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Dragonlance - Dragons of Autumn Twilight: Is The Book Any Better?

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Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight is a 2008 American animated film based on the Dragonlance setting of the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. It is a direct-to-DVD adaptation of the first novel written for the setting, Dragons of Autumn Twilight (1984), co-written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, both of whom assisted with the film's screenplay. Animation was chosen over live action because the team couldn't get the $75 million needed to produce a live action feature. They also planned to make Dragonlance into an ongoing series provided the first film performed well. It didn't. Many deals for a Dragonlance movie had reportedly come and gone over the years. At one point a Canadian animation company, Nelvana Studios, were slated to produce a made-for-TV animated feature set somewhere between the events of the "Dragons of Autumn Twilight" and "Dragons of Winter Night" novels, but the deal ultimately fell through because Nelvana ...

Castlevania Anime - Season 1: Thirsting For More

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Castlevania is an American animated television series based on the video game series of the same name. The first season adapts the 1989 entry Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse and draws Alucard's backstory from the 1997 game, Symphony of the Night. The series was originally planned as a direct-to-video movie back in 2007, but entered development hell until around 2015, when it was picked up by the streaming service Netflix. Over the years the script had morphed from a movie to a trilogy and a proposed live-action production. Netflix allowed the writers to keep the original 2007 script and the team worked closely with Konami, who helped to identify continuity issues. The show drew visual inspiration from Ayami Kojima's artwork, particularly Symphony of the Night, and used a production staff consisting of members with experience in the Japanese animation industry. Opening Song: Main Theme (by Trevor Morris) Credits Song: Let Me Kiss You (by Trevor Morris) Spoile...