The Royligio “Believe In The One.”
The Vibulare “Reason To None.”
They both want to control the Well of Life: the last source of water in Dunya.
Only The MultiFacet keeps the peace.
Barely.
Stay The Middle…
Written in July of 2016
Toronto, Canada
My name is Nadir Shirazi and in the Winter of 2013 I had this one burning idea and feeling. Make an anime. I had just turned 30 and thought about all of the great series I had loved. I was done just consuming: I wanted to create. I also wanted to stop making excuses as to why I had not.
I think my naivety and desire to resist rules is what saved me. Oh and Rune Entertainment. After stumbling and screwing up and not seeing my vision come to life, in the Spring of 2014 I met Paul, Nancy, and Fraeya. I didn’t need to go to Asia as it turned out I found what I was looking for right here in Toronto. Yes, yes, you know it as The 6ix…
They took every scrap of previous work I had for MultiFacet…
Early early concept art!
Soooo rough written drafts.
A crappy first attempt at a trailer made by an unnamed overseas studio.
Wild scribbles and gestures when we met. I get a wee bit excited when it comes to my story ☺
A meagre budget. Did I mention it was small?
…and gave me three glorious seconds of animation. Simply they elevated the world I had created beyond my wildest dreams. They also patiently educated me about how animation is produced and how much it truly costs both in effort and monetarily.
In the fall of 2014 I used those three seconds to raise $21 000 on Kickstarter. Thank you to the first people who ever took a chance on this.
That might seem like a lot of money but when it comes to animation it’s nothing. Still we pushed on and nearly three years later the beginnings of this anime and trans media world I envisioned have finally emerged. This Trailisode 1 (I come up with new terms, I know!) is the product of collaboration, and the desire to make something epic.
What do you do when you want to make an anime, but can’t draw, have no contacts in the animation industry, don’t have millions of dollars, and aren’t Japanese?
You make a L.I.T.E anime.
L ess Seconds
I nclusive Diversity
T ransmedia Narrative
E conomic Experimentation
I won’t beg for your help. I want to win it. If the world, the art, the characters, the animation, the writing, my story, any of it gives you something to be excited about that is what matters most. Shabina and Rydin have a request of you. Not me. Them.
If you are about to yell it’s not anime if it’s not Japanese, please stop reading and go away! For the rest of us who are so inspired by what Japan has given the world we want to make it our own.
Inside of each of us is a great world to escape in, I hope you don’t settle because it is hard and/or expensive. Or if it doesn’t make sense to others artistically or financially. We can’t predict results but we can all try to experiment. Maybe my model has something in it for you, maybe not. Feel free to reach out through social media if you are making your own untraditional anime or animation, or simply have an idea. It can be lonely out here: in the near future I will be sharing more details about my journey so others can learn from my mistakes and wins.
People always ask me; do you want to make a full anime? Of course.
But when I do it will be on my terms. L.I.T.E. anime allows my vision and that of my creative partners to continue telling this story the way we want you know like… forever. No ones cancelling my second season!
So delude yourself to thinking and feeling you can do something exceptional. Find a way to tell your story.
Written in July of 2016
Toronto, Canada
My name is Nadir Shirazi and in the Winter of 2013 I had this one burning idea and feeling. Make an anime. I had just turned 30 and thought about all of the great series I had loved. I was done just consuming: I wanted to create. I also wanted to stop making excuses as to why I had not.
I think my naivety and desire to resist rules is what saved me. Oh and Rune Entertainment. After stumbling and screwing up and not seeing my vision come to life, in the Spring of 2014 I met Paul, Nancy, and Fraeya. I didn’t need to go to Asia as it turned out I found what I was looking for right here in Toronto. Yes, yes, you know it as The 6ix…
They took every scrap of previous work I had for MultiFacet…
Early early concept art!
Soooo rough written drafts.
A crappy first attempt at a trailer made by an unnamed overseas studio.
Wild scribbles and gestures when we met. I get a wee bit excited when it comes to my story ☺
A meagre budget. Did I mention it was small?
…and gave me three glorious seconds of animation. Simply they elevated the world I had created beyond my wildest dreams. They also patiently educated me about how animation is produced and how much it truly costs both in effort and monetarily.
In the fall of 2014 I used those three seconds to raise $21 000 on Kickstarter. Thank you to the first people who ever took a chance on this.
That might seem like a lot of money but when it comes to animation it’s nothing. Still we pushed on and nearly three years later the beginnings of this anime and trans media world I envisioned have finally emerged. This Trailisode 1 (I come up with new terms, I know!) is the product of collaboration, and the desire to make something epic.
What do you do when you want to make an anime, but can’t draw, have no contacts in the animation industry, don’t have millions of dollars, and aren’t Japanese?
You make a L.I.T.E anime.
L ess Seconds
I nclusive Diversity
T ransmedia Narrative
E conomic Experimentation
I won’t beg for your help. I want to win it. If the world, the art, the characters, the animation, the writing, my story, any of it gives you something to be excited about that is what matters most. Shabina and Rydin have a request of you. Not me. Them.
If you are about to yell it’s not anime if it’s not Japanese, please stop reading and go away! For the rest of us who are so inspired by what Japan has given the world we want to make it our own.
Inside of each of us is a great world to escape in, I hope you don’t settle because it is hard and/or expensive. Or if it doesn’t make sense to others artistically or financially. We can’t predict results but we can all try to experiment. Maybe my model has something in it for you, maybe not. Feel free to reach out through social media if you are making your own untraditional anime or animation, or simply have an idea. It can be lonely out here: in the near future I will be sharing more details about my journey so others can learn from my mistakes and wins.
People always ask me; do you want to make a full anime? Of course.
But when I do it will be on my terms. L.I.T.E. anime allows my vision and that of my creative partners to continue telling this story the way we want you know like… forever. No ones cancelling my second season!
So delude yourself to thinking and feeling you can do something exceptional. Find a way to tell your story.
Multifacet Diversity Solutions Ltd.
Disclaimer
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, political parties, religious groups, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
© Movement Media Entertainment Ltd. and Rune Entertainment 2016
Special Thanks
To all the versions of myself that supported me and to the versions that became the opposition I needed.
First Supporters
3 seconds. In the fall of 2014, Rune Entertainment and my company Movement Media Entertainment showed the world 3 seconds of colour animation. I knew little about crowd funding but learned on the fly. On Nov 1, 2014 in the final hours, our Kickstarter campaign crossed the $21 000 threshold! The first people who ever took a chance on 3 seconds are below, but truly they are above this project. They stayed patient while we worked out the many details to get the Trailisode done over the last 18 months and helped bring this series to life.
They brought MultiFacet to you…