Ars Poetica follows Ars, a juvenile delinquent, set on his path from past trauma. Living in a halfway house for youth offenders, he continues to find himself back into trouble with the law.
Once assigned to an artist therapy group for poetry, he will have to conquer his personal demons and triggers while getting in touch with his emotions. This anime will tackle mental health and emotional intelligence.
The Synopsis...
Meet the writers
ABOUT The Series...
Invictus: The pilot episode details getting to know Ars, an inner city battle rapper and graffiti artist that has control of words. We also learn how he is introduced into art therapy and we witness his first encounter into the Unsaid; a new and dark space that holds all of the words/truth/desires/fears, that are never spoken or shared.
The following episodes will take Ars on a journey meeting others in the program and overcoming their fears and finding their powers together. We will learn background traumas that brought the protagonists into the position they are currently in. Each episode will be based on a famous poem that will include Easter egg imagery or lines from the associated text.
Once the team of friends is formed, they hone their talents to get involved in individual and team poetry slams that explore various gifts and curses.
Invictus
- WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
15yrs old
Quiet until provoked
A master of words
Lives in a halfway house for homeless juvenile offenders
Wants to learn more about his family
Character by: Tawny Lewis-Bell
Meet
Dr. Hayate Chinmoku
Music sample
by Brady Ware
Meet
Ars Raika
Meet
Zahra Toshiko
Quick witted
Words have the ability to cut
Has a twin brother also in the system
Makes paper cranes to cope with insecurities
Character by: Joseph "Jody" Plata
Art Therapist
Psychologist and poet
Quiet
Observer
Can quickly whisper poetry to influence others to act
Character by: Tawny Lewis-Bell
Meet
Zorih
Toshiko
Time Demon
Alter ego to Zahrah's twin brother
Adopted into a family nearby, but still visits his sister
Can still a soul if his time is wasted
short tempered
Weasley
Character by: Joseph "Jody" Plata
Meet
Judge jun
hironori
Jun (obedient)
Hironori (benevolent ruler, tolerant)
Judge
Knew Ars Sr.
Character by: Joseph "Jody" Plata
