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[The Universe Ep 1]

Alright, first of all, gotta say, it's an overall decent animation, so thumbs up for you.
I liked the animation overall and I feel there can be some real potential in the characters, so I can't wait for the second episode.
Now if I had to go to the bad stuff I didn't like about it, the problem I had was probably with the timing and a bit of the voice acting in it. The timing in which you give the jokes and their punchlines doesn't give me enough time to actually understand the joke. And when I do, the little time you gave me to laugh wasn't enough. This also has a lot to do with the voice acting. I applaud you for the voice acting, and all the effort you put into it, but during some bits of it I couldn't really understand one or two words, so the joke was lost to me. Had to watch it a second and third time to get everything, so I'd suggest speaking just a tad more clearly. And give a bit more time between the joke and the punchline, so I can at least acknowledge it.
Other than that, I think you have a lot of real potential. This world reminds me a bit of a futuristic version of the Oddworld games, or well at least the world does. So yeah, will be waiting on the next episode ^_^

CapaciousSpace responds:

Thanks heaps! I'll definitely work on all of those and will make sure the second episode is the best it can possibly be (no shortcuts). Everything will be improved.
But the worst is out of the way a least haha :)

[Balgar - The fat criminal]

I'm not such a fan of the art style but the writing was pretty clever. Lip syncing only bothered me in the beginning, but you still have to work on that. Really liked the accents and the voices you gave the characters, it really fleshed them out and the humor was pretty classic.
Didn't enjoy the ending though, it really took me out of it. Breaking the 4th wall out of the blue like that kinda ruined it for me.
Keep working on. I feel like you can only get better.

NedelchoBogdanov responds:

Thanks for the support! The problem with Lip sinc is with A-sinchron becouse it's make to speak bulgarish and now is translated in english. Best

[Sonic Ex Pals]

Freaking bloody awesome parody. It so freaking true XD
Also quick note, don't have long credits in the middle of the animation cause it gave me the sensation that the rest of the video was just credits. A less patient person would have just not checked for the second part. Still, great animation ^_^

kalabor106 responds:

Yeah, the credits were a bit long. Was thinking of having them barely start then it gets interrupted with the second part then finish off after words. Thanks for the suggestion on the credits.

[Penguins!!]

Well, it was honestly kinda boring.

VSAworld responds:

You don't have time to get bored! ;)

[Age]

You know what. I like it.
Kinda bothered me how you could see lines from one thing through another, like for example there was a lamp, and you could see the lines from the wall go through it.
Another one is when he was walking, I could see the little lines for the grass through his teeth.

Another issue would be the beginning, those 10 seconds of pure silence as the camera got closer to the building was really unnecessary, and I truly thought I had to do something, like press a button, and that shouldn't be something I should be led to believe.
So yeah, I liked it. Maybe if it was longer and had a stronger message?

frass70 responds:

yeah i went full on lazy with this one because i had to make it two minutes in eight days so i made the establishing shot extra long to kill time and didnt really fix the lines here and there lol

[Kirby:Shroob Invasion Ep1]

That was pretty damn good. Thought it was going to be worst.
Animation wise, it was magnificent. Sounds were top notch too. Only things I had a problem with is the dialogue and mainly the backstory. It had WAAAAY too much unneeded information. It needs to be brief and more to the point. Heck, in actuality, there really shouldn't BE a backstory, Everything should be included in the characters dialogue.
So for example instead of saying that the shroom people were stopped by 2 brothers, mario and luigi in the backstory, it would be better if you only briefly mentioned them, as a reference. "Damn you, you're just as annoying as those 2 stupid plumbers!!"
So yeah, double check your spacing with the comma. That kinda bothered me.

Minkto responds:

Really thrilled you liked it so much :) and your criticism is very good.I shall definitely be more to the point with the characters dialogue and add some humor here and there.I think anyone seeing this episode will be clear enough as to what is happening.Also I will make sure the grammar is better in the next episode.
Again really appreciate it! :)

[Pokemations (]

I believe this was brilliant.
Things that you need to work on is animation and face expressions.
Voice acting is okay. I also believe you gotta work on timing, cause this could have been way funnier than it was.

ThePropellerMunki responds:

Thanks for the advice. I should problably get voice actors for my animations next time and I am trying to make my characters more alive and believable.

[Hell of a Job]

This was spectacular. Maybe a bit too short but I love the little details you added into it.

Chelo-kun responds:

Thanks! I'll make the next one run longer.