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https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/historic-moment-in-canadian-animation-98-of-titmouse-vancouver-workers-vote-to-unionize-197918.html

https://cagiatselocal938.wildapricot.org/

https://www.cag938.ca/

https://www.vancaf.org/portfolio/iatse-local-938-canadian-animation-guild/

https://iatse.net/canadian-animation-guild-iatse-938-continues-to-grow/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/video-game-workers-in-vancouver-join-iatse-union-1235225091/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/24/Vancouver-Animators-Draw-Up-Union-Plans/

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/titmouse-vancouvers-animation-workers-ratify-groundbreaking-union-agreement-209079.html

https://mobidictum.com/game-industry/anemone-hug-interactive-forms-canadas-first-video-game-union/

https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/23366650/hardspace-shipbreaker-anemone-hug-canadian-animation-guild-iatse-union

https://labor411.org/411-blog/animators-in-vancouver-become-first-in-canada-to-unionize-as-98-vote-to-join-iatse/

https://deadline.com/2020/10/titmouse-vancouver-animation-studio-iatse-union-vote-first-canadian-studio-1234600790/amp/

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5772783 .

https://vdlc.ca/welcome-canadian-animation-guild/

related https://www.wgc.ca/screenwriter/cdnscreenwriter/animation

incorporate into another article? https://books.google.nl/books?id=MsUpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=canadian+animation+guild&source=bl&ots=DAS7RlYL5o&sig=ACfU3U3vgFE_TvzaeelGzEZEGVKZbpz25A&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=canadian%20animation%20guild&f=false

https://kidscreen.com/2023/01/18/nickelodeon-voluntarily-recognizes-tags-production-workers-union/

https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/movies/animation-guild-reaches-historic-agreement-010215392.html

VFX Unions? https://www.animvfxunion.com/ https://vfxunion.org/

motion picture editors guild https://www.editorsguild.com/About/About-the-Guild

On April 5, 2010, Adventure Time began with the broadcast of the episode "Slumber Party Panic" on the network. When Rebecca Sugar joined the show as a storyboarder,^[1] she quickly became aware of the message of exclusion that was being told to kids by omitting LGBTQ+ characters.^[2]

She began working hard to put "LGBTQIA characters in G-rated content" in the years to follow. The show introduced viewers to two queer characters: Marceline the Vampire Queen and Princess Bubblegum. Sugar tried to foster the relationship between these two characters through her work on the show,^[3]

Initially, while many of these queer themes were worked into episodes as subtext (so as to avoid controversy or network censorship), later episodes—such as the series finale "Come Along with Me" and the Distant Lands special "Obsidian"—openly expanded on these themes, bringing them to the forefront of the series' plot.^[4][5][6]

Some argued that the on-screen confirmation of the same-sex romance showed that the "cartoon landscape has changed during Adventure Time's run,"^[7][8]

inviting viewers to re-examine the past interactions of Bonnie and Marcy "through a queer lens," while Mey Rude in Them noted the series impact on the animation world and TV industry.^[9]

Rude also argued that without the show, there would be no Steven Universe, Clarence, Summer Camp Island, or Rick and Morty. While some said the show made "great strides for gay fans,"^[10]

The same year, Sugar spoke about her desire to create an LGBTQ show, which had gained a cult following largely made up of LGBT kids and young adults, that was accessible to young children.^[11] Additionally,

Steven Universe began airing on Cartoon Network on November 4, 2013. It came at a time that people were unhappy at the portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters on TV and were calling for better representation.^[12]

The groundwork for the show had been set the previous year,^[13]

with much of the show, including the final seasons mapped out already.^[14] During the creation of the show, Sugar was influenced by the video game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and the One Piece anime.^[15]

The show, tailored to appeal to queer youth, focused on themes such as bisexuality, same-sex attraction, trauma, grief, consent, and many other complex subjects in its run of over five seasons and 160 episodes,^[1] continuing Sugar's work of moving "LGBT stories from the margins into the mainstream."^[16]

The show was also Cartoon Network's first show "created solely by a woman"^[17][18] and having overly queer themes.

The voice actor for Marcy, Olivia Olson pulled back her response that Bonnie and Marcy dated, with some noting that saying that international versions of Cartoon Network have censored Adventure Time episodes, with small moments in the show creating stories for characters "that exist outside of the heavily gendered norms of children's television."^[19]

Sugar proudly highlighted this representation. She talked about how the show played "with the simiotics of gender" in children's cartoons,^[20] and

She recognized that LGBTQ+ representation allowed LGBTQ+ people to see a "reflection of themselves...in mainstream entertainment," with LGBTQ+ representation in media for children increasing in recent years.^[21][22] The following year, Sugar, come out as bisexual^[23] at the show's panel at that year's San Diego Comic-Con, become more vocal about "the need for LGBTQ narratives in children's television," translating to the show itself, beginning to push for more episodes.^[13]

with some calling the show "the most inclusive and most influential" animated show of the 2010s.^[24]

This finale was praised by some fans for its "transgender subtext," with some reviewers pointing out how Steven's struggles were similar to those trans people face.^[25]

On September 3, 2019, Steven Universe: The Movie was broadcast on Cartoon Network,^[15][13] attracting over 1.5 million viewers.^[26][1]

In 2020, a writer for Paper Magazine, Matt Moen, stated that conversations that year about LGBTQ representation would not have happened without the show, noting that the show had a unique ability to "tackle complex and nuanced topics like mental health, family and relationships made it beloved among both younger and older audiences," building a huge following at "the peak of the Tumblr fandom era."^[5] Moen also stated that Sugar set a precedent with the show that queer characters and queer stories were "valid but viable and even desirable by viewers." Sugar said that she was able to do with Garnet, Ruby, and Sapphire, noted how they used the idea of fusion to explore relationships, including those which were queer, with the studio telling them they couldn't have the characters in a romantic relationship, and that she was told that she couldn't discuss it publicly, which made her extremely stressed.^[5]

On March 27, 2020, the four-part finale of its limited epilogue series of Steven Universe, Steven Universe Future, aired on Cartoon Network. Ideas about the series end dated back to drawings in 2013.^[26] Sugar argued that the series made a point about shoune anime and kids cartoons, with the aftermath of victories generally not explored, stating that the series explores the aftermath of the victory in the Season 5 finale, with the protagonist, Steven, having to face his problems head-on.^[26][27][28]

When Steven Universe Future ended, Sugar said she would take a break from the characters,^[13] with some saying that shows like She-Ra and the Princesses of Power would continue moving forward LGBTQ representation in animation.^[14] For her part, the series creator of She-Ra, Noelle Stevenson, stated that she is interested in "telling central queer stories," with queer characters just as supporting characters, but having stories built around them, adding that there is still progress to go on that front, while acknowledging the strides are "in no small part due to Steven Universe."^[14] Others hoped for "more queer-friendly animated shows" like Steven Universe in the future^[29] and described Sugar as the "guiding force behind bringing LGBTQ+ visibility to children's cartoons" from 2010 to 2020.^[1]

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• Rodriguez is voice of Professor Caraway, Dragon, Evil Trabers, and Kino^[30]

• Rodriguez: "The backstories of each of the girls have become a lot more fleshed out as the years went along, but the core of each girl is pretty similar to what it was when I came up with High Guardian Spice back in 2013"; "... There’s some violence, blood and curse words later on that I think are more on par with Naruto -- stuff that’s normal in shounen anime but never shown in American kids cartoons"; "I thought it’d be fun to have HGS’s ending sequence have that same kind of slice-of-life, storybook feel. I did all of the character drawings for the ending art, and one of our BG painters/color stylists James Batrez drew and painted the backgrounds! I wanted to show what the girls' lives are like off-screen :)"- https://www.cbr.com/interview-raye-rodriguez-high-guardian-spice/

• favorite magical girl anime: Princess Tutu - https://www.cbr.com/interview-raye-rodriguez-high-guardian-spice/

• Rodriguez: "...I’m developing a brand new animated adult drama [for Legendary] that I am very excited about. I’ve had the characters from that show in my head since I was in middle school, so it’s a real dream come true to finally bring them to life! It’s a show that’s unlike anything I’ve seen in American animated TV before, so I’m VERY STOKED!" - https://www.cbr.com/interview-raye-rodriguez-high-guardian-spice/

• Rodriguez: "...Growing up I wanted to be a comic book artist, then a voice actor, then a movie director… It wasn't until I went to NYU for Film & TV that I realized that I didn't enjoy being on set, and was much happier behind a drawing tablet than a camera. I was in college during what I think of as a golden age in TV animation, when Adventure Time was in its early seasons and Gravity Falls was coming out, and I was so inspired by these shows that it made me want to follow in their footsteps and make TV cartoons as well"- https://www.thegamer.com/high-guardian-spice-interview-raye-rodriguez-crunchyroll/

• Rodriguez: "I created High Guardian Spice in 2013. It started as a 5-minute storyboard pitch for Frederator while I was interning there. It didn’t get picked up, but it gave me my first real experience pitching, and I’m forever grateful for that! The show has grown a lot since then, but the core of the characters and relationships are the same. Since that first pitch I used Rosemary in my college thesis film “Treasure Hunt” and then continued to develop HGS and pitch it every opportunity I got."- https://www.thegamer.com/high-guardian-spice-interview-raye-rodriguez-crunchyroll/

• Rodriguez: "Eventually I pitched it to Crunchyroll in 2016 and they liked it a lot, though they didn’t have the bandwidth at the time to make it as a show. We started developing it as a comic in 2017, then I repitched it to them as a show when Marge Dean started at the company in 2018, and it quickly changed from comic to TV show! It was a very unusual process."- https://www.thegamer.com/high-guardian-spice-interview-raye-rodriguez-crunchyroll/

• Rodriguez: "I’m a queer Cuban trans guy so we’re in a similar boat! Having diverse representation is very important to me in the work I create."- https://www.thegamer.com/high-guardian-spice-interview-raye-rodriguez-crunchyroll/

• Rodriguez: "I was obsessed with Magic Knight Rayearth as a kid, and I think a large part of that was the fact that they were an all-female friend group that kicked ass and took care of each other"- https://www.thegamer.com/high-guardian-spice-interview-raye-rodriguez-crunchyroll/

• Rodriguez: "HGS is very queer and it’s not a secret. That was one of the best parts about working with Crunchyroll, our team never got pushback when we wanted to make characters gay or trans. The writers and I thought of something and we were able to just make it happen!"- https://www.thegamer.com/high-guardian-spice-interview-raye-rodriguez-crunchyroll/

• Rodriguez on HGS: "...It was never meant to be an anime since we weren’t working with a Japanese animation studio, it was always meant to be a hybrid Eastern-Western cartoon style. I’m very inspired by the character designs and expressions in shows like Sailor Moon, Petite Princess Yucie and Little Witch Academia, and I wanted to come at that cute, round, squishy style from a Western perspective."- https://www.thegamer.com/high-guardian-spice-interview-raye-rodriguez-crunchyroll/

• Rodriguez on HGS: "I hope HGS helps to push the needle forward! I don’t know that it’ll affect the anime industry all that much because at the end of the day anime is made by and for Japanese people who are creating stories that reflect the values of their own culture. But more queer representation is never a bad thing!"- https://www.thegamer.com/high-guardian-spice-interview-raye-rodriguez-crunchyroll/

• "Raye Rodriguez on jury at 4th Annual Animation Is Film Festival in Oct. 2021 https://www.awn.com/news/flee-takes-aif-2021-grand-prize, https://www.awn.com/news/animation-film-reveals-jurors-and-special-events, https://web.archive.org/web/20211201150422/https://animationisfilm.com/jury/, https://www.animationmagazine.net/events/animation-is-film-2021-winners-flee-scores-grand-prize/, https://www.animationmagazine.net/events/fall-festival-event-updates/, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/flee-belle-the-crossing-awarded-at-animation-is-film-2021-210067.html

• "Raye Rodriguez is the Creator and Executive Producer of the upcoming Crunchyroll Original series High Guardian Spice. Raye graduated from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, Rodriguez began his career as a director, storyboard artist and character designer at Fox Animation Domination High-Definition (Fox ADHD). He served as a Character Designer at PUNY Entertainment on DANGER & EGGS for Amazon Studios, and as a Storyboard Artist at Sprite Animation on TINPO for Cbeebies."- https://ghostarchive.org/archive/JHUbj

• "High Guardian Spice is the creation of lifelong anime fan Raye Rodriguez"- https://www.awn.com/animationworld/marge-dean-brings-anime-and-inclusion-together-crunchyroll-studios

• "The show would be finished in late 2019. Show creator Raye Rodriguez announced the show wrapped production back in November 2019 while also announced she had her last day at Crunchyroll at the beginning of November 2019."- https://boundingintocomics.com/2020/02/26/crunchyroll-announces-high-guardian-spice-as-part-of-crunchyroll-originals-2020-slate/

• "Created and executive produced by animation artist Raye Rodriguez, the fantastical adventure-comedy about four young heroines in training arrives complete with a timely Halloween episode...Show creator Raye Rodriguez as Professor Caraway, a powerful Guardian and professor of sacred alphabets at High Guardian Academy...A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Raye Rodriguez began his career as a director, storyboard artist and character designer at Fox Animation Domination High-Definition (Fox ADHD). He served as a Character Designer at PUNY Entertainment on Danger & Eggs for Amazon Studios, and as a Storyboard Artist at Sprite Animation on Tinpo for CBeebies...Rodriguez is a consummate creator and anime connoisseur who, as a transgender man and a second-generation Cuban American, is passionate about telling diverse and inclusive stories. He dreams of making the world a more loving and empathetic place by sharing fantastical stories about queer, diverse and relatable characters. Rodriguez is currently developing an original animated drama series at Legendary TV, and is also developing a new animated series around one of the DC characters at Warner Bros. Animation. He is represented by Matt Shichtman at Gotham Group and Ryan and Jesse Nord at The Nord Group."- https://www.animationmagazine.net/anime/exclusive-images-a-bts-taste-of-crunchyrolls-latest-original-high-guardian-spice/

• "Crunchyroll Original series High Guardian Spice, created and executive produced by Raye Rodriguez, will premiere Tuesday, October 26 with all 12 episodes. ..Professor Caraway, a powerful Guardian and professor of sacred alphabets at High Guardian Academy, will be played by show creator Raye Rodriguez."- https://www.animationmagazine.net/events/nycc-first-looks-at-star-trek-prodigy-animaniacs-s2-crunchyroll-originals-world-trigger-s3/, similar: https://bleedingcool.com/tv/blade-runner-freakangels-more-crunchyroll-introduces-originals/, https://comicbook.com/anime/news/high-guardian-spice-release-date-cast-crunchyroll-trailer/

• "High Guardian Spice – (Coming Soon) The upcoming Crunchyroll Original series from creator Raye Rodriguez follows the lives of four fierce High Guardian Academy students as they stumble comically toward adulthood, form allegiances, uncover legacies, face betrayals and discover their true identities while preparing to protect the world from an ominous unknown threat with their battle and sorcery skills. During today’s panel, special guest Rodriguez helped reveal a new trailer and beautiful new key art."- https://www.animationmagazine.net/anime/v-crx-crunchyroll-announces-huge-new-anime-slate/

• "Dean is charged with developing originals for both brands, including overseeing production for High Guardian Spice, slated to premiere in 2019. The series is created by life-long anime fan Raye Rodriguez, and his production team features an all-female writing room, along with a diverse and passionate group of artists and creatives. Audu Paden, director of the Animaniacs and other beloved animated series, joins Rodriguez as mentor and supervising director...The series’ creative team will appear at this year’s Crunchyroll Expo in San Jose, with a Saturday panel featuring Dean, Rodriguez, Paden, and story editor Amalia Levari."- https://www.animationmagazine.net/streaming/ellation-launches-original-content-division-for-anime-inspired-slate/

• "Transgender man Raye Rodriguez is billed as the creator of High Guardian Spice, and will have all the hallmarks of a great anime series – high drama, colourful characters and magic!...Rodriguez will lead the show’s writing team into the show’s 2019 debut. Crunchyroll have also announced that the writer’s room, besides Rodriguez, is an all-female team."- https://www.outinperth.com/trans-artist-raye-rodriguez-make-original-anime-crunchyroll/

• "High Guardian Spice is unique in many ways. The show’s creator Raye Rodriguez is a lifelong anime fan and Audu Paden, director of the Animaniacs and other animated series, will act as a mentor. The production team has an all-female writing room and diverse group of artists and creatives. It is also looking to re-establish hand-drawn 2D animation as an art form."- https://nscreenmedia.com/ellation-studios-launch-crunchyroll/, reprinting it from the press release, which says: "As head of studio, Dean is charged with developing originals for both brands, including overseeing production for High Guardian Spice, the first-ever Crunchyroll Original Series, slated to premiere in 2019. Raye Rodriguez, a lifelong anime fan, is the creator of High Guardian Spice and his production team features an all-female writing room, along with a diverse and passionate group of artists and creatives. Audu Paden, director of the Animaniacs and other beloved animated series, joins Rodriguez as mentor...The High Guardian Spice creative team will appear at this year’s Crunchyroll Expo, a Crunchyroll convention celebrating the best of Japanese animation and pop culture. The panel, taking place on Saturday in San Jose, will feature Margaret Dean, series creator Raye Rodriguez, Supervising Director Audu Paden, and Story Editor Amalia Levari as they discuss new series."- https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/08/22/ellation-announces-new-division-devoted-to-original-content

• " High Guardian Spice - A series by Raye Rodriguez about four girls who attend the High Guardian Academy in order to become heroes to fight an unknown threat to their world."- https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/25/21150846/crunchyroll-originals-animated-shows-anime-webtoon-studios, similar: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/all-the-new-anime-coming-to-funimation-and-crunchyroll-this-fall/1100-6496608/, https://www.ign.com/articles/crunchyroll-announces-7-original-projects-for-2020, https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2020/02/25/Crunchyroll-announces-slate-of-originals-with-Tower-of-God/4101582650892/, https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2020/02/25/crunchyroll-debuts-8-inaugural-shows-in-its-original-content-lineup/?sh=214a71c64143, https://www.cgmagonline.com/news/crunchyroll-fall-2021-anime-lineup/, https://collider.com/crunchyroll-original-anime-trailer/, https://www.slashfilm.com/572540/crunchyroll-unveils-its-first-ever-slate-of-anime-originals/

• "Ellation and Crunchyroll aren’t announcing the full slate of originals yet, but first up is High Guardian Spice, a fantasy series telling the story of four girls at High Guardian Academy. It’s created by Raye Rodriguez will be staffed by an all-female writing room and is scheduled to premiere in 2019. (Dean, Rodriguez and others will discuss the show durring a panel at the Crunchyroll Expo next month.)"- https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/22/crunchyroll-originals/

• "With the series High Guardian Spice, the streaming service has given fans an entirely new story with a unique aesthetic from creator Raye Rodriguez which follows a group of four warriors training to become guardians of their fair city. With the spooky season now in full swing, the animated series has shared exclusive new images of their Halloween Special."- https://comicbook.com/anime/news/high-guardian-spice-halloween-special-exclusive-images-crunchyroll/

• "“With Crunchyroll Originals, we’re looking to showcase animation as an art form, delivering meaningful original content that draws from our strengths,” Ellation Studios head Margaret Dean said in a news release. “Raye [Rodriguez]’s team has been inspiring to work with, and we can’t wait for fans to see what we have in store for them.”"- https://www.polygon.com/tv/2018/8/22/17768214/crunchyroll-original-content-2019-high-guardian-spice

• "Created by transgender artist and comic creator Raye Rodriguez, the show is called High Guardian Spice, and is a coming-of-age story of four girls with powers. The show will air on Crunchyroll in 2019."- https://www.glaad.org/blog/glaad-wrap-1985-trailer-dream-daddy-comics-new-music-troye-sivan-mnek-and-more

• "“High Guardian Spice,” a show about four girls who are honing their sorcery skills at High Guardian Academy, is being created by Raye Rodriguez, who previously was a character designer on Amazon’s “Danger&Eggs!” The shows supervising director is Audu Paden, director of the “Animaniacs.” “The art style of ‘High Guardian Spice’ combines anime influence with an untold story and unique perspective,” sad Dean. “Raye’s team has been inspiring to work with, and we’re can’t wait for fans to see what we have in store for them.”"- https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/ellation-studios-crunchyroll-originals-high-guardian-spice-1202912537/#!

• "It would've been easy just to make a diverse cast of characters, but creator Raye Rodriguez (seen above) has employed a wide variety of different people to help develop the show too. High Guardian Spice could have the potential to open the door for more diverse animators and animation teams to have the spotlight like never before."- https://www.cbr.com/crunchyroll-high-guardian-spice-hyped-worried/

• "High Guardian Spice, a comedic and magical coming-of-age animated series, is by Raye Rodriguez, a Cuban-American trans man. Rodriguez was an animator for animated shorts aired on Animation Domination High-Def programming block and a character designer for the LGBTQ-friendly 13-episode series, Danger & Eggs. The latter series was created by Mike Owens and a trans woman named Shadi Petosky, who later was an executive producer on the short-lived 24-episode series titled Twelve Forever... Professor Caraway (voiced by Rodriguez)...Rodriguez recently clarified that Snap would use they/them pronouns, even though Snap is on the road to transitioning toward being a trans woman by the end of the series...Rodriguez said that the opening and ending of each episode has been inspired by his favorite anime endings and openings. He also said that writers collaborated on the lyrics of the opening song, and he worked on the closing credits...Rodriguez noted that William Ruzicka storyboarded the opening and endings...Such a season is possible despite the fact that Rodriguez is developing a new mature animated drama for Legendary TV and another based on DC animated character for Warner Bros. Animation... As Rodriguez put it recently, on an account which has gone private to avoid harassment from trolls, it’s up to Crunchyroll if a second season is greenlit, adding that he’d “love to make a season 2” because he wanted to have the story following “the girls through all 3 years at High Guardian Academy.”...As for Rodriguez, he has been drawing characters from High Guardian Spice, beginning with Rose, since 2013, even putting Rose in an animation he made in 2014"- https://thegeekiary.com/spicing-it-up-high-guardian-spice-is-a-cute-and-magical-coming-of-age-story/102114

• "Series creator Raye Rodriguez has shared a lot of media concerning the show on social media sites: Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram: comics, concept art, news updates, and original animated GIFs. One "mock comic" borrows the layout from a Tokyo Mew Mew manga and features the girl encouraging Rosemary to join up and fight monsters. Another comic features Rosemary accidentally releasing a jar of cockroaches while helping Sage cast a spell."- https://www.cbr.com/high-guardian-spice-facts/

• "The anime streaming service are taking inspiration from Netflix’s strategy and launching their first original series, High Guardian Spice. But that’s not all: the creator is life-long anime fan, storyboard artist, comic writer and transgender man, Raye Rodriguez. He’ll be leading an all-female writing room."- https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/trans-man-raye-rodriguez-crunchyroll/

• "As head of studio, Dean is charged with developing originals for both brands, including overseeing production for High Guardian Spice, the first-ever Crunchyroll Original Series, slated to premiere in 2019. Raye Rodriguez, a lifelong anime fan, is the creator of High Guardian Spice and his production team features an all-female writing room, along with a diverse and passionate group of artists and creatives. Audu Paden, director of the Animaniacs and other beloved animated series, joins Rodriguez as mentor."-

• "The reaction to this scene has been incredibly positive, and while some have criticized that it seems like a rather blunt way to convey a character is trans it should be noted that the person playing Caraway is the creator of the show, Raye Rodriguez, who is also a trans man. "- https://gaymingmag.com/2021/10/high-guardian-spice-wows-fans-with-its-openly-trans-character/, also noted here: https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/10/10-1/high-guardian-spice-soars-to-crunchyroll-with-new-trailer-and-premiere-date

• "The first production out of the new Ellation Studios will be the Crunchyroll original series High Guardian Spice. Slated to premiere in 2019, the show is created by Raye Rodriguez, who has previously worked as a production artist and animator on Fox’s Animation Domination Hi-Def."- https://www.cartoonbrew.com/internet-television/ellation-launches-studios-in-burbank-and-tokyo-to-produce-crunchyroll-original-series-high-guardian-spice-163246.html

• "Who made it? High Guardian Spice is not anime, as it isn’t Japanese: it is the first series to be produced at Crunchyroll’s young Burbank studio. The creator and showrunner is Cuban-American artist Raye Rodriguez (production artist and animator, Fox’s Animation Domination Hi-Def)."- https://www.cartoonbrew.com/series/coming-soon-to-streaming-aquaman-king-of-atlantis-high-guardian-spice-fairfax-trailers-209633.html

• "On November 7, 2019, Raye Rodriguez, the creator and executive producer of High Guardian Spice, tweeted he and his team had finished production on the series and that it was only a matter of time till it would be released into the wild. Over a year later and that Tweet is still pinned on his Twitter page...Say what you will about High Guardian Spice's art style or marketing, but at least showrunner Raye Rodriguez has years of experience in animation."- https://www.cbr.com/crunchyroll-should-release-high-guardian-spice-now/

• " Raye Rodriguez's High Guardian Spice was initially announced as the first "Crunchyroll Originals" animated project and was slated to premiere in 2019. Rodriguez announced in November 2019 that the show had finished production. It has so far not been announced for a specific premiere date...On Monday, Rodriguez tweeted, seemingly as an oblique reference to Eissa's criticisms: "Just want to put this out there for no reason at all -- I am a transgender man and a first generation Cuban American."- https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-08-24/aspiring-animation-creator-alleges-corporate-bias-against-diverse-creators/.163228

• "Crunchyroll had announced High Guardian Spice in 2018 as the first "Crunchyroll Originals" animated project, and the show was originally slated to premiere in 2019. Rodriguez announced in November 2019 that the show had finished production."- https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-10-10/crunchyroll-originals-animated-shows-high-guardian-spice-freakangels-reveal-new-trailers/.178321

• "...The backlash was immediate. Some were concerned about revenue being spent on American animation, but others were outraged by the focus on diversity and LGBTQ+ creators. While I agree that the trailer struggled to explain the appeal of High Guardian Spice outside of Rodriguez's infectious enthusiasm, the reactionary YouTube videos and sustained anger was far from proportional. High Guardian Spice was announced for release in 2019 and completed production in November of the same year. “Now it's just a matter of when [Crunchyroll] wills it to be released into the wild,” said showrunner Raye Rodriguez. Except Crunchyroll didn't end up willing it to be released anytime soon. It missed both its 2019 and 2020 release dates without any explanation. The show is now expected to be receiving a new release date in Summer 2021. In the meantime, a hashtag #ReleaseHighGuardianSpice was popularised, and Rodriguez responded glumly to those asking where the show was."- https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2021-06-18/crunchyroll-originals-have-been-a-disaster/.173347

• noted as series creator of HGS: https://comicbook.com/anime/news/high-guardian-spice-update-coming-soon-creator-tease-crunchyroll/, https://www.cbr.com/crunchyroll-high-guardian-spice-trailer-no-release-date/, https://www.cbr.com/virtual-crunchyroll-expo-announcements/, https://www.awn.com/news/crunchyroll-announces-fall-2021-anime-slate, https://www.cbr.com/blade-runner-platinum-end-fena-crunchyroll-fall-season/, https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/02/crunchyroll-originals-anime-tower-of-god-inspectre/

• creative block podcast: https://getpodcast.com/podcast/creative-block3/episode-68-raye-rodriguez_8ef24d67b6

• about HGS: https://www.engadget.com/2018-08-22-crunchyroll-anime-originals.html, https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/09/21-1/crunchyroll-announces-fall-2021-lineup

• maybe something here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rayetoons/

• old interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1weSUhfIXk

• if there is anything of value here: https://hgsarchive.blogspot.com/

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/dinoraye

• website: https://www.rayetoons.com/high-guardian-spice

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dinoraye/

• if needed for some info: https://high-guardian-spice.fandom.com/wiki/Raye_Rodriguez, https://rayetoons.newgrounds.com/, https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Rayetoons (a lot of unreliable stuff here), https://linktr[.]ee/dinoraye, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111158244... or on High Guardian Spice or https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Guardian_Spice page