Brave Animated Series season 1
| Brave Animated Series | |
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| Season 1 | |
| Showrunner | Yang Tzi Ting |
| Starring |
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| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Release | |
| Original network | PTS |
| Original release | July 4 – July 18, 2021 |
The first season of the Taiwanese satire fantasy animated television series Brave Animated Series is based on the comic book series of the same name written by Yellow Book, was developed for television by Yang Tzi Ting and Wang Wei Xiu. The season was produced by Public Television Service in association with Big Cat Studio and Aries Creative.[1]
The story is set in RPG-like world, where three races: Humans, Demons And Dragons coexist, but are in constant conflict, The series follow the Braves, who are considerated heroes for the brave kingdom, but in reality they are warmongering soldiers that kill all demons just to get XP. The series follows multiple characters, like Morewant, Main Brave and Dragon Girl, who tries to stop the braves while they questionate what is the true side of justice.
The season was released in the official PTS channel on July 4, 2021.[2] It received positive reviews by the critics,who praised its story, animation and comedy, and it won the Best Animated Series Award on the 57th Golden Bell Awards.[3][4]
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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| 1 | 1 | "This Isn't Right" | Yang Zi Ting | Yang Zi Ting | 4 July 2021 | 1-01 |
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The Braves must kill the demon king Morewant to achieve peace, but unexpected news about the human king leads them to question their loyalties. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "The way the world sees us…" | Yang Zi Ting | Yang Zi Ting | 4 July 2021 | 1-02 |
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Many years later, the Braves live on taxpayer money and do easy kills to level up. Vowing to stop them, a goblin and a slime find help along the way. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "What other choices do I have?" | Yang Zi Ting | Yang Zi Ting | 11 July 2021 | 1-03 |
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The Braves and the dragons are at war. Two dragon parents attempt to rescue their daughter, who has been taken hostage. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Even though you're useless!" | Yang Zi Ting | Yang Zi Ting | 11 July 2021 | 1-04 |
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Goblin and Slime convince the young Brave terrorizing their village to join them as they set out to find a powerful weapon. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "We're the same…" | Yang Zi Ting | Yang Zi Ting | 18 July 2021 | 1-05 |
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Dragon Girl discovers the truth about the conflict between the Braves and the dragons. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Look what he's like now!" | Yang Zi Ting | Yang Zi Ting | 18 July 2021 | 1-06 |
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Morewant encounters an old friend and settles unfinished business from 20 years ago. | ||||||
Cast
Main
- Tseng Yun Fan as Main Brave / Sick Demon.
- Sun Ke Fang as Dragon Girl.
- Fu Ping Cheng as Morewant.
- Huang Bai Wei as Fair Brave.
- Kao Yun Chuo as Goblin.
- Wu Kang Ren as Chief Brave.
Recurring
- Teng Wei Te as Water Demon.
- Chen Yan Jun as Fire Demon.
- Mu Xuan Ming as Desire Queen.
- Jiang Du Hui as Bunny.
- Niu Kai Yang as Dragon Slayer Brave.
- Xu Shu Bin as Blue Dragon.
- Liao Guo Jun as Loyal Brave.
- Chen You Wen as Black Brave.
- Jiang Qing Yan as Sword Brave / Slime.
- Meng Qing Fu as Superstar Brave.
- Lin Kai ling as Despair Brave.
- Sun Cheng as Business King / Red Dragon.
- Xu Huang Huang as War King.
- Ma Guo Yao as Old King / Flying Sword.
Guest
- Huang Tzu jiao as Old Morewant.
- Liu Kuan ting as First Brave.
Production
The series began production in 2018, When the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan started funding for new animated series in the region based on original IP's, an indie animation studio called "Big Cat Studio" proposed to make an animated series bases on "Brave Series", a web comic book series created by Yellow Book,[5] with a budget of NT$40 million, where NT$1 million were used in the behind the scenes.[6]
Writing
While the series is based in the first 260 pages of the comic book, the director Yang Tzu Ting decided to make a new original story based on the three first chapters of the series, having a writing period of about half a year and including an original characters like Loyalty Brave[6]
Casting
The series is conformed by an assemble cast, Tseng Yun Fan, Fu Ping Cheng, Kao Yun Chuo, Jiang Du Hui, Teng Wei Te, Chen Yan Jun, and Mu Xuan Ming were cast in secret and voiced the characters on from 2019 to 2020, Du Hui was the responsible of voicing "Bunny", but after her death in September 2019 due to uterine cancer,[7] she was replaced by Yun Fan in episode 4, additionally, recognizable actors like Sun Ke Fang, Liu Kuan ting, Huang Tzu jiao and Wu Kang Ren were cast to voice some characters in the series.[5][8]
Music
The music was composed by Wei-Fan Chang, who also worked on games like Detention, House Flipper and Asterigos: Curse of the Stars, Chang used some videogames sounds as reference for the soundtrack, especifically from 90's videogames and a sound design of a Gameboy Advance.[9] Also, Mayday's singer and songwriter Ashin composed the main theme "The Demon King and the Brave." alongside with the band LION[10][11] additionally bands like Eggplant Egg, Amazing Show, Won Fu, Gugu Lu Siwei and Wei Jia-Ying served in the score of the season.[12]
Accolades
| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Nominated | Results | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57th Golden Bell Awards | October 22, 2022 | Best Animated Show | "Brave Animated Series" | Won | [13][14] |
| Best Sound Design (General Program) | Gao Wei Yan, Wei Fan Chang, Lin Xie Zhong |
Nominated |
References
- ↑ 巴哈姆特. "黃色書刊《勇者系列》改編動畫年內大貓工作室製作推出 黃子佼參演配音". 巴哈姆特電玩資訊站 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ↑ 巴哈姆特. "公視×黃色書刊《勇者系列》動畫宣布因疫情影響將延至 7 月 4 日開播". 巴哈姆特電玩資訊站 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ↑ "111年度電視金鐘獎節目類得獎名單". 文化部影視及流行音樂產業局 (in Chinese). 2023-05-24. Archived from the original on 2024-11-27. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ↑ 電影神搜 (2022-10-26). "誰說台灣沒有好動畫 :《勇者動畫系列》《歐米天空》金鐘獎認證值得推薦的好動畫，你想當勇者還是飛上天空？". 電影神搜 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- 1 2 巴哈姆特. "黃色書刊《勇者系列》改編動畫年內大貓工作室製作推出 黃子佼參演配音". 巴哈姆特電玩資訊站 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- 1 2 楊政勳 (2021-06-16). "人氣台漫改編影集 《勇者動畫系列》斥資4,320萬高規格製作". 鏡週刊 Mirror Media (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ↑ 中時新聞網 (2019-09-16). "台灣永遠的蠟筆小新 配音員蔣篤慧病逝 - 娛樂". 中時新聞網 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ↑ 中央通訊社 (2021-07-02). "黃子佼配音勇者動畫系列 台灣原創漫畫IP登國際 | 娛樂". 中央社 CNA (in Chinese). Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ↑ 中央通訊社 (2021-07-07). "返校遊戲配樂師操刀勇者動畫 復古電玩音秀新潮 | 娛樂". 中央社 CNA (in Chinese). Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ↑ 中央通訊社 (2021-06-20). "「勇者動畫系列」顛覆魔王勇者 召喚台灣新受眾 | 娛樂". 中央社 CNA (in Chinese). Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ↑ 公共電視. "公視《勇者動畫系列》主題曲大首播！ 獅子LION三天完成歌曲直呼好過癮!". 公共電視 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ↑ "公視《勇者動畫系列》主題曲公開，五⽉天阿信攜手蕭敬騰、旺福、美秀集團、茄子蛋合力打造". T客邦 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2021-05-02. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ↑ "111年度電視金鐘獎節目類得獎名單". Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development (in Chinese). 2023-05-24. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
- ↑ "誰說台灣沒有好動畫 :《勇者動畫系列》《歐米天空》金鐘獎認證值得推薦的好動畫，你想當勇者還是飛上天空？". TNL Mediagene (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2022-10-26. Retrieved 2024-11-10.