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We're Moving!

Well gang, its been a wild ride. We've been around for a few years now, but we're moving on to other things. Me and some of the team from CSS have formed a smaller scale studio so that we can better produce content for our fans.

Our new studio is called Studio Kazoku (Kazoku being the Japanese word for "family"). We created a very tight bond with each other working on "Journey of the Spark" and we're hoping to tighten the bond further so that we can move forward with production on "The Longest Brawl" and a few other projects as well.

To follow all of our escapades, here are our Social Media links:

YouTube Channel

Production Blog

Facebook Page

Twitter Feed

We wanna thank you all for the years of support and we hope you're looking forward to what we have in store.

Journey of the Spark - Final Update

Thanks for all of the support everyone! Be sure to watch this to get the skinny on what's happening. We'll be releasing a post for all the links very soon.

Big Announcement Coming Soon

Hey guys, we've got a big announcement coming soon in the form of a video. We have a lot of stuff to cover, so this video will be take some time to produce. But we hope to cover everything we absolutely need to discuss.

We wanna thank you for your support and we hope to answer as many of your questions as possible.

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For those of you that followed “Journey of the Spark” and were initially disappointed that the project went under, especially in the way it did, I do have some good news to share.

I cannot say much, but plans are in motion to revive the project but not in the way you think. What is it we’re planning, you ask? We can’t reveal it right now, but I assure you that your support and patience will pay off.

Further details will be released at a later date.

Additional Contact Blogs

Hey guys, quickly making an update to let you all know that there are additional blogs that you can contact if you have any questions concerning CSS' projects. Here are a few of them that you can bookmark:

Violet Ridenour - http://supersailormakoto.tumblr.com/ Jonathan Sirois - http://zonjon.tumblr.com/

More blogs will be added down the line as we get them. For now though, you can contact these two if you have a question.

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Hey guys, me and my friend Jon are on Livestream right now. We’re doing an AMA concerning JOTS and other Celestial Spark Studios projects. Join us for some fun!

On what site is the audio-play of Journey going to be released?

It'll more than likely be through Journey's YouTube channel, but there are also plans to air the finished product through Luna Radio. Nothing is 100% confirmed right now though. So stay tuned.

Will Journey of the Spark be purely audio, or might there be non-animated pictures to go along with it, following the story?

David says he plans to use unreleased Concept Art, Designs, Storyboards, whatever he can to visually represent what's happening alongside the audio. So it won't be just an audible experience. There will be plenty to help give you guys something to visualize.

I'm sorry to hear that JOTS's animated film got canned. :( But if you're turning it into some sort of radio play, well, I might have an idea. :) Why not do what MagPiePony's doing with her series? :) Maybe you can something like what she's doing. :)

I think you'll be happy to know that David, the head of the audio drama and Voice Director on the original film, is planning to do something almost akin to a fan-restoration.

That is, he's planning on using tons of unreleased visual material from the production and other bits to help give as close of a visual idea to the audience of what the movie could've been. He's going all out to try and make the audio drama as faithful to the original script as possible.

So JOTS fans won't be disappointed in that regard.

Out of mere curiosity, did you consider animating the characters in JotS in a different style from the show (ie: Duo Cartoonist's style for their recent MLP animated work)?

We did consider it at some point, but instead we opted to do the animation like the show because it would save us more time. We did try to play around with different styles of lighting though. We used films like Princess Mononoke and other foreign styles of animation as a reference to capture the look that we initially were gonna go for but never had the chance to.

Will there be any other pony projects that you will do in the future? And another question: You said something about a whole subplot for the CMC's in the movie, that was cut later. Is anything of this subplot for them already produced and can you release that too after the audio drama got released? I'm especially interested in this part of the movie.

Whether or not we'll do more pony projects is something that's completely up in the air. Many of the team members in the studio want to produce things outside of the fandom as well as original works but its not out of the question.

We will only produce something pony related if we feel its feasible and its worth producing. In terms of the CMC's subplot, nothing of that subplot was produced. It was thrown out of the script very early on during rewrites. We could potentially release the original draft that was going to be produced before we made the rewrites, but the original script is vastly inferior to the draft that's being used for the audio drama.

The Longest Brawl - Voice Cast Reveal

The moment you’ve all been waiting for is finally here! Its time to meet the voice cast behind “The Longest Brawl!”

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The Longest Brawl OST - Mega Sm4sh (The Longest Brawl Theme)

Straight from the production, here is a brand new music track created by composer AJ DiSpirito for The Longest Brawl! Mixing together the menu themes from Super Smash Bros. Melee as well as the upcoming game for 3DS and Wii U, this track is electrifying and intense!

To hear more of AJ’s work, visit his soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ajdispirito

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Announcing: The CSS Reformation Program

In the wake of JOTS' cancellation as a film production, me and the team behind Celestial Spark Studios have been discussing different opportunities that we can take to help strengthen us as a team.

So that is why we're announcing something we like to call the Celestial Spark Studios Reformation Program. From this moment on, the team and I will be focusing our efforts on creating original animated shorts in conjunction with other fan content. We felt that taking this approach would help us gain momentum as a team and help build further experience so that we may be able to take on something akin to JOTS' scope in the late future.

In fact, we can announce that we already have an original animated short in development. We cannot reveal what this new short is at the time, but you'll be hearing more about it further down the line. Also, The Longest Brawl is moving along at a steady pace, signifying a very healthy and inspired development process.

Already, we're taking the initiative to learn from our past mistakes so that we can ensure a brighter future for the studio. Many of the artists who contributed to Journey of the Spark's production are also coming up with their own unique ideas for potential shorts that could be produced through the studio brand.

So for any of you excited to see what our team is coming up with, stay tuned as we'll continue to update on all our latest projects. To follow projects such as The Longest Brawl, Asura's Reach, and the original animated short, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Page.

Thanks again for all your continued support and we hope you enjoy what we come up with!

- Violet Ridenour

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Would you mind telling us if there is a new release date for the audio drama?

We are unsure at this point, as many of the team are not working on the Audio Drama. It will be out when it is finished

Since it's all over, can you release the storyboards, puppets, background art, and other resources you guys have created for JOTS?

We will not be releasing our puppets, but many things will be released after the Audio Drama is released

since the animation is not going to be anymore will the puppets will be released to the general public?

The JOTS puppets are not going to be released, mostly due to the fact our animators may use them for future CSS projects and shorts. Other assets, including the storyboards, will be released after the audio drama is released

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