Canadian Studio launches Kickstarter campaign to support its new animated series Inspired by Afro-Creole history, culture, and mythology, featuring a superhero who returns 221 years after his death hoping to repair a broken world.
Montreal-based Boman Animation Studios has released the pilot for its first animated project, The Black Maroon Adventures, offering viewers a glimpse at the series’ main character, Black Maroon (Nèg Mawon in Haitian Creole), while rescuing customers during a bank robbery.
The series follows Feddy Rock, an accomplished young millionaire of the new generation, embodied by the “Black Maroon.” In the vibrant metropolis of Delma City, where advanced technology and mystical energies coexist, crime and corruption run rampant. The Black Maroon, a warrior of the Haitian revolution, returns to earth 221 years after his death and finds that nothing has changed for his people and the world is still unfair, unequal, and corrupt. Behind a mask, Feddy Rock and the Black Maroon attempt to repair this broken world by exposing notorious criminals.
"Like many people in this country [Canada], we are frustrated by the lack of Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Canadian inspired content in the mainstream entertainment (comics, television, animation, games, etc.),” commented Bomen Studios CEO Fedner Cleus. “But rather than complain, we chose to act and create a new animated series."
"Whether you're in America, Europe, or Africa, you'll enjoy our compelling stories,” added Cleus. Inspired by Afro-Creole history, culture, and mythology, we use comics, novels, animation, and other forms of media to tell extraordinary stories of black superheroes and fantasy tales that everyone can relate to! Join the movement and discover epic and original stories.”
"We are very pleased to be working with Spoof Animation, a Nigerian animation studio that can compete with the ‘big boys’ in the animation industry,” said Boman writer Francis Ross. “Our association with Spoof Animation enables us to accelerate our presence and reputation in the animation industry."
The studio also announced a fundraising campaign via Kickstarter to support the project.
Source: Boman Animation Studios
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
