The Elements from the Ancients (franchise)

For its site, go to the official Elements from the Ancients site.

For its wiki, go to Elements from the Ancients Wiki.

For other usages, see Elements from the Ancients (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Elements of Harmony - or any other of its usages.

The Elements from the Ancients (also shortened to as The Elements, Ancient Elements, Elements from Ancients, Elements from the Ancients, or TEFTA (or EFTA for Elements from the Ancients) (Chinese: 远古元素 (Transliteration: Yuǎngǔ yuánsù) (Translation: Ancient Elements) (known in some countries as Light vs. Darkness (also shortened to as Light vs. Dark, LvD, LvsD, L vs. D, also known as Brightness vs. Darkness (Chinese: 光明与黑暗 (Transliteration: Guāngmíng yǔ hēi'àn) (Translation: Light and Darkness))) is an animated crossover action-adventure comedy-drama crime science fantasy space opera history franchise that began on October 5, 1971. It was created by TBA, TBA, and TBA. It is very well-known for its setting combining tropes and elements of science fantasy (which combines tropes and elements of both science fiction and fantasy), film noir and comic books, its very popular quote "A long, long time ago...", which is also its English slogan (Chinese: 很久很久以前… (Transliteration: Hěnjiǔ hěnjiǔ yǐqián...) (Translation: Long long ago...)), and also its numerous genres. Whereas many other franchises are mainly translated to Japanese (not to be confused with Javanese), The Elements from the Ancients is mainly translated to Chinese (the official language of China), which its Chinese animation (or Donghua) has that language as the main language in addition. It inspires many series such as several fantasy series because fantasy is one of the main settings, several platform game series, which are the main aspect of the games, several action video games, which are also a major game aspect, several adventure series, which are another one of those game aspects, many sci-fi series, which are a major focus of the franchise, TBA, TBA, TBA, and many others because of its numerous genres. It is now the 11th most popular series as of 2000 and to date. Its latest game was The Elements from the Ancients: Rise of the Gigantamaxes, released on May 20, 2020, which introduced the Dynamaxes and Gigantamaxes from Pokémon: Sword and Shield, the latest game in the Pokémon series, into the Elements from the Ancients series. Another one of its latest games was TBA. TBA.

Setting
The setting of the franchise, like mentioned above, is a mix of crossover, action-adventure, comedy-drama, crime, science fiction, fantasy, and space opera (science fantasy is a combination of science fiction and fantasy) as well as tropes of film noir and comic book motifs. In contrast to short, one-time, temporary crossovers (The Ultimate Crossover is an example of one), this crossover series is a long-running (only partially active due to the COVID-19 pandemic, not as active as before as a result of the ongoing pandemic) ongoing crossover where the Light (those that side with Brightness) are against the Dark (those that side with Darkness, the series' main antagonist) in a never-ending battle between light and darkness and good and evil. Similarities to the worlds of Pokémon and Digimon are that there are similar creatures called "HeroMons" which can have up to 4 elements, making them more powerful, in contrast to the maximum 2 types of the Pokémon. The HeroMons also have slightly different appearances from the Pokémon of the world of Pokémon, making some people on the Elements from the AncientsWiki mistake them for Fakemon accidentally because of this. This also makes them slightly resemble Digimon of the world of Digimon. Whereas the Pokémon games are most commonly set in a region (such as Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, etc.), the games of the franchise called The Elements from the Ancients is commonly set in a country of one of the seven continents of Earth (North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica), e.g. the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, Japan, China, Russia, etc. Usually, a game in the franchise is set in the country's capital city, e.g. New York City, Ottawa, Beijing, Tokyo, etc. They may also be set in a time period, such as ancient Egypt or the future. Works within the franchise are set in the world of The Elements from the Ancients, which is very similar to the real universe, but the main differences are Earth has more population, and the Ancient Lands and Modern Lands (both Lands also known as just The Lands, Lands, The Elemental Lands, Elemental Lands, Lands of the Elements, The Lands of the Elements, The Lands of Elements, or Lands of Elements) exist. Those aren't the only differences; there are more differences out there.

Concept
The creator of the series TBA. TBA.

Cast

 * TBA as Myrtle (full name unknown) (the Legend), an Aldabra giant tortoise and the main protagonist of the series since its release. He is currently 40 years old (402 human years), but was 3 years old (32) human years during the series' release. TBA. Name was generated from Fantasy Name Generators in-site, but was actually chosen as the name in 1970, before the Elements from the Ancients series started airing 1 year later (1971).
 * TBA as Gavyn (full name unknown) (the Legend-in-Training), an Alligator snapping turtle, the best friend of Myrtle, and the main deuteragonist of the series. He is currently 30 years old (302 human years), but was 2 years old (22 human years) when he was first introduced. He was introduced in 2005 after TBA. TBA. Name was generated from Fantasy Name Generators in-site, but was actually chosen as the name in 2003, before the Elements from the Ancients series got many new characters (2005).
 * TBA as Golbat (full name unknown), an Abo bat and the main tritagonist of the series. Currently 33 years old as of 2020, but was 8 when he was introduced. He was the main deuteragonist until Gavyn was introduced into the series. He is not to be confused with the Pokémon of the same name, which he is named after. TBA. Name was generated from Fantasy Name Generators in-site, but was actually chosen as the name in 1970, before the Elements from the Ancients series started airing 1 year later (1971). Was originally named "Shadow" until 1993, 3 years before the Pokémon franchise began. The name Shadow is not to be confused with Shadow from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.