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Every schoolchild in Wales is familiar with "Y Mabinogi," a collection of ancient Celtic legends. To others, however, the adventures of the princes, princesses, wizards, and monsters in Otherworld, the upcoming animated film based on the legends, will be new. Hoping to share the drama of these Welsh tales with worldwide viewers, Welsh television station S4C hired the Cardiff-based production company Cartwn Cymru to bring the stories to animated life in two languages. A Welsh version Y Mabinogi, toured cinemas in Wales last fall, and the English version, Otherworld, is to appear on TV next year.

Director Derek Hayes and crew, with help from The Moving Picture Company (MPC), developed a dense, rich look for the movie, which is mainly 2D animation painted and composited in Cambridge Animation Systems' Animo. The movie employs a mix of elements, however. It begins and ends with live action, includes mixes of animation and live action ...

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