![]() And indeed, Scavengers Reign has many discernible influences outside of its Moebius-like backgrounds. These days, every original sci-fi project is judged based on the quality of its influences - creating a new sci-fi classic is seemingly impossible these days without citing Blade Runner or one of its many successors. Well, relatively straightforward, because naturally the way is paved with man-eating plants, parasitic monsters, and creatures too weird and fearsome to even try to describe. The disaster that kicks off the story is only shown in bits and pieces at first, and acts as the sort of central mystery to the series: What damaged the ship? Why were they so far off course? Where the hell even are they? It’s this mystery that helps keep the show so engaging as the handful of survivors - Captain Sam (voiced by Bob Stephenson), gentle biologist Ursula (Sunita Mani), tough-as-nails Azi (Wunmi Mosaku), her robot companion Levi (Alia Shawkat), and the pitiful Kamen (Ted Travelstead) - embark on a straightforward journey to reunite with the Demeter. Turns out the freighter took heavy damage, forcing crew members to evacuate and crash-land on a nearby alien planet. Scavengers Reign follows the surviving crew of the Demeter, a deep space freighter that mysteriously vanished and is believed to be lost in space. Scavengers Reign manages to take the ambitions of the original short and transform it into a rich, darkly thrilling series that shows the immense capabilities of 2D animation - and proves original sci-fi storytelling is still alive and kicking. ![]() The original eight-minute short started out as a challenge: what if they could bring the surreal sci-fi art of Moebius to life? $14,000 and a simple, comic book-style animatic later, Bennett and Huettner had done something more: an evocative and thoroughly transporting piece of art. ![]() Scavengers Reign is a stunning new 12-episode animated series from Joe Bennett and Charles Huettner, who spun the series off from their acclaimed 2016 sci-fi short, Scavengers. But just like the strange planet and its even stranger lifeforms, there’s more lurking beneath the surface of the breathtaking and bleak Scavengers Reign. It’s no wonder the show’s intriguing teaser trailer leans heavily on the show’s visuals, opting for no dialogue and a simple classical score to lure curious viewers into its beautiful, bizarre world. It’s striking imagery - so striking that the new Max animated sci-fi series Scavengers Reign uses it as its opening credits every episode. Fiery debris rains down from the sky, plummeting in a cloud of smoke and spores onto a strange alien planet filled with lush, fungi-like vegetation and all manner of phantasmagoria.
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