blowing out candles.
If funded, Clara episode 1 will release for FREE on YouTube, Dec 25 2026. Yep, that’s this Christmas!