26 Facts About Sofia Alexander

Sofia Eugenia Alexander is a Mexican animator, storyboard artist and voice actress known for her work as the executive producer and creator of the show Onyx Equinox and her storyboarding for Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters, Infinity Train and The Powerpuff Girls reboot.

Sofia Alexander's grandfather was proud of their indigenous culture and saw it as something important to teach Alexander, so he often told her stories and made sure she visited archeological sites such as the temple Uxmal in Mexico.

Sofia Alexander later said that while she was discouraged from drawing art influenced by anime, she was determined to have it influence Onyx Equinox, with the anime aesthetic appealing to her.

Sofia Alexander worked as a storyboard revisionist for 28 episodes of The Powerpuff Girls reboot series, which aired on 2016 from to 2019.

Sofia Alexander was a storyboard artist on nine episodes and storyboard revisionist for five episodes.

Sofia Alexander later said that while her work on The Powerpuff Girls was helpful for storyboarding, she had to learn to become a showrunner on the job.

Sofia Alexander later revealed that she began the series as a comic strip during college, which featured a few of the show's characters, and was inspired by the Lord of the Rings, The Legend of Zelda, and Aliens, wanting something similar in Mesoamerican mythology.

Sofia Alexander began developing the story and its cast of characters in 2007, then developed a pitch for the series in 2011, but took her years of pitching it to companies such as Frederator, Netflix, and Crunchyroll, before it was picked up.

Marisa Balkus of Crunchyroll, the Executive Producer in charge of original development of the streaming service, approved the show, after Sofia Alexander pitched it in early 2018, arguing that Mesoamerican Mexican culture isn't often portrayed on television and would be interesting to portray in an anime story medium.

Sofia Alexander served as the creator, illustrator, and executive producer of Onyx Equinox.

Sofia Alexander said the series allowed to see the beauty in her own culture and heritage and said that she had the chance to be mentored by Japanese animator Kuni Tomita who served as supervising director, with Tomita guiding her in being the head of the show.

Sofia Alexander characterized Tomita as an "animation mom" and an "empowering and incredible force" while noting that Tomita warned her against animating detailed designs of gods, saying animators will hate her for making them do it, and she justified it by saying it is important culturally.

However, in August 2020, Sofia Alexander had said that creators of animation do not have a say in the marketing of their shows.

In other interviews, Sofia Alexander described the show as "a love letter to Mexico and to other Mexicans," argued that blood is a main part of the story but not something to fear, said that the show tries to introduce people to Mesoamerican myths.

In December 2020, Sofia Alexander was nominated at Animation Magazine's 2020 Hall of Fame Awards and won The New Voice of the Year Award for her work on Onyx Equinox.

In January 2021, Sofia Alexander floated the possibility of a second season of Onyx Equinox.

Sofia Alexander worked as a storyboarder on another animated series, Infinity Train, which aired 2019 to 2020.

Sofia Alexander worked as a concept artist for Disney Imagineering and their division of theme park design.

Sofia Alexander described working with the crew of Infinity Train as a full-time storyboard artist as a "pleasure" and said that story of the animated series is "beautiful" while saying her experience storyboarding on the show helped her with boarding for Onyx Equinox.

In October 2020, Sofia Alexander signed a petition calling for better Latinx representation in Hollywood.

At the panel, Sofia Alexander talked about how the anime shows she watched when she was younger influenced Onyx Equinox.

In September 2021, Sofia Alexander announced that she'll be working with Marvel Studios on an unspecified project, with some speculating it may be the second season of What If.

Sofia Alexander was a storyboarder for several episodes of the Crunchyroll series, High Guardian Spice which premiered in October 2021.

In November 2021, Sofia Alexander appeared at a panel discussion about Indigenous women in animation at LA Skins Fest.

Sofia Alexander is married to Anna Lencioni, an animator and artist, and worked on Onyx Equinox.

Sofia Alexander has two brothers and her entire family lives in Mexico.