[caption id="attachment_107388" align="alignleft" width="300"] SYFY25 Origin Stories: Neil Gaiman[/caption] Design and animation studio Laundry recently created a series of original animated shorts celebrating the “SYFY25: Origin Stories,” a fan-centric podcast with host Adam Savage (“Mythbusters”). Conceived by SYFY, agency 72andSunny and its full-service production studio HECHO en 72, the films capture key moments from episodes in the 15-part series, which features in-depth discussions with iconic creators in the science-fiction field. The list of guests includes genre luminaries, such as Sana Amanat, Frank Oz, Rick Baker, Ron Moore and Neil Gaiman. All 15 podcasts were released on September 8th as a collection, and the films by Laundry rolled out during the month of September on SYFY.com. https://youtu.be/0DTT0gJXOj8 - Sana Amanat https://youtu.be/m3XGlC844Jc - Rick Baker https://youtu.be/z8p8KmRRsss - Jonathan Frakes https://youtu.be/_-_s8LNdZWo - Neil Gaiman https://youtu.be/6XiI4LlEhBM - Kevin Kelly https://youtu.be/NqjXyUAYbxI - Ron Moore https://youtu.be/1VhbEoiF5SI - Frank Oz https://youtu.be/btIm42NqJvw - D.C. Fontana Laundry partnered with SYFY and the HECHO en 72 creative team to conceptualize and storyboard the animations unique to each guest’s story behind how they became lifelong science-fiction fans. In the process, Laundry and its partners emphasized balancing the animations with literal and abstract interpretations of the interview recordings. To create all eight films, Laundry enlisted the help of several creative partners who energized respective podcast stories with their personal aesthetic visions, stylistically and tonally. These included Moving Colour, Nerdo, Rudo Company, Váscolo, artist Victor Moatti, and comic book artist Nathan Anderson.   Client: SYFY   Ad Agency: 72andSunny Production Company: HECHO en 72 Creative Director: Evan DeHaven Senior Producer: Jonny Edwards Showrunner: Jennifer Heftler Designer: Abbas Deidehban Writer: Alex Schaeffer Senior Brand Manager: Brett Schneider   Design, Animation & Creative Agency: Laundry Executive Creative Directors/Directors: PJ Richardson & Anthony Liu Managing Director: James Sweigert Executive Producer: Garrett Braren Producer: Mickey Briggs Additional Production: Laura Yurich Coordinator: Caroline Mortimer Designers: PJ Richardson, Yoojin Seol, Yongmin Park, Xirui Liu, Myung Yu, Steve Lee Animators: Yongmin Park, Nicole Gutzmann, Ramzi Hogan, Aly Tain, Micah Fitzgerald, Laura Reedy   Sana Amanat Creative Direction: Laundry Design and Animation: Moving Colour Animation Director: Brian Covalt Producer: Jacqueline Sheng Designers: Allison Perry, Sara Kipin Animators: Matthew Wade, Joshua Kalinowski, Vesela Stamenova, Kathryn Rose Storyboard Artist: Zachary Shore Compositor: George Moïse Interns: Anna Li, Melanie Duke   Rick Baker Creative Direction: Laundry Design and Animation: Rudo & Company Animation Director: Ezequiel Torres Executive Producer: Beast AKA Esteban Cuenca Project Coordinator: Mailén Gayoso Art Directors: Ezequiel Torres, María Eugenia Beizo Designers: Ezequiel Torres, Pablo Rafael Roldán, María Eugenia Beizo Animators: Ezequiel Torres, Leandro Vargas, Patricio Rey, Diego Poleri, Martín Gil, Lucia Castez, Maricel Piazza, Claudio Iriarte, Micaela Gabot   D.C. Fontana Creative Direction: Laundry Design: Victor Moatti Additional Design: Yoojin Seol, Xirui Liu Animation: Yongmin Park, Aly Tain, Laura Reedy   Jonathan Frakes Creative Direction: Laundry Design and Animation: Nerdo Art Direction: Alessandro Durando Design: Milena Tipaldo, Alessandro Durando, Daniele Gavatorta Animation: Milena Tipaldo, Alessandro Durando, Daniele Gavatorta, Nicolas Piccirilli, Federico Piccirillo, Riccardo Chiara Producer: Diego Pizziconi   Neil Gaiman Creative Direction: Laundry Design and Animation: Váscolo Executive Creative Director : Martin Schurmann Account Manager: Pablo Requejo Animation Director: Ernesto Reyna Art Director: Florencia Tasso Technical Director: Lionel Wainsztok Rigger / Skinner: Pablo Emmanuel De Leo Designer / Animator: Fernando La Mattina Designer / AE Compositor: Rafael Fornaris 3D Animation: Julian Glumi, Ulises Depaoli, Sebastian Pavone Cao, Martiniano Garcia   Kevin Kelly Creative Direction: Laundry Design: PJ Richardson, Myung Yu, Steve Lee Animation: Myung Yu, Micah Fitzgerald   Ron Moore Creative Direction: Laundry Design: Yoojin Seol Animation: Yongmin Park, Xirui Liu   Frank Oz Creative Direction: Laundry Design: Nathan Richardson Animation: Ramzi Hogan, Micah Fitzgerald, Nicole Gutzmann