Furthermore, the battle for the Ivory Dofus itself (with the demonic, winged guardian falling into a chasm followed shortly by one of the fighters) resembles a bit the duel between Gandalf and the Balrog. In episode 47, as Indie and Kerubim prepare to rush the tower with the Ivory Dofus they wield an extra-long katana and a ridicolously large sword respectively, a nod to Sephiroth and Cloud.The aforemented Joe Cobo also dresses like Kamina and quotes Buzz Lightyear's famous line, albeit changing the final part every time ("To infinity and.And if you didn't get that the Dragoturkeys themselves are a reference to something else, the racing champion is called Joe Cobo.Sanata is a blatant female counterpart to Dick Dastardly: heck, her name is an anagram of Satanas, Dick's French dub name! Her Dragoturkey is also named Dialobo, and "Diabolo" is Muttley's French name.The Enutrof duo are called the ZZ Stroud, referencing Ruel and ZZ Top at the same time.Episode 38, the Dragoturkey race one is filled with them:.Episode 37 begins with Simone humming the Wakfu theme song.In addition to No Celebrities Were Harmed cameos from Way of the Dragon plus box based steath from Metal Gear.Him and Indie were respectively dressed as Ryu and Ken, and they even threw Shoryukens (though the button inputs appearing onscreen are blatantly the Hadoken ones). ![]() Episode 36 has Kerub tell of when he went in a dojo to train himself to become a hero.Some of Kerub's tentatives to guess the word are " Shazam!", " Kamehameha!", " By the Power of Grayskull!", " Klaatu Barada Nikto!" and " Bazinga!" In episode 34, Joris gets stuck into a box that needs a magic word to be opened.In episode 31, the map consulted by Lou resembles the map of Thror, including a small dragon in the top-left corner and a mountain.The plot of episode 32 comes from teleporters taken directly from The Fly (1986), they're even lampshaded with a sign.In episode 27, Jessica Rabbit shows up as an Ecaflip watching Kerubim gamble.Episode 23 features Kerub getting inside a whale, where he meets a Rogue who uses his ventriloquist dummy/marionette to speak and fight, basically Ventriloquist and Scarface but looking like the Disney incarnations of Geppetto and Pinocchio.In the same episode, Kerub shows between his ownings a "Crystal Sphere Radar" note This joke is funnier if you know the French opening to the first Dragon Ball series, that refers to the Dragon Balls as "Crystal Spheres".In episode 15, Groufon is shown between Kerub's store items, and what looks like Rubilax can be seen in many others.Episode 10 features tons of art references, between the art school models recreating many famous paintings when posing for Kerub (such as Johannes Vermeer's Milkmaid and Girl with a Pearl Earring) to an homage to Mœbius.In the first episode, Bob from Bonta is blatantly dressed like Kenshiro. ![]() Having deep ties to Ankama isn't a requirement for becoming an author in the DOFUS universe: Christophe Lambert, for example, a prolific writer in all genres (crime, adventure, fantasy, science-fiction) authored the collection DOFUS: Kerub's Bazaar, published by Bayard Jeunesse.It's an Ankama production. We should also mention Mig, a prolific graphic artist and author, since he has many works under his belt, including Ogrest and DOFUS Monster, and several WAKFU-related titles. He knows the universe perfectly, since he's also a game designer for the DOFUS game. Ancestral Z, the long-time graphic artist for the DOFUS manga and much more for Ankama Editions, and Mojojojo, who focuses more specifically on scenery, are by his side.īruno Martin is the author of the DOFUS novels: gamebooks where you're the master of the story. ToT, is the story writer of many literary works, notably the DOFUS manga he is also best placed to talk about them, since he is the co-founder of Ankama and creator of the universe known as the Krosmoz. There are many authors of the DOFUS books, and they themselves often have a history with Ankama or the game DOFUS itself. Discover the DOFUS, Ogrest, and DOFUS Monster manga, the gamebooks where you're the master of the story, Kerub's novels, and many other graphic novels and artbooks in our shop! About the Authors The strength of the Krosmoz and transmedia is that each story is unique, yet they are all interconnected to offer you an immersive and complete narrative experience. If you're a fan of adventure games, you'll find everything you like and if you don't know them, you'll still be able to enjoy the heroes and their adventures. Inspired by the video game's universe, the DOFUS books explore familiar and unexpected paths to tell fabulous sagas full of humor.
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