 The end is close, so I think it's fair to be honest with everyone. I had just come back from traveling, and voluntary quarantine hit the first few days of animation production. I had to stay home the entire time. Then the day I came back to work, that's when work from home orders began as well. It was a whole process. I was in the middle of moving, and I had to accelerate the process tenfold just so I could keep working. I was supposed to visit my dad for his birthday, but my home state issued a mandatory 14-day quarantine for people visiting from coronavirus hotspot states. My brother and I canceled our flights. My dad turned 60 the week the show premiered. I've had several panic attacks. I have the kind where my heart feels like it's ready to burst out of my chest, where my throat constricts, and I forget to breathe for entire seconds. They last from morning to night, and I realize something is wrong, only when I'm having trouble finishing a spoken sentence. I've cried in front of more people than I'm comfortable admitting, and I've cried about more stupid things than I'm comfortable admitting to. It's wild to think about sitting on something for months, years, at a constant 10 miles per hour, then all of a sudden you're catapulted at 100. You worked backstage for so long, and you're pushed to the spotlight to justify to everyone why they should care. It starts something in me. They all begin as small fears, but they gather, and they grow. I'm afraid this prelude won't pay off that the three years we've worked on a show proper won't ever see the light of day, that people won't watch it, won't give it a chance because it's too different, it doesn't sell, it's not easy to categorize or explain. I'm afraid people will say it's not funny, people will say they don't understand, and they won't stick around to find out whether they will. I'm afraid I'm going to be told this is too expensive, and all the things I hoped for the show would trickle down into lukewarm compromise and into a dream. I'm afraid I'm going to be told I have to do more when I hoped what I did was more than enough. The pain for me is that as I'm recording this, I can't promise a proper season. We just don't know. The future is so uncertain. But there is one irrefutable fact. We did it. Our team made it. Arasall is here, and you've met her. I guess I just hope that people invest in Arasall. Because she is the show, I mean, she's an incredible character, and I have so much faith in her. I have faith in the character than I do any other aspect of the show, I think. She is the entirety of it. So if you connect with her, stick with it. I still continue to be afraid, but I am proud of how we tried, how we went through these hurdles and learned lessons along the way. I don't think it's something that you can judge based on the cover. You're going to watch all of it to really appreciate it. If you really like it, there could be more, but you got to watch it. The people we met on this project, the people who've been around to support it, they prove its existence is a success, period. My name is Issa Badiola, I am the creator and showrunner of recorded by Arasall. Thank you for listening. It was lovely to meet you. Guys, thanks for watching this episode. If you like this stuff, you should check out I Have Notes, or go ahead and click on one of the videos on screen to keep watching where Rooster Teeth animated content. Or you can even go to roosterteeth.com and watch the show that we were talking about recorded by Arasall. Oh my god, you have so many choices. I'm really happy for you. Please go.