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Very little is known about the production of the short, and who specifically worked on it. Any information pertaining to ''Rayman's training'' has been inferred and speculated upon from a sparse collection of partially defunct online resources and asset reuse, with little concrete information to go off of.

Production of the short is believed to have started alongside ''[[Rayman 2]]'' around 1996 to 1997, as evidenced by the 3D [[Rayman]] model being first used for a ''[[Rayman ~~Junior~~]]'' advert, a French newsreel about [[Ubisoft|Ubi Soft]] in 1996 showing the production of the cutscenes of the original ''[[Rayman 2]]'' and ''Rayman's training'', and clips of the short later appearing in two French ''[[Rayman 1|Rayman]]'' adverts from 1997. Various clips from the short can be seen in a ''GamesMaster'' reel from 1997.

Production of the short is believed to have started alongside ''[[Rayman 2]]'' around 1996 to 1997, as evidenced by the 3D [[Rayman]] model being first used for a ''[[Maths and English with Rayman]]'' advert, a French newsreel about [[Ubisoft|Ubi Soft]] in 1996 showing the production of the cutscenes of the original ''[[Rayman 2]]'' and ''Rayman's training'', and clips of the short later appearing in two French ''[[Rayman 1|Rayman]]'' adverts from 1997. Various clips from the short can be seen in a ''GamesMaster'' reel from 1997.

Infamously, the most well-known example of ''Rayman's training's'' presence would be clips being used in the E3 1998 trailer for ''[[Rayman 2]]'', which was after the original [[Rayman 2 (cancelled prototype)|2D ''Rayman 2'']] was cancelled. Due to this timeframe, it can be speculated that some of ''[[Rayman 2]]'''s original cutscenes were later completed as a animated short, which would become ''Rayman's training''.

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The sole known credit that can be given for ''Rayman's training'' would be a sound design company by the name of Farra Vox Studios, evidenced by a webpage on their website containing a photograph of the short with the name "Rayman training". The website of the French National Audiovisual Institute, ina.fr, lists the short as "Rayman's training", and is the only other source of the short's name. It lists a date for the film (February 1998), gives a much longer length of two minutes and fifty seconds (the film is one minute and forty-four seconds long), and credits it to the ''Imagina'' multimedia festival. The festival was held in March 4-6, 1998, but no mentions of the short are present in contemporary media. Notably, a concurrent ''Tonic Trouble'' trailer also attributes itself to having been shown at ''Imagina'' 1998.

There are no other known presences of ''Rayman's training''. None of ''Imagina'''s home media has the short included, [[Ubisoft]] makes a passing mention of it on 2024's ''Beyond Good and Evil 20th Anniversary Edition'', and the short was never seen in full as clips were only used as ancillary material for commercials. One known piece of concept art is known to exist, depicting [[Rayman]] and the punching bag on the log. It was believed to be lost media until it was found with no sound in the files of the August 14, 2003 PlayStation 2 prototype of ''[[Beyond Good ~~and~~ Evil]]'' and uploaded to YouTube on March 12, 2022.

There are no other known presences of ''Rayman's training''. None of ''Imagina'''s home media has the short included, [[Ubisoft]] makes a passing mention of it on 2024's ''Beyond Good and Evil 20th Anniversary Edition'', and the short was never seen in full as clips were only used as ancillary material for commercials. One known piece of concept art is known to exist, depicting [[Rayman]] and the punching bag on the log. It was believed to be lost media until it was found with no sound in the files of the August 14, 2003 PlayStation 2 prototype of ''[[Beyond Good & Evil]]'' and uploaded to YouTube on March 12, 2022.

The short was the subject of a collective search by the ''[[Rayman (series)|Rayman]]'' fan community, where a 2021 forum thread was created on the [[Rayman Pirate-Community]] forums following a now-deleted Twitter thread about the then-untitled short that previous year. Information regarding the short is still recalcitrant, and current discussion relies on educated guesses about the short itself.

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==External links==

* [https://youtu.be/0FpUMOFzahA Full short with no sound]

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20211006155601/http://farravox.com/spip.php?article39 Farra Vox Studios' listing of ''Rayman's training''.] (~~defunct~~)

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20211006155601/http://farravox.com/spip.php?article39 Farra Vox Studios' listing of ''Rayman's training''.] (via archive.org)

* [https://youtube.com/watch?v=YIkj5XT7qpk&t=15m05s GamesMaster sighting of ''Rayman's training''.]

* [http://inatheque.ina.fr/doc/TV-RADIO/DO_2666625.014/rayman-s-training ina.fr's listing of ''Rayman's training''.]

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* [https://youtube.com/watch?v=0WyXRe4QpQM Rayman 2's E3 1998 trailer, which has clips of ''Rayman's training''.]

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20211005230328/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdNzgbGft-w A now-deleted compilation of all the then available clips of the short, courtesy of ''Chimes''.]

* [https://youtu.be/53P6eIZg5ro?t=617 A French newsreel that has a segment on Ubi Soft in 1996.] This does not have clips of Rayman's training, but it does show a work-in-progress model of Rayman from that period.

* [https://youtu.be/53P6eIZg5ro?t=617 A French newsreel that has a segment on Ubi Soft in 1996.] This does not have clips of ''Rayman's training'', but it does show a work-in-progress model of [[Rayman]] from that period.

* [https://raymanpc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=74502 The original Rayman Pirate-Community thread] dedicated to the short.

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 Very little is known about the production of the short, and who specifically worked on it. Any information pertaining to ''Rayman's training'' has been inferred and speculated upon from a sparse collection of partially defunct online resources and asset reuse, with little concrete information to go off of.
-Production of the short is believed to have started alongside ''[[Rayman 2]]'' around 1996 to 1997, as evidenced by the 3D [[Rayman]] model being first used for a ''[[Rayman Junior]]'' advert, a French newsreel about [[Ubisoft|Ubi Soft]] in 1996 showing the production of the cutscenes of the original ''[[Rayman 2]]'' and ''Rayman's training'', and clips of the short later appearing in two French ''[[Rayman 1|Rayman]]'' adverts from 1997. Various clips from the short can be seen in a ''GamesMaster'' reel from 1997.
+Production of the short is believed to have started alongside ''[[Rayman 2]]'' around 1996 to 1997, as evidenced by the 3D [[Rayman]] model being first used for a ''[[Maths and English with Rayman]]'' advert, a French newsreel about [[Ubisoft|Ubi Soft]] in 1996 showing the production of the cutscenes of the original ''[[Rayman 2]]'' and ''Rayman's training'', and clips of the short later appearing in two French ''[[Rayman 1|Rayman]]'' adverts from 1997. Various clips from the short can be seen in a ''GamesMaster'' reel from 1997.
 Infamously, the most well-known example of ''Rayman's training's'' presence would be clips being used in the E3 1998 trailer for ''[[Rayman 2]]'', which was after the original [[Rayman 2 (cancelled prototype)|2D ''Rayman 2'']] was cancelled. Due to this timeframe, it can be speculated that some of ''[[Rayman 2]]'''s original cutscenes were later completed as a animated short, which would become ''Rayman's training''.
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 The sole known credit that can be given for ''Rayman's training'' would be a sound design company by the name of Farra Vox Studios, evidenced by a webpage on their website containing a photograph of the short with the name "Rayman training". The website of the French National Audiovisual Institute, ina.fr, lists the short as "Rayman's training", and is the only other source of the short's name. It lists a date for the film (February 1998), gives a much longer length of two minutes and fifty seconds (the film is one minute and forty-four seconds long), and credits it to the ''Imagina'' multimedia festival. The festival was held in March 4-6, 1998, but no mentions of the short are present in contemporary media. Notably, a concurrent ''Tonic Trouble'' trailer also attributes itself to having been shown at ''Imagina'' 1998.
-There are no other known presences of ''Rayman's training''. None of ''Imagina'''s home media has the short included, [[Ubisoft]] makes a passing mention of it on 2024's ''Beyond Good and Evil 20th Anniversary Edition'', and the short was never seen in full as clips were only used as ancillary material for commercials. One known piece of concept art is known to exist, depicting [[Rayman]] and the punching bag on the log. It was believed to be lost media until it was found with no sound in the files of the August 14, 2003 PlayStation 2 prototype of ''[[Beyond Good and Evil]]'' and uploaded to YouTube on March 12, 2022.
+There are no other known presences of ''Rayman's training''. None of ''Imagina'''s home media has the short included, [[Ubisoft]] makes a passing mention of it on 2024's ''Beyond Good and Evil 20th Anniversary Edition'', and the short was never seen in full as clips were only used as ancillary material for commercials. One known piece of concept art is known to exist, depicting [[Rayman]] and the punching bag on the log. It was believed to be lost media until it was found with no sound in the files of the August 14, 2003 PlayStation 2 prototype of ''[[Beyond Good & Evil]]'' and uploaded to YouTube on March 12, 2022.
 The short was the subject of a collective search by the ''[[Rayman (series)|Rayman]]'' fan community, where a 2021 forum thread was created on the [[Rayman Pirate-Community]] forums following a now-deleted Twitter thread about the then-untitled short that previous year. Information regarding the short is still recalcitrant, and current discussion relies on educated guesses about the short itself.
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 ==External links==
 * [https://youtu.be/0FpUMOFzahA Full short with no sound]
-* [http://web.archive.org/web/20211006155601/http://farravox.com/spip.php?article39 Farra Vox Studios' listing of ''Rayman's training''.] (defunct)
+* [http://web.archive.org/web/20211006155601/http://farravox.com/spip.php?article39 Farra Vox Studios' listing of ''Rayman's training''.] (via archive.org)
 * [https://youtube.com/watch?v=YIkj5XT7qpk&t=15m05s GamesMaster sighting of ''Rayman's training''.]
 * [http://inatheque.ina.fr/doc/TV-RADIO/DO_2666625.014/rayman-s-training ina.fr's listing of ''Rayman's training''.]
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 * [https://youtube.com/watch?v=0WyXRe4QpQM Rayman 2's E3 1998 trailer, which has clips of ''Rayman's training''.]
 * [http://web.archive.org/web/20211005230328/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdNzgbGft-w A now-deleted compilation of all the then available clips of the short, courtesy of ''Chimes''.]
-* [https://youtu.be/53P6eIZg5ro?t=617 A French newsreel that has a segment on Ubi Soft in 1996.] This does not have clips of Rayman's training, but it does show a work-in-progress model of Rayman from that period.
+* [https://youtu.be/53P6eIZg5ro?t=617 A French newsreel that has a segment on Ubi Soft in 1996.] This does not have clips of ''Rayman's training'', but it does show a work-in-progress model of [[Rayman]] from that period.
 * [https://raymanpc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=74502 The original Rayman Pirate-Community thread] dedicated to the short.
 [[Category:Animations]]