The storyline we're adapting into anime is Book Two: Moon Over Bourbon Street. In this particular story our heroes Shannon Bechet, Otis Armstrong and Yolanda Jackson (also known as the Yoruba Gods Shango, Ogun and Oya) battle against Chef Napoleon Cross and his carnivorus kitchen crew of flesh eating vampires. Book Two's title Moon Over Bourbon Street is taken from a song by the rock icon Sting off his classic The Dream of the Blue Turtles album.
The Jazzy tune tells the tale of an undead vampire wandering the French Quarter helplessly devouring everything he loves in his quest for survival. The Primordials is perfect for anime because our stories deals with issues such as economic recovery, natural disasters, homophobia, slavery, politics, even terrorism, and puts a fresh spin on it. If The Primordials were a live action televison series or feature film it would cost in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The anime art form gives us an opportunity to tell the same epic tale in a much more cost effective way while at the same time maintaining the integrity of the material.
Bio Writer and independent producer, Reginald Nelson has been a comic book collector for over twenty five years. He earned his BFA from Howard University and MFA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the co-founder of Chicago's acclaimed Congo Square Theatre Company whose advisory board included the late playwright August Wilson. Reginald has produced over fourteen stage plays, two award winning short films and is the author of HOW TO START YOUR OWN THEATRE COMPANY: Foreword by David Schwimmer and published by the Chicago Review Press.
Recently he was selected as a Young Leader of Color by American Theatre Magazine, was featured in the NY Times and has held workshops based on his book at the University of Chicago, Columbia College, Loyola University and the University of Southern California.
Sincerely, Reginald Nelson Author/Entrepreneur/Fanboy
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