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[Madness HAXimation]

I thought the animation was fairly unique. It is kind of disappointing to watch a Madness cartoon and not have a single person die. I was wondering what they meant by XP. I thought maybe it was code for some drug, but I realize it was just the kind of XP that we talk about on this website. It was pretty funny at the end with how they just danced like that. I need to get more used to recognizing Sanford.

I know the other one is called Deimos, but they're not that well known. It would be so much more awesome if there was some action in this because everything looks so nice in this cartoon! The music is really cool, especially on the intro. The menu is also very nice. Just make it longer with action, okay?

Hank-Wimbleton responds:

wow, such an amazing review. i think i might cry.

would hank, sanford and deimos having a threesome count as action? too soon?

[Madness serial killer]

I really enjoyed this! I thought it was kind of redundant to say that Hank was a serial killer in this. He's a serial killer in everything he does! Of course, in most cartoons he just takes out agents instead of ordinary people on the street. I thought the animation was really good in this. It was weird, because it looked a tad strange at times, but it struck me as unique.

That's hard to come by in a Madness cartoon. I also love how each and every death is different. You really want to make all of them count. No, I was not able to count the number of people who died, but I don't think it was that many. I appreciate you putting style in your cartoon.

[I Want Waffles]

This certainly got a cheap laugh out of me. It's just really funny to see this great animation. It sounded like this was an actual audio that you based on real life events. While it was real audio (what?) it wasn't based on something that really happened. I just can't believe you guys were so freaking good at sounding like a little kid! I seriously can not tell the difference!

Everything just moves so fluidly in this animation. Some of it's a bit sketchy, but it's still really cool to look at. I'm even surprised you managed to do this in a couple of days. Of course, this may be the shortest submission I've seen that had a timeline to it. It's simply a short, fun time.

[Space Face (Part 1)]

I'm impressed that this managed to get such a high score of 4.79! I assume it's mostly because it's the last thing Edd worked on. Let's not be morbid and focus on the positiveness of this cartoon. The funniest part was easily when the normalizer turned Todd's eyes normal and then he went back. That seems to happen a lot to him. So I guess you aren't going to be looking for a new member, huh?

I had no idea paultervoorde worked with you. It's a pity the second part isn't going to be animated by Edd. Every little bit counts and may all of these cartoons guide us forever! I'm so glad the eddsworld profile isn't going out. He was such a noted cartoonist on this website he will always be remembered.

[The Elephant in the Room]

This is the only NATA submission I've reviewed that had dialogue in it. I wonder why? I guess music videos are just more popular nowadays for letting the action tell the story. The end of this was extremely satisfying. What I thought was going to happen was that the guy was going to start having the elephant in his room. That kind of happened, just not the way I expected it.

I laughed out loud at the joke about the guy's wife. Seems kind of crass for me to do that. Anyway, I guess I'm done with NATA and it's great to see how different people contributed to this idea. The animation could have been better, but it was funny enough to really like. I love how it all works out in the end.

koit responds:

Yay, thanks for the review. I like it not because it was positive, more to the point it was a review !

Thanks though and I'm glad you did enjoy it. :)

[All Roads (NATA)]

Well, I'm glad now I understand the metaphor a lot better. I think the strongest part of this was probably the animation. It makes me realize that the term "Elephant In The Room" could really be used to refer to a lot of things. It could refer to a literal elephant or any kind of debated topic. I'm not going to go political on you. I just think this was meant to make fun of how we're obsessed with money and should think more about the finer things in life.

This certainly counts as one of them. It was cool, because orange is my favorite color. I appreicate all the little details. This was probably my favorite of all the NATA submissions, mostly because it drove home a really good point. It made me think about how we'll always have the freedom to do whatever we want. Life choices are important.

[Olifant]

This was a wonderfully animated cartoon, even though I couldn't understand it. It looks like it was trying to come off with some message about yourself, possibly. Is this you how see yourself? As a elephant who minds his own business while weird people do stupid things around you? Whatever it was, congradulations on getting popular with this for the first round of NATA 2012. You even made the sign logo!

The sounds are pretty good in this too. I don't think elephants drink out their noses per se. Of course, this is a cartoon where gray people change their shapes and stuff, so it's probably nothing to be too concerned about it. That drinking sound still goes after the cartoon ends. He must be thirsty.

DieterTheuns responds:

Idea was keeping it very open for interpretation. Basically, any symbolism you see in it is right. Thanks for the review :)