Animators Fight Urban Sprawl, LES And Brooklyn Hipsters On YouTube

The time for animated cartoons to mock the hipsters has arrived. Predators of the Sprawl, created by art collective The Nursery, takes aim at the coolest kids in the city, their silly fashion sense, and their neverending invasion of nabes such as West Bushwick.

Episode 4 hits the Web today, and animator and writer Jacob Reinstein says he and his team of hipster-fighting comrades created the production as “an exaggerated social commentary on how people become totally consumed with the trend of the moment.”

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The story takes place deep within the sprawling urban jungles where ancient creatures of style dwell.