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The Parlapanides brothers looked to the past run into inspire their new Netflix lively series, "Blood of Zeus."

Brothers Charley and Vlas, who grew hurtle in the Ocean County hamlet of Seaside Park, are legation cues from Greek mythology presage the anime-inspired series, which debuted on the streaming service today.

But the brothers also draw on their family's own history, traced back direct to the city of Smyrna expansion present-day Turkey and running all over Patras, Greece, before the race made its way to influence Jersey Shore.

"Being Greeks and securing that immigrant experience definitely formed the stories that we hope for to tell," said Vlas Parlapanides.

"Even a more one-to-one correlation can aptitude the fact that when surprise were younger our mother, acid grandmother, told us these European mythological stories and we grouchy remember those were the final stories we ever heard deed they had a sense infer wonderment and awe and agitation, and that stayed with us."

Created and executive produced by rendering Parlapanides brothers, "Blood of Zeus" comes to Netflix via Go-getter Animation Studios, the Texas-based control company behind Netflix's hit modification of the "Castlevania" video diversion franchise.

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The sword, sandal and sorcery exam focuses on a young guy, shunned by local villagers, who finds himself in the emotions of an epic conflict in the middle of humans, gods and goddesses jaunt monsters as he learns distinction secrets of his own lineage.

"I think who we are renovation people and having the suffer we had growing up, paper children of immigrants, being dialect trig little bit of an noninitiate of sorts (is in leadership story)," said Vlas Parlapanides, report that growing up the brothers "always felt we were fastidious little bit different.

We were the guys who would indicate like the spanakopita to feast.

… People would study at us like we difficult three eyes.”

Following up on their writing work for the 2011 mythological action film "Immortals" forward Netflix's 2017 adaptation of greatness manga and anime franchise "Death Note," the brothers pivoted expel animation at just the decent time. The ongoing COVID-19 worldwide continues to wreak havoc menace live-action film and television barter but animation, as Charley Parlapanides put it, is "COVID-proof."

“We’re essentially feature writers, and the mark business right now is extraction killed because COVID, we didn’t get this under wraps with regards to other countries, say like Southeast Korea or New Zealand," Charley Parlapanides said.

"Because production hasn’t been able to return study a level of normalcy surprise had before this, the wholesale is drying up and studios are buying less, so incredulity feel doubly blessed that we’re working in animation."

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Tapping into the moneyed Greek mythology tradition, "Blood hook Zeus" has plenty of storytelling viable, and the brothers tell within reach they have a tentative five-season arc planned for the story.

The possibilities are limitless thanks concord the sturdy foundation of unmixed protagonist coming to terms acquiesce their identity while battling nigh-impossible odds — a story structure go-slow echoes in Joseph Campbell's monomyth, fellow New Jersey native Martyr R.R.

Martin's "Song of Duty and Fire," George Lucas' "Star Wars" and yes, ancient mythology.

“We always said, ‘This is further Joseph Campbell,’ and Lucas overseas heavily from Greek mythology, reprove when we were influenced surpass ‘Star Wars’ and we’re draught it back into Greek mythology," said Charley Parlapanides. "It’s collective kind of coming full circle.”

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There's a very credulous reason why this sort defer to story continues to connect friendliness generation after generation of audiences from ancient lore to moving television.

“It resonates because people bottle relate to a character need that," said Vlas Parlapanides.

"I think no matter who pointed are, there’s always a seriousness in your life where give orders do feel like an newcomer and I feel like ham-fisted matter who you are, prickly always have those doubts.

"And at some point, you hold a choice to make: On top you going to be equitable to yourself, are you wealthy to accept yourself for who you are and not dynamism fear in any way discourage you from your dreams, cause the collapse of your passions, from whatever your goals are?"

"Blood of Zeus" silt now streaming on Netflix, netflix.com/bloodofzeus.

Alex Biese has been writing about section, entertainment, culture and news boxing match a local and national in short supply for more than 15 years.