Animation

Hi, Chase Carmichael. I tried to outline an adult animated series a little while ago, and I found out adult animation isn't my thing. They're funny to watch though. Positive-tone adult animation is unique. Hope you can pull it off!

Thanks, Maurice Vaughn.

You're welcome, Chase Carmichael. Keep me posted on your adult animations.

The first question of any animation project is always “why should it be animation?”

The answer can be a fantasy element, a unique storytelling style, etc. If the story can be done simply with live action, it probably shouldn’t be animation.

Similarly, if you want to do content for adults that doesn’t have sex, violence, or explicit language, what makes it adult? What is the adult subject matter? I suppose it could be a family drama or an academic discussion of global or political issues… But that brings me back to the “why animation” question.

Because, I'm doing bipedal anthropomorphic animal adult animations that it will never join the ranks of "Family Guy" or "The Simpsons" or even "South Park" as typical cynical, satirical, gory, and brutal humor about depression or anxiety or when characters is already feeling sad while others already laughing at them.

I'm not being arrogant or trying to destroy adult animations. I'm creating a "New" type of adult animation. The one it makes you feel happy instead of being bitter, feeling bright, and making decisions better and the jokes will be fresh and safer for anyone who can't handle the negative aspects of adult animations.

I am going to make it better when I'm going to add cussing and adult content, that's fine. I will not allowed to add mocking genres and creating stupid parodies that makes zero sense or makes fun of someone else's personality for no apparent reason at all or can't handle too much violence like cutting out blood or anything disgusting or even watching characters being passive and malleable jerks who makes fun on hopeful ones or their body parts and looks is just too much negative.

You don't understand the "Why Animation" part, Mike Boas. I'm destroying the typical barriers that everybody and I mean "Everybody" are fed up with seeing satirical, dark humor, gore violence, and cynicism. I'm not creating live-action comedies that it's positive tone. I'm creating a positive tone on adult animations that makes you feel relaxed and happy. This "IS " animation. I'm sorry if it didn't answer your question, but that's just how I speak or reply.

Rugrats was a big part of my childhood, Cheryl Chase. It was my favorite cartoon. I was EXCITED when The Rugrats Movie came out!

Welcome Cheryl! Looking forward to hearing about your next projects.

Thank you so much, Maurice — really appreciate that.

You’re absolutely right. In Inner Universe, the organs are conceived both as characters and as distinct locations, each with its own function, personality, and narrative role.

The core idea is to make the body feel like a living system where every part matters, especially for a young audience.

Thanks again for the thoughtful feedback.

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Thanks a lot, Maurice — that means a lot.

Yes, the organs are designed as both characters and unique locations, each representing a role within the system of the body.

Appreciate the feedback.

You're welcome, Mustafa Bayraktar. I think Inner Universe will be a hit. I'm looking forward to watching it!

I'm thinking on the magic schoolbus kinf of trip, I loved that show. Or are you gonna give every organ a personality? That actually would be very interesting.

Thanks, Alex!

The Magic School Bus is a great reference in terms of curiosity and learning, but Inner Universe takes a different approach.

Instead of a guided “school trip” inside the body, we’re building an inner world where key organs exist as systems with personality, hierarchy, and conflict — reacting in real time to what happens in the outside world.

Some organs do have personalities, but they’re more symbolic and emotional, not purely cartoonish. The focus is on how internal chaos mirrors real-life moments kids go through.

We want it to feel funny, relatable, and a bit chaotic — because that’s what growing up actually feels like.

Really appreciate the question, it’s exactly the kind of discussion we want around the project.

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Thank you Meriem Bouziani, it’s mean a lot for me.

you're welcome Koby Nguyen

I'll explain why this film is so important to me :

It is a story about choice, consent, and love finding its own language.

Yuna is never carried because she cannot move, she is carried because she chooses to be, because it allows her, for a moment, to experience the world differently. Her wheelchair is not a failure, nor something to escape from. It is a respected and permanent part of her life. The act of carrying is not a solution, but a shared gesture, born from trust and tenderness.

Why the film speaks to children

For children, the film is experienced through emotion, not symbolism.

They see two people who care for each other, who explore the world together, who laugh, help strangers, collect small treasures, and share everyday moments. The idea of carrying someone is natural to them, it is not about power or limitation, but about inclusion.

The film gently teaches empathy without explanation.

It shows that everyone can belong to the journey, even if they move differently.

There is no fear, no tragedy, only attention and kindness.

Why the film speaks to adults

For adults, the film resonates on a deeper, more reflective level.

It speaks about vulnerability, interdependence, and the courage to love without trying to fix the other. Takao does not save Yuna. Yuna does not complete Takao. They choose each other, knowing that time, separation, and change are inevitable.

For adults with or without disabilities, the story opens a space to reflect on care, dignity, and consent. It acknowledges both the beauty and the complexity of being carried or carrying someone, without idealizing or denying reality.

A film that opens dialogue

This film does not give instructions, nor does it present a model to imitate.

It offers an emotional experience that invites conversation, between children and parents, teachers and students, caregivers and loved ones.

At its heart, Our Steps Together, Even Without Wings is a quiet story about walking alongside someone, in whatever way is possible, sometimes by listening, sometimes by slowing down, sometimes by carrying, always with respect.

There is a quiet moment near the end of the film.

Takao and Yuna are walking through the town when they stop in front of a small painting shop.

It’s nothing spectacular, just paintings, light, silence, the cloud.

Yuna lingers. She doesn’t know why, but one of the paintings feels different to her.

She doesn’t explain it. She doesn’t need to.

Takao doesn’t look at the painting for long. He looks at Yuna.

Then they continue their walk.

I didn’t want this moment to carry a meaning that could be explained.

I wanted it to exist the same way certain memories do, briefly, quietly, without asking to be understood.

Sometimes, stories don’t connect through plot or logic, but through feeling.

Through something that simply passes from one place to another.

WORKING NOTES — OUR STEPS TOGETHER, EVEN WITHOUT WINGS

General Structure of Locations

The film will begin with a clear progression of spaces, which accompanies the emotional evolution of the characters:

The city: noise, crowds, movement, distance between people.

The countryside: calm, breathing, slowing down.

The sea: openness, play, intimacy, trust.

The mountains: contemplation, depth, transmission, memory.

Scene – The Sea

Takao takes Yuna to the sea.

He takes her out of the harness.

He carries her in his arms and takes her into the water.

He gently sets her down; the water comes up to her knees.

Yuna sits in the water.

Her gaze is gentle.

They talk.

Then they play together.

Afterward, Takao places her back on a towel.

He gives her another one.

Yuna dries herself with the towel.

Nothing is rushed. Nothing is stolen. She remains in control of her body.

Scene – Evening / The Stars

Night has fallen.

Takao and Yuna are lying in the grass in a park.

The stars shine above them.

Yuna raises her hand to the sky and asks softly:

"Does it fly?"

Takao simply replies:

"No."

They then play a game of guessing which animal the other is thinking of.

A simple, childlike, intimate game.

Scene – The Mountain / The Flower

Takao is carrying Yuna on a mountain walk.

He stops.

He crouches down next to a flower.

He looks at it intently.

He says to Yuna:

"Yuna... do you think anyone saw her grow up?" “Yuna replies:

— “Maybe not us… but nature, yes.” From this point on, Takao begins to talk about his father.

This point will be developed later.

General intention (implicit in the scenes)

The film shows the transition from noise to silence.

It never seeks to “repair” or “cure.”

It shows simple, genuine, respectful gestures.

The body is never denied or idealized.

Love is an accompaniment, not a solution.

I remember watching Dilbert growing up, Amanda Toney.

My condolences to Guy's family, his friends, and his fans. The Fairly OddParents is funny, Kevin Jackson! I just found out it ran for 10 seasons. Wow!

Yeah Maurice Vaughan How lovely would it be to say you were a part of a 10 season animated series?

It would be lovely, Kevin Jackson! Hopefully you, me, and all of us will be one day!

My condolences to Scott's family, friends, and fans. I watched the Dilbert show growing up, Kevin Jackson.

I love this movie.

They should remake or reboot this, Banafsheh Esmailzadeh.

Maybe Maurice Vaughan, though I would love to see a full episode in this style. It's so wonderfully chaotic xD

I remember I watched some russian cartoon and it was so nightmarish and the weird part is that I loved it. Have you seen Fantastic Planet? That is the most stoned animation I've ever seen it's french, it is the non parody version of this, funnily enough it has such a good story.

I don't know it at all haha, for me my childhood films were Doreamon, Courage, The Cowardly Dog and many others...

Thanks for sharing James Lagrimas

Hope you will be joining us Cyrus!

That's the plan! Hope you are having a wonderful start to the New Year Sydney S.

I just signed up for this :O