#servan

[vhs-rat]

IN THEATRES: NEVER

[negax79]

More of some of my favourite doofuses. This one features a lot of Fubuki...and a lot in general. I believe I did say I made a lot of these! ...I should make some for the train detectives I have sorely underutilised them.

[geodraws04]

is is. it obvious i have a favorite type of character. Because i do. it is these scrunklys. All of them :00

I love all of my children equally. I wish for nothing but good in the world for them. They don’t deserve any trauma or sadness that they have experienced. :)

[kanai-ward-census]

Happy Birthday, Iruka + Servan! 5/4

You've been invited to both of their parties!

[hopeymchope]

How do we feel about this uhhh character design in Master Detective Archives: Rain Code?

While playing through Rain Code (I'm midway into Chapter 4 now), I've so far been a little disappointed to find that everybody in Kanai Ward seems to be similarly pasty. I mean... I get that the city has been under a constant cover of clouds and rain for three years now, but I still thought there could be some indications of more diversity among the citizens. Not that I'm surprised by this, but it's still occurred to me.

Then I finally met SERVAN. And right away, he's contributing to Kanai Ward's diversity by being one of the "This guy's design style isn't the same as most everyone else" characters we've come to expect from games where Rui Komatsuzaki is handling the designs.

HOWEVER...! There is more to it than that.

Despite looking almost as pale as the rest of the citizens in this godforsaken city of eternal night, I'm confident that Servan is supposed to be a person of some color. At least part-African by descent, certainly. I say that because of his hair, sure, but also... his lips.

Yeeeeeeaaah. YEAH. He's got the dreaded donut lips we still see too often in manga/anime — the ones inspired by old racist caricatures from the Jim Crow era. It's a choice that made me uncomfortable from the moment Servan appeared.

So, like... how do we feel about this character design, gang?

Are you like, "That is some racist-ass shit that should be patched out ASAP"?

Are you like, "I'm not at all happy about this but I don't think they meant any harm through their ignorance so I'm not sure what to do/think"?

Are you like, "It's so common to see this in Japanese media that it just rolls off my back without me noticing at this point so meh"?

Are you like, "None of those previous things describe me bc I'm feeling something in-between all of them"?

Let me know. Very curious.

[postcard-from-the-past]

Port of Saint-Servan, Brittany region of France

French vintage postcard, mailed in 1934 to Brussels, Belgium

[thecollectibles]

Art by Servane Altermatt

[digitalfountains]

Chloe Bechini by Servan Edern Ilyne

[luegootravez]

Myrtille Revêmont by © Servan-Edern Ilyne

[nudesnoises]

Servan Ilyne

[servancastillo]

I got the go ahead to share my boards. It'll be out of order. This is one of several of my episode 304 sequences from the Legend of Vox Machina: Season 3 storyboards. Boarding to Ashley Johnson's performance is always a treat for me, I am such a fan of her work, and I wanted to deliver.

These are my boards Pre-revisions pass, (pre-lock) as will be for all my future boards. Some parts, may differ from the final release. *

This episode was so much fun, and a neat challenge to be part of boarding a card game with stakes. Directed by Eugene Lee, who was our Episodic Director, and such a great guide along with Sung Jin. Thank you guys for your trust and your wisdom, always. I learned so much this season and your kindness and understanding during a tough time in my life was met with the most respect and time I needed.

It was cool to do some Calamity related work with the voice talent of Luis Carazo as Zerxus Ilerez.

My fellow and incredibly talented, Team Flesh Tree, from this episode from which our Team name was born! Isa Chaves, Jack Anderson, and Aki Yun.

Fellow board artists: Erin Won, Siae Jung, Bryan Pak, Marvin Britt, William Rowe, Cassey Kuo

And revisionist team at the time: Mary Thompson, Meg Howes, Book Jackson, Harim Oh (apologies if I missed anyone it has been a long while)

My fellow amazing directors Karen Guo & Young Heller.

Our art director Arthur Loftis, viz dev, Ed Vargas, Arthur Tang, our character design lead, Phill Bourassa, CG Lead Eddie Gonzales, Compositing lead Todd Raleigh. And another huge, shout out to everyone on the series in Production and art department this season, colour design, bg design, paint, character design, editorial, wanna tag you all, but please accept a general mention. Production Reve. The episode came out amazing, thanks for giving us your incredible animation power! Titmouse inc, our EPs Travis Willingham, Sam Riegel, Brandon Auman

Music by Neal Acree

Thank you Critical Role, Matt Mercer, Marisha Ray, Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, and Liem O'Brien, Sam Riegel and Travis Willingham for lending us your talent and making one of my fav shows to be part of.

Property of Critical Role

Prime Video

And Titmouse inc.

Do not reproduce, steal, or re upload.

[vhs-rat]

The doctor will see you now.

[luckyacid]

Servane Mary The Incandescent Filament, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 36 x 48 in

[retrogeographie]

Saint-Malo, quartier de Saint Servan.

[hips0ulover]

Chloé Bechini by Servan Ilyne

[creepercraftguy]

I find it really confusing because Dominic Fulltank (the big guy from Amaterasu) is very clearly a black man, so I’m not sure what they were thinking with this dude or how or why he’s any different.

Rain Code’s pale skin is part of its design choice of being set in this colourless joyless world of kanai ward, and also it helps to seperate it from Danganronpa’s characters, even though Komatsuzaki designed characters for both games.

Though to be honest, I don’t give it much thought because I’m already so used to Danganronpa relying very heavily on stereotypes to make their characters. The only two characters in Danganronpa who I think have designs that teeter on the point of “racist” are Angie in V3 and Bandai in 3.

If this can be classed as a “racist character design” which I personally think it isn’t, it more than likely doesn’t come from a place of maliciousness so much as it comes from ignorance.

And given that esteemed manga artists like Toriyama are known for using these sorts of design tropes regularly, I don’t think it’s fair to judge the rain code team, Kodaka or Komatsuzaki exclusively.

How do we feel about this uhhh character design in Master Detective Archives: Rain Code?

While playing through Rain Code (I'm midway into Chapter 4 now), I've so far been a little disappointed to find that everybody in Kanai Ward seems to be similarly pasty. I mean... I get that the city has been under a constant cover of clouds and rain for three years now, but I still thought there could be some indications of more diversity among the citizens. Not that I'm surprised by this, but it's still occurred to me.

Then I finally met SERVAN. And right away, he's contributing to Kanai Ward's diversity by being one of the "This guy's design style isn't the same as most everyone else" characters we've come to expect from games where Rui Komatsuzaki is handling the designs.

HOWEVER...! There is more to it than that.

Despite looking almost as pale as the rest of the citizens in this godforsaken city of eternal night, I'm confident that Servan is supposed to be a person of some color. At least part-African by descent, certainly. I say that because of his hair, sure, but also... his lips.

Yeeeeeeaaah. YEAH. He's got the dreaded donut lips we still see too often in manga/anime — the ones inspired by old racist caricatures from the Jim Crow era. It's a choice that made me uncomfortable from the moment Servan appeared.

So, like... how do we feeling about this character design?

Are you like, "That is some racist-ass shit that should be patched out ASAP"?

Are you like, "I'm not at all happy about this but I don't think they meant any harm through their ignorance so I'm not sure what to do/think"?

Are you like, "It's so common to see this in Japanese media that it just rolls off my back without me noticing at this point so meh"?

Are you like, "None of those previous things describe me bc I'm feeling something in-between all of them"?

Let me know. Very curious.