Animism (TV series)

Animism is a Canadian animated television series that airs on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network's APTN Kids block. Animated for APTN by Zeroes 2 Heroes, the series mixes First Nations mythology with urban fantasy concepts.

Development began in 2010. An alternate reality game titled Animism: The Sacred Sites debuted that year. The six-episode first season, Animism: The Gods' Lake, aired in 2013.[1][2] A second season, Animism: Titan Falls, is in development.

Background

It began as a developing alternate reality game in summer 2010 titled Animism: The Gods' Lake to promote the upcoming TV series still in development for APTN.[3] It had an active site by autumn 2010 where the project was retitled Animism: The Sacred Sites.[4] The ARG finally launched 1 January 2013 a few weeks before the show.[5]

Setting

The story begins in Grind City with environmental activists from Grind City University[6] engaging in eco-terrorism against Grind City Futures, a local developer.

Characters

The three supernatural siblings

Humans

Chad's henchmen

Elders

The elders are a group of animals who Wapiti tries to convince to help Mel.

Eldests

The eldests are a group of old men who look identical to one another. They serve the Wetigo until Chad kills them.

Others

Episodes

Season 0

In 2010-2011 there was a miniseries of shorts that preceded the TV:

  1. There is a Tide 3 December 2010, 3:41 long[12]
  2. A Torch is Passed 6 December 2010, 5:48 long[13]
  3. Wetiko's Gambit 14 December 2010, 4:22 long[14]
  4. A Sleeper Awakens 20 December 2010, 7:57 long[15]
  5. Fire Cleanses 27 December 2010, 4:19 long[16]
  6. Dead Man Walking 8 January 2011, 4:48 long[17]

Season 1

No. in
season
Title Original air date APTN airdate
1"Welcome To The Other World"
"Welcome to the Other"
7 January 2013 (2013-01-07)17 January 2016 (2016-01-17)
Originally thought to be scheduled to debut January 9[19] or 16[20]
Wapiti rescues Mel from Chad after her group attacks the corporation he works for. Wapiti reveals she is the new emissary for Trickster, just as he is for Mother and Chad is for Wetiko. Mel mentions her friends and Wapiti brings them.
2"The Hero’s Journey… With Friends"14 January 2013 (2013-01-14)24 January 2016 (2016-01-24)
Mel is accompanied by the boys to a ghost ton while Erin stays behind with Wapiti to protect the Lake from the corporation.
3"Under The Lake"
"Under the Lake"
21 January 2013 (2013-01-21)31 January 2016 (2016-01-31)
The trio heads north, Mel discovers the previous emissary for the Trickster under the lake.
4"A Wander Moment"28 January 2013 (2013-01-28)7 February 2016 (2016-02-07)
Duane is put in a trance by Wetiko when he answers his cellphone. Erin gets in a hacking war with a boy Chad hires to hijack her site. Nico makes out with Zone. Tokala is stopped by the Mother when she tries to attack Erin. Junior is disturbed as Chad "levels up" by killing and eating the geezers of the corporation board, as they won't get with the times and appreciate the impact the Internet has on shaping young minds. In the wild a giant groundhog and mammoth are encountered.
5"The Gathering Comes"4 February 2013 (2013-02-04)14 February 2016
6"The Battle of Gods’ Lake"11 February 2013 (2013-02-11)21 February 2016

Season 2

It is under development[21] and was titled Animism: Titan Falls in 2014.[22] The title resembles a preceding journal entry left by Declan Grey.[23]

Broadcast

The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network has hosted it since 2013.[1]

Funding

This was provided by the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund (aka Bell Fund) along with British Columbia Film + Media, the British Columbia Film Incentive and Canada Media Fund, as well as the above-mentioned Shaw Rocket Fund.

Official online game

This was online since 2012.[24]

Part of it involved asking questions at a forum called Electric Antler, and getting news updates via Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube

Official stories

The official Animism website's homepage features a guide to several stories from notable authors titled "The Book of the Emissaries". These canonical stories were composed during a fiction contest launched in 2012[25] and then some of them were endorsed as part of the lore. The java pages display an initial portion of the story with an illustration that links to the story's entirety on its own page. These tales include:

  1. "Bad Water" by Kevin J. Anderson[26]
  2. "Dark Destiny, Bright Lady" by David Farland.[27]
  3. "Heart of Ice" by Elizabeth Aileen Dillon[28] whose forenames are stylized "Beth Aieleen" as an Animism scribe[29]
    • Dillon's other story "Trickster Faces a Wetiko"[30] is considered part of the Canon but is not part of the Book of Emissaries.
  4. "The First Farmer of Papua New Guinea" by David Ray[31]
    • Ray's other story "The Last Words of Antonius Pius"[32] is also considered canon but is not part of the Book of Emissaries.
  5. "The Ladder Trick" by Nick Mamatas[33] (Animism scribe[34])
  6. "Rise of Man" by Sam Chandola[35] (Book of the Emissaries calls this "The Rise of Man" by ssp1989)
  7. "The Unicorn's Lament" by Cat Rambo[36] (Animism scribe[37])
  8. "Last Kisses" by Steven Savile[38] (Animism scribe[39])

Although their stories do not appear as canon in the Book of the Emissaries, some other notable authors have also been singled out by the franchise in relation to the series:

Less emphasized works (not part of the Book of Emissaries) are also featured in an anthology, some of which are designated "Canonical Works".[45]

Theme filters divide the stories into 4 eras and 4 person types[46] some of which were designated "winner"

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 "Animism". APTN.ca. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013.
  2. "May Schedule" (PDF). 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2015. (Saturday at 10:30pm)
  3. Andersen, Michael (31 August 2010). "Animism: The Gods’ Lake Project Attends Fan Expo, Sends Package". ARGN.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2010.
  4. "Animism". Animism.Com. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010.
  5. https://twitter.com/AnimismNews/status/275679170284113920
  6. https://twitter.com/AnimismNews/status/290892192095010817
  7. 1 2 "Animism: The Gods’ Lake". RocketFund.Ca. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016.
  8. Animism. Episode 2. 5 minutes in. Find my phone Search: Duane Nation FOUND signal:WEAK Signal location: Undetermined
  9. https://twitter.com/AnimismNews/status/292330081446146050
  10. Ravensfall, Melody (28 January 2013). "A Wander Moment". Animism. 9 minutes in. You want to do this, Witch?
  11. "Animism-Teaser".
  12. "Chapter 1 - There is a Tide".
  13. "Chapter 2 - A Torch is Passed".
  14. "Chapter 3 - Wetiko's Gambit".
  15. "Chapter 4 - A Sleeper Awakens".
  16. "Chapter 5 - Fire Cleanses".
  17. "Chapter 6 - Dead Man Walking".
  18. "Pilot". APTN.ca.
  19. https://twitter.com/APTN/status/286532714960650241
  20. https://twitter.com/AnimismNews/status/288336312145166336
  21. "Projects". zeros2heroes.com. Now in development for its second ground-breaking season, Animism tells the story of Melody Ravensfall, a teenaged girl who discovers that she is the heir to mysterious ancestral powers that must be harnessed if the world is to be set aright. Audience members can follow her interlinked adventures across a matrix of media properties or as simple stand-alone epics.
  22. "Titan Falls". Archived from the original on 25 August 2014.
  23. "A Titan Falls...". 14 October 2010.
  24. "Animism". Zeros2heroes.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012.
  25. "Animism Fan Fiction Contest". 5 April 2012. If your story get picked by voters you not only become an official part of the TV Show's Canon -- you get published alongside the likes of Cat Rambo, Steve Savile, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Nick Mamatas and David Farland.
  26. Anderson, Kevin J. "Bad Water". Archived from the original on 26 February 2016.
  27. Farland, David. "Dark Destiny, Bright Lady". Archived from the original on 13 October 2014.
  28. Dillon, Elizabeth Aileen. "Heart of Ice". Archived from the original on 13 October 2014.
  29. "Animism scribe and historian Beth Aieleen Dillon".
  30. Dillon, Beth. "Trickster Faces a Wetiko".
  31. Ray, David. "The First Farmer of Papua New Guinea".
  32. Ray, David. "The Last Words of Antonius Pius".
  33. Mamatas, Nick. "The Ladder Trick".
  34. "Animism scribe and historian Nick Mamatas".
  35. Chandola, Sam. "Rise of Man".
  36. Rambo, Cat. "The Unicorn's Lament".
  37. "Animism scribe and historian Cat Rambo".
  38. Savile, Steven. "Last Stories".
  39. "Animism scribe and historian Steven Savile".
  40. "Animism scribe and historian James Alan Gardner".
  41. Gardner, James Alan. "Night Star".
  42. "Animism scribe and historian Nina Kiriki Hoffman".
  43. "Animism scribe and historian Stephen Kotowych".
  44. "Of His Wondrous Guile Sing, O Muse".
  45. "Book of the Emissaries".
  46. "The Themes".

See also

External links

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