Post by Conquest Comics on Apr 3, 2022 12:29:49 GMT
Mine is from my most recent manga, WONDER ISLAND: HERO OF BRIGHTWATER. A fun fantasy shounen that delves deep into Celtic and Irish folklore. Its pretty rad, you can grab a copy here.
Post by Conquest Comics on Apr 3, 2022 11:22:39 GMT
AN EASY HUNT
Hello!
My name is Liam Gray, I am the creator of the hit indie XENOTYPE manga and the forthcoming WONDER ISLAND: HERO OF BRIGHTWATER manga available now on IndieGOGO. I'm returning to the community with an easy quest and some good news.
For those of you who may remember me, I had spent years on the hunt for an obscure cartoon from the 1980s about little robots, a scrapyard and a mechanic girl. I'd been searching for this series for years and had given up any hope of finding it. However, during one of my most recent livestreams the series was identified by one of my viewers. The series is listed on IMDB, under Robo Story. The series was developed by a a set of Twins that had become predominant Sci-Fi t writers and went on to work on early Doctor Who. While not the topic at hand, given the tremendous difficulty we experienced locating this series, I thought it was important to bring everyone the update.
Okay. Lets get to it...
THE ADVENTURES OF PETER PAN
The series is not lost, not per se. I can find the first five episodes with the English Dub online but the only coverage I can find of the series on youtube is the opening theme song and a random compilation of Wendy's bloomers and up-skirts (WHY?). After a little hunting around on Ebay and Amazon, I found a JETIX release (two different covers, it appears). It contained the first five episodes (which is where I assume the first five episodes online come from). However, there are apparently 41 episodes total and it appears that all 41 were dubbed into English. I did some digging and found that the series had apparently had a number of releases but nothing definitive and its unclear if any of these forign releases contained the English dub (of which, apparently TWO exist).
My goal is simple... I want to acquire an English dub of this series in full, on DVD or Bluray or archiving purposes. Baring that, I'd like to be able to view the full original series (with the dub) somewhere online.
Further Curiosities... While digging into the series on anidb I found a connecting link to what I believe is a sequel OVA? I am unclear if this is a clip show from the original or a sequel produced later, information on it seems limited.
PETER PAN THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES... Making Manga and Comics fulltime is a daunting task at the best of times but the arrival of my new born daughter has extremely limited my spare time. So, I figured I'd be greedy and try to expand this Pan-hunt out a further step.
In the 1990s a Pan series titled PETER PAN AND THE PIRATES aired on the FOX NETWORK. Its a quite popular series with one of the better depictions of Hook and Neverland. However, I was only able to find it also had a JETIX release but it appears to never have been released in full. I do not know if this is true or not, or if there is someway for me to acquire this series in full on DVD and/or Bluray. If there is a release and its just rare, I'd love to know. I suspect it has only ever had a limited release, but you never know. I was able to purchase the full English dub of The Animals of Farthing Wood by purchasing the German version of the book.
Alright Lost Boys (and Girls) go forth and show me your perfect power!
Post by Conquest Comics on May 25, 2017 4:23:41 GMT
Australia, late 90s, I want to say Nickelodeon.
It revolved around a young boy on a quest of some kind. I remember African masks. I also remember a scene with a watering hole. It was not the wild thornberries or anything like that, it predated that I believe. It included strong elements from African Mythology.
As a kid I always felt like this franchise was SO big but it only had like 12-13 episodes and nothing really came of it. The toys were LOVED by kids at my school and the concept is cool as heck, so I don't know why its Gone the Way of the Dinosaurs!
Post by Conquest Comics on Dec 11, 2016 3:23:35 GMT
"Nah we didn't have a devil face or an animated video, I know there was another band called Loki around at the same time as we were going, they weren't from Wellington like us though."
The hunt continues I guess. The band I am looking for had a swarve devil face as its Logo and had an animated Music Video with said devil man (black and white if I remember correctly).
Post by Conquest Comics on Dec 10, 2016 2:06:14 GMT
Thanks Kobo, I've gotten in contact with Aiden, he has replied confirming he is the guy I am looking for but I am waiting to hear back more from him. I suspect he will reply later today.
Neat, another Aussie. For me it was Plasmo. Does anyone else remember Plasmo?
Its easy to get online now (You're welcome!) but for many years it was basically unknown. I contacted the creator and was able to get a personal DVD copy made years ago. Its probably the "rarest" thing I own. It was something that I saw a few times at home when sick from school.
The other thing was Jim Henson's Storyteller. It is easy to get now, but for many years the only proof I had that it existed was a few bad VHS recordings. Likewise, it was something that played on the ABC usually at around 10-11am on weekdays. So, I only managed to catch it when I was home sick.
It is probably my favorite TV series of all time honestly. But again, where once it was practically unknown, now it is on DVD and easily enough found (which I think is a good thing, given how brilliant it is).
If we really go back into the depths and the vault of memory though, there is a cartoon I saw "Nuts and Bolts" is all I remember. I don't know if that was the name, or lyrics from the theme song. It would have been on during the mid to late 80s. It featured a little girl in a scrap yard. Everything was rusty and there were robots. I remember it being very dark but I was a very small child. I never found out what it was... but it stayed with me forever.
Post by Conquest Comics on Dec 9, 2016 14:09:48 GMT
I'd be willing to bet that the parties in ownership of the footage have never really accomplished much with their life. So, they are holding onto it thinking it has a great deal of monetary value due to its obscurity and rarity. Which is why they needed to prove they had it, but wouldn't let him distribute it (especially via the internet).