Neon

**Neon** series is a an incredible cyberpunk story where the action takes place in the near future. Technology has been so tightly interwoven with people’s lives that it started to gradually oust humans. The plot develops around adventures of a 16-year-old orphan Lou who ran away from the orphanage and came to an ultra-modern metropolis in hopes of finding her family (or what remains of it). Lou plunges into temptations and dangers lying in wait for their victims behind every 10G tower. Thus, a sinister corporation immortiX tries to take over the world by introducing fully synthetic bodies into the market and duping people into transferring their consciousness into the artificial bodies the corporation controls. Meanwhile, there is a strong opposition, planting the seeds of rebellion against immortiX and preparing to strike back.

First episode airing date: 26 February 2021

The Official Neon YouTube Channel: Channel Neon

## The Story

The season has a spiral structure. Each episode is a complete story covering one of the topics of the series' innate idea. Though each episode is independent, it has its own storyline permeating the entire series plot. This plot is set up in the first episode, while the climax covers the last two episodes. Between the beginning and the finale there are a number of storylines that reveal the characters and their personal dramas. Structurally, episodes mirror one another: each time the main characters clash with the antagonist (Hikikomori) who tries to stop them. Such repetitions help to follow the main plotline, so a viewer can start watching the series from any episode and be able to understand what’s going on at once.

## World

**Abandoned town**

Ruins of the old city. The whole district of the city that was abandoned by the dwellers at the beginning of the 21st century after a government-involved scandal. Rumor has it that beneath the town, there’s a secret lab where they are still conducting nuclear energy experiments. The ruins have a high background radiation, but nobody has yet discovered the reason for that. Any investigations in that regard are cut short by the secret service.

**Secret lab**

The place where clones (synthetic bodies) are being grown. The lab is a labyrinth of endless corridors lined with capsules containing clones.

**Antique store**

Larry’s store in which he sells 20th and 21st century antiquities. Actually, Larry isn’t good at history, so he prefers to improvise guessing what those things were made and used for. That’s how a toilet brush got a plaque that says “1990 toothbrush” and a hairdryer was labeled “foot dryer.”

**Arena**

A place where wild underground fights are held among cyborgs, robots, mutants, and humans.

**Lou’s apartment**

A humble one-room apartment located in a futuristic ghetto which Lou shares with Cat.

## Youtube Description

Welcome to NEON – the city of the far-far future, in which everything is possible: living robots, teleportation, a jelly-cyborg living next door to you, and what is more... This city is home to cool and crazy friends who adore pranks, challenges and all kinds of adventures. Every day is full of awkward situations and hilarious fails! They explore new places, collect such strange and at the same time funny things from the past, make new friends, fall in love… In general, they are the same teenagers as you and me, but with the world many-many centuries ahead. Do you want to look to the future and get to know them?

## Interview

NEON, one of the newest projects from TheSoul Publishing, is an excellent example showing that if you really want to grow, develop and do something extraordinary, you need to lose the fear of trying new things, experiment, and take on challenges.

NEON is a 3D animation project about a city in the far future, where everything is possible: robots, teleportation, a jelly-like cyborg living next door. And for me, launching it in 3D was very challenging - I had no experience with the technology it was a completely new sphere of activity for me. But all our limitations are only in our heads, and Neon became our first 3D project. We decided that we wanted to make the most incredible, highest-quality cartoon we'd ever done. And we didn’t disappoint our audience - we released a pilot, and it took off!

My lack of 3D experience led us to assemble a team of experts. This is also important: working with those who are well-versed in the required area. You just have to think: "I don't know anything about it, but I’m ready to learn, and you guys, the experts, will help me." And we did learn. As we were creating Neon, we discovered new technologies that opened the way for many of our new cool projects. And this is just the beginning!

-Astkhik Rakimova - Executive Producer at TheSoul Publishing

## Official Media

* YouTube Channel: Channel Neon
* Tiktok: Neon.Crew

* Axel Neon (Music): Axel Neon
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