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[the Quest of Ms. Pac-Man]

It's great to see this animation in homage to Ms. Pac-Man especially since it's looking like we won't be seeing anything official from Namco with her in it anymore.

The unexpected friendship between Ms. Pac-Man and Clyde is very cute. I like how you included gameplay elements from different games into the scenarios. And the high contrast color pallette looks very stylish.

And even Kinky is here!

HOwLiNG-MAdFoxHatter responds:

Thankie! : D

Did want to make something that could not just honor Ms. Pac but something that could be a love letter to the whole franchise, especially the entries I played the most~

[An Inusual Bitrhday (Pico day 2024)]

Wow this is awesome!!

KiugaVanHollow responds:

Thank you so much!! :D

[dorket plight adversity]

i didn't know what was going on, but it was funny to me once I read the description. Also the animation is really cool, it's like a moving painting

bimshwel responds:

thank you! I have difficulty simplifying my drawing method for animation unless I leave it in a sketchy state so it tends to all end up looking like this eventually

[Fire Hosed - A Chelsai Chicken Cartoon]

You seem to have mistakenly uploaded this cartoon with the wrong title.

ChuckyChickn responds:

you are absolutely right; it's fixed now! thanks for the catch!

[Marcus the Teenager's Never-Ending Quest for Popularity]

I like the retro art style. The setting seems to look like 80s/90s, but along with the typewriter, VHS tapes, and CRT TVs, there are also smartphones, I guess the anachronism is on purpose?

The character designs are good, with nice diverse silhouettes.

All of the voices suit the characters very well.

I like the humor, and it has good pacing, which is really hard to get right. I like that it is not trying too hard to get a laugh by being "so random and wacky!" But also doesn't take too long to get to the punch line.

The animation is spectacular for an independent production and I'm impressed that it's a full length episode.
Lots of great exaggerated facial expressions and body language.

There were two important things that seem to be overlooked. The primary motivation of the main character is to be popular... Why does Marcus care about being popular in the first place? And secondly, why should we as the audience care about whether he succeeds or fails at that goal?

Hillasir responds:

Yes! It's a real genuine compliment you feel we dodged the "so random and wacky!" train. Thank you!

And we feel exactly the same way with your last two points! To be honest, we were always on the hunt to make those ingredients work. You squint and you see it, but admittedly it isn't quite there. Maybe if we did a second episode we could really dig into those elements, you know?

[Billie and Basil Episode 1 - Plant Problems]

This cartoon is so cute and fun, and very well made! I was surprised to see your name because I remember when you drew my character years ago, I'm super happy to see you here on NG! Would love to see more of your stuff here

lemonteaflower responds:

oh!!! i think i remember! did you commission me by any chance?

[Miao Miao's summer days.]

This is amazing, I love it so much. Definitely gives a nostalgic feeling and the aesthetic is cool. Only thing that could make it better, in my opinion, is if you went a little easy on the transition effects. They are kind of distracting, and obscure the view of the scenes of your models and animations that I wanna see the most of.

brwler responds:

I agree! Its one of the few things watching back i am not happy with, and will keep in mind moving forward (:

[-Sketched- The Forbidden Rice]

Pretty good but could have been funnier with better pacing and less redundant dialog. The natural sounding repetition can be funny to a point, but it's a bit overdone here

sirjeffofshort responds:

That's a really great note. Even when edited, these improv skits can run a little long, so I'll keep that in mind for next time. Thanks!