Love this new Netflix genre of "Accidental Dad and his Adopted Problem Child join hands to overthrow the government which has been lying to everyone with centuries of propaganda"
In celebration of The Sea Beast's noms for Annie Awards and Oscars! So proud of this gorgeous film and Blue!! These are my sketch development designs and storyboards for him. I wanted Maisie to have a monster to hold. ❤️
little inconsequential details i like about The Sea Beast:
only the royalty speak “proper English”. everybody else, and notably the main characters, speak with accents that are usually considered “poor” /“improper”/ or “stupid”
Maisie’s hair when it gets wet looks like how real natural curls do when they get wet
all the actual ship lingo. like audiences don’t have to understand it to still get the gist!
Jacob’s big nose!!
Maisie getting to have a black woman (Sarah Sharpe) to look up to as a role model
all the gender ambiguous/butch characters populating the world
I love you How to Train Your Dragon. I love you The Sea Beast. I love you “everything we know about you is wrong”. I love you “you can be a hero and still be wrong”. I love you children questioning generations of propaganda. I love you adorable yet dangerous creature winning over a child with an act of kindness in the midst of a war. I love you children ending your parents wars through an unlikely friendship. I love you children teaching your community to chose forgiveness and peace. I love you power of friendship overcoming generations of hate.
So, I did some digging and The Sea Beast (another diverse and visually stunning movie with similar anti-establishment themes) is the only animated Netflix original to get a sequel so far. The sequel announcement didn't happen until several months after the movie was released and it had to remain in Netflix's Global Weekly Top 10 for a good chunk of that period.
So, Nimona fans.....you people know what to do :))
Edit: There is also ND Stevenson's statement here :))