Edd Gould

Edd Gould was a British animator (1988 - 2012) who ran the Youtube account 'eddsworld'. He was well known for a distinctive cartoony style of animation, as well as having significantly long animations, some spreading to multiple sequels or spin-offs. He suffered from cancer (namely acute lymphobastic leukaemia) but despite this managed to still get animations released every few months. While Edd's videos have decreased in production, they have increased in quality, not to mention Edd has done several other animation projects, for example, a BBC comedy sketch for Mitchell and Webb. Edd's former cast of voice actors include Matt Hargreaves (2004-Present), Thomas Ridgewell (2004-Present) and Tord Larsson (2004-2008). To date, there have been 64 Eddisodes, over 150 Comics and several flash games. Edd usually used Adobe Flash for his animations. Edd passed away on the 25th of March, 2012 after a six year long battle with cancer. Thomas Ridgewell confirmed that the Eddsworld series will continue, with Paul ter Voorde becoming the new animator (with a visual style noticeably different to that of Edd's) and Tim Hautekiet doing Edd's voice.