Mobile Mecha/Draft

Mobile Mecha is a Japanese-American animated series created by Jake Borella. It revolves around the crew aboard the SpecSpace 4 and it's adventures.

Plot
TBA

Characters

 * Blitz Murdock
 * Voice Actor: Gary Sinise (1989-1995) / uncredited soundalike (1995-1997) / Sean Schemmel (1997-2008)

Production
Borella was watching various mecha anime throughout the early to mid-eighties, with Voltron being the major hit. Borella, being a mildly successful animator at the time with his early cel animation dramas, booked a trip to Japan and South Korea to meet with animation teams to help animate his dream project. He contracted Madhouse, AKOM, and Studio 4°C to produce the first season.

Writing
Writing for the first two seasons took about three months, and were written by Borella himself. Starting with the third season, Peter Bennett would help Borella write up until 1998, where Borella would hire a team of writers, including Bennett. Eliot Vasquez, Isabelle Cunningham, and Emmanuel Berry joined the writing team then and would stay with the project until the cancelation of the show in 2008.

Animation
Madhouse, AKOM, and Studio 4°C animated the first two seasons. During the pre-production phase of Season 3, Borella reached out to A.P.P.P., Studio 4°C, and Telecom Animation Film to animate the season. The animation studios would change after 1999, with Sunrise replacing Telecom Animation Film. After 2003, AKOM returned to the show, replacing A.P.P.P. Studio 4°C would be replaced by Ufotable. During the last two seasons, AKOM would stick with the show, with Sunrise being replaced by Nomad and Ufotable being replaced by Saerom Animation.

Directing
Directing the animation from the start until 1998 was Jake Borella himself. During this time, Borella would be in Japan and South Korea throughout the late fall and early spring to work on the series. During 1999 he would have Peter Bennett direct some scenes, and by 2000 he would be directing about a quarter of the show until it's cancelation in 2008.

Recording
Voiceover work was produced at various recording facilities in the United States, although most work has been done at Skywalker Sound. Starting in 1997, recording as done in New York by TAJ Productions until 2005, when NYAV Post started working on it. ADV Films also recorded for the show using their Texan based actor pool.

Broadcasting
TBE