Dear Friends,

We hope this email finds you well.

It has been two long years since our last update. Much has changed but one thing remains the same; our commitment to completing the film we originally envisioned.

For those who happened to visit our site recently, you may have noticed that we styled our update section into a blog format. Here we will publish informal updates. For more official updates we will still use our mailing list.

For the past two years, our core team remained small as Yaron and Sheng-Fang worked mostly full time on Summer Breeze. Tami did sporadic work on costume design and texturing. Our choreographer Charlotte Griffin contributed a huge amount of time and effort, helping us develop characters and story. Our composer Max Surla delivered our 1960s styled music score.

Just prior to the SIGGRAPH2006 convention we had some of our friends working with us on a part-time, voluntary base. WeiChing Yu did plenty of animation, Alen Lai took care of lighting and Jina Lee painted Summer Breeze style textures.

We are most grateful for this generous support.

Last but most importantly, we would like to thank all of you for your patience and belief in Summer Breeze.

ShengFang and Yaron