series

In the virtual waiting room of a video game arcade, 4 video game odd characters are waiting to "be played".

comic drive

On the fringe of action, relegated to a constant atmosphere of waiting, the characters try to survive their sworn enemy: cohabitation!

The series begins when an upgrade introduces into the lives of the superhero Victor, of the teenager Shirley and of the magician Mr. Rabbit, the insufferable mole Marty. Profession: videogames character. Talent: nuisance.

The videogame will never be shown directly, it will be shown through the comments of the 4 characters that face it with the typical apathy of people that wouldn't work.

The awkward players, the coins technicians and the video arcade managers will foment their dislike for the external world. Through their adventures, our heroes will guide us into the hardest mission: beating the boredom before the coveted "game over".

Marty

The newcomer of the party, he is a neurotic and learned metropolitan mole.

Pedantic and conceited, he has the superpower to make his mates supernervous, simply drowning them with his verbosity. He thinks his being ended up in that videogame as a conviction, even if the others say the same thing of him.

He holds an opinion about everything, which is always a... wrong opinion!

Mr. Rabbit

His long hairy ears do not hide his true essence of rabbit.

Profession: magician. And he looks very like a magician: top hat, dinner jacket and the typical British phlegm. In fact, he is the king of foul language: his dialogues are always "beeped", nor his punctuation is politically correct. He pulls everything... futile out of his top hat.

His unforeseeability is the mad variable of the "Insert Coin" microcosm.

Shirley

An arrogant, snobbish and peevish teenager; she is the dark lady of the party, whose mood fluctuates between bad and black.

She treats others as if they were slaves, only because she likes it. Cynical and pitiless, she always gets what she wants, so she has set up a regime of terror inside her company.

Victor

He is manly; he is the leading superhero of a best-selling videogame; he has a physique carved out of the pixels; but, most of all, he is always... depressed.

Victor is "regular" and he would drop his virtual fame and gain an ordinary life. Absolutely spineless, tired and bored, he is very talented for domestic economy. So, he thinks ironing a shirt as the most important and difficult "mission".

bible of series

english - italian - french

awards & nominations

Official selection - Pitch me! Pierluigi De Mas, Cartoons on the Bay 2009, Rapallo and Portofino - Italy

participations

MIPCOM 2009 - Cannes, France

Il fiore di ogni dove Festival 2010 - Cetraro, Italy

Le strade del Paesaggio Festival 2011 - Cosenza, Italy

staff

subject & screenplay
Davide Aicardi - Marco Renzi

direction
Elena La Regina

storyboard & character design
Gaspare Orrico

modelling & lighting
Peppe Larìa

animation & visual fx
Giovanni Posella

video editing
Daniela Fiorelli

music
Max Maloberti

sound
Carlo Missidenti
Emiliano Goso

dubbing
Elisa Ianni Palarchio
Dario De Luca
Saverio La Ruina

executive production
Francesco La Regina
for OGM Animation Studios