A new direction...

Hey there,

Been about two months since my last blog entry ... I have been VERY busy directing not one but two great series for the Animax Channel. The first one is an interesting collection of traditional Japanese horror ... “Ayakashi”. This is certainly not a family show, do not let the little ones watch this as it is pretty darn dark! There are three tales in this eleven episode collection and each one is as strange and freaky as the next. The first one is the cursed origin tale of Lady Oiwa ... the popular female Japanese ghost with the deformed eye ... yes we are all familiar with that creepy ghoul .. and this story is guaranteed to have your skin crawling. The next story is a rather odd tale of a group of hot female forgotten gods and their fateful encounter with mankind ... The third tale is in my opinion the most interesting of the three. A vivid kaleidoscope of colors and detailed backdrops surround an equally complex story centering around a dark family secret and a visiting medicine seller cum exorcist. Really if you miss the first two make a point of watching “Bake Neko” - it will leave you breathless.

Other voice actors in Ayakashi are “Henry Coombs, Michael Brooks, Simon Broad, Antonia Shevloff, and Kathy Robinson” ... Hope you enjoy the show as much as we enjoyed working on it! :-)

The second series I am working on is called xxxHolic and any fan of the CLAMP world will know it is a wonderful series. Fans of the Mokona will be happy to see the black Mokona standing faithfully at the side of Yuko the witch. This is a fun series mainly concerned with a young man by the name of Watanuki Kimihiro ... nothing real special about him except that he can see ghosts and other weird supernatural goop, Oh and all that goop seems to want to eat him all the time. The main story centers around Watanuki’s relationship with Yuko. There is a side story of his crush on Kunogi Himawari and his rivalry with the level headed Domeki - who always seems to save Watanukis’s neck at the last second. ... I see this story as a coming of age story. A story that deals with teenage angst and life questions wrapped up in a supernatural analogy. All things said and done xxxHolic is a story that I really have enjoyed working on!

Other voice actors in xxxHolic are “Colin Shevloff, Antonia Shevloff, Lili Truncale, Catherine Fu, Shari Diaz, and Jack Murphy”

And last but not least I have laid my director’s hat down and landed the role of Demon Eyes Kyo in the show Samurai Deeper Kyo! It looks great and I am looking forward to once again unleashing my darker side .... ;-)

Till next time,

RW