"Æon Flux" (1991) TV series 1991-

Creator:

Peter Chung
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

12 September 1996 (Denmark)

Genre:

Adventure | Animation | Sci-Fi | Action

Plot:

Aeon Flux is a mysterious and amoral secret agent from the country of Monica. Her motives or background are left unexplained...

Plot Keywords:

Secret Agent | Agent | Spy Hero | Conscience | Lesbian Kiss

Cast

Denise Poirier	...	Æon Flux (10 episodes, 1995)
John Rafter Lee	...	Trevor Goodchild (10 episodes, 1995)

Series Directed by
Peter Chung		(11 episodes, 1991-1995)
Howard E. Baker		(5 episodes, 1995)

Series Writing credits
Peter Chung		(16 episodes, 1991-1995)
Japhet Asher		(5 episodes, 1995)
Peter Gaffney		(4 episodes, 1995)
Mark Mars		(3 episodes, 1995)
Todd French		(2 episodes, 1995)

Series Produced by
Japhet Asher	....	executive producer (16 episodes, 1991-1995)
John Andrews	....	supervising producer (10 episodes, 1995)
Abby Terkuhle	....	executive producer (10 episodes, 1995)
Catherine Winder	....	producer (10 episodes, 1995)
Peter Chung	....	producer (5 episodes, 1992)

Series Original Music by
Drew Neumann		(16 episodes, 1991-1995)

Series Film Editing by
Michael K. Russell		(5 episodes, 1992)

Series Casting by
Jessica Koplos		(10 episodes, 1995)

Series Production Management
Howard E. Baker	....	post-production supervisor (10 episodes, 1995)
Maryann T. McClure	....	production manager (10 episodes, 1995)

Series Art Department
Roger Dondis	....	additional designer (10 episodes, 1995)
Lance Hughes	....	additional designer (10 episodes, 1995)
Bosco Ng	....	additional designer (10 episodes, 1995)
Osamu Tsuruyama	....	prop designer / storyboard artist (10 episodes, 1995)
Peter Chung	....	designer / storyboard artist (8 episodes, 1991-1995)
Robert Valley	....	storyboard artist (6 episodes, 1995)
Norman Cabral	....	storyboard artist (4 episodes, 1995)
J. Garrett Sheldrew	....	storyboard artist / designer (3 episodes, 1992-1995)
Howard E. Baker	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1995)
Romeo Francisco	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1995)
Mike Jackson	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1995)
Sean Newton	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1995)

Series Sound Department
Deb Adair	....	recording engineer / supervising sound editor (10 episodes, 1995)
Michael Beiriger	....	re-recording mixer (10 episodes, 1995)
Russell Brower	....	sound designer (10 episodes, 1995)
Matt Thorne	....	sound designer (10 episodes, 1995)
Laurie Wetzler	....	track reader (10 episodes, 1995)
Drew Neumann	....	sound designer (6 episodes, 1991-1992)
Peter Stone	....	assistant sound editor (6 episodes, 1991-1992)
Elliot Anders	....	dialogue editor (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Jae Duk Lee	....	camera operator (5 episodes, 1992)

Series Animation Department
Gun Ho Lee	....	background color designer / background supervisor (16 episodes, 1991-1995)
Peter Chung	....	character designer / prop and background designer / ... (15 episodes, 1991-1995)
Tom McClure	....	background designer / prop and background designer (15 episodes, 1992-1995)
Osamu Tsuruyama	....	character designer / animator / ... (12 episodes, 1992-1995)
Richard Bowman	....	sheet timer (10 episodes, 1995)
Tim Brock	....	color stylist (10 episodes, 1995)
Eric Canete	....	background designer (10 episodes, 1995)
Joan Drake	....	sheet timer (10 episodes, 1995)
James Finn	....	background color designer (10 episodes, 1995)
Soo An Kim	....	animation producer (10 episodes, 1995)
Tetsuro Kumase	....	animation producer (10 episodes, 1995)
Bob Nesler	....	sheet timer (10 episodes, 1995)
Joanna Romersa	....	sheet supervisor (10 episodes, 1995)
Tony Salmons	....	character designer (10 episodes, 1995)
Tom Vogt	....	animatic (10 episodes, 1995)
Allen Wilzbach	....	sheet timer (10 episodes, 1995)
Tayk Kim	....	animation production supervisor (6 episodes, 1991-1992)
Hoon Jung	....	animator / layout artist / ... (5 episodes, 1991-1992)
Sun Ja Hwang	....	checking (5 episodes, 1992)
Myung Ran Kim	....	ink and paint artist (5 episodes, 1992)
Soon Ok Shin	....	ink and paint artist (5 episodes, 1992)
Anthony Stacchi	....	animator / layout artist (4 episodes, 1992)
Eui-goo Lee	....	animator / animation supervisor / ... (3 episodes, 1992-1995)
Si Ok Park	....	animation crew / animator (2 episodes, 1991-1992)
J. Garrett Sheldrew	....	layout artist / animator (2 episodes, 1991-1992)
Jong Jin Son	....	animation crew / animator / ... (2 episodes, 1991-1992)
Yutaka Nonaka	....	animator / layout artist (2 episodes, 1992)

Series Editorial Department
Cliff Armstrong	....	on-line editor (10 episodes, 1995)
Michele Douglas	....	supervising editor (10 episodes, 1995)
Ed Rowin	....	colorist (10 episodes, 1995)

Series Music Department
Jean-Pierre Bedoyan	....	additional percussion (5 episodes, 1992)

Series Other crew
Jack Fletcher	....	voice director (10 episodes, 1995)
Peter Gaffney	....	story editor (10 episodes, 1995)
Rosemary Sallee	....	production assistant (10 episodes, 1995)
Sherri Stringfellow	....	production coordinator (10 episodes, 1995)
Osamu Tsuruyama	....	main title design (10 episodes, 1995)
Courtney Tucker	....	production assistant (10 episodes, 1995)
Kim Giancaterino	....	electronic graphic artist / title designer: end credits (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Colossal Pictures
• MTV Animation
• MTV Networks

Distributors

• Music Television (MTV) (1991-1995) (USA) (TV)
• MuchMusic
• NHK
• Paramount Home Entertainment (1996) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (1998) (Netherlands) (VHS) ("Mission Infinite")
• Paramount Home Entertainment (1999) (Netherlands) (VHS) ("Operative Terminius")
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (complete series)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (video)
• Steward
• YTV

Other Companies

• Modern VideoFilm  video (1995)
• Screen Music Studios (SMS)  recording studio (1995) (as Screenmusic Studios)
• Screen Music Studios (SMS)  sound (1995) (as Screenmusic Studio)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

30 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA | South Korea | Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Japan:R-18 | USA:TV-MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (DVD) | Canada:14A (Manitoba) (DVD) | Australia:M (some episodes) | UK:15 (some epiosodes) | Germany:16 (DVD rating) | Singapore:NC-16 | Netherlands:16

Company:

Colossal Pictures

Trivia:

Began as a series of short films for MTV. Each of these films, plus a couple of full episodes, ended with Aeon Flux being killed, with continuity being "rebooted" in the following episode. (The 2005 Æon Flux (2005) live action movie explained that Aeon is cloned each time she is killed.) This angle was phased out over time. Plans for a second season were discussed but never fulfilled.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Trevor Goodchild:The unobserved state is a fog of probabilities, a window of and for error. The watcher observes, the fog collapses, an event resolves. A theory becomes a fact... What is the truth? Tell me, if you know. And I will not believe you. Things are never what they seem. Clean gloves hide dirty hands - and mine are dirtier than most... Without truth, there can be no justice. Justice will be done!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: Episode #35.7" (2006)

A Twist On A Reality Not Often Seen....

It's a futuristic "White Rabbit" that comes to mind whenever I recall any episode of this "Liquid TV" born legend. The style wasn't bubbly or cute like 75% of the Anime you witness, it's lines were crude, bodies were awkward but it's feel was seductive.

I personally feel that the creators wanted to give the audience a constant view into the side of what we don't see all that often. Such movies as "Total Recall" and "Blade Runner" danced just outside of those unseen elements using them as sight-gags, AF exploited them in an incredible way....if you didn't understand what you were watching, it was only a matter of a partial storyline before you understood it.

When it was originally created, Aeon herself was silent, an occassional moan, groan or sigh - the TV series added new elements giving that much needed dialog and shedding evil light onto an already unimaginable world.

The action is intense, the storylines are fluid and entrancing, the voice acting is top-notch and it's lifespan was cut short to make way for the new generation clot with teenie-boppers, hip-hoppers and wannabes. If AF proved anything, aside from it's jaded stance on a futuristic world that puts "Mad Max" to shame - it's that MTV DID INDEED SELL-OUT....for those of us who spent countless hours trying to get the station to even rekindle just ONE MARATHON of "Liquid TV", know the heartache.