In another example of obvious child predators hiding in plain sight, Kyle Adam Carrozza, the creator of the Cartoon Network series “Mighty Magiswords,” was booked last month by the Burbank Police Department on two counts of child pornography possession.

Carrozza, 45, was arrested at an apartment complex in Burbank, California, on the morning of Thursday, June 20, at 7:30 am. The arrest was part of an Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigation, and it was documented in the Burbank Police Department’s daily arrest log.

Carrozza has also been charged with an enhanced 311.11(c) charge, which, as detailed by Cartoon Brew, is for individuals knowingly in possession of at least 12 videos or 600 images of child pornography. A sickening crime warrants nothing short of a swift execution.

If found guilty, Carrozza will be required to register as a sex offender and could face either a misdemeanor or felony charge. The penalty ranges from one year in county jail to up to five years in state prison, depending on the sentencing.

There has been a long history of artists, journalists, and outspoken critics decrying fictional artwork as akin to real-life explicit content involving minors, only to later be found with their own skeletons in the closet.

Those who are often the most vocal about labeling fictional drawings as exploitative material frequently turn out to be projecting criminals, using their outspokenness to hide their own perversions. Anime and its fans have endured various insults over the years due to such misplaced criticism which has only ever benefitted actual predators by watering down accusations of misconduct by attributing it towards drawings.

The Western cartoon industry has its dark sides, and Carrozza’s case is a prime example. His series “Mighty Magiswords” debuted on Cartoon Network’s CN Anything app as a 15-second micro-series in 2015. It centered around the gimmick of the two main characters finding different swords with unique looks and abilities.

The digital success of the micro-series led to a full series order, which ran for two seasons from 2016 until 2019.

Stylistically, “Mighty Magiswords” followed the common “CalArts” style prominent in Western cartoons during the 2010s. Carrozza, however, was notorious within the industry for having deliberately targeted a co-worker.

The co-worker in question was Angela Vondra, who had drawn explicit pornographic material featuring cartoon characters from shows like “Invader Zim” and “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends,” both of which feature fictional children. Vondra had a falling out with another animator, Holly Meadow Disch, who exposed Vondra’s lewd account to Kyle Carrozza.

Carrozza then chastised Vondra for her secretive activities and spread her artwork to others, leading to her eventual ostracization from the workplace.

Carrozza harassed Angela Vondra for her pornographic creations, effectively pushing her out of the company by tarnishing her reputation with higher-ups at Cartoon Network.

This led to her being blacklisted from the industry. Regardless of personal opinions on her interests, it’s deplorable to exploit someone’s private activities to ruin their career. Given Vondra’s “shota” fetish, Carrozza likely convinced the higher-ups that her drawings were pedophilic in nature, given that they were based on franchises featuring children.

In contrast, Rebecca Sugar, creator of “Steven Universe,” one of the most progressive children’s shows in recent memory had previously drawn gay “Ed, Edd n Eddy” pornography but seemingly she was never blacklisted from the industry for this.

Carrozza, a fat disgusting creep was unsurprisingly arrested for possession of actual child pornography after having ruined at least one person’s career over her drawings. This arrest highlights yet spectacular case of projection as yet another person who attempted to mask their own antics by attributing drawings as actual CSAM caught being a dirty rotten pedophile themselves.