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Hey, as long as the voicework is good, I'm not picky.Angilasman wrote:I enjoyed that the TMNT Usagi episodes from a year or two ago used (I believe) all Japanese or Japanese American voice actors for characters in Usagi's world. I hoped this would be continued into an Usagi series.
Now, I was hoping if Stan could let us know what it was that he saw that gave him hope for how this project is going to turn out. Of course, I think it would be great if someone working at Gaumont were a user on this site. There are plenty of things about that cartoon that I want to know. Mostly, is the cartoon going to follow the comics in much the way a lot of anime based on manga follow their printed source materials or will it be a separate continuity? I'm kind of hoping for the former, though.I am quite optimistic in what I've seen, thus far. Gaumont certainly knows what they are doing and I have much confidence in their approach. We're still in the early stages. Last I heard they were narrowing down the writer, who they may have selected by now. I've also been told that the approach is a bit more expedient than typical, as there is much excitement surrounding the project.
Stan Sakai wrote:We had another meeting with Gaumont last week and we are delighted and could not be happier or more enthused as to how the project is developing!
I'm just guessing, but I would think that photo above is from the Los Angeles office location.ABOUT GAUMONT
Formed in 1895, Gaumont is the first and oldest film company in the world, with offices in Paris, Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, Cologne, London, and Sydney. In the past few years, the company’s release schedule has continued to increase across film and television production, in both the French and English languages.
The film library now encompasses over 1100 titles including films from such prestigious directors as Luc Besson, Matthieu Kassovitz, Francis Veber, Jean Jacques Beineix, Federico Fellini, Maurice Pialat and Jean-Luc Godard, and more recently Toledano and Nakache for The Untouchables, the highest grossing French language movie ever with over $450 million in revenue to date.
Gaumont produces and distributes high-quality TV programming worldwide. Key drama series include the award-winning Narcos for Netflix; the critically acclaimed Hannibal, the winner of “Best Series” (Festival of Fiction TV), The Frozen Dead and The Art of Crime, amongst many others.
The animated catalog comprises over 800 half-hours, broadcast in over 130 countries. Current productions include Noddy (season two) co-produced with Dreamworks, Trulli Tales, Belle & Sebastian, Furiki Wheels, and F is For Family (season four) for Netflix. In development is the series Do, Re & Mi with the multi-talented Kristen Bell.
I'm hoping for something along the lines of "Batman: The Animated Series." Not so much in style, but in terms of presenting mature themes in a supposedly kid-friendly format.Mayhem wrote:Utterly great news... hopefully no counting of chickens, and it actually happens... a little disappointed the targetted age range is 6-11, but hopefully it's still "mature" enough in themes (and I don't mean violence here) to appeal to adults too.
