Rey Mysterio vs The Darkness

Series - Co-production with Cartoon Network LATAM

Imagine becoming a sidekick to your childhood hero. That's the premise of Rey Mysterio vs The Darkness, but also the reality of this production. This original series produced by ¡Viva Calavera! Together with Cartoon Network LATAM and Rey Mysterio, the wrestler who marked the childhood of Los Hermanos Calavera, continues his legacy through adventures full of action, comedy and a lot of Mexico

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Mexico and anime
inspired

The first season of Rey Mysterio vs The Darkness was developed by ¡Viva Calavera! With the help of multiple studios in Latin America, including Kaparasound, LABO, Mighty Animation, Lucy Animation and Formidable. From an original story conceived by Los Hermanos Calavera and Cartoon Network, ¡Viva Calavera! was responsible for generating scripts, storyboards and all conceptual design elements.

The series is strongly influenced by wrestling, Mexican culture, Japanese anime and American animation.

The character design in this series is inspired by Japanese character design, adapted to a young audience, easy to read and could fit the narrative situations conceived for the series. The richness of the wrestling world made it easy to find inspiration for the catalog of heroes and villains in the series.

Unique
locations

The world in which the series is set is based on Mexico City and the architectural syncretism between pre-Hispanic, colonial and modern, which play a leading role in the design of the city. In addition, it also has elements of Mexican functionalism, but with very clear inspirations in the form, order, cleanliness and presence of lakes and canals characteristic of the pre-Hispanic era. Of course, the color that distinguishes Mexico in reality and in the imaginary are present. With all this, we seek to bring to life a new sensibility about what Mexico is, from a contemporary and urban reality.

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THIS ORIGINAL SERIES IS PRODUCED BY ¡VIVA CALAVERA! TOGETHER CARTOON NETWORK LATAM AND REY MYSTERIO, THE WRESTLER WHO MARKED THE CHILDHOOD OF LOS HERMANOS CALAVERA.

Epic
Visuals

The animation of the series is a hybrid between animation with highly modifiable rigs and frame by frame animation. This style seeks to take advantage of the production advantages of both techniques, but above all, to achieve impactful effects in action and comedy that limited animation can achieve, while maintaining great attention to layout to achieve spectacular images.