For his episode “Jibaro”, Mielgo takes the reins - stepping in as the writer and director. Throughout his career, the director and animator has worked on Corpse Bride, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and Tron: Uprising; as well as the LDR Volume 1 episode “The Witness”. Game Rant spoke with Mielgo about how his Volume 3 story came together, the show’s short-episode format, and the pushback he received during production.
The director-writer opened up about how his story came to fruition. He says that he started with the visuals, before crafting the story.
“Jibaro” has many moving parts and comes together like a dark fairytale - intertwining folklore, different cultures, and 3D animation to tell a story about a deaf knight. It packs a punch in just over 15 minutes. When asked about the short length of episode, Mielgo says that the process is “a thing of its own.”
When it comes to pushbacks, Mielgo notes that technology typically poses a problem due to its limitations.
Love, Death and Robots Vol. 3 is currently streaming on Netflix.
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