Little Dragon Studios: INTO THE WILD 

Hi everyone, Kaida here! I have some good news, and bad news. Before that, however, I wanted to let everyone know about a few upcoming videos we have planned: April 8th: Into the Wild OST April 15th: Behind the Scenes, Bloopers, and Technical Goofs April 22nd: A surprise! Little Dragon Studios will no longer be producing episodes of Into the Wild. Over the past few months, we have been in discussions with the official Warrior Cats team. Due to updates in their FAQ and fanart guidelines, they have asked that we avoid animating any further storylines that are direct adaptations from the books/series of Warrior Cats which means going forward we will cease production on Into the Wild. They explained that if a video or series of video clips/episodes sets out to tell a significant part of the exact stories from the books then there is a chance they may be removed, as this oversteps into copyright infringement. However, they were generous enough to allow us to share all the hard work that we had done on this episode with you. We hope you enjoyed the episode! (Unfortunately the episode does end on a cliffhanger, so if you want to know what happens next you can read the book!) The good news is that this is not the end of Little Dragon Studios. We will be moving on to new things, creating original stories and animations! A few ideas are in the works, but nothing is far enough along that we can share just yet. Stay tuned over the next few months to find out! I’d like to thank all of you for being so patient with us as we produced Into the Wild. It was an incredible experience to work with such a talented team. Despite not being able to continue, it gave us exactly what we came here to do: learn, grow, and most importantly, have fun doing so. Here’s to a bright future! Little Dragon Studios

Lionheart: " There is no garentee you will be a full warrior." Rusty: *becomes leader*

I wish for once a company would see projects like this and instead of instantly hitting the lawyer button, would actually go “You know what you guys obviously love the stories and are huge fans. Let’s work on a project together.” There needs to be a difference between passion work and cash in work.

Lionheart: "There is no garentee you will become a full warrior" Rusty: Nuh uh *becomes leader*

It really sucks that copyright laws are stopping this kind of animation. The warriors community have always wanted something like this and honestly it would have been so awesome to see all the characters I loved in the books brought into a movie. I really wish they stopped trying to squeeze new books out of a series that died a long time ago and bring to life what the community actually wants.

if this isn’t an april fools joke i will actually explode from excitement

Everyone did a truly fantastic job with this and while it's disappointing that you cannot continue, I can't wait to see the original content you create in the future!

I love how blueStar told rusty that if he joins the clan he can keep his balls💀

“Come on mom! Let’s go!” Bro that was adorable 💀

TigerClaw’s voice actor is absolutely giving it his all, what a star!

The fact that they actually have different body/face shapes is honestly stunning, I’m so used to everyone having the same ‘generic cat’ shape so to see the effort of giving them actual details that suit their personalities is amazing

I just realise this… At <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1432">23:52</a> you can hear longtail shout “IM GOING FOR A WALK!” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

"Here comes Bluestar, and her mighty blueness! Do you see it Rusty do you see the blueness?"

I love the way Spottedleaf got the message about Fire alone saving the clan, I absolutely loved the visuals!!

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="260">4:20</a> Chills. Actual chills. This is a BEAUTIFUL WAY to depict StarClan. They will never seem the same to me.

"Firepaw! Firepaw!" "I'M GOING FOR A WALK 👹"

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="620">10:20</a> graypaw : you’ll never understand.. firepaw : *BECOMES LEADER OF THE CLAN*

The past 3 years of production on this has been the best experience of my life. I have met so many amazing and talented people in the studio and I have learned so many cool new talents. The amount of love that went into this cannot be measured, and I hope everyone enjoys this. Kaida has to be one of the best people I've ever met, and creating this studio for us is something I will forever be grateful to her for. I cannot wait to continue working with the studio for as long as our creativity flows, and develop a bigger family within Little Dragon Studios. Love ya'll, we did amazing!

Oh my gosh, I just watched this the whole way through and CRIED. We’ve never had such a large full scale animated WC production of this quality- this is such a milestone.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1431">23:51</a> WHO THE HELL SAID “I’m going for a walk!” In such a mad tone?😂😭💀

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1487">24:47</a> STOP HIS VOICE IS SO SCARED NOO RAVENPAW MY BABYY

Voicing Firepaw truly has been a life changing role! I loved following along every second of the way as you guys made and animated everything. Forever grateful! Here’s to an amazing future for all of you and the studio! ❤️❤️❤️

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1104">18:24</a> Smudge is still waiting for him...

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1289">21:29</a> the “look mom!” From Thornkit and Brackenkit is so cute imma die

Yknow, this brings me back to the days of SSS Warrior Cats. I’m however pretty disappointed in the warrior cats team for blocking off such a dedicated, amazing project. As somebody with experience animating (though I’m more of a 2D animator) I understand how long this must have taken, and the dedication everyone must have put forward. The artists of this fandom never cease to amaze.

I’ve waited too many years to see a perfect Warriors adaptation, and I’ve finally found it. This is absolutely beautiful. Stunning character designs, voice acting, animation, shading, camera angles, and everything else. This is definitely something I’ll watch again :)

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="894">14:54</a> Daylight warriors: Are You Sure?

I have no idea why, but Longtail's design is so fabulous, and I am very atracted to it

the goodbye with rusty and smudge was sad yet still heart-warming. their friendship was so strong :)

The aggressive "I'm going for a walk!" got me lol <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1432">23:52</a>

It's so sad that you can't continue! I'm so upset, this was so good. But Bluestar's voice TOTALLY sounds like that, and I love that in the middle of Firepaw's ceremony, someone angrily shouts "I'M GOING FOR A WALK."

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1260">21:00</a> I was waiting for "and her mightey blueness"

I don't usually comment on videos but this was so nostalgic. It felt like I was 11 again watching SSS warrior cats I can tell a lot of hard work went into this, and it sucks that there won't be anymore episodes due to copyright issues. Thank you to the team for working so hard and making it look so professional/polished! The audio design was really good too!

I was actually dying with laughter when Smudge just falls dramatically off the fence 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

“No mice were harmed in the making of this film” already dying of laughter <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="10">0:10</a>

Bluestar's voice is so similar to how I imagined it sounded! Also, I just love how most lines are the exact same as they are in the books. I thank the whole team for all their effort to animate such detailed 3D models, giving everything proper lighting, movement, background music, and sound effects. Truly an amazing piece of art that everyone worked together and took good part in to create. Edit (months later bc i just realized): I really don't need this many likes- lol thank yall i guess

This is probably the most ambitious Warriors project since SSS Warriors cats (in terms of scale). The animation here is really well done with each cat actually looking alive with their facial and tail expressions. Small details like Whitestorm winking at Rusty ( <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1158">19:18</a> )is well appreciated and shows the amount of care they put into every Cat. The voice acting is overall good throughout with some great performances for Bluestar, Smudge, Rusty, Greypaw and Longtail. The series getting stopped by the Warriors Team getting involved is very disappointing and frustrating due to the long wait the fandom has waited for the actual Warriors movie with no significant updates. I hope WC Animated doesn't face the same fate but I'm not hopeful right now.

It was such an honor to work on this project alongside such talented artists!! I can't believe that this already has almost a million views oh my god 😭 Thank you so much to the 3D modelers and animators for bringing Lionblaze, Redtail, Darkstripe, and few others to life. I never thought that my silly little drawings would amount to anything and to see this many people enjoy them is so special. Thank you🫶💕

This should be a Netflix tv series

I wanna cry. Seeing my favorite childhood books animated was amazing! I really wish we could get more of these!

Thank you to the entire team for investing their time in creating this series for the community, free of charge. It's truly incredible that it's now available, and the Little Dragon Studios team deserves more praise than the community can provide. Thank you for bringing my favorite books to life on screen.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="765">12:45</a> love the way Lionheart just fazed out of existence

Lionheart: " There is no guarantee you will be a full warrior." Rusty: "we'll see about that" -> becomes an absolute legend

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1432">23:52</a> '' IM GOING FOR A WALK '' made me die of laughter xD

This is so well animated, it’s like a real movie. I also love Bluestar's voice.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1051">17:31</a> STAWP I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. Idk if this was intended prob was but this is the cover for into the wild ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊

My jaw physically dropped when I saw this, thank you

Oh my gosh! I read these when I was 11!! Almost 10 years later and FINALLY a beautiful adaptation! The vision of Firestar was BEAUTIFUL!!!

I am so happy to see this come together! Having the privilege to lend my vocals to Ravenpaw and One Eye as one of the background voices was truly such a wonderful experience. The crew is immensely talented, from actors, to artists, to composers. Everyone who worked on bringing this vision to life deserves only praise. Well done, everyone! You are absolute warriors! ❤

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="846">14:06</a> Proof that Bluestar only accepted Rusty because she needed someone who wasn't important to fight and no one would be sad if he died...

I never thought I would cry at the last smudge scene…but they out so much effort in…I was bubbling 😢

The voice actor for Bluestar is phenomenal! It's how i imagined Bluestar to sound when i read the books. Well done!

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1072">17:52</a> y’all I’m crying. I’m working on an animatic of Smudge and Firestar/Rusty’s lives, how they separate, etc, this is exactly how I imagine it. i feel so bad for Smudge.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="545">9:05</a> Greypaw: when I complete my training I’ll have the kettle kits crying to their mothers in starclan. You are captured by two legs in “dawn”

Lionheart: you may not have a paw in each world Skyclan: daylight warriors.

When Warrior Cats movie wasn't a thing, these people came together and dropped this masterpiece. This was truly an experience to watch, even though it was only a small part of the book. Masive congratulations to everyone on the team.

This project has been amazing to work on and I'm so thrilled to see it finally completed! Voicing bluestar was really fun, composing music taught me a lot about cinematic scoring, and doing the sound design was a wild ride. This took so many people to bring to life and I'm thankful to every single person who contributed their talents to this project. So proud of this team for finishing such a huge undertaking. Congratulations everyone! ❤ Edit: I almost forgot to mention, HUGE THANKS to everyone who submitted improv lines for background cats. You have no idea how entertaining it was doing the sound design for scenes with crowd cats. People had some genuinely creative takes and invented really fitting clan cat dialogue or otherwise just totally nailed it with believable lines. Well done and thank you to everyone who contributed their voices! It was really fun to put together 🥲

Am I the only one who´s always laughing at Frostfur trying to hold back the kids that want to join the clan when assembling??? Adorable 😍😂

We’re just not going to talk about when WhiteStrom just walk thru the rock while he was meeting firepaw or Rusty

Loved every minute of this and I’m so happy and grateful that the fans of warrior cats enjoyed not just my performance as LionHeart but everyone’s hard work for this project. I can’t express how happy it makes me to see all of little dragons studios work being recognized along with the support. This won’t be the last time I work with them but from the bottom of my heart thank you everyone who worked on this project but most of all thank you guys for tuning in and watching, sharing, and just being overall amazing and I’m proud that I got the opportunity to voice such a great wise character ❤🙏🏾

Everything about this is just beautiful. But Spottedleaf getting the prophecy was absolutely gorgous. It was so well made a nd it looks so beautiful. Gave me chills. Thank you so much to everyone for bringing this project alive. ❤

I love how bluestar is like: I can tell you haven’t yet lost your balls 😂

"Rusty come eat ur dinner"is a normal Rusty owner

Oh my gosh, the designs for the cats are amazing in this (especially Firepaw, he's just like how I imagine him), the voice acting is amazing, it's amazing how it's faithful to the books... I just wish the Warriors team would've let you guys keep going :( I'll support you during your other projects but man, you would've created such an amazing warrior cats movie.

Beautiful. When Spottedleaf got the message from StarClan I got literal chills. I haven't read these books since I was a child, I might just have to read them again! Great work, everyone who worked on this!

Whoever made the subtitles needs a raise.

This is so impressive. I absolutely love the dedication and accuracy to the original source material. I love all the character designs too, especially Bluestar, Firepaw and Greypaw. This felt like a real kids cartoon. Its a shame that the Erins wouldnt allow you to continue. Best of luck with your future projects, you have a lot of talent.

I was hooked within the first couple minutes, but when ThunderClan's area felt came into view at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1245">20:45</a> I burst into tears. It was EXACTLY how I'd imagined it

I’m so, so, SO proud of everyone in the studio team. The amount of coordination, creativity, and planning it took for this episode to come into being is INSANE! As a translator for the pilot episode, my partner and I had to translate *over 200 lines of dialogue* to our native language; this was such a daunting task, but thanks to the feedback and advice given by our fellow translators, we were able to get our work done in time. My hope is that, thanks to the efforts of everyone in the translation department, fans all around the globe will be able to enjoy Little Dragon Studios’ adaptation of “Into the Wild.” (As well, I am so UNBELIEVABLY stoked that MY VOICE LINES were used for some of the background cats’ reactions during the epic Longtail V.S. Firepaw fight! As a Warriors fan from childhood, I cannot emphasize enough how much this means to me… 🥹) I want to extend my special thanks to all the wonderful writers, concept artists, storyboarders, animators, 3D character creators, character designers, composers, texture artists, graphic designers, render farmers, asset creators, translators, and of course, voice actors who lent their skills to the creation of Episode 1. You guys are AMAZING! Finally, Kaida, thank you so much for founding this project. Without you, none of this would exist.

Being involved in the production of this as a storyboarder has been a privilege and an honor. This was my first experience working in a studio and I've had so much fun working with the team so far!! Everyone's excited about the final product and puts their hearts into their work. It's already been two years somehow, and it's come a long way! I hope everyone enjoyed this. I sure did!!! I'm super thankful to Kaida and all the wonderful crew members for creating such a gorgeous and unique retelling of the first book.

It's the "IM GOING FOR A WALK" for me 😂😂 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1432">23:52</a>

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="68">1:08</a> "you swim like otters" Bro that the best roast u got

Edit: I realized I allowed my irritation at the WC team for forcing you to stop producing this to overshadow how I actually felt about the project, LMAO. In a word, STUNNING. Somehow you mage me feel exactly like how I felt in elementary when I was reading the very first WC book that I borrowed from my local library. The voice performances portrayed the characters perfectly, especially Bluestar, and with a little more polish I could see this coming directly out of a big studio as a quality labor of love. However, its so fcking annoying that the studio, of course, decided to rain on everyone's parade. Really, Erin Hunter? Relax. You are not Disney, and fan content is what's keeping people even INTERESTED in this series in 2023. If SEGA and FNAF can stomach fan content being made out of love then so can you, ERIN.

amazing job! bluestars voice is so elgant and majestic, it suits her very well. Not to mention lionhearts voice, it sounds amazing!

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1383">23:03</a> “that’s gotta hurt” 😂

I’m crying- fireheart’s voice is exactly how I thought he would talk 😭😭

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="913">15:13</a> Bluestar really said: "You haven't been to the cutter...Join Thunderclan and keep your B*lls!!!!"

“Here comes Bluestar, and her mighty Blue-ness :D”

The Camera , The Intro , The Soundaffects , The Music , The Animation , The Pacing ... EVERYTHING makes this a masterpiece !!

some things i wanna say: Wow. If a 27 minute animation took two and a half years to make and publish AND finding voice actors, no wonder we still don't have the official Warriors movie... <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1291">21:31</a> The mom looked so fed up- A reference: "Fire alone can save our Clan." "Fireheart, you are the fire that will save ThunderClan." I love how Smudge says "Don't say I didn't warn you when it's time for your funeral!" and then Firestar/Rusty dies like, 23 books later- I like how to avoid being copyrighted, lines are changed and some character's designs are changed, too; I would NEVER have expected a kittypet to say "Twoleg" without knowing the meaning. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="762">12:42</a> I JUST REALIZED BLUESTAR MEANT TO CALL RUSTY FAT-

Its upsetting that the WC team wont let you guys finish the project, however its so absolutely stunning what you have done and im very proud of everyone who worked on it. Wonderful job everyone!

while it's upsetting and disappointing to know that this project shall not be continued, this was an amazing piece of work you guys have produced. 2-3 years of creating this is insane, that's about the same time it takes to create a regular movie/show! the voice-acting, scenery, models, and movements are amazing and very well-made, i'm normally not one to enjoy animated series's but this had me hooked! kudos to those who took part in this wonderful project. i'm excited to see what LDS will be working on in the future.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1432">23:52</a> Wait, who said "I'M GOING FOR A WALK" in such a mad tone tf?? Lmao

This is an amazing project, but Redtail’s voice kills me 😭😭 It’s just I expected him to sound a lot more like Tigerclaw or smt ig

The animation, the voice actors, the music. My mind is full of enjoyment about how amazing and well played this is.

this was truly a nostalgia trip, such incredible work has been put into this, it truly felt like i was 11 again reading this book for the first time. The young me would have been absolutely enamored with this, its a shame you weren't allowed to continue, but I'm greatly impressed with what you all did.

As someone who loved these books as a kid, it was completely nostalgic for me to watch this. I'm sorry to hear you can't continue, but this was such a treat. Best of luck to your team and all your future projects!

Lionheart: “ there is no guarantee you will be a full warrior? “ Rusty: **literally becomes leader later on**

the best scene is bluster trying to explain the concept of being neutered

That starclan scene was AMAZING 😻

Greypaw: Kittypets cannot be warriors! Rusty: *BECOMES LEADER*

The 'no mice were harmed' part got me rollin on the floor idk why

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="547">9:07</a> I absolutely love graypaw’s voice actor! They are amazing!

It's awful that this was canceled before it could take off, this is so good.

i love how tigerclaw shouts literally everything like a drill sergeant

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1432">23:52</a> " *IM GOING FOR A WALK* "

This portrays the intensity of each scene so well it feels like you're truly immersed in the animation!

Although it’s sad that no more episodes will be made, I loved this episode and I’m happy to see the fandom being so creative

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1290">21:30</a> “lEt’S gO!” “MMmMMmM!”

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1363">22:43</a> My soul got possesed from this leap i cannot handle fights.