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[Adrellia Village #9]

Seems to be alright to me. The life bar I can see maybe being used later as in "you forgot it and now here is where it comes into play" kind of deal. Not too long but it seemed to be alright.

The animating hasn't changed much but I saw some cutouts of Final Fantasy characters. Could have been cool having them say a line at least. Music was also good too. The voice acting was also feeling close to the same if not a little bit less of it going on in this episode.

Overall, seemed to go alright here.

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[Adrellia Village #7]

This was a nice lengthy piece albeit it was mostly the narrator telling what happened a long time ago in the Medrellia secret dungeon and who all had died there.

The voice acting was good although it seems pretty small in this episode with just three people going at it. The music was nice and recognized the songs from Kingdom Hearts and Legend of Dragoon, both of which were quite fun games to play when I was younger and I haven't played them in awhile.

The animation here was good and it kind of was sad in the middle since it was mostly just frames with little to no movement until the narrator got done speaking. The scenery scene as Drake went to the castle was nice too, seemed to give a moment of relaxing while quickly rushing there. Funniest part was near the intro where he just felt he was going in circles which he was.

Overall, very nice and long episode. Only issue is mispronunciation of talisman.

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[[SOUP] Ninja vs. Ninja]

This could use a little bit of work, as in making it longer and having a bit more of a plot rather than it being CrazyRock just kidnapping a ninja egg and making scrambled eggs from them after killing them. The animation is just a bit too short to catch onto anything sadly.

The animation was very nice in that it looked like you spent a nice amount of time working on it. Graphically it was alright to me but it would be cool if you planned ot make it that short, I guess you could have practiced animating it a bit more. Aside from that, good animating.

The song was alright.

The story seemed to be lacking since aside from the egg being kidnapped and scrambled there isn't much else to go on here. Making it have more of a plot would be good.

Overall, good animation, good music, lacking in the way of what kind of story it could be.

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[Strawberry's Break #1]

Well I liked the way this one turned out. However I do have one thing to note, sicne the redesign the cookie cutter accounts seem to be off the top 10 contributors which is great. I think this does have some truth to it though since before the redesign cookie cutter accounts had taken over the top 10 and it felt kind of demotivating since instead of showing users and groups who had taken ages to get up there, the cookie cutters had only taken a year or two to get up there in no time at all. It was a very sad time indeed.

The voices were speakonia as usual so nothing new there at all. The songs used were good and having Rush being added was great too. Seems fitting for exploring the world at the same time.

The story seemed to be that Strawberry Clock became sad over not having himself or friends in the top 10 anymore due to cookie cutters flooding the portal over the year and decided to go on an adventure for the time being to give himself a little break. Looking forward to seeing what part two has to show.

Overall, this seemed very well done so nice work.

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[Adrellia Village #6]

Well this one had almost no voice acting but this one wasn't too bad at all. Although as for song I think I would have chosen Seek and Destroy instead as it would have been slightly more fitting if you ask me. Aside from that, this one turned out better.

The thought bubbles help fill in the void of no voice acting for the most part which works for the most part here. The animation was also very nice here and the shading in the background seems to have gone over well too. Very nicely done though for the sixth episode.

Overall, much better.

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MistyE responds:

Thanks.

[Adrellia Village #5]

Something that seems to be a problem here is the voice acting, not necessarily as in the voice acting is bad but the microphones when speaking seem to produce static to much later into this one. Could probably try to buy a filter (usually cost around $10) and put it in front of the mic to cut out the static and some popping noises usually heard when speaking a little too close to the mic.

The animation is the same too but there is no problem there. Except maybe when it shows Drake sleeping since it didn't zoom into his face clearly and moved a bit right and kept zooming in then zooming out. If it says he is having a weird dream, then why not give a thought bubble to show what it might be about so it will not seem as pointless to the viewer.

The story seems to be progressing in a decent manner since Drake is helping that older guy out to take care of some problems around the castle so that he can get ready to learn spells and the such later. Not too bad for some progress.

Overall, the static produced by the microphone later in when Brutus spoke seemed to be pretty annoying on the ears so possibly get that fixed for later episodes would be great.

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MistyE responds:

It's not the microphone, it's Flash but thanks.

Actually, the scene at Brutus' station WAS his dream.

Thanks for your review.

[Adrellia Village #18]

Same

Well it felt close to the same except for the out takes and the Jack Black power sliding in yet not being the wizard teacher. Interesting events.

I found the voice acting good and funny how the guy had a little trouble pronouncing that one word too. Songs used were also good.

The animation looked nice here.

Overall, same as before but still humorous.

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MistyE responds:

Thanks. Appreciate your review.

[Adrellia Village #14]

Music is there

I found the music here lightened the atmosphere and made it all slightly humorous at some points such as all the knights walking with Drake and the Dragonforce song was playing. Decent length and good work here.

The animation here is the same as when I just saw part eight a little bit ago so still nice to see that. The intermission text frames were funny since they had entirely unfitting music playing. Did not get the idea of young Brutus at the end either.

The music and voice acting here was a little better.

Overall, not bad.

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MistyE responds:

Thanks. I chose this episode because I felt it was just right. Not short nor long, though I'll request everything in order next time :)

Young Brutus at the end was a start of a three-part - but two-part now since I self-deleted one of the parts - exposition about Brutus' backstory and it may seem like I wasted time on it since we don't utilize that in retro Adrellia Village but it will help us understand why Brutus is the way he is.

Appreciate your review.

[Adrellia Village #8]

Seemingly getting there

Well at least they are making process and getting towards Adrellia Village anyways. Nice how to previous part shows them preparing and this episode is just a little chatter, music, and then going on their way to the place they must go and check on.

The animation seems to remain the same as usual which is perfectly fine. Only problem I have is credits at the end. Instead of skipping back to the start have it stop there and let the music play while the viewer sees who all helped make this and where the music came from.

The music and voice acting was nice so good work there. Only recommendation is moving away from the mic a bit so you won't hear the popping sounds every time you hear the letter p.

Overall, nice and short.

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MistyE responds:

Yep, this episode is a little "break episode" as I like to call it. No epic battles to be found here. Interesting input on the credits. I'll tell my voice actors since I don't voice the characters. Thanks.

[Chrismissed DE]

Jackets

I wonder why the jacket suddenly vanished when he put it on. I guess he was just really happy to see it snowing and went outside to dance in it. Then he nearly gets run over but dies by some letting a snow plow run over him instead ending his day rather early. Then he had to wait at the gates of heaven as they were on break for the day. Weird yet funny.

The animation here looked pretty nice and the most detailed part was his family seeing presents. The rest of the time we see Jack goofing off and then dying shortly after going outside. Guess it was a much better idea had he stayed inside instead of running out into the snow.

The audio here gives a feel like he was all wound up on sugar and just feeling real good upon going outside to play in the wintery snow.

Overall, strange, short, and funny.

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ToonCastleTV responds:

Yes! You captured Chris ^^ Pretty much exactly how I wanted people to feel when they saw him =) Im glad you found the antidote humorous, thanks! :)