UNCLE PIG CHEF

Nobody really knows how old Uncle Pig is but he has lived in Linh World for a very long time so people all call him “Uncle”. Uncle Pig Chef is truly a “Master Chef”. People say that one of the things you must do in life is to try Uncle Pig’s dishes once. Uncle Pig owns a small restaurant in a small alley but still enough for a long queue of guests. He is very serious about his cooking career. Each meal is nothing less than a fight for he is always whole-hearted in making any dish. His signature dish is Magic Tuna Noodle Soup.

BLUE GHOST

Blue Ghost is actually a spirit that Uncle Pig Chef found on his quest around places. Somehow, they had become friends and opened the restaurant together. Blue Ghost acts as a butler of the restaurant and takes care of everything including serving the guests. Blue Ghost always carries a small bag containing his heirloom powder that is able to enhance food flavor or anything it touches.

ROCKY DOG

Rocky Dog is a member of the Nghê family. In the Karma Journey project, Rocky Dog is the main character leading the stories through both worlds. Rocky Dog often does everything at his will without thinking about the consequences. Therefore, he also contradicts his family’s tradition of “becoming the Mascot of Linh World”. At such a young age, he is still very hasty and spontaneous.

BLOODY FROG

Bloody Frog is a creature that looks like a normal frog in the Human World. He is small and moves very fast. Bloody Frog likes stealing shiny objects. Since he and Rocky Dog don’t like each other, they often play “cop and thief”.

MR. ROAR

Mr. Roar — Rocky Dog’s father, is a mighty General who watches and protects Linh World all day and night. Mr. Roar is in charge of an elite army unit gathering all creatures with extraordinary powers. The Nghe family is well-known for their hot temper and paternalism. Hence, Mr. Roar is respected by many people, and he is the symbol of justice and discipline. Besides his ability to breathe fire, he is also as strong as a tank. Hardly do people see him smile because his face is still stiff even if he does.

LINH, Magic Powder is produced in the most “original” animation technique - 100% by hand drawing, or also called Traditional Animation/ Classical Animation. While Live Action depends on the actors’ performance to deliver feelings, Traditional Animation relies on the Animator to bring the characters from drawings to life.

To do so, each second of motion requires 12 different continuous drawings. These drawings are put together by computer software, from which we see the character can cry, laugh, express emotions or perform a certain action. Thus, one-minute length of film will need at least about 60 x 12 = 720 drawings. However, the actual workload will be more and more complicated than that because to get the final impressive result, each frame needs to go through many different stages.

To make it easier for you to visualize, we summarize the 4 main steps when animating a scene through this video. In fact, depending on the complexity of each scene, there can be additional steps.

Special Thanks to Nguyễn Ngọc Minh Hương, Nguyễn Tiến Sơn, Lê Thanh Nga, Trần Thái Minh, Trung Tín, Trương Duy Ninh, Bảo Hoàng, Sát Thủ Cá Basa, Minh N Huỳnh, Nguyễn Hoàng Khánh Thy, Cao Thị Diễm Châu, Nguyễn Thanh Phương, Lâm Tân Khoa, Miyuki Yano, Lý Thuý Vi, Alexander Amadues Abdulla (Triple A), Julia Trương, Lê Đặng Phương Uyên, Trần Mai Khanh, Ngọc Ánh and the whole team of Sun Wolf Animation Studio have been joining and supporting this project.

Thank our partners Aurae Studios, Dentsu Redder, Ms. Nguyễn Thị Xuân Trang, Director Nguyễn Hoàng Điệp, Director Raul Garcia, Director Henry và Harry Zhuang for their sincere advice for the film crew.