Mainframe Studios News

AD Vision has announced that they will distribute Mainframe Studio’s animated science-fiction/action series Shadowraiders on home video. The series will premier on February 27th on DVD ($24.98) and VHS ($14.98).

Jimmy Palmiotti told Comics Contimuum that full production on the Gatecrasher animated series at Mainframe Entertainment should begin soon. The series, which will likely be on Fox Kids, is based on the Black Bull comic book by Palmiotti, Mark Waid and Amanda Conner. “Amanda finished her trip to fine tune it two weeks ago and they are minutes from closing a deal with a network,” Palmiotti said. “She was there for four days art directing the character designs as well as doing some set design and working with the crew there.” Palmiotti said that Gatecrasher will not look like some of Vancouver-based Mainframe’s other shows like Reboot and Beast Machines. “It’s a 2D animation with 3D shading on the characters and a 3D backdrop,” Palmiotti said. “It looks totally like nothing out there.” Palmiotti said the series won’t be animated overseas, though. “No, Mainframe has over 200 animators and will be doing it as far as I know,” Palmiotti said. “Mainframe is huge.”