An Original Animated Universe

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BLACK
BETTY

Small Body. National Threat.

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The Protagonist

Black Betty

Loved by the people. Underestimated by her foes. The giants, the kings, the witches — they see a small girl in round shades and think the fight is already won. But the rest of the world knows better.

Betty is a master in training, raised on tea, discipline and the quiet teachings of a blind master in the mountains. She walks a land of lantern-lit villages and greedy lords where ordinary people get crushed by the powerful, and she takes the side of the ordinary people every time. Not for glory. Not for dumplings. Because somebody should.

She trains harder than anyone, carries herself like a legend, and keeps her face completely still while the world loses its mind around her.

Small body. Legendary aura. That's Betty.

"The people weren't there for her. She was there for the people."Black Betty — The Greedy Taxman
Black Betty sitting on temple steps, chin on her hand, unimpressed
Black Betty under a full moon, a dragon coiling behind the temple

The Universe

The World of
Black Betty

An ancient land of mist-covered mountains, bamboo forests, red lanterns and stone-paved villages. Calligraphy hangs in every doorway. Candles burn in every temple. It looks like a legend, and it is one.

It is also a land of greedy lords, vain kings, dark witches and the occasional giant — all of them certain that nothing in this world can touch them.

Then Black Betty walks in.

Betty meditating on a mossy rock beside a waterfall

Dragon Energy

Dragon Energy is the power of the Spirit World, home of Betty's spirit animal, the golden dragon. When she needs it, she draws it across from the other side — through stillness, focus and movement — and it answers her as golden light. The harder she trains, the more it gives.

The Dark Witch holding two red orbs of Dark Energy

Dark Energy

The opposite of Dragon Energy. It isn't earned — it's taken. The Dark Witch harvests it by stealing the dreams of sleeping villagers, night after night, until there is nothing left of them. Betty has opinions about that.

The Spirit Dragon holding a glowing orb in the Spirit World

The Spirit World

Betty's own hidden realm of floating temples and golden light, where her spirit dragon lives and her Dragon Energy comes from. Almost no one alive has set foot there. Betty brought Master Elm — the first guest the dragon has ever had.

Key Locations

Places in the Known World

Master Shen watering flowers on his mountain terrace

Master Shen's Temple

A terrace above the clouds, reached by stone stairs in the rain. Bonsai, tea, flowers and silence. The old master hid here from the world — until Betty came up the steps.

Black Betty performing on the theatre stage, golden rings of light

The Great Theatre

Home of the National Talent Competition, where the nation's most famous celebrities sit in judgement beneath a golden dragon. Everyone came to see the legend in person.

Black Betty in the village below Black Crow Mountain

Black Crow Mountain

Where the Dark Witch keeps her temple, high above a village she has been robbing of its dreams. "Leave while you still can," the villagers warned. Betty went up anyway.

The palace of the King of the Looksmaxxers

The Looksmaxxer Palace

Dragon-carved thrones, mirrored halls, and the constant light tap of mini hammers against cheekbones. Everyone here is a 10. Betty is a 3. Betty doesn't care.

Master Elm's workshop — brass machines and Data, the mechanical man

Master Elm's Workshop

Brass, steam and blueprints. Home of Data, a mechanical man built to help people, and of the Nine Heavens Project — a machine meant to carry a person further into the sky than the eye can see. It only needs fuel.

The river crossing at night, lanterns on the dock

The Still River

Never cross it when the water is still. A darkness hides beneath the surface, and people have vanished making the crossing. Betty took the boat anyway.

The Cast

Characters of
the Universe

Old Master Shen, blindfolded, smiling

Mentor · Legend · Friend

Old Master Shen

Old Master Shen was a legend. He taught warriors to face fear. Then he lost his sight, grew old, and did the one thing he had taught everyone else not to do: he hid from the world. "You became a ghost before dying," Betty told him — and regretted it the moment she said it.

He is blind, and he still waters his flowers every morning. Not because he can see their beauty, but because they have his unconditional love whether he can see them or not. That is the lesson. Betty is still learning it.

He is her teacher, her oldest friend, and the only person she apologises to. He is playful in the way only very old, very wise people can be.

"You cannot see, yet you still water flowers."
"Whether I can see them or not does not stop me from tending to them."Betty & Master Shen
Blind Master Teacher of Warriors True Love Is Blind

Allies & Adversaries

The Wider Cast

Betty and Master Shen with the spotted Rabbit
Companion

Spirit Companion · Ally

The Rabbit

A small spotted rabbit with a hurt leg, found in the silent garden after a storm. Making him better was Betty's first task from Master Shen — and her first lesson about Mother Nature: if you interfere with her design, you become responsible for the life you changed. "I'm lucky I found you." His path now belongs partly to her.

Mother NatureCompanion
The Dark Witch, red eyes, screaming
Defeated?

Antagonist · Dark Energy

The Dark Witch

Red eyes, red orbs, a black gown that moves like smoke. From her temple on Black Crow Mountain she steals the villagers' dreams every night to harness Dark Energy. "Anyone that wanders into my temple shall not leave." Betty wandered in, asked for the dreams back, and was told to be silent. It did not go well for the witch.

Dark EnergyWitch
The Greedy Taxman laughing in his hall
Humbled

Antagonist · Greed

The Greedy Taxman

Nobody likes the greedy Taxman. His taxes decimated the village until people could no longer afford to eat. He offered Betty a deal: beat his best warrior and he'd lower the taxes — lose, and she'd belong to him. He called her smaller than expected. He called his fallen warrior pathetic. The taxes went down.

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The Spirit Dragon, golden and ancient
Spirit Animal

Betty's Spirit Animal · The Spirit World

The Spirit Dragon

Betty's spirit animal and the source of her Dragon Energy. It lives in a cavern at the heart of the other realm, coiled around a glowing orb, older than anyone has kept count. Every time Betty fights, it rises behind her in golden light. It called her interesting long before they met. It is also, it turns out, very good at explaining physics: a dragon's heart creates fire through the union of the smallest pieces of creation.

Dragon EnergyAncient
The River Spirit, a golden figure beneath the water
Released

Trapped Spirit · The River

The River Spirit

When a tragedy occurs in water, a person's spirit can become trapped — and if the tragedy was not natural, it can turn dark. For years it has haunted the still water, and people have vanished crossing it. It only appears when the waters are still. Betty went to the bottom to find out who it was.

Still WaterSpirit
The King of the Looksmaxxers on his dragon throne
Friend?

Royalty · Cultivated Perfection

King of the Looksmaxxers

Rules a palace where cheekbones are tapped into shape with tiny hammers. Rated Betty's face a 3. Then he felt the aura, reconsidered, and offered friendship on one condition: that she hide it well. What becomes of a friendship with royalty remains to be seen.

Rated Her a 3Too Much Aura

The Story So Far

Episodes

Short, self-contained chapters. Each one ends the same way — to be continued. New episodes drop every week; the rest are in production.

3 of 12 episodes released
The Hundred Dragon Olympics
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Episode 01

The Hundred Dragon Olympics

Everybody laughed when Black Betty entered the Hundred Dragon Olympics. Grand prize: one million dumplings. So while everybody else trained for glory, she carried water buckets up mountain stairs, balanced on bamboo poles above the clouds, meditated under freezing waterfalls, and fought a possessed chicken in the marketplace. The villagers called her crazy. The dragon called her interesting.

Black Betty wasn't training to participate. She was training to become a problem.

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Heavy Footsteps, Light Work
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Episode 02

Heavy Footsteps, Light Work

A giant walked in like he owned the world. Heavy armour, huge mace, ego the size of a mountain. He laughed uncontrollably at Betty's size. The Old Master advocated restraint. The giant swung first. When the dust cleared, Betty was nowhere to be seen — until she appeared at his side and prepared to unleash the Mighty Quiet Hand.

It was ironic, because there was nothing quiet about it.

The GiantDragon Energy
King of the Looksmaxxers
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Episode 03New

King of the Looksmaxxers

Betty arrives at the palace to the light tap of mini hammers against cheekbones. The King of the Looksmaxxers rates her a 3. His followers offer to reshape those round cheeks. Betty carries main character anyway. The king of cultivated perfection reflects on his decision: "Your face is a 3, but too much aura have thee. Let us be friends."

Small body. Aura maxxer.

The KingRoyalty
The National Talent Competition
Coming Soon

Episode 04Coming Soon

The National Talent Competition

"Wow." "Amazing." It then became clear.

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The Greedy Taxman
Coming Soon

Episode 05Coming Soon

The Greedy Taxman

The people weren't there for her. She was there for the people.

JusticeThe Taxman
Old Master Shen
Coming Soon

Episode 06Coming Soon

Old Master Shen

"Because true love is blind."

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The Rabbit
In Production

Episode 07In Production

The Rabbit

If you interfere with Mother Nature's design, you become responsible for the life you changed.

Mother NatureThe Rabbit
The Dark Witch
In Production

Episode 08In Production

The Dark Witch

Black Betty defeated a dark witch. Ordered tea.

The WitchDark Energy
The Missing — Part I
In Production

Episode 09In Production

The Missing — Part I

Does she find the children, or stop the ones taking them? If we are lucky, we may be able to find both.

MysteryThe Chief Inspector
The Missing — Part II
In Production

Episode 10In Production

The Missing — Part II

"You are a hero. We cannot thank you enough."

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The Richest Man in the World
In Production

Episode 11In Production

The Richest Man in the World

Learn how to harness the power of creation. Create a machine that produces never-ending fire. TNF.

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The River Spirit
In Production

Episode 12In Production

The River Spirit

"Father."

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For our daughters

About Us

Two Fathers.
One Universe.

Black Betty started the way the best things do — two dads who just wanted to make cool animations for their daughters.

Best friends since we were kids, we grew up on kung fu films, Saturday-morning cartoons and stories about small heroes taking on big worlds. When our own daughters came along, we couldn't find a hero who looked like them and carried herself the way we hoped they would. So we made one.

We teamed up to build the ultimate animated universe: a world of lantern-lit villages, blind masters, greedy lords and golden Dragon Energy — with a tiny, unbothered girl in round shades at the centre of it.

The goal is simple. Bring Black Betty to the masses, for everyone to enjoy. Keep the episodes coming. Keep the universe growing.

黑美人 A note on the Chinese

Yes, we know. Like most Chinese translations you'll find on a T-shirt, the characters on our title card don't say Black Betty. They say Black Beauty. It's also the name of a watermelon.

We found out after the first six episodes. We showed Betty. She looked at it for a long time, raised one eyebrow, and said nothing — which is as close to approval as Betty gets. So we kept it.

"Every episode is made for our little girls first. If the rest of the world loves it too, that's the dream."The Creators

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