foreWARD
a fight club, an unpublished webcomic, a failed anime pitch, a short-lived audio drama, a testament to art that never succeeds
• 2003: Polykarbon artists came together in a collaborative fight club project called Escape from Ninja High School• 2006: Artists MamoruK (Peter Meindertsma) and Kagebu (Cody Savoie) are given permission from the rest of their collaborators to take the fight club and its characters and develop a webcomic• 2015: Peter approaches Cody with the opportunity to pitch the webcomic idea as an animated series, and it is reworked into foreWARD with co-writer, Morgan Lea• 2017: foreWARD releases its animatic pitch publicly• 2021: foreWARD starts to release its first volume as an audio drama• 2025: The audio drama exits production hell and concludes the first volume, and Morgan begins the process of archiving everything from the last two decades of work
Creators
Cody Savoie
Peter Meindertsma
Polykarbon Fight Club Artists
Polykarbon Fight Club Artists
Peter Meindertsma
Cody Savoie
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Jonat
Kaiyu
TL?
Reddragon7 (J. James)
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boykun / delugar
PJ
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Writers
Cody Savoie (Escape from Ninja High School & foreWARD)
Peter Meindertsma (Escape from Ninja High School)
Morgan Lea (foreWARD)
Backers
Hack Manhattan
Luke Rizik
John Patneaude
Roy Rainbow III
UltraDaiSenpai
Morgan Lea
foreWARD Theme
Jeremy King
foreWARD Logo
Austin DuBois
foreWARD Art
Cody Savoie
K.T.
此间迟驻 (cijianchizhu)
Voice Cast
| Title | Author | Year | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitsuki Onamuji | Matt Shipman Morgan Lea (young) | ||
| Arashi Murakumo | Griffin Puatu Julia Gu (young) Chris Niosi (Animatic Pilot) | ||
| Mayumi Katsuragi | Jill Harris | ||
| Masaru Toragumi | Anthony Sardinha Corrine Sudberg (young) PJ Jones (Animatic Pilot) | ||
| Tatsuki Izumi | Darcy Maguire-Wheelahan | ||
| Kaze Miyamoto | Peach Saliva Michelle Marie (young) | ||
| Kei Nagisa | Morgan Lea Danielle McRae (Animatic Pilot) | ||
| Zeiryo Shishimaru | Cody Savoie Melissa J. Lackie (young) | ||
| Senjou Tatsugumi | Trent Martin Daisy Guevera (young) Mike Varker (Animatic Pilot) | ||
| Kashin Aramaki | A.J. Beckles Alejandro Saab (Animatic Pilot) | ||
| Moranaku Okuda | River Vitae | ||
| Kusari Utsubasa | Phillip Sacramento | ||
| Yosuke Sasaki | Ben Balmaceda Cody Savoie (Animatic Pilot) | ||
| Minami | Yung-I Chang | ||
| Hagane Kurogane | Joe Cliff Thompson | ||
| Ritsu Katsugawa | Meli Grant | ||
| Shirako | Shamon Williams | ||
| Momiko | Shara Kirby | ||
| Seika Amano | Cassie Ewulu | ||
| Musou | June Yoon | ||
| Muramasa | Richard C. Barcenas | ||
| Oniori | June Yoon | ||
| Kaya | Michelle Marie | ||
| Daichi | Julia Gu | ||
| Junko | Morgan Lea | ||
| Yasutaro | Daisy Guevera | ||
| Nina | Elizabeth Qudenfeld | ||
| Souken Kusanagi | Cyrus Rodas | ||
| Monk Abe | Phillip Sacramento | ||
| Nobutoshi Tatsugumi | Trent Martin | ||
| Ikaku Toragumi | Cyrus Rodas | ||
| Kanami Tatsugumi | Nola Klop | ||
| Narukami Murakumo | John Patneaude | ||
| Makoto Kiwamura | Dallas Reid | ||
| Additional Voices | Shara Kirby Shamon Williams John Patneaude Richard C. Barcenas June Yoon Dallas Reid Corinne Sudberg Nola Klop Daisy Guevera Elizabeth Quedenfeld Cyrus Rodas Julia Gu Michelle Marie Melissa J. Lackie Cody Savoie Morgan Lea |