Crystal Fairy Z-Squad

***Crystal Fairy Z-Squad*** (Korean: 크리스탈요정 지스쿼드, The Fairies of Crystals Z-Squad, also known as ***Z-Squad: The Prince Saver***) is an original 2004 South Korean-Canadian CGI animated television pilot that serves as a sneak peek produced by Main Stream Studio/Enemes and released at the Seoul Character Fair in July 17th, 2004.

## Overview

Chaney, Jeanie, and Haemi are having a great time to go on a fantasy adventure with the three Zoots (Courage, Love, and Hope).

## Differences

### Chaney's early design

* She has long red hair with yellow streaks and yellow or red eyes. She wears a white cap, a white t-shirt with red short sleeves, a red skirt, some white socks with red trim, and some red shoes.

### Haemi's early design

* She has short magenta hair that matches her eyes. She wears a yellow hair clip, a hot pink t-shirt with yellow trim, and a light hot pink skirt as well, she also wears some yellow and hot pink sneakers.

### Jeanie's early design

* She has fluffy green hair that matches her eyes, and so does her t-shirt, pants, and shoes are green and yellow. She also wears red glasses as well.

## Releases for the 1st Promo from 2004

1. Pororo the Little Penguin 2005 DVDs and video cassettes
2. Lexa Kingdom 2005 DVDs and video cassettes
3. Akung and Dakung 2005 DVDs and video cassettes

## Releases for the 2nd Promo from 2005

1. Dibo the Gift Dragon 2006 DVDs
2. Iron Kid 2006 DVDs
3. Shadow Fighter 2006 DVDs

## Beta Version: "Z-Nation (2003)"

On an ancient and magical Earth known as "Z-Nation", an 11-year-old preteen boy named Zack (Susan Roman) and his two best friends, Chloe (Julie Lemieux) and Dudley (Linda Ballantyne) become superheroes in a battle of good versus evil. With the help of a trio of the friendly little aliens called the Zoots, the preteen kids are given special powers to take on an evil dictator and his army of evil aliens against the dark magic.

### Characters

* **Zack** (Korean: 잭) is a main protagonist of the team. He is a courageous 11-year-old preteen boy who loves to do skateboarding and taekwondo. His theme colors are red and yellow with his red alien counterpart named Courage.
* **Chloe** (Korean: 클로에) is a main character of the team. She is a cute, gentle, and sweet 11-year-old preteen girl who loves to dance ballet and have tea parties with her stuffed animals. Her theme colors are pink and blue with her pink alien counterpart named Love.
* **Dudley** (Korean: 더들리) is a main character of the team. He is a smart 11-year-old preteen boy who loves to play computer games and chess. His theme colors are green and yellow with his green alien counterpart named Hope.

## Version 1

In July 17th, 2004, there was a 60-minute pilot of the characters at Z-Nation. Bernice talks about the series in the first eight stories. In the left, we get the first look at three preteen girls (became Chaney, Jeanie, and Haemi). We see Chaney, Jeanie, and Haemi outside with the magic book to sign the contract. Then we see all the preteen girls transforming into super-heroines entering to the middle with the three Zoots (Courage, Love, and Hope), then entering to the right giving closer details.

### Screenshots

The television pilot's title logo"Come and join in the fun!""Catch this!""I'm brave now!""Alright, here it goes.""Take this!""Why are we not having fun today?""I wonder it makes me feel happy inside.""I don't know.""I wish for crystals, power belts, and Zoots.""Wow!""Yay!""Ready, steady, go! Wheee!""Look over there!"Prince Aramis is defeated"Who is he?""Oh my stars, Prince Aramis is so handsome.""Oh, I see.""Wow! It's transformation time!""Huh? What's this?""What's going on?""Hahaha! You can't catch us!""Let's do it!""This is going to be so much fun!"The Z-Squad are ready to strike a poseZ-Squad
## Version 2

In October 20th, 2005, the South Korean-Canadian CGI animated television series was originally released in production at the MIPCOM exhibition as a fantasy adventure show entitled *Z-Squad: The Prince Saver* to give the official character designs of Chaney, Jeanie, Haemi, and a simpler version of the three Zoots. The scenes were officially created in Alias Maya, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, RealFlow, Avid DS, and Butterfly Net Render unlike the first pilot and had more various clips. We see the preteen girls at Z-Nation in most character scenes. Some things that changed were the interior of the three Zoots. In this presentation, we saw Jeanie talking to the green Zoot (Hope) with Haemi and Chaney talking to the other two pink and red Zoots (Love and Courage). Jeanie had a bright blue crystal and it had a bright green mega glider with the help from Chaney with her bright yellow crystal to upgrade the crystal from a bright green mega glider to a bright red super mega glider like in the same version. It kept the theme song jingle from the first pilot. It was still announced as "Z-Squad".

#### Other

There are multiple sketches that were not animated, which showed character development. (Chaney having her early red footwear, Jeanie having her early green footwear, and Haemi having her early pink footwear)

### Screenshots

The girls riding on bicyclesThe girls got angry and furiousChaney's transformationHaemi's transformationJeanie's transformation
### Videos

Z squad act 011 h264Fantasy Adventure: Z-Squad, The Prince Saver - 3D Animation Test #1 (2005)Z squad act 019 h264Fantasy Adventure: Z-Squad, The Prince Saver - 3D Animation Test #2 (2005)
## Trivia

* Despite the CGI animation with cel-shading tests being done for the characters. The rest of them have yet to surface.
* On some Flash games in the official website, they used the preteen girls' pilot clothing instead of the normal outfits. It is unknown why they did that.
* Chaney originally appears to be Caucasian instead of African.
* The three Zoots appeared as more of the talking pixies in the first promo compared to their final designs in the finished product, their designs. In the second trailer is closer to their designs in the 3D cel-shaded art.
* There were **no** full-length episodes that featured these designs or the title as this is meant to be an original 60-minute television pilot.
* Z-Squad is officially made by Main Stream Studio/Enemes as shown with the logo at the beginning.