More Heroes as Chess Pieces at 'Brad's Corner'.

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As a Tuesday surprise, director Brad Goodchild posted four more images of the heroes as chess pieces to his blog. Check it out for some awesome designs of Odie and Herry as Rooks and Archie and Atlanta as Knights for the white side. These will appear in the Season Two episode titled The Game Plan, better known as the Christmas special (more information here).

According to the entry, more pieces for both side will be posted later. For those of you who are catching-up, you can also view older blog entries containing designs for Cronus and Jay chess pieces, with a possible (but unconfirmed) alternative Cronus as King design here. Unlike the other heroes, the Cronus (at least the main set) and Jay designs will appear in the episode titled Cronus 2.0 (more information here), unless they make an additional appearance in the Christmas one (we cannot confirm this until Mr. Goodchild makes another announcement).

Fan Hilary's Original Character Gets 'Titanized' at 'Toad's Stool'.

All the way back in December 2006, director Brad Goodchild posted an entry to his blog about how one fan who sent a letter and drawings to the guys at Studio B Production impressed them so much that storyboard supervisor Todd Demong drew and mailed her 'Class of the Titans' original fan character.

A few months later, Mr. Demong has actually posted the drawing and his commentary about this story at his own blog. The character, meant to be a girlfriend for one of the canon characters on the show, is apparently named Hilary like her creator, 'Class of the Titans' fan Hilary. Please read the entry itself for some interesting insight and the image itself.

Please note that the character is NOT appearing in an episode. From both Messrs. Goodchild and Demong, it sounds like this was a nice favour for a particular fan, so if you're going to send the guys mail, please do NOT do so under the belief that it means your character will be on the show -- not only are the stories for Season Two already set, but there are potentially sticky legal issues around it too.

Rest of the 'Time After Time' Screencaps at 'Brad's Corner'.

Director Brad Goodchild has finally posted the last (and majority) of the Episode 1.26: Time After Time season finale screencaps to his blog. As per usual, please leave general comments at the entry containing the episode's title card. Also, as mentioned in the same entry, this is the last batch of screencaps that will be posted for a long time, possibly (but not definitely, pending how long the blog lasts) until after Season Two airs.

However, since it is the last screencaps posting, Mr. Goodchild is also interested in knowing what other material fans would like to see posted in lieu of the screencaps. Please leave your suggestions here, though of course, your request isn't necessarily a guarantee.

Season Two Jay Designs and the First Batch of 'Time After Time' Screencaps at 'Brad's Corner'.

On the non-spoiler front, director Brad Goodchild has posted the first batch of screencaps from the Season One finale, Episode 1.26: Time After Time, to his blog. These images are from the last part of the episode, and as explained here, the rest of the screencaps will be posted tomorrow (Friday).

THE REST OF THIS ENTRY AND ITS LINKS CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR SEASON TWO OF 'CLASS OF THE TITANS'. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE SPOILED, THEN PLEASE NEITHER CLICK ON ANY LINKS NOR READ ANY FURTHER. THANK YOU.

Yesterday, Mr. Goodchild posted three new character designs for Jay as various chess pieces (Pawn, King, and Knight) for the Season Two episode titled Cronus 2.0 (more information about the episode itself here). These white pieces are supposed to match the black ones for Cronus, which were posted earlier.

We're currently experiencing some technical difficulties with editing the Season Two news summary, but once those are fixed, we will update it with the new additions since the last update. Thank you.

Season One Re-Runs to Return to Teletoon in March 2007.

In continuation of today's updates on Teletoon's March schedules for 'Class of the Titans' as per the new website content, this entry will cover the English channel.

According to a previous correspondence with Teletoon audience relations co-ordinator Julie Benoit, Season One re-runs of the show are currently set to return this March. In checking the new schedule on Teletoon's website, these re-runs will begin on Saturday March 17, 2007 at 2:00PM ET/PT with the Canadian premiere of Episode 1.18: Bows and Eros.

From then on, or at least throughout March 2007, the old 'Class of the Titans' episode will continue to air on weekends (Saturday and Sunday) at 2:00PM ET/PT on both days. As the April 2007 schedules and beyond have not yet been posted, we do not yet know how long these air-times will continue for.

Finally, these are NOT new Season Two episodes, which, at the present time, still seem to be scheduled to premiere in September 2007. Again, the episodes airing on Teletoon in March are Season One re-runs, and are therefore all old episodes, with the exception of the Valentine's Day special kicking-off the return. Thank you.

EDIT (5:10PM): Director Brad Goodchild also confirmed that these March episodes are NOT from Season Two, along with some additions on why this is so and what seems to be a new image of Cronus (if we're mistaken, please let us know).

Télétoon's 'Classe des Titans' Schedule Changes for March 2007.

Both English and French versions of Teletoon's website recently uploaded their March 2007 schedules, so we're going to do a quick two-part update on the two channels' schedule changes for 'Class of the Titans'. We'll start off with Télétoon (ie. French-Canadian Teletoon), which we'll hopefully try to report more often now that we're aware of the two running on different schedules.

At present, Télétoon airs Season One re-runs of 'Classe des Titans' everyday (seven days a week) at 7:30PM. According to the website's schedules, this will continue through the remainder of February 2007 and the first half of March 2007. As the schedule currently stands, Sunday March 11, 2007 will be the LAST day the show will air at its current time.

Starting on Tuesday March 13, 2007, 'Classe des Titans' will only air every Tuesday only at 8:00PM. The schedule says this will be for the rest of March, but since there's no monthly schedule beyond that yet, we do NOT yet know if this trend will continue past March.

Again, the information above ONLY applies to Teletoon's French-Canadian channel. The English channel runs on a different schedule, and we will report on that later today. Thank you.

'Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself' Teaser Stills at 'Brad's Corner'.

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The Season Two episode titled Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself (ie. the werewolf episode) seems to be director Brad Goodchild's favourite new episode to tease fans about on his blog, and today is no exception.

Check-out a generous set of three teaser stills that apparently appear on a PMR as Odie recalls the story of King Lycaon, who's also now revealed to be yet another new Season Two character. Lycaon (NOT to be confused with another Lycaon from the Trojan War) was a mythical king of Arkadia who had the great honour of hosting the gods as his dinner guests. When he served human flesh to the gods, however, they were disgusted and Zeus punished him by transforming him into a wolf. The three screencaps, in order, depict the transformation, Zeus using his power on Lycaon, and the fully transformed werewolf.

As per usual, we will update the Season Two news summary (and correct the typos on it) once we have access to the computer with the appropriate files again.

The same entry also mentions a possible Wednesday surprise based on something fans have been writing about in the director's blog comments, so stay tuned for that as well.

REMINDER: Art Theft is Wrong.

It has recently come to my attention that a number of 'Class of the Titans' fansites are stealing other people's fanart -- whether from deviantART galleries, the director's blog, or even this newsblog -- and displaying them on their own websites either as their 'own' artwork or free graphics, and so far, always without credit to the original artists.

Art theft is rude and disrespectul, and if you truly admired these artists, you would give them the respect they deserve and, at the very least, ASK for their permission before stealing their work and pretending it's your own or showing it off on your website. 'It was on the Internet and everyone steals!' is NOT an excuse. Neither is claiming that since it was on a blog, it's free to take -- for cases like the director's blog displaying fanart, the artists in-question have usually (but not always, and you should check) given permission for that person alone to put-up the artwork.

Also, I'm going to take this moment to remind fans (because many apparently need this reminder) that official images from the director's blog may NOT be taken and used for anything. Remember what happened last time when a certain fan who will remain nameless thought it would be a great idea to take graphics and put them on her website -- the director's blog was almost shut-down.

I apologize for using the newsblog as a soapbox, but things in this fandom have gone too far and it needs to be addressed. I don't want to have to resort to publishing names and websites again like last time as a way to discourage this kind of stuff, so for some of you out there, please re-consider what you're doing instead of justifying why you're in the right. Thank you.

'Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself' Storyboard Sneak-Peek at 'Brad's Corner'.

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Director Brad Goodchild has finally posted this Friday's surprise, and it's a selection of storyboards from the Season Two episode titled Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself, which may be more widely known as the werewolf episode. There are 21 sheets in total with three storyboards each, so go crazy and have a look at them. As per usual, if you want to leave a comment on them, please do so at the main entry to keep things organized.

For more information about the episode itself beyond these storyboards, check-out this old announcement from Mr. Goodchild and a werewolf concept design by storyboard supervisor Todd Demong.

Even though we just updated the Season Two news summary a few hours earlier, we will try to figure-out a good way to add links to each entry containing storyboards as soon as we can. Thanks.

EDIT (5:00PM): Links to the storyboard entries have now been added under episodes. Obviously, please check under the Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself blurb.

SITE: Huge Season Two News Summary Update.

After exactly one entire month of no updates, we've finally got around to updating the Season Two news summary with all of the latest 'Class of the Titans' second season news between January 16, 2007 to February 16, 2007 (as of around 3:00PM ET/PT, at least). As usual, new additions are written in a bright blue font. Please let us know if we missed anything or made any mistakes.

We're also trying to reform the summary to make it more user-friendly and easier to read. At the moment, we've split the original Characters, Creatures, and Locations section into three parts -- Characters and Creatures, Technology and Vehicles, and Locations -- so that it's less overwhelming to sort through. We're very interested in feedback for other ways to improve it, since it's still very clunky right now.

Finally, some people have been wondering when the main Age of Silicon fansite and information resource will be launched. At present, I'm still waiting to hear back from Studio B Productions about some further possible legal issues, and there's really no rush for in the information at the moment -- it will come when it does, and that's fine by me. So please be patient. Thank you.

Happy Birthday, Brad Goodchild!

In addition to it being Valentine's Day, today is also director Brad Goodchild's birthday, and as he mentioned himself on his blog, he's turning 51 today.

So here's to hoping that everyone's favourite 'Class of the Titans' director (or director, period, for many of you) has a well-deserved awesome birthday!

'Bows and Eros' Screencaps and Another Season Two Episode Title at 'Brad's Corner'.

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Director Brad Goodchild has posted his blog's early Valentine's Day special a whole day earlier, so head on over for a wide selection of screencaps from Episode 1.18: Bows and Eros. The entry containing the title card also has a brief summary of the episode (an Australian fan posted a much more thorough episode synopsis last year), and that entry is also where comments should be posted, as per usual.

Canadian fans, please remember that the episode won't air on Teletoon until Saturday March 17, 2007 at 2:00PM ET/PT. Full details here, as posted earlier.

Another surprise today is the quick announcement of another Season Two episode title. The episode that will be recorded tomorrow is titled The Deep End, but at the moment, that's all we know about it. Also, this is the fourth-to-last episode to be recorded, if anyone's interested in how far along that part of production is now.

'The Last Word' Screencaps at 'Brad's Corner'. And a 'Bows and Eros' Screencaps Heads-Up.

Director Brad Goodchild has posted screencaps for Episode 1.25: The Last Word to his blog -- on an actual Screencaps Friday! Be sure to check-out all reported 247 images, and as always, please leave general comments at the entry containing the episode's title card.

The title card entry also has a heads-up regarding screencaps for Episode 1.18: Bow and Eros -- images for that will go up on next Wednesday February 14, 2007 in time for Valentine's Day (and Mr. Goodchild's birthday!).

Please note again that, as reported, the episode itself will NOT premiere on Canada's Teletoon until March 17, 2007. Please do not confuse the screencaps schedule with the air-dates. Thank you.

New Season Two Cronus Designs at 'Brad's Corner'.

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Director Brad Goodchild has posted another set of Season Two designs to his blog. This time, there are four character designs of Cronus as he will appear in the episode titled Cronus 2.0 (more information about that episode here). All four were done by lead character designer Jeremy Tin and have a chess piece theme -- for now, we have Cronus as the King, Pawn, Rook, and Knight. According to Mr. Goodchild, there are also similar designs for Jay, but those may be posted later.

You can probably guess what we're going to say about updates on the Season Two news summary without us having to write it out again. Sorry again, but please check back with us this weekend.

New Season Two and Pre-Production Vehicle Designs at 'Brad's Corner'.

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Director Brad Goodchild has posted two vehicle designs blog -- one that will appear in Season Two and another that won't, but was designed during pre-production.

The new vehicle design that WILL appear in Season Two -- Episode 2.02 (1.28): Graes Anatomy -- is for a revised Hover Jet, which first appeared in Episode 1.16: Get Kraken. Please read the entry itself for additional commentary from the director, but in short, the new version can fit more than two people and includes a drop-down ramp.

The other vehicle that was designed during pre-production, but will NOT be used in the new season is for an armoured two-part truck appropriately dubbed the Argo. Again, please read the entry itself for some great commentary by the director on the design, and again, the truck will NOT appear in Season Two.

The same entry also mentions that Theresa's sports car, which debuted in Episode 1.02: Chaos 101, Part II, will get an upgrade for Season Two -- a retractable hard roof, which will appear in several episodes according to the Mr. Goodchild's comments.

Again, please bear with us in terms of how slow the Season Two news summary updates are taking. We'll probably get around to it this weekend. Thanks for your patience yet again.

New 'Class of the Titans' Game on Teletoon's Website.

Just in time to coincide with the face-lift on Teletoon's website is the launch of a new game, in which 'Class of the Titans' is one of three possible themes (along with '6TEEN' and 'DI-GATA Defenders').

The game itself is called Key, and you can access it by clicking on the appropriate image that appears on the homepage of the website. At heart, it's a maze challenge, and you have the option of either playing one of Teletoon's mazes or making your own maze with any one of the three show themes. Jay and Atlanta are the two playable characters this time, though Cronus does make an appearance as the villain for the 'Class of the Titans' theme.

Many thanks to director Brad Goodchild for the heads-up.

'Bows and Eros' Teaser Screencap Posted at 'Brad's Corner'.

We apologize for not writing about this earlier -- director Brad Goodchild has re-posted a certain fan-favourite teaser image from Episode 1.18: Bows and Eros to his blog, which was last displayed months ago before being taken down. The full set of screencaps will be posted on Valentine's Day, as mentioned here.

Also, for the last time, please STOP asking about when that episode (or at least its English version) is going to air on Canada's Teletoon -- Mr. Goodchild addressed it here and we at the newsblogc covered it twice already, once as a detailed feature and again as a recap.

Thank you for your co-operation, as getting information out to fans is much easier if everyone takes the time to read through things first.

FAQ: 'Bows and Eros' on Teletoon? Season Two's Premiere in Canada and Abroad?

Over the last week or so, many fans have been asking the same questions repeatedly at the director's blog, despite the fact that the answers are usually not provided there anyway and information on every single one of those questions posted has been made available before elsewhere, and repeatedly so.

As such, a new feature we will be implementing here at the newsblog is to run an occasional FAQ to address the popular questions of the moment for 'Class of the Titans'. However, please make every effort to check old entries first, as it's so much easier for big issues to be addressed to everyone at once here than for me to answer everyone's questions individually elsewhere.

Thank you for your co-operation.

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1. When will the Valentine's Day episode, 'Bows and Eros', air on Canada's Teletoon?

This has been, by far, the most popular questions -- the short answer is that it will premiere on March 17, 2007 at 2:00PM ET/PT, though this is subject to change. For full details, along with information about Season One's return to Teletoon's line-up, please read this exclusive coverage of ours.

2. When will Season Two premiere on Canada's Teletoon?

The current official word is that it's scheduled for September 2007, with no specific air-date yet. Please keep in mind that as production continues, that date could tentatively change -- recall, for example, that Season One was originally intended to air in September 2006 rather than December 31, 2006.

3. When will Season Two premiere outside of Canada (eg. Australia)?

No one knows yet -- according to the director, the studio (including himself) do NOT make the decisions on international non-Canadian premieres and schedules. All of that is decided upon by the distributors in the respective countries that wish to air the show, so if you really want to know, you should write to them instead.

'Sybaris Fountain' Screencaps at 'Brad's Corner'.

On what seems to have become Screencap Thursdays (as opposed to the original Fridays), director Brad Goodchild has posted a record-breaking 253 screencaps for Episode 1.24: Sybaris Fountain to this blog. As usual, please leave comments at the entry containing the episode's title card, which also has a few insightful comments from the director on the production process and how the next episode screencaps will be scheduled.