Voltaku Announces First Animated Series ‘Killtopia’

<p>Transmedia startup <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;voltaku&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Voltaku<&sol;a> recently announced Killtopia&comma; a new cyberpunk saga that pits two siblings against yakuza&comma; plagues and mechs in a futuristic megacity&period; Aimed at &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;otaku”&comma; &lpar;anime&comma; manga and gaming fans&rpar; the series is also the launching pad for Voltaku’s hybrid studio&comma; which has already optioned two other sci-fi&sol;fantasy projects for cross-platform development&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-169337 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;31074027&sol;image2&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"474" height&equals;"592" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-169338 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;31074051&sol;stiletto2-682x1024&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"682" height&equals;"1024" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-169336 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;31074012&sol;image1-1-1024x576&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"576" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center">Killtopia Details<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Killtopia will consist of eight 20-minute episodes&comma; completely developed using Unreal Engine and virtual production techniques&period; The show will be written by TV&comma; film and game veteran Phil Gelatt &lpar;Love Death &amp&semi; Robots&comma; Europa Report&comma; Rise of the Tomb Raider&rpar;&comma; with concept art provided by David Levy &amp&semi; Pitch Dev Studios &lpar;Avatar sequels&comma; Tron&colon; Legacy&comma; Prometheus&rpar;&period; It will be helmed by Oscar-nominated director Ruairi Robinson &lpar;Fifty Percent Grey&comma; The Leviathan&comma; The Last Days on Mars&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Game engines are giving studios a flexibility we’ve never seen before&comma;” said Charles Borland&comma; Voltaku CEO and co-founder&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When we option a project&comma; it doesn’t have to stop with a movie or a TV series anymore&period; We can take our 3D production assets and build a game&comma; VR&sol;AR experiences&comma; marketing materials&comma; digital goods&comma; basically anything we want&comma; at Lion King or Avatar-like production levels&period; And that’s exactly what &OpenCurlyQuote;otaku’ are looking for — more ways to engage with the worlds they love&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When Killtopialaunches&comma; it’s going to look like nothing that’s been seen on TV before&comma;” said Dave Cook&comma; creator of Killtopia&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our world is garish and vibrant&comma; where hype&comma; fandom and pop culture rule the day&comma; which is the perfect launching pad for big stories&period; I’ve always wanted to see something so colorful and abstract depicted in a 3D world&period; With Voltaku’s help&comma; I think we’re going to blow people away&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>To get the project off the ground&comma; Voltaku received an Epic MegaGrant from Epic Games&comma; which will be used to develop their completely Unreal-powered pipeline&period; Voltaku is also currently developing four additional projects for cross-platform releases&comma; including two licensed properties and two original IPs&period; Details will be released in the near future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Killtopia synopsis&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Killtopia is based on the award-winning&comma; indie graphic novel series created by Dave Cook and Craig Paton&period; Described as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Blade Runner meets Battle Royale for the Fortnite generation&comma;” Killtopia follows a bounty hunter and his robot sidekick through a futuristic megacity as they fight brutal thugs&comma; augmented mercenaries and android assassins in a race to save the bounty hunter’s sister — and the world — from a deadly nano plague&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; Press release<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What do you think of Killtopia&quest; Have you read the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;geek-culture&sol;comic-books&sol;">graphic novels<&sol;a>&quest; Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;