With thanks to Rich Helscher, the Archive now hosts the full storyboard set for Transformers season 2 episode Atlantis, Arise!
Drawn not by Marvel Productions, but outsourced to Toei Animation. This 143-page set was sold off by the episode's writer Doug Booth.
View the full boards at: The Transformers, Part 1
(Update 12/07/22: The Search For Alpha Trion, The Girl Who Loved Powerglide and Hoist Goes Hollywood added)
In 2008, super-collectors and Botcon founders, the Hartman Bros. sold a set of 7 script binders originally belonging to Bryce Malek. These binders contained first draft copies of the 62 scripts he worked on as story editor for The Transformers during seasons 1 and 2.
The owner of Volumes 5 and 6, Marco Van Leeuwen, has kindly agreed to contribute scans of the scripts contained within to the Archive.
To read them all, go to The Transformers, Part 1
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A new addition to the Archive is the page for Conan The Adventurer. The 1992-1993 series which saw Sunbow co-produce first with Graz Entertainment on the initial season of 13 episodes. Then with Jean Chalopin's C&D and Jetlag Studios for the 52 episode second season. Unfortunately, in order to obtain subsidies from the French government, Jean Chalopin claimed writing credit for all 52 episodes.
The Archive is now able to present its first script from the series: Doug Booth's Dregs-Amon The Great. Which sees Conan's enemy - the serpent wizard Wrath-Amon - enter a regenerative hibernation. While he is out, his toadying minion Dregs steals the source of Wrath-Amon's power: The Black Ring. Hijinks and havoc ensue.
Go to Conan The Adventurer
Hot on the heels of the City Of Steel storyboard set come two more, from the collections of Brian Ray and Doug Booth respectively.
With thanks to Ryan King, Rich Helsher and Jim Sorenson.
Go to The Transformers, Part 1
First up is the season 1 episode S.O.S Dinobots. Clearly a rush job, requiring six artists (David Russell, Doug Lefler, Gerald Moeller, Lindsay Dawson, Bob Smith and Brian Ray). This 141-page set chronicles the construction of the Dinobots and their subsequent rescue of the Autobots after an attempt to stop the Decepticons stealing hydro-electric energy goes wrong.
Next up is Sea Change, Doug Booth's story of love between Seaspray and the alien mermaid Alana. Drawn by the mysterious "K", this massive 160-page set is packed with deleted scenes, carried over from the first draft script added to the Archive earlier this month. Those of you who have read the first draft script may be disappointed (or relieved) to learn that Baby Bumblebee and his parents will not be making an appearance in these boards.
Saturday June 11th marked the three year anniversary of starting the Sunbow Marvel Archive. Originally conceived as an alternative to promoting Google Drive links on message boards, containing material sourced from out-of-print DVDs. The site has now grown to encompass 20 TV shows and 2 movies, spanning 15 years of animation history.
A big thanks to all the visitors and especially to those who have contributed material, for making the Archive what it is today. As we enter year 4, there are still many untold stories - both in-universe and in real life - I hope to uncover in the history of both Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions.
Thanks to Marco Van Leeuwen, the Archive now hosts the storyboards for The Transformers season 2 episode City Of Steel. Previously owned by show director Nelson Shin, the episode went to his notoriously low-budget studio AKOM to be animated. Are the storyboards visually superior to the finished product? You be the judge.
Go to The Transformers, Part 1
With thanks to Jim Sorenson for his assistance with storage and scanning, the Archive now plays host to Transformers season 2 episode Sea Change. Written by Sunbow producer Doug Booth.
Clocking in at 57 pages (or roughly 28 minutes), the story of the Autobot Seaspray falling in love with an alien mermaid is full of deleted or changed scenes.
Read on at: The Transformers, Part 1
