XS: CITADEL OF DOOM W.K.

I thumbnailed this sequence to go with Andrew W.K.'s song Never Let Down. I love that song and felt it would really sell Rai choosing his friends over Wuya, escaping from her exploding Citadel of Doom, and the earth returning to life. Most of all the scene on Dojo's back, where Omi, Kimiko, and Clay all celebrate Raimundo's return to the good side. When Justin made the animatic, he edited the song into it, which was a big no-no because the first season I got a little too sound fx and music-happy with the animatics (animatics are just for timing and network execs to view to get a feel for how the show will look animated) & a producer told me "No more music or sound fx in the animatics." So for Citadel of Doom, I ignored his words and asked Justin to put it in anyway. It paid off. As the music started, the producer gave me the evil eye. I gave him my "Trust me" face, and after the scene was over, he wiped a tear from his eye and called me a mother effer. Twas the greatest compliment I ever got. So I finally got around to re-editing this sequence with the song. Hope you get the same joyful, uplifting feeling I do from this.