Saving Our Kin (Johnsonverse)

Saving Our Kin is a 2023 traditionally animated adult drama film directed by Chloe Johnson and written by Johnson and Jenny Smith. It stars Jenny Yokobori, Anairis Quiñones, Kimberley Ann Campbell, Aiden Lewandewski, Mike Pollock, and Charles Martinet. Taking place in the 1990s, Saving Our Kin follows four friends on a quest to rescue their families from a sociopathic monster that seeks to use its powers to conquer all of space and time.
==Plot==
In 1996, four young adult friends in Oakley, Montana named Quincy, Tara, Erin, and Russell, must rescue their families from being murdered by Qx, a powerful monster hidden beneath the Earth's surface that seeks to destroy all of life and take over all of space and time.
==Voice cast==
* Jenny Yokobori as Quincy Watanabe, a Straight Edge skateboarder
* Anairis Quiñones as Tara Acevedo, a geeky artist and Quincy's best friend
* Kimberley Ann Campbell as Erin Murphy, a part-time convenience store clerk
* Aiden Lewandowski as Russell Chartoff, an aspiring broadcaster whose parents died in a car accident, leaving him in the care of his maternal aunt
* Mike Pollock as Dave Crandall, the corrupt mayor of Oakley
* Charles Martinet as Qx, a twisted, nihilistic, deranged and sociopathic monster with unimaginable powers and an eye towards conquering the space-time continuum.
* Louis Ozawa Changchien as Alan Watanabe, Quincy's widowed father
* Keiko Agena as Sally Watanabe, Quincy's deceased mother
* Luis Guzmán as Sebastian Acevedo, Tara's father
* Patricia Velasquez as Leah Acevedo, Tara's mother
* Jeremy Suarez as Gael Acevedo, Tara's older brother
* Bianca Melgar as Jodie Acevedo, Tara's younger sister
* Boris Kodjoe as Albert Murphy, Erin's father
* Anika Noni Rose as Kira Murphy, Erin's mother
* Marc John Jefferies as Jay Murphy, Erin's older brother
* Kwesi Boakye as Peter Murphy, Jay's older brother
* Clea DuVall as Thea Chartoff, Russell's divorced mother
* Julia Butters as Jane Chartoff, Russell's younger sister
* George Lowe as a news anchor
==Production==
=== Development ===
=== Casting ===
=== Animation ===
The film is animated by Johnson Cartoon Studios, using an animesque artstyle with more realistic movements.
== Music ==
== Release ==
==See also==
* Gallery
Category:Johnsonverse