Lovers in Crime

[IMAGE ID: poster for Lovers in Crime. The poster is illustrated in art deco style & features the six main characters of the series in vignettes in front of a background of city buildings at night. In the top corner of the poster, there is the Crash Tako Studios logo. END ID]

Check out the Kickstarter here!

Lovers in Crime is an upcoming 2D animated project from Crash Tako Studios & an animated adaptation of the Webtoon webcomic of the same name.

This drama noir series follows morally-grey queer characters living in a post-apocalyptic 1950s style city.

Created by Lu Ka-Yun Dawkins (they/them) as director, project leader, animator, & VA, & Joey Michelson as co-writer.

Learn more about Crash Tako Studios here

Cast

[IMAGE ID: a graphic showing the Lovers in Crime cast list, with pictures of each character next to a headshot for that character's VA. The cast list shown in the graphic is:Dashawn Ricks as Theodore Nolan, Marlon Dance-Hooi as Frederick Akashi, Will Engel as Dolan Katsuo, Max Herzfeld as Jean Pierre Rowan, Corey Wilder as Young Theodore, Tarek Esaw as Leo Barett, Lu Ka-Yun Dawkins as Belle Katsuo, Ryan Hoyle as Sean Melandra, Andreas Somville as Plu Member, Adam New as Robert Harris, Jack Brayton as Victor Papillon, & Yuli Cruz Roo as Kiki Celine. END ID]
Dashawn Ricks
as Theodore Nolan (he/him)
Carrd
Twitter		Marlon Dance-Hooi (he/him)
as Frederick Akashi (he/him)
Linktree
Twitter		Will Engel
as Dolan Katsuo (he/him)
Website
Twitter
Max Herzfeld (he/they)
as Jean Pierre Rowan (he/him)
Website
Twitter		Corey Wilder
as Young Theodore (he/him)
Website
Twitter		Tarek Esaw
as Leo Barett (he/him)
Twitter
Lu Ka-Yun Dawkins (they/them)
as Belle Katsuo (she/her)
Linktree
LinkedIn
Twitter		Ryan Hoyle (he/him)
as Sean Melandra (he/him)
Twitter		Andreas Somville
as PLU Member
Twitter
Adam New (he/they)
as Robert Harris (he/him)
Website
Twitter		Jack Brayton
as Victor Papillon (he/him)
Twitter		Yuli Cruz Roo
as Kiki Celine (she/her)

Stills

[IMAGE ID: in this still from Lovers in Crime, two middle-aged men, one plus-sized & with brown skin & short dark hair & a beard wearing a green suit, & another taller man who has lighter skin & medium brown-gray hair & wears a red suit, kiss passionately while holding hands in front of a warm yellow art deco night cityscape background. END ID]
[IMAGE ID: a still from the Lovers in Crime animation, where a masc-presenting person looks nervously off to the side. Slightly blurred characters stand in the background. END ID]