New anime I created. Need help...

android21 · Post by **android21** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 8:46 am

Me and my friends are working on a new anime called Star Eclipse. i need some tips on how to get it on the air or on how to make the storyline more "complex"^_^..

The story is about a girl named Miachuasha. She's the princess or star planet. Her life consists manly of going to school, blowing up said school, and fighting. One day she meets an old man in the woods who tells her that he is the first of three guardians she is to have. Each of them will train her in eaither Love, Corage, or Sprit. after her first guardian dies after teaching her about spirt she meets her second guardian named Chao(not a ploy on sonic.) He's the guardian of corage Miachuasha falls in love with him and marries him. While in the market one day they come across a sorceress named Mayen. Mayen has both a good and a dark side and sometimes is friends with miachuasha and some times isn't. that is the basic shell of the first season.

Can you guys give me some opinions? Or tell me how you think i can get this aired?

doughboy · Post by **doughboy** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 9:51 am

You won't likely get that on air if you can't spell.

Is this something that you yourself intend to produce, or are you just developing the story in hopes that some studio will buy it up and make it happen for you?

Without a degree in animation and a great bit of experience in the industry, no studio will take you seriously and no one will buy it. Only way to completely come out of nowhere with an animation series and have it purchased for full release is to make a short version of it. Have that shown at film festivals/conventions in the hopes that it'll become popular and someone like ADV will take notice.

It's not easy to make any of this happen, so you'll have to make sure that your idea is as interesting as possible to people other than yourselves. Things to consider: social/political relevance and metaphorical elements (ex: in Eva, the AT field is a metaphor for "the wall" people put up to avoid interaction/confrontation). You also need interesting art direction, the more unique looking the better (but it still had to look good and not just different).

You're honestly better off making a manga version first, and entering it into a future Tokyopop contest (assuming they have more). If that makes it into the finals and gets a deal with them, then an animated version becomes much more likely.

android21 · Post by **android21** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 9:56 am

doughboy wrote:You won't likely get that on air if you can't spell.

Is this something that you yourself intend to produce, or are you just developing the story in hopes that some studio will buy it up and make it happen for you?

Yes i hope funimation will..

doughboy · Post by **doughboy** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 10:03 am

android21 wrote:Yes i hope funimation will..

Not gonna happen. Funimation licenses content, they don't have animation studios themselves.

They could only buy what someone else has already made or already released.

Honestly, the Tokyopop idea is the only way you can get anything accomplished if you're not dedicated/experienced enough to produce a portion of it yourself. The animation business is a bitch, no matter what country you're from.

Trunksgirl07 · Post by **Trunksgirl07** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 10:28 am

Like doughboy said you need a lot of experience in art and I'm not talking 4-7 years you need like 10-25 years. It takes an unlimited amount of time to actually get your "story" to even be considered to be aired. Basically just start with the manga and like doughboy said (again) you might want to show your work at con's or film festivals. I'm actually helping someone to make his own anime too. All I can say is keep working at it and don't give up. Good Luck!

android21 · Post by **android21** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 11:19 am

Well at least tell me what you think of the story..

*inverse* · Post by ***inverse*** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 12:20 pm

I like it

android21 · Post by **android21** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 12:24 pm

Oh by the way my icon shows what mayen looks like. she creats all of these androids and sends em' after miachuasha. Mayen is a reflection of me Miachuasha is a reflection of my friend.

HeartbreakerByZep · Post by **HeartbreakerByZep** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 12:25 pm

No offense, but you've gotta start from square one. You can't just make up some random story and then all of a sudden it's aired on TV. Don't even think about going on TV unless you happen to be the CEO of an animation studio.

For the story, you've got to have more concrete things. Which you may already have, but haven't expressed them here yet. Just a random story won't do, you've gotta have depth to your characters. Whatever happened to the third gaurdian, anyway? So far the story seems like a possible premise, but it would need to have depth. Why do these characters do what they do? Who are these gaurdians, where did they come from, what created them, what are they doing? What is the girl's life like, does she have a family, does she love her family? Why does she blow up the school and fight things? What things does she fight? What's inside her soul? How does she feel? What does she look like? Why does she fall in love with the guardian of courage?

doughboy · Post by **doughboy** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 12:28 pm

android21 wrote:Well at least tell me what you think of the story..

We can't really, cause your brief explanation leaves details out and seems random.

She goes to school and fights? *need more details* Her first guardian dies? *How and what purpose does that serve?* She falls in love and love and gets married? *How does that effect her school life, and how old is she between going to school and getting married?*

The characters seem to be making random choices since we don't know their traits and abilities.

By all means keep at it, but without a detailed description of the plot/setting/themes, no one can help you or offer suggestions. It wouldn't be wise to post them directly here either, make it into word/text file and link to it for those that are interested (provided you can get temporary hosting).