Drawn by Pain is a new 12-part series on the web, mixing live action and anime, focusing on a girl who can manifest her drawings in the real world. Cool anime swordplay and angsty pubescent drama in the streets of New York, and a pretty darn good trailer… and be sure to check out the video responses fans are posting, which I can’t figure out how to link to directly, but are the first time I’ve seen people using this (Brightcove) feature.

I love that writer/director Jesse Cowell and animator Erica Langworthy just went out and made this themselves; I’m definitely going to be sending this over to our folks at Channel Frederator and Pulp Secret, and if we get a chance to meet the folks behind the show, I’ll post more about it here.