Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[We live in the sea]

I was very impressed by this. It's the first cartoon you've made all year that didn't involve bodily fluids of some kind. Well, there was this squid that bursted out ink at the end. Anyway, it's just nice to have a really pleasant cartoon like this. All of the animals look like they're having so much fun. I thought the submarine might come and kill everything, but I was gladly wrong!

I don't think I have seen the original "Nature" song. I didn't need to in order to truly enjoy this. I live near the beach, so this appeals to me. It's nice to have such an upbeat cartoon. I hope to see more positive cartoons like this from you.

koit responds:

:) Oh yes - thing is, I have to pander to my audience for the most part. But occasionally I like to reset the filth-ometer.

Ah go and see the Nature Song, it's equally as cute I think.

[Dan The Man Stage 7]

Dude, you're on a freaking roll with Daily Features! Of course, it's been done with people like chulaid. I really like the animation in this. My only complaint is that the main battle begins after it's over. My gosh, what kind of submission will beat 4.66?! You're probably going to set some new record.

It's interesting to see the story advance. I have not seen all the entries, but it's easy to see where this is going. Some of the stuff is just weird, like the daydreams. I admit that it's quite unpredictable and you're obviously eager to see what happens next. The little sounds are funny too.

StudioJOHO responds:

thanks for the feedback. yeah ive been pretty blown away by the responses and the daily features. You'll probably need to watch the earlier eps to see what the speech bubbles are about...that would take some explaining... as for the main battle, stage 8 (the ep and game) will cover all that, its gonna be large

[Walk/Run Cycle Movie]

I'm surprised you made something like this. It's just that you usually make more detailed submissions. I guess it's just strange to see someone like you work on a test. To be fair, it was kind of a flash in itself, so you at least tried to have a story. I mean, the animation is in fact really good. It just doesn't seem appropriate for the website.

It's always nice to see people experimenting with new things. It seemed like this could have been part of a compilation of something. Maybe use it for a demo reel. Things like this aren't very good on their own. It seems strange something called a "cycle" would have a definite end.

Alpha-Nuva responds:

Every character returned to their initial position while walking. That is one completed "cycle."

[Underwater 3D Model]

I am generally not one for tests, but this was really good. I guess it's because we just see so little CGI on this website. Won't be long until we're going to have to have 3D glasses for everything. Hopefully, that's still off. I just like the whole underwater theme. It's great to see these interesting designs.

I would love to see this become a full story. I live near the beach, so it appeals to me. It's impressive to see how the crab moves. Or is that a lobster? There's not much else to say about something so short, but it certainly gives off a good impression.

Alpha-Nuva responds:

prawn, shrimp, lobster, water horse. it's all good.

[Asslevania]

You don't have to be a fan of "Castlevania" to like this. I was really intrigued as to where it was going to go. I guess the image of a giant farting ass is just funny to me. Aren't vampires supposed to be killed by garlic? It makes sense someone as talented as TheShadling made the backgrounds. The voicework was great too.

The end made me realize just how many flashes RicePirate has worked on. There's so many unique people you have worked with too! The animation was just freaking brilliant in this. It was cool to find out how Alucard made such stinky farts. Those are funny.

RicePirate responds:

If you don't know the game, it's can feel a bit one-notey. If you do know the game, you still may not like the farts. But the speech Dracula starts (which I rewrote, after the first line) is a pretty famous in-game speech "what is a man", Alucard's backdash, Alucard's poison gas form (which he transforms into in the game, and does damage to enemies) ... and he's half-vampire, so he's immune to all the things vampires fear.

[Dan The Man Stage 5]

It's interesting to see how far this goes into the series. I am starting to understand the characters much better. It's still fairly ambigious, but it's nice to look at. I like the notion of a dragon being sympathetic. I just love how stupid the main character is and how he pours all these body fluids out in the end. It's just a funny image in sprite.

I'm glad there are cartoons like this that still use sprite. I guess I'm just old fashioned. I think my favorite part would be when that one guy is stabbed by the shadowy figure. Too bad he's a bad guy. I think it's cool how there's this medieval atmosphere, but there's still machine guns.

StudioJOHO responds:

cheers mate, the guy who gets stabbed is actually a girl btw