IRL Squad

"Ivy, Renata and Lulu are addicted to "Wonderfighters Online": The most popular online game in the world. They're also best friends, even if they've never met in real life. One day, they sneak into a hidden level, and a mysterious glitch is activated that unleashes all the game's monsters into the real world. Incluiding their accompanying monsters Fango, Chess, and Bun. Together, they'll fight to bring all the monsters back to the game before the world falls into chaos. At least now, the real world won't be as dull as before!"

This is the trailer for my (unproduced) series project IRL Squad! I always joked that I wanted it to be my "reverse Digimon," as I created it out of my love for it and Pokemon. It was going to be a very slice-of-life comedy series about growing up and learning how to confront the "real world."

My team and I finished this trailer in August 2019, but we didn’t want to release it until after we had pitched it everywhere. Sadly, after doing that, we weren’t able to sell it as a series but we wanted to share the trailer here so you can see all the hard work everyone put into it.

The animation was done by Penblade Studio, and they did an amazing job! I’m still in love with this story and these characters, and while we’re letting it rest for now, I hope we can make it a reality in the future.

Pitch bible available upon request!

Info

Stage: In Development
Created by: Fernanda Frick
Co-Written by: Fernanda Frick & Bárbara Nuñez
Genre: Action / Comedy / Slice of Life
Target: Boys & girls, 6 to 11
Format: 13x11’

Credits

Directed by Fernanda Frick
Storyboards: Christian Pincheira
Art Director & Main Characters Designs: Fernanda Frick
Music: Chini Ayarza
Visual Development: Ale Carrasco
Illustrations: Ale Carrasco
In-game & Character Design: Camila Cumplido
Backgrounds: Valentina Fernandez (Line), Akka (Color)
Animatic editor: Cristían Toledo
Sound Design: Daniel Ferreira
Compositing: Fernanda Frick
Animation Direction: Fernanda Frick

Voice Director: Sebastían Dupont
Ivy: Bárbara Usagi
Renata: Ximena Marchant
Lulu: Muriel Benavides (Piyoasdf)
Dex: Felipe Waldhorn
Fango, Chess y Bun: Sebastían Dupont

Penblade Studio Animation Team (https://www.instagram.com/penbladestudio/):
Line Producer: José Miguel Carvallo
Rough Animation: Aleksandra Vladilo, Camila Gonzalez Dettleff, Norman Salem, Jonathan Cordova, Daniela Valenzuela
Clean-up: Edson Pereira, Javiera Ibañez, Jonathan Cordova, Daniela Valenzuela
Coloring: José Miguel Carvallo, Sara Vera, Daniela Valenzuela

Personal Credits

Direction, Animation Direction, Art Direction, Character Design, Colorscript, Compositing