Team LoliRock

Hi LoliRockers !

It’s time for a little update on… many things.

First of all, production of season 2 :

It’s progressing, slowly but surely. Our teams, both in France and Malaysia (Inspidea) are working hard to make the best show they can.

If possible, I’ll try to tease you from time to time about it… Anyway, you’ll see more of our princesses very soon !

Second, who’s behind this blog ?

Surprisingly, this question seems to matter for a lot of you. I receive a lot of question about “Who updates it ?” and more specifically, “Is it director Vandestoc ?? And can we consider it’s Jean-Louis Vandestoc’s official blog ?”.

Well, no. It’s not Jean-Louis’ official tumblr, and he’s not the one writing here either. He reads and helps me from time to time though, but he’s very busy with season 2 right now.

I’m one of the supervising producers of the show and I work very closely with Jean-Louis, ever since I joined the team at the beginning of the production. Just call me “Production Guy” or whatever. No need for more. I like my privacy. ;)

Third, what’s next ?

I asked in a previous post what you guys would like for the next ones. Here’s the new guidelines we’ll follow :

From now :

• I’ll continue to post pre-production artworks and concept art, not worry about that. Including compilations regarding specific characters or locations.

• I noted the request for more ephedian stuff : the magic, kingdoms, background, lore, and such. It’ll require a lot of work to prepare those, but I’ll do my best. ;)

• Also noted you like to know how we lived this production, I’ll dig for more team’s post-it, production stories, and such.

• I’m preparing a “F.A.Q” section, for… well, obviously, the frequently asked questions, and also in Index section to make the navigation to old posts easier. (Don’t forget the Archive page, it helps a  lot !)
  

Changes :

• Until now, I posted materials episode by episode, in the order of production, mixing designs, stories, animatics and such. Unfortunately, I won’t have the time to do so for the rest of the series from now on. So I’ll just focus on the most important things, starting with what you guys ask for first instead.

• The animatics and behind-the-scenes on youtube are liked, but they take a LOT of time to prepare… For now, I’ll have to focus on the other things listed above. The videos will be back later, don’t worry. I’ll also focus on our best scenes from now on, instead of posting entire part of every episode

And that’s all for now ! ;)

Hey LoliRockers ! You’re now more than 900 to follow this tumblr. Wow ! Thanks you ! 

As you probably know, this tumblr was created both to promote and explain the “invisible” work that leads to the episodes (backgrounds, posings, animatics, etc) and also to create a link with all of you fans. 

So far, half of the questions received were about the story and characters, and the other half about when season 2 and such will be out. Yet, I wonder… what would you like us to post on this tumblr ? What are you wanting and expecting to see ?

No promises, of course, but the more I know what makes you happy, the more I’ll do my best to fulfill your wishes. ;) Feel free to express yourselves here.

Since I can’t answer to anonymous question privately, I tend to not do it very often… or I wait until I have enough to make one big post. Like today. 

1) Hi, in your post, can write the french version too ? / Salut, pouvez vous écrire en français dans vos posts aussi ? 

ENG : Hi, as you can guess, it takes a lot of time to create the post, and also a lot to translate them. I’ll try to translate the biggest when I’ll have the time, but I’m not able to do that for every post unfortunately, as it takes too much time… / FRA : Bonjour, comme vous vous en doutez, cela prend beaucoup de temps pour créer les post, et également pour les traduire. J’essaierai de faire une version française des plus gros quand j’aurais le temps, mais je ne peux plus faire ça pour tous les post malheureusement car cela prend trop de temps… 

2) Do you know how many countries in total have aired lolirock? if so, which ones? 

I admit I lack information regarding this matter… I know about Italy, France, Spain, Bulgaria and Brazil for sure… Ah, and in South Africa too if I recall, since it was the only official english broadcast. I know we have a big fan community in Ukraine and Russia, but I’m not sure the show is broadcasted there… or if it is, probably only subbed… And, to my regret, I know that we’re still not aired either in US or UK… yet. 

3) Will there be a season 2 ? / How many episodes ? When will it be out ? /  When can we expect a Season 2 trailer? / Will there be a new opening for season 2 ? / Etc. 

There is a season 2 in production, with 26 new episodes. We hope it’ll be out by fall or winter 2016. Maybe there will be a trailer, but it’ll mostly depend on our broadcasters. :) You can expect a few surprises in this second season, as we’ll have three two-parter episodes.  Regarding the new opening question, unfortunately no, we didn’t have the ressources to create a new one. Some people in the team are working on a “team fan-version” of new opening though, during their free time. Let’s hope it will be completed one day. ;)

4) Do you guys have a release for the season 2 music videos yet? Is it going to be after France is done with season 1?

Not yet unfortunately. We’re still working on it. 

5)  Any news on a US broadcaster? If yes which one ? 

Edit : Netflix

6) Any plans to release a bluray or digital media with the English audio in the United states? PS. Lolirock is amazing!

Thank you, and see answer above for digital media. ;) It may very well happen sooner than you think !

7) Will LoliRock be translated into Russian? Have you got such plans?

I have no idea, but considering all the fans from Russia, we’d love to give them a Russian version of LoliRock. :)

8) Will there ever be artwork of shanila released? And I remember reading someplace that all the girls might have it next season is this true or a rumor?

Yes, we’ll show you more on the Shanila at the right time. ;) As to know if all princesses will have Shanila in season 2, you’ll see it by yourself. No spoil. ;)

9) Hello Team LoliRock, I Would Like To Ask If There’s Any Transformation Songs For Shanila & Their Normal Transformation ?

There is a transformation music for each princesses (wait to discover Lyna and Carissa’s transformation in season 2 !). The Shanila transformation is so epic that we do things differently for it. You’ll see in season 2 what I mean. ;) Anyway, no special transformation song for the shanila.

10)  I think it will be cool if you guys create an spin-off series about crystal mermaids from Ephedia and also I know this is not Lolirock related but I think it will also be cool if you guys also create an animated series called Mermaid World based on an app game from Crowdstar Inc.

Well, that’s an idea. We have a lot to create and unveil about Ephedia, so why not ? Currently we’re really busy on LoliRock, but afterward who knows ? ;) 

11) Are you guys are planning to upload the model sheets of Talia’s Older Sister very soon?!? 

Yes, we’ll show you more about Izira soon. ;) 

12) Are there people in the Lolirock team that also worked for another Marathon project called Totally Spies!

Yes. Our director’s assistant worked on Totally Spies!, as well as some of our designers. :)   

13) FRA : pourquoi vous ne poster plus rien sur le site officiel lolirock et notamment les goodies que j'adore et pourriez vous nous montrer à quoi ressemble la princesse Brenda transformer ?????sinon j'adore lolirock ne vous arrêter jamais et surtout j'adore les tenus que vous crée elles sont vraiment trop belle!!!!! / ENG : Why don’t you post anymore on the official LoliRock website ? (specially the goodies I love !) And will you show what’s princess Brenda’s magical dress  ? I love the outfits you created ! 

FRA : Nous sommes malheureusement peu nombreux, ce qui ne nous aide pas à faire d’autre goodies… J’espère qu’on pourra en faire d’autre dès que possible cela dit. Pour Brenda, vous la découvrirez en saison 2. Pas de spoil ! ;) Et merci pour les compliments, ça nous fait super plaisir ! / ENG :  We are too few to continue to have many updates on LoliRock’s official website. I hope we’ll be able to have more goodies however. Regarding Brenda, you’ll see her in season 2, but other than that : “No Spoil” ! ;) I won’t tell you anything more. And thanks ! Glad you love the outfits !

14) What happens to all the traditional drawings when you are done with an episode? Do the animators get to keep them or are they property of the animation company?

They’re technically property of the company (Marathon Media, now Zodiak Kids Studio), however it happens that we give them to the animators / designers if they ask for them.

15) Hello, big fan of the show, I love how much effort the crew puts into it. :) I was wondering if you could say where Carissa and Lyna will be staying now that they are with Lolirock?

Thank you. :) Lyna and Carissa will stay in Sunny Bay, but they’re very reserved about where they live… so, I don’t know. Probably some big cosy appartement downtown. 

16) Hi i was on Wiki and it said that it has been HINTED that Nathaniel Knows Iris’s secret. Is that true and if so please tell me? Likewise, is Gramorr Iris’ uncle ?

Well, I can’t answer this question… yet. Maybe you’ll have your answer in season 2 ? ;) For Gramorr however, who he is remains a mystery, but he is not, repeat, not Iris’ uncle. That was an old idea we rejected early on during the production of season 1. 

17) What can you tell us about the backgrounds and personalities of both Lyna and Carissa? And will we ever see the other parents of Talia, Auriana, Lyna and Carissa?

Regarding the background and personnalistes, I guess I’ll make a post on each princess at some point. What you can see in episode 25 & 26 of season 1 is actually pretty accurate : Lyna loves spells, Carissa prefer hand to hand fighting, the two of them are best friends yet can’t stop arguying with each other. In season 2, you’ll also discover that Lyna loves boy as much as Auriana, and that Carissa has issues with teamwork. See you in season 2 for more details. ;) Same for the family and relatives : no spoil. We did promise that you’ll have Auriana’s special episode, as you had Xeris for Talia. I will tell no more. 

18) Could you tell us something about the princesses’ kingdoms? I think we know a lot about Ephedia and Xeris right now, but what about Volta and two new princesses’ kingdoms? Will we see them in season 2?

As for above, I’m gonna make a post about that. A lot of fan are asking, and truth is I have to confirm a lot of things with Jean-Louis about that before posting anything. ;) A little more patience. 

19) Will there be more love in season 2 ? Will Iris be with Lev or Nathaniel ? 

Again, I can’t answer these questions… No spoil ! You’ll see in season 2. ;) But nice try. 

20) I’m curious to know who the staff favourite is. Talia from what I’ve seen.. but what about the villains? If the staff absolutely had to pick between Meph & Prax, Gramorr, Lev, Zeinos & Deinos, who would win? (I’ll bet my money on M&P) 

Talia is definitely our favourite princess, and Mephisto would be our favorite villain, followed closely by Praxina. Of course, I can’t speak for everyone in the team… ;) Some may have other opinions.

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Aaaaand that’s it for today’s questions ! I should be up to date with most of the questions sent since last november… I know there are still a few, about Lyna and Carissa, about the magical training room, about Amaru that has yet to be answered. ;) It’ll come, don’t worry ! 

1.) Did the Team always intend to give the girls similar sounding voices for songs? Or at one point were the voice actors supposed to be involved? It was probably easier to not record them all singing separately… May I ask is one person actually singing for the three or is it like a ‘computer voice’

Ok, lots of questions here. Let’s see all of that…

First of all, as we were (still are) very short in resources during the whole production, we initially stated that Iris would be the only singer in the band, and so we recorded one only voice. (Yasmin Shah’s)

Then, when we created the musical videos, we realized that it was very strange to have Talia and Auriana not open their mouth at all. It made them too static, and prevented us to give them some spotlight too. So we changed that : It was decided that while Iris would be the only one to have a microphone (since we have only one singing voice recorded), the two other princesses would pretend to sing with her too. 

At this point, we thought about recording Talia and Auriana’s singing voice for their part in the songs too, unfortunately we couldn’t afford it, much to director’s Vandestoc disappointment.

In English, it’s Yasmin Shah who’s performing the songs and in French it’s Cassandre Berger. The voices are mixed and transformed inside the song, but it’s a real singer each time. ;)

The dubbing of the show was made afterward, that’s why the comedians didn’t get to perform the songs (except for a few part during rehearsal and things like that). Hope this covers all the question above…

Next !

2.) What are the exact lyrics for that one bit from the English opening? “Here comes the girls in a world out of nowhere, come back to save the day” that’s what I’m hearing..

Lyrics from the beginning of the English opening are :

Allright,
I’ve got a secret
A Lolirock star
We’re on a magic quest 
Here comes the girls  
In a whirl out of nowhere
Coming back to save the day 
  
Raise your hands you can touch the sky
Reach the stars we can make you fly 
 
Call the girls fun is in the air
SOS we’ll be always there
Raise your hands you can touch the sky
Reach the stars we’ll make you fly !

3.) Will there be new songs for season 2 ? And when will the news songs for season 2 be out ?

There will be five new songs and video clips, that will be part of season 2 episodes. The songs themselves are already out. Check on LoliRock’s official English youtube. Here are the links for :

• Song 6 - Party Talking (audio only)
  
• Song 7 – Reach the Stars (audio only)
  
• Song 8 – LoliStep (audio only)
  
• Song 9 – New Star Generation (audio only)
  
• Song 10 – Never Give Up (audio only)

The video clips are already completed, and will probably be uploaded in the coming weeks. Check the official youtube channel. ;)

More answers to LoliRockers’ questions coming soon !