The Elements from the Ancients (franchise)

For its site, go to the official Elements from the Ancients site.
For its wiki, go to Elements from the Ancients Wiki.
For other usages, see Elements from the Ancients (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Elements of Harmony - or any other of its usages.
The Elements from the Ancients (also shortened to as The Elements, Ancient Elements, Elements from Ancients, Elements from the Ancients, or TEFTA (or EFTA for Elements from the Ancients) (Chinese: 远古元素 (Transliteration: Yuǎngǔ yuánsù) (Translation: Ancient Elements) (known in some countries as Light vs. Darkness (also shortened to as Light vs. Dark, LvD, LvsD, L vs. D, also known as Brightness vs. Darkness (Chinese: 光明与黑暗 (Transliteration: Guāngmíng yǔ hēi'àn) (Translation: Light and Darkness))) is an animated action-adventure comedy-drama crime science fantasy space opera franchise that began on October 5, 1971. It was created by TBA, TBA, and TBA. It is very well-known for its setting combining tropes and elements of science fantasy (which combines tropes and elements of both science fiction and fantasy), film noir and comic books, its very popular quote which served as the official tagline saying "A long, long time ago...", which is also its English motto (Chinese: 很久很久以前… (Transliteration: Hěnjiǔ hěnjiǔ yǐqián...) (Translation: Long long ago...)), and also its numerous genres. Whereas many other franchises are mainly translated to Japanese (not to be confused with Javanese), The Elements from the Ancients is mainly translated to Chinese (the official language of China), which its Chinese animation (or Donghua) has that language as the main language in addition. It inspires many series such as several fantasy series because fantasy is one of the main settings, several platform game series, which are the main aspect of the games, several action video games, which are also a major game aspect, several adventure series, which are another one of those game aspects, many sci-fi series, which are a major focus of the franchise, TBA, TBA, TBA, and many others because of its numerous genres. It is now the 11th most popular series as of 2000 and to date. Its latest game was The Elements from the Ancients: Elemental Protection, released on May 20, 2020, which introduced new content into the Elements from the Ancients franchise. Another one of its latest games was TBA. TBA. There was a former thing that was gonna be added to the series but was removed due to a lawsuit by Nintendo; Pokémon from the Pokémon franchise. The description about Pokémon said "Unlike in the Pokémon franchise where Pokémon must be taken care of as pets, Pokémon are much stronger and colonize parts of the world, and even form large empires which later become very popular through the years (Fact)". 
== Setting ==
The setting of the franchise, like mentioned above, is a mix of action-adventure, comedy-drama, crime, science fiction, fantasy, and space opera (science fantasy is a combination of science fiction and fantasy) as well as film noir and comic book motifs. In contrast to sometimes short (An example is a clip of Crossover Nexus, one of the biggest crossovers, which only lasts three minutes and 17 seconds), one-time, temporary crossovers (The Ultimate Crossover is an example of one), this crossover series is a long-running (only partially active due to the COVID-19 pandemic, not as active as before as a result of the ongoing pandemic) ongoing crossover where the Light (those that side with Brightness) are against the Dark (those that side with Darkness, the series' main antagonist) in a never-ending battle between light and darkness and good and evil. Similarities to the worlds of Pokémon and Digimon are that there are similar creatures called "HeroMons" which can have up to 4 elements, making them more powerful, in contrast to the maximum 2 types of the Pokémon. The HeroMons also have slightly different appearances from the Pokémon of the world of Pokémon, making some people on the Elements from the Ancients Wiki mistake them for Fakemon accidentally because of this. This also makes them slightly resemble Digimon of the world of Digimon. Whereas the Pokémon games are most commonly set in a region (such as Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, etc.), the games of the franchise called The Elements from the Ancients is commonly set in a country of one of the seven continents of Earth (North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica), e.g. the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, Japan, China, Russia, etc. Usually, a game in the franchise is set in the country's capital city, e.g. New York City, Ottawa, Beijing, Tokyo, etc. They sometimes might also be set in a time period, such as ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, or the future. Works within the franchise are set in the world of The Elements from the Ancients, which is very similar to the real universe, but the main differences are Earth has more population, and the Ancient Lands and Modern Lands (both Lands also known as just The Lands, Lands, The Elemental Lands, Elemental Lands, Lands of the Elements, The Lands of the Elements, The Lands of Elements, or Lands of Elements) exist. Those aren't the only differences; there are more differences out there.
== Concept ==
The creator of the series TBA. TBA.
== Cast ==
The entire cast for The Elements from the Ancients. The majority of the characters (non-crossover) are animals (majority are reptiles, mythical creatures, and mammals). TBA.
Italics are characters that crossover in the series. If it isn't italic, they don't crossover.
=== Main series ===
* TBA as Myrtle (full name unknown) (the Legend), an Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) and the main protagonist of the franchise since its release that comes from a long line of his ancestors tracing way back to 10,000 BC. He is currently 40 years old (402 human years), but was 9 years old (92) human years during his debut. He was born to TBA, a member of the original TBA, and TBA, TBA.
* TBA as Gavyn (full name unknown) (the Legend-in-Training), an Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii), the best friend of Myrtle, and the main deuteragonist of the franchise. He is currently 30 years old (302 human years), but was 4 years old (22 human years) when he was first introduced. He was introduced in 2005 after TBA. TBA.
* TBA as Golbat (full name unknown), an Abo bat (Glauconycteris poensis) and the main tritagonist of the franchise. Currently 33 years old as of 2020, but was 5 when he was introduced. He was the main deuteragonist until Gavyn was introduced into the series. He is not to be confused with the Pokémon of the same name, which he is named after. TBA. Was originally named "Shadow" during the making of the franchise's characters and concept art, but was later renamed to "Golbat" during development. The name "Shadow" is not to be confused with Shadow from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.
* See HeroMons (Voice actor: Various) for more.
* TBA as Aggro (secret identity: Darkness) (full name unknown), a yacare caiman (Camian yacare) and the main antagonist of the franchise. He is 50 years old, but when the franchise began, he was 2 years old, with TBA as the main antagonist. He has TBA.
* TBA as Zapdos (full name unknown), a saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) with the powers of the Electric element, and a member of the C.R.O.C.O.D.I.L.E (Crocodile Resurrection Order Circuits Diamond Internet Light Ensemble). He is named after the Pokémon of the name same, who he is not to be confused with. Originally called "Zapper" during character development in 2000, later renamed to "Zapdos". TBA.
* TBA as Darkfang (full name: TBA), a nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) from Egypt that can put curses on people, most specifically ancient Egyptian curses that only the most powerful users of the Magic element can diagnose and cure. TBA. During character development in 1994, he was originally called "Cursecrodile", but later renamed to "Darkfang".
* TBA as Thunder (full name unknown), a semi-anthropomorphic talking black widow spider (Latrodectus) with the powers of the Electric element, and is the pet and best friend of Zapdos, who is a member of the C.R.O.C.O.D.I.L.E (Crocodile Resurrection Order Circuits Diamond Internet Light Ensemble). TBA.
* TBA as Azure, an Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) with the ability to time travel without the use of a time machine. He has the powers of the Psychic and Time elements. TBA.
* TBA as Dazzle, a legendary phoenix from Athens, Greece with the powers of the Fire element. TBA.
* TBA as Anker (full name unknown), a Doberman Pinscher from the United States that has TBA. Although his name sounds like the word "anchor", he isn't related to anchors, boats, or ships in any way or form. TBA.
* TBA as Miracle, a black currawong (Strepera fuliginosa) from Tasmania that doesn't like scary creatures that don't come from Australia, such as an evil dragon. TBA.
* TBA as Snowy, a snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) from the Arctic that has the powers of the Ice element. TBA.
* TBA as Putt-Putt, a fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) from the United States that TBA. He is not to be confused with the anthropomorphic car of the same name. TBA.
* TBA as TBA, TBA.
=== TBA: The Wrath of TBA! sub-series ===
* TBA as TBA, TBA,
== Development ==
Throughout the years, there was development throughout the franchise. What was originally the length of a cartoon from the 1920s became an ongoing series (partially active due to the currently ongoing COVID-19 pandemic) TBA.
== Through the years ==
Throughout the years, the franchise TBA.
== Controversies ==
See The Elements from the Ancients (franchise)/Controversies.
== Trivia ==
* This is the first franchise to have 7 genres, rather than the usual 2 or 3.
** It's also:
*** The first science fantasy (sci-fi/fantasy) and space opera series to have film noir motifs.
*** The first TBA.
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* It was originally going to be made a crossover series in Asia due to Pokémon existing there (outside China). The Pokémon were later removed from the series as a result of a lawsuit by Nintendo. Due to the lawsuit, The Elements from the Ancients nearly got banned, but survived.
== Gallery ==
See The Elements from the Ancients (franchise)/Gallery.
== In other languages ==
More languages to come.
Language 	Name
Chinese 	Simplified: 远古元素
Traditional: 遠古元素
French 	Les éléments des anciens
Spanish 	NOTE: Franchise name translations are gender-specific.
Los elementos de los antiguos (masculine)
Los elementos de las antiguas (feminine)
German 	Die Elemente der Alten
Italian 	Gli elementi degli antichi
Dutch 	De elementen van de ouden
Portuguese 	Os elementos dos antigos
Russian 	Элементы от Древних
Mongolian 	Ангиентуудаас авсан элементүүд
Romanian 	Elementele de la Antici
Vietnamese 	Các yếu tố từ cổ đại
Thai 	องค์ประกอบจากสมัยโบราณ
Japanese 	古代人の要素
Korean 	고대로부터의 요소
Hindi 	पूर्वजों से तत्व
Arabic 	عناصر القدماء
Greek 	Τα Στοιχεία από τους Αρχαίους
Turkish 	Kadimlerin Elementleri
Macedonian 	Елементите од древните
Albanian 	Elementet nga të lashtët
Haitian Creole	Eleman ki soti nan lontan yo
Czech 	Prvky z dávných dob
Armenian 	Էլեմենտները նախնիներից
Azerbaijani 	Çağdaşlardan olan elementlər
Belarusian 	Элементы ад старажытных
Bosnian 	Elementi od drevnih
Bulgarian 	Елементите от древните
Croatian 	Elementi iz davnina
Norwegian 	Elementene fra de gamle
Danish 	Elementerne fra de gamle
Finnish 	Muinaisten alkuaineet
Icelandic 	Frumefni frá fornu fari
Swedish 	Elementen från de forntida
Estonian 	Vanade elemendid
Georgian 	ელემენტები ანტიკვარებიდან
Hungarian 	Az ősök elemei
Irish 	Na hEilimintí ó na Seanóirí
Latvian 	Senču elementi
Lithuanian 	Elementai iš Senovės
Luxembourgish 	D'Elemente vun den Antikelen
Serbian 	Елементи древних
Slovak 	Prvky zo staroveku
Slovene 	Elementi iz antičnih časov
Malagasy 	Ny Element avy amin'ny Ancients
Swahili 	Vipengele kutoka kwa watu wa zamani
Bengali 	পূর্বসূরীদের উপাদানসমূহ
Malay 	Unsur-unsur dari Zaman dahulu
Khmer 	ធាតុពីបុព្វបុរស
Persian 	عناصر از گذشتگان
Hebrew 	האלמנטים הקדומים
Kyrgyz 	Элчилердин элементтери
Urdu 	قدیموں کے عناصر
Filipino 	Ang Mga Elemento mula sa Ancients
Sinhala 	පැරැන්නන්ගේ මූලද්රව්ය
Tamil 	முன்னோர்களிடமிருந்து கூறுகள்
Tajik 	Унсурҳо аз Анҷуманҳо
Turkmen 	Gadymy elementler
Uzbek 	Anjiylardan elementlar
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