03/08/2026
๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐, an entire team of animators also helped bring the vision to life. ๐ฆ๐ป๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ๐, ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐, ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ-๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ-๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, something DreamWorks stopped doing fully when they pivoted to CGI in the early 2000s. Forgotten Island uses flashbacks to play with different animation styles, signifying how each character is an unreliable, albeit amusing, narrator. Raww the teen weredogโs memories are modeled on Dragon Ball Z, while Prince Mermanโs fantasies are influenced by Sailor Moon. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ โ๐ต๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ.
โ๐๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ โ๐๐๐จ,โsays Mercado. โ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐ ๐ซ๐๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐, ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก, ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐โ๐ซ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐จ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐๐๐ค ๐ค๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐จ. ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐.โ ๐ฆ๐ป๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐, ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ. ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ณ๐๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ.At Annecy, the festival audience, who were serious animation fans, singled out the 2D sequences as standout moments.
BE PROUD, PINOY ANIMATION ARTISTS, ESPECIALLY OUR BELOVED SNIPPLE ARTISTS! ๐ต๐ญโฅ๐
Vogue Philippines meets co-directors Januel Mercado and Joel Crawford to discuss the world-building behind DreamWorksโ โForgotten Island.โ
