Thanks for having me on, man! As mentioned, would love a 1-for-1 adaptation. The only changes I’d make, really, are to expand the opening a bit and expand Shane’s character. Love the video! 🔥
Thank you for having me Ty! I really hope one day we get this animated series I think it would truly go down as one of the greatest animated series of all time!
This sounds great. Only thing I would change is that if you're going to keep Shane alive for longer anyway, save his death for the end of the first season. I say replace Rick's conflict and subsequential fight with Tyreese with Rick and Shane's conflict. Imagine how intense the scene where Lori tries telling Rick she cheated on him would be if Shane is currently still alive and just a few cells down. Then in the season 1 finale you have Shane go nuts on Rick, tries beating him to death like in the Tyreese fight from issue 24, and after witnessing his son kill his best friend, that leads into the "we are the walking dead" speech. Then, in season two, Tyreese's beef with Rick is more justified, and the tensions are higher because of the added external conflict with the Governor.
I wouldn’t keep Shane alive longer but instead flesh him out more in the short time he’s alive Edit: I don’t think amc is the right platform for this. Amazon or HBO would be more fitting, if this was to happen I don’t want any kind of censorship or tone down version
Beta becoming some sort of boogeyman is honestly the coolest route they could take with his character. Not every single villain needs some grandiose conclusion, just let some villains escape to build tension around the story.
I enjoyed all 3 of your takes of how The Walking Dead animated series would be! What I would suggest for a walking dead animated series is expanding Shane's story, Governor's backstory, give Beta a proper exit, slighty expand the Whisperer war, the Commonwealth arc and cut out the post-savior conflict since it didn't really lead to anything besides Sherry and Dwight's deaths, also no lucille victim cliffhanger lol. In a perfect world, we could get the original voice actors to play the characters but as long as its adapted good, its all game for me. But thank you for this video!
If the Walking Dead Comic DID GET ANIMATED. they would've gotten TellTale Games to come in to make the characters design, and fairly more different to the TellTale Games TWD World. (not Fully to make the series just so you know the Whole TellTale game series ended back 2018 with Clementines Story ending)
It will be awesome to see the comic variant of The Governor, and it would be amazing to see an animated version of his origin story, Rise Of The Governor. He is so brutal, and unpredictable, also The Governor was the person who wrote the warning message at Wiltshire Estates.
What I would do as a filmmaker, which I have goals to become a filmmaker myself, I would stick to comics closely as possible, and do some minor changes it may be explore more of the characters than the comics and at the end of the show it has made an hour long episode and then at the very end we get a revisit senses from previous seasons that will have a powerful score by a composer that hits you hard
The idea is really interesting, and it would be nice to see something like that, and as for the spin-off about Negan, I will say that it is not necessary, it seems to me that you can just make a full-length (or just longer than the main episode) special, which can accommodate the entire original "Here's Negan!", as it was with the same Invincible, when Amazon released a special about Atom Eve before the release of season 2, but what can be done with the spin-off format, and what was proposed in the video, is a screen adaptation of the game series from Telltale Games, and in essence it would be "Fear the Walking Dead" for an animated screen adaptation, also starts somewhere at the beginning of the epidemic, and then gains a number of seasons almost as good as the main project, and to choose the main scenario, you can just check the most frequent choices in the games and then most of the viewers will be happy. As for the epilogue, you can simply make it longer than the rest of the episodes, it often happens in TV series that the main episode lasts 45-50 minutes, and some significant episode, the final or the opening, lasts a whole hour or an hour and a half. And I agree that some characters can be developed more in comparison with the original, characters like Shane or the Governor, due to some additional scenes or flashbacks, the first seasons of the AMC series did this very well. I'll be honest, in many places, I like the series more than the original comic, but this applies more to the first seasons, then the series began to slide, the showrunners began to cut corners, save money, and stretch it out even when the original comic had already ended and in theory there was no point in stretching it, at a time when the comic basically kept one pace, so I would not mind seeing a completely canonical film adaptation in an animated version and in a style similar to the comics.
I would literally LOVE if they did animated series of TWD it would bring back more people to watch the show but the comic version. You know what else cool be better about this if they did the telltale series like tales or another spin off about Clem. We all want TWD comic become an animated show! I hope one day we get!
Really like this outline, but I will say that 10 animated episodes per season is a pretty tall order. I think it's much more likely that when the animated series comes it will be in the form of 8 or even 6 episode seasons. If we assume Invincible sized seasons (8 45-50 minute episodes), I think we can expect them to adapt about three volumes at a time: Season 1: Issues 1-18. Days Gone Bye, Miles Behind Us, and Safety Behind Bars. Ends with Dexter pointing a shotgun at Rick's head and telling him and his people to leave the prison. Season 2: Issues 19-36. The Heart's Desire, The Best Defense, and This Sorrowful Life. This would detail the Woodbury storyline, allow for Governor flashbacks, and end with Rick's killing of Martinez and return to the prison. Season 3: Issues 37-54. The Calm Before, Made To Suffer, and Here We Remain. Lori's birth, the fall of the prison, ends with Abe's intro and Rick and co. deciding to travel to DC. Season 4: Issues 55-72. What We Become, Fear The Hunters, and Life Among Them. The road to DC. Ends with the party at Alexandria. This might seem like a weird place to end the season, but I think the contrast of their life on the road for much of the season with a zombie-free finale could be interesting. Like the audience will feel uncomfortable and paranoid just like the characters do. Season 5: Issues 73-90. Too Far Gone, No Way Out, and We Find Ourselves. Rick takes over Alexandria, herd storyline, ends with Rick and Andrea getting together. Season 6: Issues 91-108. A Larger World, Something To Fear, and What Comes After. Intro of Hilltop, Kingdom, and Saviors. Glenn's death would be the midpoint of the season, and the ending would be Rick meeting with everyone and deciding to prepare for war. Season 7: Issues 109-126. March To War and All Out War. The rest of the Saviors storyline. Season 8: Issues 127-144. A New Beginning, Whispers Into Screams, and Life And Death. Ends with Rick discovering the pikes. Season 9: Issues 145-162. No Turning Back, Call To Arms, and The Whisperer War. The bulk of the conflict with the Whisperers, ending on the cliffhanger where a massive horde is headed straight to Alexandria. Season 10: Issues 163-180. A Certain Doom, Lines We Cross, and New World Order. Andrea's death, Commonwealth intro, ends with Pamela Milton visiting Alexandria and immediately rubbing Rick the wrong way. Final Season: Issues 181-193. The Rotten Core and Rest In Peace. I agree with Ty; the Commonwealth needs some expanding upon. So this season would adapt two volumes in eight episodes instead of three. I know everyone would like this series to be short and sweet because the live action had a ton of bloat and could have been at least a season or two shorter, but animation takes a lot of time to develop. 8 episode seasons will already likely have 1.5-2 year waits in between. So while my outline is just 88 episodes, it's still quite likely that this would be a 20 year project.
This honestly sounds perfect. There would be a few things I'd change. Some people are gonna hate me for this but *I wan the Dixon brothers to have a major role, I want Axel to last much longer, I want Judith to survive, I want as many of the AMC actors to return to voice their respective characters, and Rick should die old and grey, and not be killed by Sebastian.* There's absolutely no way to give Sebastian any more depth, he's just a brat. I honestly really like your take on Beta's death, he always gave supernatural slasher vibes. I'd like the time jump to briefly show the corpse of Beta but people of Alexandra and the Commonwealth still think he's alive and out there. And the producers would destroy everyone's theories and say, "oh, he died of starvation." It sounds like something Robert Kirkman or another person in charge would say at a comic convention.😂
Animated series could be a good way for Kirkman to continue the story since he recently expressed interest in doing a revival/continuation of the story.
It would be AWESOME if they got Henry Rollins to voice Negan since his look is based on him. If I’m not mistaken I think he even wanted to play him in the live action series but I may be wrong
I think 9 8 episode seasons would also work fine S1- ends with the prison S2- Ends with the Governor death S3- Ends with getting to alexandria S4- Ends with No way out S5- Negan S6- Ends with pike S7- Ends with Whisper hoard in Alexandria S8- Ends with Rick in commonwealth S9- the rest
For me, a comic adaptation would always be a blessing and a curse at the same time. Characters like Daryl or Merle, who shaped the show in their own way, would not exist. Unfortunately, certain characters like Carol, Hershel, Morgan and Gabriel would get their worse storylines from the comics back. But of course, characters like Andrea, Dale, Tyreese, Jesus and Carl would also get their better comic plots back. Which is why this point is a win and a lose at the same time. What I would personally like to see changed: - Shane Let Shane survive longer so you can have him around a little longer so people care about him a little more. People still talk about TV Shane today because of how good he was as a "villain" and as a character in general. Since Kikman himself said in one of the Deluxe volumes that he is not satisfied with the Shane plot these days, I think that such a change could happen. - Prison deaths I have to say the prison plot in the comics is often hit or miss for me. Of course, the prison plot is also legendary and brings some of the best moments to the show. And it is very brutal in the comics. What I would still like to see are some deaths that are distributed a little better. The prison plot has too many deaths in the final war against the Govenor for me. I would still let Tyreese, Lori, Judith, Axel, Hershel and Billy die in the final battle against the Govenor. Patricia, on the other hand, I would simply let die through Thomas. And here comes a maybe weirder take, but I would like to see Alice live longer. I have to admit that I actually liked her character in the comics and thought it was a shame that she was killed off so worthless. She could have maybe taken on the Tara type of role of being someone who came from the governor's group. It always seemed to me that there could have been a little more potential in her. But this point is more of a personal wish. - Abraham Another death that Kirkman doesn't really support anymore is Abraham's. I also found the way of the death for a character like Abraham absolutely bad. Maybe you could even let Rosita die here, since her comic character doesn't do anything noteworthy anymore anyway. That way you can do more with Abraham, who, after leaving Rosita for Holly, has to struggle with Rosita's death and his behavior towards her. And Abraham can also experience Negan and All Out War and then meet his death there. That way, Abraham would still be the next big death alongside Glenn, just pushed back a little bit. Since Glenn is no longer alive, Abraham could perfectly take on a right hand man/Daryl role for Rick and die because of his own mistakes. Maybe some kind of remixed death of Holly and Sasha. - Beta I never considered letting him live, but I love the boogeyman idea, which is why I would actually prefer to see him live. Or at least they could expand his plot into the final season, by maybe giving him the Leah plot from the show. That one day Lance meets Beta in the woods and manages to convince him to help him take revenge on Rick's group. So maybe you could keep Negan relevant for the final season and give him one last highlight by saving a character like Carl or Rick and killing Beta and then going his own path to end his plot for good. - Lance TV Lance isn't perfect, but I have to admit I would love to see a revamped version of him that is more like the TV version. Would also fit perfectly with my Beta plot idea. - Make some characters bigger The best examples for me are characters like Gabriel, Rosita, Shane and Morgan. I have no problem with their deaths, but they should have been given a bit more plot or time to build up as characters. Or maybe they could die sooner, like in my Abraham plot idea with Rosita. Morgan, for example, could perhaps be brought back right after the end of the prison arc. Rick and Carl could find him and then the three of them could meet Michonne. This would also be a better way to start the plot between the two of them to build up their relationship. With Gabriel, they can take some inspiration from the TV version and give him more plots up until his death in the Whisperer war.
WHY ARE YOU NOT A DIRECTOR... good lord your movies/shows would blows all others out of the water... i dream a day your ideas are put to screen... please directors take notes from this guy...
@@Swell-Films could you imagine they adapt the live action shows into the comic universe? Like tell stories of original characters that don't interact with the main story, but just to expand the world building aspect? I remember by the end of the comic series Eugene was reconnecting the East with the West with railroads, so perhaps a "Fear the walking dead" like story could be told, similar to the rise of the NCR in the fallout series.
Love it I would personally do 10 seasons now hear me out Season 1(7 eps) Volume 1- start of 2) Season 2(12 eps) Rest of volume 2-4) Season 3(16 eps) The Govenornor arc vol 5-8(16 eps) Season 4(16 eps) Vol 9-11 the ending would be them arriving at Alexandria Season 5(16 eps) Vol 12- No way out Season 6(16 eps) It would be After no way out and we get introduced to jesus and hilltop And then for mid season finale Would be the lineup it would show us negan killing glenn and then Ends with the group on the ground And then rest of season 6 will be Them under negan's ruling Then at the end of Season 6 they would go to all out war Season 7 (16 eps) Would be all out war part 1 and 2 Season 8(16 eps) Would be a new beginning and would have the introduction to the whispers and would have the pikes Season 9(16 eps) Would be Whisperer arc and the ending would be andrea's death Season 10(Final season) 22 eps Now hear me out I think we would have to have 22 episodes In my opinion Only to cover half the boring storylines with the commonwealth I would have like episode 21 end with sebastian shooting rick And episode 22 Would be carl finding out that his dad is dead and the aftermath as the first 40 minutes and then have 25 years later for the rest of the hour and have grownup carl and sophia And that would be it They could do a negan lives little tv movie or a Series spinoff And if they could they could do fear the walking dead animated into what their original plan was I would like to see some actors come back to play roles but for carl I would say 1-7 he would be played by any kid actor but for 8-10 I think he could be played by chandler riggs and I know this will sound crazy but for adult carl voice I would want Jared padalecki who plays sam whinchester in supernatural but I dont know.
I've always maintained that i would want a happy medium. The comic does a lot right, but the tone and direction it takes at times just don't make for a great tv viewing experience because it's really not something that rewards audiences, which, like it or not, is important in the medium. The show, for all its flaws, really works on an emotional level, far more than the comic. I would want the characterization and themes of the tv show mixed with the scope of the comics and that's where being animated would shine. Things the show couldn't logistically do could be done.
i think they can be a lot more graphic in animation than in other forms so the governor's sick stuff he does shouldn't be a problem, i would want Jesus to have all his big fight scenes and Negan and him Kill beta together, i like the serial killer in the prison idea too and Shane's character being bigger, i don't know about Ricks death
@@Swell-Films i understand your point of view about him getting comfortable and letting his guard down but him being killed by that character is just disrespectful
I could see an animated “what if” but I mean realistically with how much $ they’ve put into the real shows I doubt we’ll ever get a FULLY fleshed out animated series
I agree with all the points here but something that I would also like to see improved is Morgan in the comics. He isn’t as significant as he was in the show. I’m not saying he should’ve survived but he should’ve had something memorable to remember him by other than the fact he saved Rick at the beginning. I expected more from him in the comics.
I don’t hate the live action universe looking at europe, but I hate the way they did it. I think it would be better if after Carl grows up at the end, they maybe a cargo ship or a large plane up and running and take it to europe with a large group to help rebuild over there like they did in north america
Wdym trim it down I love the comics way more than the show because there is no filler or fluff in the comics it's always telling it's interwoven story without resorting to drawing things out for an extended period of time i like how fast stuff happens in the comics especially cuz of how brutally slow the show can be especially with the hospital beth arc
I wouldn’t want AMC to do it. They’d just fuck it up. I don’t think it’s a good idea to change any of the plot points. It’s a slippery slope and just like Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, the butterfly effect will end up causing the show to end up being very different from the comics. You can add stuff, so long as it doesn’t contradict the source material in any way. And you certainly can’t remove or water down anything, especially with regard to the governor. I would want Robert Kirkman to be heavily involved in this and oversee, or preferably write any of the additional stuff himself. I hate the idea of the AMC show actors voicing the animated versions. What with that and some changes people would want made, it sounds like some people want AMC TWD 2.0. People not liking Rick’s’ death is mad to me. It’s literally perfect for his character.
Spoliers for both the comic and tv show(but most already know) I hope they would still have the balls to kill off Glenn and not keep him alive just because the live action series's flopped due to his death.
Now I love your ideas on seasons 1-5 but to me id make it maybe 8 seasons instead of your 7 and instead of 10 episodes for each season I'd give it 12 just yk
Probably yes I'd give it maybe 3-4 episodes and as for beta I'll change how he was introduced in where Rick mets alpha cus I didn't love how late he was introduced yk
I don't really trust AMC with animation after the Better Call Saul animated spinoff. Slippin Jimmy was just weird nonsense and it gave a bad taste in my mouth.
My main thing im worried about at this point isn't even the content of the show as I have pretty good faith that they will do right by it as long as they stick to the comics exact story and only change absolutely necessary things like Shane. I would even go as far as to let him get to the prison and let the baby actually being born be the tipping point for him. But my main thing right now is I just hope they don't follow this recent trend in animation of the style everyone is using. It looks awful and I see a little bit of that style coming through in the invincible season 3 teaser too. The uzumaki anime adaptation also uses it and it single handedly made me stop watching after 1 episode. It just looks awful. Stick with more traditional style animation please I dont want that style of animation to be the only reason for me to not like this if it happens.
I went to watch the clementine short after the video and it sucked. You guys made it sound way more exciting than it was, the people in it can't act to save their lives
An animated series would be phenomenal! We get the dark tones of the comics that we desperately need. I disagree with the fact that the original VA's should come back. I would actually want to see new and different voice actors. This is Kirkmans project, after all. Nonetheless, seeing an animated series of Kirkmans comics would leave me the happiest person in the world.
As much as yall would want to see an animated series their were some seriously sensitive themes and disturbing things in comics such as Michonne being used as a sex slave by the governor, Abraham's wife and daughter being raped and the brutal deaths of the Terminus crew. I recommend these sensitive themes being removed for the animated adaptation.
Rick waking up to see his bloody amputation stump would be an INCREDIBLE outro to a midseason 3 finale
This is literally perfect. Need this on Amazon Prime so badly
Thanks for having me on, man! As mentioned, would love a 1-for-1 adaptation. The only changes I’d make, really, are to expand the opening a bit and expand Shane’s character. Love the video! 🔥
Thanks for coming on bro! I wouldn’t mind if they kept it 1 for 1, I just want to see it happen period haha
Love seeing you two working together. 😁
I think it might also be a good idea to reduce Negan’s swearing by 69%, as all the “fucks” he gives are a bit over exaggerated.
@@The_Sleepiest_Socialistno way…. In the TV show he doesn’t swear enough. Swearing is like half his personality in the comics haha
Thank you for having me Ty! I really hope one day we get this animated series I think it would truly go down as one of the greatest animated series of all time!
Thanks so much for coming on man! I 100% agree
This sounds great. Only thing I would change is that if you're going to keep Shane alive for longer anyway, save his death for the end of the first season.
I say replace Rick's conflict and subsequential fight with Tyreese with Rick and Shane's conflict. Imagine how intense the scene where Lori tries telling Rick she cheated on him would be if Shane is currently still alive and just a few cells down. Then in the season 1 finale you have Shane go nuts on Rick, tries beating him to death like in the Tyreese fight from issue 24, and after witnessing his son kill his best friend, that leads into the "we are the walking dead" speech.
Then, in season two, Tyreese's beef with Rick is more justified, and the tensions are higher because of the added external conflict with the Governor.
I've been asking for a series like this FOREVER it would be so PEAK
1:19 can’t believe you and jerry are collaborating i love both you guys twd videos!
Super happy to get a chance to work with him!
Glad to have done it too! Love Ty’s videos!
I wouldn’t keep Shane alive longer but instead flesh him out more in the short time he’s alive
Edit: I don’t think amc is the right platform for this. Amazon or HBO would be more fitting, if this was to happen I don’t want any kind of censorship or tone down version
Beta becoming some sort of boogeyman is honestly the coolest route they could take with his character. Not every single villain needs some grandiose conclusion, just let some villains escape to build tension around the story.
Imagine seeing him in the final episode at like 80 years old STILL out there losing his mind
Absolute Cinema, also the Beta becoming an urban legend psycho cerial killer that walks with the dead would be so amazing
I would be hyped if an Animated the Walking Dead would ever come out
ive waited so long to see someone talk about a twd animated series. I’m so glad you’re doing so!
I enjoyed all 3 of your takes of how The Walking Dead animated series would be! What I would suggest for a walking dead animated series is expanding Shane's story, Governor's backstory, give Beta a proper exit, slighty expand the Whisperer war, the Commonwealth arc and cut out the post-savior conflict since it didn't really lead to anything besides Sherry and Dwight's deaths, also no lucille victim cliffhanger lol. In a perfect world, we could get the original voice actors to play the characters but as long as its adapted good, its all game for me. But thank you for this video!
Thanks for watching mate? Pretty much my thoughts as well!
If the Walking Dead Comic DID GET ANIMATED. they would've gotten TellTale Games to come in to make the characters design, and fairly more different to the TellTale Games TWD World. (not Fully to make the series just so you know the Whole TellTale game series ended back 2018 with Clementines Story ending)
Good heckin' gravy, I want this so much!
I would donate to a gofundme
I hope AMC is taking notes, GREAT job!!!
Thanks so much!
Hard to take notes with all that white powder
I’d want AMC to stay far away from doing an animated adaptation
I think kirkman would take it to Amazon since Amc does not own the comicbook and he doesn't seem to want to work with them anymore
indeed, indeed!
I would absolutely be hyped for a TWD Comic animated series. I really hope this happens. Glad to hear Jerry and Theo give their thoughts about this 👍🔥
It will be awesome to see the comic variant of The Governor, and it would be amazing to see an animated version of his origin story, Rise Of The Governor. He is so brutal, and unpredictable, also The Governor was the person who wrote the warning message at Wiltshire Estates.
What I would do as a filmmaker, which I have goals to become a filmmaker myself, I would stick to comics closely as possible, and do some minor changes it may be explore more of the characters than the comics and at the end of the show it has made an hour long episode and then at the very end we get a revisit senses from previous seasons that will have a powerful score by a composer that hits you hard
The idea is really interesting, and it would be nice to see something like that, and as for the spin-off about Negan, I will say that it is not necessary, it seems to me that you can just make a full-length (or just longer than the main episode) special, which can accommodate the entire original "Here's Negan!", as it was with the same Invincible, when Amazon released a special about Atom Eve before the release of season 2, but what can be done with the spin-off format, and what was proposed in the video, is a screen adaptation of the game series from Telltale Games, and in essence it would be "Fear the Walking Dead" for an animated screen adaptation, also starts somewhere at the beginning of the epidemic, and then gains a number of seasons almost as good as the main project, and to choose the main scenario, you can just check the most frequent choices in the games and then most of the viewers will be happy. As for the epilogue, you can simply make it longer than the rest of the episodes, it often happens in TV series that the main episode lasts 45-50 minutes, and some significant episode, the final or the opening, lasts a whole hour or an hour and a half. And I agree that some characters can be developed more in comparison with the original, characters like Shane or the Governor, due to some additional scenes or flashbacks, the first seasons of the AMC series did this very well. I'll be honest, in many places, I like the series more than the original comic, but this applies more to the first seasons, then the series began to slide, the showrunners began to cut corners, save money, and stretch it out even when the original comic had already ended and in theory there was no point in stretching it, at a time when the comic basically kept one pace, so I would not mind seeing a completely canonical film adaptation in an animated version and in a style similar to the comics.
I would literally LOVE if they did animated series of TWD it would bring back more people to watch the show but the comic version. You know what else cool be better about this if they did the telltale series like tales or another spin off about Clem. We all want TWD comic become an animated show! I hope one day we get!
As long as it doesn’t include any content from this eclectic engine graphic novels haha
@ true true. Some point AMC needs to retire from TWD and stop milking it.
Reading all of the comics makes this 50 times better for me
Your editing is god tier
Really like this outline, but I will say that 10 animated episodes per season is a pretty tall order. I think it's much more likely that when the animated series comes it will be in the form of 8 or even 6 episode seasons. If we assume Invincible sized seasons (8 45-50 minute episodes), I think we can expect them to adapt about three volumes at a time:
Season 1: Issues 1-18. Days Gone Bye, Miles Behind Us, and Safety Behind Bars. Ends with Dexter pointing a shotgun at Rick's head and telling him and his people to leave the prison.
Season 2: Issues 19-36. The Heart's Desire, The Best Defense, and This Sorrowful Life. This would detail the Woodbury storyline, allow for Governor flashbacks, and end with Rick's killing of Martinez and return to the prison.
Season 3: Issues 37-54. The Calm Before, Made To Suffer, and Here We Remain. Lori's birth, the fall of the prison, ends with Abe's intro and Rick and co. deciding to travel to DC.
Season 4: Issues 55-72. What We Become, Fear The Hunters, and Life Among Them. The road to DC. Ends with the party at Alexandria. This might seem like a weird place to end the season, but I think the contrast of their life on the road for much of the season with a zombie-free finale could be interesting. Like the audience will feel uncomfortable and paranoid just like the characters do.
Season 5: Issues 73-90. Too Far Gone, No Way Out, and We Find Ourselves. Rick takes over Alexandria, herd storyline, ends with Rick and Andrea getting together.
Season 6: Issues 91-108. A Larger World, Something To Fear, and What Comes After. Intro of Hilltop, Kingdom, and Saviors. Glenn's death would be the midpoint of the season, and the ending would be Rick meeting with everyone and deciding to prepare for war.
Season 7: Issues 109-126. March To War and All Out War. The rest of the Saviors storyline.
Season 8: Issues 127-144. A New Beginning, Whispers Into Screams, and Life And Death. Ends with Rick discovering the pikes.
Season 9: Issues 145-162. No Turning Back, Call To Arms, and The Whisperer War. The bulk of the conflict with the Whisperers, ending on the cliffhanger where a massive horde is headed straight to Alexandria.
Season 10: Issues 163-180. A Certain Doom, Lines We Cross, and New World Order. Andrea's death, Commonwealth intro, ends with Pamela Milton visiting Alexandria and immediately rubbing Rick the wrong way.
Final Season: Issues 181-193. The Rotten Core and Rest In Peace. I agree with Ty; the Commonwealth needs some expanding upon. So this season would adapt two volumes in eight episodes instead of three.
I know everyone would like this series to be short and sweet because the live action had a ton of bloat and could have been at least a season or two shorter, but animation takes a lot of time to develop. 8 episode seasons will already likely have 1.5-2 year waits in between. So while my outline is just 88 episodes, it's still quite likely that this would be a 20 year project.
this would be my entire life while it was coming out lol
Me too haha
This honestly sounds perfect. There would be a few things I'd change. Some people are gonna hate me for this but *I wan the Dixon brothers to have a major role, I want Axel to last much longer, I want Judith to survive, I want as many of the AMC actors to return to voice their respective characters, and Rick should die old and grey, and not be killed by Sebastian.* There's absolutely no way to give Sebastian any more depth, he's just a brat. I honestly really like your take on Beta's death, he always gave supernatural slasher vibes. I'd like the time jump to briefly show the corpse of Beta but people of Alexandra and the Commonwealth still think he's alive and out there. And the producers would destroy everyone's theories and say, "oh, he died of starvation." It sounds like something Robert Kirkman or another person in charge would say at a comic convention.😂
You got me interested in the comic series!
Because of you, I'm the proud owner of #193.
Yes, on the animated series!
Happy to hear! I honestly love the comics even more than the show
Your videos are neat
early! love the vids!!
Great video! As a huge fan of the comics this is something I’ve been hoping for ever since invincible got adapted I’ve had this in mind.
I’m glad to say I was one of the orginal pioneers of this idea, glad to see more people picking it up
Hopefully we can actually make it happen 💯
As a 2000 AD fan from way back ... this sounds awesome 👌
Animated series could be a good way for Kirkman to continue the story since he recently expressed interest in doing a revival/continuation of the story.
Your Videos Are 💯👍
honestly i either want this or a game series thats completely comic accurate and honestly i feel like they could make 4 games covering each compendium
Woah, an animation of the walking dead? Ty swell your great at the content.
Volumes 9 through 12 are my absolute favorites. I like the series better during their nomadic days
It would be AWESOME if they got Henry Rollins to voice Negan since his look is based on him. If I’m not mistaken I think he even wanted to play him in the live action series but I may be wrong
That would be awesome lol
you should def make content on the fan letters kirkman writes at the end of each issue. there’s a bunch of interesting stuff to make vids on
I think 9 8 episode seasons would also work fine
S1- ends with the prison
S2- Ends with the Governor death
S3- Ends with getting to alexandria
S4- Ends with No way out
S5- Negan
S6- Ends with pike
S7- Ends with Whisper hoard in Alexandria
S8- Ends with Rick in commonwealth
S9- the rest
Idk if you can fit a larger world, something to fear, march to war, and all out war part 1 and 2 in one season for S5 with only 8 episodes
For me, a comic adaptation would always be a blessing and a curse at the same time. Characters like Daryl or Merle, who shaped the show in their own way, would not exist. Unfortunately, certain characters like Carol, Hershel, Morgan and Gabriel would get their worse storylines from the comics back. But of course, characters like Andrea, Dale, Tyreese, Jesus and Carl would also get their better comic plots back.
Which is why this point is a win and a lose at the same time.
What I would personally like to see changed:
- Shane
Let Shane survive longer so you can have him around a little longer so people care about him a little more. People still talk about TV Shane today because of how good he was as a "villain" and as a character in general. Since Kikman himself said in one of the Deluxe volumes that he is not satisfied with the Shane plot these days, I think that such a change could happen.
- Prison deaths
I have to say the prison plot in the comics is often hit or miss for me. Of course, the prison plot is also legendary and brings some of the best moments to the show. And it is very brutal in the comics. What I would still like to see are some deaths that are distributed a little better. The prison plot has too many deaths in the final war against the Govenor for me. I would still let Tyreese, Lori, Judith, Axel, Hershel and Billy die in the final battle against the Govenor. Patricia, on the other hand, I would simply let die through Thomas.
And here comes a maybe weirder take, but I would like to see Alice live longer. I have to admit that I actually liked her character in the comics and thought it was a shame that she was killed off so worthless. She could have maybe taken on the Tara type of role of being someone who came from the governor's group. It always seemed to me that there could have been a little more potential in her. But this point is more of a personal wish.
- Abraham
Another death that Kirkman doesn't really support anymore is Abraham's. I also found the way of the death for a character like Abraham absolutely bad. Maybe you could even let Rosita die here, since her comic character doesn't do anything noteworthy anymore anyway. That way you can do more with Abraham, who, after leaving Rosita for Holly, has to struggle with Rosita's death and his behavior towards her. And Abraham can also experience Negan and All Out War and then meet his death there. That way, Abraham would still be the next big death alongside Glenn, just pushed back a little bit. Since Glenn is no longer alive, Abraham could perfectly take on a right hand man/Daryl role for Rick and die because of his own mistakes. Maybe some kind of remixed death of Holly and Sasha.
- Beta
I never considered letting him live, but I love the boogeyman idea, which is why I would actually prefer to see him live. Or at least they could expand his plot into the final season, by maybe giving him the Leah plot from the show. That one day Lance meets Beta in the woods and manages to convince him to help him take revenge on Rick's group. So maybe you could keep Negan relevant for the final season and give him one last highlight by saving a character like Carl or Rick and killing Beta and then going his own path to end his plot for good.
- Lance
TV Lance isn't perfect, but I have to admit I would love to see a revamped version of him that is more like the TV version. Would also fit perfectly with my Beta plot idea.
- Make some characters bigger
The best examples for me are characters like Gabriel, Rosita, Shane and Morgan. I have no problem with their deaths, but they should have been given a bit more plot or time to build up as characters. Or maybe they could die sooner, like in my Abraham plot idea with Rosita.
Morgan, for example, could perhaps be brought back right after the end of the prison arc. Rick and Carl could find him and then the three of them could meet Michonne. This would also be a better way to start the plot between the two of them to build up their relationship.
With Gabriel, they can take some inspiration from the TV version and give him more plots up until his death in the Whisperer war.
I honestly forgot how much the show improved Lance over the comic, I pretty much agree with all your points
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WHY ARE YOU NOT A DIRECTOR...
good lord your movies/shows would blows all others out of the water...
i dream a day your ideas are put to screen... please directors take notes from this guy...
Haha you’re too kind!
@@Swell-Films could you imagine they adapt the live action shows into the comic universe? Like tell stories of original characters that don't interact with the main story, but just to expand the world building aspect? I remember by the end of the comic series Eugene was reconnecting the East with the West with railroads, so perhaps a "Fear the walking dead" like story could be told, similar to the rise of the NCR in the fallout series.
Beauty! Those r the ones I have
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Love it I would personally do 10 seasons now hear me out
Season 1(7 eps)
Volume 1- start of 2)
Season 2(12 eps)
Rest of volume 2-4)
Season 3(16 eps)
The Govenornor arc vol 5-8(16 eps)
Season 4(16 eps)
Vol 9-11 the ending would be them arriving at Alexandria
Season 5(16 eps)
Vol 12- No way out
Season 6(16 eps)
It would be After no way out and we get introduced to jesus and hilltop And then for mid season finale Would be the lineup it would show us negan killing glenn and then Ends with the group on the ground
And then rest of season 6 will be Them under negan's ruling
Then at the end of Season 6 they would go to all out war
Season 7 (16 eps)
Would be all out war part 1 and 2
Season 8(16 eps)
Would be a new beginning and would have the introduction to the whispers and would have the pikes
Season 9(16 eps)
Would be Whisperer arc and the ending would be andrea's death
Season 10(Final season) 22 eps
Now hear me out I think we would have to have 22 episodes In my opinion
Only to cover half the boring storylines with the commonwealth
I would have like episode 21 end with sebastian shooting rick
And episode 22
Would be carl finding out that his dad is dead and the aftermath as the first 40 minutes and then have 25 years later for the rest of the hour and have grownup carl and sophia
And that would be it
They could do a negan lives little tv movie or a Series spinoff
And if they could they could do fear the walking dead animated into what their original plan was
I would like to see some actors come back to play roles but for carl I would say 1-7 he would be played by any kid actor but for 8-10 I think he could be played by chandler riggs and I know this will sound crazy but for adult carl voice I would want Jared padalecki who plays sam whinchester in supernatural but I dont know.
Personally I would add the CRM however they would be main antagonists during the final time jump
I've always maintained that i would want a happy medium. The comic does a lot right, but the tone and direction it takes at times just don't make for a great tv viewing experience because it's really not something that rewards audiences, which, like it or not, is important in the medium. The show, for all its flaws, really works on an emotional level, far more than the comic. I would want the characterization and themes of the tv show mixed with the scope of the comics and that's where being animated would shine. Things the show couldn't logistically do could be done.
i think they can be a lot more graphic in animation than in other forms so the governor's sick stuff he does shouldn't be a problem, i would want Jesus to have all his big fight scenes and Negan and him Kill beta together, i like the serial killer in the prison idea too and Shane's character being bigger, i don't know about Ricks death
A lot of people don’t like ricks death, personally I love it, I appreciate you watching mate!
@@Swell-Films i understand your point of view about him getting comfortable and letting his guard down but him being killed by that character is just disrespectful
you know if this happens no one can die without a soccer mom riot breaking out.
YES!
The show’s success would depend a lot on who voices the characters. I like your ideas.
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I could see an animated “what if” but I mean realistically with how much $ they’ve put into the real shows I doubt we’ll ever get a FULLY fleshed out animated series
They should do what they did for the Watchmen comic for TWD comics
I remember saying that the animated series will happen when the last season ends and i said that when season 10 ended
I’d love this to happen I feel like it would be better than the live action, I’d only want to have Andrew Lincoln as the voice of Rick that’s it
I agree with all the points here but something that I would also like to see improved is Morgan in the comics. He isn’t as significant as he was in the show. I’m not saying he should’ve survived but he should’ve had something memorable to remember him by other than the fact he saved Rick at the beginning. I expected more from him in the comics.
Oh 100%, Morgan absolutely needs a better story
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I love it but a BIG NO to Glenn dying by Negan again. XD
It WOULD NEED to have Tony Moore's art style.
And how about glens character from The Walking Dead live series, to The Voice the animated series , he’s already voicing invincible might as well lol
That would actually be hilarious
I don’t hate the live action universe looking at europe, but I hate the way they did it. I think it would be better if after Carl grows up at the end, they maybe a cargo ship or a large plane up and running and take it to europe with a large group to help rebuild over there like they did in north america
Love that idea, maybe you could tie in Claudia from the Alien with that plot line
Wdym trim it down I love the comics way more than the show because there is no filler or fluff in the comics it's always telling it's interwoven story without resorting to drawing things out for an extended period of time i like how fast stuff happens in the comics especially cuz of how brutally slow the show can be especially with the hospital beth arc
You should rank the walking dead vallins theme songs
We absolutely need an animated season of twd
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I wouldn’t want AMC to do it. They’d just fuck it up.
I don’t think it’s a good idea to change any of the plot points. It’s a slippery slope and just like Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, the butterfly effect will end up causing the show to end up being very different from the comics.
You can add stuff, so long as it doesn’t contradict the source material in any way. And you certainly can’t remove or water down anything, especially with regard to the governor.
I would want Robert Kirkman to be heavily involved in this and oversee, or preferably write any of the additional stuff himself.
I hate the idea of the AMC show actors voicing the animated versions. What with that and some changes people would want made, it sounds like some people want AMC TWD 2.0.
People not liking Rick’s’ death is mad to me. It’s literally perfect for his character.
If they 1 to 1 it but just added Daryl I would be satisfied
Spoliers for both the comic and tv show(but most already know)
I hope they would still have the balls to kill off Glenn and not keep him alive just because the live action series's flopped due to his death.
I would prefer an animated series of Telltale's The Walking Dead story.
Now I love your ideas on seasons 1-5 but to me id make it maybe 8 seasons instead of your 7 and instead of 10 episodes for each season I'd give it 12 just yk
Interesting suggestion, is it the whisperer arc you would split?
Probably yes I'd give it maybe 3-4 episodes and as for beta I'll change how he was introduced in where Rick mets alpha cus I didn't love how late he was introduced yk
Hey can you try doing one on the fall of crawford from telltale twd?
The only reason I don’t want this right is because it’ll be tied to amc and amc has been screwing up a lot recently
I don't really trust AMC with animation after the Better Call Saul animated spinoff.
Slippin Jimmy was just weird nonsense and it gave a bad taste in my mouth.
Slippin jimmy was a weird idea from the beginning, I think if you had the right team behind it this series could be huge
My main thing im worried about at this point isn't even the content of the show as I have pretty good faith that they will do right by it as long as they stick to the comics exact story and only change absolutely necessary things like Shane. I would even go as far as to let him get to the prison and let the baby actually being born be the tipping point for him. But my main thing right now is I just hope they don't follow this recent trend in animation of the style everyone is using. It looks awful and I see a little bit of that style coming through in the invincible season 3 teaser too. The uzumaki anime adaptation also uses it and it single handedly made me stop watching after 1 episode. It just looks awful. Stick with more traditional style animation please I dont want that style of animation to be the only reason for me to not like this if it happens.
I went to watch the clementine short after the video and it sucked. You guys made it sound way more exciting than it was, the people in it can't act to save their lives
An animated series would be phenomenal! We get the dark tones of the comics that we desperately need. I disagree with the fact that the original VA's should come back. I would actually want to see new and different voice actors. This is Kirkmans project, after all. Nonetheless, seeing an animated series of Kirkmans comics would leave me the happiest person in the world.
As much as yall would want to see an animated series their were some seriously sensitive themes and disturbing things in comics such as Michonne being used as a sex slave by the governor, Abraham's wife and daughter being raped and the brutal deaths of the Terminus crew. I recommend these sensitive themes being removed for the animated adaptation.