Kickstarter: 'Niko And The Sword of Light' Fully Animated Comic

'A boy alone in a savage land, fighting the forces of darkness. His people are all but gone, his kingdom destroyed apart from one surviving relic: a magical sword of light that was forged by gods, which will help this lone hero return his land to freedom.' 

This is the story of 'Niko And The Sword Of Light'. Each panel has been lovingly hand-painted by Imaginism, and brought to life by Studio NX using 2D animation in a modern filmmaking style, complete with a score of contemporary classical music featuring DJ Yoda.

The aim is to create a comic book where every panel is transformed into a fully animated audio/visual experience. Funding received will go towards completing the production of the app as well as the coding to release it on the iPad appstore for this campaign but the team behind this Kickstarter project say that you will definitely be able to buy Niko for Android around the end of the summer. Which would be good, as I have an Android tablet.

They have finished more than half the comic book, and the music and voices have been recorded. Now they just need help from the Kickstarter community to complete this 55-page fully animated comic book by their target deadline of August 2013. The remaining challenge is to finish the production, add special effects, sound, music, and to code it for the iPad. And I'm particularly looking forward to the hardcover artbook that is part of the rewards.

Check out the Kickstarter project here and the video below.