NekoMika's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Sakura Waterfall Mists Loop]

Seems pretty decent. The only thing I would have recommended changing is having the tree limbs move slower rather than quickly. Hope your skills continue to improve over time.

BlackUniGryphon responds:

Thanks for taking the time to write me a thoughtful, heart felt, and honest comment. I really appreciate that. <3

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There's a number of things I wanted different with this one. I did it back in 2017, and literally NO ONE at UMASS Boston knew how to do it, nor how to help me, and my finals were due in like 2-3 weeks at the time, and the instructor wasn't teaching anything so I was trying to help my classmates (because I'm older than them and the same age as the instructor) which was what he told me to do, but then when they came to me for help, and treated them like a team, he got mad, jealous, and yelled at me.

Still learning this stuff, and no adequate teachers or mentors with this stuff anywhere. Most tutorials are from outdated versions of After Effects, and each update since 2014 can often drastically be different with scripting and other things, plus anyone that DOES make demos and so-called tutorials just PRESUME you know what they're talking about like they do, which makes NO SENSE.

But, they're always disconnected from other areas of interest regarding the software.

I find, also, that MOST persons whom self profess to be proficient at After Effects are rather fraudulent, and misrepresent their abilities NUMEROUS NUMEROUS times over, because in actuality they have a bias or niche pet favorite zone of application. Like, EITHER they specialize in ONE of these areas, but not the others: Motion Graphics, VFX/Video Editing, Cartoons.


So, people using After Effects very heavily for just Motion Graphics like news & sports seem to have NO IDEA about things like track mats, or Trapcode, or particles. Then, people that are all about the VFX kind of speak their own language, so when you ask them about cartoons, they speak some gibberish then vanish because they don;t know how to answer your questions, plus they're snobby and "cartoons yuck".

Then, 3D animators are utterly clique-ish and can't be bothered to actually humor you at all when ANOTHER 3D artists arrives, PLUS they're SO Maya biased. They're all like: Yeah, After effects is GREAT, but when you ask them ANYTHING 3D related in After Effects they know NOTHING, and then they're like: Well, I don't really use it much, or I didn't renew my Adobe CC Subscription.


Good LUCK getting ANY help with Cinema 4D in After Effects, because even asking Adobe's own forums and you get crickets.

GOOD LUCK finding ANYONE on Twitch using any of those. They''re all like : Well, I like Maya.

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Anyways, I'm basically cold and alone out in the wilderness learning all this stuff.

But, hopefully, I'm improving. These things take time, but I working on it all the time.

[The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Reanimate- Scene 300]

No context but very damn well done. I look forward to seeing the overall reanimated collab. Will there be any plans for it to be uploaded here as well?

superspyro3000 responds:

I will ask the collab host if that's a possibility. I hope it will be though

[Wind Waker Animation Remake]

Nice to see how far along you have come with animating, the 2018 remake looks much smoother and more fluid overall. :D

BlueBandanaJake responds:

Many thanks, happy to see that my efforts have amounted to some good growth!

[Kirby Reanimate Collab Scene Process]

Cannot wait to see the finished collab, nice to see these types of things as of late to bring animators together honestly. Kind of wondering what the context is for Dedede deflating the poor citizen in the reanimation.

Hope you keep making more animations and having fun.

OtherBees responds:

Glad to be apart of such a community. Thank you for the kind words.

[Martial Arts Tournament (Tv Drama Edition) TEASER!!]

Clean animation, smooth transitions, great voice actor for the tournament announcer. Not really a fan of any of the fighters but best of luck finding the voice actors for all of them and making more stuff like this. :)

OblitusCS responds:

Hey thanks a lot!!! Sorry to hear you are not a fan of any of the fighters, hopefully this won´t be the last tournament. Thanks again for the comment and the support. Best of luck to you as well

[Kero Kero Bonito- Sick Beat- Fan Animated Music Video]

Incredibly interesting style and so many game references in this music video, amazing. :D

I wonder if Kero Kero Bonito has seen this.

This was a fantastic music video, only thing I can think of that could be changed is maybe adding a warning in the Author Comments that a couple of sections have fast flashing colors, otherwise, awesome music video. :)

SpencerXavier responds:

thanks ill be sure to do that from now on especially with the next few things im working on they definitely need that warning lol

[Commander Holly Aniamted - Jimmy Gets Obliterated]

Jimmy never stood a chance. :(

Good animation though.

Rising-Jay responds:

Yup he was doomed. 'ppreciate the kudos~

[King of the Kill]

Reminds me of the absurdly old days of flash animations, what a trip to the past this was.

DrSevenSeizeMD responds:

Haha I had a lot of fun making it.

I am trying to learn toon boom now, as flash is gone. :-(

[Pokemon Battle]

That kid was incredibly creepy and I felt bad for Arceus, a giant god of the world, forced to kill trainers and Pokemon for some dumb kid who seem very bizarre and will probably become the leader of some evil organization in the future.

Only complaint is Arceus is roughly 11 feet tall, not like... 40-50 feet tall.

Ambassadortony responds:

lol yea, I figured since I wanted to make him high and might, Just make him hug fukin stronk. 😄 thanks :)

[Goals Animation]

This honestly does look really promising as an animation and maybe as a series if you ever go that way and make a second or third part to this. Hopefully you can find someone to help you finish this animation. :(

The voice acting seemed a little off at times but otherwise not that bad. A little background music would have been nice too.

Hana55 responds:

Aw thanks, this review isn’t finished that’s why it’s not perfect. But i hope i can find someone who can continue this animation w me!