D7 Revelations

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New interest: D7 Studios.
It all started years ago. Seventh grade. My friend Dorian and I were in the technology lab, and we had free time. I had already finished school work, and so I busied myself by getting on a vacant laptop and entering things into the address box at random. (As you can see, I do that a lot.)

What I would do was this: a letter and a number. Promising enough, and probably not subject to accidentally opening some kind of porno site. And so, Endlessly, I entered things like: A8, G5, Y3, O9, S4, on and on, until the magical two characters which started it all... D7.

We both were launched into fits of delighted laughter when we saw that D7 was actually something real. Very real, and sort of cool-looking, to our surprise. It seemed like the teaser sight for an upcoming animated film. There weren't many things to see beside that, though, and after time the one-link page for this mysterious animation, "D7 Revelations", faded into only a memory...

Until the second fateful day we were both browsing the Internet. It was a year later and I remembered. I hastily typed in the address, wanting to check up on the progress, the feeling of expectation. Beside me Dorian leaned over my keyboard to see the monitor. She gasped. "That? I know that!" She remembered, too. There was no kidding. It seems silly, I know, but D7 was something sort of special between us. We felt like we were the first to even discover the teaser page, like we were responsible for it, great adventurers of the Internet finding something random and attention-grasping.
And what we saw, a year later, was even more exciting.
...It was a full-scale website now. Pages of links and contacts, and very nice-looking illustrations of these yet-to-be explained characters. So we found the link for the plot and read away.

My first thoughts: obscure as hell. The story was futuristic, taking place in the "Republic of Texas" and my favorite town of that state, Austin. Apparently, it was connected to the biblical book of Revelations, and the Apocalypse. The characters were people called rather - yes - obscure names, such as Ashley, Sakura, Seraphim, and Nate. Neither of us really understood it, but it was cool.
Then we let it be. I lay in wait, patient.

Months later, I checked back up on it, alone this time, and discovered, to my great joy, that there was a new Pilot episode and a trailor for the animation! I eagerly loaded the videos and watched.
I was surprised. It was not what I was expecting, I'll admit it, and I was a little let down. I had misunderstood the fact that D7 Revelations was privately made, and not a massly produced sort of thing. The animation was extremely sparse in fluid movement and parts of the shots looked slightly wonky and odd.
I let it be again.

Now, (well, yesterday, if you want to get technical on me), I pulled D7 out of my memory yet again, and watched the videos provided on the website. There is now, officially, a full-length first episode!
I have to say, I am utterly captivated. I've moved past the choppiness in what I thought should be "fluid movement" and started paying attention to the very art of each part of the animation, and I'm thoroughly impressed. It's well-done, well-presented, and it doesn't really seem to take itself too seriously. The storyline, although only an episode and a half into the plot, has got me hooked and wondering what's next. The voice acting is nicely performed. The music is suiting, produced...
The whole thing is... well, there's no other way I can put this.
The whole thing is good.

There is murchandise coming from D7 soon, and I have to say, I'm tempted to help out with this whole thing. I really think this story has potential in the big world. All these people need is some support and recognition.
Here's the link again:
D7 Studios Web Site