The Squared Corner

Explaining the Missing Cliffhanger

Recorded: January 7, 2025 - Episode 31

On the Last Installation of Hot Wheels AcceleRacers' 20th anniversary (now 21) with Andrew Duncan, we go full deep dive into the production of AcceleRacers: Breaking Point & The Ultimate Race. You don't wanna miss the ultimate bombshell, the what would've been! AcceleRacers 5: Drive to Survive.

Andrew Duncan is the voice actor of Monkey from AcceleRacers... OH and the Director of some of World Race Highway 35... OH and the series director of AcceleRacers... OH and the MOCAP Of Shirako, Monkey, and Nolo... OH and he is the guest on today's PART 1 podcast, super excited to have him on and share a little about his time working on Hot Wheels World Race with William Lau. Please enjoy Episode 29 of the Squared Corner Podcast!

Find Andrew Duncan here:

https://www.andrewmonkeyduncan.com

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1433999/

https://x.com/Monkey_Duncan

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TimeStamps:

0:00 - Intro and Teaser

2:00 - A Labor of Love

2:29 - Slugterra

3:06 - The Breaking Point

4:37 - Challenges of Making the Silencerz

6:18 - Real Racing Ideas

7:10 - Real Jump Jacks / Jets

8:26 - The Dronez in Ruins and Ice explained

9:51 - Silencerz Key Easter Egg

12:19 - What happened to Vert's Mom

13:24 - 1969 Cartoon is Canon to AcceleRacers and Battle Force 5???

16:35 - Challenges of Pipeline and Junk Realm

19:01 - Favorite Monkey Moments

20:19 - Voice Actors VS Ai

23:11 - Car Deaths

25:26 - The Crew's reaction to Marky getting captured

29:04 - Tezla Commentary and Re-Used sets

30:35 - Transition of Breaking Point and Ultimate Race

33:52 - Lap24Coffee

35:36 - Mixed Realms had to get changed to Re-racing the realms

38:19 - Ultimate Race Cosmic Challenges

40:20 - Die Hard - Vert Wheeler Edition

45:37 - The Black Hole

46:38 - Our Protagonist Returns, Vert Wheeler

49:05 - Any New Realms you would've wanted to make

52:07 - The Bonus DVD Content

52:59 - Is Kadeem Really gone?

55:26 - Who is Karma Eiss? A Drone? GELORUM Prototype?

57:44 - What was the Circle Ring that the Acceleron gives Vert

1:00:07 - AcceleRacers Movie 5

1:01:34 - THE PAST would've been revealed

1:03:28 - Mattel should release the 5th script

1:04:26 - Hot Wheels Inspired Artists

1:07:26 - How Vert Ended up in the Silencerz

1:09:18 - THE CLIFFHANGER and Cancelation

1:12:37 - What Andrew Wishes

1:13:44 - Whole Season, not just a 5th movie! 5,6,7,8

1:14:20 - Documentation

1:15:46 - Battle Force 5 Cameos

1:18:19 - Any re-write BF5 stuff

1:19:34 - Favorite Team & Charactert in AcceleRacers

1:21:08 - Favorite Hot Wheels

1:23:50 - Any Bloopers

1:25:56 - Favorite Movie from AcceleRacers

1:27:16 - The Card Game DVD Xtra

1:28:25 - Favorite Realm

1:28:58 - Music is Bumping

1:30:57 - Can there be a Comeback?

1:35:22 - Where you can find Us

1:37:09 - Fireworks - Monkey Speaks again!

Recorded: January 7, 2025 - Episode 30

On the Third Installation of Hot Wheels AcceleRacers' 20th anniversary (now 21) with Andrew Duncan, we go full deep dive into the production of AcceleRacers: The Speed of Silence. My personal favorite! Get ready to race!

Andrew Duncan is the voice actor of Monkey from AcceleRacers... OH and the Director of some of World Race Highway 35... OH and the series director of AcceleRacers... OH and the MOCAP Of Shirako, Monkey, and Nolo... OH and he is the guest on today's PART 1 podcast, super excited to have him on and share a little about his time working on Hot Wheels World Race with William Lau. Please enjoy Episode 29 of the Squared Corner Podcast!

Find Andrew Duncan here:

https://www.andrewmonkeyduncan.com

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1433999/

https://x.com/Monkey_Duncan

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TimeStamps:

0:00 - Intro and Teaser

1:58 - The Music of Speed of Silence

4:10 - Water is a Lot Harder to Animate

6:16 - Music of Brian Carson

7:28 - The Animators go Racing!

8:24 - Proper Racing Techs in AcceleRacers

9:20 - Changing the Water Realm

13:08 - The Taro Water Scene was Made on the Spot by Andrew

18:30 - Shirako Camera Scene

19:29 - How were the Hyperpods Integrated (why the show got made)

21:21 - BMW 2002

22:05 - Fixing the Lore of Portals

23:00 - Lap24

24:28 - Making of City Realm

28:26 - Hiding the imperfections

30:13 - Micro Realms Making Of plus Casey Kwan

33:48 - AcceleCharger Animations

35:54 - The Unused Cars

38:58 - Easter Eggs and More

41:25 - What was Cut

43:16 - Bloopers?

44:27 - The team started clicking!

47:06 - Credits

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How do you fix the lore of a show with one major event. Well, in my podcast with Andrew Duncan, we discover how change can be a good thing. Especially so, when trying to keep the continuity of events and how that can EVOLVE your characters even better than the initial script.

Recorded: January 6, 2025 - Episode 29

We GO FULL INDEPTH ON the Movie In depth Acceleracers: IGNITION, WATCH to have your mind blown!!

Andrew Duncan is the voice actor of Monkey from AcceleRacers... OH and the Director of some of World Race Highway 35... OH and the series director of AcceleRacers... OH and the MOCAP Of Shirako, Monkey, and Nolo... OH and he is the guest on today's PART 1 podcast, super excited to have him on and share a little about his time working on Hot Wheels World Race with William Lau. Please enjoy Episode 29 of the Squared Corner Podcast!

Find Andrew Duncan here:

https://www.andrewmonkeyduncan.com

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1433999/

https://x.com/Monkey_Duncan

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TimeStamps:

0:00 - Intro and Teaser

1:16 - Kadeem and Banjee were coming back for a REDEMPTION?

3:44 - The New Darker Tone and Risk

9:04 - The Intros were an Homage to World Race

10:56 - The Curious Case of the Redesigned Characters

17:07 - Vert's Arc was Planned

19:16 - The change to Gelorum and CLYP

22:43 - The Battle for Hot Wheels City

24:52 - Jeff Gomez Connection

26:32 - I Would Pick Up AcceleRacers Tomorrow

27:26 - Storage issues in 2004

30:55 - How long did it take to Animate

33:39 - Ian Richter makes Andrew Series Director

36:03 - The Best Action came from William Lau

37:16 - AcceleRacers still looks good!

38:52 - ORANGE Track STAYS

41:37 - Car Redesigns like DEORA II

44:08 - How does Kadeem Survive the Storm Realm?

46:14 - How does Banjee escape? + Silencerz Lore

50:13 - Gig! The Lore and Mocap

52:03 - Being the Mocap Director

56:02 - HE INVENTED THE SHIRAKO DANCE

57:29 - Performative Capture

1:00:37 - Becoming MONKEY

1:07:14 - Balancing Monkey's Comedic Side and his lore

1:09:40 - Ignition

1:11:03 - Helmets and Broadcast Standards

1:14:48 - What happened between World Race and AcceleRacers

1:19:08 - Designing the Acceledrome

1:22:03 - Its too Canadian

1:24:46 - Make it Make sense

1:26:13 - How they shot AcceleRacers differently

1:28:09 - How Realms would look in 3D

1:32:15 - Making the Big Pay Off Moments

1:35:09 - The Last Shot in Ignition

1:36:33 - Andrew created Sparky

1:37:43 - Was Anything Cut from Ignition

1:39:42 - Where to Find Andrew and JayCee + Credits

Recorded: January 6, 2025 - Episode 28Andrew Duncan is the voice actor of Monkey from AcceleRacers... OH and the Director of some of World Race Highway 35... OH and the series director of AcceleRacers... OH and the MOCAP Of Shirako, Monkey, and Nolo... OH and he is the guest on today's PART 1 podcast, super excited to have him on and share a little about his time working on Hot Wheels World Race with William Lau. We also go into how he started working at Mainframe including projects like Reboot, Transformers Beast Wars, BATTLE FORCE 5 and many many more! Please enjoy Episode 28 of the Squared Corner Podcast!Find Andrew Duncan here:https://www.andrewmonkeyduncan.comhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm1433999/🚨Thank you LAP24Coffee for sponsoring! Use code "JayCee" at https://www.lap24coffee.com for 10% off and a BONUS JayCee Squared Trading Card*

#lap24coffee*while supplies lasts, Offers subject to change-----------------------------------------------------------------BE HERE BE SQUARED FOR MORE HOT WHEELS CULTURE CONTENT!Subscribe, Click the Bell, and JOIN the channel!-----------------------------------------------------------------Acceleracers Merch:Merch ►https://rdbl.co/2wZ2fORFollow Me:AllInOne Link ►https://linktr.ee/JayCeeSquaredDiscord ► https://discord.gg/JesshM8WuS-----------------------------------------------------------------TimeStamps:0:00 - Intro and Teaser1:26 - Celebrating 20 years of AcceleRacers5:34 - How Andrew Worked at Mainframe8:12 - Transformers x Hot Wheels Worlds Collide8:59 - Directing World Race with William Lau10:17 - The complex editing process of World Race13:43 - Dialogue Editing Problems and Solutions15:17 - The Voice Actors were all IN STUDIO17:27 - Using Real Track Sets in the Movie20:35 - The hardest technical challenge22:56 - Andrew goes to MATTEL23:49 - The importance of the Orange Track25:43 - Keeping the Childlike Wonder of the Series28:10 - Andrew's TREX track story31:06 - Don't Say NO; instead say this32:06 - Dynamic Shooting in digital 3d37:22 - Difference between AcceleRacers and World Race38:43 - Animation gafs and goofs40:38 - What format was the movie exported42:27 - Hope for a REMASTER?44:54 - Work on Battle Force 548:39 - NO MORE CLIFF HANGERS50:48 - Wheelies were MANDATED BY MATTEL53:33 - They had Fan Arguments to make sure technology worked in universe!54:58 - Andrew's favorite moment in World Race55:34 - Production Timelines57:54 - Any Scenes Cut?59:09 - Did Mattel see World Race as a success1:00:44 - Does Andrew own any Diecasts?1:03:37 - Did Mainframe ever see the Jeff Gomez original sequels1:05:25 - Andrew's fatal mistake on AcceleRacers1:08:05 - Where to find Andrew and JayCee Teaser for Episode 2

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Lessons from the Director of Hot Wheels World Race

Recorded: January 3, 2025

StreetVisionz is a Filipino Artist that has done some amazing AcceleRacers art. Included in his art is modified versions of Power Rage, Deora II, Deora IV, Hot Wheels Designs, Project Territory, and many many more. He has done some amazing and beautiful art for the AcceleRacers community.

Find StreetVisionz Here: https://www.instagram.com/streetvision28/

https://streetvisionz.newgrounds.com

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TimeStamps:

0:00 - Intro and Teaser

1:14 - When AcceleRacers entered

11:00 - What Inspired StreetVisionz

15:04 - The LORE of StreetVisionz

18:22 - Western Movies

20:28 - Power Rage Art

JC Summons all 5 BF5 fans to his location with his comments

24:55 - TofuAutoWorks Cyberpunk Legends Winner Miata

Controversy Deora 2 is a Garage Queen

27:59 - Project Territory Cover Art

31:19 - Trying to Draw People (The One Thing)

33:55 - You have to start somewhere

36:00 - Project Territory Story Discussion

39:50 - Dronez Blackbird Gundam Car

43:23 - Jets and GTRs

46:00 - Deora 3 & 4

50:45 - JayCee Squared Deora 2 x BESOMEONE

1:00:07 - Battle Spec Art

1:01:43 - Favorite AcceleRacers Items

1:05:12 - Motivation for other artists

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*while supplies lasts, Offers subject to changePORK CHOP aka David Kaye

Ep 26 Recorded: April 1, 2024

David Kaye, your favorite Truck Driving Metal Maniac Pork Chop, join me on the Squared Corner Podcast. We reminisce about Hot Wheels Acceleracers 19th anniversary as well as who the character of Pork Chop is. How was he created? What voice was mimicked? What was the nuances in his character from his fears to his strengths? All this and more in this episode of The Squared Corner Podcast.

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Time Stamps

0:00 - Teaser

0:38 - Who is David Kaye

5:00 - Pork Chop's Hot Wheels

6:24 - Researching Roles

7:49 - Creating the Character of Pork Chop

9:03 - Meeting Hot Wheels Employees and Seeing the Animation

11:27 - Recording with Andrew Duncan (Monkey) and more!

16:21 - Adlibbing and Adding Nuance to the Character

18:26 - Porkchop's Fear of Water (The Human Side of the Character)

21:00 - Unseen sides of Pork Chop

22:25 - Bringing the Series Back

23:51 - Working with Mattel (Childlike Wonder of the Entertainment Industry)

25:28 - Self Criticism in Voice Acting

26:34 - Clank Impression Reaction

27:41 - Fav Hot Wheels Car

28:23 - Memorable Pork Chop Line

29:08 - Driving a Semi Truck

31:21 - Upcoming Conventions

34:22 - Pork Chop says "Subscribe to JayCee Squared"

35:07 - Where to find David?

36:00 - Where to find JayCee?

The largest Hot Wheels TikTok Creator Drifter D, Episode 25 -Recorded: March 8, 2024Drifter D just hit his 100,000 Subscriber milestone on YouTube, but has been far more famous on other platforms like TikTok boasting a whopping 454,000 Followers! When it comes to Diecast Video shoots and a general sense of the collecting world, Drifter is the man to watch. So please welcome onto the show, one of Singapore's very best, Drifter D! Side Note: He loves Deora 2 and Acceleracers just like us!
Follow Me:AllInOne Link ►https://linktr.ee/JayCeeSquaredInstagram ► https://www.instagram.com/jc.squared/Twitter ► https://twitter.com/JayCee_SquaredReddit ► https://www.reddit.com/user/JCC-2224Discord ► https://discord.gg/JesshM8WuSFB Page ► https://bit.ly/3fyokUFTikTok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@jayceesquared#acceleracers #jcsquared #hotwheels Time Stamps0:00 - Teaser0:40 - Introductions3:42 - Start on Hot Wheels and Acceleracers9:15 - Why Deora 2? 11:33 - Hot Wheels games13:10 - Content Making Tips20:34 - Drifter's Logo & name25:42 - Opening Hot Wheels to 100K on Youtube30:14 - Infinite NFT Teku Deora 2 Glitch38:12 - Custom Drifter D Mustang with CrowCustoms41:15 - Sponsorships/Diecast Shops/Countries48:33 - Critiques of the Diecasts57:46 - Deora 2 Variants1:01:48 - Hot Wheels Conventions1:08:12 - Traveling the world1:10:27 - Japan's relation to Hot Wheels1:13:07 - Will Drifter see Real Deora 2?1:19:11 - Rapid Fire1:27:07 - GRiDlock Diecast Show1:28:37 - Engineering and Computer Science1:32:12 - Where to Follow Drifter D and me1:34:14 - Last Words

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*while supplies lasts, Offers subject to changeEp 24. Carson Lev tells the story of how he built the irl Deora 2 and Twin Mill Building the Real Life Deora 2 and Twin Mill ft. Carson LevCarson Lev Podcast Episodehttps://redphin.comSubscribe, Click the Bell, and JOIN the channel!Support me by buying Acceleracers merch!Merch ►https://rdbl.co/2wZ2fOREver wanted to know who was behind the famous slogan in the early 2000's "The World's Coolest Car Company", Well look no further. Carson Lev back in the day worked at Hot Wheels and not only coined that term, but understood the importance of it and acted upon it. His first big claim to flame would be finishing up the life size Twin Mill build in 2001 and then creating the Deora 2 build in 2003. Carson is one of the most influential minds when you talk about car culture and Hot Wheels and was a key part in it's success back in the late 90s and early 2000s. Don't miss this amazing podcast interview where I, JayCee Squared, sit one on one with a true Hot Wheels Legend for the longest episode on the podcast at 2 and half hours. "If I Drive a car fast enough, I don't need a rear-view mirror, it's only where I'm going that matters" - Carson Lev"Transfomation is how you will grow a brand, Transaction is buying a bagel at the bagel store."Recorded June 13th, 2023Current MembersCitrus 3Ratchet rpg01AccelereeceAlSegslingshotkurt847Podcast Links:https://open.spotify.com/show/573bElU...https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Follow Me:AllInOne Link ►https://linktr.ee/JayCeeSquaredInstagram ►   / jc.squared  Twitter ►   / jaycee_squared  Reddit ►   / jcc-2224  Discord ►   / discord  FB Page ► https://bit.ly/3fyokUFTikTok ►   / jayceesquared  #acceleracers #jcsquared #hotwheelsTimeStamps0:00 - Teaser1:14 - Who is Carson Lev?4:54 - How Carson got into Hot Wheels7:57 - Building Twin Mill Beginnings12:38 - $0 to Build Twin Mill17:10 - How long did it take18:01 - SEMA here we come! World's Coolest Car Company, We Define Car Culture25:02 - 2001 Super Street Civic SI28:49 - Hot Wheels Ford Focus30:55 - Favorite Twin Mill Moments at SEMA and more37:01 - Twin Mill Livery38:34 - Transfomation vs Transactional42:03 - World Race 20th Anniversary46:20 - Evolution of Deora 2 & ProtoTypes 49:10 - Building of Deora 2 54:03 - Hall of Fame at Peterson57:03 - SEMA 2003 Deora 2 Debut w/ West Coast Customs58:50 - Chip Foose Mother's Wax Prototype1:05:06 - Deora 2 IRL is genre based1:11:25 - Who did the graphics of Deora 2?1:15:37 - Wheels on Deora 2 and Twin Mill1:18:31 - Legends Tour Controversy1:21:29 - 0 to 60 times1:22:54 - Twin Mill Large Scale Diecasts1:26:35 - Nathan Proch stories & Red Lines vs Red Dot1:33:30 - Smash Mouth Hot Wheels Fender 35th Anniversary Guitar1:38:53 - Video Games1:40:10 - What is it like to drive Hot Wheels Cars1:48:28 - Forza Horizon Twin Mill and Deora 21:50:54 - 100% Hot Wheels & Ed Roth1:53:40 - Elliot Handler1:57:13 - More Nathan Proch1:59:28 - Gas Station in HW Design Studio2:05:30 - RedPhin 59 Bel Air2:09:10 - Pixar's Cars Land2:13:20 - Lessons from his Mom2:15:17 - Snake And Mongoose And Movie2:25:47 - Speed Round

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Recorded May 24th at 4pm in Room 330 at Comicpalooza LIVE

I want to thank Comicpalooza again for letting us host The Squared Corner live in front of an amazing audience of fans and family. This was a really neat experience and oppurtunity as this is a historic moment in Acceleracers history being the first ever fan panel to be held at a con. Thank you again to Max as well for helping record the video, and Shane for bringing the equipment neccessary for this episode to be filmed. We all had a blast and huge shoutout to Sa_350Z and Carmic.Con for even getting a booth we could sign posters and trading cards at. Incredible experience and hope to be back again another time!

Thank you again to Krazy 8 Customs and Lap24 Coffee for joining me on the podcast

Ep ComicPalooza

0:00 - Behind the Scenes

0:43 - Intro

2:53 - What is Acceleracers / When were you introduced

5:57 - Krazy 8 Customs & Lap 24 Coffee

7:30 - The Comeback Teku Deora II

14:13 - The NFT vs Mainline

17:00 - Is Acceleracers making a comeback?

18:46 - Fans are doing amazing

20:43 - Rapid Fire Questions

22:13 - Where to find us

Releases March 29th!

A new Acceleracers Action Comic based on the Members that were left behind in Acceleracers: Ignition. Here I am joined by both writer and artist from the new series. TPM-VA and Al Seg.

Recorded February 2024

Their Links - https://tpmvoice.wixsite.com/projectterritory

https://twitter.com/AlSeg_

https://www.reddit.com/user/JustASonicFan/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPI5FVadz3yqJM-UXPSsNKQ

https://twitter.com/TPM_VA

https://www.instagram.com/tom_myszka/

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0:00 - Introductions

2:33 - Beginnings into Acceleracers

8:04 - Entering the Community

11:24 - AlSeg's popularity

14:43 - Inspiration for the Comic

19:10 - How did it Start Production

22:47 - Manga vs Color Style

26:00 - Handling Popularity

31:00 - The Goal

33:02 - Meet the Characters

46:00 - What about the CARS

56:47 - Release Date March 29

58:36 - Where can you find the project