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Cannon Busters' LeSean Thomas, Crunchyroll Collaborate on Children of Ether Project
posted on by Karen Ressler
Anime News Network's New York Comic-Con 2016 news coverage sponsored by Yen Press.
Animation director LeSean Thomas (Cannon Busters, The Boondocks) announced at Crunchyroll's panel at New York Comic Con on Thursday that he is collaborating with Crunchyroll on an original animation project titled Children of Ether. The animation will stream on Crunchyroll.
Crunchyroll debuted a video during the panel, showing the project's staff.
@NY_Comic_Con @Crunchyroll Panel was really nice. Children of Ether looks so promising, I'm excited pic.twitter.com/Zklu7JPIDT
— Caroline Espi @ NYCC (@caro_byte) October 6, 2016
Project writer Nicholas Thurkettle and animation studio Yapiko Animation retweeted the above video.
Hiroshi Shimizu (Michiko & Hatchin character designer and chief animation director) and Mitsuo Iso (Den-noh Coil) are also involved with the project.
.@LeSeanThomas has announced he is working with @Crunchyroll on Children of Ether, a new animation collaboration pic.twitter.com/9cRf2F5djf
— Justin (@Kami_nomi) October 6, 2016
Thomas retweeted a photo of the poster for the project.
Snapshot of this "Children of Ether" poster #nycc pic.twitter.com/7z4sTgvwvd
— Todd DuBois @NYCC (@GWOtaku) October 6, 2016
[Via Justin Stroman, Caroline Espi, Todd DuBois]
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