Jeff  R. Roop Online

Delta State is a Canadian animated television series, based on a comic book byDouglas Gayeton (which was never released), featuring four amnesiac roommates with the ability to subconsciously enter an ethereal realm known as the Delta State. They face the dual tasks of piecing together their past lives and battling a group of Delta State denizens called Rifters, who seek to control the human mind. The main characters are Claire (Ilona Elkin), Martin (Dusan Dukic), Luna (Lizz Alexander), and Philip (Nicholas Wright).

The series debuted September 11, 2004 on Teletoon, the Canadian cartoon television network. It is the first animated television series to be entirely rotoscoped, taking over 27 months to complete.

Delta State is a French / Canadian co-production with designs, story-boards etc. done by Alphanim in Paris; shooting and recording were performed by Nelvana Canada. The project was conceived by Douglas Gayeton, who also directed the original pilot and wrote the bible for the show.

The show has won the Special Award for a TV program at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival and the Frames 2004 for best Asian Production.

The series aired in France from March 9, 2005 on Canal+.        www.cyclopaedia.de

 

 

Side Note: "It was all green screen live action. So minimal set, same costume every day, mic taped to a forehead and black lines drawn on face. But you had to act your ass off all the same, and try not to be too animated in the body (ie flailing arms and the sort) to keep the people drawing happy." -Ilona Elkin