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Another side story chapter in the works, and meet the characters

Well, I'm working on another side story chapter to my novel, and believe me when I say that this novel will have its fair share of side stories for the other main characters in the novel. Again, a key feature in this novel is multiple perspectives from other characters, since there are points where characters get separated for reasons out of their control.

Speaking of characters, I think it's time I introduced the cast of this novel. Of course, don't expect to be given data for all of them. Some of them will be kept secret until I explain who they are in a later blog post. Without further a due, the cast of Animator's Dream.

Kirk - He is the hero, an aspiring artist who gets sucked into the animated world through a magic pencil he won in a contest at the anime convention Otakon. Also has an animation form he created called Kung Fu Black Armor Tails, a Sonic the Hedgehog inspired character with two tails, black fur and a gi, which Kirk created for the purpose of winning the contest. Later gains a red sweater with the power of invincibility. Oh, he's also based on me in a way.

Tigercat - Kirk's sidekick, she was created as a companion to KFBAT, but came to life thanks to the power of the magic pencil. The two are rarely seen separated. The character design also takes cues from Sonic the Hedgehog, but more in line with Archie's comics, but also has some design ideas from Haruhi Suzumiya from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Tigercat is also based on voice artist Wendee Lee, since she is basically a supreme multi-role type voice artist, and is good with voicing high school girls.

Miyu Kusanagi - The entertainer of an underground lounge and restaurant called Club Section Nine. She has the singing voice of a siren, and her beauty and sex appeal is second to none, but is also tough as nails and knows how to kick tail. Her character's design is more in line with Miyu Lynx from Nintendo's unreleased SNES title Star Fox 2, but also has outfits based on Mary Elizabeth McGlynn's characters, notably Major Motoko Kusanagi from the Ghost in the Shell franchise, and her favorite role, Julia, from Cowboy Bebop. Miyu is also based on voice artist Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, since she's experienced with voicing anime's many sexy but tough heroines.

B.W. - The bartender and chef of Club Section Nine. He's been best friends with Miyu Kusanagi for a long time, and like Kirk and Tigercat, they are rarely seen separated. B.W.'s character design also takes cues from Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog comics, but also has some design inspirations from Ghost in the Shell's Batou. B.W. is greatly based on voice artist Richard Epcar, since he's good with the wise but bruiser-type  characters. This character is also based on how Batou and the Major are friends in Ghost in the Shell, and how Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and Richard Epcar are friends in real life.

That's all for the first set of main characters.  Below is a list of other characters in the novel, with no specific order taken, but I won't give away data on them until I get to certain points in my novel writing. Until then, you'll have to take some guesses on who they are. ^_-

Noel
Vambrace
Cygnus
Samuel
Kevin Germania
Kiva Germania
C.H.
Karen Strassfield
Anna Germania
Georgette Germania
Michael Germania
McDougal Gottfried
C.R.
Suzuki Kurasawa
Captain Atsuko Kurasagi
Pinnace
Tokuso
Chief Frederick Knight
Suzumi Hitomo
Sheruto Garra
Feral Wolf
ORO
Mother Angel
Corona Austrina
Corona Borealis
Andromeda
Cassiopeia
Lepus
Venus
Mars
Pluto
Circinus
Carina
Crux
Lyra
Lacerta
Vulpecula
Canus Major
Canus Minor
Devil's Mistress
Zenaiva
Devil's Psycho
Devil's Egotism
Devil's Perversion
Devil's Maniac
Devil's Seduction
Devil's Doppleganger

Thoughts on the new Toonami lineup, and Toonami in general

Hey everyone, just taking a break from my novel to talk about something that relates to my novel. Apparently I've gotten word that the Toonami programming block had just been brought back, and I'd like to congratulate the people that actually made the effort to bring it back. Since I heard it's premiering this night, I'd thought I would take the time to make a blog post about it.

Honestly, the lineup I've been hearing about, though fairly new, seems pretty lacking. It's all about anime shows, though it's nothing that I have against since anime and manga is the theme of my novel. Some of these shows you can already watch without having to wait late at night for, either. Speaking of which, why are these shows at three in the morning is beyond me, since this is normally reserved for shows on Adult Swim. This is not the Toonami I remember, nor the Toonami I grew up with.

To me, Toonami was more of an action cartoon/anime lineup hybrid that I looked forward to watching when I got back from school or when I was on vacation. It wasn't just about Dragonball Z, Naruto, Rurouni Kenshin, or other anime programs, but there was room for other programs, too. Megas XLR, Beast Wars Transformers, even vintage programming like Thundercats and Silverhawks. That's the Toonami I remember, not the "stay up late to watch Bleach or Ghost in the Shell" Toonami on Adult Swim. Granted, I can understand that this block doesn't have a lot of money right now, but showing it late at night when everybody and their grandmothers is asleep at night isn't going to do you any favors. Putting this block on Saturdays killed Toonami; bringing it back during the Adult Swim lineup when most of us are in bed runs the risk of failing as well.

To Jason DeMarco, the new vice president of Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, as well as ex-Toonami producer, if you can get enough money from ratings by die-hard fans watching this new block, please consider bringing it back to the Monday-Friday time slot during the afternoon. That way you will earn more fans and I might just watch it again. Until then, I see no meaning in watching what would best be described as a glorified Adult Swim block. This goes for anybody else involved with the Toonami block, too.

Thoughts, feelings? That's what the comments box is for. Just don't be rude about it lest you taste my ban hammer.

P.S., I seriously hope voice actors like Steve Blum, Wendee Lee, Cindy Robinson, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Cristina Valenzuela (or Cristina Vee, if you prefer), Michelle Ruff, Patrick Seitz, etc. will find this blog. I'd like to chat with them and even get them on board with my audio novel.

Chapter Three, Section Seven completed and other novel-related topics

I've finally finished the seventh section of chapter three in my novel. Took me some time but I'd finally done it, and it's a long chapter, too. It's actually longer than another one of the sections of this chapter: eleven pages versus eight pages! Now I'm going to work on a side story chapter for a character.

Speaking of which, an element that I wanted to add to my novel is multiple first person perspectives. For instance, in this third chapter, I introduced side stories to explain what the other main characters did when the hero wasn't around to speak. This will become crucial in major plot points in the novel, since the main character isn't always at one place at one time. It also allows readers to look at what other characters are thinking. This is something that anime and manga is known for, since usually the medium in question explores and develops on multiple characters at multiple times.

Thoughts? Feelings about such a concept in a novel? That's what the comments section is for.

Still working on section seven of my novel's third chapter, and other things.

I've been a little slow with the seventh section of chapter three in my novel, so I'll just explain what's going on. Basically, the main character and his friends are in this animated world within the animated world. It's confusing at first, but then we learn that the characters arrive in this world via a sort of dimensional portal. It was really an experiment done ages ago, to explore other animated worlds and even our physical world. This experiment involved the use of video DVDs and televisions, which would serve as the central input core for the portal device. Along the way, the hero and his friends befriend a resistance group taking down an empire, and they are aided by giant robots. However, the leader of this resistance really has an agenda of his own, but the hero does not know this yet. Adding to the tension, two mysteries are awakened when the hero has a nightmare about an evil demon out for his guts, and when a simple rescue mission turns into an encounter with a mysterious girl.

This chapter was intended to be a part of various themes in my novel, such as mirroring the animated world's characters with their physical world creators and actors. It also serves to reference other Japanese works, which in this chapter's case, the Armored Cores. Hailing from From Software's Armored Core series, Armored Cores (ACs) are basically walking tanks that can be customized for any mission or combat purpose. I wanted to throw in giant robots of some kind without using bio-technological robots like the Eva units in Neon Genesis Evangelion or the Gundams in the Gundam franchise. I also felt that Armored Core was less appreciated here in the United States compared to NGE, Gundam, Eureka Seven, whatever anime or manga features giant robots.

Speaking of actors, I also had big plans to make a special audio novel that would feature multiple voice actors playing out their characters. Of course, I would be the main character, since I created him. Alas, these VAs are humans like you and me, and they don't live forever, so I'm pressed to get this novel done. Then there's a convention coming up called Florida Supercon, and I intend to attend so I can get a feel for how conventions like these work and maybe meet example VAs and spread the word to them about my novel and my blog. If they're lucky, they might land a role in my audio novel, but that depends on what kinds of characters I implement and if these VAs accept my offer.

That's basically my novel progress and other thoughts in a nutshell. I'll get this third chapter done soon, I promise.

What is Animator's Dream?

The first thing readers like you probably noticed that this blog was dedicated to Animator's Dream. You're all probably asking what that is. Animator's Dream is my novel-in-development trilogy that focuses on the pop culture genre of animation. In this case, it would focus more on Japanese Anime and Manga, and some of the traits that make it well known. However, it would be more than just exploring what gives Anime and Manga their charm. The novel focuses on the journeys of a young man, somewhat like me, who happened to enter the animated world that he had dreamed about. The discovery was purely an accident because of creating a character with a magic pencil. In this new world, the young man befriends animations, the beings that inhabit the animated world. All seems normal with what he discovers, but a series of events and accidental explorations reveal much more than what his dreams suggested. There is also a dark force inhabiting this world, with sinister plans for the animated world, and one of the members of this force having to do with the main character's past.

The novel was intended to look past the giant robots, fight scenes, characters in revealing outfits, and other pastiches that make Anime and Manga stand out from other forms of pop culture. It intended to go deeper into the world of these two mediums, explore how the people working in these industries share similarities to the characters that they work on, and even wonder if the characters in our favorite Anime and Manga are alive and aware of our existence. The work will also look at the darker side of Anime and Manga, or more specifically, some of the negative stereotypes that most would associate with these mediums. It wasn't meant to be a typical display of the mediums, but rather, the novel looks at Anime and Manga in a philosophical and constructive fashion. The novel was a product of bringing the best of the medium and bringing it in to chapter book form. I am hoping that readers in general, and people who work in the Anime and Manga industry, too, will look at this novel as I intended it. I really want people to think about Anime and Manga when they read this novel, not to just look at it as a book that fulfills the fantasies of the hardcore otaku. That is what makes this novel special.

Welcome to Project Renesis

Yo, what's up, guys? Welcome to Project Renesis, my first ever blog website and the official blog of the Animator's Dream novels and other works by artist and novelist Nicholas Resmondo. If you're interested in any information and updates regarding my work or other adventures, then this will be your one stop shop for all the goods that I can find. Well, what are you waiting for? Come on in and have yourself a good read!