Hello all.
I know a lot of people have been asking a lot of questions lately so I hope this post will answer most of them.

About the New Show
The team has lost momentum as of late. Mostly because we've been having a lot of scheduling conflicts. There's no one day of the week that we can all get together to work on our new show. Also I get the feeling that some folks involved aren't as motivated to work on the show as they used to be. Seeing as my part in the new Anime spoof show and in Zarbon's Masterpiece theater is the most time consuming portion (organizing, editing and animating), I have a lot at stake in the whole thing.

Originally, I was against starting a new show because I knew it would be a huge time commitment for me. But the rest of the cast talked me into it. Now I'm finding they don't have the time to commit to the meetings. And now I'm not as motivated to work on it anymore as the cast hasn't been as excited about it either. So I've been keeping myself busy with more successful projects.

Why not get a new cast?
People have often asked me why I don't just get new cast members that are more willing to commit the time and work. But you people seem to have missed the point entirely. We did not start ZMT and the new anime spoof show because we wanted to create the best online show ever. We just wanted to hang out with our friends and have something cool to do and something cool to create. And truth be told, I think our current cast is very creative and fun to work with. So I'm not open to replacing people unless the group is ok with it.

Zarbon's Masterpiece Theater
There are still two episodes left. The upcoming Brolly episode and then the finale. The Brolly episode is recorded and ready to animate but I don't want to release it until the finale is ready. The reason being is that the Brolly episode is rather short and I don't want to piss people off with releasing a much shorter episode. I think its only like 4 minutes long. Hopefully some time this summer we'll get together to record the finale. We already have an episode outline. We just need to get together to record it and then animate it.

Surviving Together
My painting skills have vastly improved over the past year at my work and I'm fairly confidant that I could do a great job working on Surviving Together. The issue is I have other projects that have been going so successful that I don't feel as motivated to get involved in ST again. I feel like I need to work with someone else on this project so I have someone to bounce wips and sketches off of. I'll likely find someone to work with over at PaperDemon.

As far as what's done, the story was rewritten recently by LavenderGoddessV. And I have to tell you its a HUGE improvement. The screenplay for the first couple episodes is finished. Storyboarding is in progress on episode 1. Once that's complete I can voice record and animate. I'll likely seek a few new cast as some of the major characters have moved away. If Michael Toews is up for it, I'd like to keep him as Vegeta (though he wont sound like Vegetalander from ZMT). I'll need a new Zarbon and Bulma.

-Susie
aka BogusRed

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Some more updates about the first episode of the new Anime Spoof Show... We've started animating it and have made significant progress on the episode. I also wanted to post some information about the cast.

Some of you will be happy to know that the starring role of Roger will be played by Michael Toews. Michael is perhaps most famous for his role as Piccolo in Zarbon's Masterpiece Theater. He also played other beloved ZMT characters including Vejiita, Shenlong, and Android 16.

A new comer, Dan Hummel will be co-staring in the show as the character Leo.

Jason Barbour, most famous for his role as Nappa in ZMT, does not yet have a major character to voice in the new series but has significant involvement in the show concept, episode ideas, and character development.

Also back is Michael Sanchez, who played The Trainer and Yamucha in ZMT. He will be playing various supporting characters in the new series and has had a lot of involvement in the show ideas and characters.

Shawn Mouser (aka Shawn Reichelderfer), known for his roles as Freiza and Android 17 in ZMT, is involved in the episodes development as well and is helping to voice supporting characters.

Many have asked if Michael Early, who played Zarbon in ZMT would be involved in the new show. He moved away a couple years ago and has been unable to be involved with Zarbon's Masterpiece Theater or the new show.

We will create a new section on the PDM site for the new show along with information about the characters as soon as we have a name for the show. We are still trying to come up with ideas.

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Hi all. I've updated the forums to the latest version currently on PaperDemon to fix some bugs and other problems. If you find anything weird in the forums, please contact me via this page. It's possible there are some weird things going on in the forums due to the upgrade.

Also, we've had 3 meetings so far to talk about the new show. We've got the structure for the first episode laid out and we are working on character designs. Things are looking awesome. We are still trying to come up with a good name for the show as well as names for the two main characters. More updates soon.

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Hi all. I just wanted to give you an update on whats cooking at the Paper Demon Media Studios. We've started to seriously plan for our new show. I don't want to give too many details away too early but I just wanted you all to know that we aren't dead and we're still working on it.

Also we plan to wrap up Zarbon's Masterpiece Theater by early next year. The final two episodes will be released and the show will end. During the holidays I have more time to work on these things so that's why.

The new show wont be released for quite some time. Probably not until a year from now. The reason is we plan to finish the first season in its entirety and then release the episodes one at a time as we are working on the second season. That way we don't have huge gaps between releases of episodes like it was with ZMT. However, we may release a teaser sooner so you can get an idea for what the new show is about.

As for Surviving Together, I have not worked on it in several months but I have made pretty good progress on it. I'm taking it slow but I often forget about this project in the midst of other things such as my boyfriend, PaperDemon, the new show, and work. How does one find time to do everything?

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