A look behind-the-scenes at the historical and biblical accuracy of CBN's Superbook animated series
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I AM TAKING YOU TO MEET A
MAN WHO STOOD UP FOR WHAT HE
BELIEVED WAS RIGHT.
WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING
SUPER BOOK, YOU'RE NOT JUST
WATCHING ANIMATED BIBLE
STORY.
YOU'RE ALSO WATCHING ONE OF
THE MOST ACCURATE PORTRAYALS
OF THE ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST
EVER PUT IN A CARTOON.
IT APPEARS WE'RE IN
ANCIENT BABYLON, 500 B.C.
Reporter: EVERYTHING
HAS BEEN CHECKED, FROM THE
CLOTHES TO THE ARMOR, EVEN
DOWN TO THE TAPESTRIES IN
THE BACKGROUND.
IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT THEN,
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE IT
IN SUPER BOOK.
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE: TAKE A
LOOK AT THIS SHOT.
IT IS ONLY UP THERE FOR A
FEW SECONDS, SO IF YOU
BLINK, YOU MIGHT MISS IT.
THAT IS CALL THE ASHTAR
GATE, AND IT WAS BUILT IN 75
B.C., AND FAITHFULLY REBUILT
BY OUR SUPER BOOK ANIMATORS
2500 YEARS LATER.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT GATE
IS STILL AROUND.
ONLY IT IS NOT IN BABYLON
ANYMORE.
IT IS NOW STANDING AT A
MUSEUM IN GERMANY.
OUR PRODUCERS SAW THE GATE,
AND MADE SURE WHEN WE DREW
IT, WE HAD THE RIGHT COLORS,
THE RIGHT SIZE, AND ALL OF
THOSE LIONS ON THE WALL
FACING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
Gordon: THE REASON IS
WE WANT TO LET CHILDREN KNOW
THIS IS A REAL PLACE AND A
REALTIME AND THIS IS AN HIS
CUHISTORICAL EVENT THAT
HAPPENED.
Reporter: AND IT IS NOT
JUST THE BACKGROUND.
TAKE THIS HANDSOME FELLOW.
HIS NAME IS DARIUS THE
GREAT.
HE WAS A REIGNING EMPEROR.
HE IS BELIEVED TO BE THE GUY
IN CHARGE OF BABYLON IN THE
YEARS AFTER THE JEWISH
EXILE, AND HE IS THOUGHT TO
BE THE DARIUS REFERRED TO IN
THE BOOK OF DANIEL.
WELL, WE DIDN'T JUST DRAW
HIM TO SUPPORT THE ZZ TOP
BEARD BECAUSE IT IS COOL.
THAT IS ACTUALLY THE WAY HE
LOOKS.
EVEN A KING CAN BE
WRONG.
Gordon: THE MORE
HISTORICALLY CORRECT WE CAN
MAKE IT, THE LONGER IT WILL
LAST.
Reporter: AND THE STORY
IN THE SUPER BOOK IS THE
BIBLE'S STORY.
WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT THE
STORY BEING TOLD BY US
MATCHES UP TO THE STORY
BEING TOLD IN THE BIBLE,
EVEN DOWN TO THE DIALOGUE,
WHICH COMES DIRECTLY FROM
THE SCRIPTURES.
LONG LIVE THE KING!
SHOOK THE LION'S MOUTH SO
THEY WOULD NOT HURT ME FOR I
HAVE BEEN FOUND INNOCENT IN
HIS SIGHT.
Reporter: THE GOAL IN
SUPER BOOK IS TO TEACH KIDS
AROUND THE WORLD ABOUT THE
BIBLE.
THAT'S WHY THIS SERIES WILL
BE TRANSLATED IN INTO 18
LANGUAGES.
WE HOPE IN THE NEXT FEW
YEARS, 300 MILLION CHILDREN
WILL HEAR STORIES FROM
GENESIS TO REVALATION
THROUGH THE SUPER BOOK.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE SUCH A
STICKLER FOR ACCURACY.
WE JUST ADDED THE TALKING ROBOT.