{"product_id":"roy-del-espacio-limited-slipcover-edition-pre-order","title":"ROY DEL ESPACIO Limited Slipcover Edition (PRE-ORDER)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eROY FROM SPACE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(ROY DEL ESPACIO) – 1983, Andrea Pérez Mata, 64 min.  Completely lost for over 40 years and only the 3rd animated feature ever produced in Mexico, ROY FROM SPACE has finally returned, newly scanned from the original 35mm negative and lovingly restored by Deaf Crocodile!  The only feature made by noted titles and commercials animator Héctor López Carmona, ROY is a wildly entertaining work of Outsider \/ Sci-Fi Animation, loosely inspired (ahem) by the classic 1930s Flash Gordon serials.  \"I'm Roy from Space.  I come from Earth,” our helmet-wearing hero announces with a straight face (note:  he never takes off his helmet, indoors or outdoors), and we follow as he fights a nonstop stream of synthesizer-voiced robots and flying saucers in the service of wicked Ming-the-Merciless clone “King Alome” while fending off the king’s hot-blooded daughter.  Produced over the course of 3 years, often with the help of non-professional animators, ROY features an incredibly strange and disorienting Outsider Animation style, ala DELTA SPACE MISSION:  faces and body parts constantly shift, expanding and contracting without warning; bodies and feet don't seem connected to floors or walls; characters tumble through space like a Merce Cunningham modern dance piece.  In other words, it’s a blast.  Working with the daughter of original producer Ulises Pérez Aguirre, Deaf Crocodile was able to locate the 35mm film elements at the Cineteca Nacional in Mexico, but were shocked to discover 4-1\/2 minutes of live-action footage had been slugged into the film from a Japanese sci-fi movie without permission.  Independent animators Isabelle Aspin and Brian Smee were brought in to replace this bootleg footage, creating new 2-D animation using the cel-painted style and feel of the original.  Featuring a groove-a-delic synth-laden score by Ernesto Cortazar and the voices of Salvador Nájar, Patricia Martínez and Rubén Moya.  In Spanish with English subtitles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecial Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb id=\"m_2174426030820931871gmail-docs-internal-guid-d0c14bc7-7fff-08a6-0ff5-3bc4d9a45672\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e48-page booklet featuring new essays by film historian \u0026amp; re-release co-producer Alejandro Vidal and film critic Walter Chaw\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew audio commentary by Armando Hernández \u0026amp; Joey Diaz of the Trash-Mex podcast\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew visual essay by film historian Celeste de la Cabra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew video interview with Andrea Pérez Mata (an animator on the film) and Ulises Pérez Mata, both children of ROY FROM SPACE producer Ulises Pérez Aguirre, and their cousin, Alejandro Mata\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew video interview with director Héctor López Carmona’s grandson, Héctor Ricardo López Reyes, moderated by Dennis Bartok with translation by Alejandro Vidal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew featurette on the creation of replacement animation for the film by animators Isabelle Aspin and Brian Smee by Someone’s Favorite Prod.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlu-ray authoring by Fidelity in Motion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew cover art and graphic design by Beth Morris\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"\u003eLimited Edition Slipcover of 1250 units, featuring new artwork by Gilbert \"Love and Rockets\" Hernandez with color by Richard Cox.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1219687962?badge=0\u0026amp;autopause=0\u0026amp;player_id=0\u0026amp;app_id=58479\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"ROY DEL ESPACIO 2026 restoration trailer\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProduced by Deaf Crocodile \u0026amp; Manufactured in Germany.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeature:  © Andrea Pérez Mata, under license to Deaf Crocodile Films 2024. 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