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[Shattered Heaven Act 3.4]

Getting better

As I am watching these out of order, it is a bit hard to understand what is going on. What matters is this had the best battle scenes so far in the series. It reminds me of the Gundam/Neon Genesis Evangelion robot fights. It was also cool to see some of the characters talk more about themselves to get more familiar with them. That did kind of bother me because it seems like there was too much talking. I guess that sounds kind of shallow, but it was certainly not bad.

I noticed that the blonde looked a lot like Samus Aran. I am very impressed that you managed to get so many people to do voices. None of them were even TomAto or Rina-chan! This series definitley has potential, but it needs to have some more unique qualities to make it really good. The animation could use a little work too.

[Chrono Trigger Unglued 18]

Again!

It was cool to do a different gag with Jaspar and stuff. It was also nice to see that cat show up there, as I have really never had any idea what he was for (I haven't seen every episode, but you should know that). In case anyone wants hints, the scene actually came off as a bit strange. I clicked on everything and nothing happened. It then cut to a scene outside and when I clicked again, it worked. Once that happens and the guard talks, go under the bed. If only I was small enough to even fit under the bed.

It was the first time where clicking on a non-pixellated thing DID NOT help me. Well, maybe it did but whatever. It was also great to see a different theme at the end. The original was always good, but it became so common I skipped past it. The music all around was great and it seemed to be a good story with comedy. There was not much action, still.

[Scott Pilgrim: Flash Ad]

Short, but sweet

Oh yes, I remember you (Kirb) saying that you were a fan of this series. I watched the movie and then went back and read all the book volumes and it turned out to be a great series. I think this is in fact the first time I ever heard about Scott Pilgrim. I loved the animation used in this and was extremely impressed at how you managed to have so many voices. There's only a few lines for characters in a short ad but each of them still has his or her own distinct voice! It is great to be able to recognize the characters.

While short, this was good for the same reasons the comic book and movie were good. It allowed the animation to express how the characters were reacting to everything. It was extremely authentic to the style of the comic book. It's even cool to hear the voice actors at the end of the cartoon. They seemed to be having as much fun as the characters in the ad were!

[Gettin Betah]

I recall

Dude, I am just going to listen to another submission of yours, "Duck.fla Spin". I had absolutely no idea you were the same guy who made it and it was completely random! Anyway, this was okay because I could not understand what anyone was saying. Chipmunk singing can come off as really funny, but this did not quite do it. It was a little good, but it was kind of lacking. I still kind of enjoyed this because it had that really goofy spirit that makes the Clock Crew popular.

I have no clue why you would have no names that I doubt are your own. While not your best work, it was kind of neat to see those clocks spin around. Thank you for putting in a replay ("repaly"?) button this time. You also should probably have a background, or at least something of a different color for it. It seemed like there were different versions of you in this.

[Vete a la Versh - S1, E1: Video Games]

Here's where it started

It was really cool to see where this whole series started! As this is the first episode (the pilot I suppose) I think this was not that great. I can perfectly understand that you were just getting out your material and seeing what worked well. While not an introduction to the characters, a goofy series like this does not need it. It was also cool to hear that other guy being described as made of sperm. I should have realized that such an obvious joke would be used in the first episode.

The game with the pixellation was of a little low quality. Being American, I was probably not able to get some of the jokes about Mexico. Every time I watch this stuff, I feel kind of sad because I can not understand the Spanish on its own even though I studied some of it. At least I can learn with the subtitles. A little too short, but it definitley gets better.

[Nerds can never love]

Happy Valentine's Day!

It seems like RicePirate is slowly becoming as popular a voice actor as someone like TomAto. Anyway, this was fun because the animation was really good and well done. It was so weird to see the more simple style as it went on with the transition. The earlier scenes with the better colors was pretty to look at. This may have come off as being sad, but I took it a different way. It made me think that it does not matter if you are a nerd who can not find love as you will always have your nerd stuff around.

The voices were really good and the animation flowed well. The ending was cute with how they both seemed to forget what they were really looking and went back to being nerds. Woah, I wish I had a pokemon game like that. I noticed the Triforce on the girl's shirt to know she was a nerd. I also liked the nice Tentacool at the end.

[Derek and Kelso 4.2]

Could have been worse

I am not familiar with the rest of the series, so I was quite confused as to what was going on. I did manage to think this a little entertaining because the animation was so bad it was good at many times. That being said, you could work more on animation. It seems weird how the characters just move and even tell jokes. You did seem to have a good understanding of what color effects to use, though. I think there were some uses of the cutaway gag from "Family Guy".

Anyway, the voices could also be better, although they were certainly not terrible. It was also hard to understand what was going on. It seems like it was trying to have a story when it really did not. Random humor can really work for me but it can clutter something that tries to have a story. I am reminded of Dr. Kelso from "Scrubs".

InfamousD responds:

Thanks Eric,

I uploaded the full version of this flash under 'Derek and Kelso 4' which could give u a better understanding of what's going on. I would like to know how it reminded you of scrubs, lol.

[Chrono Trigger Unglued 12]

Again!

It seems like you just never had a bad submission under the Chrono Trigger Unglued title. This was fun because of the funny sound effects. I loved hearing the Muppet noise at the beginning as well as the ending music. It is too bad Jaspar had yet to be introduced into the series. Still a good watch, because it had a lot of good humor, especially when Fritz entered the story. It was funny how you had to click on the shiny thing because it was so frigging obvious!

Well, I guess that was the joke. It seems like there could still be some more action scenes put in, because I do kind of expect that. The humor is good, but it is a parody of "Chrono Trigger" after all. It's amazingly how consisently you guys have made this long running series. It was weird to see Lucca on the title screen but not the cartoon itself.

Clovis15 responds:

I'm glad you liked it, and thank you so much for your kind words. I will admit that CTU isn't very battle driven, but there is a nice fight scene in Episode 15 with the Dragon Tank. There will also be a major action event in the upcoming Episode 24 (or possibly 25, it depends on how the writing works out). As for the title screen, that's actually Jenny (an original creation of CTU). Jenny was originally meant to first appear in this episode, but the flashback where Fritz explained how he couldn't possibly tell how young she was eventually got bumped back into the next episode.

[Disgaea: Episode 2]

Master Lamington!

This was another great entry in this series because you once again really let the emotions do the acting. While the characters did not move their mouths, it was great to have dialogue. It gets even better when Rina-chan voices Etna and Flonne. I think these cartoons were the first time I ever heard of the Disgaea series. While I doubt I will ever play it, it's great to be introduced to the cast and story this way. The characters all look so amazingly adorable, especially considering most are demons.

The penguins are easily the funniest part as they have the best voices. I loved how you spelled it "dood". It was great to see some action scenes in the non sprite parts of the movie, even if there was not much action. I am so disappointed it has literally been YEARS since you put out a new episode. If you cancelled it, I am glad it came out while it lasted!