About Animus

      "Animus started as a cumulation of all of my favorite things, sci-fi, fantasy, action, anime. I also knew I wanted it to be more than that, to be a story about questioning the premise of taking revenge. Part of this story is also to have no easy answer in resolving the emotions and issues that come with the “want” to take revenge and following through with the act in fiction. This dictated the end as well as the start of the story, which forms a kind of “cycle of vengeance” that is perpetuated by both sides of the conflict.

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With that in mind I started sketching out the environment, as well as the characters. Animus eventually landed on something more fantasy-like and less sci-fi, which is where the knight vs dragon motif and the “cycle of vengeance” theme started coming together."

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- Goh Kai Wen, Director