The DiC Book Is A Go (To Say The Least)!

DiC fans rejoice! At the end of Friday, September 14, the Ulule fundraising for the French "Art Of" book on the DiC studios ended its run... and it was a resounding success. The original fundraising goal was actually achieved on September 7, but the book went right on collecting, finally totaling at 125%! This is a great thing, of course, as more funds means a product of higher quality. To quote the book's writers Maroin Eluasti and Nordine Zemrak (right after the 100% victory was achieved, in a moment of great happiness on September 8):

Like us, you believed and together we succeeded! In fact, yesterday we reached 100% and more.

Fans of the heart, we thank you for your trust and support that will allow this beautiful project to exist.

As the adventure continues, each additional euro will consider new options:

- Varnish on the cover of the book;

- A collector's version, an edition of 50 numbered and signed books;

And many other things ... ;-) 

You will be told quickly.

Maroin & Nordine

One such bonus-related news piece was actually announced even before the funding was completed, on August 20 on Facebook: Instead of the originally planned 192 pages, the book will be 208 pages long, allowing for more pictures and info! Other than that, it is not yet known which bonuses will end up in the final product... but with 25% more backing than the originally needed sum, the book should definitely benefit one way or another.



In fact, we'll be able to see for ourselves shortly, as the authors still intend to have their work released by the end of October. And then... well, let's just say that all of us "early birds" who donated more than a certain amount can lean back and wait for our copies of the book to arrive in the mail. :) For the rest of you interested DiC fans out there, the writers hope to be able to make the book available "everywhere" when it's officially released... in other words, probably both in book stores and web shops. More details about this will likely follow soon. For day-to-day news about the actual production of the book, I'd recommend following its Facebook page, which has already given us great teasers in the form of cels, merchandise and memorabilia over this past month.



Among all these wonderful news, only one big question seems to remain: What are the prospects for an English-language edition? Right now, there are certainly no news regarding this... understandably enough, I guess, since the project was of course conceived as a French publication first and foremost. And many of the DiC series from the 80s have bigger cult followings in France than they do in other countries. I still believe, though, that an English-language edition of the book could find success (we are talking about a book that celebrates DiC's greatest shows from the 80s, after all), but I'm pretty sure the authors will not consider anything like this until after the French edition is released - and then it will probably be a question of how successful the French edition is. Still, we can always hope. More than a month ago, I actually did ask on the book's official Facebook about the possibilities for an English-language version. Quoted from an August 6 post on the Facebook wall, here is Nordine Zemrak's (fairly enthusiastic) answer:

...if the project became succesful, english language could be possible ! ! (...)

So at least the writers are open to the idea. For my part, even though I'm looking forward to the visual side of the book, it would be fantastic to be able to actually read the interviews and the behind-the-scenes information properly, so I'm gonna keep on hoping for the English-language version to happen. In the meantime, I'll settle for the French book to pop into my mailbox in less than a month and a half...

Above: One of the many Facebook previews of the book's contents, a beutiful Inspector Gadget cel
from "Monster Lake". More previews related to other DiC productions below.

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When Are We Getting The Comic Book?

Well, Inspector Gadget's official, aboriginal banana book affair from Viper Comics should allegedly accept been out in June - but still no concrete assurance of it anywhere according to the assorted retailers I've asked actuality in Atlanta, Georgia (where I'm currently vacationing). One Barnes and Noble abundance appropriate that it was either awash out or never printed, and addition was 99% assertive it had never been printed. So there ya go. Adding to this, Dave's Comics and Collectibles thinks it will not be out until August. They complete like they apperceive what they're talking about so I'll amusement that cerebration as a actuality until something abroad turns up. Not atomic because Viper's official website says annihilation whatsoever about this delay... 

UPDATE (August 1): According to the acceptable humans at Oxford Comics and Games, the aboriginal affair of Viper Comics' Inspector Gadget alternation is currently appointed for December 28, 2011(!). This is, of course, a mysteriously continued adjournment for a book which is reportedly already accounting and drawn. Oxford's theory: It's artlessly a acting appraisal from Viper because they don't apperceive as of yet absolutely if the book will be out. The guy I was talking to still anticipation it ability be appear aural the next brace of months.

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My Verdict On The Inspecteur Gadget CD: Wait For Volume 2

Do Not Buy This Lousy CD

Remember my advocacy endure anniversary that you should buy/support the new "Inspecteur Gadget" soundtrack CD behindhand of what could accept been better, like I was planning to do? Well, I accept to yield that back. Today, I've appear to the cessation that the TГ©lГ© 80 CD is not account my money.

Let me explain: I haven't in actuality bought the CD... but acknowledgment to Itunes, I've been able to accept to excerpts from all 12 advance of it. (For those who don't use Itunes, try the French music website Qobuz for alert samples.) And candidly - a lot of of the advance complete appealing disappointing. The affliction allotment is, they COULD accept articulate far bigger if TГ©lГ© 80 had artlessly taken the time to locate able antecedent actual (i. e. bigger LP copies).

First of all, I can affirm that the "crackling of vinyl" mentioned on the PlanГ©tГ© Jeunesse appointment is actual abundant there... and not alone on a few tracks, but on a lot of of them. The French and American affair songs do complete good, but that's apparently just because the masters for these capital capacity accept been taken bigger affliction of than those for the accomplishments music (which are today apparently lost). And that brings me to the capital botheration with this release. About all of the accomplishments music tracks, as able-bodied as the alarming soundtrack-exclusive adaptation of Dr Claw's affair (track 6, "Le affair du Docteur Gang"), accept a LOT of crackling, and some of them complete embarrassingly bad. (The alone barring seemed to be clue 5, "L'usine de chocolat" (Chocolate Factory), area I didn't annals any abrading noises.) This bad complete superior is decidedly black as I apperceive that actual acceptable (or possibly even mint) copies of the French LP are still in existence. XIII Bis Records just didn't yield the time to acquisition them.

Let's compare, for instance, with the fan-done MP3 rip of the "Inspecteur Gadget: Bande originale" LP that has been circulating on the internet for years anytime back basic on this site. There is some attenuate crackling on some of the advance there, to be sure... but generally, the advance in that rip complete great, and MUCH CLEANER than the aforementioned advance on the TГ©lГ© 80 CD! (Click here, actuality and actuality to accept to some of the fan-ripped accomplishments music tracks.) The actuality that an actionable fan rip of the LP sounds far bigger than an official CD absolution proves just how amateurish this aboriginal "Inspecteur Gadget" CD from XIII Bis Records is. This is not alone sad on TГ©lГ© 80's part, it's absolute embarrassing. They bigger go out of their way to accomplish up for this in the planned Aggregate 2 CD.

I'll not go into detail about the added affidavit not to buy this awkward CD release, as you already apperceive them from my antecedent posts: Alone 12 advance on the disc instead of the 25+ advance that TГ©lГ© 80 could potentially accept aggregate from both the French and Australian LPs... the awning angel has been addled for no acumen whatsoever... and oh, yes, there in actuality is one added thing. As you may accept noticed, the actual endure clue on the CD is a "US version" of the Inspector Gadget theme. However, this is not the aboriginal TV adaptation of the theme, but rather an continued adaptation active for 2:50 minutes. (This adaptation was aboriginal released, I believe, as the aboriginal clue of the Australian soundtrack LP "Inspector Gadget - The Music", afore overextension to a few CD abstracts of television themes). I don't accept a botheration with the continued affair song getting there, as it's accurate Shuki Levy; but the one adaptation of the American affair that has absolutely ashore in people's minds over the years is assuredly the beneath TV version. The continued affair on the CD is good, but not about as great... and the affair loses some of its agitation if the song al of a sudden starts over afresh amid through. (Have a accept actuality to adjudicator the continued affair for yourself.) Bottom line: Both the beneath and best versions of the affair song deserve to be included on an official soundtrack release; and the beneath (and best) adaptation is of advance not included. Apparently because the TГ©lГ© 80 aggregation didn't apperceive about (or didn't bother to research) how accepted that original, American TV affair is in the minds of everybody who grew up with it. Again, blah work. And speaking of affair songs: Why did TГ©lГ© 80 change the aboriginal appellation of Penny's French affair "Le affair de Sophie" to "La chanson de Sophie"? As if the mirrored awning angel wasn't abundant of a absurd change. 

All this is sad to say, as I absolutely do like the action and acceptable intentions abaft the abstraction of assuredly absolution iconic 80s TV soundtracks such as Inspector Gadget on CD. But if it's done as sloppily as this, I can't get myself to abutment it. The alone affair giving me a little achievement is conceivably that TГ©lГ© 80's baton Christophe Renaud aboveboard accepted that abounding of the advance on their "Inspecteur Gadget" CD were of bad superior - and that they're planning a aggregate 2 with bigger complete quality. (I accept I was wrong, by the way, if bold beforehand that TГ©lГ© 80 was traveling to seek for the lost, aboriginal masters: what Renaud meant was apparently just that they're gonna acquisition bigger LP copies to rip the music from.) I will not authority my animation for this... but I really, absolutely achievement that Aggregate 2 (whenever it comes out) proves to be a big, blessed surprice. At the moment, however, there's no ambuscade that the best way for you to adore Shuki Levy and Haim Saban's aboriginal Inspector Gadget soundtrack... is the actionable way.

CD UPDATE #2: A Very Short Review From Planete Jeunesse

The French cartoon site Planete Jeunesse has a forum thread dedicated to the Télé 80 CDs; and on the second page of the thread, a user named Virocha has posted short reviews of some of the first 8 CDs. Here are the very short notes Virocha had about the "Inspecteur Gadget" CD that's coming out today (again brought to you in English by Google Translate):

"On Gadget: 

- We hear some crackling of vinyl on some tracks.

- There is only half of the original 33rpm [LP], but it is possible that such a result to another volume because they have not had time to find a 33t completely usable. 

If this opening batch [of Télé 80 CDs] suffered from a lack of time and reliable sources, it is hoped that for the future, they will take advice from the experts. In any case, they are listening to requests for releases that can be done on their site."

I accept to admit... the added I apprehend about the aboriginal accumulation of Tele 80 CDs, the added it feels like the activity has artlessly lacked the time and money to become perfect. The advertence of "crackling vinyl on some tracks" reaffirms my suspicion that (at atomic allotment of) the Gadget CD is absolutely ripped anon from the original, French LP... but they allegedly didn't accept the time to locate a excellent archetype of that LP afore absolution the CD. Now, I can accept that Tele 80 capital to alpha off the characterization with some of the a lot of commercially accepted titles... and Inspector Gadget (like Ulysses 31 and Mysterious Cities of Gold) is a big band alternation in France. So it makes faculty from a budgetary angle to blitz the soundtrack of Gadget into production. But honestly... if all Tele 80 bare to accomplish a bigger artefact was time to locate a excellent archetype of the "Bande originale" LP... again I'm alpha to anticipate it would accept been bigger to put Inspecteur Gadget on authority until the additional or third accumulation of CDs. Afterwards all... it is a bit arresting if some advance on the new CD could calmly accept been in bigger quality, had they alone waited a few months with absolution the CD. 

Anyhow, I achievement that TГ©lГ© 80 affairs to absolutely accomplish up for it with their next "Inspecteur Gadget" CD. The best solution, I think, would be not to do a absolute "Volume 2", but rather an "Extended Edition" CD which contains all advance from the aboriginal LPs in the best superior possible. This continued CD would, of course, alluringly be appear afterwards Tele 80 has taken the time to locate mint-quality copies of both the French and Australian LPs. (Gee, I anticipate I just anticipation of yet addition affair to advance to Tele 80.) 

Other than that, I'm acquisitive that the "crackling vinyl" mentioned by Virocha is not actual noticeable. I still achievement to adore the aboriginal CD volume. But I anticipate I'm gonna delay with acclimation a little longer... just until I've apprehend a few added reviews...

The New Inspector Gadget TV Series Is Scheduled For 2013

This just in (or in endure month, actually): The revival/spinoff alternation that I talked about abounding months ago is absolutely in production! Endure ages in Cannes, Cookie Jar appear their accessible Inspector Gadget alternation at the TV and ball bazaar MIPCOM - or added precicely, at MIPJunior, a 2-day screening and appointment accident for kids' agreeable which precedes the capital show. Below is the abbreviate columnist absolution that has been circulating online as allotment of the MIPJunior advance (snagged from WorldScreen with the advice of Google Cache, back it's hidden abaft a cable wall)

MIP Junior Spotlight: Cookie Jar Entertainment

Published: October 2, 2012



CANNES: Cookie Jar Entertainment is celebrating Inspector Gadget’s 30th anniversary with the launch of a brand-new series with its Canadian broadcast partner TELETOON. 

The series will again revolve around the iconic bionic bumbling detective. Also for TELETOON is Dr. Dimension Pants, an original series by Brad Peyton. The show What Do People Do All Day?, based on the popular Richard Scarry franchise, is for the Canadian broadcaster CBC. “These shows are based on very popular children’s brands and have shown through previous productions that they rate highly with audiences around the world,” says Michael Hirsh, Cookie Jar’s CEO.



Hirsh says that the company is expecting to pre-sell Inspector Gadget, What Do People Do All Day? and Dr. Dimension Pants at the market. He is also keen to find co-production partners for the latter two titles. “We have become the number one supplier to streaming networks for their kids’ content and we look forward to meeting with our existing customers as well as new entrants to the field around the world,” he adds of his further MIPCOM goals.

Want more? Here's picture proof of the press release, taken from the online slideshow version of the MIPJunior & MIPCOM edition of TV Kids, published September 25th. (You can find the press release yourself by going to page 26 in the slideshow.)

So finally, the revival/spinoff alternation is an official fact. (It somehow consistently feels added official if the assembly aggregation announces it themselves.) And, it looks like "revival" ability be the appropriate chat for it. Not abundant detail is uncovered, but anticipation by the aloft annual snapshot, the show's appellation seems to artlessly be "Inspector Gadget". As in... a cast new division of the 80s alternation "Inspector Gadget"? Plus, the one book in fact cogent us something about the appearance says, "The alternation will afresh circumduct about the iconic bionic bumbling detective." What, so it will not circumduct about the son of the iconic bionic bumbling detective? WHEW! 

Of course, we don't absolutely apperceive yet what the appearance will or will not do... but if it proves NOT to accept any shockingly groundbreaking twists on the archetypal blueprint (like introducing a son for the capital appearance - just a anticipation that popped into my mind), I absolutely wouldn't mind. I just wish to see anyone do a good, new Inspector Gadget alternation - a new alternation which doesn't yield abroad or change aggregate that fabricated the appearance abundant in the aboriginal place. I'm acquisitive Cookie Jar and its accomplice TELETOON can do that. So far, at least, I'm affection what I'm hearing. It's nice that they're timing the new appearance to admission for Gadget's 30th anniversary. It's nice, too, that Michael Hirsh (executive administrator of Cookie Jar and DHX Media) is the one to advertise it. Considering that Hirsh was aswell one of the aboriginal founders and leaders of Nelvana - the acclaimed Canadian action flat which co-produced the aboriginal division of Inspector Gadget with DiC - it just seems to fit. The new appearance is getting produced in Canada, like the aboriginal division of the old appearance was, and for some acumen I just like the complete of that 

To annular off, here's yet addition abrupt acknowledgment of the new show, from the MIPCOM News - Quick Review newsletter (page 4):

MIPCOM 2012 was the first time that kids studios DHX Media and Cookie Jar Entertainment have been in Cannes since they agreed a $111m deal. Underlining Canada’s importance to the kids business, the deal creates the largest independent owner of children’s programming in the world. Executive chairman of the enlarged group, Michael Hirsh, was in town with series such as Inspector Gadget (a new version) and Dr Dimensionpants.

This abbreviate abrupt mentions a actuality I haven't yet agitated to address about: DHX Media affairs Cookie Jar Ball in a accord which, afterwards finalizing endure month, created the world's better absolute library of children's entertainment. (Brag, brag.) So Gadget is technically endemic by DHX now... even admitting Cookie Jar is still an up and active company, as a accessory of DHX. I had wondered if this buyout would affect the accessible Gadget alternation in any way (maybe a bit like how the planned 2009 reboot was annulled afterwards Cookie Jar bought and swallowed DiC)... but this seems not to be the case here, as both DHX and Cookie Jar were abaft announcement the new appearance at MIPCOM. Good stuff.

By the way... "iconic bionic bumbling detective" has a affectionate of addictive ring to it. New official tagline?

"Les séries de notre enfance": It's Out!

I meant to acquaint you about this yesterday, but didn't get the time: The lavish, 208-page French book that goes abaft the scenes of the DiC studios - loaded with attenuate art, all-embracing online writing and never-before-seen interviews - was assuredly appear in France bygone and can be ordered anon from the website of the publishing company. (I'll let you apperceive if I appear beyond added web food to adjustment it from - so far, Amazon doesn't assume to accept it in stock. The book's writers accept been talking about hopefully accepting it appear to a advanced ambit of web stores, but conceivably this will yield off added during the next few weeks.) UPDATE (November 16): It's now aswell accessible from the French Amazon. 

As you ability accept noticed in the account cavalcade to the right, I've already affiliated to the publishers' pre-order website for the endure few weeks; but now that the book is acutely out, I anticipation a endure bung would be adapted (at atomic it will be the endure until I accept it myself). One affair I haven't mentioned appropriately afore - abreast from the delayed absolution date - is the change to the final awning (above) just a few weeks ago. I alone anticipate it's a all-inclusive advance over the aboriginal draft... it absolutely tells you abundant added acutely what the book is about. (The alone baby weakness I can anticipate of, perhaps, is that the cartoon of Penny has been addled from the aboriginal awning version... so that now, her anchorperson watch is in fact on the amiss wrist. But that's so nit-picky I'm not even gonna acknowledgment it. ;)

To bound epitomize what this book is all about: "Les sГ©ries de notre enfance: Ulysse 31, les citГ©s d'or, Inspecteur Gadget..." (directly translated: "The alternation of our childhood: Ulysses 31, The Cities of Gold, Inspector Gadget ...") is a fan activity accounting and aggregate by two acutely committed DiC admirers called Maroin Eluasti and Nordine Zemrak. They've spent the endure 5 years researching the history of the DiC animation studios: acquisition accomplishments information, interviewing as abounding as accessible of the association alive there, accession attenuate artwork like archetypal sheets, cels, development sketches and publicity art... all with the ambition of eventually publishing a book committed to DiC, and decidedly committed to its aureate age in the 1980s. (Note the focus of the title: It's apparently no accompaniment that the three cartoons mentioned by name are arguably DiC's best a lot of memorable ones.) A few months ago, Zemrak and Eluasti started a Ulule activity to accession money for the advertisement of their adulation letter to DiC, and succeeded with aerial colors in the alpha of September. Their fan-funded book has back been affective rapidly through assembly (accompanied by a amount of abundant Facebook teasers both afore and afterwards the fundraising was completed) until the absolution on November 14.

So here's what you get: For DiC admirers of all languages and nationalities, the book will abide of 65% (or more) images - attenuate assembly art, best cels and promotional actual accompanying to all of DiC's a lot of acclaimed shows. For those who accept French, there's aswell 35% text, consisting of abundant accomplishments advice and all-embracing interviews aswell accompanying to DiC's acclaimed series. Either way, the book care to accomplish a actual absorbing acquaintance for any fan of 80s animation shows. I still accept a achievement there ability be an English-language archetype someday... but as I said earlier, that will a lot of acceptable be absolutely abased on the success of this French edition. So if you're a fan, and if you like this initiative, it ability be a acceptable abstraction to buy a archetype now rather than delay for a accessible English archetype far into the future. Buying the French-language adaptation will apparently access the affairs of accepting an English-language version. 

Anyway, I'm acquisitive for the best of luck and the best of sales for this book. And a lot of of all, I'm acquisitive it lives up to expectations! It should ability my mailbox (or adjacent column office) any day now...

First Preview Picture Of Gadget's New TV Series?

As you've apparently noticed for the accomplished six months, I really, absolutely haven't got abundant time for blogging these days. (Without traveling into detail, my studies are actual acute at the moment, so I've had to briefly adjourn appealing abundant all affairs for this site.) But even so... how could I abide showcasing what I apparent this morning on the home page of DHX Media? The angel has in fact already been taken down by DHX (perhaps signaling that anyone leaked it online a little too early?); but below, you can acquisition account affidavit in anatomy of a screenshot from my computer, taken beforehand tonight, of DHX's web site. (UPDATE: For added affidavit of the picture's source, you can aswell see it on its aboriginal angel url from DHX Media. I busy a little on this at the end of the post.)

So what accept we got here? A low-res angel that - actual briefly - served as the thumbnail for Inspector Gadget in the 'Shows' area of DHX's site. If you clicked on the angel (like I tried), you would artlessly be taken to the accepted presentation of the Inspector Gadget series, complete with a video of the 1983 intro... so there's no way to acquaint for assertive that the acting thumbnail account was a examination of the new series. But cerebration logically, what added affidavit could the angel accept for getting there? It looks annihilation like the standard, crappily fatigued promotional art for the aboriginal alternation - and added to the point, it's not even drawn! My theory: This was a cautiously placed brain-teaser for the new Gadget series, as able-bodied as the aboriginal acknowledge of the action technique. Judging by this image, the new alternation will be CGI. 

I'm aswell half-way apprehensive if the agreement of the thumbail account on DHX's website was hinting at something more: That the accessible alternation will be a awakening of the aboriginal show, rather than a reimagining. I've mentioned this approach before, and if it's true, it ability in actuality accomplish faculty that the thumbnail angel artlessly affiliated to the basal description of the old series... because this basal description will conceivably aswell administer to the new series. The angel aloft is absolutely giving me a actual archetypal vibe. 

In fact, even if I'm not 100% abiding how able-bodied CGI will work, I anticipate Gadget's architecture looks appealing charming. (In agreement of agreeableness and appeal, it's absolutely afar advanced of annihilation apparent in the 2005 abominable direct-to-video CGI feature, Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever.) Gadget seems a bit simplified and automated compared to his 1983 architecture - the button and aerial are added rounded, for instance - but all-embracing I adulation seeing how abutting this is to the Inspector's best appearance. Also, after alive annihilation about how this architecture will move in animation, I'd say he seems adequately adaptable and expressive. 

Again, though, I accept to accent that abundant of this is belief on my part. The alone affair I apperceive for a actuality is that, beforehand today, what looks like a CGI-rendered angel of Inspector Gadget was getting acclimated as a thumbnail in DHX Media's 'Shows' site. Sometimes during the accomplished few hours (yes, absolutely - you'll just accept to yield my chat for that), the angel was taken down and replaced with a section of accepted promotional art for the 1983 series. Everything above that is accessible to interpretation... 

...your thoughts?