{"id":2070,"date":"2026-04-12T16:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T16:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/animation-cartoons\/2020\/11\/21\/21588450\/onyx-equinox-izel-characters-gods-setting-mesoamerican-mayan-aztec-culture"},"modified":"2026-04-12T16:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T16:57:10","slug":"crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation\/","title":{"rendered":"Crunchyroll\u2019s violent, new epic Onyx Equinox brings Mesoamerican culture to animation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p--has-dropcap p-large-text\" id=\"kktjdk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/animation-cartoons\/2020\/10\/29\/21540091\/onyx-equinox-trailer-dark-red-band-crunchyroll-release-date\"><em>Onyx Equinox<\/em><\/a>, the third Original production by anime-distributor Crunchyroll, is a blood-spilling animated fantasy series steeped into the temples, gods, and rituals of Mesoamerican history and mythology. <\/p>\n<p id=\"3UyPyE\">Creator Sofia Alexander, previously a storyboard artist for <em>Infinity Train<\/em>, tells Polygon, \u201cI hope that the love I have for Mexico and our culture and heritage is translated correctly.\u201d Alexander grew up in the Mexican southern state of Quintana Roo, the home of Mayan ruins, and spent her early years surrounded by Mesoamerican iconography. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-float-right c-float-hang\">\n<div id=\"d79oOr\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4HG7HWvuNxw?rel=0\" allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media; accelerometer; clipboard-write; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"lpeW1d\">She was initially nervous to pitch <em>Onyx Equinox<\/em>, which started as a comic, because of the scarcity of Mesoamerican-related animation, with <em>Victor and Valentino<\/em> being one of the few exceptions. \u201cThere are no stories about Mesoamerica for a reason, right?\u201d Alexander remembers thinking. \u201cNo one cares. So why?\u201d. Fortunately, Marisa Balkus, a Crunchyroll executive, loved Alexander\u2019s pitch, and the show became the first original series to be produced entirely out of Crunchyroll Studios.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Tl0Mqm\"><em>Onyx Equinox<\/em>, which premieres on Saturday, Nov. 21 at 1 p.m. PT, follows the young Aztec boy Izel, humanity\u2019s reluctant hero-in-training. As one of the gods devours humanity, others turn their eye on Izel to close the five gates of the Underworld and stop the annihilation. Izel must set aside his doubts of his fellow man in order to save his world. <\/p>\n<p id=\"Iigz6Z\">While the series is high fantasy that indulges in violent spectacle, Alexander\u2019s heritage is woven into the storytelling. In anticipation of the premiere, here are just a few of the places, names, and foundational facts to know.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"ZsCLAN\"><strong>Capturing Mesoamerica<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-wide-block\">\n<figure class=\"e-image\"> <span class=\"e-image__inner\"> <span class=\"e-image__image \" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/22064541\/Nelli_on_Altar_CU.png\"> <picture class=\"c-picture\" data-cid=\"site\/picture_element-1606044270_4042_243859\" data-cdata=\"{&quot;asset_id&quot;:22064541,&quot;ratio&quot;:&quot;*&quot;}\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/4jLCqPQ02VSC2Az2d427Knq-UIc=\/0x0:2558x1437\/320x0\/filters:focal(0x0:2558x1437):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/22064541\/Nelli_on_Altar_CU.png 320w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/jM7oumuKQKKnOpa1gbQNicrLMkA=\/0x0:2558x1437\/520x0\/filters:focal(0x0:2558x1437):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/22064541\/Nelli_on_Altar_CU.png 520w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/v1iNdchHKHssKUEZzEX0JpwtYWU=\/0x0:2558x1437\/720x0\/filters:focal(0x0:2558x1437):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/22064541\/Nelli_on_Altar_CU.png 720w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/AgIRFGezbiQYHOmSVljsdiEjKzc=\/0x0:2558x1437\/920x0\/filters:focal(0x0:2558x1437):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/22064541\/Nelli_on_Altar_CU.png 920w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/QftjpYQ064HWGLW8_8cURMSQljc=\/0x0:2558x1437\/1120x0\/filters:focal(0x0:2558x1437):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/22064541\/Nelli_on_Altar_CU.png 1120w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/hDWOkpTU5gZaA5bWY_VwN93gZEQ=\/0x0:2558x1437\/1320x0\/filters:focal(0x0:2558x1437):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/22064541\/Nelli_on_Altar_CU.png 1320w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/_Ghcnk8Nxj09QPCb-DPjFZkekR8=\/0x0:2558x1437\/1520x0\/filters:focal(0x0:2558x1437):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/22064541\/Nelli_on_Altar_CU.png 1520w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/kQoa5BP5LfahAeh8A-nQiOgd568=\/0x0:2558x1437\/1720x0\/filters:focal(0x0:2558x1437):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/22064541\/Nelli_on_Altar_CU.png 1720w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/tDlVEKtbEchohSJ71jMyvZxwAGU=\/0x0:2558x1437\/1920x0\/filters:focal(0x0:2558x1437):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/22064541\/Nelli_on_Altar_CU.png 1920w\" sizes=\"90vw\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation-2.jpg 320w, https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation-3.jpg 520w, https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation-4.jpg 720w, https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation-5.jpg 920w, https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation-6.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation-7.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation-8.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation-9.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation-10.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"90vw\" alt=\"Nelli on an altar in Onyx Equinox\" data-upload-width=\"2558\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation.jpg\"> <\/picture> <\/span> <\/span> <span class=\"e-image__meta\"> <cite>Image: Crunchyroll Studios<\/cite> <\/span> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p id=\"v4WXf0\">Mesoamerica generally refers to pre-Columbian \u201cMiddle America\u201d societies in the North America regions. Across millenniums, starting with hunter-gatherer societies, its civilizations thrived with innovations and invention in math, art, architecture, astrology, calendars, and codices before the Spanish conquest and colonization of the worlds around the 1500s. To this day, the bygone Mesoamerica remains a rich historical subject. Many of its living descendants, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marc.ucsb.edu\/research\/maya\/maya-today\">the Mayans<\/a>, seek to overcome cultural suppression and preserve their culture, language, and medicine.<\/p>\n<p id=\"MrfRJd\">To construct a plausibly lived-in world, Alexander and her team sought resources from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historicalmx.org\/items\/show\/151\">National Institute of Anthropology and History<\/a> to recreate the liveliness of these cultures. She needed to convey that \u201cthey\u2019re not ruins, they were colorful, and populated with millions of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"oDgXon\">Interestingly, Izel and his sister Nelli are Aztecs who mention early on that they originated from Tenochtitlan, and now live in a Mayan city as servants to a Mayan master. <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1002\/ajpa.23879\">Studies<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancient-origins.net\/news-history-archaeology\/maya-sacrifice-0012442\">on the skulls of Maya sacrificial victims<\/a> suggest that they come from \u201cacross Mexico and far beyond,\u201d which means they may not have originated from the place in which they were sacrificed at. That the siblings are depicted as outsiders living with fear makes the world feel even more lived in. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"pCiT2E\"><strong>The gods of Onyx Equinox<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"p-fullbleed-block\">\n<figure class=\"e-image\"> <span class=\"e-image__inner\"> <span class=\"e-image__image \" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/22064504\/OE_CH_DANIBAAN_QuetzalcoatlTransformation_v6.jpg\"> <picture class=\"c-picture\" data-cid=\"site\/picture_element-1606044270_837_243860\" data-cdata=\"{&quot;asset_id&quot;:22064504,&quot;ratio&quot;:&quot;*&quot;}\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/YtFRg9iDjiBLqSYpjXi1a-OUTPE=\/0x0:8400x4689\/320x0\/filters:focal(0x0:8400x4689):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/22064504\/OE_CH_DANIBAAN_QuetzalcoatlTransformation_v6.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/HBBZ8tJ7crjBoWIRrM1gb31ReK0=\/0x0:8400x4689\/520x0\/filters:focal(0x0:8400x4689):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/22064504\/OE_CH_DANIBAAN_QuetzalcoatlTransformation_v6.jpg 520w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/0eK8WktXZRUrbyKiRqLeH3-7H9A=\/0x0:8400x4689\/720x0\/filters:focal(0x0:8400x4689):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/22064504\/OE_CH_DANIBAAN_QuetzalcoatlTransformation_v6.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/Iu_UIlo-tA3seP35RTcVEkJYsgA=\/0x0:8400x4689\/920x0\/filters:focal(0x0:8400x4689):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/22064504\/OE_CH_DANIBAAN_QuetzalcoatlTransformation_v6.jpg 920w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/8OZouBlZNPER1tG0yENSufKwsNY=\/0x0:8400x4689\/1120x0\/filters:focal(0x0:8400x4689):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/22064504\/OE_CH_DANIBAAN_QuetzalcoatlTransformation_v6.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/zffF0cooy8pzVlu_YhAWt4JcdqQ=\/0x0:8400x4689\/1320x0\/filters:focal(0x0:8400x4689):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/22064504\/OE_CH_DANIBAAN_QuetzalcoatlTransformation_v6.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/PZy4Nd0lge0NLLybhyUhgZhM76g=\/0x0:8400x4689\/1520x0\/filters:focal(0x0:8400x4689):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/22064504\/OE_CH_DANIBAAN_QuetzalcoatlTransformation_v6.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/zEOBo45z_Qp7Pm5i2sunpoVm9QU=\/0x0:8400x4689\/1720x0\/filters:focal(0x0:8400x4689):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/22064504\/OE_CH_DANIBAAN_QuetzalcoatlTransformation_v6.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/RkZ9T5_gyu9SomtSKgnZoyabVj4=\/0x0:8400x4689\/1920x0\/filters:focal(0x0:8400x4689):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/22064504\/OE_CH_DANIBAAN_QuetzalcoatlTransformation_v6.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"100vw\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation-11.jpg 320w, https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation-12.jpg 520w, https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation-13.jpg 720w, https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation-14.jpg 920w, https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation-15.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation-16.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation-17.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation-18.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation-19.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Quetzalcoatl design concept art for Onyx Equinox\" data-upload-width=\"8400\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation-1.jpg\"> <\/picture> <\/span> <\/span> <span class=\"e-image__meta\"> <cite>Image: Crunchyroll Studios<\/cite> <\/span> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p id=\"26bMI3\"><strong>Quetzalcoatl <\/strong><br \/>As the \u201cfeathered serpent\u201d god, his first appearance in a human shell is laden with feathers and scales. He makes the bet with Tezcatlipoca to find the human champion to close the five Underworld gates.<\/p>\n<p id=\"K30hUu\"><strong>Tezcatlipoca <\/strong><br \/>Tezcatlipoca, or \u201cobsidian smoking mirror,\u201d breathes out carving-esque smoke. He tasks his trusted jaguar emissary, Yaotl, with monitoring Quetzalcoatl\u2019s human champion. Fun fact: The boney left foot of his human shell alludes to a battle in the creation myths.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ongoLv\"><strong>Mictlantecuhtli <\/strong><br \/>\u201cLord of Mictlan\u201d is the god of the Underworld. He greedily gobbles the city of Danibaan, exacerbating the blood drought among the gods and gradual annihilation of civilizations.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"nZXbvD\"><strong>The Onyx Equinox locations<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"xEMxAz\"><strong>Danibaan <\/strong><br \/>A Zapotec city that is known as Monte Alban today. It is the city Zyanya fled when the Lord of the Underworld Mictlantecuhtli swallowed her people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-end-para\" id=\"sbvRzZ\"><strong>Uxmal<\/strong><br \/>A Maya city and Izel\u2019s home. It features the five-layered Pyramid of the Magician with its elliptical base and rounded sides, which were considered unusual for Maya architecture. Legend tells that the Pyramid\u2019s name was given because it was built in one day. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/animation-cartoons\/2020\/11\/21\/21588450\/onyx-equinox-izel-characters-gods-setting-mesoamerican-mayan-aztec-culture\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Onyx Equinox, the third Original production by anime-distributor Crunchyroll, is a blood-spilling animated fantasy series steeped into the temples, gods, and rituals of Mesoamerican history and mythology. Creator Sofia Alexander, previously a storyboard artist for Infinity Train, tells Polygon, \u201cI hope that the love I have for Mexico and our culture and heritage is translated correctly.\u201d Alexander grew up in the Mexican southern state of Quintana Roo, the home of Mayan ruins, and spent her early years surrounded by Mesoamerican iconography. [embedded content] She was initially nervous to pitch Onyx Equinox, which started as a comic, because of the scarcity of Mesoamerican-related animation, with Victor and Valentino being one of the few exceptions. \u201cThere are no stories about Mesoamerica for a reason, right?\u201d Alexander remembers&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/crunchyrolls-violent-new-epic-onyx-equinox-brings-mesoamerican-culture-to-animation\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ 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