Alcatraz

Content warnings.:  Cartoon Blood and Gore, Physical Violence, Death by Burning, Death by Impalement, Death by Illness, Death by Falling, Body Horror, Depression, Mind Control/Manipulation.

Overview
Alcatraz is an original animated series created by JudgePikachu and released in episode installments on Youtube. The first episode of the series was released June 30th 2011. The series features somewhat graphic imagery and darker subject matter. As of episode five, viewer discretion was advised by JudgePikachu. The shortest episode of Alcatraz is episode one at just over nine minutes. The longest episode is episode five which is a little over twenty-two minutes.

In August of 2015 JudgePikachu uploaded a video explaining that the fifth episode of Alcatraz had been manually copyright struck by Warner Brothers Entertainment. In the video “Warner Bros. Entertainment Takes Down Alcatraz Episode 5” Judge talked about how the claim was that Judge had uploaded the Warner Bros. J.J. Abrams TV show Alcatraz despite the two properties sharing no visual or intellectual similarities. On top of that Judge was able to provide screenshots of her Alcatraz having its opening uploaded to Youtube a full two years before the J.J. Abrams show was aired. JudgePikachu filed a dispute and can be assumed the claim was proved false since episode five was available on her channel once more.

In May of 2016 JudgePikachu uploaded a video for animation auditions to help her with episode six of Alcatraz. In 2016 JudgePikachu also posted a comment stating her life at the time had taken some sharp turns, that she had only just finished the script for episode six, and kindly asked for people to please refrain from asking about the next episode. It is not confirmed which was uploaded first, the comment or the animator auditions or if anyone was selected to help with the production at this time.

On her Twitter in April of 2019 she spoke briefly about how she was unsure if she would continue the series due to hate she’d received during a prior situation involving the series. But in August of 2020 JudgePikachu did a live stream showing that she was indeed working on the next episode of Alcatraz. No release date has been announced for the next episode at this time.

Plot
After his parents are killed, young Coby finds himself on the way to the city in search of another fox. This proves to be a difficult task as the closer he comes, the more vicious the animals are. An encounter with a dog on the way into the city ends with Coby being saved by another dog (Noah) who warns him that the animals in the area won't hesitate to kill him. Coby runs away and soon after entering the city hears someone scream. Coby witnesses a blind kitten being attacked by a gray dog. The kitten is saved when a second cat (Icea) and Noah from earlier, intervene and rescue her. Though initially distrustful of him, Icea and Noah allow Coby to follow them to their home and stay. The peace doesn’t last though as a small group is shattered when Icea is attacked by another cat who goes by the name Dusk.

Soon after Coby narrowly escapes being attacked only by Noah’s intervention. Kayle decides to fill Coby in on what’s going on with the animals in the city. She tells him about an infection that can spread from creature to creature through bodily fluids and the new bloods, the recently infected, want to take something that the living have. When Coby presses for more information Noah tells Kayla to just show him and Kayla leads Coby underground to a book that supposedly holds the creation of the world in its pages.

Characters
The main characters are Coby, Noah, and Kayla. But Alcatraz hosts several strong side characters such as Icea, Dusk, Zephys, Thorn, and Tabitha.

Links
Youtube, Tumblr.