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I haven’t checked out Disney XD’s new series Randy Cunningham, 9th Grade Ninja, but I’ve just caught up with the incredible opening title sequence directed by Kevin Dart and Stephane Coedel. It was created in Flash and After FX, produced out of Passion Pictures in London. The series, created by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas, began airing last month and is about… oh, just watch the opening to find out:

I love a good opening title. Says Kevin Dart:

Here are the opening titles for the new Disney show Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja! It was directed by me and Stéphane Coëdel with the help from a slew of amazing artists & animators. Here are the credits:

PRODUCTION: Passion Pictures
DIRECTED BY: Kevin Dart // Stéphane Coëdel
PRODUCER: Ryan Goodwin-Smith
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Lucy Morton-Hicks
ANIMATORS: Rich Wake // Stephen Vuillemin // Alessandra Sorrentino
ANIMATION ASSISTANTS: Maxwell Oginni // Anita Corcoran // Martynas Juchnevicius // Sam Cundall // Perrie Murphy // James Newport
CG ARTIST: Francois Pons
DOODLE DESIGNERS: JJ Villard // Stephen Vuillemin
COMPOSITORS: Rob Ward // Stephane Coedel

Kevin Dart and pals have done it again - this is a spot-on spoof/embrace of the sexy swinging badass mystery-solving lovely-lady genre. The “Gadget Girl” heroines star in Looks That Kill, the new book and DVD, which they’ve just put up for pre-order.

In Dart’s previous Yuki 7 venture, Seductive Espionage, we see an elaborate backstory to a feature film that never was, but probably should have been. Don’t miss the earlier short, A Kiss from Tokyo.

Also, check out the fantastic fan art this fun and stylish project has inspired.

Looks That Kill - HD (by Yuki 7)

"A Kiss From Tokyo" Theatrical trailer from Stephane coedel on Vimeo.

I received a copy of Kevin Dart’s Seductive Espionage: The World of Yuki 7 the other day and I still can’t put the book down. I’m awed by the beautiful artwork and illustrations showcased throughout its pages. The concept: creating a “globe-trotting female superspy” set in the mid-60’s through fictional movies, complete with posters, lobby cards, and trailers—all with the look and feel of the 1960’s Bond era, with a dash of extra influences as well. Kevin what inspired him for the project on his blog:

I combed through some folders of reference I had collected over the last few years, immersing myself in campy Euro-spy film posters, 1960’s Thai pop music album covers, and mid-century modern architecture. I went back and re-watched some of my favorite spy films like “You Only Live Twice” and discovered new ones like “Deadlier than the Male”. A world slowly started to form in my head and I could feel hundreds of backlogged ideas and unfinished stories suddenly collide into one cohesive mass. Later on, I realized Yuki 7 had been building for years even though she arrived in a flash of insight.

Read about the “Making of Yuki 7″ on the following posts:
Part I
Part II
Part III

The book features gorgeous artwork by Kevin, along with a great collection of artists & illustrators, such as:
Bill Presing, Bob Logan, Brigette Barrager, Chris Turnham, Daniel Arriaga, Don Shank, Elizabeth Ito, Horia Dociu. Josh Parpan, Justin Parpan, Megan Brain, and Ted Mathot. Nucleus Gallery will host a show featuring the above artists of Yuki 7 from July 3rd through the 14th, 2009.

Equally impressive is the writing by Ada Cole, as well as the fantastic trailer co-directed with animator Stephane Coedel:

UPDATE: Forgot to mention Grain Edit’s Yuki 7 Screen Gems Giveaway!