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| image = [[File:RaymansTraining-title.png|center|320px|The possible title to Rayman's Training]]

| published by = [[Ubisoft|Ubi Soft]]

| release date = February 1st, 1998

| release date = February 1st, 1998 (presumed)

| genre = Short film

}}

'''''Rayman's training''''' is the title of a computer-animated short film produced by [[Ubisoft|Ubi Soft]] in 1998. ~~Premiering at a~~ European trade show/film festival hybrid by the name of IMAGINA 1998, ''Rayman's training'' was never given any form of home release or any official acknowledgement, falling into obscurity for over two decades after its premiere.

'''''Rayman's training''''' is the title of a computer-animated short film produced by [[Ubisoft|Ubi Soft]] in 1998. Made for an European trade show/film festival hybrid by the name of IMAGINA 1998, ''Rayman's training'' was never given any form of home release or any official acknowledgement, falling into obscurity for over two decades after its premiere. Aspects of the short are still shrouded in mystery, in part due to a lack of credits and information.

The short was made before and during the transitional period of ''[[Rayman 2]]'''s development from the [[Rayman 2 (cancelled prototype)|2D prototype]] to the [[Rayman 2|3D game]], having apparently originated as pre-rendered cutscenes before being transformed into a short film.

The short was made before and during the transitional period of ''[[Rayman 2]]'''s development from the [[Rayman 2 (cancelled prototype)|2D prototype]] to the [[Rayman 2|3D game]], reusing much of the same assets and having apparently originated as pre-rendered cutscenes before being transformed into a short film.

==Plot==

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==Production and originally known sightings==

Very little is known about the production of the short, and who specifically worked on it. 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.

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 ''[[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''.

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.

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 & 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]] has not acknowledged the short's existence in any form since 1998, and the short was never released to the public. 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, 24 years later, after~~ a collective search by the ''[[Rayman (series)|Rayman]]'' fan community.

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.

==Gallery==

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==External links==

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

* [http://farravox.com/spip.php?article39 Farra Vox Studios' listing of ''Rayman's training''.]

* [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''.]

* [https://youtube.com/watch?v=~~MUBK4prSmMM~~ Advert ~~sighting of ''Rayman's training''.]~~

* [https://youtube.com/watch?v=8yTrn9ZpSE4 Advert sighting of ''Rayman's training''.]

* [https://youtube.com/watch?v=8yTrn9ZpSE4 Another advert sighting of ''Rayman's training''.]

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

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdNzgbGft-w ~~Compilation~~ of ~~several~~ 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~~, which has~~ clips ~~of the production~~ of ''Rayman ~~2''~~'s ~~cutscenes and~~ ''Rayman~~'s training''~~.]

* [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://~~www.youtube~~.com/~~watch~~?~~v=toJFfs1J8zc&~~t=~~2254s French magazine CD Consoles showing possibly~~ the ~~title logo to ''Rayman's training''~~.]

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

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 | image = [[File:RaymansTraining-title.png|center|320px|The possible title to Rayman's Training]]
 | published by = [[Ubisoft|Ubi Soft]]
-| release date = February 1st, 1998
+| release date = February 1st, 1998 (presumed)
 | genre = Short film
 }}
-'''''Rayman's training''''' is the title of a computer-animated short film produced by [[Ubisoft|Ubi Soft]] in 1998. Premiering at a European trade show/film festival hybrid by the name of IMAGINA 1998, ''Rayman's training'' was never given any form of home release or any official acknowledgement, falling into obscurity for over two decades after its premiere.
+'''''Rayman's training''''' is the title of a computer-animated short film produced by [[Ubisoft|Ubi Soft]] in 1998. Made for an European trade show/film festival hybrid by the name of IMAGINA 1998, ''Rayman's training'' was never given any form of home release or any official acknowledgement, falling into obscurity for over two decades after its premiere. Aspects of the short are still shrouded in mystery, in part due to a lack of credits and information.
-The short was made before and during the transitional period of ''[[Rayman 2]]'''s development from the [[Rayman 2 (cancelled prototype)|2D prototype]] to the [[Rayman 2|3D game]], having apparently originated as pre-rendered cutscenes before being transformed into a short film.
+The short was made before and during the transitional period of ''[[Rayman 2]]'''s development from the [[Rayman 2 (cancelled prototype)|2D prototype]] to the [[Rayman 2|3D game]], reusing much of the same assets and having apparently originated as pre-rendered cutscenes before being transformed into a short film.
 ==Plot==
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 ==Production and originally known sightings==
-Very little is known about the production of the short, and who specifically worked on it. 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.
+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 ''[[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''.
-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.
+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 & 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]] has not acknowledged the short's existence in any form since 1998, and the short was never released to the public. 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, 24 years later, after a collective search by the ''[[Rayman (series)|Rayman]]'' fan community.
+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.
 ==Gallery==
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 ==External links==
 * [https://youtu.be/0FpUMOFzahA Full short with no sound]
-* [http://farravox.com/spip.php?article39 Farra Vox Studios' listing of ''Rayman's training''.]
+* [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''.]
-* [https://youtube.com/watch?v=MUBK4prSmMM Advert sighting of ''Rayman's training''.]
+* [https://youtube.com/watch?v=8yTrn9ZpSE4 Advert sighting of ''Rayman's training''.]
-* [https://youtube.com/watch?v=8yTrn9ZpSE4 Another advert sighting of ''Rayman's training''.]
 * [https://youtube.com/watch?v=0WyXRe4QpQM Rayman 2's E3 1998 trailer, which has clips of ''Rayman's training''.]
-* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdNzgbGft-w Compilation of several 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, which has clips of the production of ''Rayman 2'''s cutscenes and ''Rayman's training''.]
+* [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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toJFfs1J8zc&t=2254s French magazine CD Consoles showing possibly the title logo to ''Rayman's training''.]
+* [https://raymanpc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=74502 The original Rayman Pirate-Community thread] dedicated to the short.
 [[Category:Animations]]