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Crystal Guardians is an American action adventure superhero series created by Nikolas Hawkins and Kristen Gudsnuk for Disney Channel. A co-production between Disney Television Animation and Frederator Studios, it premiered on June 6th, 2027. The show is based off an original concept by Hawkins, which, with the help of Gudsnuk, posted the official pilot onto both YouTube and Newgrounds.

Synopsis
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There was once one of the most powerful energy sources ever made. Located in a different world, it could do anything. In the right hands, it could power an entire city. But in the wrong hands, it could power a superweapon that could destroy anything in its path. It was called the Hyper Crystal and the Scythians, an alien race that lived in Starbourne, holded the crystal. Over time, however, many people wanted the crystal for themselves, and other civilizations started to invade the city and attempted to steal the crystal. In response to this, Inex, the king of Starbourne, recruited 6 people to guard the crystal as the Energy Guardian welding the powers of fire, earth, water, wind, thunder, and eclipse. Together these 6 protected the crystal from thieves, invaders, and monsters. They never let their guard down and always showed compassion to the civilians. They became heroes of the city! Until one day. The day they came out of nowhere. Those people were the Xertex, the Scythians' rival race. Led by King Queniko, the race broke the city’s shields, destroyed every building they thought holded the crystal, and killed 5 of the 6 protectors. However, before they could steal the crystal, the leader of the warriors sacrificed themselves by exploding the crystal into pieces, to make sure no one had the crystal ever again. The pieces of the crystal were shattered and scattered across the world, but one shard was lost to another world, the human world. Enter Caspar Moore, a regular human worker. After finding the shard of the crystal in a nearby field and a strange dream happens, monsters start invading in search of the shard, and they will do anything to get it. But with the power of the Gem Welder, the help of the blacksmith, Opirus, and the phoenix, Ash, this ordinary human can turn into the next Energy Guardian and defeat the Xertex once and for all!

Humans

 * Caspar Moore/Alpha (voiced by Ryan Hawkins), a
 * Sarah Walker/Gamma (voiced by Elliot Page), a
 * Brian Kishimoto/Delta (voiced by Daisuke Tsuji), a

Nexuk

 * Kogel/Beta (voiced by Ian Jones-Quartey), a
 * Rarose/Xi (voiced by Peyton List), a
 * Nomil/Omega (voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch), a

Spirit animals

 * Ash (voiced by Andy Schneider), a
 * Clove (voiced by Max Mittelman), a
 * Vapora (voiced by Haley Tju), a
 * Zephyr (voiced by Zach Callison), a
 * Blitz (voiced by Colleen Clinkenbeard), a
 * Icarus (voiced by Josh Brener), a
 * Gengi (voiced by Brenda Song), a

Supporting characters

 * Rurn (voiced by John DiMaggio), a
 * Polyi (voiced by Kelsey Grammer), a
 * Burro (voiced by Rhys Darby), a
 * Kaiser (voiced by Greg Eagles), a
 * Mezanea (voiced by Wendie Malick), a
 * Chron (voiced by Fred Tatasciore), a
 * Princess Shiner (voiced by Tara Strong), a
 * King Inex (voiced by Christopher Sabat), a

Enemies

 * Queniko (voiced by Phil LaMarr), a
 * Anaemia (voiced by Matthew Patrick), a
 * Galis (voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz), a
 * James Redwood/Umbri (voiced by Liam O' Brien), a
 * Dayak (voiced by Gwendoline Yeo), a

Conception
According to Hawkins, the original concept for the show came from a drawing Hawkins posted on his DeviantArt when he was 14, named Cade Walter, who would the basis for Caspar. Hawkins said that he was inspired by shows like Power Rangers and Sword Art Online and wanted to express his love for pop culture and superhero shows for this certain art piece. Following the positive feedback of the drawing, Hawkins then continued to expand on this by drawing more characters related to it, including Blaze the Phoenix, the basis for Ash, Laura Price, the basis for Sarah, and Derial, the basis for Queniko. He then written and even writing a short origin story called The Crystal Meteor, with future collaborator James Holloway. However, it wouldn't be until 2026, 5 years later, while working at Titmouse animating TV shows, the founder of the company, Chris Prynoski, noticed his art, and liked his ideas, but he wanted it to turn into a TV show instead, which Hawkins was willing to oblige. Later on, Titmouse then pitched the show to Disney, who actually had an ownership on Power Rangers to 2002 and 2010, and in February 14, the show was greenlit for the Disney Channel.

Writing
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Animation
The animation in particular was mainly done by the animation studio Powerhouse Animation Studios, who had animated shows like Epithet Erased, OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, and Castlevania. Castlevania, in particular, being the key example on why they were the perfect studio to hire. The show's art style has a mixture of the Power Ranger comics by Boom Studios and anime, which was decided by Hawkins and Gudsnuk. In an A.V. Club interview with Hawkins, alongside art director Denise Truong said that the series would have gone 3D like Miraculous Ladybug and was supposed to have Polygon Pictures or Sola Digital Arts provide the animation, but that was scrapped in favor of more 2D animation. Other studios that provided animation were Flying Bark Productions, Red Dog Culture House, Snipple Animation Studios, and Digital eMation.