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'''''The Gaslight District''''' is an Australian [[Adult animation|adult]] [[independent animation|independent-animated]] [[web series]] created, written, and directed by Nick Szopko{{efn|name=Nick}} and produced by [[Glitch Productions]]. The series centres around a family of undead gangsters living in a post-apocalyptic world following the genocide of humans.
'''''The Gaslight District''''' is an Australian [[Adult animation|adult]] [[independent animation|independent-animated]] [[web series]] created, written, and directed by Nick Szopko{{efn|name=Nick}} and produced by [[Glitch Productions]]. The series centres around a family of undead gangsters living in a post-apocalyptic world following the [[Human extinction|genocide of humans]].


The pilot premiered on Glitch's [[YouTube]] channel on 18 April 2025. It received critical acclaim from critics and audiences, with praise for its visuals, writing, characters, and voice acting.
The pilot premiered on Glitch's [[YouTube]] channel on 18 April 2025, and receivied critical acclaim.


== Premise ==
== Premise ==
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=== Supporting ===
=== Supporting ===
* Taher Chy as the [[narrator]]<ref group="‡">{{Cite tweet |user=glitch_prod |date=23 Mar 2025 |title=WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL VA CAST FOR THE GASLIGHT DISTRICT!! |number=1903522244074062306 |access-date=28 June 2025}}</ref>
* Taher Chy as the [[narrator]]<ref group="‡">{{Cite tweet |user=glitch_prod |date=23 Mar 2025 |title=WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL VA CAST FOR THE GASLIGHT DISTRICT!! |number=1903522244074062306 |access-date=28 June 2025}}</ref>
* John Whinfield as Jack the Rat, a Rotling who previously worked as a dishwasher at the Whale Belly Butcher Shop, but was cemented underwater after finding out Mel is a human.
* John Whinfield as Jack the Rat, a Rotling who previously worked as a dishwasher at the Whale Belly Butcher Shop, but was cemented underwater after finding out Mel is a human
* Margaret Ashley as the Angel Mother, the mother of the bird-like angels and the overseer of the Human Egg Prophecy.
* Margaret Ashley as the Angel Mother, the mother of the bird-like angels and the overseer of the Human Egg Prophecy{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}
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* Michael Kovach as Diligence,<ref name="cast" group="‡"/> the cold and merciless leader of the Virtue Corps
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* Belsheber Rusape Jr. as Temperance,<ref name="cast" group="‡"/><ref group="‡">{{cite web|last=Rusape Jr.|first=Belsheber|url=https://bsky.app/profile/belrusape.bsky.social/post/3lkyiqtekck2d|title=First ever Glitch project, I am so excited to see the pilot when it comes out in April. I'm the voice of Temperance in Glitch Production's "The Gaslight District"! I knew when recording that this would be wild, but the production quality and cast for this are absolutely AMAZING!!!|work=Bluesky Social |via=[[Bluesky]]|date=22 March 2025|access-date=9 April 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250410012451/https://bsky.app/profile/belrusape.bsky.social/post/3lkyiqtekck2d|archive-date=10 April 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> a Virtue Corps doctor who delivered Mel from her egg
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* Michael Kovach as Diligence,<ref name="cast" group="‡"/> the cold and merciless leader of the Virtue Corps.
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* Belsheber Rusape Jr. as Temperance,<ref name="cast" group="‡"/><ref group="‡">{{cite web|last=Rusape Jr.|first=Belsheber|url=https://bsky.app/profile/belrusape.bsky.social/post/3lkyiqtekck2d|title=First ever Glitch project, I am so excited to see the pilot when it comes out in April. I'm the voice of Temperance in Glitch Production's "The Gaslight District"! I knew when recording that this would be wild, but the production quality and cast for this are absolutely AMAZING!!!|work=Bluesky Social |via=[[Bluesky]]|date=22 March 2025|access-date=9 April 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250410012451/https://bsky.app/profile/belrusape.bsky.social/post/3lkyiqtekck2d|archive-date=10 April 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> a Virtue Corps doctor who delivered Mel from her egg.
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== Production ==
== Production ==
[[File:Concept Art.jpg|thumb|[[Concept art|Concept Art]] for the series]]
[[File:Concept Art.jpg|thumb|Character [[concept art]]]]
Series creator and showrunner Nick Szopko released a teaser of the pilot to his YouTube channel ''PartTimeSeagull'' on 29 November 2022.<ref name="teaser" group="‡">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4J66XK6nkw |title=The Gaslight District - Teaser |date=29 November 2022 |website=PartTimeSeagull|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=March 22, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125024802/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4J66XK6nkw |archive-date=25 January 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> The trademark for the series was registered in July 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trademarks.justia.com/793/74/the-gaslight-79374003.html|title=THE GASLIGHT DISTRICT - Trademark Details|website=[[Justia]]|access-date=9 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250410011137/https://trademarks.justia.com/793/74/the-gaslight-79374003.html|archive-date=10 April 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
Series creator and showrunner Nick Szopko released a teaser of the pilot to his YouTube channel "PartTimeSeagull" on 29 November 2022.<ref name="teaser" group="‡">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4J66XK6nkw |title=The Gaslight District - Teaser |date=29 November 2022 |website=PartTimeSeagull|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=March 22, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125024802/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4J66XK6nkw |archive-date=25 January 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> The trademark for the series was registered in July 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trademarks.justia.com/793/74/the-gaslight-79374003.html|title=THE GASLIGHT DISTRICT - Trademark Details|website=[[Justia]]|access-date=9 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250410011137/https://trademarks.justia.com/793/74/the-gaslight-79374003.html|archive-date=10 April 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>


On 9 November 2023, Szopko, along with [[Glitch Productions]] founders Kevin and Luke Lerdwichagul, announced on Glitch's live streaming event "GLITCHX" that the series was picked up after Szopko developed the show solely for a year back in 2022, in which they released a new teaser.<ref name="glitchx" group="‡">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G6L9wtCy0M |title=GLITCHX 2023 |date=9 November 2023 |website=GLITCH |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=22 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321181912/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G6L9wtCy0M |archive-date=21 March 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>
On 9 November 2023, Szopko, along with [[Glitch Productions]] founders Kevin and Luke Lerdwichagul, announced on Glitch's live streaming event "GLITCHX" that the series was picked up after Szopko developed the show solely for a year back in 2022, in which they released a new teaser.<ref name="glitchx" group="‡">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G6L9wtCy0M |title=GLITCHX 2023 |date=9 November 2023 |website=GLITCH |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=22 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321181912/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G6L9wtCy0M |archive-date=21 March 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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The show was heavily inspired by Tim Burton's gothic aesthetic style and his films, such as ''Beetlejuice''.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYkO_TQecZQ |title=The Gaslight District PILOT Animation Reel + BTS |date=2025-04-18 |last=Xoriak |access-date=2025-06-28 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
The show was heavily inspired by Tim Burton's gothic aesthetic style and his films, such as ''Beetlejuice''.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYkO_TQecZQ |title=The Gaslight District PILOT Animation Reel + BTS |date=2025-04-18 |last=Xoriak |access-date=2025-06-28 |via=YouTube}}</ref>


This is the third GLITCH show to be led by a non-Australian showrunner. The first being American showrunners Liam Vickers and Gooseworx.
This is the third Glitch show to be led by a non-Australian showrunner, the first being American showrunners Liam Vickers and Gooseworx.{{original research inline|date=June 2025}}


==Episodes==
==Episodes==
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| ShortSummary = Ten thousand years after a world-ending calamity, humans have been corrupted into undead creatures called Rotlings, whose immortality is threatened by a prophesied black-blooded human born from an angel-laid egg. This human, Melancholy "Mel" Hill, lives in Earth's Gaslight District as the adopted daughter of the Smiling Dead crime family. Their patriarch, Ken the Butcher, hides Mel's identity from the others and disposes of anyone who discovers it. To divert suspicion from herself, Mel devises a scheme to steal an ordinary angel egg from Heaven, disguise it as the human egg, and destroy it in public. Ken begrudgingly agrees, but during their heist at the checkpoint into Heaven, Paradise Lost, Ken leaves Mel to dispose of one of Heaven's Virtue Corps, the doctor Temperance, who delivered Mel. Feeling betrayed, Mel enters Heaven alone and takes the egg from the Angel Mother, who forewarns that a legion of angels will eradicate the Gaslight District and return Mel to Heaven. Following their escape, Mel prepares to destroy the egg in a public ritual, which is interrupted when the egg suddenly hatches, exposing their deception.
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==Notes==
==Notes==
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Latest revision as of 13:03, 28 June 2025

This page is about the Australian TV series. For other uses, see Gaslight district.

The Gaslight District
Genre
Created byNick Szopko[a]
ShowrunnerNick Szopko
Written byNick Szopko
Directed byNick Szopko
Voices of
  • Allanah Fitzgerald
  • Jason Marnocha
  • Gianni Matragrano
  • John Whinfield
Narrated byTaher Chy[‡ 2]
Composer
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes1
Production
Executive producers
ProducerTom Dolan
Editors
  • David Fonti
  • Abhignya Cavale
Running time26 minutes
Production companyGlitch Productions
Original release
NetworkYouTube
Release18 April 2025 (2025-04-18) –
present

The Gaslight District is an Australian adult independent-animated web series created, written, and directed by Nick Szopko[a] and produced by Glitch Productions. The series centres around a family of undead gangsters living in a post-apocalyptic world following the genocide of humans.

The pilot premiered on Glitch's YouTube channel on 18 April 2025, and receivied critical acclaim.

Premise

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The Smiling Dead, a family of undead gangsters, try to find their place and fight for control in a post-apocalyptic world, while Mel tries to fight the prophecy that she will destroy the world.[1][3][‡ 5]

Cast and characters

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Main

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  • Allanah Fitzgerald as Melancholy "Mel" Hill,[‡ 6] the Smiling Dead's mafia princess and sole human member, who is prophesied to bring destruction to the Gaslight District. She is passionate about joining the gang's activities at the risk of exposing her identity, which leads to disagreements with Ken.
  • Jason Marnocha as Ken the Butcher,[‡ 2] the homicidal leader of the Smiling Dead, proprietor of the Whale Belly Butcher Shop, and Mel's adoptive father, who conceals her human identity from the other Rotlings and shelters her from danger.
  • John Whinfield as Mud,[‡ 2][4] Ken's greedy and opportunistic brother, and Mel's adoptive uncle.
  • Gianni Matragrano as Breadhead,[‡ 2][5] Ken's loyal but dimwitted son and Mel's adoptive brother, who serves as the strongman of the Smiling Dead. He is a "yeast golem" whose head resembles a loaf of sliced bread.

Supporting

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  • Taher Chy as the narrator[‡ 7]
  • John Whinfield as Jack the Rat, a Rotling who previously worked as a dishwasher at the Whale Belly Butcher Shop, but was cemented underwater after finding out Mel is a human
  • Margaret Ashley as the Angel Mother, the mother of the bird-like angels and the overseer of the Human Egg Prophecy[citation needed]
  • Michael Kovach as Diligence,[‡ 2] the cold and merciless leader of the Virtue Corps
  • Belsheber Rusape Jr. as Temperance,[‡ 2][‡ 8] a Virtue Corps doctor who delivered Mel from her egg

Production

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Character concept art

Series creator and showrunner Nick Szopko released a teaser of the pilot to his YouTube channel "PartTimeSeagull" on 29 November 2022.[‡ 9] The trademark for the series was registered in July 2023.[6]

On 9 November 2023, Szopko, along with Glitch Productions founders Kevin and Luke Lerdwichagul, announced on Glitch's live streaming event "GLITCHX" that the series was picked up after Szopko developed the show solely for a year back in 2022, in which they released a new teaser.[‡ 10]

The first official trailer was released on 21 March 2025, and the pilot premiered on 18 April.[7] The trailer features music composed by The Amazing Digital Circus creator Gooseworx, while the soundtrack for the series was composed by Oliver Buckland.[‡ 4]

The show was heavily inspired by Tim Burton's gothic aesthetic style and his films, such as Beetlejuice.[8]

This is the third Glitch show to be led by a non-Australian showrunner, the first being American showrunners Liam Vickers and Gooseworx.[original research?]

Episodes

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No.TitleStoryboarded byOriginal release date
1"Pilot"Robin French, AD Taeza, Neda Lay, and Nick Szopko18 April 2025 (2025-04-18)
Ten thousand years after a world-ending calamity, humans have been corrupted into undead creatures called Rotlings, whose immortality is threatened by a prophesied black-blooded human born from an angel-laid egg. This human, Melancholy "Mel" Hill, lives in Earth's Gaslight District as the adopted daughter of the Smiling Dead crime family. Their patriarch, Ken the Butcher, hides Mel's identity from the others and disposes of anyone who discovers it. To divert suspicion from herself, Mel devises a scheme to steal an ordinary angel egg from Heaven, disguise it as the human egg, and destroy it in public. Ken begrudgingly agrees, but during their heist at the checkpoint into Heaven, Paradise Lost, Ken leaves Mel to dispose of one of Heaven's Virtue Corps, the doctor Temperance, who delivered Mel. Feeling betrayed, Mel enters Heaven alone and takes the egg from the Angel Mother, who forewarns that a legion of angels will eradicate the Gaslight District and return Mel to Heaven. Following their escape, Mel prepares to destroy the egg in a public ritual, which is interrupted when the egg suddenly hatches, exposing their deception.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Credited as his online alias PartTimeSeagull.

References

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  1. ^ a b c James, Tito W. (28 March 2025). "Adult Animation Revolution: Glitch Announces New Series 'The Gaslight District'". Comicon.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2025.
  2. ^ Schwarz, John (1 January 2025). "Glitch Productions Teases The Gaslight District For 2025". Bubbleblabber. Archived from the original on 8 January 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025. The Gaslight District is an action crime drama
  3. ^ Musumeci, Dean. "The Gaslight District". Dean Musumeci's Website. Archived from the original on 10 April 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  4. ^ "John Whinfield". Big Mouth Voices. Archived from the original on 22 January 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025. I'm still fairly fresh on the scene of VO, but I have already been lucky enough to work with many clients in the fields I adore. Particular project credits include "The Gaslight District", "Fallen Aces", "Trials of Cascadia", "Fallout London", "Magenta Horizon", "Emesis Blue", "Horned Cook, Gola", "The Mangai", and many more to come
  5. ^ Matragrano, Gianni. "Gianni Matragrano Video Roles". Gianni Matragrano's official website. Archived from the original on 22 January 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  6. ^ "THE GASLIGHT DISTRICT - Trademark Details". Justia. Archived from the original on 10 April 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  7. ^ Schwarz, John (21 March 2025). "Glitch Productions Launches Trailer For "The Gaslight District"". BubbleBlabber. Archived from the original on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  8. ^ Xoriak (18 April 2025). The Gaslight District PILOT Animation Reel + BTS. Retrieved 28 June 2025 – via YouTube.

Primary sources

In the text these references are preceded by a double dagger (‡):

  1. ^ a b "Gaslight District". Glitch Productions. Archived from the original on 28 March 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025. Supernatural crime comedy
  2. ^ a b c d e f Glitch (22 March 2025). "WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL VA CAST FOR THE GASLIGHT DISTRICT!! 🕯️💀". Bluesky. Archived from the original on 10 April 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  3. ^ Buckland, Oliver [@bucklandibus] (21 March 2025). "I am the composer for the Gaslight District" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 22 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ a b Szopko, Nick [@fulltimeseagull] (21 March 2025). "@bucklandibus IS MY MUSICIAN on gaslight, him and i had worked together previously on ENA and we hit it off. Go listen to his part of the trailer soundtrack @GooseworxMusic provided the second half of the trailer music as a lil treat! I Love these two" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 22 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ GLITCH (17 April 2025). THE GASLIGHT DISTRICT: PILOT. Retrieved 18 April 2025 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ Fitzgerald, Allanah (24 March 2025). "I am so so SO STOKED to announce that I voice Melancholy Hill in the new show: The Gaslight District! I have been sitting on this for a few years now, and I am so incredibly excited[.] Thanks so much @glitchprod.com and @parttimeseagull.bsky.social for trusting me with Mel!". Bluesky Social. Archived from the original on 10 April 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025 – via Bluesky.
  7. ^ @glitch_prod (23 March 2025). "WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL VA CAST FOR THE GASLIGHT DISTRICT!!" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 June 2025 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Rusape Jr., Belsheber (22 March 2025). "First ever Glitch project, I am so excited to see the pilot when it comes out in April. I'm the voice of Temperance in Glitch Production's "The Gaslight District"! I knew when recording that this would be wild, but the production quality and cast for this are absolutely AMAZING!!!". Bluesky Social. Archived from the original on 10 April 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025 – via Bluesky.
  9. ^ The Gaslight District - Teaser. PartTimeSeagull. YouTube. 29 November 2022. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  10. ^ GLITCHX 2023. GLITCH. YouTube. 9 November 2023. Archived from the original on 21 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
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