Animation : Synopsis for my series Pip and Luna (I need an animator and co-writer) by Josiah Cosgrove

Josiah Cosgrove

Synopsis for my series Pip and Luna (I need an animator and co-writer)

Season 1

The series begins by chronicling the lifelong bond between Pip, an anxious orange tabby cat and journalist, and his best friend Luna. The pilot establishes their history, including the pivotal moment when Pip was thirteen and lost his father, Thomas, in a car accident—a tragedy that resulted in Pip breaking his arm and developing a compulsive hoarding habit. By 2026, the two are navigating their early twenties in a bustling feline city.

Pip works at The Feline Times under his grumpy manager, Dalton. When Luna is fired from her own job, Pip helps her find a new career as an obituary writer at the newspaper. Financial struggles eventually force Pip to take in his eccentric, yoga-obsessed co-worker Toby as a roommate. Throughout the season, Pip deals with personal milestones, including a surprise reunion and reconciliation with his estranged mother, Cookie, and a brief romance with a Siamese cat named Molly.

The season concludes with a two-part arc centered on Luna’s birthday. While struggling to find the perfect gift, Pip writes a poignant editorial titled "Friendship," publicly acknowledging Luna as the "permanent landmark" who has stayed by his side through his worst moments. The finale ends on a cliffhanger when Pip discovers a DVD of childhood home movies featuring his father and begins to play it.

Season 2

Following the discovery of the home movies, Pip falls into an existential crisis, questioning the point of life given the inevitability of death. As he grapples with these thoughts, Luna helps him end his relationship with Molly. The season features experimental episodes, including a largely silent installment where Pip and Luna communicate via flashlights during a city-wide power outage, and a "what if" scenario exploring alternate versions of Pip's life.

The narrative takes a somber turn when Luna’s grandmother passes away. Pip and Luna embark on a road trip to their hometown for the funeral, revisiting locations from their youth, such as their old school and the tree where Luna comforted Pip after his father's death. During this trip, Pip finally resolves his existential dread, concluding that life’s meaning is found in the people who make "the middle" of the story worthwhile. He finally confesses his romantic feelings to Luna.

The series concludes with an extensive time-jump 65 years into the future. A montage reveals that Pip and Luna married and raised five kittens together. In the final scene, Pip sits by Luna’s deathbed and presents her with the original cast from his childhood injury. He reveals the ending of his long-running autobiography, affirming that despite the "final page" of life, their shared time was the greatest part of the story.

It's a little bit of a bittersweet ending. What do you think?

Laura Hammer

Happy Caturday! Josiah Cosgrove I love it.. “The Feline Times” very nice!

Taylor Enzminger

I haven’t checked it out yet but i might be down to help with animating but i think id need at least like $300-$500 depending on how it goes and how much work im putting in if i suck and not contributing anything useful u wouldn’t have to pay me

Josiah Cosgrove

Taylor Enzminger, this is a fully independent no-budget project. I can't pay anyone, I'm sorry. But someday, if the first couple episodes do good online and I make some money, I will start paying the animator, voice actors, and co-writer.

João Pimentel

I found your synopsis very interesting! Josiah Cosgrove

Chase Carmichael

Josiah, I need to mention the budget stuff. You don't have to worry about that and if you pitch well enough to the literary management, then the manager, and then meet the executives so that way you'll be able to write and not worry so much about the budget. Even if you don't have money to meet with the animators or concept artists, you have to take a professional method to meet up with those people just politely before you show them your art. Don't give up.

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