Time Jam: Valerian & Laureline
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| Time Jam: Valerian & Laureline | |
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| Genre | Animation, Sci-fi, Fantasy |
| Country of origin |  France Japan |
| Language(s) | French Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
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| Original channel | TBA Canal + |
| Picture format | NTSC (480i) |
| Original run | October 20, 2007 – Current |
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Time Jam: Valerian & Laureline (ヴァレリアン＆ロールリンヌ Varerian ando Rōrurinnu) is a French/Japanese animated television series based on the French comic book series Valérian and Laureline written by Pierre Christin and drawn by Jean-Claude Mézières. The animation first aired in both France and Japan in 2007.
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[edit] Production
An animated Valérian series was first proposed in 1976.[1] In 1982, Mézières produced concept art for an episode titled The Asteroids of Shimballil (Les Astéroïdes de Shimballil). These were published in 2000 as an appendix to the album release of Bad Dreams.[2]
In 1991, Dargaud Films financed the production of a three minute pilot, directed by Bernard Deyriès and animated by Studio 32 in Paris and Luxembourg, but nothing came of this venture. Several stills from this pilot episode were published in Mézières Extras.[3]
Another pilot, depicting Valérian and Laureline being pursued to the space station Point Central (first seen in Ambassador of the Shadows) by the criminal gang known as the Mortis Quartet (first seen in Hostages of the Ultralum), directed by Florient Ferrier, was made by the French animation studio 2 Minutes in 2001. Nothing came of this attempt either.[4]
Another animated adaptation, titled Time Jam: Valerian & Laureline, is in production and is expected in 2007. It is a French-Japanese co-production, directed by Philippe Vidal, involving Statelight, Dargaud and Luc Besson’s Europacorp.[5][6] Scripts are being written by a French team under the supervision of Peter Berts while Charles Vaucelles is responsible for the realisation of the characters and Vincent Momméja is responsible for the design of the locations and spacecraft.[5] Music is by Alexandre Azzaria.[5] The French version of the series will consist of forty 23 minute episodes while the Japanese version will have 11 minute episodes.[5] Two trailers have been released for the series to date: the first on 24 April 2006[7] and the second on 10 October 2006.[8] According to Animation World Network, "Time Jam - Valerian & Laureline sets out to answer the question: Where on Earth has Earth gone? Valerian and Laureline, our two young heroes, seem to be the only representatives of the human race in the unsafe galaxy where the nightmarish Vlagos are conspiring to control the world. Sent out on an assignment by the head of STS (the Spatial-Temporal Service), Valerian and Laureline discover the existence of a time-portal, a mysterious phenomenon, which may hold the key to the recovery of Earth. The series from Dargaud Marina mixes 2D and CGI animation with an anime touch." The series was originally schedule to air on France 3 in 2007, but recently information has revealed that Canal + will air the series starting October 20th, 2007.A English dubbed trailer was released recently thus it is probable it will be released in English soon, though the actors have a British accent thus it is most likely going to Britain not the U.S.[9]
[edit] Compared to the Comics
The series differs from the original comics in that Valerian comes from the year 2417 instead of 2720, and meets Laureline in the year 912 instead of 1000. Whereas in the comics Valerian takes Laureline back to his own time without any trouble, in the animated series this results in Earth disappearing from the solar system.
[edit] Staff
- Producer: Emmanual Prevost, Robert Rea, Michiaki Sato
- Production Coordination: Cyril Noualle, Samuel Rozenbaum, Kiyoshi Akiyama, Nikorosu Ito, Hokuto Iseki
- Director: Eiichi Sato (Satelight), Philippe Vidal
- Assistant Director: Hiroshi Hara
- Animation Direction: Tooru Yoshida, Toshiyuki Kubooka
- Original Character Designs: Charles Vaucelles
- Character Designs: Makoto Uno, Fumikide Sai
- Mecha Designs: Shoji Kawamori, Tsutomu Suzuki
- Music: Alexandre Azzaria
- Animation Production: Satelight
- 3D Animation Production: Europacorp
- Production: Satelight, Europacorp, Dargaud
[edit] References
- ^ Maltret, Olivier (August 2001). "Dossier Mézières". Les Dossiers de la Bande Dessinée (DBD) (12): pp 1–40.
- ^ Mézières, Jean-Claude; Christin, Pierre (2000). Les Mauvais Rêves, Valérian: Agent Spatio-Temporel (in French). Paris: Dargaud. ISBN 2-205-04880-5.
- ^ Mézières, Jean-Claude (1995). Les Extras de Mézières (in French). Paris: Dargaud. ISBN 2-205-04443-5.
- ^ Ferrier, Florient (Director). Valerian & Laureline – pilot (Flash Animation). 2 Minutes. Retrieved on 2006-09-01.
- ^ a b c d Vidal, Phillipe. Blog by Time Jam director Phillipe Vidal (French). Valérian Blog. Dargaud. Retrieved on 2006-09-01.
- ^ Dargaud Distribution Listing for Time Jam. TV France International. Retrieved on 2006-09-01.
- ^ Time Jam: Valerian & Laureline - First Trailer. Dargaud. Retrieved on 2006-09-01.
- ^ Time Jam: Valerian & Laureline - Second Trailer. Dargaud. Retrieved on 2006-11-12.
- ^ Animation World Network (5 October 2006). "Dargaud Distribution's Spirou & Fantasio Jets Into Cannes" (PDF). Animation Flash (MIPCOM 2006 Special Edition No. 3): p7.
[edit] External links
- Time Jam: Valérian & Laureline official series blog (French)
- Official website of the animated series (French)
- First teaser trailer
- Second teaser trailer
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