Emmy-winning creator and director of “The Book of Life” and “El Tigre” Jorge Gutierrez and his longtime partner, in life and in work, Sandra Equihua hosted one of this year’s most highly anticipate…
Gutierrez started off by describing a Netflix dinner with many of the people who would go on to form Netflix Animation, where he was asked by Melissa Cobb to, “Pitch us something you don’t think you can get made anywhere.”
“From the beginning we were careful and aware that when you look at her, she looked like she could take you on and that she was fearless,” explained Equihua. Maya also has three brothers, Dagger, Shield and Lance. With full body armor of their own, the boys are the ancient equivalent of jocks and excel in physical activity. According to Gutierrez, the three are always together and move as a singular unit.
After the first clip, the audience got to meet the bad guys. First up was Lord Mictlan, god of the dead. Massive and demonic in aesthetic, he is inspired by Mictlantecuhtli, Aztec god of the dead. With red-orange skin and black and green armor loaded with skulls, the most striking feature of Mictlan is his face, made of two pressed together skulls facing one another. No action shots were shared of Mictlan speaking, but it will surely be something to behold.
Zatz, the prince of bats was the final character properly introduced on the day. The physical opposite of Maya, Zatz is a young man with white hair and only one remaining eye, who rides a skeletal puma with flaming eyes. Described as the world’s first vampire, Zatz has the ability to shapeshift, and a drawing of the god as a bat was a hit with the virtual audience, with several pleading for a plush toy of the figure.
Once Maya finishes her tour, she heads off to battle an as-yet unidentified force but must first pass through the anthropomorphic Divine Gate to the Underworld which takes the form of a monumental stone golem.
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