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[Merry Christmas Santa]

That was fun. The voice acting was nice, and the animation wasn't exactly fluid but the style was humorous. The story was fun as well, with the guy loving Santa so much. The final line of "Merry Christmas Santa" was touching, though it wasn't very understandable.
Merry Christmas, friend! This was a fun little short.

jazhelmet responds:

Thank you for the review!

[‘Krampus: Home for the Holidays’ - Short Christmas Horror Animation]

An interesting concept, but pretty disappointing.
The idea of the girl travelling home for the holidays is interesting and adds to the atmosphere, but it's never explained what she did exactly. Something could have been hinted at somehow.
the build-up was slow and the jumpscare was very silly. The sound effect was totally cliche and out of place, and Krampus looked more like a homeless Santa. I thought he would come in through the door, because the ice came from there. It was not very logical or intuitive. The lights were a neat idea though, even if slightly cliched. The coal was also a cool way to end it.
About the character's eyes in the dream, they don't really work with all emotions. I think you should have kept her purple eyes until the end, and then switched them out to show fear.
You should keep it up with the interesting ideas, but take more care with your endings. Try being more consistent with the anatomy as well, it looks awkward sometimes.

TraineeArtist responds:

Thanks very much for your feedback, I've learnt a lot about story / horror writing since I started this animation a while ago, and story-wise there was a lot more I wanted to include but wasn't able to due to time constraints (working on this as a spare time project while as a full-time student), but you're right about the improvements I could have made - especially in terms of the jumpscare and some of the designs.
Thanks again for your comment, and I'll look to improve in these areas in future projects.

[Fish]

This was certainly an interesting one. A bit unconnected in some places with the "too many fish in the sea" part, though it was actually kinda nice that way. Some Monty Python humor, I suppose. The fish themselves went really nicely with the music. In fact, the whole thing had some real nice music. That intro, too, was really satisfying with the rapid fish-eatery. That Boredkid bit was really nicely animated and the last one had a really cool style, but dragged on too long. The biological weapon one by littlbox should have toned the music down so the robot voice could be better understandable. That post-credits bit was really fun, but the robot voices detracted from it at times. The music could have been quieter at times to make it more understandable and the jerking movements of the girlbot were awkward-looking at times. There seemed to also be a discrepancy, because on one hand she loved them, and she put them in zoos, but then said they all needed to be destroyed. She could have destroyed them from the beginning easily, didn't have to put 'em in zoos. The monkey thing confused me because I didn't get what happened to it. Now I see they were two robot clips one after the other. The music in the new world clip was super fun though.
Keep it up guys, I thought this was season 2, whoops!

GoodL responds:

Season 2 coming early 2019! Whole new system, we'll be doing one episode every month and we'll be introducing shorts, so we should hopefully be putting out more content with more regularity! We'll have one last episode in Season 1 coming out on the 29th.
Thanks so much for your review, it always means a lot to us. My interpretation of the post-credits clip is that the human civilization is "destroyed" and is replaced with the human zoos. The monkey bit was meant as a sort of transition from fish to robots, as the monkey builds a fish-bot. :)
Thank you for all the stars and for taking the time to watch and review!

[DED NOTE (Death Note Parody)]

That was interesting. Some funny bits, but very random. The kind of parody that doesn't really parody the source material, more just takes it and messes around. All the freak-outs were pretty nice, and I couldn't help but find the potato chip one with the news guy funny, because it was referencing Light's recurring dramatic reactions and his killing of news people. Some of the random jokes were pretty nice too, like Ryuk being Light's god, and the threesome thing I guess, L's weirdness and Light's childishness. The ending just kinda got me you know. A problem was that a lot of it was hard to understand, like the girl's weird scream line and I still don't get what "same" amount of people Ryuk could kill.
Keep it up, but maybe try to parody actual flaws in the source material more and try to make the lines more understandable.

SilentChimaru responds:

Thank's for the feedback!

[Toasty]

I really like how the toaster stayed cold-blooded throughout the whole thing. The idea was pretty creative, and I really liked the ending. Animation was real good too. Short and sweet, keep it up!

iAmSUM responds:

Thanks

[Shrek Sky]

Damn, man! That was touching. The music went perfectly with it and I loved all the different styles and ideas you guys had. They were all really cool. I liked the derpy faces of the 3D bit and the fact that it showed Shrek being shunned by the world. Then the pixel stuff was nice too, Shrek was so lost. Then the part with befriending donkey-a perfect emotional and memey climax, with them hugging each other. And let's not forget that finger.
Overall some emotional stuff and memey goodness, all in one cool-looking package.
Keep IMDBing, y'all!

Kolumbo responds:

Thanks for the review!
We Hollywood now

[The Meckel Siblings Episode 3 "The Intelligent and handsome detective meckel" | Kotoon]

I liked the style but the voices were really hard to understand and the random humor was really easy to predict. Maybe it would have been funnier if I could actually understand what they were saying. Try working on the voices and adding to the humor beyond a predictable repetition joke.

Koray98 responds:

I know what you mean, but these two guys realy exist, and they talk like that :O Its more like a parody of them. You have to listen to them realy carefuly, and you dont want to talk with them longer than you have to:D Haha

[A Cracking Calamity]

That was a very interesting style! Fun and festive too. I liked how Santa was kinda toying with his reindeer. Then again he was giving them a peaceful way to solve their feud. The sounds were pretty nice, and I really liked that ending. I'm not sure how to describe the atmosphere in this. I suppose fun but original. Maybe some parts of the Tug O' War could have been a bit more animated.
Overall a fun little festive short with an interesting style. Keep it up!

Shufflehound responds:

Thanks! I had about a fortnight to rush it; I would've definitely added more drawings otherwise.
The primary inspiration for the atmosphere would be Bob Godfrey's cartoons like Roobarb from the 70's. Very lo-fi but fun!

[Pokémon: Fight or Flight]

Some nice animation and I like the facial expressions of the main character. The story was just bizarrely random. I liked her phobia and the ridiculous backstory, though. I feel like the ending could have been a bit better with some signs of the other pokemon trainer experiencing a similar flashback. Didn't get the reference for the phone call, but I'm guessing it makes sense. The dad's voice was perfect as well.
Overall a fun little short with a nice concept. Not hilarious, but fuh.

AncoPro responds:

Yeaa I suppose that's the risk of making too many in-jokes. Thanks!

[Happy Birthday! (Chutney Glaze)]

I loved the rougher style in this. Are you gonna be going back to it from now on? Anyways, the actual episode was brilliant! I love this type of humor, with the bizarre setup constantly escalating. It was also very logical, it seemed like something Chutney would do. I love how Red Skeleton just kept shoving victims under the carpet. The way the dad was slowly slid under rhere was great. I really love the deyails you put in as well, like the dog being better at the end there. I really liked Chut's innocent clapping and, of course, the cakeface is a meme on the Discord now (thank you so much). I love how you put Trish's parents in, and Trish was just really cute in this. I wonder whom she's texting. Love how we're getting to know the characters, especially Trish. What's next, Red Skeleton'e backstory?
Overall a great episode, certainly very funny, and i like what you did with the style.

ChutneyGlaze responds:

Its a meme? Cool I gotta check it out and thank you for your amazing attention to detail!