Delta State (TV series)

They face the dual tasks of piecing together their past lives and battling a group of Delta State denizens called Rifters, who seek to control the human mind.

The main characters are Claire (Ilona Elkin), Martin (Dusan Dukic), Luna (Lizz Alexander), and Philip (Nicholas Wright).

The show has won the Special Award for a TV program at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, and the Frames 2004 for best Asian Production.

Four people each become aware that they possess superhuman abilities of the mind, and are charged by their friend and mentor Professor Brodie with saving the world from Rifter forces.

The series utilized rotoscoped animation, shot on a budget of $11 million (CAD) with a multicamera setup directed by Wayne Moss, was done using a blue screen studio in Montreal with minimal props and locations.

The actors had black lines drawn on their faces to distinguish noses, eyebrows and jawlines and hair was customized in order to make it easy for the animators.

The animation was later done in Paris, directed by Pascal David & Giles Cazaux, which used a mix of Flash, Photoshop and After Effects for the series, with character designs being done by Jan Van Rijsselberge.

Main characters (except guy on left)
Comic cover