Sparkle On, Raven: The Life of DrillGirl

Sparkle On, Raven: The Life of DrillGirlStylized in video titles as ★☆SPARKLE ON RAVEN: The Life of DrillGirl☆★, in the logo as Sparkle On, Raven! The Life of DrillGirl, and in credits as SPARKLE ON RAVEN: The Life of DrillGirl. Also abbreviated as SOR, or SOR:TLODG. is an Canadian-American fanime series created by Production F.C., distributed by the YouTube channel these are videos, one two three (TaV123), and directed by Robbydude. It first premiered on YouTube on October 12, 2022. The series tells the story of the part-time magical girl Raven, DrillGirl, Dark Shi and Berrycream Frosting, along with their friends, many of whom recently transferred to their school after an explosion incident.
The series is a loving homage to fanime like Nyan~ Neko Sugar Girls which were originally illustrated using Microsoft Paint. Characters are intentionally drawn with inconsistent proportions and art styles, as well as given wildly variable microphone quality.
==Premise==
Raven, a high school senior, has a split life of a student and a magical girl. Her best friends are her classmates, Berrycream Frosting and Dark Shi. This year, a school down the road blew up and its students had to transfer to her school, bringing many new faces to their lives with new potential friendships to form. Raven's biggest goal is to have the most perfect school year for herself. Unfortunately, someone with more sinister motives has her eyes on her, with the wish to ensure they get the best school experience instead.
==Episodes==
==Cast and crew==
===Voice talent===
*Starring:
**Bryan (@verycloudberry) as DrillGirl
**Dollip Daze as Raven
**Callie Creampuff as Berrycream Frosting
**Lynn (@sewerchick) as Dark Shi
*Additional voices:
**Justyn as Lord Albert Tensai
**KuuEater as Ryan Sasuke
**beefchunkz as Mr. Ryu
**Better SAM Software Automatic Mouth as Omen
**Mar Katoto as Strawberry
**Meeks (@meeksnpoke) as Chupachups
**Nifty (@theniftytable) as Shinji Yuu
**Pea as Gibbons
**Robbydude as Slash
**BaileyFeesh as Gentlemen Broncos Blu-ray
**Penny (SnapCube) as Dawn
===Artists===
*Directed and edited by:
**Robbydude
**Lynn ("Half-House")
**Meeks ("Sparkle On, Scare Club")
**Bryan ("Sparkle On, DrillGirl: The Life of Raven")
*Illustrators:
**Robbydude
**Dollip Daze
**sewerchick
**Callie Creampuff
**meeksnpoke
**beefchunkz
**pepperpow
**okidokidev
**Hobolegsmcgee
**Mar Katoto
**theniftytable
**BitesDev
**qwertibo
**cherrichus
**Justyn
**kimispice
**verycloudberry
**RenoBee/EGronk
**CHARLLAHAN
== Production ==
Sparkle On, Raven is placed in the realm of "fanime". Fanime (a portmanteau of "fan anime") is a classification of online video exclusive to YouTube, wherein fans of anime create their own amateur productions on bundled drawing and editing software such as Microsoft Paint or Windows Movie Maker, with often differing quality between each line delivery and/or shot. Famous anime tropes are commonplace, and even exaggerated in such productions, and they are no stranger to Sparkle On, Raven.
The artists behind the series - all friends who would later create Production F.C. - watched a slew of fanime shows together on the night of September 26/27, 2022, where they'd conceive the possibility of creating their own series like that. Robbydude cites My Jungle Book Your Year as one of the series that they watched during that get-together. Following the conception, the artists would brainstorm ideas for characters by sketching them in a collaborative virtual canvas. Bryan (verycloudberry) would conceive DrillGirl on a whim, pitching a "drill character who is actually just the protagonist" as a joke. They ended up voicing her. While the whole process was in good fun, it was also initially just a joke and the artists were racing to see who would take it the furthest. This all went on until the show's first episode was produced two weeks later.
While often legitimized as an indie production by the fans, the show's artists choose not to call themselves a "crew" but rather a group of friends having fun.
== Reception==
Sparkle On, Raven: The Life of DrillGirl has received universal praise from its viewers for its punchy humor and delivery, its post-ironic use of the medium of fanime, and its clever writing. deidremercer wrote about the show on Tumblr, saying that "there’s a pretty wide net of comedy stylings that the show casts without ever feeling like it doesn’t truly have its own identity". With comparisons to other productions of the same medium like Nyan~ Neko Sugar Girls, the series "seeks to not punch down at these works by amature artists and storytellers, but celebrate them". Viewers have found it embraces the early era of individually-produced web series, which would appear in early YouTube or NewGrounds, put together by people who are very in tune with the Internet. @FourTurtlez on Twitter calls it "Gay af" and "Number one anime of [2022]". Moeki of Fanime Station has said that its "ever changing" aesthetic "is perfect for the type of story it's telling".
== In other media==
*Raven makes a cameo on episode 8 of Haime! Sweet and Sour Boys. This series is a spin-off of Nyan~ Neko Sugar Girls, the most famous fanime of all time.
==Trivia ==
*Episodes are usually drawn on canvases with dimensions of 800x600 or 640x480 pixels.
*Raven's magical transformation is an homage to the "Moon Prism Power! Make Up!" sequence from season 1 of the 1992 Sailor Moon anime, using the music from the show's original Japanese run. Her wand transformation in episode 2 uses the Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune transformation music from the third season, Sailor Moon S, while Berrycream's transformation in episode 5 uses the Sailor Chibi Moon transformation theme from the Sailor Moon S movie.
*According to the showrunner Robbydude, every named character is a student unless clarified otherwise.
*While their exact ages aren't defined, all students are over 18 years old with no exception.
*An untold number of characters were conceived before the show was formed.
*The show is edited on MAGIX Vegas Pro.
==Notes==
==References==
==External links==
*Sparkle On, Raven: The Life of DrillGirl official discussion forum on Freakboards
*Sparkle On, Raven: The Life of DrillGirl on the Internet Movie Database
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