The African studio Lucan is developing an animated superhero called “Isaura”.
The series will tell the story of a young girl taking on a superhero role to save her local environment. The story will be an educational tool and will also be a fantastic animated adventure that will go down well with fans of Studio Ghibli.
Andrew McNally told NME: “In a nutshell, the story is of a young Mozambican girl living in a coastal village. After risking her own life to save a turtle, she’s rewarded with a powerful ancient talisman that gives her the ability to breathe underwater and communicate with turtles.
“Through the talisman, she becomes a guardian of the ocean and all the animals living in it, but she’s not alone, as she’s joined by her trusty turtle companion, Couro. Her journey starts quite small in a rural fishing village in Mozambique. But the idea of the story is to expand to other territories around the world.”
There will also be an important message about turtle conservation and climate change in the series.
McNally explained: “There are turtle conservation undertones, and climate change undertones, but the idea is to take these humble beginnings and transform Isaura into a leader of other characters from other parts of the world. So it becomes a global initiative of heroes and the animals that they protect.”
Isaura is still in development and has no confirmed release date.
