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Three stories of Might and Manliness, three Super Sexy Synopsis’s:

Manly Firemen, fresh from their sexy calendar shoot, tackle the ever-increasing threat of a pyromaniac, a city on fire, orphans and orphans on fire. Not necessarily in that order.

Like an Interview with a Vampire, only He wears a suit of armour  chucks a bloody great big net at dragons for a living and rarely cries about it.

An overly enthusiastic body builder refuses to follow the trend of working on his thumb muscles by buying the latest mobile phone. Everyone thinks he’s crazy, but the girl from a ruined future thinks he’s doing the right thing. Right on!

Three times more masculine than every single film with Carl Weathers in it!

Three times more manly than a beer-fueled trip down a waterfall, without the raft!!

These are the three face-punching, arm-flexing animated shorts that you need and need with luke-warm bourbon – straight up…no ice!

The Rewards

Remember Back Draft? Remember those other Firemen movies? No? Good, ‘cos they were pretty awful. This is NOT those films!

This is the Manly Show pilot, our flag ship of destiny!

This is a highly original and sexy story of a city under siege, not from sex, but from an unknown master-arsonist who feels compelled that if it ain’t on fire, then it’s not worth knowing about.

The heavily mustached chief has to use his last resort: the fire departments money makers, the sexy stripper calendar firemen and their ripped Dalmatian dog.

Will they be able to save the day, crotch-fan the fires of our hearts AND solve the mystery with only their sexy moves??

If Kurt Russell could grind against a fire-pole like these guys, then his career would still be alive today.

It’s ‘Lethal Weapon’, meets ‘Magic Mike’, in an explosive action of fire and disco-dance sequences.

A documentary that focuses on the life of a modern day dragon slayer: he’s not the most glamorous slayer, as his expertise is with the net. But while he knows those sword-chucking boys get all the glory, he ploughs on regardless with a work ethic that makes Steve Irwin look like a petting zoo attendant.

We take a journey with him on an average day - meeting his worn out wife, his nose picking kid, and his more popular peers - Sir Radington, the rock star sword knight and Sir Ironclad the shield bearer who also shields his heart (awwwwwww!).

His knight bros hang out at cafes, play some crochet, dance to a mariachi band and occasionally slay a dragon. It’s not all work, but when they play, they play hard; celebrating by getting all 80’s in their synth-funk band at a local pub.

It's tough but feel-good piece, guaranteed to make you invest in 30 kilos of plated steel and a can opener.

This campaign originally tied in with the ScreenWest/Pozible 3-1 initiative, but we were beaten by some amazing campaigns so now me must make a more independent attempt at it. If we can show the world we can do it alone (which the dynamic team have demonstrated already), then the world is our oyster wrapped in bacon and sprinkled with parsley. Who’s hungry for that?! WE ARE!!

We do really want to make the 3 films though, so we have created some goals and more amazing prizes than you can poke a metaphorical stick into, to try and get the other 2 films made as well.

Sadly animation today is still a slow and difficult process. Despite all the modern miracles of computers and the internet, it still boils down to a handful of starving artists drawing 12-24 frames per second in a poorly ventilated room behind a shop front somewhere .

Most of the money will be used for keeping our guys alive, so that they can take time out from their busy lives and other pressing/clashing work commitments, to really get into this exciting project. We also want to hire some other animation guns who can specialize in specific shots or effects.

We want to bring this manly baby to life before your very eyes!

You will notice the dollars hard at work when you see the finished films - they will be bold, dynamic and full of the manliest life. Please check out our high quality examples of previous work at the bottom of this page!

We want to be very transparent and open with the production, by showing you constantly our progress and completed sequences. Also in return for your generosity we will show you all our animation tricks and techniques in a ‘Manly Show Master Class’ for amateur dabblers and professionals alike!

You too can follow along via our Manly Show Facebook and YouTube pages. You will be able to interact with us and we will happily answer all your questions at any point of the production. There is even a limited spot available to become an executive producer, so that you too can have a say in the way the films are made.

While volunteers are eagerly sought, we would need to put some money back into the community and the arts by hiring some local voice actors, background artists and to explore distribution options once completed.

So please; dig deep, dig hard and come up with a fist full of dollars to throw in our faces, like the manliest punch that this show deserves.

We’ll even grow beards for the production to show we’re serious.

Some examples of our work:

(short manly loop animation)