Pacific Rim: The Series

Pacific Rim: The Series is an upcoming American animated science fiction monster television series created by Guillermo Del Toro and developed by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino (creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, their first series they've developed and not created.) based on the 2013 film Pacific Rim. The series will serve as a gap the first and its upcoming 2017 sequel Pacific Rim 2. Ginormous Madman, Darby Pop Productions and Anchor Bay Entertainment will produce it and be animated by Polygon Pictures and Studio Mir.

Pre-Production
June 26, 2014, director Guillermo del Toro announced that he and Legendary Pictures were working to produce the sequel to Pacific Rim.[1] In the same video announcement, del Toro also announced that Legendary would be working with him to produce an animated series and an ongoing comic book title until the sequel's release in April of 2017.[1]

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, when asked about the animated series, del Toro said they were looking into the possibility of networks.[2] Legendary Pictures is looking into all network possibilities, but del Toro would not disclose who specifically.[3] “I think in this series, it would be great to find a place that can give it a proper presentation and can advertise the creation of the series. So we’re open to being pleasantly surprised everywhere.”

He specified that they were searching for Japanese animation companies with strong animation background and compiling writers for the series.[3] del Toro estimates that the animated series will have run for two years on the air by the time the Pacific Rim sequel is released in theaters, while the ongoing comic book title will run for three.[2]

Format
In regard to the story, del Toro stated that he was looking for a way that the series could tackle the stories of establishedRangers working in the Shatterdome, as well as cadets working to become Jaeger pilots. The series would also delve deeper into the Drift, specifically, what is required of and what it does to a pilot.

The animated series would take place before the events of the first film, acting as a bridge between the two films[3], but would also establish background on characters that would appear in the sequel to Pacific Rim.[2]

The series will be formatted and written as a single thirteen episode long arc and not episodic, elaborating further on the evolution of the Kaiju, the Precursors and the technology of the Jaegers themselves. Should the television series succeed, the series itself would continue to build using a single story arc and avoid "weekly adventures". “I don’t want it to be like Chapter One is a little action thing and it gets resolved in 40 minutes or an hour and then the next episode, [it’s like] nothing happened. My favorite anime series always have a long arc.”[3]

On December 2014, Avatar:The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino were in talks to develop the series and the production companies for The Legend of Korra Ginormous Madman and Studio Mir will be involved along Polygon Pictures and Anchor Bay Entertainment.

Voice cast

 * Matt Latner - Raleigh Becket
 * Seychelle Gabriel -  Mako Mori
 * Charlie Day - Dr. Newton Geiszler
 * Burn Gorman - Dr. Hermann Gottlieb
 * J.K. Simmons