Vaccination awareness through Animation

Bono, Penélope and more stars in animated series on vaccine importance

With the health concerns of one Covid 19 vaccine, some countries have imposed temporary halts on vaccinating their population against the Pandemic. Concerns have arisen whether it is the correct decision after all.  As usual, someone can come to the conclusion, if these decisions were based on political reasoning or scientific reasoning. Further adding fuel to the fire it’s believed that few so-called “rich” countries have stockpiled vaccination doses in addition to their requirements. Where will all these lead? Some low-income countries have not got a single vaccination dose to date. Will some be left behind at the end? What will be the solution way forward?

What is the best Vaccine? What ever you can get – WHO

Meanwhile, ONE Campaign an organization based in the United States has taken the initiative to produce a seven-episode animation release called” Pandemica” to draw positive global attention on vaccine access to all, in order to bring an end to the current pandemic crises. The animated episodes will be released in the United States, Canada, some countries in Europe and Africa, and South Africa in few days.

Renowned celebrities have shown their concerns too and have agreed to join the campaign to help voice the animated characters. Their effort is to bring awareness to the importance of vaccinating everyone against the Pandemic. U2 frontman, Penelope Cruz, David Oyelowo, and many more will lend voices to the success of this animated series. They believe creating opportunities for all to be vaccinated will help to see the light at the end of the tunnel. 

No matter what the final outcome may be their efforts are to be commended. Looking at a positive perspective we must hope for better results as animation-based movies and TV series and their messages have managed to bring powerful messages to all ages and groups. 

The series is illustrated by artist Andrew Rae with animation by Titmouse and music and sound design by Father, and created and produced in partnership with Hive.

Andrew Rae work – “The science of Happiness” published in the New York Times.

Who is this Andrew Rae?

Andrew Rae is an illustrator who uses simple hand rendered line and a combination of paper, felt pens, watercolour, ipad, iMac and Wacom pads and screens to render irreverent images of characters, ghouls, robots, machines and creatures which are used in an editorial, publishing, advertising, animation and mural context. He is a regular contributor to The New York Times Magazine and has worked for many clients worldwide including Apple, The London Science Museum, Google and The Guardian.

He was art director on the award winning BBC animation Monkey Dust, his graphic novel “Moonhead and the Music Machine” is published by Nobrow and he has illustrated “This is Warhol”, “This is Dali”, “Where’s Warhol” and “My Crazy Inventions Sketchbook” published by Laurence King. He currently lives and works in London near Highgate Cemetery.