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[OTTTD - Kill 'em all]

I'm going to say right now that I have no clue what the OTTTD is. I've been around on fandom websites to know about what's popular at the moment. This website itself is a good example. Anyway, this was still a very cool and funny cartoon! I thought it was going to parody various games. I am glad it was just the Angry Birds.

That single game is so easy to make fun of. Something with such simple designs is pretty strange. The animation was all around good too. Oh hey, RicePirate did something other than voice work! JK, you're awesome, dude.

RicePirate responds:

HEY i animate! You've been around long enough to know THAT!

[Pico is strait up trippin]

All I can say is, Happy Pico Day! I am pretty surprised there haven't been more of them on the front page yet. I found this to be mediocre. I guess it deserves credit for being the first one I've seen this year. I hope the holiday isn't declining. I really do like that music.

At least you didn't have that audio with the nuts in this. It was pretty cool to see Pico spin around like that. I imagine that's what you'd feel under actual LSD. Everyone's talking about how great it is anyway. Don't worry, I don't get seizures.

Gibb50 responds:

Happy Pico day to you too :)
Thanks for your review.
I also hate the suck my nuts version too

[DailyToon #492]

This is one of the best DailyToons you guys have ever made! While I am a standard reviewer, I still found this to be better than your other stuff. It was a lot better than the previous one I reviewed, because you were able to go back to the menu. The one with ThreeStar was the best. It's always nice to see some live-action stuff thrown in.

I know it's not encouraged, but it gave us "Numa Numa Dance"! I also liked Starberry's. I was disappointed I could not actually quick anything in it. I wonder if you guys will ever release a daily toon in mp4 format? I kind of doubt it.

TheStarSyndicate responds:

nah

[Happy Valentines Day <3]

Well, what can I really say? I admit it was nice to get a valentine that literally had my name on it. It is quite impressive with how many views this has gotten (received?). The song was pretty good too. It does remind me of older times when I gave away valentines in school. I gave them to everyone I knew.

Most people did the same thing too. I do want more than just a single image. Of course, I also liked that Foamy thing about Hurricane Katrina. That was, of course, more intellectual. A pity I didn't review this when it first came out.

PhantomCat responds:

How do you get down off a dragon?

[The Last of Shivs]

I was pretty weirded out by this. I wasn't sure if it was a comedy at first. I knew it was when the one monster flashed a mushroom face for a second. Oh yeah, he did that. I appreciate how good animation is. I really did like how it was unpredictable. I guess I'd like it if I was more familiar with the story.

I didn't understand why that guy didn't get infected. He got bit on the neck! Maybe that's just not how it works. I thought the girl sounded like Rina-chan. I really am starting to miss her.

DuDuL responds:

Once he got bit i went with the game mechanic "You died... retry?" and you can say that the latter parts are from the previous checkpoint.
Thanks

[Grudge EP.1]

I didn't really care for this. I think it was okay. It was still better than any feature length parody movie in the last seven years. It seemed like you were mentioning the clichés a bit too much. You don't need to do that. Parental abandonment is probably worse in anime than Disney movies.

The animation is pretty alright. The best part was probably when he exploded. Explosions are often cool. I'm not interested in more episodes. It was also a bit too long.

KKING1 responds:

about "Parental abandonment"... in here it was more of a Dead parents... like in Naruto,Bleach,DBZ,Kill la Kill... Come on almost every hero in anime is an orphan or have a dead parent because parents hold the hero back... like Chi-Chi hold Gohan back in DragonballZ! :P

[NWAR #3: String Theory]

I really liked this, because I had no idea where it was all going. It truly was interesting to see how one thing lead to another. I didn't quite understand it all. Then again, it's a comedy, so it probably wasn't meant to make much sense. I really like the animation. The newspaper and gluestick factory thing was pretty cool.

It really is a cartoon that tries to make sense with itself. I liked the constant nut jokes. I was hoping there'd be one at the end. Oh well, this is still very good. The music is cool too.

danmarkowitz responds:

I forgot to put a joke at the end? Aw nuts!

[Bear And Bunny Boo ❤]

I LOVE this cartoon! I think the best part about it is how good the animation is. You just have no clue whatsoever is going to happen next. You don't even have any idea what's going to happen when the crazy stuff starts! I can see why this won Daily Feature. I just loved everything about it.

It was also just the right length. You knew just how to get the joke across as brilliantly as you wanted. The colors are gorgeous in this. It seemed like you were influenced by Gonzossm. I'm talking about the gritty parts, of course. It's just a wonderful cartoon.

Speedo responds:

haha o gee, thanks man. its funny you mention being influenced by gonzo since this cartoon was a step AWAY from that. as in, my styles always been compared to his constantly and it got a little annoying so i want to try some other things to maybe end the comparisons. but o well, thanks for the kind words tho

[Duck Day]

I thought this was fairly decent. From the title, I thought it was going to be from the Duck Division. That's a group on this website, right? I am pretty glad it wasn't. It would have just been one of those spam flashes. I like how quaint it is.

I was thinking that there was going to be some final punchline to this. It never really happened. Two million views isn't much for YT, I read that right, didn't I? I imagine this happens to most Internet animal celebrities. A pity they live shorter lives.

CameronMc responds:

The punchline was supposed to be the general goofiness of the escalation throughout the short, but yeah, it definitely could have been paced better. I did the audio in one afternoon then timed the different shots to that, so that'll probably give you an idea of how careful I was with it.

It was supposed to be less about this animal becoming an internet celebrity, and more about this silly mildly interesting thing that, because of pure luck, became something much greater than itself.

Maybe a little to nuanced for a silly doodle animation :)