E-mail Posting

This was an e-mail sent out a little over 8 months ago explaining the situation with Invasion America and how people can help us out. Of course, it has been updated for the present time. If you would like to pass this message along then just copy and paste the following information into your e-mail and send it off. Please, no spamming. You'll give IA and myself a bad rep. ^_^

Back in the summer of 1998, the Warner Brothers Network aired a show called Invasion America. The first American, animated, prime time, drama to ever hit the airwaves, and it was done by Steven Spielberg's then-new film company Dreamworks. After the first season ended, audiences were held by a thread of what will happen next. The final scene showed a picture of the hero David Carter in a freeze-frame mode, and a title with the words depicted, "End of Book One." These words lead many to believe that the show would continue on, and after a few months that dream would seem true as The WB Network aired IA as apart of their Saturday morning line-up. The problem was only that the series had to be edited in order to make it more kid friendly (a.k.a. kiddy like). Still, the few short minutes of being on the morning line-up thrilled many into believing that IA was to come back.

At the 1999 Emmy Awards, Invasion America was one of two Emmy’s won by the WB Network, and it won for best musical composition for a series during the episode "Final Mission." Yet, this was a bittersweet victory for IA. A great victory for that a sophisticated animated show won an Emmy that any sit-com could have won. A tragedy well over as WB had cancelled the show, and would never air it again. The WB did sell some of the IA rights to other television stations around the world. The Space Channel in Canada shows IA constantly, winning an admiration of fans. The same goes for Australia and parts of Europe as IA is embraced by other audiences, showing that American animation can be something to soon respect. The WB never did figure out about how much IA had affected people, as well as the great amount of awareness that the show would soon be forgotten.

On June 16^th, 2000, 20^th Century Fox released into theaters one of the most provocative animated movies ever to be seen on the big screen, and it is called Titan A.E. Already being hailed and praised by critics, Titan A.E. is now opening new doors for animated films and shows to appear. The WB Network is responding with a Japanese-Anime to add on to their success as suggested by Pokemon. Cartoon Network will be adding on to it’s Anime-collection, in fact, many stations are trying to re-create the success that Pokemon has caused, and by doing so have been bringing in more serious animation to viewers. Titan A.E. unfortunately did not do well receiving over 100 million, but that only paid off the expenses for the creation of the movie. Still, that is a high number for animated films. Princess Mononoke also had the same effect. It's making a huge impact on video and DVD causing a stir across the country. With 2001, much more is to be expected as animation will become more than child's play. Adults can love animation and have. That's why Japan makes over 80 billion dollars a year within the country off of this phenomena, and twice that much through exporting to other countries. Dreamworks was well aware of the impact on mature animation, that's why IA was ahead of it's time. Now, it may be possible for a successful comeback.

Please do your best and help out in any way in order to get us to save Invasion America. Right now, the current plan is to start a complete letter writing and petition campaign. The idea for the letter writing, is to inform the WB and Dreamworks that you still feel very strongly about IA and wish to see the show continue, also taking care of what you say, "writing nicely", and keeping the subject to IA. One thing to add is to stress that you want IA in prime time, not as a kids’ show. The contact info is listed below this article. E-mails and phone calls will do the job but can be easily forgotten and deleted, but hard copies that a fan has written will never be lost and sticks on peoples minds. The petitions can be found online and offline. The offline petitions are of greater use to those who don’t have Internet Access. More information on where to obtain one is listed below this article.

Now that this article is almost over, I would like to ask you to please forward this message to anyone that you know who is interested in helping out, or knows someone who can help out. The more people that we can find to help IA, the better. Thank you very much for your time and patience. If we work together as one, then surely we will be able to help Invasion America become alive once again.

Sincerely,

TifaIA

*Long Live Invasion America*

Writing

The new campaign is to write postcards to the WB, Dreamworks, or Mr. Steven Spielberg asking in a short concise message to give us a final answer about IA and to plea for it's return, without sounding pathetic or desperate. Here is an example of what the letter should entail.

Dear Mr. Spielberg (Or Warner Brothers executives, or DreamWorks Executives),

I am a great fan of your show Invasion America. It would be great to see it back on the air and released on video. Is this idea possible? Thank You.

Here are the mailing addresses

Steven Spielberg
P O Box 8520
Universal City, CA 91608

DreamWorks SKG
100 Universal Plaza
Bungalow 477
Universal City, CA 91608

The WB Television Network
4000 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91522