Animation fans you don't know this about me but i'm a huge fan of Game Of Thrones and like millions of you I watched the season eight premier and I loved it. However there is a hint of sadness in the air as this season is going to be the shows last and HBO being smart have ordered a prequel pilot which does honestly sound good but i've come up with an idea that will take GOT into another medium all together and that is the realm of animation so let's get going.
The Plot
Now I honestly had a hard task here because it would have been super easy just do a more faithful version of the books. The trouble is tho alot of people know that story because it's being played on screens as we speak and I can't do a sequel show because we don't know how it ends and so for a while i'll admit I was stuck and almost considered canning this post all together but then I remembered one little animated special called Game of Thrones Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms.
That was when it hit me the plot of the show would be the entire reign Aerys II otherwise known as The Mad King. I know that name won't mean anything to none GOT fans but if you are a fan you'll know exactly what that names means the show would basically follow him from a teenager all the way until the end of Robert's Rebellion and all the things that he goes throw to get what he wants and the people he's willing to betray.
Characters
I'll straight up admit that i've not really thought this part out since I don't know that part of Game Of Thrones history that well. So for the sake of my own sanity all of the characters apart from Aerys II aren't going to be named but tho in my opinion Aerys shouldn't have a comic relief best friend unlike Jon because while Aerys II is going to start out as the hero of the piece as you'll no doubt know by the end of it he's the villain.
If you know Game Of Thrones lore then you'll know that targaryen's marry brother to sister and that is something that would be shown in this show. There will also be a master of arms who's there mainly to give our hero advice in my eyes the master of arms is a war veteran and so it would make sense in that regard there will also be characters who in the live action show have relatives just because this would be a prequel so there's no getting around that.
Animation
When coming up with this post there was one thing that I knew would have to be in the show and that's the fact that the animation style would have to be something more in line with The Legend Of Korra and Castlevania. I knew that would be the case right away because any other style just wouldn't do the show or the world any kind of justice and in my opinion that style allows for better movements and facial expressions and also it allows for more detail to go into the backgrounds.
Cast
Now like with the plot of the show this one was also kind of hard to put together because while I could come up with some good names to appear in the show none of them in my eyes would match up to the live action cast. So appearing in the show is perhaps the most fitting cast member given who she plays on the live action and that's Emilia Clarke I have no idea who'd she play but I think it would be cool to see her play one of her ancestors.
As for other actors i'd like to see in this show Grey Griffin would be great in this she's done plenty of mature shows before but she's not done any shows made exclusively for adults. As i'm writing this i'm kind of thinking it would be cool to hear Sheri Moon Zombie since she was pretty good in The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto but at the same time i'm kind of thinking it would be great to have Nancy Cartwright on the cast list.
Network
Originally I had Netflix pencilled in here since I thought the show would be a good fit for them but then I remembered that HBO airs Game Of Thrones and pretty much owns all adaptations of it. So it only makes sense that they be the ones to air this show and that would be a great things because then it could also serve as an officially canon prequel instead of something that takes place in another world.
Episodes And Episode Length
This is something that i'm not fully set on so I would be willing to change it but I think if there was ten episodes a year and we have god knows how many seasons then I think that the show could indeed work. One of the advantages of airing the show on HBO is that if i'm right they have no adverts and this is wear i'd do something a little bit different and have the episodes be an hour long each.
Age Rating
Finally the age rating in the UK Game Of Thrones has always been rated an 18 so that would make it TV-MA in American if i'm right. This is something that i'd like to keep because the world of Game Of Thrones isn't for the faint of heart and no matter what the adaptation is that should be reflected which means having a very mature rating. Plus with that rating we'd be able to get away with alot of the things that's been detailed about The Mad King.