Hawkins High’s most famous students are finally ready to graduate after 20 years. Well, it only feels like they’ve been in school that long because of the interminable wait for Stranger Things‘ final season. But even though the hit Netflix series is getting ready to say goodbye, viewers will soon have another way to visit the Upside Down with the animated spinoff series Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85. And to get us ready for more interdimensional fun the streaming site has provided new insights into its nostalgia filled series. That includes the classic ’80s cartoons that inspired it.
Netflix and showrunner Eric Robles provided gave a presentation at this year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Market. (We first heard about it at Variety.) Robles was on hand to discuss his new animated spinoff series, Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85. It included revealing concept art for characters, monsters, and locations, as well as an animatic video for those in attendance. But while we still have to wait for Netflix to share all of that with us, there’s still plenty of new info to dive into like a box of Eggo Waffles. That includes the show’s official logline for the show. From Netflix:
Welcome back to Hawkins in the stark winter of 1985, where the original characters must fight new monsters and unravel a paranormal mystery terrorizing their town in Stranger Things: Tales From ’85, an epic new animated series.
Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer serve as executive producers on the show. Robles said the brothers also sent “thousands of detailed photos from the live-action show to accurately design and model each location.” As for the show’s design, Australia’s Flying Bark is handling the animation. But the showrunner said the series look is based on Stranger Things fan art from Meybis Ruiz Cruz.
Stranger Things wouldn’t be Stranger Things without the ’80s movies and TV shows that inspired it, and Tales from ’85 is no different. Robles says his show draws from some of the decades’ most iconic cartoons. He cited The Real Ghostbusters, Beetlejuice, and Transformers as foundational building blocks for his own nostalgia-filled series.
As for when we’ll actually see the show we still don’t know. But we’re not holding our breath like Eleven in a water tank. This is still the world of Stranger Things after all. No one in Hawkins graduates in a timely fashion.
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