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Cartoon Network 'Mighty Magiswords' creator Kyle Carrozza arrested on child porn charges
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Date:2025-04-17 16:57:58
A Cartoon Network series creator has been arrested on child pornography charges.
Kyle Carrozza, an animator who created the television series "Mighty Magiswords" and worked on multiple Cartoon Network, Disney, PBS Kids and Nickelodeon shows, was arrested in Burbank, California, on June 20 on two child pornography possession charges, according to Burbank Police Department arrest records.
USA TODAY has reached out to Carrozza's rep and Cartoon Network for comment.
Carrozza, 45, has worked as a storyboard artist and animator on several cartoons, including "Adventure Time," the 2020 "Animaniacs" reboot, "Doc McStuffins" (and its miniseries spinoff "The Doc Files"), "Fish Hooks," "Fanboy & Chum Chum," "Danger Rangers" and "Teen Titans Go!"
He also worked as an animator on "The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water."
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"Mighty Magiswords" was Cartoon Network's first online original series, debuting in 2015. The show premiered as a full-length TV series in 2016 and ended in 2019. Carrozza also served as a voice actor — voicing over a dozen characters including one of its main characters, Prohyas Robert Warrior — as well as composer and executive producer of the series.
In California, possession of child pornography can be either a misdemeanor or felony and carries a sentence of up to one year in county jail or three years in state prison and/or a $2,500 fine.
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