Sarah: Being a LEGO show, many of the characters and vehicles are created initially by LEGO, then sent to us for our 2D interpretation! For those elements, LEGO would send us their minifigure designs. What was the process of designing each character like? LEGO Monkie Kid is a trademark of the LEGO Group. Glossing over a whole bunch of really important and talented artists and production folk here, but in addition to the animation, we also had the opportunity to collaborate with the amazing pre and post-production teams out of NYAV Post (USA voice recording), Tian Ying Media (Shanghai voice recording), Cutting Edge (post-production services), Frank Sound Design and The DA’s Office, the composers who provided the awesome original soundtrack for the series! Monkie Kid’s turn around sheet provided by Flying Bark Productions.
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So you have Josh and his team to thank for the beautiful world of Lego Monkie Kid! His team interpreted every script to create gorgeous sets that were inspired by everything from LEGO product designs - such as the Celestial Realm, Pigsy’s Noodle Shop, and a few others - to locations from the original novel or various adaptations. The design for the series was largely driven by Josh Reh (art director). They’re amazing! And the series was largely produced remotely as a result of Covid. Christian Barkel was our amazing animation director for series 1-3 (and as of series 4, series director), cultivating the animation style with the animation team out of Sydney and collaborating with our long time friends at Digitoonz, who provided the ink-and-paint for most of our 2D productions. I oversaw the entire production from scripting to post as series director, with David Breen acting as script producer (and later, co-story editor). Sarah: Monkie Kid was a massive group effort, so there is no way I could list everyone without forgetting people! It was a huge collaboration between our Flying Bark Productions’ Sydney studio and LEGO’s teams out of Denmark, China and LA. Who were some of the key team members who worked with you on the show? And through Sun Wukong’s tutelage, begins to master his newfound power and uncover the truth of his mysterious origin. Monkie Kid’s life is thrown into exciting - and at times, traumatic - chaos, forced to confront villains from Monkey King’s past. This mysteriously grants Monkie Kid the powers of the great sage and forever changes the path of his destiny.
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Set hundreds of years after the original journey, Monkie Kid, a noodle delivery guy, discovers the staff belonging to the legendary Monkey King. The series is a spiritual sequel to the 7th century Chinese classic Journey to the West. Sarah: LEGO Monkie Kid is a hand drawn, frame-by-frame, 2D animated action adventure series. Please introduce LEGO Monkie Kid in your own words. Trailer from LEGO Monkie Kid season 1, now available to stream on Amazon Prime. She also shares key insights into this process, and how Toon Boom Harmony fit into the series’ animation pipeline. Sarah offers up fascinating insights on how to turn toy miniatures into animated characters without losing their original LEGO essence and the thorough research that went into the series.Īs Sarah explains in our interview, the collaboration was an international effort that involved animation studios and departments from LEGO from across the globe. We were lucky enough to speak with Sarah Harper (Flying Bark’s Creative Director) about the production. The studio was tasked by the team at LEGO to put this popular Monkie Kid toy franchise - their first line of toys adapted from classical Chinese literature - onto the small screen.
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Put in charge of bringing this story to life is Flying Bark Productions, an animation studio based across Sydney and L.A. A tale of destiny and friendship, this animated series brings together well-loved LEGO character designs with breathtaking 2D animation and expansive world building. Building on inspiration from Journey to the West, LEGO Monkie Kid is a tale which centres around a noodle delivery boy who gains mystical powers after chancing upon an item that belonged to the original Monkey King.