DREAMophrenia (series)

DREAMophrenia

Creator
Heloise& RS

Channel
DREAMophrenia Offical Channel

Aired
July 25, 2017

Genre
ActionFantasyAdventureMysticComedyDetectiveHorror elements

**DREAMophrenia** is an amatuer animated YouTube cartoon created by a small team called *Heloise & RS*. The teaser for the animated series was released on October 5, 2016 and the first episode of the series was released on July 25, 2017. Currently there are 12 episodes each of which can be watched along with other content connected to the series, on their official channel on YouTube.
The episodes of the animated series is created using the classic method of frame-by-frame animation with the use of programs such as Paint Tool SAI2, Adobe PhotoshopCC and SonyVegasPro13. Each episode is released with a break of 3-4 months, that involves script, storyboard, animation and voice acting. DREAMophrenia also has it's own original soundtrack composed by Glitch Bots and Artyom Kornev, however the series started using royalty free music tracks ever since the eighth episode to fill some of the scenes. In addition to the episodes of the main series, the channel releases other types of videos, from which you can learn more information about the ENT of the animated series or about the participants of Heloise&RS:
* DREAMophrenia Webcomic: Has its own storyline in the same universe.
* Dreamland Chronicles: A small spin off series that expand the canonical lore of the setting.
* DREAMophrenia stories: Canonical humorous slice of life sketches. Can go far beyond the fourth wall.
* Ask DREAMophrenia character: Interactive series, where the characters of the animated series answer questions from the audience.
* DREAMophrenia MEME: Animation memes with the DREAMophrenia cast.
* Speedpaints
* Streams

New episodes are funded by viewers through donations to Patreon, livestream donations or money transfers to accounts listed on the authors' official social media pages. With the release of the eleventh episode of the main series, Heloise& RS openend their own merch store on Teespring with all kinds of products with their logo's.
Currently episodes are also being released in a Russian dub, with much more improved dialogue, thanks to all Boosty supporters.

Plot
The plot of the cartoon series focuses around an ordinary student Liandra, who has a special gift to travel to the mysterious world of Dreams, when she falls asleep. People with such gift are called Dreamwalkers, interdimensional travellers, who are aware of themselves in a dream and possess incredible abilities, protecting Dreamland and its inhabitants from evil nightmares. However, Liandra is a beginner to dreamwalking and lacks experience of battling with nightmares. Together with her reluctant partner Lu, Liandra sets out on a very important mission to stop the invasion of the nightmares, rescue the missing dreamwalkers and save innocent people of Dreamland.

History
The idea of the work belongs to Rita Ryba - the director, screenwriter and animator of the project. According to her the concept of Dreamland was inspired by her love for dreams and the ability to manage them since childhood. The ideas of the characters and the plot came to Rita's mind during the time close to graduation from University. She became unbearably desperate to throw out all the experiences and the atmosphere of the dream adventures. Initially, DREAMophrenia was supposed to be a comic book, work on which began in 2014. Unfortunately, at a certain time, the laptop on which the frames and concepts were drawn was damaged, so that all the developments were lost, which provoked a prolonged depression.
Eventually, she met several people who liked the idea and plot of the comic. Together with them, the future director decides to resurrect the idea, but in the form of a cartoon. On October 5, 2016, a teaser of the animated series was released on YouTube with the main characters and the song of choise "Barge -Gunnar Olsen" , and on July 25, 2017 the first fully-fledged episode of the series called "Welcome to Dreamland".

Voice Cast
Main cast* Heloise as Lu
* Yana Likhuta ("Welcome to Dreamland" to "Moon Tree Ritual") and Heloise ("Lost in the Snow" to TBA) as Liandra
* Dmitry Steinhart as Keeper
* Roberto A. Casas as Mr. R

Additional Cast* Polyna Zagvozdkina as Felicia
* A student of Liandra's class in "Help Me" by Radek Niedzwiedzki
* The mysterious voice in "Help Me" by Polina Varygina
* The teacher (Mr. Thompson) in "Help Me" by Dmitry Steinhart
* Marggoth by Heloise
* Waar'kha by Dmitry Steinhart
* Uncle Klaus and Gustav by Eugene Spielmann
* Sadiira by Heloise
* Dmitry Steinhart as Pulcheria, Louis De Purple, Rodolpho Salvatore and Jerry Razmaderus
* The alarm in "Run, kid, run!" by Calico Cougar

Trivia* Initially, DREAMophrenia was supposed to be a comic book, but due to the laptop being damaged, all the rendered pages and concepts were lost.

Gallery
DREAMophrenia's new posterCOPPA Disclaimer
Videos