Meet Our Team


Founders

Michelle Ackerman

Meg Sorensen

Samantha Schoeman

Vreeets

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Other Creative Team Members

PRODUCTION TEAM 

MICHELLE ACKERMAN - CEO/PRODUCER
MEG SORENSEN - EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/ADMINISTRATION
DAEKO - EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/PRODUCTION DESIGN
SAMANTHA SCHOEMAN - EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/CONCEPT DESIGN
HIROSHI MISAGO - LEAD PRODUCER/JAPANESE LIAISON
VREEETS - LEAD PRODUCER
NOSIPHO VAN DEN BRAGT - STUDIO CONSULTANT

MUSIC DEPARTMENT 

MICHELLE ACKERMAN - MUSIC & LYRICS
HILLEL TEPLITZKI - COMPOSER/ORCHESTRATOR
NIR SHOR - MIXING ENGINEER
CHRISTIAAN STACHEL - SOUND DESIGN
IAN NICKUS - SOUND DESIGN CONSULTANT
CAMERON STONE - CELLIST
KRISTIN NAIGUS - SOLO WINDS
YASUHIKO FUKUOKA - JAPANESE MUSIC LIAISON/ARRANGER
TAKAHIRO OBATA - ADDITIONAL ORCHESTRATION
CHARLES MUSTIAN - ARRANGER/COPYIST
CHRISTOPHER KOELZER - PIANO ARRANGEMENTS
JACOB YATES - ARRANGER/COPYIST
RYAN BILHOVDE - COPYIST

JAPANESE MUSIC TALENT PRODUCTION

HIROSHI MISAGO - DIALOGUE & LYRIC JAPANESE TRANSLATION
YUKO YUASA - JAPANESE MUSIC/STUDIO DIRECTOR
KYOKO IKEYA - FEMALE VOICE TALENT (KATRINA & JOHANNA) /JAPANESE LYRIC COLLABORATOR
HIROSHI MISAGO - MALE VOICE TALENT  (BALTUS)
JAPANESE VOCAL TRACKS RECORDED AT STUDIO MITT | TOKYO 

ART DEPARTMENT 

MICHELLE ACKERMAN - DIRECTOR
DAEKO - ART DIRECTOR
SAMANTHA SCHOEMAN - ANIMATOR/PRODUCER/3D PRODUCTION
VREEETS-  PROP DESIGN ARTIST/COLORIST
CHANG LEE  - ART CONCEPT CREATOR
FABU - CHARACTER DESIGN ARTIST/ILLUSTRATION
EILEEN LEE - CHARACTER DESIGN ARTIST
NICOMISS - CHARACTER DESIGN ARTIST
RAYMOND WITCHER - CHARACTER CONSULTANT

BOOK DEPARTMENT 

MICHELLE ACKERMAN - BOOK/SCRIPT
HIROSHI MISAGO - BOOK/LYRIC JAPANESE TRANSLATION
AKI KOMURA - JAPANESE SCRIPT TRANSLATION
MEG SORENSEN - SCRIPT EDITOR & TRANSLATION LIAISON
PAT VERDUCCI - SCRIPT CONSULTANT
MAGGIE HERSKOWITZ - SCRIPT CONSULTANT
DANIEL LARAWAY - CONCEPT CONSULTANT
SAMANTHA SCHOEMAN - RESEARCH/DEVELOPMENT & CONTINUITY
DAEKO - STORYBOARD ARTIST
VREEETS - STORYBOARD COLORIST

 
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Investors

 

Primary Investors

ANDREW ACKERMAN
FRANK HOLMES

MULTAM GRATIAM

DOMINICK AMENDUM
JEFF WHITING
NOSIPHO VAN DEN BRAGT

 

EXECUTIVE CROWDFUNDING INVESTORS

DONNA PETRILLO

GARY & JOYCE STONE

DW BERG

SHIRLEY S. MACK

PRINCIPAL CROWDFUNDING INVESTORS

 

PAM EICHNER
AMY WARD
GWENN BLAU
KIMBERLY DEWEY

SHAWN SENNING
BRAD STONE
HOWARD ALTER
MARIANNE BLACK
TUACAHN CENTER FOR THE ARTS

TALON GARRET
DEBORAH STOME
JASON LIN
STEVE ZENER

 

SUPPORTING CROWDFUNDING INVESTORS

UTAH CONSERVATORY
GUEST 725696045
JENIFER DRURY REED
MITCHELL SPARKS
ALYSON MAYNES
DENNIS AGLE JR.
MELODY & JOHN TUFT
SALLY MEYER
ALISON MOORE SMITH
CATHERINE HUBERT
GREGORY HANOIAN
KRISTI FAUTIN
JANET G PARKER
FREDERIC ST. LAURENT
TRIMR

LANOLA KATHLEEN STONE
HENRY A. JUSTICE
JONATHAN NORTHRUP
NICOLAS DROMARD
ANGELO DEL PRETE
DONNA M BATES
MINDY YOUNG
SUSAN YAMADA
BARBARA BOBBI LINEHAM
CATHLEEN M. MARTINEZ
IRMA FASZEWSKI
LAURIE SHEPPARD
KASSI BYBEE
JACK GONZALEZ

ATH
JANA TAYLOR
KIMBERLY TOBASH
RITA RICHARDSON
CRAIG FOSTER
GUEST 744101850
NANCY KIRHOFFER
LESLIE ODOM JR.
BECKY ALEXANDER
DALENE ROWLEY
KATIE ERICKSON
STEPHANIE HENKEL
TOMORROWS_MAN
KAPRECE STAPLES

BRAD FUJIMOTO
JANET ROBINSON
LISA ANDRES
SHAUNA SLOAN
DANA MAYNARD UNGER
JANET HAYDEN
RENE BAKER
AJ
BRENT GEISLER
DEAN KAELIN
KEITH ROMINE
STEPHANIE ODEA
ANDREW ACKERMAN
LORIUM