Sonic for Hire - Scribblenauts
VERDICT: This is a very average episode of Dorkly's Sonic for Hire series. Sonic is a total misogynistic asshole, his hell-spawn baby Sinequa is still as fucked up as always, and the parody of Scribblenauts is hilarious. Definitely when you get the chance check out the rest of Sonic for Hire this is one of the best series under Lowbrow Studios belt. 7/10
Megaman Dies at the End - Casa Del Wily
By Lowbrow Studios/Dorkly
VERDICT: Megaman Dies at the End is a series you need to see from the beginning because it is an over arching story. Like all the other Dorkly animations the series's sprite animation is fantastic, the humour once again based around a crass jackass is hilarious, and the story is very interesting sprinkled with the type of "Game of the Week" story writing that was shown in Sonic for Hire. Megaman Dies at the End is a great series for any sprite animation junkie. 8/10
MAY 21
Regular Guiseppe, The Third Mario Brother
By Lowbrow Studios/Dorkly
VERDICT: The character and setting design of Regular Guiseppe is very detailed and distinct. The Dorkly Mario character is a loveable jerk as per usual which I love. Even the opening credit music for Regular Guiseppe is great. Another great Dorkly animation, not the funniest but still a great video. 7/10
By
Jaxamoto
VERDICT: I haven’t watched many of Jaxamoto animation but
I know out of the duo that makes these great-animated shorts DIABLUH was done
by Jaxxy. She wrote, animated and voiced the entire piece and all I have to say
it’s SO CUTE. Jaxxy has extraordinary animation skills created a very cute
rubbery flow to the design and animation in the short. Now there’s only one
issue, the fact that this is a “topical” animated short much like Psychicpebbles
“Arrow to the Knee” video or his Kony 2012 video. When something
HUGE happens in the world like the Kony 2012 Scandal everyone and there dog makes
a video either a parody, vlog, or in this case an animation. Now I keep up a
fair bit with gaming news so I know about all the criticism surrounding the
launch of Diablo III but so does everyone with access to the Internet. Unfortunately
Jaxxy is releasing her high quality animated short into an ocean of hundreds of
other Diablo III reaction videos. If you like this short then please comment
and subscribe to Jaxamoto. 7/10
VERDICT: Okay. Sexual Lobster is one of my favourite animators on the
Internet period. In fact he is in the top three with Lowbrow Studios and
Egoraptor. So, I was overjoyed to see Pokemon Pig farm in my subscription but
my enthusiasm was watered down somewhat when I actually watched it. I’m not saying
that it was bad but a step down in quality from his previous videos, which is
understandable given the backstory. That being this vid was for a Pokémon
collaboration and he had never seen Pokémon (the TV series) before. Regardless
of that the Sexual Lobster spirit is in this especially when Pikachu goes to
the pig farm but the lack of connection with the series watered down the
creative edge of the piece and comes off as random. Now Sexual Lobster has been
VERY random, just check out his Pleasure Island series, but there was more the
feeling that the randomness of the imagery still created a coherent story.
Pokémon Pig Farm doesn’t really have that because it’s based on something we
all know so it loses that. Overall it’s a good short just not as polished as
his other videos. 6/10
VERDICT: Another great Lowbrow series. This series centring on an alcoholic and all around asshole drug induced spas Karl and his hilarious hijinks.Every episode he will teach an important life lesson of the day that he had to learn the hard way. In this episode Karl teaches us the horrors of being in the movie business and it's still got the crass charm that it always has. The animation is all just still pictures except for the beginning and ending bits which uses the typical Lowbrow style of human animation but all the still pictures are beautifully drawn to show all the disgusting things that Karl does throughout these adventures. My favourite type of humour is always the jerk humour like the jokes from Daffy Duck and characters like that and in turn Karl is definitely one of the top Jerk characters. Pathetic but so filled with pride it's hilarious to see all his missteps including in this episode where he was a prostitute who eats cat food. Hilarious. 8/10
MAY 23
BLONIC 2
By UKINOJOE
VERDICT: The sequel to Ukinojoe's Blonic cartoon parodying Sonic the Hedgehog fanfics is meh... for me. The animation is the typical Ukinojoe variety, using a very bright palette of colours and very expressive facial expressions. His brand of humour is usually in the WTF?! and this is WTF!? If you liked the first Blonic you'll definitely like this because it's more of the same weirdness. 6/10
Pac-Man's Pac-Wedding
By Lowbrow Studios/Dorkly
VERDICT: It's another in the Pac-man series that Dorkly is famous for. Most of them deal with the relationship between Pac-man and Ms. Pac-man and this one is just as good as the others. It's not really as funny a the others but it is still very amusing. The Pac-man sprite animation is fantastic. Overall this episode in the Pac-man series of Dorkly videos is just okay. 6/10
Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures: Signs and Shotgun Shells
By Jordan Cwierez
VERDICT: Now this is a little different from the usual brand of Kickass because comparing this to all the other animation styles that I've chosen this week and this would lose hands down. But in this case Jordan Cwierez after being hired onto the team of Roosterteeth has created basically awesome teasers to the Rooster teeth podcast. Now this wouldn't work without some hilarious stories to animated and the Rooster teeth crew doesn't disappoint. In the grand scheme of the stories I've heard while watching this series these stories are just tame. The stories get REAL crazy. It's plain hilarious and this video is more of the same. So, check out this series the animation doesn't look as nice but fits the crazy nature of the story tellers perfectly. 7/10
YourFavoriteMartian - Somebody That I Use to Know
By Cosmic Toast Studios
VERDICT: Another song in the YourFavoriteMartain library and the cover is very well put together and sounds good with the duet of McSwagger and Ray William Johnson taking lead. But I'm not sure what I think of the animation. On one hand the animation in this music video especially when showing the band is very minimal the lead singer (who has been named in the animated series staring the band Puff) just bobs his head up and down which looks stupid after a while. The other band members get more of a pass because their instruments hold them down into doing the same motions. Puff has no excuse to just be bobbing. On the other hand though the minimal movement fits the song and I love how in the middle of the song the background pattern appears on the bands bodies (which explains why they are all in their undies). I say overall this is an average animated music video for Cosmic Toast Studios, not bad in any sense but not pushing any sort of creative boundaries like they did WAY back when they started animating the YFM music videos. 7/10
Pubertina - Boy Crazy
By SHUT UP! Cartoons
VERDICT: Now if you remember last week I did a spotlight on SHUT UP! Cartoons and I said that Pubertina was the weakest of the bunch but it ISN'T bad in the slightest it just has a very specific audience. Now this week I watched the next episode to see if Pubertina could get a little more energy in her performance and she did. This is hands down the best animated, acted and written episode of Pubertina thus far because it plays the puberty factor to not only girls but boys as well which helps the male audience connect with the situation. Also, the final minutes of the episode are very funny. I place this at a 6/10 because still it isn't really my taste but it's still got a lot of potential to be a very funny series even after SHUT UP! Cartoons. 6/10
MAY 24
Krogzilla Trailer
By Mondo Media
First Impressions: The animation is very neat an colourful. The character of Krogzilla looks like he'll be very fun and the plot device of Krog getting a job feels like it has plenty of opportunities for humour. So, I say this series will be very good.
Transformers Play Battleship
By How It Should Have Ended
VERDICT: Unfortunately I missed last week's How it Should Have Ended of Skyrim so I didn't have that on the list for last week's Kickass Animation. If I had put it on it's definitely an 8/10 on the meter. Check that one out but now onto this Battleship parody. As every reviewer has stated Battleship is basically a Michael Bay film without Michael Bay so properly HISHE has the Transforners discussing it while playing Battleship. The animator, Daniel Baxter's, style of tweening animation looks very beautiful and very detailed. Obviously not too much movement or the animation would look awful but the detail in the character models makes up for the lack of movement. The back and forth between Optimus and Megatron is very smart as well as funny and overall it's a great little short video. 7/10
Billy and The Bitch - Missing Laptop
By Mondo Media
VERDICT: A stop motion series that I just came across and it's brilliant. The chemistry of the characters (both named billy) is freaking gold, just picture the kind of "Who's on First?" variety of conflict between the two. And the animation is just breathtaking. All the animation is done with paper being held uptight in front of a green background. If you see the behinds the scene video you can see the staggering amount of work that goes into these episodes. Another great series under the Mondo Media label. 9/10
By Meeperfish
VERDICT: Meeperfish with the help of Arin Hanson a.k.a Egoraptor has created a great series recounting the awful moments in the work force. This being the second episode of the brand new season called Adventures in Food Service I say this is a great episode. The story is fantastic and all the more heartbreaking because this actually happened to someone and the animation is cute as usual. Do I even have to mention the voice acting with Arin Hanson doing the voices even if the script was garbage I still think Egoraptor would make it hilarious. My only gripe is that, despite in the first season there was A LOT more animation, season two's episodes have been considerably shorter which makes sense in one respect none of these stories that are being told take long to tell. I just was hoping for a little more which I guess is a good thing for them me wishing for more content. I just say maybe a few more seconds of story wouldn't hurt. 7/10
MAY 25
Red vs. Blue Season 10 Teaser
By RoosterTeeth
First Impressions: This season will be 10 times better then the last. Incredible animation. Red Vs. Blue Season 10 launches May 28. Don't miss it.
Simon's Cat in Tongue Tied
By Simon Toifeld
VERDICT: The Simon's cat series is just so god dang cute it's unbearable. Simon acts like a true mischievous cat. I love cats like Garfield but Simon's cat is the cat I think of when I think of a cat. The animation and backgrounds is smooth and beautiful. The characterization without using words is magnificent and hilarious. Definitely check out Simon's Cat if you're a cat lover. 9/10
Zombies Vs. Ninjas - P.R.-OBLEM
By SHUT UP! Cartoons
VERDICT: As usual Zombies vs. Ninjas delivers on full blown insane hilarity. A definite must watch. 8/10
Skill Me Now - How to Kiss
By Lowbrow Studios/Mondo Media
VERDICTS: Another series pilot for Lowbrow and it's great. The character design and animation is the typical Lowbrow, tries to avoid a lot of arm movement and the designs are very simple but distinct. Skill Me Now will be taking the Do's and Don'ts route of comedy, teaching people things in the worst possible manner and in this episode it's kissing. I won't spoil the outcomes but let's just say don't be doing any eskimo kisses anytime soon. 8/10
MAY 26
Justin Bieber eats a piece of Delicious Cake
By RedMinus
VERDICT: A definite must watch for any Justin Bieber hater or you just want to see the image of Justin Bieber knocked down a peg. RedMinus as usual has very beautiful human animation showing off very distinct human characteristics that is quite extraordinary. This maybe a short vid but it shows the immense quality and passion that RedMinus loves to give. If you love this definitely check out Wilhiem Park, and Nyan Caxx and Goldeen Loves Guitar. 8/10
By Knoxs Korner
VERDICT: HAZAAH! A New episode of my favourite animated series on the internet and it is awesome. The show has become very clean and streamlined over the years. Compared to some of the creator's, Robert Benfer, older videos it's like night and day. So, check out Friend Ball if you want high quality stop motion animation and really REALLY stupid funny humour. 8/10
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