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TALES OF A 3D ANIMATED TV SHOW

We are perhaps used to the presence of lush characters and extensive environments in CG animated feature films. But that’s not always been the case in animated television series, where multiple episodes, tight deadlines and smaller budgets often drive the final look and feel of the show.

Enter DreamWorks’ 3Below:Tales Of Arcadia, the second instalment of Guillermo del Toro’s Tales Of Arcadia trilogy (Trollhunters and the upcoming Wizards series are part of the franchise). For season 2 of 3Below, the animation production was ramped up to new levels to tell the story of a group of aliens coming into contact with some unlikely earthly friends. 3D World asked two of the creatives behind season 2 how they managed such high production quality.

“WE HAD GUILLERMO COME IN AND REVIEW ANIMATICS WITH US”
Rodrigo Blaas, executive producer and supervising director

RAMPING THINGS UP

In , aliens leave their home planet Akiridion-5 amid local turmoil only to be marooned on Earth. While they are royalty on their world,

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