#dghda animated series

[protecticarus]

arvind ethan david gave an update on the animated dirk gently series!

there’s actually new developments! they now (finally) officially have the rights and have cast a voice actor for a new character! the sho is still actively happening!

[bitchinthematrix]

right so I haven’t seen anyone else post about this on here but there’s good news and bad news from Reddit that was posted a little over a week ago, coming from Arvind

the good news is that they were APPARENTLY in mid-process with the animated series. The bad news is- well- everything else

(from u/edstertheplebster on r/DirkGently)

I personally feel that when this series comes out, all this waiting will be a distant bad memory for the fandom that we’ll fondly refer to as “the dark ages”

but for now we wait

[frenchfriedgiraffe]

i always get so happy when i think about an animated dghda series. like, imagine a cartoon dirk unrestrained by the laws of physics. it'd be so fun!!

[oakgreenoak]

My friend Edster, who also runs the Electric Monks podcast, made a video about everything we currently know about the DGHDA animated series! Includes a lot of interesting new information and bits from an interview with showrunner Arvind Ethan Davis :)

[dont-offend-the-bees]

Tagged by @firstaudrina ! 💛

3 ships god i have way more than 3 but off the top of my head i guess:

Dream of the Endless/Hob Gadling (current main)

Dirk Gently/Todd Brotzman (fondly revisiting)

Nigel/Alex (absolute messy evil trashfire I speak about with One other person)

1st Ever Ship:

Like honestly, probably a self insert thing of me + one of the book characters or anthropomorphic cartoon animals I liked. Me and Robin Hood probably. Me and David Rain from that series with the clay dragons. Me and Flynn from obscure CGI animated kid's series Insektors. I think before I discovered The Internet I wasn't consciously aware of shipping characters who weren't together in canon -- I'm sure I DID on occasion, but it defo registered less before I started fanficcing and freaking out with other people about it.

Last Song:

Brown of Gold by The Altogether. If I'd answered this earlier it would have undoubtedly been something emo from the Dream playlist lmao.

Currently Reading:

Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde. I'm actually having a good time for reading rn, hasn't been the case for a few years. I also just finished Under the Whispering Door, and Cemetary Boys, and the Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue. I'm bouncing back and forth between stuff aimed at adults and stuff aimed at teens, sometimes when my attention is bad or I'm really sad teen stuff is just easier to latch onto/more likely to have happy-ish endings. Defo finding it easier to get through books when i know there's queerness afoot. Vagabonds! is the most difficult one I've sunk my teeth into lately, it's very good but I'm getting through it a little at a time, interspersed with a re-read of ultimate gay comfort book the House in the Cerulean Sea.

Last Movie:

I don't think I've actually watched a movie since new year's eve, so um. Titanic. Which the three of us unanimously decided to watch at new year for some reason.

Currently Consuming:

Nothing, I am HONGRY. Will go down and forage something soon I imagine, I'm keeping myself well fed enough but not deriving much pleasure from it atm. Sadly I need to cut down my salt intake a bit (nothing diet fad-y, just sincere concerns about my blood pressure lmao), and salty foods are the only ones I sincerely enjoy so bleh.

Currently Watching:

Struggling to get into new shows atm, for the first time in ages I'm actually a bit more interested in reading! I have a couple of eps of Cabinet of Curiosities left. And I'm rewatching OFMD with the family, DGHDA with a friend, and Shadow and Bone in preparation for season 2.

Currently craving:

For my brain to happily focus on something a bit and quit it with this restless 'there's other stuff you could be doing' feeling? That and a packet of crisps.

Tagging:

@kieren-fucking-walker @backatthebein @evilphrog @girl-bateman @ilikedthewayhegaveback if ya wanna do it

[pixeliis]

Let’s talk about these images.

Firstly, I’d like to ask the question of “is the woman in the first two images Farah, or someone else?”

I mean, I was kind of upset with how her lips are drawn in the second one until I though, hey, maybe it’s lipstick, but then again, we haven’t seen Farah wear lipstick, have we? Or surplus amounts of pink, and painted pink nails? And her hair is different too. We have seen Farah wear a different hairstyle, though, so I’m not too sure about that one.

I’d also like to talk about the objects in the background of the second one, a skateboard and a guitar, which also made me think that perhaps this is a new character and those objects belong to her, orrr- this is Farah and this is some other version of Todd’s apartment? Arvind did say that the series would take place after season two, and apparently the Ridgley was burnt down. Or this is a flashback, which Arvind said there could possibly be, which brings me to my second point.

In the comics, Farah brought Dirk to America for Patrick Spring’s case. Maybe the first image is Farah driving him to the Perimman Grand (or however you spell it), where he’d be staying? In the comics, he was also wearing the infamous yellow jacket when he arrived in America, which would mean this is a flashback, and this is Farah, but if this were the case, what about the second image? They don’t appear to be in the Perriman. Perhaps this is taking place after season two, and as we’ve seen her do before, the yellow jacket is Mona Wilder?

All in all, I don’t think this woman is Farah, but it still could be! Here’s some other things I’d like to point out.

-Dirk seems to have straight up invaded Farah’s/Mystery Woman’s apartment.

-Bart appears to be in a child’s room, which reminded me of the Cardenas’ house.

-The child’s room also reminds me of the room younger Dirk was in, in those deleted scenes?

-The Spider-verse-esque style is literally amazing. I think the 3-D and the 2-D aspects go so well together and I hope this is the style the final series is in.

-We haven’t seen Todd in this style yet.

-if you’re not signed up to recieve updates on the series, Arvind said that due to COVID-19, they’re not as far along in production of the animated series as they’d have liked to be, but it’s still being worked on.

[friendraichu]

[image description: screenshot of an email from DGHDA Executive Producer Arvind Ethan David.]

Email transcript:

"Dear Dirktectives, 

The three years and two seasons of making Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency remain the happiest, most challenging and rewarding of my professional life. 

When the show was cancelled after two seasons, the sadness was cushioned somewhat by the indefatigable, ineffable love of you: the fandom.

In the time since, we’ve been planing and plotting a way to get Dirk back in our homes  - and we have now arrived at a definite (maybe) plan (sort-of).

Dirk Gently: The Animated Series

We've spent the last year interviewing writers, discussing with creatives, brainstorming, and ideating what an animated version of Dirk Gently means. 

We’re delighted to be able to tell you that we now have a lead writer and experienced and wonderful animation show-runner. 

Things are written, meetings are set, and people are excited… 

There is no series order or production commitment yet - the next step is working up storylines and character designs, but we are hard at work. 

For every day you continue to reach out and ask about Dirk's future, know that we have not lost hope."

[At the bottom of the email are two photos showing partial script pages. end image description.]

[blazeball]

um??? quincy brdrlnds release the forbidden blackwing names research????????

here it is!!! i spent more time on this than i have on most of my school essays. lord. if anyone wants to talk about it please im begging you message me i still have SO MUCH to say

[benjiedrawings]

I wanted to try my hand at a DGHDA animated series redesign (from the current versions posted on Arvind’s twitter) for a very simple reason… they’re STRANGE AJKHSGSAJKHGSHKJA (and most don’t look like the characters/actors) Obligatory disclaimer that i’m not a professional character designer, but I wanted to do this anyway based on my informal knowledge about the matter.

Here’s a breakdown of my critics and how I redrew each one of them:

Farah: Critics: Desatured skin tone, hair doesn’t look nothing alike Jade’s in the show, her stance was very “loose”, her body tipe isn’t that curvy (something I noticed in all three is that the designer made them all like that, when the actresses all have a more flat/slim body); Her base shapes were rectangles and circles.

What I did: Brought up the saturation, made her hair rounder, used squares, circles and triangles as her basic shapes, gave her combat boots, made her taller, gave her a more confident stance. She’s now closer to Todd and… …Dirk: Critics: I think they were quite spot on with his basic characterisctics, but I wanted to change a few things, like his expression, not saturated colours.

What I did: Kept the original basic shape (rectangles), changed the pant’s and shoe’s color, put his hands in his pockets, made the colors a bit more saturated. Now he’s intruding the personal space of…

…Todd: Critics: everything, what the f*ck lmao. I’m bitter but i’ll try to be suscint: His basic shapes are rectangles and triangles, his stance is very grumpy, so is his expression, and Todd isn’t like that. The colors are also very “meh” and the headshots look like he’s taking his mugshot, very bad all around. The only thing they got right was the eye color.

What I did: Recreated everything, now his basic shapes are squares and circles, has a kinda unsure but ready to fight stance, his face looks more like the actor’s, more proportionated body figure, gave him folded cuffs. Made him a bit more alike…

…Amanda: Critics: I actually liked the design and color choices, but her vibe is all wrong and she was given a very curvy body type, when the actress has a more slim/flat one. Has a skinny rectangle and circles as her base shapes. Another thing is that she’s shorter than todd, when they’re about the same height.

What I did: put together her original headshot and full body shot together as a base, keeping the basic shapes the same, but slimming her body up and making her taller. I also gave her a more curious and confident expression. Her unsureness comes from the “crossed” arms in front of her and I also gave her boots instead of flats. She’s also unbothered by… …Bart: Critics: I really liked her looks overall, but I wanted to change a couple things. Her basic shapes were triangles and rectangles. She also had a curvy body type for some unknown reason (I’m betting like 100 bucks these designs were made by a cis guy)

What I did: Changed her expression to a more softly confused one, as well as her body stance(she isn’t conciously mean intended, and doesn’t quite understand why killing is bad); Made the blood more disperse and made her hair more dirty, made her with no shoe on one foot and a boot on the other, kept the basic colours, added more roundness to some parts, like her face and legs

If you read until here, thank you, and I hope you liked my takes (which are, again, not professional and taking into consideration that those are probably the middle stages of the character design ~or so I hope.) I’m open to critics as always :^D

[protecticarus]

behold: the first concept art for the dghda animated series!!!

[bitchinthematrix]

I’m pretty sure this literally only applies to me but eh

[clairenvk]

quick little animation from back in february that i never fixed and finished! however, im uploading it bc i just saw the thing about dghda’s animated series maybe becoming a thing! So- mona transforming into a ball and back.

[kajaono]

The best thing about the animated series is that now Arvind can turn into a big dghda fan fic. He can write anything he want, everything he couldn’t portray with actual real life actors. I only say: porny

[dont-offend-the-bees]

@intricatecakes​ anything for you bb <333 we could all do with some good Dog Content in these trying times!

[clowniconography]

Heyo

for anyone who is having a hard time watching/enjoying dghda after the recent allegations, I thought i’d make a masterpost of pieces of media that are similar! It’s pretty hard to find things that have the exact feel of dghda, but all of these are similar in one way or another!

books

obviously any books/shows/movies/radio dramas involving Douglas Adams

American Gods/pretty much any book or show by neil gaiman–He has a similar leaning towards the supernatural while retaining humor and good character design.

Cloud Atlas– this book has en extremely different aesthetic but follows the same “everything’s connected” idea

the John Dies At The End series/pretty much anything involving David Wong–These books are honestly extremely different and yet extremely similar to dghda, they have a huge spot close to my heart and are good to read if you like sci fi with extremely complicated plots

Howl’s Moving Caste/any books by Diane Wynne Jones–her writing has a very similar feel to Douglas Adams’ books, but for a younger audience.

Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart–  Same sort of humour, very witty, and the best plot of any book I’ve ever read, as tight as if not tighter than dghda

shows

The Librarians– another cool show about a group of people from different backgrounds that spans a bunch of different genres and subjects

Pushing Daisies– I’ve never actually watched this one, but I’m told it has an extremely similar aesthetic and main character to dghda

Doctor Who– You Know Why

Preacher– a really cool horror/sci fi/fantasy/etc show that, while not that similar to dghda in it’s themes, has a similar feel of mystery and weird mix of genres!

The Good Place– a comedy that also mixes happy/comedic themes with supernatural/deep ones.

Mob Psycho 100– one of my favorite anime, not all that similar but also has an unwilling/psychic protagonist and a lot of really cool characters.

Stranger Things– Eleven’s background is extremely similar to Dirk’s, and it manages to mix humorous and serious tones in much the same way.

Wyonna Earp– I don’t know a lot about this show but a couple people have suggested it.

podcasts

WTNV– you’re probably familiar to this one, it’s different in a lot of ways but still deals with the mysteries of the universe and has great lgbt rep. The books are pretty great too

The penumbra podcast– this one is one of my favorites and I think it’s kind of underrated, like dghda it stars a detective with a murky past and has amazing queer representation

The Bright Sessions– also contains a group of people with supernatural/esp-related abilities

if you have any other suggestions, please feel free to add! id like to add video games/comics categories so additions are very welcome!

[swordwieldingeowyn]

So, I was tagged by the marvelous @elijahwoodnot! Thank you so much my friend! 1) Favourite movie?: Forever Lord of the rings 👏💖 2) What’s your favourite vacation spot?: So I’ve been in Italy a couple of times now and it’s a wonderful country. Rome is my favourite city so far and there’s gelato everywhere! 👏 3) Favourite aesthetic?: Mist, eyes, old towns, books, swords... 4) If you could travel anywhere, where would it be?: New Zealand 100% Though I would also love to see more of Africa! 5) Do you believe in love?: I do…I do believe in love in many ways. 6) If you won a lottery, what’s the first thing you would buy?: Oh, hard one…I think it would be a big ‘around the world trip’ with my family. I would love it and they deserve it! 7) What are you most looking forward to this fall?: Dirk Gently season 2! I just can’t wait anymore! 🙊 8) Favourite Album?: Eeerr…Unleashed - Skillet! 9) Favourite carton?: I used to love Danny Phantom so hard lmao (still awesome!) 10) If you were in charge of your favourite show, what would you change?: So my favourite show is dghda right now and tbh I wouldn’t change a thing?! 11) Current biggest special interest?: So first of all, everything Tolkien! The Hobbit, the silmarillion and of course the Lord of the rings are such a big part of me it would tear me apart if I would let it go! (Also the cast…holy shit they’re perfect) I also love dirk gently as I just said. The books are so good and the series is like…the best series i’ve ever watched! The characters are all beautiful beans (i’m gay for all the women tbh) and the story is so confusing and perfect I just…love it! Thank you so much again for tagging me, dear! 💖 I’m gonna tag @hufflepuff-jedi, @elijahcouldnt, @eredluin, @thetastyhobbit-blog, @olympain, @lovelyfrodo, @frodobaggins and @liliaenbaggins to answer the following questions: 1) Favourite greek god/godness? 2) Favourite food? 3) What is your biggest fear? 4) Your favourite actor/actress and your favourite movie they appear in? 5) Your favourite animal? 6) If you could grab a person of your choice and could fly anywhere, who would you choose and where would you go? 7) Have you ever been in a fight? 8) What makes you happy? 9) Favourite book? 10) What was your first fandom? 11) Do you prefer sightseeing or chilling on the beach when you’re on vacation?