WoW Animated Series

[Gmollster11]

I see new action/adventure animated series pop up and die all the time. So, it seems obvious the "costs" to create an animated cartoon TV show aren't prohibitively expensive.

WoW has a HUGE backlog of content and storys to pull from so writers aren't that stressed. The characters in-game are already animated, so wouldnt take much effort to transition them to TV format.

7-11 million people to immediately pull from. If WoW could get 10% of this group everyweek to watch the TV show, its a success. 20-30% and its a ratings blockbuster.

So, why not?

[Bombkirby]

What kind of animation are we talking about? What kind of age group would this focus on?

[dubbz]

Would rather them focus their money into a full-length movie and get that done than waste it on an animated series that would probably go the way of all the other "franchise" cartoons to come out...

[Dalehan]

More content which we wouldn't know anything about in future expansions unless we watched the animated show? Naw... It's annoying enough that you need to read the books, or a synopsis of them, to know half of what's going on in Cataclysm right now. Sure, TV is easier to chew, but like Bombkirby said, which target demographic would you aim it at?
All ages? Set the target too low, and people will complain the show is childish and watered down (though frankly, when you realize college people play Pokémon, who am I to complain.) to make it child friendly. They'd have to go the way of Avatar: The Last Airbender, which was intended for children at first, but matured over time.

Who would itt be about? They'd have to take one character, or group of characters to focus on, and have them participate in their own campaign within the Warcraft universe. Would lore characters fly by or be mentioned constantly (fucking annoying, it's like the constant 10 second cameos of Street Fighter characters in the various movies)?

TV series aren't neccesarily cheap, it's mostly a matter of which animation techniques are being used. Many of the more traditional cartoons are being outsourced to be drawn in Korea (even Family Guy), while many others keep sprouting because they either use Macromedia Flash for their cartoons, or Toon Boom Animation. In the case of Flash, I can only name a handful of cartoons which actually looked well enough, but the majority is a mess of motion tweens and rotating limbs.

If you wanted the same 3D animations used in the several WotLK cinematics, I believe Blizzard stated those already take a hell of a long time to develop already. Again, something they'd have to outsource to an overseas animation company. I think Blizzard would rather keep such things under their own control to make sure the quality is good.
Unlike Philips, who oursourced their animation for the Nintendo CD-I games to Russia. We all know how that turned out, don't we?

[Katarso]

I miss quality saturday morning cartoons, seems like there isn't a market for them anymore

[Deleted]

I would prefer a series of 2hr animation dvds telling the various stories of Warcraft rather than a crappy kids tv cartoon series

[TotallyGenericName]

What kind of animation are we talking about? What kind of age group would this focus on?

You know... WoW Lore type animation. Teenage girls in sailor type school uniforms with eyes three times to big for their head and breasts that are eight times too large for their body running around throwing up two fingers. Quality stuff.

[Clethius]

You know... WoW Lore type animation. Teenage girls in sailor type school uniforms with eyes three times to big for their head and breasts that are eight times too large for their body running around throwing up two fingers. Quality stuff.

lmao thats the american dream isnt it?

[TotallyGenericName]

Haha. Pretty much.

[Deleted]

lmao thats the american dream isnt it?

Thank god i'm British then

[Deleted]

Check warcraftmovies.com for Tales Of Past. That's one hell of a WoW-movie; it's whole trilogy! BTW, first one is kinda crappy, but it explains story what will take place in II and III parts.

[Deleted]

Hm... as already asked, what audience? What stlye (anime? no thanks!)? What/who would be the protagonist? Another Rhonin or Med'an? LOL! If it's too alliance focused, Horde rages and vica versa. They can't really go multi-cultural as that misses the whole point of WARCraft's alliance vs horde theme.

[Bombkirby]

(though frankly, when you realize college people play Pokémon, who am I to complain.)

Well technically not many college people watch the show, and thats what this is about...a making a spin off a show of a video game.

They'd have to go the way of Avatar: The Last Airbender, which was intended for children at first, but matured over time.

I could see that working.

Who would itt be about? They'd have to take one character, or group of characters to focus on, and have them participate in their own campaign within the Warcraft universe.

I'd imagine they make up a character who isn't in the games at all (similar to Ash from the Pokemon Anime or uh...the Chris guy from the Sonic anime) and base it around their adventures. They'd most likely stumble upon many lore character devoting episodes to them. The hero would probably be in a gang of neutral people...similar to that Dwarf, Orc and Gnome in the Badlands. This would allow them to show both sides, Alliance and Horde.

EDIT: ORRRRR it could be like the Warcraft legends books (comic books) where they tell a different story of a random person in the WoW world. Like there was this comic where this Gnome wanted to prove to his town that he was a good inventor and just as tough as the dwarves there and he ends up saving the town in the end and I think it'd be perfect for like a TV show episode. Although....there was a lot of alcohol in that one...my gawd if WoW became a family TV Show HALF the stuff like Dwarves liking ale would be cut out! XD

If you wanted the same 3D animations used in the several WotLK cinematics, I believe Blizzard stated those already take a hell of a long time to develop already. Again, something they'd have to outsource to an overseas animation company. I think Blizzard would rather keep such things under their own control to make sure the quality is good.
Unlike Philips, who oursourced their animation for the Nintendo CD-I games to Russia. We all know how that turned out, don't we?

Yeah they wouldn't be able to make a cool CGI show sadly. If they made a 3d Computer Graphics show, it'd be the same 3d quality of...hmm...like the Clone Wars or Jimmy Neutron or something like those. I'd like the see a traditionally animated one. It'd be cool. ^_^'
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But yeah....this would be.....an INTERESTING project if Blizzard ever did it.

[Deleted]

In my opinion it could go how the Marvel animated movies went:

Choose a story from the lore (War of the Ancients, Rise of the Horde, Arthas, etc) > Wrap it up as a 90 minute DVD

[Goldpaw]

You know... WoW Lore type animation. Teenage girls in sailor type school uniforms with eyes three times to big for their head and breasts that are eight times too large for their body running around throwing up two fingers. Quality stuff.

Good enough for me!

[Deleted]

No crappy 20 episodes 25mins long aimed at 8-14 year olds

[warcrimes]

as long as its not anime aimed at pre-teen skater brats id be fine with it
i demand claymation CALL TIM BURTON WE HAVE HIS NEW PROJECT he can make a kids show appealing to adults

[Pud'n]

You mean like Star Wars (I actually liked the old cartoony Clone Wars show as a kid, though not the new one)? Hmmm how good this show would depend on what's the average amount of on-screen deaths.

[Lotharfox]

I'd watch a show about the Dwarf, Orc, and Gnome from Badlands! On a quest to punch Deathwing in the face. With stories about the people they meet that are exagerated. Let's get Blizzard started on that.

[Falarson]

It would have to be like most 'good' anime are, or the american equivalents. You know, a more mature setting and stylish artwork.