by Chris Snelgrove
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Sarah Michelle Gellar recently shocked the world when she announced that she was ready to return to the world Buffy. The actress has traditionally said she doesn't want to come back, but recent projects like Dexter: Original Sin I convinced her that there were clever ways to bring back beloved characters and their worlds. This still leaves an issue how To bring the series back, but this question was answered decades ago with a failed pilot: Simply put, Buffy the Vampire Slayer It needs to come back as an animated series.
First attempt at Buffy animation
Back in 2004, one year after the live show ended, Joss Whedon released a four-minute presentation of Buffy: The Animated Series It's designed to help him sell a cartoon to any networks that might be interested (you can watch it in the video above if you're interested). He had actually been working on the project since 2001, and was hoping that the great animation and returning actors like Anthony Stuart Head would help him sell this show, which was supposed to serve as a prequel set when the characters were still in high school.
The series never sold, and Whedon said the project died in 2005, but with Gellar wanting to return, it was time to float an idea. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Show animation back to life. She specifically did not return to voice the character in the 2004 presentation, nor did she reprise her role as Buffy Summers in Audible's excellent original. Assassins: A Paviverse Story. Now that she's ready to return, it's important that one of the show's future leads determines the best way to make that happen.
Why animation works best
if Buffy the Vampire Slayer It returned as a reality series rather than an animated series, and the biggest concern for any network would be the high production costs. In addition to all those great sets and special effects, they'll have to pay for old actors to return, some of whom may not like the idea of ​​returning to a grueling production schedule. It's poorly executed, and it's live action Buffy Reboot will be like Freezer revival, which significantly brought back the title character but relegated the original cast to very occasional cameos (thankfully, that changed with Perry Gilpin's strong presence in Season 2).
Fortunately, it was made Buffy the Vampire Slayer An animated series solves both problems by making production cheaper even while making production much easier for the talent. One of the reasons Audible stumbles upon so many veterans Buffy stars for Assassins: A Paviverse Story is that most actors find that simply recording lines is quite better than spending hours worrying about hair and make-up before filming scenes in the early hours of the morning. A Buffy It would also be easy to record fonts for the cartoon, and the versatility of the format leaves things wide open for some creative writers.
Joss Whedon originally attempted to create a Buffy the Vampire Slayer Animated prequel show, this idea could still work if the creators and fans wanted to use this cartoon to flesh out Scooby's previous adventures. However, it would also be easy to set the anime in the present day and explore how the world changed when Buffy gave her superpowers to every possible Slayer in the world. If they want to go to X-Men '97 Channeling and turning great comic arcs into episodes, Dark Horse's Buffy comic arcs created as new “seasons” of the original show will serve as a great starting point.
Talk about X-Men '97This presentation is evidence that A Buffy the Vampire Slayer An animated show can be successful while still exploring some very dark themes. Quality always wins, and if we get high quality Buffy animated (with or without Whedon's controversial involvement), fans will come running. Sarah Michelle Gellar Ready to return to the role that made her famous, an animated adaptation may finally be our best bet at bringing back some of the old magic from one of the most groundbreaking franchises in television history.
source: diverse
