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[B-Lated ClockDay Post-It]

Mixed bag of things

Well this felt like a really mixed bag kind of animation as it was mostly stop motion animating except for one part where changes to being a computer work for one frame of that segment. Only bad thing here is the preloader since it loops for some reason even though it shouldn't.

The animating was nice seeing as everything here was drawn on paper and then scanned or photographed and imported into flash so they could be used in animating.

The various sound effects and songs were all rather great and pretty enjoyable to listen to. Like how for combustion or just beating something up there was a little sound being played to make it seem more lively to the viewer.

Overall, entertaining bunch of three to five second clips.

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ToonCastleTV responds:

Thanks I'm glad you could enjoy what the best I could do here, instead of unappreciative comments.

[Adrellia Village #34]

Much better

I have to say this was much better than most others in the set as it had more effort in it and the graphics were much better too. The tone of this felt fast paced and you kept wanting to see more to know what would happen.

The graphics were excellent although the transition near the start seemed to be a bit off on timing it seems. Then the rest of the way was great and the thought bubbles were great since they mocked the mastermind the whole time before throwing the necklace at him.

The audio was alright. I recognized the songs partly and then the summoning sound sounds like it either came from Kingdom Hearts or a Final Fantasy game. The voices seemed to be a bit bad though since it felt rushed.

Overall, really nice work there.

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MistyE responds:

Thank you! A fast-paced tone was my aim here. Mocking the mastermind was an idea I had since listening to his long speech would be rather boring. And yes, the summoning sound is from Kingdom Hearts.

Appreciate your review! Can you do episode 38?

[Adrellia Village #12]

Rather short

Well... I guess it is nice to see the king has been rescued and is now free to be back at his castle in this episode. The graphics very much the same for this one.

I think it bears repeating but combine episodes so that they will be longer and be able to string together easier and be a little less work for you to deal with. The graphics here were a bit funny and nice seeing the planet.

The voice acting remained much the same. Didn't understand the spell bit but I suppose that is alright.

Overall, short but still funny.

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MistyE responds:

Thank you for your review! I really appreciate it. You can expect episodes 38+ to be four minutes or longer.

[Adrellia Village #3]

Entertaining

Well this seemed to be short yet entertaining at the same time. In a personal opinion I think these would be better if instead of making them as short as you do, it would be better to put two to three episodes together as one so it would look much better and be longer at the same time.

The graphics seems to be alright here as the people have great bodies and heads but stick arm and legs sadly. That and the background and such seemed to be good. The guy frozen in ice was pretty humorous since you have to wonder how long it will be before he gets thawed out and can leave.

The music used provided humor as you didn't have much of an idea of what would happen at the moment when it played. The voices used seemed to be alright although the guy at the end spoke a bit too quickly which possibly confused the guy wondering how to get further in.

Overall, humorous yet really short at the same time.

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[Epic Pie Time]

Most entertaining

Well this was similar to Epic Cupcake Time and just as entertaining mostly. I feel it could have been possibly been a bit longer. Also hay bacon strips? Seems close enough seeing as the ponies of Equestria don't seem to eat animals in the first place.

The animation was rather well done and I saw little to no errors there either. I did find the dubstep music and head bobbing to be amusing at least since Rainbow Dash seems like one to head bob anyways. Applejack Daniels? Clever and subtle hinting at the actual Jack Daniels so nicely done I think.

The voice acting was pretty good here. I think the only problem I even had here is the voice actor for Applejack, she could use a little more work to sound a bit closer and possibly move away from her microphone just a bit when saying her lines.

Creativity here was also nice as it was simply a parody of Epic Meal Time again who also happen to be creative with food products too. Although I still have no idea why they need bacon in everything either. Although Bacon on pie or cupcakes sounds pretty tasty.

Didn't find much wrong here and was quite nice to watch. Nicely done work here. Maybe make the next piece move away from Epic Meal Time and on to trying something original?

Overall, entertaining, Applejack's voice could use a bit of work.

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[2birds1stone]

No death?

Well this was pretty nice as far as animating goes and the preloader was rather nice and simple, would be funny if you had added some fun dance music to it for a comical effect. However if this is killing birds then I feel there should have been blood added to it rather than skipping them dying.

As said earlier the preloader was nice and humorous.

The animations seemed to be pretty mediocre for the first and third death as nothing happened aside from the birds chirping and blinking. The second one had a bit more effort it seems but it cuts out right before the double death scene which could have been good to see and allow people to see some blood.

The audio chosen wasn't too bad and was rather enjoyable and calm despite what was going to happen to the birds.

Overall, could have been a bit longer and allowed users to see some blood and violence here rather than skipping out on them.

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evanarmagast responds:

yeah, i mentioned in the review before this one that i would consider a happy tree friends style. but for this animation a goal was to give it a childish feel and i feel that blood and gore would have kind of warped that. thanks for the review.

[Mario's Castle Collab 2]

Very nice collab

Well this seemed to be alright and I liked how the preloader was quite different as it was parts of the collab leading up to the start. The first part of the preloader was pretty neat as Mario was depicted as being bored and slightly sad from always destroying castles and fighting foes. Then ifyoureadthisdie had a pretty sweet part since it had a 3D look to it. Was also quite humorous. Nice work there. The starting song before the first part leading to preloader was also good.

The collab was quite nice and I see the final part by Short-Factor had a lot of effort put into it too. Had a lot of sprites and sound effects. The other collab parts were rather short though.Not too bad though as they were all quite funny and yet somehow that castle withstood it all.

The way that sprites kept being customized at times was also pretty nice here and kept it entertaining. Hilarious though that at the end of it all he simply hit the castle with his fist and it had been weakened enough that it turned to dust. However he hit a 1-UP block and the castle was restored.

The amount of audio used here was nice, mostly various sound effects, a couple of songs and credit music.

If I could suggest anything here that could be fixed would be the transition frames. Instead of being numbers, that could have been pixel numbers accompanied by a possible sound effect. Aside from that, this was actually a pretty nice collab.

Overall, lots of shorts, good amount of humor, very well done, would suggest redoing the transition frames is all.

[Cupcakes]

Hilarious

Well it is nice to see another Cupcake song being covered again except with another person singing it. Actually pretty nice too considering how it ended up turning out. Nice work here.

The animation was funny and I liked how you made everything here rather loose feeling too. Only thing that could have made it better is showing how the cupcakes turned out and the guy's reaction to eating them.

Graphics were fairly nice and seemed like everything went well. They had pretty large eyes, the mixing bowl was big and she put in all the ingredients. Wonder how those cupcakes turned out.

The voices were nice. However for her I would have recommended moving away from the microphone just a little so the voice sounds softer.

Overall, nice little animation, nice work.

Twisted4000 responds:

Thanks a ton, and I'm glad you noticed the "loose" feeling I gave it.

[-NemesiS-]

Excellent work!

I remember when I used to enjoy your 3D animations and Knox's claymations and move parodies and such and even the Numa Numa guy before youtube was ever created! Also remember we had a very small amount of those AMV things and thankfully they no longer appear. This was a great little noir short. This kind of feels like a trailer too, if this was a movie I would be interested in seeing it if the premise was a killer who was invisible for some reason.

As far as audio goes I would say that all went over smoothly since it paints a picture that this would be a little dark and possibly even have dark or dry humor in it as well. The gun shot was nice. Excellent voice as well, sound like you could be perfect for doing narration of these films at the same time.

The story seems to be he's invisible and yet people wonder who is. He then questions them asking them if they really think they should know or not. He's an invisible killer but does he work for someone, is he freelance, or does he just do what he feels would be right? Interesting and makes you wonder what the full film would be like!

Since this live action it was actually quite good in quality since I've seen a few others a bit larger in file size but lower in quality. The black and white effect makes this very neat to watch like you were possibly watching an older styled film.

The outfit of the killer was pretty neat. What effects were you using or what were you wearing to give that effect when you began to apply the effects to it? You could still see his outlines too but that's still good since I doubt most people would be able to see him in that film. The smoke getting wavey and all that when he inhaled it was pretty weird to watch, at least it was to me.

Overall, I thought this was a pretty interesting little short. Would not mind seeing it made into a full film, give a back story as to how he became invisible and everything. Great short. Hope to see more from you. Great short noir!!

[Tails Doll room]

Neat and creepy

Probably the coolest thing you did here was having Tails Doll "come out of the screen" and make it look like he was going to eat the viewer's soul. Figured out that it looks like that but if you look in the top right corner there is a black little bit of a line where the Newgrounds background color is which kind of gives away how you did that neat little trick.

The graphics here were actually great and I loved how you used the checkered floor associated with the doll strangely. The wall being slightly cracked makes you think that you wandered into a house away from your parents wanting to see if you can find anything cool or mysterious in the house and notice the strange doll and begin to feel light headed as it begins to devour the viewer. The static effect was great and gave a feel of it kind of skipping as new writing would appear on the wall in blood and then Tails Doll began to bleed.

The music used was rather fitting as it felt sort of like you were in a demented child's play room and that doll is all that is left of them since they grew up and left the house years earlier. Then the static sound effect makes it a bit creepier since if you notice at the start it looks like you are watching a TV for a moment and then it does a close up to show what is happening in the TV as the doll begins to come to life and the writing on the wall warns you to leave before it devours the viewer.

Overall, would make for a great Halloween animation.