Awesome Test Animation for Adi Shankar's CAPTAIN LASERHAWK: A BLLOD DRAGON REMIX Netflix Series
We recently learned that Netflix is creating an animated series with Castlevania producer Adi Shankar titled Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix. The series is a cyberpunk show inspired by the Far Cry 3 expansion Far Cry: Blood Dragon.
I’ve got a couple of videos here for you to check out for the series that you’re gonna want to check out. The first is a test animation that was created for the show, and it teases the fun and awesome style that we can expect to see from the series. The second video features Shankar discussing the show and what he is looking to do with it.
He explains, “Ubisoft allowed me to create a new Universe for them that acts as a “Blood Dragon remix” of all Ubisoft properties ... think Captain N: The Game Masters but good ... or the Bootleg Universe short films without copyright infringement! Thank you Hugo, Helene, Gerard, and Claire for allowing this Elseworlds inspired craziness to happen. Thank you Netflix for seeing the potential in a cyberpunk dystopia set in 1992. After Castlevania I felt it was time to take a big, unexpected, Bootleg Universe pivot. The animation is being done by the epic folks at Bobby Pills ... together we’ve blended a plethora of art styles to deliver a visually distinct nostalgic acid trip. Mehdi Leffad is our fabulous series director. The artist known as Balak is the creative director at Bobby Pills and is also creatively overseeing this production. Finally, a heartfelt thank you to my writing team Samuel Laskey, Craig Coyne, and my #2 Alex Larsen (fun fact: Alex calls himself Kid Twist).”
I didn’t really know what to expect from this series, but after watching the test animation, I’m totally sold! This is going to be a wild show!