The Ballad of Ka'Hai: An Uktan Story | Fantasy Dinosaur Documentary
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- The Ballad of Ka'Hai follows the life story of Ka'Hai, an uktan, monarch of Kaimere's vast and dynamic prairies. Uktan are megaraptorans, theropods descended from animals like Australovenator and Orkoraptor that evolved into giant many-ton apex predators after the tyrannosaurs went extinct. Uktan are a social species, and Ka'Hai's life is defined by his family and all the critical lessons they teach him in preparation for a challenging life out on an unforgiving savanna.
Though entirely fictional, the format was inspired by a range of wildlife and paleontology documentaries, with The Ballad of Big Al by Impossible Pictures being the greatest inspiration and earning an homage in the title.
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Somewhere in dinosaur heaven, Big Al is watching Ka’hal. Smiling as he feels proud for him
He'd be like hell yeah ceolurosaurian .
Man poor Druk. The man's essentially been a third parent to all his siblings for most of his life and right as his reign is meant to begin he gets screwed over by his own changing body.
Yeah uktan mortality often spikes after departure, even with all the preparation their parents give
This series should be placed as the number 1 episode of tales of kaimere, No doubt in my personal opinion
Thank you! Given how much time it took it’s the one I’m currently most proud of!
Can I just say how op the Ka'hai and Onia couple is? Ka'hai comes from a family that specializes in chelotaurs that don't migrate during the dry season, and Onia comes from a family that knows where to find giant loung fish during the dry season and becous of that they will do great during the dry season
They sure got a bright future ahead of them
The wet season, though, im not completely sure
If kahai can hunt pronghorn there extremely op
@@Adhappynobrainrotkid his parents hunt giant pronghorn and Ka'hai hunted eqquids and other smaller prey. I think Ka'hai's usual fare would be relatively small prey species (for uhktan) like equuids, pronghorn and druhkel and ignore ghanos, and I think he'd have learnt Oniya's open area hunting techniques, so he should be a relatively successful buffalo hunter too.
@@quinkana1 ok thank you for the info
Mans seriously just dropped a full feature length movie on us for free and IN TIME WITH HIS REGULAR UPLOAD SCHEDULE
Keenan Taylor you absolute mad lad I salute thee
I can feel the effort, not just of the “documentary” itself, but of the years of research and development you put into their world. It’s so nice to see what felt like a thousand little pieces of lore from across your videos come together for a story like this.
Much appreciated! I do feel like this was able to convey the dynamic connectivity of a full ecosystem
The way they mourn, they way they rage, they way the perform, I know you say they aren’t Sophont but…I don’t know I can see the sparks, almost like Elephants.
Really loved this.
I think the thing that distinguishes them from sophonts is that in the end, they are still merciless animals that still choose themselves and their family unit over other individuals. Take the challenger Uktans for example, they were willing to kill Ka’hai’s parents for their own gain (and vice versa). That isn’t the case for sophonts. (At least, not most of the time.)
dinosaurs in Kaimere have got a lot of time to continue evolving compared to their relatives on Earth so it makes sense all these millions of years of clashing, even after the Dynastic Extinction have made them way smarter than what we generally believe non avian dinos were. they are probably on the Crow or Parrot spectrum of intelligence, if not more taking in to account the sheer size of most of them.
@@Stooltoad5017 Personally, I think that what really makes a sophont species is complex language. These dinosaurs can communicate mood and general strategies through body language, and they can teach eachother via demonstration. They cannot, however, discuss something that isn't physically present at the discussion, nor can they talk about their histories and experiences.
I feel like they are just below elephants in terms of intelligence.
Smart enough to feel sadness, anger, and love.
But still largely running on basic instinct.
Such as when the intruding mated pair attempted to take Trok and Hyani’s territory, and no doubt would kill Ka’hai and his siblings without a second thought.
What a beautiful story!
Watching Ka'Hai grow from a tiny hatchling to a proud father was a truly wonderful experience!
I love how all of the "characters" despite being wild animals all have thoughts, feelings, flaws and unique personalities like any other character in fiction and this has given me some inspiration for my own writing.
Wish big Al had this kind of ending
Grab your popcorn, it's time for the best movie of the year!
After watching this documentary I have one thing to say... THIS WAS THE BEST THING I SAW THIS YEAR!, the way you tell the story was like a professional documentary, I can't Describe how amazing this video was!
I got some snacks they're better.
I got some bubble gum
@@nassimlariane6869 that sounds good too
It uso has lion king in there.🦁🦖
Fake, it's Uktan king 🦖🦖🦖🦖
felt more emotion while watching this then anything Hollywood has made in the past 20 years, thank you.
Thank you! Very much appreciated.
Was great indeed, but I wouldn't be so harsh and extreme about Hollywood thus.
@@dudotolivier6363 eh it depends on what you like and what you don't tbf. I love documentaries so this is absolutely great tho.
Boy am I glad this showed up in my recommendations. 11/10, reminds me of the big cat shows I watched in mornings before school
Heck yeah welcome!
imagine if someone animated this I bet that would be absolutely legendary to watch, maybe it could happen in the future.
I would be so excited!!
Even better, someone makes models!
This is just amazing. You finally made the Uktan Video, which is just sheer perfection. My friend, what a way to end the year with such an amazing and epic tale, and what an amazing idea to shine the spotlight on the most known and anticipated face of Kaimere! Thank you for giving us a wonderful gift, and see you next year. Please stay safe, and take care.
Thank you so much for the kind words!
@@TalesofKaimereAnd thank you for being this generous. This is one of the top three documentary I ever seen, and unbiasedly? It's probably at the very top of the list.
Now this is a Christmas gift to remember! This has to take the cake for the best Kaimere video I've seen this year. Here's hoping to many more incredible stories of this amazing world in 2024!
Thank you! Yeah I was able to do so much more than usual with this budget and focus.
Wow, just Wow. You really made them a character, not animal! This is a movie, not a documentary! This 2 hours Ballad, about a dinosaur, is a work of art. This could be the best thing I’ve watch this whole year and it’s so great to end this year with it.
Now it’s time to gather money to buy your book. I have been hesitated to get it for very long time but after watching this video. Now I know it’s gonna worth it.
Wait, peoples here commented before they watch the video?
Wha-
Just and I agree and I’m also happy that despite having clear characters there never anthropomorphised and are still clearly animals in the wild
This is amazing! A documentary about the wildlife of Kaimere in the style of David Attenborough? It feels like I’m actually on Kaimere watching these majestic creatures living their best lives. I can’t wait for whatever video you do next.
Are you able to go deeper detail about the Age of Demons/Witches? You’ve mentioned them before and every bit of info you gave expounds my curiosity. Sorry about that.
Thanks so much I hope you enjoy!
I would certainly like to though I have not gotten a sponsor for such a topic.
Given how much we love you're worldbuilding and storytelling, I don't think you should have that big of a problem with that.@@TalesofKaimere
The way he described the fight between the young couple and the older couple was so cool.
I was riveted.I might rewind it
Thanks and glad to hear it! Action can be hard to land with stills and text but it was fun to coordinate
27:42 Nice reference to a classic paleoart piece! Loving the story so far
Thank you!
@@TalesofKaimereYou are welcome! Thoroughly enjoyed the story from start to finish as well as the illustrations. I'm absolutely on board if you ever decide to do more in this format. It's obvious how much work went into making this and I think you should be quite proud of the result. What a great way to close this year! Can't wait to see what you have in store for 2024!
Everything was very, very well balanced and imagined, both with the format, the events of the stories, the characters, their (assumed) destinies (which is surprisingly decently good, 90% of the characters having a decent or good ending, while the 2 intruders, 2 siblings Jakya and Japli and Druk are the only to have a pretty bad or gruesome ending), the narration, the balance and statu quo between the realistic aspect of the animals/real-life in Nature and the personnification/characterization and empathy of the characters/protagonnist with human features and reactions...
And so on .... there really SOOOOO to say ! (but it would be too long, so I just resume here what I liked and appreciated to put forward from this episode).
1) I like that you give to Ka'Hai a happy and good ending to his story !
Because I must admit, since this episode was based and heavily inspired by the "Walking With Dinosaurs Special : The Ballad of Big Al" (to a point that is even not hidden), I was very worried that Ka'Hai end up like Big Al like in the original show = dead whithout even not enjoying the adult age and while still young.
So I myself happy that Ka'Hai received a normal good ending, with him having reached adulthood and starting fully his adult life, with his mate and eternal wife for the rest of his days, happy and loved and by giving love to it newly created family he just started, and at the beginning of a decent and overall normal life for a member of his species.
The story and destiny and ending you give to him is decent, sure simple and at reach of everyone, but yet the way it must be. Being in a way that it display the overall early life of an Uktan and coming to a full circle when the latter start again the circle by making its own family and becoming a father himself as its own parents and father did with him.
What happen after is exactly the same thing that we just whatched since the beginning, so there any use to display more or going into some sort of shinanegans or spicing things up with a out-subject element coming from complete nowhere and which ruin completely everything (sometime like a middle finger in our face, as sadly PLENTY of productions did this error. Like *kof**kof* "Legend of Korra" *kof**kof* among the relevant examples that came to my head right now).
No, instead, it simple, what we want and expect, and end up on a new beginning, still not yet fully written but bright future for everyone implied.
It sufficient as ending, with none useless heavy andover the top/too much orchestra breaking our ears etc... and us being sastified with all the elements of actions, gore and interactiosn we see throughout the episode which filled enough to job for that matter.
2) All the events, such hunting scenes, nuptial/mating parade, interactions etc..., are normals stuff occuring to the animals in their life (nothing crazy for them) and are simple themselves but yet they remain decent enough attractive, interesting and entertaining to keep us stuck with the story and as event that can serve as (important, notable or driving) forces into the story of the characters/protagonnist in a typical movie story and serving their own story arc and developpement/evolution all along the story itsef.
It mainly the way about how they are depicted, described and explained that made them such entertaining and similar/close enough to a typical scene in typical theater action or familial movie.
Such scenes being important in order for the story and the characters to have something interesting to tell, to display, to give to the watchers, to evolved and keep us interested, involved and invested in them all along the movie.
3) I like that you decide to made one of the protagonnist having a mutation, here melanistic for Kyan, and that she end up pretty good in term of life and have a good ending to her character.
Usually, when a character have something rare or pretty notable about him which made him diferent compared to the others in a story, especially in teenagers or adults medias, the characters is just killed or end up bad anyway. Here no.
She live a decent life and reach adulthood and own family whithout too much of a problem, and still had a decent familial relationship with others members of her family to the very end.
Her differences may still pose to her some problems, but thankfully are minors and she managed to adapt whithout much efforts to it and even to take advantage of her weakness to made it as a force making her successfull.
I like how melanism is displayed here. Usually depicted as a very helpfull mutation compared to others mutations, here it does create some issues with the Uktan for the species in its life on the Houze Prairie (heat, cammouflage etc...).
But that still don't prevent the specimens targeted by this mutation to thrive in their own way !
4) I like how you made the characters stading apart from each others justly by making them with their own distinctives features. Such Keyan melanistic, Oniya and her brother Adoyi white/light in coloration etc...
5) We have a nice balanced of typical scene where there nothing wrong, bad, sad or interesting to say and positives, good stuff to that happen, or between comfortable, hearthwarming and pleasant loving family scenes and completely serious, terrible, sad, moment of loss, harsh and hard scenes.
There any too things good or too things bad depicition of life.
And as such, it end up as a results with the depiction of a world and nature neither good or bad, with evil bad guys or straight up pure good guys, composed by moments of birth, plenty abundance, joy and success, and moment of obstacles, harsh times, tests and death.
Like an anthology that anyone can read or follow.
While the Houze Prairie is wanted to be harsh and mercifull, it still not depicted as complete Hell on Earth either, with/filled of plenty of numerous life booming and having periods of quiet and relaxing good times for the inhbaitants calling this place home.
That was all I wanted to say about this episode ! XD
Well, this was certainly a welcome surprise today! Glad it didn't have a sad ending either like The Ballad of Big Al.
I like stories with tough challenges but happy endings. Definitely some sad moments but gotta end on happy in these trying times
Perfect for sick 🤢 and rainy days, Mary Christmas 🎄🎁
Merry Christmas! Hope you feel better soon!
20 minutes and in this shows why you are a great writer
Yes this has got me hooked
Thank you!
This is the best movie of 2023 and its not a close race.
Thanks so much I love to hear it!
@TalesofKaimere bro, I'm super biased towards the Uktan lol. I love the body plan, I love the feathers and patterning of the colouration. I love the fact you built my favourite real dinosaur (T-Rex) out of my second favourite real dinosaur (dromeasaurs generally) and in doing so made something better than either, maybe even both (heresy lol). Seeing them relaxing with the wind in their feathers just makes me so happy. I'm 32 years old and the Uktan inspire childlike glee in me every time. Every time. Make a second channel of just Uktan lol (don't actually- I love everything)
Ka'Hai is by far my favourite character in all of Kaimere and he will probably eat me if approach him. Also we need a sequel and spinoffs about the rest of his family, I want, no, I need more, this was incredible I became invested in every bond and every character within a minute each, you have outdone yourself Keenan.
Wow, this was amazing. Not more I can say to deacribe it. It made me truly empathize and understand the Uktan in a way I didn't think was possible whilst keeping them fully animalistic. I hope we eventually get another one like this, but even if not, it'll be a video to be remembered!
Love how ka hai had a happy ever after compared to big al or the T. rex couple in dinosaur revelations
Absolutely. I didn’t want it all to be sunflowers and rainbows but a happy ending just felt right
@@TalesofKaimere been following ya since 2020 keep em coming 👍
Odoye approaching Tikaa: _the Moto Moto theme begins to play_
Wow. First I get a Woolly Rhino tooth for Christmas now this. What a Christmas gift!! Thanks
A woolly rhino tooth? That’s awesome! Hope you enjoy the episode!
Noooooo way !! Serious ?!
How ?!
Top tier documentary, it reminded me a lot of books like White Fang I read growing up. The father defending the territory from the upstart couple was unreasonably tense! Would love to see more videos in this style in the future, though I’m sure they’re no easy feat to produce
A two hour episode of Uktan? Okay now this is getting really good!
Love to hear it!!
I also like that Ka’Hai comes from a family of Chelotaur specialists, and shows his mate, Oniya (which she comes from a family that avoid Chelotaur) how to dispatch them.
Currently on 6hr car ride home from visiting family for the holidays and this is a life saver! Probably my favorite of your works yet. Absolutely wonderful art and a very unique and interesting in depth look at one of your coolest animals. Hope you had a wonderful holiday and keep the good work!
Thank you so much I hope it brings a lot of fun for the drive! I had a blast putting it together
I love the drawing of Druk, looking over the hatchlings, and carrying the hatchlings.
I really like the story, the setting, how well it’s described, in my opinion this is the best episode yet. Interesting how fleshed out the characters were while not ending up anthropomorphic, the art is also very well detailed, this could even be an entire book on its own
Thank you! I’d definitely be down to make this a book for those interested at some point. Would be a good chance to add some scenes I had to cut for time constraints
I think more videos like this would be really interesting. Maybe just as a rare, perhaps yearly thing, and maybe not as long, covering other Kaimeran species. Amazing work!
Thank you! I would very much like to. It helped me paint a much more complete picture of the ecosystem and was a whole lot of fun
This has got to be one of the most incredible and engaging videos you’ve ever made, and I loved every second of it! You’ve made the Houze prairie feel so alive and dynamic, yet not over-the-top fantastical, and it all culminates in a story I’ll keep watching over and over again for as long as UA-cam exists and I’ve got the means to open it (also, that little edited cut after Brakopa canonballs the Cockatrice is hilarious).
Love to hear it! I had several drafts and am really happy with this one going for a more grounded tone. Glad some folks noted the quick gif it just so well encapsulated how I envision his character lol
What type of coloring material would you usually use? To draw I'm quite amazed by your skill and the smooth coloring
Thank you! I use Prismacolor colored pencils and backgrounds just drawn in photoshop
This was one of the best documentaries I’ve ever watched. And it was a fictional one to boot. I sat through the entire thing watching every chapter with renewed anticipation and enthusiasm. This is not my first video of Kaimere I’ve seen, and it certainly won’t be my last, keep up the great work friend!
I'm so glad to hear it! Was an absolute treat to work on
This was an impressive video. I loved how you used the storytelling with the Chelotaur. I feel sorry for their big brother, albeit I noticed that in doing what he did, he actually increased by a lot the chances of survival of his sibblings, including Ka'Hai and the sister that accompanied them. Definetly one of your best videos yet. The part with the Modotan was really impressive in particular and reminded me of when the Brachiosaurus appears for the first time during Time of Titans. The relation between the juveniles and buffalo herd was really cool and remarks how these diferent groups coexist in Kaimere in a way that they never did or do on Earth.
This was beyond excellent Keenan! This is on par with Planet Earth (or Kaimere in this case). Maybe in the future we could see the adventures of a Ghlanos stallion or a Drenduga matriarch!
Thanks so much!!
I would definitely wanna see more of this style in the future, but your content is amazing all around, so I'm good with anything.
Would certainly love to do so!
Now this is good story telling, you put so much into an animal that the natives of your world would fear, the Ukatan is more than a big scary apex, in this you show the bond that some people look over in other animals of the real world, and the fact you based the Ukatan off of lions makes it even better
Are uktan capable of feeling grief? What happens if one in an established couple loses its mate?
At least in some capacity yes
I hope you make another video like this with another species
I would certainly like to!
I just started the video, but I can’t lie I’m very optimistic of this. Kaimere is my favorite spec EVO project in existence, tied with the world of the Birrin project & the subnautica games. Considering spec EVO is my favorite subject, that’s one of the highest compliments I can possibly give. Well done Keenan, you’ve designed a truly beautiful and exciting world, but most of all one that feels believable. I appreciate that even things as unscientific as magic have been given a biological explanations in your world. Lol. Cosmically brilliant. I can’t compliment it enough.
Wow im not even 1/4 in and im impressed are you gonna do more of these story like documentaries with other animals? Like komu ka bawe or tikakatik
This is the kind of stuff I love. More like this! Its amazing how you were able to make what is one of the best dino docs I've ever seen and it isn't even a real documentary. You really killed it with this.
I really like the hooting song the Uktan make. It sounds very soothing to me
What a beautiful story, with the narration and drawings you easily managed to emit strong feelings in me and also inspired me about some more odeas about possible behaviors of the real dinosaurs that existed on our earth
Rest in peace Druk, you were a very dedicated individual who helped his family successfully even if you didnt manage to make your own family you helped many others to have this opportunity 🫡
Oh man Bravo! This is just....beautiful.
I can't believe how attached I became to these fictional animals.
Thank you so much! I definitely got invested
Loved the video. Just got the first anthology of kaimere for Christmas and I’m loving it. There are somethings I’d love to learn about kaimere in the future. Such as the religions of kaimere and if any earth religions have spread in kaimere via the assembly. As well as more information on the war of the three spears.
Man, Uktan really are just big weird looking lions.
Fantastic episode, couldn't watch it until now since vacation but I was surprised by the sheer amount of art, with plenty of pieces not on the Deviantart. Very excited for next week's episode.
Apparently he has had some trouble with posting the Uktan growth stage art, he may have also had other troubles with some of the other slides as well.
Mostly just a matter of sheer number. I didn’t take the time to post them all so just made sure to post the important ones
Thank you! Glad you’re excited it’s got lots of fun new clades!
So excited to watch this, been waiting for a long video on the houze prairie for a while! It’s like the Africa of the known world
Heck yeah!
What a story indeed! I’d love to see more videos in this style in the future.
It was a ton of fun. About 5x more work than my usual videos but I'm really happy with the result.
That was the most incredible thing I've ever watched! I was gripped from beginning to end at the storytelling and beautiful illustrations! Thank you for the content!
Can't believe I was blessed in the same year by two spec evo documentary in the animals' perspective. This together with Southern Scrimshaw are giving my ideas to do something similar in my own project. Keep up the good work, Keenan! Also are you planning in doing something in this style for other kaimeran animals?
Thank you! I really gotta check that out. No other episodes like this planned yet but I would absolutely be open to it! Took a tremendous amount of time so I’d need a pretty large budget but we’ll see what happens in the future!
I love the sound effects and music choices you used for this story. And what a story it was! Over two hours of excellent storytelling from one of my favorite UA-camrs makes for an excellent late Christmas present. I'm very eager to see what you have in store for next year's episodes, and I hope you and your friends and family had an amazing Christmas.
Thank you so much, and my gratitude for all your support this year! Hope you and yours also had a wonderful Christmas
We did, and I'm glad I was able to help out as much as I was.@@TalesofKaimere
This is the best gift for Christmas I got amazing work
Thank you for this gem Keenan. It will help give me inspiration on how to write from the perspective of an intelligent theropod. This tale was beautiful and powerful, reminding me much of raptor red
Sorry to say but Im gonna need a infinite amount of documentaries like this on Kaimere injected into my brain
I would be honored!
You are not alone in this addiction
this is so good, i loved every chapter of this story and seeing this world with a more open perspective.
Thank you! I really enjoyed it and liked working with the format. Was a ton of work but I definitely hope to do it again
this reminds me of a visual novel called „South Scrimshaw”
i was not expect this to be 2 hours long
this is probably THE BEST fantasy documentary i have seen!
57:15 🤣
2:07:38 and the new generation begiens....
I really gotta check out South Scrimshaw so many people have recommended it
@@TalesofKaimereit's awesome, I guarantee you that
Just finished watching and this was simply fantastic.
I enjoyed chapters 2 and 4 the most, but the entire thing was marvelous.
What a fantastic presentation of Kaimere's most fascinating Megaraptorans! (Kurujaku's still my favourite, though. :P)
But, the realisation when I watched this: it wasn't Ka'Hai's ballad, but rather the distinct symphonies of all those around him.
This video trully give me "Ballad of Big Al " kind of vibe.. Amazing 2 hours of experience man.. your world bulding is trully inredible.. the way you menage too create a well stable ecosystem for those creatures is trully beautifull!
Absolutely splendid! Idk if you plan any other stories like this but if you do or don't what other interesting species of Kaimere come to mind?
This was a realy nice Christmas treat and was honestly very well done. Easy to imagine in a Walking With style story that I imagine it was roughly inspired from.
Note: I also really enjoy the slight human aspects that are given in a way. Like how Drok is handled before there banishment, you really get a sense of frustration and a attentive care at which they want yet are losing. Be it to natural hormonal aggression or a deep emotional frustration alongside it. Stuff like this gives a good sense of intellegence of the creatures while not feeling overbaring and still quite natural for an animal. Many animals can have some human like emotions and thoughts but are not human, which I think here was done well.
A very interesting, and great story.
One learn a lot about the Uktan, and also care for them.
IT IS HERE! YESSSSSSSSSS
this documentary was wonderful you did a amazing job
Thanks so much!!
I love this format of story telling, you keep up the good work. I would love a story like this with a family of shield drakes
This is probably the best thing I’ve listened to in a long time you can tell the dedication and time you put into this I really enjoyed this from start to finish. The artwork and world building is top notch I will definitely be wanting more of this.
Thanks so much! Definitely hope to make more like it down the road
This is a great documentary even with drawings you managed to create the most beutiful documentary i have seen this make me imagine how really harsh Kaimere is but still awsome
I can't help but hope that Druk is still alive out there somewhere.
Same
do adult uktan have to worry about large crocodiles when going for a drink or are they too big? and i love this type of video hopefully we see more in the future
That can absolutely be a threat: there are two crocodilian species in their size class
Finished this wonderful movie and I gotta say it’s one the most captivating pieces of art I’ve ever watched. Your storytelling is phenomenal making me feel for the characters. I was genuinely invested in the story and characters a job well done!
I'm so glad to hear it, thank you!
@@TalesofKaimere thank you for your hard work it has not gone unnoticed. I have followed for nearly a year and u only improve as time goes on, keep being yourself!
This was amazing, holy cow! I’m sure it took a lot of hard work and it really shows. You can bet I’ll be rewatching this many many more times.
Beautiful Uktan story, great job mate.
Glad you enjoyed it, and much appreciated!
This reminds me of an old classic(Balled of Big Al) anyone agree?
Heck yeah
This was indeed the movie of the year. All jokes aside though this was unironically amazing. With the masterfully crafted illustrations combined with the descriptive and immersive narration this is my favorite video of yours so far. I love how you made the Uktan feel like actual animals yet give them this sense of character. The story was put together very well and even during the moments of peace were very entertaining to watch. You did an amazing job with both the music and sound design to create an atmosphere that fit the scene every time. I especially like the music you use during scenes of danger and distress. The tempo picks up and more long, high pitched notes are used. It creates almost a sense of dread; for me at least.
Over all this mini documentary was very entertaining to watch, with characters that people can connect with and story telling that immerses the watcher. I hope you create more videos and become an even better illustrator/story teller.
Have a wonderful rest of your day or night, which ever suits better when you read this comment!
This was beautiful. Can we please have more long-form videos like this? I like documentary style for fictional animals. More in-depth than your usual videos and less emphasis on the drama than your average nature documentary. Though, I did learn that teenage drama is oddly compelling when it's about dinosaurs.
Enjoyed all two hours of this I would love to see more of these for some of Kaimers other famous mega fauna
This has to be one of my all time favorite videos on your channel and cements this channel as arguably my new favorite channel on youtube. Once the video ended I clapped as it was that amazing.
I’m absolutely elated to hear it!!
The way the Uktan carry prey is hilarious to me, while logically sound it looks so anthropomorphized like @ 14:02 looks like they brought home KFC for the kids lol.
Haha gotta bring home the snacks
this is beautiful, the stories of animals are really one of our world's greatest wonders and you've managed to capture that in full, kudos to you for this great work!
This is the lore that we've been missing.
That was quite the treat to watch I must say, might be your best video yet Keenan. Would love to see you do more of these in the future, especially with animals like the komu ka bawe or ru kel. Keep up the good work as usual!
Finally got the chance to watch this and I have to say it's one of the best things I've ever seen. I imagine making videos like this common won't be possible, but if you're wondering as to how desired they are I would definitely watch many more fully length videos like this on all sorts of Kaimeran animals!
Thank you so much! I’ve been elated by the reception and would love to do more in the future but I need to be realistic about how much time it took. It’s made quite a bit in ads so hopefully it can help fund others down the line!
You're welcome! @@TalesofKaimere
That was wonderful. I've recently started my own worldbuilding project thanks to these videos and I loved this long-form story. Thank you very much, you made my day
Thanks so much!
This was a masterpiece, one of your best videos.
Now I wanna see this story as an animated documentary film.
That would be incredible!
That was absolutely beautiful!
I have been waiting for more Uktan-related content for a while now and this definitely delivers!
Thank you so much for your effort and art.
Thanks so much I’m glad you enjoyed!
Wow. This is an amazing work of art, and definitely one of if not the highest quality video I’ve seen you create. What a wonderful way to close out the year! I gotta say, the structure of the story reminds me of the nature documentaries made to follow a specific pride of lions. In many ways, Uktan fill the niche of lions, at a dinosaur size. But my main question is, was this a one-off special, or will you make similar stories about other beasts of Kaimere in the future?
Thanks so much I'm glad you enjoyed! I would happily revisit the format. It's a much better way to show the complexity of an ecosystem than through my usual format, especially with this run time. I'd love to do others with beasts in the titan gardens and seagrass meadows to round out the trilogy, maybe even do one for each megaraptoran. I'd also happily explore other taxa, like maybe a titanosaur would be a better candidate for the garden and a mammoth for the steppes. I'm not sure! Definitely open to more like this though it took a tremendous amount of work and I'd need a very steep budget.
@@TalesofKaimere I wish you the best of luck!! Will this episode be made into a short story in one of your anthologies, or remain as just a video?
@@jacobjerny7502 I'm not sure yet. The next anthology is going to be about beyond the known world, and this is just north of the known world so probably would't fit that theme. However, I do plan on doing a xenofiction anthology later on and it might take place in that book
This was a amazing, wonderfull and extremely neat and well made episode !
For the first very special episode of the channel, the first "audiobook" and "visual novel" of it too, the first more than 1 hour long aka true large video, the 2023 Christmas/New Year special episode and last video ever of the year (yep, really a lot of things at the same time...), you really managed to bring, created and gived to us an amazing piece of writting, reading, entertainment, a movie (and as an amator fan-production one on top o that), wildlife documentary and spec evo production as I can for certain confirm that any other piece like it was ever made before !
And a nice tribute to the BBC franchise "Walking With..." especially "The Ballad of Big Al", which was the main inspiration behind this episode, while in the same time being and managing to be it own proper thing.
For the first video documentary-like format as this one of the channel, of this Spec Evo project and entire universe that is "Tales of Kaimere", it a complete success and masterpiece !
As a very first attempt tot his format and the potential others that will come in the years to follows (of course, very very spaced between each others, and of course NOT every years, but still a event to behold in itself so what was made was just wonderfull and deserved praises and respects !).
i can't wait to come back and watch this when i have time, holy crap. this is new for you and i am so excited.
Thank you for this it is glorious
Amazing! Simply amazing!
2023 Summary
Mammals of Kaimere videos: 17 (Chimps of Kaimere, An'Garu, Bears, Wild Dogs, Bokodu, Prehistoric elephants, Modern elephants, Arvelith Mammoth, Drenduga, Koga, Manephaunt, Komatu, Hugoldun, Sloths of Kaimere, Toxodons, Litopterns of Kaimere, Byamdan)
Avians of Kaimere: 1 (Passenger Pigeon)
Reptiles of Kaimere: 2 (Snapping turtles, snakes)
Non-avian dinosaurs of Kaimere videos: 4 (common drake, Komu Ka Bawe, Tikakatik, The Ballad of Ka'Hai)
Pterosaurs of Kaimere: 4 (Pterosaurs part 1, Pterosaurs part 2, Pterosaurs part 3, In the Shadow of Raven King)
Invertebrates of Kaimere: 3 (Arthropods of Kaimere, Ants of Kaimere, Trilobites of Kaimere)
Unique clades: 2 (Moorkutlot, Pakardiant Firebirds)
General animal subjects of Kaimere video: 3 (Vermin of Kaimere, Convergent Minds, Cryptids of Kaimere)
Harvest videos: 2 (Phoenix from Ashes, The North African Harvest)
Regions: 4 (Permian Islands, Jurrassic Islands, Permian Continent, Desert Forest)
Culture of Kaimere: 1 (Falconry in Kaimere)
Reviews: 1 (Life on Our Planet)
Homunculi: 2 (Giants, Harpies)
Demons of Kaimere: 1 (Hezuki)
Undead of Kaimere: 1 (Vampires and other walking dead)
Characters: 1 (Nasiri)
Teasers: 5 (2 for episodes, 3 for books)
Others: 4 (Forgotten Bloodlines, April Fools, Q&A 1, Q&A 2, What is Kaimere)
Number of videos: 58
My top 10 favourite videos of 2023
1. The Ballad of Ka'Hai: An Uktan Story | Fantasy Dinosaur Documentary - giant piece of work, a lot of art, hope we will get something similar in the future
2. The Moørkutlot: Spirits of the Silent Forest | Silent Ones of Kaishel - the best intro so far, deep dive into evolution and behaviour of the critter, additional look into relatives and a lot of art
3. Realms Beyond the Known World: The Permian Continent | Land of the Griffins - the most complete of realms beyond the known world. Only second place due to relatively small amount of art.
4. River Monsters: Twelve Deadly Fish in the Rivers and Lakes of Kaimere - great designs of fish, gives wide look on ecologies of various places of Kaimere. It also has quite good pacing.
5. Realms Beyond the Known World: The Permian Islands - Here There Be Dragons! - very original take on dragons, only slightly less detailed in comparison to Permian Continent
6. Elephants of Kaimere Part I: An Examination of Prehistoric Kaimeran Proboscideans
7. Sloths of Kaimere: Evolution, Biology, Ecology, and Modern Taxa
8. Tricksters, Gardeners, and Wetland Eremites: The Pakardiant Firebirds
9. Wardens of Dreamtime: Snakes of Kaimere
10. Ogres, Trolls, and Walking Trees: Giants of Kaimere
My top 3 least favourite videos of 2023
1. The Common Drake: Quintessential Dinosaur of Kaimere - feels undercooked due to lenght and practically no new art, which is weird for one of the most common and diverse dinosaur of this world
2. Realms Beyond the Known World: The Jurassic Islands - the most underdeveloped among regions beyond known world (lack of aquatic fauna, aerial absence and very few smaller predators).
3. Cryptids of Kaimere - video feels more like summary of all cryptid lore that was already reveal from previous videos and posts rather than video exploring various kinds of cryptids.
My top 10 Favourite hightlighted creatures:
1. Bokodu
2. Moorkutlot
3. Kaimeran dragon
4. Jormungandr
5. Greater owlbear
6. Dragon turtle
7. Xhetsukaan
8. Hugoldun
9. Karakai
10. Komu ka Bawe
My top 10 new creatures
1. Jormungandr
2. Greater Owlbear
3. Grizzleback mastodon
4. Dragon turtle
5. Xhetsukaan
6. Hugoldun
7. Makhos
8. Common phoenix
9. Permian oliphaunt
10. Hog sloth
From my previous year predictions these came into reality (look episode A Long Road to Immortality: Childhood in Kaimere):
Overview of Permian Islands
Canids of Kaimere
Ogres/ giants of Kaimere
My top 10 predictions for next year videos:
1.Remake of rhinos of Kaimere
2.Equids of Kaimere
3.Camelids of Kaimere
4. At least one harvest video
5. Video about one of the characters
6. Desmostylians of Kaimere
7. More sloths of Kaimere (new spiecies, designs etc.)
8. More info about marine life north of equator
9. Bovines of Kaimere
10. Amphibians will get some love (most likely not episode but some new species)
What's yours favourites from this year?
don't forget the Toxodonts
Good news for you. First video of next year will be about the First Dynasty.
@@loisonnut Thanks, I edited my summary to include them.
Today is a good day! I just got songs of the inland sea for Christmas and i get to see your most ambitious video ever! Wonderful!
Best christmas present (aside from an uktan plush)what a lovely story, thank you
Thank you!!
Well this was the coolest thing ever. One about motomazor would also be really awesome. I’d love to see one about kurajaku but I’m thinking it probably wouldn’t be as interesting because they don’t have complex social behavior
This is amazing.This is definately where you peak imo.I wish ka hai and kyan good luck on their future endevours.Also I love that you make me feel sad and sorry for the animals like the duruk terror bird scene without anthrophomizing them.I hope I can make a doc witg spec project one day.I've been thinking of doing it with a species of probasideans in my project.
One question how did albanism affect oniya and her brother's hunts on their own?
Thank you! Being leucistic is generally pretty beneficial to uktan in their northern range where it's often more desert and prairie than seasonally mosaic forest like where Ka'Hai grew up and therefore has more darker pigmentation like he has.