Cold-blooded humour rules!

Even lizards laugh

Originally from a primeval jungle planet on the edge of the Andromeda galaxy, the Snaaku are pure bred from the DNA of a ferocious species of predator reptiles. Trained for combat from the moment they are hatched from their purple eggs, these merciless, genetically enhanced hired guns nevertheless still love having a damn good time. When sharing a joke about the Omegons, their despotic masters on Mars, and elsewhere, always raises the biggest laughs. That's why they love singing the lyrics of their screaming music, which is appropriately called reptile rock, because it also pokes fun at the Omegons, obliquely of course.

Memory metal makes the difference!

Fifty years from now, nothing beats a wristcom.

Memory metal, which is as light as aluminium, is one of the very coolest things about life half a century from now.

Where jewellery looks just like beautiful custom made art, until it morphs into an all purpose hi-tech as it gets wristcom.

In the pink

DAWN ON MARS

Wing Leader Mako O Te Rangi is up early and on patrol over the meteor blasted surface of the Red Planet. On the lookout for enemy saucers with the guts to enter "Maori country" on Mars.

BRINGING JOKES UP TO DATE!

Imagine the best jokes in the world done like a Pixar short.

Announcing: JokeToons

There will be SIX BILLION mobile phone subscribers on the planet in two years. In Darwinian tradition, smart phones like the iPhone are taking over and according to In-Stat are expanding marketshare by 30% a year. JokeToons is aimed at this global market – at video capable mobile phones. JokeToons are 3D animation cartoons of the world's greatest jokes downloaded for the same price as a txt. A new one daily, five days a week. Genie jokes, blonde jokes, lawyer jokes, saucy jokes, Pearly Gates jokes, etc., all delivered in gorgeous 3D animation, so they look just like a Pixar short. JokeToons is now in production at our new facility The Funny Farm. JokeToons launch date, October 2009.

Stay tuned.

Maori on Mars on prime time?

Maori on Mars pitched to Kiwi channel TV3!

Yesterday afternoon, the Head of Acquisitions from local TV channel TV3 visited Magimation and we got a chance to pitch Maori on Mars as a prime time show on TV3, or even C4, their youth orientated channel. Either would be cool with us, but we know it's a long shot, because it's pretty damn hard to get a show up and happening on New Zealand TV, so the emerging mobile platform is probably still our best chance to get some traction with Maori on Mars. Meantime, Planet Earth is missing out on some really hot shit. But you never know, so we had to have a go, and we get a yay or a nay from TV3 next Friday.

Cover of in-depth Maori on Mars presentation document:

International professionals love Maori on Mars

Maori on Mars wows X Media Lab conference in Auckland!

Magimation attended the international X Media Lab conference at the Hilton in Auckland, a three day "creative industries event" which ended yesterday (Sunday) at the Soul Bar, which included two days of mentoring of the highest quality from world class professionals. Where our new Maori on Mars clip was a standout and we got incredibly positive feedback from everyone there.

Here's some images from the new clip.

STANDBY FOR THE BLOODSTONE HAKA!

Sweet as! Tiki Taane joins Maori on Mars as Musical Director!

How’s that for an endorsement, when NZ’s hottest act Tiki Taane signs on as Maori on Mars musical director! We’re as passionate about the music as we are about story and the visuals, so this is a major coupe for Maori on Mars. We are also equally passionate about delivering an accurate representation of Maori. With Iwi artists like Tiki Taane and art director Inia Taylor now onboard, that’s in safe hands. Tiki and his dad Uekaha are creating a unique new haka called the Bloodstone Haka! This will be the official haka of the Nga Maia and the Maori on Mars signature theme. Bloodstone is the name of a ruby red Martian rock.

We're crazy about 3D animation!

News flash! The Funny Farm opens for business May 18!

THE FUNNY FARM is a brand new CGI facility, situated in the heart of Newmarket, Auckland City, New Zealand. Surrounded by fantastic restaurants, extinct volcanos and stunning parklands, The Funny Farm has been established to not only produce the 3D animation TV shows and movies that have been created by Magimation, but also special effects for other film companies. 

The first Magimation production is ©JOKETOONS, (animated jokes for mobile phones), which will be followed by MAORI ON MARS, ALPHA, HOLY HELL! and ANTICS.

 

Eps for the cost of a txt!

Go to Mars on your iPhone!

Here's some new pics from our epic mobi-serial Maori on Mars, coming soon as poss to your iPhone, Blackberry and all the other smart phones out there. Thumping rock 'n' roll, awesome tales and the hottest 3D animation on Earth, arriving as daily 3 minute eps for the mere cost of a txt. Cop that for value, space cadets.

These images are a generation in advance of any other Maori on Mars pics on this blog. This is getting pretty damn close to the HD quality production standard that we intend to achieve.