Phil Casabon On His New Project "The Lost Crystal"

Tell us, what got you started down the animation road?

This project first took shape because of an injury preventing me from skiing for a full year.

I still wanted to focus energy on skiing, regardless of not being able to physically do it.

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It was a tricky task.

Where Im at right now is; Im aiming for three ten-minute episodes.

So far, the only thing thats been completed is the trailer.

If the interest is there, then Ill move forward.

Did you do it all by yourself, or did you have help from designers and animators?

This is a task that I can not do by myself.

I started out very naive about the workload behind making a cartoon.

Now I know what goes into it and itd be very difficult to do it all by myself.

I reached out to some people, that had the expertise and I really liked their style.

Unfortunately, the 2D animator changed work fields and has been out of the project since April 2021.

Thats another reason why Im trying get it out there, so I can find another animator.

My role in this was to write the script, produce and do the editing.

Im aiming for around 8-11 minutes apiece.

Just below half an hour for the full piece.

Without giving too much away, how much skiing is in it and how accurate/detailed are the tricks?

Well, its a very difficult thing.

So, as far as the tricks go, its not going to be crazy accurate.

I invented a new style of competition format based on a duelthe samurai showdown.

How longs this idea been in your head?

As you’re able to see, with only a minute trailer, things move pretty slowly.

January 2020 was when I first had this idea.

I sort of was rushing to put it out, in December 2020, which I realized was unrealistic.

Obviously, Armadas name and skis are in the trailer, how much input did they have?

That was actually my next question; will Henrik and Tanners characters feature in this or future releases?

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When will we see the first episode?

Hopefully Fall 2022 or Spring 2023.

I think writing scripts and skiing will merge together here.

With Mike Hornbeck, were starting to write the screenplay of what well put down on the screen.

Merging both and trying to create intricate, detailed pieces is a very attractive medium to me.