OVERVIEW
Beginning by accident when indie filmmaker Alex Chung visited Lester Calleja randomly one night with RJ Tumanguil’s DVX-100, the two creative heads at Heroic Melon unwittingly created a project of epic proportions.
The story goes something like this: Lester and Alex are two room mates with a strange relationship. With their buddy Kevin, they embark on a wild journey of social awkwardness, leading them through life, love, and ridiculous hilarity. With an odd ball cast of peripheral characters like the sage Dexter, the beautiful Steph, and a particularly eccentric villain in Jermaine, the Awkward kids band together to learn much about each other and themselves.
The Awkward Compilation is Heroic Melon’s passionate love letter to pop culture, drawing elements from the 90s, video games, anime, youtube culture, and more, and currently serves as the flagship series for the Heroic Melon Collective. The Awkward Compilation is a project spanning 4 years, and has spawned 2 seasons with a movie currently in pre-production. Awkward Forever: The Legend of Hero Otoko is currently set for a tentative release of Fall 2012.