I didn't expect it to be so massive at all. Gooseworx's (amazing) earlier stuff doesn't have that big a following, and I'd never heard of Glitch before that collab
Fun fact: Some madlad asked Gooseworks what Pomnis age was and she responded by saying shes 25, getting ahead of the inevitable 34reasons why Glitchs response was simply 'What have you done' also she made a cameo in the ep as the voice of the moon
@@jojobodwhy? It would just cause more flame wars if they didn't because a insanely shocking amount of people can't seem to tell character ages or get hung up on really stupid details. Ex any and every character that looks younger, sounds younger or is even just short or baby faced. So yeah I am very glad that kind of thing is said clearly somewhere, it's always such a headache even just passing by those stupid arguments even without getting involved.
@@archsuccubuseclipselol yeah idk why people are so caught up over cartoon and video game characters, if violence in video games doesn't cause mass shootings, what makes them think certain people drooling over art is going to be significantly worse? Its better to deflect with "yeah their 25" . But that 25 to me actually plays into one of my theories about the whole thing. Because in the whackywatch trailer Pomni, jaxs, jack black, and Ragitha were presented as if they were pre-existing characters within the game that buyers were somehow supposed to recognize.
Fun facts about the characters Kinger is canonically 48. Either he's a middle aged man who just happens to be their the longest, or he's been trapped there for like 20 years. In that case I think he's rather sane. Zooble goes by any pronouns because they literally can't remember their own gender. Also I gotta say they have the worst avatar if it's so easy to come apart. Pomni can translate to "remember" in slavic languages like Russian, Bulgarian, and Ukrainian. How fitting. Jax is actually younger than Pomni at 22, despite calling her "kid". Because he's rude
Also Kinger didn’t come in alone, as there was also Queener whose door we can see crossed off. Given he lost his other-half, yeah, Zooble had a point for thinking he’d be next.
@@hiddendesire3076 Possibly he and the Queen were entering to deal with bugs for the program (hence his odd focus on "insect collection") but something went wrong (intentionally or not) that lead to them being completely stuck in there. Hell, if Kinger is actually the one who has been there the longest (out of everyone present and gone) it is possible that during the "bug testing"/bug cleanup they accidentally procked a bug that lead to this entire fiasco.
The reason Caine can’t fix the Abstracted people is people become Abstracted when their mind reaches their breaking point. Caine has no control over the character’s minds thus cannot fix them but he can fix the Body of Pomni and Ragatha because he has control over those. Even if he fixed the Abstracted person’s body they would just become deformed again because their mind is what’s broken. That’s why Caine makes all these games and adventures to help maintain the character mental health because that’s all he can do, however, Caine is an AI and doesn’t actually understand the human mind and its complexities. So he is very weird and maybe does more harm than good despite good intentions
And he places around exit doors, he doesn't understand that the humans seriously wanna get out the game but he can't make one because he doesn't know what's on the other side.
@@Shadowsreverie all he can make is what he sees on the other side of the screen. Which is what I think he meant by spoiled. I think at the edge of the void is the screen and it’s like a window. That why the computer room was so accurate
25:52 I think it’s less about what Pomni _saw,_ and more about what she _realized._ Caine is confirmed by the creators to be an AI - not malicious, but also not well-versed on human conventions. If we’re to take him at his word, those exit doors don’t lead to an escape from the digital world… just the part he made a stable environment. And that’s after, I’m guessing, a replica of the office where human-Pomni entered the circus in the first place. In short, her hope of escaping is dashed, and Caine is as much her protector as he is her captor.
I wouldn't say Caine is her captor, since he himself doesn't seem to know how one can leave. He made an exit door because people were requesting one, but he has no concept of what an exit door is, so he doesn't know what the put on the other side. The same way he calls the Zoinks humanoids when they clearly are not and assumes drowning in a lake is something humans do as a past-time. He has no concept of these things because he is an AI.
Something to note about Caine, he’s an AI made to help the people that get trapped in the digital world. Unfortunately he doesn’t fully understand humans or their emotions
That was my impression, based on the legal jargon he seemingly HAS to say, that he can't control their minds(no AI should ever be given that power!) And that it seemed like he really wanted to give them an Exit, but has no concept of it being able to do what they want, as he can only think within the scope of the virtual reality of the Digital Circus.
which explains why he couldn't finish the exit - he doesn't fully understand what they want it for or where they actually want it to go, cos all he can understand is that they want an exit, but he doesn't get that they want to leave the digital realm entirely
Animated projects on UA-cam are going through a bit of a Golden Age. Fun fact: The company logo that's visible when Pomni is looking for the exit is C&A , people speculate that it means Caine and Abel which, if true, opens up even more questions.
21:12 ~ The reason Kinger asked if Zooble experienced a game show after being eaten is because Gooseworx who basically created this alongside Glitch has several other animations that have had a running theme of characters being eaten and subsequently playing some variety of game show event inside.
people have most definitely commented on this, but jax having keys to everyone's room and saying "you've all been fine" is just meaning that he's been checking on everyone to make sure they are okay. Since there have obviously been those who lost it, so it's honestly sweet that since he has keys he checks on everyone. While still pranking them as well, he does care and worry for them
Notice how Caine changed the subject about the exit by asking for Pomni’s name, knowing she wouldn’t remember it and causing her distress to take her mind off the thought of an exit.
Ashley Nichols AKA Zooble, has been Michael Kovach's girlfriend for 4 or so years. Nichols actually worked on some of the animation and clean up for the Hazbin Hotel pilot. The pair have several streams on her youtube channel. Some feature cast members of the HH pilot and Helluva Boss, some have Elsie Lovelock, Gooseworx or even Vivzie herself appear, a couple feature the cast of Lackadaisy or the English dub actors from the Beastars anime and there are even a couple that featured the late great Christopher Ayres AKA Lord Frieza.
Out of the voice cast, Ashley Nichols was one of the artists working on Hazbin Hotel's pilot. Elsie Lovelock is the voice of Charlie from the same pilot.
The reason Caine locked Kofmo away was because he said earlier he didn't have control over their minds so when they hit their breaking point and abstract its too late to save them.
Some insight, when Kingler asks Zooble if she saw some gameshow inside the Gloink queen, it's a reference about one of Gooseworx earlier animations, Little Runmo: Halfway through the animation, a character swallows Runmo and he end up in a game show INSIDE it.
Pomni is voiced by Lizzie Freeman, aka Meggy's first voice actor. Also I know what you're both thinking. Everyone is over 20 but Gooseworks has confirmed that nobody has any junk so there's no point.
This kind of reminds me of those old click and point games that were aimed for preschoolers I had on my old pc growing up, as it feels like it with the intro song and the transition from the one style of animation to another one, which I feel was kind of the point that the creators wanted to do, as well as have the story seem to be based on the story "I have no mouth and I must Scream". If you don't know that book, just read the wikipedia page or not for maybe spoilers reasons. The way that Cane presents the map area to Ponmi, all that's left to say was click on the location to find out what activities you can do. This reminds me of games like Putt-Putt series or the old Arthur games I used to play.
If you watch the doors in the hall you can see a Bunch of previous members that are no longer here, they dont quite match the abstracted bodies in the pit… but they do get close. And the puke Pomni threw up seems quite similar to the goop the abstracted are standing in in the pit.
One of the voice actor people who you didn't know: Ashley Nichols is an animator and cleanup artist that's worked on Hazbin Hotel, Lackadaisy, and has her own show coming soon called Far-Fetched. She's also Michael Kovach's partner!
Lizzie Freeman is actually Meggy’s original VA before Elsie inherited the role. Alex Rochon is famous for his Deltarune Spamton dubs, which were actually inspiration for Caine’s character in the first place.
Ashley Nichols is a cleanup animator for Hazbin Hotel, has a show of her own shes been working on, and is also Kovach's girlfriend. Elsie Lovelock is Charlie's singing voice on Hazbin, and Gooseworx did some sound for Hazbin
The show was blowing up the internet when it was teased to releasing some interesting new content for artist for try out with fan arts or making Original Characters based on this show. I just hope it get green light for a series to happen 😄 Also fun fact about Zooble’s VA Ashley Nichols, she is a partner to Michael Kovach and this show is the first time she done some voicing over. Also she is one of the clean up artists for Hazbin Hotel Pilot, Lackadaisy Clean up artist and a producer for “FarFetch” so she have some experience in art and now doing voicing. Also it seems odd timing to mention that Helluva Boss has release their Halfway mark episode today featuring a couple set of new characters that might be a amazing to see you both react to 😁 also keep in mind to turn on Subtitles as there are some hidden captions that are worth checking out.
The current big fan theory I've heard is that C&A stands for Caine and Abel. Connection ideas are still being tossed around, though it makes sense to me. That ending was so Last Supper I'd buy any biblical connections at this point. Also, apparently the name Pomni is Russian for "remember." In a world where none of them know who they were, that seems important
Easy glitch is acting as a publisher for independent animators and shows basically footing some of the expenses and using connections to say find additional animators or voice actors ect ect to then bring out and then give them a platform to be shown and then they probably take a decent chunk of the profit ect
I'm with Kirby on getting certain game vibes from this, particularly late 90's/early 2000's pc games and some janky Playstation 1 era games. In fact, this brought back a memory of a nightmare I had as a child where I was in an educational pc game with math and talking frogs, so that added a bit to the creepy factor for me.
It really is beautiful to keep seeing more and more and more unbelievable independent animation, from Glitch or otherwise. My mental health necessitated my own animated series be put on a hiatus as I figure myself out, and it hurts to not be able to join the front lines of this veritable revolution yet, but Digital Circus reminds me it’s all about the smiles it brings, you know? Anyone can bring those smiles, and I’ll cheer them all on.
So series creator, Gooseworx stated that despite Caine's penchant for taking humans captive and tormenting them through hilariously deadly circus games and tricks, he isn't actually outright evil, just obliviously mischievous.
Some trivia about Caine's voice actor. He actually didn't start as a voice actor but as a UA-camr known as The Autarch Of Flame and peanut3423. He worked with some big names on UA-cam like Joshscorcher aka The Fiery Joker and more.
I'm a big fan of the show's lead Animator Kevin Temmer. He used to be an animator at Blue Sky before it shut down. He actually has a UA-cam channel here in UA-cam where he has some behind the scenes stuff about the show and his own personal projects
It was a hell of a surprise to see Alex Rochon in the credits for this. I remember way back seeing him collabing on countdowns and his final video was quite touching. Great to see him doing good
6 Characters in Search of an Exit - Pomni is voiced by Lizzie Freeman who also voices Hinata (Tokyo Revengers), Chisato (Lycoris Recoil), Chizuru (Rent-A-Girlfriend), Trish (JoJo), Rin, Charlotte, & Sumella (Isekai Cheat Magician), Sempai (Magical Sempai), Kizuna (Shield Hero), Chitose (Tonikawa), Lisia & Sabrina (Pokemon), Patamon (Digimon -2020), Falfa (I’ve Been Killing Slime for 300 Years …), Labilia & Mithra (Edens Zero), Kaya (My Happy Marriage), & many more - Caine is voiced by Alex Rochon who also voices Foxy (Fazbear & Friends) - Jax is voiced by Michael Kovach who also voices Angel Dust (Hazbin Hotel pilot), N (Murder Drones), Rocky (Lackadaisy), Letty (Dragon Goes House Hunting), Bunny (Akudama Drive), & a few more - Ragatha is voiced by Amanda Hufford who also voices Haniyyah (Genshin Impact), Spectral Shifter (SMITE), Engineer #1 (Rumble Garandoll), & a few more - Gangle is voiced by Marissa Lenti who also voices Yuna (Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear), Arue (KonoSuba), Sadie (One Piece), Libra (Fairy Tail), Celestia & Cadance (My Little Pony video game), Malva & Mayshure (Pokemon), Chiaki (Gamers), Ariadoa (Cautious Hero), Celestine (How Not to Summon a Demon Lord), & many more - Kinger is voiced by Sean Chiplock who also voices Thad, Ronathon & Sam (Murder Drones), Subaru (Re:Zero), Shiki (Edens Zero), Metal Lee (Boruto), Guido & Sorbet (JoJo), Daewi (The God of High School), Shin (Dorohedro), Keiji (Mob Psycho 100), Siebold & Nanu (Pokemon Masters), Kyo (Shield Hero), Draken (Tokyo Revengers), Choromatsu (Mr. Osomatsu), Bukkororii (KonoSuba), Shun (Oddtaxi), & many more - Zooble is voiced by Ashley Nichols - Bubble & the Moon are voiced by Gooseworx aka the creator of the series herself - Gloink Queen is voiced by Elsie Lovelock who also voices Uzi (Murder Drones), Charlie’s singing voice (Hazben Hotel), Mary (Moriarty the Patriot), & a few more
Running theory I have personally, Caine is an ai for the game, all of the people that are ending up in the game are workers for C&A, and of course Caine isnt made to deal with people for that long, so he doesnt really know what to do about them
It’s actually quite the phenomenon that it got this much attention so quickly. They have a good thing going here definitely, the hard part now would be retaining the viewership it built up. I feel like that won’t be too much of a problem though as the whimsical yet existential nature of the setting looks like it’ll retain its following for a good while in my opinion if it leans into it.
I don't know how to write a comment that doesn't just devolve into me endlessly gushing about this pilot. My thoughts are the same as mostly everyone else; I love it & am excited about what the rest of series has instore.
I just found out that Sean Chiplock (aka Kinger) is also the voice actor for Subaru Natsuki from Re: Zero and based on his performance from that I look forward to more of this
Ashley Nichols, Zoobles VA, is a an artist, animator, and I guess voice actor now, Most well known for her work on Hazbin Hotel, Heluva boss, and her podcast called Honeycast. She is also Michael Kovach's girlfriend last I heard.
Ashley Nichols is the girlfriend of Michael Kovach who is a V-tuber rabbit Animator She also helped the start up of Hazbin Hotel but stopped due to personal reasons with Vivzie There is btw a Comedy clip on youtube with Alastor, Angel Dust and some other VA's
Lizzie Freeman is the original voice of Meggy in SMG4 and Sunset Paradise (due to other commitments, she gets replaced by Elsie Lovelock as Meggy later on). Marissa Lenti and Sean Chiplock are established anime dub actors. Ashley Nichols is Michael Kovach's girlfriend. This is her first voiceover role. Also, it's Elsie (EL-see), not Elise (el-EES).
"You don't remember dial-up internet. That was before your time." Kyle, I'm like 5 years younger than you, and I had dial-up until I was like 8. It was so slow that I could walk to a friend's house and play on one of their computers before my dial-up could load the Webkinz login screen. Their broadband made it take half a second instead of half an hour.
My first language is Russian and it's fun to me that word "pomni" in Russian literally means "remember". I wander if it was done on purpose, it would be so meaningful than 😅
I have the theory that the perfomers represent different personality disorders. Anxiety(pomni), fear(kingler), selfishness(jax), anger(kaufmo), etc. What if the headset was a technology that was supposed to help cure ppl of their debilitating personality disorders. Strap it on and instantly feel relief from your crippling issue. BUT what if the tech takes those negative aspects of your mind away and dumps them into the circus? That's why they have no memory. Also, it would lend itself to making the existential horror even worse because even with a route back to the real world, they've nowhere to go. 😱🙂 Interesting things I've spotted. * Before the introduction song Caine mentioned "paraphernalia" that "we" would be seeing. That implies objects/items/things and yet what we end up watching is the trapped performers... * When Caines watch detected a player in the Void, he said "oh no, they'll be *spoiled*". That's a word used for perishable goods/food/products..... * When Jax said "she still thinks it's a dream", he was not talking to Ragatha. He was breaking the forth wall and talking to us.... * The adventures aren't dangerous, but Kaufmo's abstracted form was as Zoobles fate barely bothered them but Kaufmo's was seen as a real danger. Re- Jax's reaction to the adventure compared to Kaufmo. *Caine isnt all-seeing because he had no idea what was going on to his circus or players, even abstraction, until Pomni entered the void. Then he still didnt know himself, his wacky watch alarm had to alert him. *Caine barely knows anything about the real world.... " *Drown* in the digital Lake,..... *ridery* at the digital fair" hint at that. If that's so how did he know what offices in the real world looks like? Maybe through the cameras in the place where the headset and computer are sitting? That also explains why the exit maze has "A" computer office room but is not "THE" computer office room. I dont think they are the same because Caine's had no windows or natural light but the one we come out of at the end has natural light streaming across the wall. * Other than the final corridor connected to the void the Exit Maze was totally stable, until Pomni's extreme reaction to the computer and headset started causing the lights to flicker on and off.... why then? 🤔 Thoughts on "sad and weak" Gangle. With Gangle's masks. They both look fragile, and the comedy mask did break after a small drop.( in a little extra from Gooseworx, we see Gangle looking in a mirror with broken comedy masks all over the walls.) But when she was dragged into the Gloink hole her sad mask smashed into the ground, hard, but didn't even get a blemish on it. That implies that her "smile" is so very thin yes.... but that her core, and yes sad, self is a lot tougher than she looks. 🤔..😥💪...🤔 Ok that's some of the stuff ive picked up on. Could it be meaningful or could mean nothing 😅
It reminds me a lot of those late 90s early 2000s Disney Junior/Nick Jr. shows like Rollie-Pollie Ollie. When CG animation was still in its infancy but only Pixar and Dreamworks had the big budget 3D animation.
There is always something wierd on the Doors there was a maniquin witch wasn’t crossed and king but red and it’s crossed after all of the characters doors passed
@@addison_v_ertisement1678 he made the exit doors that randomly vanished. It may not have been intentional but he definitely caused the clown to go mad. And it just so happens that while cofmo is in his room going insane during the intro that Pomni appears, a replacement jester
Everyone makes a big deal over Michal Kovach being in this, especially since they can sorta recognize Jax's voice as Angel Dust. What a lot of people don't know is that he also voices N from murder drones!
You wouldn’t believe how MASSIVE an impact this pilot had on the Internet.
It’s very similar to when Hazbin Hotel dropped their pilot. Hopefully this actually gets picked up for a full show
Everywhere i go... i see your face
@@1jhonyx RIGHT?! Like, jeez, the Marx lad gets around more than me lol
I didn't expect it to be so massive at all. Gooseworx's (amazing) earlier stuff doesn't have that big a following, and I'd never heard of Glitch before that collab
I think he has a good idea from looking at the views
Fun fact: Some madlad asked Gooseworks what Pomnis age was and she responded by saying shes 25, getting ahead of the inevitable 34reasons why
Glitchs response was simply 'What have you done'
also she made a cameo in the ep as the voice of the moon
Well, it would happen whether he'd said anything or nothing, that's just how the internet is...
Moon Cameo? She's straight up Bubble's VA.
@@jojobodwhy? It would just cause more flame wars if they didn't because a insanely shocking amount of people can't seem to tell character ages or get hung up on really stupid details. Ex any and every character that looks younger, sounds younger or is even just short or baby faced. So yeah I am very glad that kind of thing is said clearly somewhere, it's always such a headache even just passing by those stupid arguments even without getting involved.
I was really trying to understand this comment and then suddenly it hit me…. I wish I just moved on
@@archsuccubuseclipselol yeah idk why people are so caught up over cartoon and video game characters, if violence in video games doesn't cause mass shootings, what makes them think certain people drooling over art is going to be significantly worse?
Its better to deflect with "yeah their 25" .
But that 25 to me actually plays into one of my theories about the whole thing. Because in the whackywatch trailer Pomni, jaxs, jack black, and Ragitha were presented as if they were pre-existing characters within the game that buyers were somehow supposed to recognize.
Fun facts about the characters
Kinger is canonically 48. Either he's a middle aged man who just happens to be their the longest, or he's been trapped there for like 20 years. In that case I think he's rather sane.
Zooble goes by any pronouns because they literally can't remember their own gender. Also I gotta say they have the worst avatar if it's so easy to come apart.
Pomni can translate to "remember" in slavic languages like Russian, Bulgarian, and Ukrainian. How fitting.
Jax is actually younger than Pomni at 22, despite calling her "kid". Because he's rude
Even his avatar is quite taller with Kinger
Also Kinger didn’t come in alone, as there was also Queener whose door we can see crossed off. Given he lost his other-half, yeah, Zooble had a point for thinking he’d be next.
@@hiddendesire3076 Possibly he and the Queen were entering to deal with bugs for the program (hence his odd focus on "insect collection") but something went wrong (intentionally or not) that lead to them being completely stuck in there.
Hell, if Kinger is actually the one who has been there the longest (out of everyone present and gone) it is possible that during the "bug testing"/bug cleanup they accidentally procked a bug that lead to this entire fiasco.
@@Elmithian Good catch.
Jax doest know her age tho
The reason Caine can’t fix the Abstracted people is people become Abstracted when their mind reaches their breaking point.
Caine has no control over the character’s minds thus cannot fix them but he can fix the Body of Pomni and Ragatha because he has control over those.
Even if he fixed the Abstracted person’s body they would just become deformed again because their mind is what’s broken.
That’s why Caine makes all these games and adventures to help maintain the character mental health because that’s all he can do, however, Caine is an AI and doesn’t actually understand the human mind and its complexities. So he is very weird and maybe does more harm than good despite good intentions
And he places around exit doors, he doesn't understand that the humans seriously wanna get out the game but he can't make one because he doesn't know what's on the other side.
@@Shadowsreverie all he can make is what he sees on the other side of the screen. Which is what I think he meant by spoiled. I think at the edge of the void is the screen and it’s like a window. That why the computer room was so accurate
25:52 I think it’s less about what Pomni _saw,_ and more about what she _realized._
Caine is confirmed by the creators to be an AI - not malicious, but also not well-versed on human conventions. If we’re to take him at his word, those exit doors don’t lead to an escape from the digital world… just the part he made a stable environment. And that’s after, I’m guessing, a replica of the office where human-Pomni entered the circus in the first place.
In short, her hope of escaping is dashed, and Caine is as much her protector as he is her captor.
I wouldn't say Caine is her captor, since he himself doesn't seem to know how one can leave. He made an exit door because people were requesting one, but he has no concept of what an exit door is, so he doesn't know what the put on the other side. The same way he calls the Zoinks humanoids when they clearly are not and assumes drowning in a lake is something humans do as a past-time. He has no concept of these things because he is an AI.
Something to note about Caine, he’s an AI made to help the people that get trapped in the digital world. Unfortunately he doesn’t fully understand humans or their emotions
IIRC, one of the wiki pages says that Caine is actually a human masquerading as an AI. Not sure what it actually is, but either is cool
That was my impression, based on the legal jargon he seemingly HAS to say, that he can't control their minds(no AI should ever be given that power!) And that it seemed like he really wanted to give them an Exit, but has no concept of it being able to do what they want, as he can only think within the scope of the virtual reality of the Digital Circus.
My theory is that he is THE Caine, son of Adam and Eve, and the world's first murderer.
Ironic because the voice actor spoke out against people using AI to replicate his voice for things he didn't sign off on.
which explains why he couldn't finish the exit - he doesn't fully understand what they want it for or where they actually want it to go, cos all he can understand is that they want an exit, but he doesn't get that they want to leave the digital realm entirely
Im so happy this pilot was so astronomically successful with millions of views in less than a week.
I'm hoping this will bring more people to Murder Drones as well, they're both so good!
Animated projects on UA-cam are going through a bit of a Golden Age.
Fun fact:
The company logo that's visible when Pomni is looking for the exit is C&A , people speculate that it means Caine and Abel which, if true, opens up even more questions.
given all the other biblical references made both in and out of the series, the company being named cain and abel is very likely
21:12 ~ The reason Kinger asked if Zooble experienced a game show after being eaten is because Gooseworx who basically created this alongside Glitch has several other animations that have had a running theme of characters being eaten and subsequently playing some variety of game show event inside.
people have most definitely commented on this, but jax having keys to everyone's room and saying "you've all been fine" is just meaning that he's been checking on everyone to make sure they are okay. Since there have obviously been those who lost it, so it's honestly sweet that since he has keys he checks on everyone. While still pranking them as well, he does care and worry for them
Notice how Caine changed the subject about the exit by asking for Pomni’s name, knowing she wouldn’t remember it and causing her distress to take her mind off the thought of an exit.
No! They talked over the "You parasite!" moment. That's always my favorite part to see people react too
Only to tell her he once ate cake...
@@proudtobeme1ashkenteand that day everyone was pissed off about that 🤣
Ashley Nichols AKA Zooble, has been Michael Kovach's girlfriend for 4 or so years. Nichols actually worked on some of the animation and clean up for the Hazbin Hotel pilot. The pair have several streams on her youtube channel. Some feature cast members of the HH pilot and Helluva Boss, some have Elsie Lovelock, Gooseworx or even Vivzie herself appear, a couple feature the cast of Lackadaisy or the English dub actors from the Beastars anime and there are even a couple that featured the late great Christopher Ayres AKA Lord Frieza.
She also has her own animation pilot coming up called Far-Fetched that has a great cast of voice actors!
Ooooooh Ashley
Oooooooh Ashley
This is basically what I was going to say. Also mandatory "Ooooohhhhh Ashley...." 😈
Caine might be all-seeing but he isn't all-paying-attention
Pomni got sucked in the computer. Digital circus was actually a game and she realize that she could never get out
"Your new home and Your new body"
Out of the voice cast, Ashley Nichols was one of the artists working on Hazbin Hotel's pilot. Elsie Lovelock is the voice of Charlie from the same pilot.
Oh, Ashley?
@@SilverScribe85 Oh.... Ashley.
The reason Caine locked Kofmo away was because he said earlier he didn't have control over their minds so when they hit their breaking point and abstract its too late to save them.
Some insight, when Kingler asks Zooble if she saw some gameshow inside the Gloink queen, it's a reference about one of Gooseworx earlier animations, Little Runmo: Halfway through the animation, a character swallows Runmo and he end up in a game show INSIDE it.
I get the ending now. She saw her room and realized her body was no longer there.
Pomni is voiced by Lizzie Freeman, aka Meggy's first voice actor.
Also I know what you're both thinking. Everyone is over 20 but Gooseworks has confirmed that nobody has any junk so there's no point.
Gangle's VA has also done a lot of work, but most notably (to me) is voicing Moze from Borderlands. A series I also recommend for Duck :)
Doesn't stop the internet from making it happen.
Wait they actually confirmed that?
@@theduckgoesmoo I wouldn't be surprised considering it's Digital Circus
@@theduckgoesmoo yeah I saw the tweet in the same video Vannamelon defended her smash or pass.
This kind of reminds me of those old click and point games that were aimed for preschoolers I had on my old pc growing up, as it feels like it with the intro song and the transition from the one style of animation to another one, which I feel was kind of the point that the creators wanted to do, as well as have the story seem to be based on the story "I have no mouth and I must Scream". If you don't know that book, just read the wikipedia page or not for maybe spoilers reasons. The way that Cane presents the map area to Ponmi, all that's left to say was click on the location to find out what activities you can do. This reminds me of games like Putt-Putt series or the old Arthur games I used to play.
Kirito would tell you "just open the menu."
Pomni is voiced by the actress who voices Meggi in SMG4
She immediately asks to leave after she finds out she can't swear, priorities
22:41 Take note of that specific desk and setup.
26:34 And here it is again.
If you watch the doors in the hall you can see a Bunch of previous members that are no longer here, they dont quite match the abstracted bodies in the pit… but they do get close. And the puke Pomni threw up seems quite similar to the goop the abstracted are standing in in the pit.
One of the voice actor people who you didn't know:
Ashley Nichols is an animator and cleanup artist that's worked on Hazbin Hotel, Lackadaisy, and has her own show coming soon called Far-Fetched. She's also Michael Kovach's partner!
Lizzie Freeman is actually Meggy’s original VA before Elsie inherited the role. Alex Rochon is famous for his Deltarune Spamton dubs, which were actually inspiration for Caine’s character in the first place.
5:52 Poptropica? I vaguely remember a part of the map looking like this
7:49- the way she raspberryed!🤣
Ashley Nichols is a cleanup animator for Hazbin Hotel, has a show of her own shes been working on, and is also Kovach's girlfriend. Elsie Lovelock is Charlie's singing voice on Hazbin, and Gooseworx did some sound for Hazbin
The show was blowing up the internet when it was teased to releasing some interesting new content for artist for try out with fan arts or making Original Characters based on this show. I just hope it get green light for a series to happen 😄
Also fun fact about Zooble’s VA Ashley Nichols, she is a partner to Michael Kovach and this show is the first time she done some voicing over. Also she is one of the clean up artists for Hazbin Hotel Pilot, Lackadaisy Clean up artist and a producer for “FarFetch” so she have some experience in art and now doing voicing.
Also it seems odd timing to mention that Helluva Boss has release their Halfway mark episode today featuring a couple set of new characters that might be a amazing to see you both react to 😁 also keep in mind to turn on Subtitles as there are some hidden captions that are worth checking out.
Oh, Ashley
At 21:15 the gameshow comment is a reference to one of Gooseworx's animations Little Runmo.
"Kinda like you Pomni. You might be going insane too."
LMAO!
I really like that Caine is voiced by Spamton shitposter. Now he can make twice as many crazy digital characters.
Fun fact, Pomni in russian means "Remember". Fitting name and pretty omnious on things to come.
Pomni is so adorable it’s hard to describe
22:43 when I saw pomni room at the end my hype for this series just went astronomically high.
The current big fan theory I've heard is that C&A stands for Caine and Abel. Connection ideas are still being tossed around, though it makes sense to me. That ending was so Last Supper I'd buy any biblical connections at this point.
Also, apparently the name Pomni is Russian for "remember." In a world where none of them know who they were, that seems important
Easy glitch is acting as a publisher for independent animators and shows basically footing some of the expenses and using connections to say find additional animators or voice actors ect ect to then bring out and then give them a platform to be shown and then they probably take a decent chunk of the profit ect
Kirby has a cute, nerdy look
The voice actor who play the teeth guy is a UA-cam named Alex Rochon he is the father of the top ten bosses list’s.
fun fact! Ashly Nichols is Michael Kovach’s girlfriend. She also smooths out the animations for Hazbin Hotel!
I'm with Kirby on getting certain game vibes from this, particularly late 90's/early 2000's pc games and some janky Playstation 1 era games. In fact, this brought back a memory of a nightmare I had as a child where I was in an educational pc game with math and talking frogs, so that added a bit to the creepy factor for me.
Bro i had the exact same nightmare when i was younger
Kinda reminds me of Super Mario 64
I never seen a big reaction to a pilot since Hasbin Hotel.
It really is beautiful to keep seeing more and more and more unbelievable independent animation, from Glitch or otherwise. My mental health necessitated my own animated series be put on a hiatus as I figure myself out, and it hurts to not be able to join the front lines of this veritable revolution yet, but Digital Circus reminds me it’s all about the smiles it brings, you know? Anyone can bring those smiles, and I’ll cheer them all on.
I just realized that at 2:28 the audio and video hitches on part of the song and ends up going "Day after day after day after day"
An insect collection?👑
•stares in mental shattering• its okay, we all broke a little on this one. •broken smile•
So series creator, Gooseworx stated that despite Caine's penchant for taking humans captive and tormenting them through hilariously deadly circus games and tricks, he isn't actually outright evil, just obliviously mischievous.
27:24 in case you don't know who that is, she was the original voice of Meggy Spletzer from SMG4
I’m surprised you guys didn’t react the the “you parasite” scream.
Some trivia about Caine's voice actor. He actually didn't start as a voice actor but as a UA-camr known as The Autarch Of Flame and peanut3423. He worked with some big names on UA-cam like Joshscorcher aka The Fiery Joker and more.
23:44 fun fact if you put that website on a web browser you can get the advertisement for this show
I'm a big fan of the show's lead Animator Kevin Temmer. He used to be an animator at Blue Sky before it shut down. He actually has a UA-cam channel here in UA-cam where he has some behind the scenes stuff about the show and his own personal projects
In spanish he says at 21:16 : "You didn't experience a turkish novel inside there, did you?"
That because who gives Zooble a voice in that language has participated in 16 turkish novels.
It was a hell of a surprise to see Alex Rochon in the credits for this. I remember way back seeing him collabing on countdowns and his final video was quite touching. Great to see him doing good
Fun fact: jax is 22 and pomni is 25
6 Characters in Search of an Exit
- Pomni is voiced by Lizzie Freeman who also voices Hinata (Tokyo Revengers), Chisato (Lycoris Recoil), Chizuru (Rent-A-Girlfriend), Trish (JoJo), Rin, Charlotte, & Sumella (Isekai Cheat Magician), Sempai (Magical Sempai), Kizuna (Shield Hero), Chitose (Tonikawa), Lisia & Sabrina (Pokemon), Patamon (Digimon -2020), Falfa (I’ve Been Killing Slime for 300 Years …), Labilia & Mithra (Edens Zero), Kaya (My Happy Marriage), & many more
- Caine is voiced by Alex Rochon who also voices Foxy (Fazbear & Friends)
- Jax is voiced by Michael Kovach who also voices Angel Dust (Hazbin Hotel pilot), N (Murder Drones), Rocky (Lackadaisy), Letty (Dragon Goes House Hunting), Bunny (Akudama Drive), & a few more
- Ragatha is voiced by Amanda Hufford who also voices Haniyyah (Genshin Impact), Spectral Shifter (SMITE), Engineer #1 (Rumble Garandoll), & a few more
- Gangle is voiced by Marissa Lenti who also voices Yuna (Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear), Arue (KonoSuba), Sadie (One Piece), Libra (Fairy Tail), Celestia & Cadance (My Little Pony video game), Malva & Mayshure (Pokemon), Chiaki (Gamers), Ariadoa (Cautious Hero), Celestine (How Not to Summon a Demon Lord), & many more
- Kinger is voiced by Sean Chiplock who also voices Thad, Ronathon & Sam (Murder Drones), Subaru (Re:Zero), Shiki (Edens Zero), Metal Lee (Boruto), Guido & Sorbet (JoJo), Daewi (The God of High School), Shin (Dorohedro), Keiji (Mob Psycho 100), Siebold & Nanu (Pokemon Masters), Kyo (Shield Hero), Draken (Tokyo Revengers), Choromatsu (Mr. Osomatsu), Bukkororii (KonoSuba), Shun (Oddtaxi), & many more
- Zooble is voiced by Ashley Nichols
- Bubble & the Moon are voiced by Gooseworx aka the creator of the series herself
- Gloink Queen is voiced by Elsie Lovelock who also voices Uzi (Murder Drones), Charlie’s singing voice (Hazben Hotel), Mary (Moriarty the Patriot), & a few more
while Ashley hasn't voiced in anything before you should probably write who exactly she is, she's not an unknown
@@2amCryptid She works as an animator & clean up artist in various works, & a few more
Running theory I have personally, Caine is an ai for the game, all of the people that are ending up in the game are workers for C&A, and of course Caine isnt made to deal with people for that long, so he doesnt really know what to do about them
It’s actually quite the phenomenon that it got this much attention so quickly. They have a good thing going here definitely, the hard part now would be retaining the viewership it built up. I feel like that won’t be too much of a problem though as the whimsical yet existential nature of the setting looks like it’ll retain its following for a good while in my opinion if it leans into it.
I don't know how to write a comment that doesn't just devolve into me endlessly gushing about this pilot. My thoughts are the same as mostly everyone else; I love it & am excited about what the rest of series has instore.
You’re going to have to find more time with Kirby because Helluva Boss just dropped a new episode!
Hopefully that video will be out Sunday!
So, Caine is actually voiced by Alex Rochon, a UA-camr I actually watch
I learned that Caine’s name is an acronym for Creative Artificial Intelligent Networking Entity.
I just found out that Sean Chiplock (aka Kinger) is also the voice actor for Subaru Natsuki from Re: Zero and based on his performance from that I look forward to more of this
Ashley Nichols, Zoobles VA, is a an artist, animator, and I guess voice actor now, Most well known for her work on Hazbin Hotel, Heluva boss, and her podcast called Honeycast. She is also Michael Kovach's girlfriend last I heard.
7:50 Funny you said genshin impact. Pomni is voiced by Lizzie Freeman who voices a character in genshin impact
Finally sat down and watched the pilot and wow do I love this
Ashley Nichols is the girlfriend of Michael Kovach who is a V-tuber rabbit Animator
She also helped the start up of Hazbin Hotel but stopped due to personal reasons with Vivzie
There is btw a Comedy clip on youtube with Alastor, Angel Dust and some other VA's
Lizzie Freeman is the original voice of Meggy in SMG4 and Sunset Paradise (due to other commitments, she gets replaced by Elsie Lovelock as Meggy later on).
Marissa Lenti and Sean Chiplock are established anime dub actors.
Ashley Nichols is Michael Kovach's girlfriend. This is her first voiceover role.
Also, it's Elsie (EL-see), not Elise (el-EES).
"You don't remember dial-up internet. That was before your time." Kyle, I'm like 5 years younger than you, and I had dial-up until I was like 8.
It was so slow that I could walk to a friend's house and play on one of their computers before my dial-up could load the Webkinz login screen. Their broadband made it take half a second instead of half an hour.
gooswork's music has always been a playlist favorite for me and i got so excited when i saw they were responsible for this
0:22 also smg4 but just luke and kevin also pomni and meggy and alastor(just in the pilot)have the same va
omg i messed this up so much
Yuuuuuuuh! WELCOME TO THE AMAAAAZING DIGITAL HYPERFIXATION!
Pomni has the same voice Actor as Meggy in Sunset Paradise, Lizzie Freeman
Nobody: ragatha:glitching out:pomni:just look at my hand: L-LOOK AT YOUR HAND?! RAGATHA HERE IS GLITCHING OUT AND YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR HAND?
I just checked to see how many views the digital circus had… over 100 million views as of writing! That’s insanity!
My first language is Russian and it's fun to me that word "pomni" in Russian literally means "remember". I wander if it was done on purpose, it would be so meaningful than 😅
I have the theory that the perfomers represent different personality disorders. Anxiety(pomni), fear(kingler), selfishness(jax), anger(kaufmo), etc. What if the headset was a technology that was supposed to help cure ppl of their debilitating personality disorders. Strap it on and instantly feel relief from your crippling issue. BUT what if the tech takes those negative aspects of your mind away and dumps them into the circus? That's why they have no memory. Also, it would lend itself to making the existential horror even worse because even with a route back to the real world, they've nowhere to go. 😱🙂
Interesting things I've spotted.
* Before the introduction song Caine mentioned "paraphernalia" that "we" would be seeing. That implies objects/items/things and yet what we end up watching is the trapped performers...
* When Caines watch detected a player in the Void, he said "oh no, they'll be *spoiled*". That's a word used for perishable goods/food/products.....
* When Jax said "she still thinks it's a dream", he was not talking to Ragatha. He was breaking the forth wall and talking to us....
* The adventures aren't dangerous, but Kaufmo's abstracted form was as Zoobles fate barely bothered them but Kaufmo's was seen as a real danger. Re- Jax's reaction to the adventure compared to Kaufmo.
*Caine isnt all-seeing because he had no idea what was going on to his circus or players, even abstraction, until Pomni entered the void. Then he still didnt know himself, his wacky watch alarm had to alert him.
*Caine barely knows anything about the real world.... " *Drown* in the digital Lake,..... *ridery* at the digital fair" hint at that. If that's so how did he know what offices in the real world looks like? Maybe through the cameras in the place where the headset and computer are sitting? That also explains why the exit maze has "A" computer office room but is not "THE" computer office room. I dont think they are the same because Caine's had no windows or natural light but the one we come out of at the end has natural light streaming across the wall.
* Other than the final corridor connected to the void the Exit Maze was totally stable, until Pomni's extreme reaction to the computer and headset started causing the lights to flicker on and off.... why then? 🤔
Thoughts on "sad and weak" Gangle. With Gangle's masks. They both look fragile, and the comedy mask did break after a small drop.( in a little extra from Gooseworx, we see Gangle looking in a mirror with broken comedy masks all over the walls.) But when she was dragged into the Gloink hole her sad mask smashed into the ground, hard, but didn't even get a blemish on it.
That implies that her "smile" is so very thin yes.... but that her core, and yes sad, self is a lot tougher than she looks. 🤔..😥💪...🤔
Ok that's some of the stuff ive picked up on. Could it be meaningful or could mean nothing 😅
Jax is basically Bugs Bunny with a different voice. Like, mentally replace him with Bugs, it’s the same sort of stuff he’d do
the one game we all played, eh? Purble Place, by chance?
It’s so funny to think about how I started watching you with SMG4 now here we are.
It reminds me a lot of those late 90s early 2000s Disney Junior/Nick Jr. shows like Rollie-Pollie Ollie. When CG animation was still in its infancy but only Pixar and Dreamworks had the big budget 3D animation.
Ashley is a clean up artist for hazbin hotel and has a pod cast on here called hunnie cast
To think that it all started with two guys making Super Mario 64 Bloopers
20:54 "What's it called from Halo?" The Gravemind. I was getting a similar feeling
That’s it!!
The endless rooms were based off the Stanley parable
I think Caine doesn't have as many eyes as he claimed. Like Zooble almost turned into a Glonk poop
There is always something wierd on the Doors there was a maniquin witch wasn’t crossed and king but red and it’s crossed after all of the characters doors passed
5:54 I’m guessing Poptropica.
Actual representation of what goes on inside my head
This singular 25 minute pilot grew a massive fanbase OVERNIGHT, with the view count still climbing even after a couple 10s of millions of views
Pomni saw the entire fnaf lore and understood it
Kirby: What did she see?
Me: A very large helping of existencal dread and a realizing that it isn't a dream with a slow mental breakdown
Fun fact: Jax has the same voice actor as Piolt Angle dust,Rocky from lackadaisy and N from murder drones
jax has all the room keys cuz he thinks one of them will open an exit .
Sean Chiplock was also in Mortal Kombat 11
"Oh, Nice"?! "This Is Lovely"?!
You Must Be Sick, My Guy!
Kain caused the clown to go insane with the vanishing exit doors, and then suddenly a replacement jester pops up? Kinda sus if you ask me
You're assuming things. Where's your proof that Cain caused Coffmo to go insane?
@@addison_v_ertisement1678 he made the exit doors that randomly vanished. It may not have been intentional but he definitely caused the clown to go mad. And it just so happens that while cofmo is in his room going insane during the intro that Pomni appears, a replacement jester
Everyone makes a big deal over Michal Kovach being in this, especially since they can sorta recognize Jax's voice as Angel Dust. What a lot of people don't know is that he also voices N from murder drones!