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[EVERGEEK 7]

I admit I'm still lacking a lot of knowledge of this series, but I had a moderately fun time watching this one anyways. Not sure what else to say, but it was decent I guess. Really feel like I can describe this further, but brain just draws blanks. Oh well.

7/10, 4/5 ~WCCC

Zero-End responds:

Glad to entertain you, if only moderately. If you come up with any critiques later, feel free to message them to me.

Have a good one.

[WHOOKOS [CONCEPT] - Episode: 1]

I admit I'm somewhat unimpressed, because I've seen a large handful of animated series like this on NG, it seems to be a silent recurring theme. Have really laid back sort of pace and very low speed plot development, lingering exposition, a bit of dick-around humor and overdone character setups, maybe follows some anime influenced trends (ie medium, pointy hair for all the guys, except for long haired bro) and generally some stuff about backgrounds.

This is not to say this is not good in many regards, but somehow I've seen this a lot and it's starting to get to me at this stage. Another side note: it's kind of a sausage fest. Only introduced 5 main characters abruptly and they're all males. The only other characters this episode were unique trees.

The drawing was excellent, the animation was acceptable, posing and gripping on 3d-like environments, all superb.

Complaints: Really quiet in a lot of areas. Wasn't sure if volume was even set right a lot of times, huge lack of music or more ambiance. Characters had very few redeeming and unique traits, in both appearance and behavior. Some of the ACTUAL 3d backgrounds had really poor lighting done in-program and some textures were a tad screwy or overly repeated. Your 2d drawing in a mock-3d is better than your actual 3d, which I find interesting and actually rather impressive and unimpressive at the same time.

We'll see what the future brings, but for now I'm really just raising an eyebrow and noting I've seen tons of animations done in this sort of awkward and empty feeling/stereotypical style, and I wish you only the best. Some of these aspects (such as character development) might be resolved with good time. I'll definitely watch a part 2 to help evaluate further.

7/10, 3/5 ~WCCC

WHOOKOS responds:

Thanks for the critique. I'll see what I can do. :)

[NWAR: Loose Canon]

I fucking love this. Lots of layering and witty twists and writing... maybe some elements could've been better such as animation rate or a dash of voice acting, but it felt like a consistent "don't totally enslave yourself to the project" kind of situation, so for me that doesn't really take away from the product. Very interesting indeed.

9/10, 4/5 ~WCCC

danmarkowitz responds:

Thanks a lot! Yeah, for doing new episodes every few weeks I've had to choose what to prioritize, and animation has been below other elements. If only there was time and money!

[Nameless 7 Part 1]

Hilarious opening, made me laugh quite a bit and smirk all the rest, and the main course was interesting as always as well... but when it broke into musical sequence it seemed to zoom WAY in for some reason, and then never zoomed out. Seemed to be cutting off most of the text on screen and the actual visual imagery, which I think completely obscured god turtle's face... weird stuff.

Love it. Glad to see you're back into some animating this series again.
9/10, 4/5 ~WCCC

LazyMuffin responds:

the succcccks, its the scene with the most animation. I tried to make it so the default version is the video one and not the apparently broken .swf one. hope it works.

Thaaaanks

[Saten & Jezus]

What. The fuck. WHY AM I 5'ing THIS?! Seriously though, I have no idea what this was about or what just happened, but I reached for the voting tool and a 5 came to mind... Whatever, I laughed about as hard as I tripped, which is to say it left me on the ground a fair amount.

9/10, 5/5. ~WCCC

Sexual-Lobster responds:

glad you liked it.

[Madness SWAT]

Not bad, but on a note for being SWAT:
-Unauthorized use of lethal force - 10xA Lot points deducted
-Suspects not killed -0 points
-Suspects captured - 0 points
-Officers not dead - 15 points
-Officers not wounded - 5 points

Total Score: 0/100
Ranking: Madness.

Definitely though, some new things I haven't seen done in the madness universe. Never seem to be big on organized teamwork.

Spaderz responds:

Yeah i getcha, i kinda wanted to tie in being realistic, but at the same time have a madness charm to it lol

[Prototype]

Okay. This one needs a lot of breakdown I think. While watching this I thought to myself "wut" because the art and presentation was great, but it was very far from "wow" factor. To explain what I think could use work, I'll break this down into primary categories that stood out to me, personally.

Drawing: (4/5)

The art itself is great. No getting around that. It represents very keen points of cartoon atmosphere with a level of definition and general quality that was extremely pleasing to the eyes. This quality was easily that of things you'll find on mainstream television, if not sometimes MORE. Why not a 5? Some of the character postures seemed awkward and unbelievable at many points, and although that ties into other factors, it still strikes me as a general drawing point as well.

Animation: (2/5)

The animation for transitioning between main stances was extremely awkward and unnatural feeling, generally diminishing the excitement as it seemed less... believable. A lot of the "camera work" as I would call its flash equivalent, was also very ill-placed and moved weird, taking a lot of pizzazz out of things along the way. The animation it self wasn't buggy or COMPLETELY unacceptable though, so it definitely could've been worse. Simply put: in comparison with the rest of the art, it seemed very off and sapped a lot of the magic away from the visuals.

Sound: (2/5)

Save a few sound effects, this movie was completely devoid of actual noises, but had music along the way. The music itself had a decent sound to it, but was very loop reliant and not necessary super catchy or mood-inducing. Felt kind of flat.

Choreography: (1/5)

I think there's a point where you have the basic point A and point B (drawing), you have how you transition (animation), and you have what you actually PLAN as point A, B, and so forth as being. For this piece, the movie really seemed lacking in how the movements were planned... the action poses were kinda odd and didn't feel fluid as well as seeming almost contradictory at some points relative to how things were supposedly moving. Overall I think this was the largest killer of excitement, that the action wasn't gripping, mind-blowing, or even just destructive dirty fun as much as what is defined as "good action", and ultimately planning is a huge building block in the equation of things.

I felt my rant got a tad too negative towards the end, so let me reiterate my main point: This looked great and for all purposes was good, but some key parts prevent this from making me go "holy shit!" even though it's very action-oriented. I enjoy your work and hope to see more in the future, so keep it up!

Overall: 6/10, 3/5 ~WCCC

BryanV responds:

Thanks for a very detailed review, mate! Sure it was negative, but in a good way. I'll make sure to take note of the things you've said and apply them to my future projects. :)

[Madness: Dedication]

Not sure how I haven't seen any of your previous work until this year, but I loved the animation. Loved the choreography, art quality, animation detail, everything. Oddly enough my instinct said "let's do a 9" but then I stopped and thought "wait wait, how is this a 9, I have literally 0 complaints about this video."

Anyways, this guy is masterpiece,
10/10, 5/5, Fav'd.
~ WCCC

Ellvis responds:

Thanks so much i like this review it means a lot for me xD

[Rapheus goes to Hell]

Short and interesting, would love to see an actual madness combat fight in hell, under those similiar circumstances. Aside from that, humorous. Also the preloader seems a bit glitched? It had an "empty" loading bar then just snapped straight to play. Awaiting more new animations, as I find them fun.

8/10, 4/5
~WCCC

Rapheus responds:

Yeah, for some reasons flash ads refused to work with me. I'll check the code. Thanks for the good rating!

[Wonders of the Universe 2]

I am officially psychic.

Go check on Sexual Lobster's flash, nothing new, but next day Milk of the Manwhore is posted. Then I go on toonweks for any updates on wonders, 2 days later this is released.

That aside, glad its finally here. Fantastic work so far, can't wait for more.

10/10, 5/5.
~WCCC

Toonwerks responds:

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