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Would you sell your kidney for $100,000? | Ada, Ep. 2

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This is episode 2 of the animated series, “Ada.” This 5-episode narrative follows the young library assistant Ada as she juggles two worlds: her daily mundane reality and the future she vividly imagines for all humanity. Traveling through her visions of potential futures, Ada grapples with the ethical and social implications of new technologies and how they could shape the world.

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Meet The Creators

Created by
Elizabeth Cox
Written by
Elizabeth Cox
Directed by
Elizabeth Cox, Kirill Yeretsky
Producer
Brooke Brewer
Produced by
Should We Studio
Voice acting
Rachel Rial, Aric Floyd, Ashlei Stevens
Composer
Stephen LaRosa
Sound Designer
Weston Fonger
Art & Animation Director
Kirill Yeretsky
Technical Director
Wing Luo
Lead Storyboard Artist
Wing Luo
Storyboard Artist
Chris Mauch
Lead Background Artist
Nuri Keli
Background Artist
Lauren Wendell
Character Designer
Kirill Yeretsky, Wing Luo, Danny Schwartz, Samantha Chitacapa, Pedro Delgado
3D Animator
Nathalia Lemotte, Caleb Lemotte, Hans Carrasco
2D Animator
Elmar Aleskerov
3D Modeling and Rigging
Diego Murphy, Anton Tokar, Baros Studio
Rendering
Diego Murphy
Compositor
Elmar Aleskerov
Editor
Phoebe Brooks
Post-Production Sound Services
Vinyl Mix
Audio Producer
Angelina Powers
Mixer
Weston Fonger
Research Assistant
Tuğba Zeynep Şen
Fact-Checker
Charles Wallace
Expert Consultant
Dylan Matthews, Abie Rohrig, Josh Morrison, Luke Semrau
Executive Producer
Elizabeth Cox, Kirill Yeretsky

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