I can see a lot of people commenting on the lack of animation, but to be fair, I personally think it fits. Given that it was based on a DnD style stream, it makes sense for the presentation, and I think it's charming in that aspect. Even the 'overhead token' shots fit a Roll20 vibe, with the tiles and character tokens. I'm not saying EE is revolutionary in animation, but given the budget and the feel it's going for, it holds up well and the art style itself is cute and interesting.
Honestly, I too was at first disappointed when I saw the show the first time. I'd been expecting something more animated, if you get what I'm saying. But, I decided to keep watching, because Jello is not the only UA-camr out there who has done stop motion / slide show style animations to tell a story. Disappointment turned to surprise, however, as I continued to watch. And I quickly grew to adore the characters on screen. By the end of the first episode I was invested, and hungered for more. Yes, the plot is somewhat loose and a bit obviously based on a rehashing of a GURPS or DnD type game session, and without a doubt the lack of animation hurts it when it was simply branded as 'animated' (honestly, should have called it anything else if only to avoid the backlash. call it an 'Video Visual Novel' or 'Animated Webcomic' to get people's mind out of comparing it to something like Avatar the Last Airbender), but the voice acting, the humor, and the characters were so immersive, so amazing so FUN that I couldn't help but love the show.
Isnt it amazing how we see here Creativity really threatened directly by Exestential Fears like Hunger (if Broke, you get hungry, if you get what i mean.) That's why it's, in the end, important to change the World and have a Basic Money given to Everyone on the Planet. So no one has to fear dying for Money-reasons. I understand people's counter-argument to this 'Everyone should get money regardless of Job and all that': One of the Big Arguments is that of 'Lacking Motivation' if anyone has enough money to survive. But honestly, i think Earth needs to make this Jump and people just honestly need to get over this. You shouldnt go to work for Paper Money, the concept is just broken in itself. Humans need to get beyond this and find another Motivation to work - yeah, even the dangerous jobs even. Sorry if that's too Sci-Fi, but i honestly believe even big Concepts like Money and Base-Money and all that need to change in the name of Evolution.
Captain Comic I mean it as something that’s entertaining and quirky! The colors of the characters and setting kind of pop, and are pleasing to look at.
I don't know what people were expecting of Epithet Erased, it's by definition an Indie Show. Made by a ragtag group of people with some help from an animation company, sure, but it was mainly handled by complete amateurs/people who weren't well versed in making an actual full length show. Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss are not a good comparison if you do bring it up, since production of that took way longer and had more backing. They are both Indie shows too, but they're an outlier to the general majority of indie shows.
Yeah, it's really dumb. I remember watching a video on Epithet Erased where the guy said "couldn't they just make the animation better?" as if animation isn't an incredibly long and painstaking process, even if you have big budget which Epithet Erased did not.
If i'm being honest, I expected alot more when I heard Powerhouse was going to help out. got disappointed with the end result, buuut i watched it anyway and enjoyed it by the end.
Yehuda Halpern I honestly felt that the lack of animation in some scenes actually made the show more humorous, especially when the characters are narrating themselves. I thought it made the show have a unique type of humor that I personally enjoy.
I have a good people those people has never watched Inferno Cop or Ninja Slayer The Animation. granted, the later was given an animation budget, but still keeps that same style.
@@n00bsstuff36 Yeah lol, that whole spiel from him made me unsub, like, i am a leftist aswell as him, but either way, he was being a dick, that's NOT how you get people to vote.
No one seems to realise that even for this 'stiff cardboard non-animation', hundreds of sprites still had to be drawn for different poses and expressions for each character. It takes a whole lot of effort just for this- how hard do you think animating the whole thing fully would be? Plus they werent working on some explosively big budget. You guys are shitting on a show with a good story, characters, and art(not animation, for yall haters), for not being fully animated. That aside,it may just be my own bias but i love this show. The memey animation style makes the comedic moments a lot funnier than they would be with proper animation. And they go full animation for big scenes too so what are you complaining about?
In the priemere of Reflection (I forget the number of the ep lol) Jello said that the animated part at the end cost $14,000. That’s probably why the animation is like that.
Isnt it amazing how we see here Creativity really threatened directly by Exestential Fears like Hunger (if Broke, you get hungry, if you get what i mean.) That's why it's, in the end, important to change the World and have a Basic Money given to Everyone on the Planet. So no one has to fear dying for Money-reasons. I understand people's counter-argument to this 'Everyone should get money regardless of Job and all that': One of the Big Arguments is that of 'Lacking Motivation' if anyone has enough money to survive. But honestly, i think Earth needs to make this Jump and people just honestly need to get over this. You shouldnt go to work for Paper Money, the concept is just broken in itself. Humans need to get beyond this and find another Motivation to work - yeah, even the dangerous jobs even. Sorry if that's too Sci-Fi, but i honestly believe even big Concepts like Money and Base-Money and all that need to change in the name of Evolution.
@@slevinchannel7589 Well... that's your oppinion... Like most things, there are ups and downs to that propossal, I recomend that you watch Kurgeastz's video about universal basic income.
"He's talking about you. The person in the audience who has a bunch of ocs gathering dust on the storage shelf that is their life" god, i feel personally attacked.
2021 EDIT: Who came back to this after the books were announced? I love that this video exists. You took the time and care to conduct an extensive and thorough interview with the person who knows the most about what happened behind the scenes, because he and his team were the ones who brought Epithet to life, and I love that the video went in a different direction than just a simple review. Yes, the process was not easy. Making something on this scale is never easy. But my hope is that when people watch this, they will see how much love, care, and sheer effort Jello put into making his little series. Even if the show never gets a second season, even if the seven episodes we have are the only ones we get, I am eternally grateful we got even a little bit of something filled with so much charm, passion and love. I am eternally grateful that Epithet Erased exists.
Yeah, not having everything planned out and asking a studio to animate on the fly would be a massive issue for any production. I DO have stuff like OCs on the shelf and an idea in my head but people to motivate me is where I'm lacking and most likey I ain't gonna find people I trust for that anytime soon. For now solo ground work is the best anyone hoping to independently create something can do and advance from there.
1:25 "Don't worry, I'm not in the United States... I'm somewhere else." I'm gonna need a clip of that Also, loved this video! The interview with Jello was excellent and told me a lot about a series I need to get into!
Epithet Erased has: -A great storyline -fantastic world building -amazing characters -smart plot devices -memorable lines and scenes Yet everyone shitted on the animation..........................................ok-
One of my favorite shows to work on so far because of the writing and likeable characters. I am sad to see that this video doesn't talk about the struggles of the other crew, but i get that this focused on jello. The editors and artist pulled all nighters for weeks getting little to no sleep some days (along with jello since he was directing us). Still worth the hard work as jello did an amazing job with the struggles and time he had.
All in all I really like E.E I especially liked how it did something different, such as using a D&D style of narration. True the animation was lacking but I believe the voice acting and art work makes up for that as they're both pretty expressive. Point being if there was a season two I wouldn't hesitate watching as even from episode one the animation style grew on me.
I’d be willing to bet that the vast majority of people complaining about the animation of a free show on UA-cam have never animated once in their lives
@@enclavesoldier5737 it's not animated badly, the animated scences are incredible, and the main kind of "animation" is a stylistic and budget choice that I can very easily get behind
Why are all the people hating on the animation? It’s cute and has a lot of heart. It’s just unique and tells emotion incredibly well without immense work allowing it to have beautiful writing.
While i love the style and dont want it to change, i can understand people wanting some more..... "movement" with the characters. its not something someone would expect from animated content and until the major animated scenes does nothing to really grab the attention of someone looking for small minor movements. (yes i realize that i just claimed the complainers have low attention spans, dont generalize yourself because i made a comment ^-^)
When she was speaking and she was supposed to have a scared or surprised look on her face it looked really fake and mediocre. Just a couple of dashed lines around the eyes would help and some exaggeration here and there as well but ehhhhh. I wouldn’t watch it and it’s not my thing. You can like it all you want but the thing even makes animatics look like fluid animation.
"I'm specifically talking about you, the person in the audience who has a bunch of OC's gathering dust on the store shelf that is their life." Ouch, that hurt. Their D&D characters, but still, I need to get myself together and do something about it. Maybe write a book using the same unused characters I've made.
SAMEEE I’ve literally got like, six 3/4s completed characters just chilling in my brain that would totally go away if I just wrote a story, but I don’t have the MOTIVATION. Maybe I’ll do it during quarantine summer cause there’s nothing to doooo..
I remember reading comments on DaftPina's posts abt how he was making a video on Epithet Erased wanting him to shit on the series entirely, and I'm relieved to see they didn't get what they wanted
Oh my goodness... I actually really loved what Epithet Erased is... I had NO IDEA it was this non-planned, I just took it all for an aesthetic style! Jello, love your work but if you plan on making a Season 2 (which I hope you are) please plan a year in advance!
"He's talking about you. The person in the audience who has a bunch of ocs gathering dust on the storage shelf that is their life" Never have I been so offended by something I completely agree with
Long Fork, as someone who is working in animation production for fun. Yep. YEP YEP. Sometimes people just. Vanish from projects sometimes and you are like "shit what now!!!" And. Then you can't fine someone to fill in so you just. Do it yourself sometimes and then cry about it
While I enjoyed the series, I enjoyed this video more. Hearing a cuddly guy talk about the hell and back he went through to make things happen, all while having a smile on his face is a warm, good feeling. God speed to any creators, imaginers, dreamers who are trying to create, or work up the courage to create. Put shit out there, in the end, it'll be rewarding. I make beats from time to time, and it gives me something to do, even if I'll look at it five years later and say "this is shit." But until that five years hits, I'm having fun making this stuff.
Sometimes you need to ignore the shit people say and just do the things you enjoy because you have fun making it - and more often than not the experience is 100% more rewarding 👍🏻
I don't even mind the animation. The writing is the show's strongest point anyway. Plus, it's a free youtube show that was released weekly. Proper animation would have taken a lot more time and money
@@lauralaura4362 it was also cg and from what I'm told that's considerably easier to animate than traditional 2D. Plus, with Epithet's emphasis on intricate character dwsigns I don't think 3D animation like RWBY's was ever going to happen
Honestly, I too was at first disappointed when I saw the show the first time. I'd been expecting something more animated, if you get what I'm saying. But, I decided to keep watching, because Jello is not the only UA-camr out there who has done stop motion / slide show style animations to tell a story. Disappointment turned to surprise, however, as I continued to watch. And I quickly grew to adore the characters on screen. By the end of the first episode I was invested, and hungered for more. Yes, the plot is somewhat loose and a bit obviously based on a rehashing of a GURPS or DnD type game session, and without a doubt the lack of animation hurts it when it was simply branded as 'animated' (honestly, should have called it anything else if only to avoid the backlash. call it an 'Video Visual Novel' or 'Animated Webcomic' to get people's mind out of comparing it to something like Avatar the Last Airbender), but the voice acting, the humor, and the characters were so immersive, so amazing so FUN that I couldn't help but love the show.
@@Darkgun231 that’s true. Although now the new season won’t be a season but a book. Which I wanted it to be voiced or have a manga/comic at least to better get immersed but that’s just me.
@@dcscruz2970 It is gonna be voiced tho. There’s an audiobook being edited for it right now, with all the original cast with some new voices and new music
At first I didn’t want to get into it... cuz I thought it was weeaboo trash but then I finally locked myself in my room so my brothers don’t make fun of me, I started to watch and it was *good*
Good for him! He's chipping away at his debt from one show, so he can afford the debt for the next season of the show. ...My God, he's a dang Animal Crossing protagonist!
I can see why. Reading through the comments before getting to the part of the video where it first shows the 'animation' I was expecting something sloppy, not a literal complete lack of actual animation. Some shows do that to take the piss (*cough* studio trigger), but is that how epithet literally always looks?
@@KingHalbatorix seems to be 60% sliding pngs, and 30% animation. 10% credits But don't let the little kids see you insulting the amazingly " animated " EE. they'll call you a boomer and ruin your day! :)
What video title made me think: EE season 2 is coming the summer of 2027 What the video was: This was a hard show to create and they're making it anyway because they're passionate people! Very relieved! Good video!
This happens all the time, like seriously all the time. An example would be Danny Phantom, Butch Heartman has said himself that he was just barely forming the idea and at lunch with an exec he shot the pitch and it was greenlit, without a single finished drawing or anything. It happens with sit coms and reality T.v a lot as well, and the schedule and management issues in epithet erased are nothing compared to many hollywood movies
I absolutely adored Epithet Erased, I first saw the show after episode 1 was uploaded to youtube but I few days before episode 2 was so I had to wait for them to be released & then I got impatient & signed up with VRV, it was supposed to be a Christmas present but my dad didn't understand, he told me it was free to use & didn't get what I tried explaining to him for the whole subscription thing & then was like screw it, I'm 28 years old & can do what I want so I went for it. The show is super fun, love the humor & everything about it. I do hope that it gets a second season but I read the tweets about production & I understand if it's a long wait, it will make the second season more exciting once it actually does start coming out. In the meantime, I can watch whatever else I want on VRV.
Epithet was an amazing success writing and animation wise. It sucks how much it took out of Jello, meaning we more than likely wont get another animated episode ever again.
I found hilarious that... this is a vid about a animated series and how it went down.... But people in the comments still talk about the Vote Vote Vote video XD
Thank you for making this video- very interesting! I love hearing about production stories, it’s especially interesting now voice directing was the most fun part of this :0 you can really hear it in all the episodes! As much of a pain in all areas this series must’ve been to create, it’s funny, charming, and a work of art. I’m so glad Mr. Blaber decided to pull through with it, and I wish him and all the team a full recovery. Thank you for sharing this interview with is :)
The way people talk down on the art style of this show makes me so sad. I have a story that I more than anything want to turn into an animated series, and that’s my end goal for it once I graduate if it’s possible. But for now I am releasing it as a webcomic because that is the only thing within my means, with a budget of 0 since I don’t pay myself. Seeing people who have no idea how long animation takes and how much those animators deserve to be paid makes me so sad. I think Epithet did a phenomenal job with the budget and schedule it had, and I wish people would appreciate it for what it is.
Even with that cardboard aspect, they still manages to find smart ways to not make the visual borings, which is impressive work honestly. Also everything else is amazing-
I so so so hope the second season comes out, epithet erased helped me through a rough time, I was on the edge of my seat whenever a new episode came out. The characters and story and concepts dragged me in and I can’t wait for more. I’ll wait as long as I need for the next season...just like many other shows I love
13:21, this spoke to me because I have an entire UNIVERSE built over the course of a year that I would love to tel the story of, yet I suck at drawing and am bad at pitching ideas
If it'd been called anything other than simply 'an animated show,' then I think it'd have less critics of the style. Call it a 'Video Visual Novel,' or 'Mixed Media Webcomic,' or 'Slideshow Puppetshow.' Yes, it's hard to explain what genre it is before it's even made, but I truly think people wouldn't be so complain-y if the name was changed.
Lightning D0!t yeah, the video isn’t even that bad. We have people like onision and jake Paul on this platform, I think a dude making a very bias video about voting is probably not the best but certainly not as bad as everyone acts like it is.
Oh no this person has an actual political opinion and wanted to advocate for it! How inhumane! Oh, wait, that’s actually a really human thing to have. Why was anyone mad again?
@@celestinebuendia No, it's not just having a political opinion like everyone else. You're wrong and here is why. Not everyone else has an audience attempt to coherence them in to voting for who (they as a creator), want to win. That is why you see that video of all those Hollywood stars telling you to vote for Hillary got so much flak and negative attention. Besides the fact it is cringey, it is manipulative and can be considered 'taking advantage'. You also would feel the same way if your company/boss was doing the same thing. Their is a power dynamic there that makes it fucked up and/or just a shitty thing to do.
AAAAAH THIS WAS SO GOOD..... I was trying not to squeal the whole time. Bless you Jello and please take some time to recover because we're all vying for a season 2 someday ghGLKDSMKGH...
Honestly, I too was at first disappointed when I saw the show the first time. I'd been expecting something more animated, if you get what I'm saying. But, I decided to keep watching, because Jello is not the only UA-camr out there who has done stop motion / slide show style animations to tell a story. Disappointment turned to surprise, however, as I continued to watch. And I quickly grew to adore the characters on screen. By the end of the first episode I was invested, and hungered for more. Yes, the plot is somewhat loose and a bit obviously based on a rehashing of a GURPS or DnD type game session, and without a doubt the lack of animation hurts it when it was simply branded as 'animated' (honestly, should have called it anything else if only to avoid the backlash. call it an 'Video Visual Novel' or 'Animated Webcomic' to get people's mind out of comparing it to something like Avatar the Last Airbender), but the voice acting, the humor, and the characters were so immersive, so amazing so FUN that I couldn't help but love the show.
The way I look at Epithet Erased is kind of like how I look at One Punch Man; it's great and I will sing its praises until the heat death of the universe, but criticizing certain aspects of its production is still totally valid. For instance, ONE cannot draw a good looking character to save his life, the manga takes an age to update despite the FANTASTIC visuals, and the anime can have issues with pacing and suffers from the long hiatuses caused by the manga. So as it stands in my mind, Epithet Erased in its present form is in that awkward middle stage where the quality is undeniable, but it still suffers from certain limitations that can't really be solved without OCEANS of disposable income and sound decisions. So yeah. Can't wait for a season 2, and here's hoping a major studio picks the series back up when all is said and done and animates it fully with that godly Unlimited Budget Works quality treatment it deserves. And that the world doesn't end in the meantime...
There may have not been many moving parts to the animation, but they were surprisingly expressive with what was used. It kinda grew on me after a bit, and the voice acting was really good. Enjoyed the story too, though I cared less about the amulet plot and more about the characters, which is probably a good thing in the long run if season 2 is happening.
When I first saw this show I thought it was some kind of d&d story or something mostly because of the grid floor and the plus and minus health and the stats.
to be honest, i'd watched a couple of your videos months back, and i felt like there were a lot of pauses and unnecessary breaks and other stuff like that that just felt weird. but it's really cool watching one now and seeing how much you've refined your style since i watched your videos last. keep it up!
Glad to see you moving away from your more negative (sometimes even insulting and offensive) opinionated videos and more into objective things. This was the first video of yours I actually enjoyed.
I liked the show, and I think that if a second season was announced (which I’m hoping it is) then Jello will take what lessons he’s learned in working on this first season and apply it to the next
Love this show so much. I was really nervous clicking on this and finding out that perhaps vrv had mistreated jello, or that that no one would take it, but the truth of the matter is that the only story behind the shows creation is a bunch of people putting their heart and soul into a project they truly believed in. It genuinely makes me really happy
im glad it ended up really good, i wasnt a huge fan of the Redwood Run Arc due to the villian being suverely under ultilized, but the comedy and writting was great and i love every episode of it
I honestly think the animation has charm, at first it was off putting but after watching the show it was so hilarious and so well written. For anyone thinking about watching do it, it was amazing.
This Video here convinced me Universal-income is in fact needed. Creativity is totally supressed and good People are prevented from Greatness, as shown here. But only much later did a video clean-up Myths so much that i beecame a Socialist: "Socialism for Absolute Beginners" by 'Second Thought'.
"I'm talking to YOU, specifically with the original characters collecting dust." Me, a writer who has over 900 characters and has written over 100 original stories including two scripts and three published books: *In Giovanni's voice* I'm trying my BEST! >A
Kinda makes it hard to believe that after all of this work for production, there were a lot of people who didn't watch the show legitimately through UA-cam or VRV
Where can I VOTE to greenlit this show? Because my VOTE matters. VOTE not for animation studio, but VOTE like such good shows aren't getting any traction, because they aren't. VOTE, VOTE, VOTE. Because I love JelloApocalypse.
Honestly the shows greatest strengths are its character writing and dialog. I was meh on the art style and world till about episode 2-3 when I just completely fell in love with Giovanni and "Bear trap". They are the reason I got so invested and continued to watch. The rest was just bonus good stuff. Not saying the other stuff was bad but i could easily have dropped it but the writing kept me invested. I genuinely hope this series gets a season two and more attention.
I'll be honest, E. E seemed really promising, homewever it was hyped with the trailer and intro to have some pretty good animation to end up having a pretty basic paper-cut animation (as in just a couple of character skits or parts being moved around) Don't get me wrong there's some pretty good paper-cut style animation series, like South Park or Space ghost coast to coast to give two easily recognizable examples. Feels like the animation was a huge turn off for many. The live chat of the first episode release on UA-cam was filled with comments about how the animation was dissapointing and looked like a slide show after it was first seen with the viewers quickly going down.
Honestly, I too was at first disappointed when I saw the show the first time. I'd been expecting something more animated, if you get what I'm saying. But, I decided to keep watching, because Jello is not the only UA-camr out there who has done stop motion / slide show style animations to tell a story. Disappointment turned to surprise, however, as I continued to watch. And I quickly grew to adore the characters on screen. By the end of the first episode I was invested, and hungered for more. Yes, the plot is somewhat loose and a bit obviously based on a rehashing of a GURPS or DnD type game session, and without a doubt the lack of animation hurts it when it was simply branded as 'animated' (honestly, should have called it anything else if only to avoid the backlash. call it an 'Video Visual Novel' or 'Animated Webcomic' to get people's mind out of comparing it to something like Avatar the Last Airbender), but the voice acting, the humor, and the characters were so immersive, so amazing so FUN that I couldn't help but love the show.
that video was really important for me, especially when he said "yes you with a buch of ocs gathering dust". i have ocs and a idea but im not good at making stories and need help bringing it to life with VERY limited equipment.
Honestly? People hating EE's animation style feels kind of like back when people were angry at Wind Waker for it's style. Does that make sense? It's a genuinely good artistic choice for what it's trying to do story-wise. But because it's leaning on comedy factor and well-executed simplicity, people who expect something intricate and grandly-rendered say "this sucks!" and ignore the fact that it's a really good story . . . until enough people eventually go like "oh. this is good actually." and then it gets a chance. I hope. I think my only critique for the art style is that the square portraits from the over-the-top D&D board perspective might look less plain if they were rendered as round tokens with white borders. That would mean less empty colored space around the focal point (the faces.) You can still squash and stretch the rounds tokens to hilarious effect like that too when needed.
Always nice to see people be mature about mistakes they make. "Yeah this was a bad idea, I could have done this better" instead of trying to force a good public opinion about it.
It’s hard for me to like anything done by Jello given my first introduction to him was when he was being extremely manipulative and subpar with pushing his politics.
pingu your response shows why haters exist. At no point an I freaking out, I gave a legitimate criticism of which at least 3 or more people agree and you are going out of your way to white knight. Do keep it up though :)
@@LoreReloaded clearly you cared enough to hop upon the jello man bad bandwagon. i'm not sure where you made a legitimate argument in your comment-you just pointed out that he made a video disagreeing with your views-but please feel free to leave another passive aggressive response
![Smoother animation ≠ Better animation [read description]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/_KRb_qV9P4g/mqdefault.jpg)
I can see a lot of people commenting on the lack of animation, but to be fair, I personally think it fits.
Given that it was based on a DnD style stream, it makes sense for the presentation, and I think it's charming in that aspect. Even the 'overhead token' shots fit a Roll20 vibe, with the tiles and character tokens. I'm not saying EE is revolutionary in animation, but given the budget and the feel it's going for, it holds up well and the art style itself is cute and interesting.
Honestly, I too was at first disappointed when I saw the show the first time. I'd been expecting something more animated, if you get what I'm saying. But, I decided to keep watching, because Jello is not the only UA-camr out there who has done stop motion / slide show style animations to tell a story. Disappointment turned to surprise, however, as I continued to watch. And I quickly grew to adore the characters on screen. By the end of the first episode I was invested, and hungered for more.
Yes, the plot is somewhat loose and a bit obviously based on a rehashing of a GURPS or DnD type game session, and without a doubt the lack of animation hurts it when it was simply branded as 'animated' (honestly, should have called it anything else if only to avoid the backlash. call it an 'Video Visual Novel' or 'Animated Webcomic' to get people's mind out of comparing it to something like Avatar the Last Airbender), but the voice acting, the humor, and the characters were so immersive, so amazing so FUN that I couldn't help but love the show.
Ok I think I agree with both of you, those are some good points.
Isnt it amazing how we see here Creativity really threatened directly by Exestential Fears like Hunger (if Broke, you get hungry, if you get what i mean.)
That's why it's, in the end, important to change the World and have a Basic Money given to Everyone on the Planet.
So no one has to fear dying for Money-reasons.
I understand people's counter-argument to this 'Everyone should get money regardless of Job and all that':
One of the Big Arguments is that of 'Lacking Motivation' if anyone has enough money to survive.
But honestly, i think Earth needs to make this Jump and people just honestly need to get over this.
You shouldnt go to work for Paper Money, the concept is just broken in itself. Humans need to get beyond this and find another Motivation to work - yeah, even the dangerous jobs even.
Sorry if that's too Sci-Fi, but i honestly believe even big Concepts like Money and Base-Money and all that need to change in the name of Evolution.
Am I the only one who actually liked EE’s animation style? I thought it fit the style of the show really well and made it stand out more.
It’s a very fun style! :)
@@universenoodlesoup8462 You keep using the word "fun," I do not think it means what you think it means...
Captain Comic I mean it as something that’s entertaining and quirky! The colors of the characters and setting kind of pop, and are pleasing to look at.
Captain Comic Bruh no the art is fun to look at!
Yeah, I feel like it would lose its charm if it were fully animated.
I don't know what people were expecting of Epithet Erased, it's by definition an Indie Show. Made by a ragtag group of people with some help from an animation company, sure, but it was mainly handled by complete amateurs/people who weren't well versed in making an actual full length show.
Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss are not a good comparison if you do bring it up, since production of that took way longer and had more backing. They are both Indie shows too, but they're an outlier to the general majority of indie shows.
Yeah, it's really dumb. I remember watching a video on Epithet Erased where the guy said "couldn't they just make the animation better?" as if animation isn't an incredibly long and painstaking process, even if you have big budget which Epithet Erased did not.
If i'm being honest, I expected alot more when I heard Powerhouse was going to help out. got disappointed with the end result, buuut i watched it anyway and enjoyed it by the end.
Yehuda Halpern I honestly felt that the lack of animation in some scenes actually made the show more humorous, especially when the characters are narrating themselves. I thought it made the show have a unique type of humor that I personally enjoy.
Epithet earased is the best
I have a good people those people has never watched Inferno Cop or Ninja Slayer The Animation.
granted, the later was given an animation budget, but still keeps that same style.
The top comment on Epithet Erased (Episode 1) is:
"Looks like a dnd campaign animated in google slides"
He isn't wrong. Also the creator's political drama was rough.
@@muufle From being attacked by tumblr, to embodying their spirit, lol.
it's fuckin right tho
@@n00bsstuff36 Yeah lol, that whole spiel from him made me unsub, like, i am a leftist aswell as him, but either way, he was being a dick, that's NOT how you get people to vote.
Prostoration Well the show isn’t for me than, as a rightist
No one seems to realise that even for this 'stiff cardboard non-animation', hundreds of sprites still had to be drawn for different poses and expressions for each character. It takes a whole lot of effort just for this- how hard do you think animating the whole thing fully would be? Plus they werent working on some explosively big budget. You guys are shitting on a show with a good story, characters, and art(not animation, for yall haters), for not being fully animated.
That aside,it may just be my own bias but i love this show. The memey animation style makes the comedic moments a lot funnier than they would be with proper animation. And they go full animation for big scenes too so what are you complaining about?
In the priemere of Reflection (I forget the number of the ep lol) Jello said that the animated part at the end cost $14,000. That’s probably why the animation is like that.
I really liked the animation style,it reminded me of a game that I played. The way the sprites moved really add on to the show’s comedy as well!
I know, right?
Isnt it amazing how we see here Creativity really threatened directly by Exestential Fears like Hunger (if Broke, you get hungry, if you get what i mean.)
That's why it's, in the end, important to change the World and have a Basic Money given to Everyone on the Planet.
So no one has to fear dying for Money-reasons.
I understand people's counter-argument to this 'Everyone should get money regardless of Job and all that':
One of the Big Arguments is that of 'Lacking Motivation' if anyone has enough money to survive.
But honestly, i think Earth needs to make this Jump and people just honestly need to get over this.
You shouldnt go to work for Paper Money, the concept is just broken in itself. Humans need to get beyond this and find another Motivation to work - yeah, even the dangerous jobs even.
Sorry if that's too Sci-Fi, but i honestly believe even big Concepts like Money and Base-Money and all that need to change in the name of Evolution.
@@slevinchannel7589 Well... that's your oppinion... Like most things, there are ups and downs to that propossal, I recomend that you watch Kurgeastz's video about universal basic income.
"He's talking about you. The person in the audience who has a bunch of ocs gathering dust on the storage shelf that is their life"
god, i feel personally attacked.
I feel attacked by this comment.
SAME omg
No it's not a shelf it's a closet and it's so full the doors are barely staying closed
I know :(
I feel attacked
2021 EDIT: Who came back to this after the books were announced?
I love that this video exists.
You took the time and care to conduct an extensive and thorough interview with the person who knows the most about what happened behind the scenes, because he and his team were the ones who brought Epithet to life, and I love that the video went in a different direction than just a simple review. Yes, the process was not easy. Making something on this scale is never easy. But my hope is that when people watch this, they will see how much love, care, and sheer effort Jello put into making his little series.
Even if the show never gets a second season, even if the seven episodes we have are the only ones we get, I am eternally grateful we got even a little bit of something filled with so much charm, passion and love.
I am eternally grateful that Epithet Erased exists.
Dont care
Shadow C dude, no one asked for your opinion. STFU.
Christian Rosales Apologies M’Lady
My Flex tape Pillow *sarcasm* IT'S MAN! IT'S MAN!
Shadow C Name 10 people who wanted to hear your opinion. Oh wait, you can’t
Yeah, not having everything planned out and asking a studio to animate on the fly would be a massive issue for any production.
I DO have stuff like OCs on the shelf and an idea in my head but people to motivate me is where I'm lacking and most likey I ain't gonna find people I trust for that anytime soon.
For now solo ground work is the best anyone hoping to independently create something can do and advance from there.
@@ZeldaLord1 patreon maybe?
SniperKnighter god same,it sucks
same, man. it's honestly the worst
SniperKnighter this is my problem too, still sucks...
This is very relatable
You’re telling me the same studio behind the beautiful Castlevania show worked on Epithet Erased?
I... I am shooketh.
Well they did make the only actual good parts of the show animation wise
Steel47 you mean all of those times that Giovanni knitted?
@@No-qh3hf si
From someone who literally did a college project analysing the show. yes.
LizzieShiro I actually liked ee, but i found castlevania to be one of the worst shows I’ve watched. they are a lot different even then, thougj
Hey that’s an anime but also a not
Dearly deadlines. Yup it's an anime
nah.
Animes are animated, lol.
EE is "animation according to young kids on UA-cam".
Temmie Plays! Shut up boomer
@@ye6942 That's the best you can come up with, A forced reddit meme, lol.
I don't even need to reply, thanks
Temmie Plays! Ok person who is still in the undertale fandom
I love how the show has stupidity and action and combines them both in a great way I love it hope it keeps going ill support in anyway I can.
1:25
"Don't worry, I'm not in the United States... I'm somewhere else."
I'm gonna need a clip of that
Also, loved this video! The interview with Jello was excellent and told me a lot about a series I need to get into!
mmmm
Epithet Erased has:
-A great storyline
-fantastic world building
-amazing characters
-smart plot devices
-memorable lines and scenes
Yet everyone shitted on the animation..........................................ok-
An movie without an artstyle is a book, the animation style/artstyle is just as important as the story
Honestly I thought the animation style was really cute and charming
I really loved the animation it feels like a rpg or visual novel
Wich was the objective so i dont understand why people talk so smack about it
It reminds me of. Super paper Mario the show is great and i want to see season 2
@@PluslePlayzYT agreed
13:21 I did not expect to be called out like that
audibly shouted "FUCK YOU" at my monitor when I heard that
One of my favorite shows to work on so far because of the writing and likeable characters. I am sad to see that this video doesn't talk about the struggles of the other crew, but i get that this focused on jello. The editors and artist pulled all nighters for weeks getting little to no sleep some days (along with jello since he was directing us). Still worth the hard work as jello did an amazing job with the struggles and time he had.
All in all I really like E.E I especially liked how it did something different, such as using a D&D style of narration. True the animation was lacking but I believe the voice acting and art work makes up for that as they're both pretty expressive. Point being if there was a season two I wouldn't hesitate watching as even from episode one the animation style grew on me.
I’d be willing to bet that the vast majority of people complaining about the animation of a free show on UA-cam have never animated once in their lives
All because it’s free doesn’t give it a free excuse to animate badly
@@enclavesoldier5737 Yeah it does animation is thousands of dollars
@@enclavesoldier5737 dude u literally just proved the point of the comment
@@enclavesoldier5737 it's not animated badly, the animated scences are incredible, and the main kind of "animation" is a stylistic and budget choice that I can very easily get behind
@@enclavesoldier5737 it’s not animated badly??
Why are all the people hating on the animation? It’s cute and has a lot of heart. It’s just unique and tells emotion incredibly well without immense work allowing it to have beautiful writing.
While i love the style and dont want it to change, i can understand people wanting some more..... "movement" with the characters. its not something someone would expect from animated content and until the major animated scenes does nothing to really grab the attention of someone looking for small minor movements. (yes i realize that i just claimed the complainers have low attention spans, dont generalize yourself because i made a comment ^-^)
Justin Moore but it also makes the climaxes way more dramatic (where they animate the whole scene)
When she was speaking and she was supposed to have a scared or surprised look on her face it looked really fake and mediocre. Just a couple of dashed lines around the eyes would help and some exaggeration here and there as well but ehhhhh. I wouldn’t watch it and it’s not my thing. You can like it all you want but the thing even makes animatics look like fluid animation.
Cause they're all spoiled with flashy scenes.
@@pickletrickle4230 how are we spoiled
There is barely animation
"I'm specifically talking about you, the person in the audience who has a bunch of OC's gathering dust on the store shelf that is their life."
Ouch, that hurt. Their D&D characters, but still, I need to get myself together and do something about it. Maybe write a book using the same unused characters I've made.
SAMEEE I’ve literally got like, six 3/4s completed characters just chilling in my brain that would totally go away if I just wrote a story, but I don’t have the MOTIVATION.
Maybe I’ll do it during quarantine summer cause there’s nothing to doooo..
I remember reading comments on DaftPina's posts abt how he was making a video on Epithet Erased wanting him to shit on the series entirely, and I'm relieved to see they didn't get what they wanted
What is there to shit on
Something out of control?
Makes sense, seems like something peeps would care about in hs
Oh my goodness... I actually really loved what Epithet Erased is... I had NO IDEA it was this non-planned, I just took it all for an aesthetic style! Jello, love your work but if you plan on making a Season 2 (which I hope you are) please plan a year in advance!
"The most interesting thing about this whole thing."
"He's talking about you. The person in the audience who has a bunch of ocs gathering dust on the storage shelf that is their life"
Never have I been so offended by something I completely agree with
I think you should re-title the video to:
Animation in general: Production Hell
Long Fork, as someone who is working in animation production for fun. Yep. YEP YEP. Sometimes people just. Vanish from projects sometimes and you are like "shit what now!!!" And. Then you can't fine someone to fill in so you just. Do it yourself sometimes and then cry about it
@@Nestss Cool! Can you list what you worked on? Just wondering
@@longfork4177 ,plenty of private animation projects for classes. Also somehow took over colouring for many many people's senior thesis films rip
While I enjoyed the series, I enjoyed this video more. Hearing a cuddly guy talk about the hell and back he went through to make things happen, all while having a smile on his face is a warm, good feeling. God speed to any creators, imaginers, dreamers who are trying to create, or work up the courage to create. Put shit out there, in the end, it'll be rewarding. I make beats from time to time, and it gives me something to do, even if I'll look at it five years later and say "this is shit."
But until that five years hits, I'm having fun making this stuff.
Sometimes you need to ignore the shit people say and just do the things you enjoy because you have fun making it - and more often than not the experience is 100% more rewarding 👍🏻
I always wondered why the animation was non existent.
Now we know why it was so disappointingly nonexistent.
I don't even mind the animation. The writing is the show's strongest point anyway. Plus, it's a free youtube show that was released weekly. Proper animation would have taken a lot more time and money
Heino Kunzelmann rwby was a free show and it had animation, not very good but it was animation
@@lauralaura4362 it was also cg and from what I'm told that's considerably easier to animate than traditional 2D. Plus, with Epithet's emphasis on intricate character dwsigns I don't think 3D animation like RWBY's was ever going to happen
@@lauralaura4362 3d animation is way easier compare to 2d animation
Who needs animation when you get a good script
Honestly, I too was at first disappointed when I saw the show the first time. I'd been expecting something more animated, if you get what I'm saying. But, I decided to keep watching, because Jello is not the only UA-camr out there who has done stop motion / slide show style animations to tell a story. Disappointment turned to surprise, however, as I continued to watch. And I quickly grew to adore the characters on screen. By the end of the first episode I was invested, and hungered for more.
Yes, the plot is somewhat loose and a bit obviously based on a rehashing of a GURPS or DnD type game session, and without a doubt the lack of animation hurts it when it was simply branded as 'animated' (honestly, should have called it anything else if only to avoid the backlash. call it an 'Video Visual Novel' or 'Animated Webcomic' to get people's mind out of comparing it to something like Avatar the Last Airbender), but the voice acting, the humor, and the characters were so immersive, so amazing so FUN that I couldn't help but love the show.
@@Darkgun231 that’s true. Although now the new season won’t be a season but a book. Which I wanted it to be voiced or have a manga/comic at least to better get immersed but that’s just me.
@@dcscruz2970 It is gonna be voiced tho. There’s an audiobook being edited for it right now, with all the original cast with some new voices and new music
@@braintrope4736 but I want the images. The weird images man
@@dcscruz2970 There will be a few illustrations. Not a lot but it’s not nothing. I believe there’s a couple he’s already posted on his patreon
Love this video, loved epithet erased, and I am so sorry that Brendan went through this stuff, but I hope he recovers soon!!
I've never watched Epithet Erased, but I want to one day!
Please do watch it!
At first I didn’t want to get into it... cuz I thought it was weeaboo trash but then I finally locked myself in my room so my brothers don’t make fun of me, I started to watch and it was *good*
Why wait? Just do it now with no choice in the matter!
The whole series is free on UA-cam. I totally recommend it. The animation is sparse but it's super funny and Giovanni is very lovable.
The characters are amazing my dude
13:20
Don't attack me sir!
8:02 His hand went right behind the poster. What is this? Early 2017 DaftPina?
Green screen background
Epithet: Overlay
The way he goes into those sponsors are sooooo smooth.
Didn’t think you would cover this, but I’m so glad you were able to.
You sound too alive.
Ikr I refuse to believe that this is a true Daft video lol
Maybe in the future daft will 100% speak like a normal person.
@@xxmodzhaxsxx7910 I hope not
He speaks (somewhat) normally now. :/
Jello also recently voiced mummy in the english version of my hero academia: heroes rising.
Nice
Good for him! He's chipping away at his debt from one show, so he can afford the debt for the next season of the show.
...My God, he's a dang Animal Crossing protagonist!
*oh god it's here the comments section is gonna get flooded with "haha animation bad"*
I can see why. Reading through the comments before getting to the part of the video where it first shows the 'animation' I was expecting something sloppy, not a literal complete lack of actual animation. Some shows do that to take the piss (*cough* studio trigger), but is that how epithet literally always looks?
@@KingHalbatorix seems to be 60% sliding pngs, and 30% animation.
10% credits
But don't let the little kids see you insulting the amazingly " animated " EE. they'll call you a boomer and ruin your day! :)
Temmie Plays! That’s still animation. It’s not amazing but that still technically counts as animation
I'm not a big fan of the animation since its very janky at some times, sometimes smooth looks better than un natural movement
@@TemmiePlays This honestly comes off as you being salty for whatever reason. I have yet to see any fan describe the animation as amazing.
What video title made me think: EE season 2 is coming the summer of 2027
What the video was: This was a hard show to create and they're making it anyway because they're passionate people!
Very relieved! Good video!
Oh no.
This whole story is so weird to me. How does a show get greenlit with such little progress made on it.
It's like a weird cautionary tale.
This happens all the time, like seriously all the time. An example would be Danny Phantom, Butch Heartman has said himself that he was just barely forming the idea and at lunch with an exec he shot the pitch and it was greenlit, without a single finished drawing or anything. It happens with sit coms and reality T.v a lot as well, and the schedule and management issues in epithet erased are nothing compared to many hollywood movies
Given the example of Danny Phantom, a lot more are coming to mind.
Agreed. I couldn't even get past the first minute of the first episode. I hated the animation.
Nepotism, that's how.
@@OneDude7745 What's wrong with the animation?
I absolutely adored Epithet Erased, I first saw the show after episode 1 was uploaded to youtube but I few days before episode 2 was so I had to wait for them to be released & then I got impatient & signed up with VRV, it was supposed to be a Christmas present but my dad didn't understand, he told me it was free to use & didn't get what I tried explaining to him for the whole subscription thing & then was like screw it, I'm 28 years old & can do what I want so I went for it. The show is super fun, love the humor & everything about it. I do hope that it gets a second season but I read the tweets about production & I understand if it's a long wait, it will make the second season more exciting once it actually does start coming out. In the meantime, I can watch whatever else I want on VRV.
I can't wait for season 2 I need more of my soup man and smol child
13:21 why you bully me
Epithet was an amazing success writing and animation wise. It sucks how much it took out of Jello, meaning we more than likely wont get another animated episode ever again.
I agree with you here, but I have one thing to say to you.
Never say never…
The sheer amount of passive-aggressive comments about jello’s animation style is crazy.
One reason why it has good animation is that the poses were good enough to portray everything that the characters did.
I found hilarious that... this is a vid about a animated series and how it went down.... But people in the comments still talk about the Vote Vote Vote video XD
He sounds to lively it's unsettling
Is it just me or is pina talking way faster than usual?
I'd say so
i know, it's so unsettling
He upgraded his drivers and downloaded more RAM, thats why he speaks faster
I thought I left UA-cam on 1.5x speed
I don't have to speed up the videos any more!
Thank you for making this video- very interesting! I love hearing about production stories, it’s especially interesting now voice directing was the most fun part of this :0 you can really hear it in all the episodes!
As much of a pain in all areas this series must’ve been to create, it’s funny, charming, and a work of art. I’m so glad Mr. Blaber decided to pull through with it, and I wish him and all the team a full recovery. Thank you for sharing this interview with is :)
The Giovanni and Molly cookie episode sounds incredible and I want it to be real now.
13:22 that hit me so hard my heart plummeted, u can't just call me out like that 😰
The way people talk down on the art style of this show makes me so sad. I have a story that I more than anything want to turn into an animated series, and that’s my end goal for it once I graduate if it’s possible. But for now I am releasing it as a webcomic because that is the only thing within my means, with a budget of 0 since I don’t pay myself. Seeing people who have no idea how long animation takes and how much those animators deserve to be paid makes me so sad. I think Epithet did a phenomenal job with the budget and schedule it had, and I wish people would appreciate it for what it is.
I personally like the art tbh. It reminds me of how I played with toys when I was a kid.
I was originally put off a bit by the animation, but after watching it I can hardly imagine it being animated differently
Even with that cardboard aspect, they still manages to find smart ways to not make the visual borings, which is impressive work honestly.
Also everything else is amazing-
As much as I want season 2 after listening to this, I understand how long it could take just to get organized
I so so so hope the second season comes out, epithet erased helped me through a rough time, I was on the edge of my seat whenever a new episode came out. The characters and story and concepts dragged me in and I can’t wait for more.
I’ll wait as long as I need for the next season...just like many other shows I love
Expected a review: got a comprehensive break down of the difficulty of production on any kind of show even at small scales.
I’m mad that this series isn’t blowing up and the creator isn’t getting huge funding to make this thing FUCKING HAPPEN
Okay but Giovanni and Molly making cookies together sounds wonderful!
We gotta go fund this immediately!
13:21, this spoke to me because I have an entire UNIVERSE built over the course of a year that I would love to tel the story of, yet I suck at drawing and am bad at pitching ideas
Not surprised. It looks so cool but animated so basically.
It plays well for how the series works and is told, its honestly kinda a bonus once use to it.
The animations are really simple, but used super effectively.
If it'd been called anything other than simply 'an animated show,' then I think it'd have less critics of the style. Call it a 'Video Visual Novel,' or 'Mixed Media Webcomic,' or 'Slideshow Puppetshow.'
Yes, it's hard to explain what genre it is before it's even made, but I truly think people wouldn't be so complain-y if the name was changed.
"No amount of great animation will save a bad story." -John Lasseter
Darkgun231 Storytime Puppetshow
I honestly loved watching Epithet Erased, I couldn’t imagine it in any other style and I don’t want to. That may just be me though.
Guys, could you at least try watching the show rather than judging it based off of a stupid video Jello made two years ago?
Lightning D0!t yeah, the video isn’t even that bad. We have people like onision and jake Paul on this platform, I think a dude making a very bias video about voting is probably not the best but certainly not as bad as everyone acts like it is.
Oh no this person has an actual political opinion and wanted to advocate for it! How inhumane! Oh, wait, that’s actually a really human thing to have. Why was anyone mad again?
@@celestinebuendia This is how I see it. I'm very confused at all the backlash.
@@celestinebuendia No, it's not just having a political opinion like everyone else. You're wrong and here is why. Not everyone else has an audience attempt to coherence them in to voting for who (they as a creator), want to win. That is why you see that video of all those Hollywood stars telling you to vote for Hillary got so much flak and negative attention. Besides the fact it is cringey, it is manipulative and can be considered 'taking advantage'. You also would feel the same way if your company/boss was doing the same thing. Their is a power dynamic there that makes it fucked up and/or just a shitty thing to do.
TotalSmashTV That seems like a whole paragraph just to say "any famous person can't say 'there' political opinions because manipulation and stuff"
13:22 AAAH! HE JUST TALKED TO ME! HOW DID YOU KNOW ABOUT MY ANIMATION PLANS!
AAAAAH THIS WAS SO GOOD..... I was trying not to squeal the whole time. Bless you Jello and please take some time to recover because we're all vying for a season 2 someday ghGLKDSMKGH...
Same. 😊
13:20 Holy fuck that actually scared me, it broke the fourth wall in such a relatable way that i just didn't see it coming
Always great to have "behind the scenes" for this show! Thanks for all of your hard work!
(Do be careful of your audio sync though!)
Ephitet Erased: Production Peril
Ephitet Erased’s animation or lack there of bothered me at first but you get used to it!
Honestly, I too was at first disappointed when I saw the show the first time. I'd been expecting something more animated, if you get what I'm saying. But, I decided to keep watching, because Jello is not the only UA-camr out there who has done stop motion / slide show style animations to tell a story. Disappointment turned to surprise, however, as I continued to watch. And I quickly grew to adore the characters on screen. By the end of the first episode I was invested, and hungered for more.
Yes, the plot is somewhat loose and a bit obviously based on a rehashing of a GURPS or DnD type game session, and without a doubt the lack of animation hurts it when it was simply branded as 'animated' (honestly, should have called it anything else if only to avoid the backlash. call it an 'Video Visual Novel' or 'Animated Webcomic' to get people's mind out of comparing it to something like Avatar the Last Airbender), but the voice acting, the humor, and the characters were so immersive, so amazing so FUN that I couldn't help but love the show.
The charecters really make you ignore it their personality are just great
"Make the thing you want to make, cause no one else will make it."
*INSPIRATIONAL CHILLS*.....
The way I look at Epithet Erased is kind of like how I look at One Punch Man; it's great and I will sing its praises until the heat death of the universe, but criticizing certain aspects of its production is still totally valid. For instance, ONE cannot draw a good looking character to save his life, the manga takes an age to update despite the FANTASTIC visuals, and the anime can have issues with pacing and suffers from the long hiatuses caused by the manga.
So as it stands in my mind, Epithet Erased in its present form is in that awkward middle stage where the quality is undeniable, but it still suffers from certain limitations that can't really be solved without OCEANS of disposable income and sound decisions.
So yeah. Can't wait for a season 2, and here's hoping a major studio picks the series back up when all is said and done and animates it fully with that godly Unlimited Budget Works quality treatment it deserves. And that the world doesn't end in the meantime...
There may have not been many moving parts to the animation, but they were surprisingly expressive with what was used. It kinda grew on me after a bit, and the voice acting was really good. Enjoyed the story too, though I cared less about the amulet plot and more about the characters, which is probably a good thing in the long run if season 2 is happening.
When I first saw this show I thought it was some kind of d&d story or something mostly because of the grid floor and the plus and minus health and the stats.
No but it literally is
@@jirachisob5633 oh Cool
to be honest, i'd watched a couple of your videos months back, and i felt like there were a lot of pauses and unnecessary breaks and other stuff like that that just felt weird. but it's really cool watching one now and seeing how much you've refined your style since i watched your videos last. keep it up!
Glad to see you moving away from your more negative (sometimes even insulting and offensive) opinionated videos and more into objective things. This was the first video of yours I actually enjoyed.
Don't take this the wrong way. This is a compliment.
I liked the show, and I think that if a second season was announced (which I’m hoping it is) then Jello will take what lessons he’s learned in working on this first season and apply it to the next
I really want to see Molly and Giovanni making cookies oh my god ;
5:50 When you explain is how I’m exactly going to explain the show for the rest of my life
Love this show so much. I was really nervous clicking on this and finding out that perhaps vrv had mistreated jello, or that that no one would take it, but the truth of the matter is that the only story behind the shows creation is a bunch of people putting their heart and soul into a project they truly believed in. It genuinely makes me really happy
im glad it ended up really good, i wasnt a huge fan of the Redwood Run Arc due to the villian being suverely under ultilized, but the comedy and writting was great and i love every episode of it
I honestly think the animation has charm, at first it was off putting but after watching the show it was so hilarious and so well written. For anyone thinking about watching do it, it was amazing.
This Video here convinced me Universal-income is in fact needed. Creativity is totally supressed and good People are prevented from Greatness, as shown here.
But only much later did a video clean-up Myths so much that i beecame a Socialist: "Socialism for Absolute Beginners" by 'Second Thought'.
The whole animation reminds me of warhammer40k tts if the emperor had a text to speech device
Wait did everyone get late notifications, just wondering?
There was a notification? lmao, i just saw it in my recommendations.
I got a late notification too
patreon maybe
@@dont4get2bleed I'd be weird it was only 2 hours
13:21 hurt me physically, mentally and spiritually. i was not prepaired for that pain.
"I'm talking to YOU, specifically with the original characters collecting dust."
Me, a writer who has over 900 characters and has written over 100 original stories including two scripts and three published books: *In Giovanni's voice* I'm trying my BEST! >A
That's really cool, can you tell me the titles of your books?
@@cokecolasg5080 Oh, sure!
Kinda makes it hard to believe that after all of this work for production, there were a lot of people who didn't watch the show legitimately through UA-cam or VRV
Where can I VOTE to greenlit this show? Because my VOTE matters. VOTE not for animation studio, but VOTE like such good shows aren't getting any traction, because they aren't. VOTE, VOTE, VOTE. Because I love JelloApocalypse.
Honestly the shows greatest strengths are its character writing and dialog. I was meh on the art style and world till about episode 2-3 when I just completely fell in love with Giovanni and "Bear trap". They are the reason I got so invested and continued to watch. The rest was just bonus good stuff. Not saying the other stuff was bad but i could easily have dropped it but the writing kept me invested. I genuinely hope this series gets a season two and more attention.
I'll be honest, E. E seemed really promising, homewever it was hyped with the trailer and intro to have some pretty good animation to end up having a pretty basic paper-cut animation (as in just a couple of character skits or parts being moved around)
Don't get me wrong there's some pretty good paper-cut style animation series, like South Park or Space ghost coast to coast to give two easily recognizable examples.
Feels like the animation was a huge turn off for many. The live chat of the first episode release on UA-cam was filled with comments about how the animation was dissapointing and looked like a slide show after it was first seen with the viewers quickly going down.
Honestly, I too was at first disappointed when I saw the show the first time. I'd been expecting something more animated, if you get what I'm saying. But, I decided to keep watching, because Jello is not the only UA-camr out there who has done stop motion / slide show style animations to tell a story. Disappointment turned to surprise, however, as I continued to watch. And I quickly grew to adore the characters on screen. By the end of the first episode I was invested, and hungered for more.
Yes, the plot is somewhat loose and a bit obviously based on a rehashing of a GURPS or DnD type game session, and without a doubt the lack of animation hurts it when it was simply branded as 'animated' (honestly, should have called it anything else if only to avoid the backlash. call it an 'Video Visual Novel' or 'Animated Webcomic' to get people's mind out of comparing it to something like Avatar the Last Airbender), but the voice acting, the humor, and the characters were so immersive, so amazing so FUN that I couldn't help but love the show.
"No amount of great animation will save a bad story." -John Lasseter
Personally I prefer how they did it. It's really cool. And it motivated me to improve my drawing and polish my occ
8:02 I like the part where Jello phases out of reality
that video was really important for me, especially when he said "yes you with a buch of ocs gathering dust". i have ocs and a idea but im not good at making stories and need help bringing it to life with VERY limited equipment.
God I hope we get season 2 cause I would love to see that cookie episode
Despite all of the problems though, it turned out fantastic. I wouldn't mind if this was the only "season," but would love more.
Honestly? People hating EE's animation style feels kind of like back when people were angry at Wind Waker for it's style. Does that make sense? It's a genuinely good artistic choice for what it's trying to do story-wise. But because it's leaning on comedy factor and well-executed simplicity, people who expect something intricate and grandly-rendered say "this sucks!" and ignore the fact that it's a really good story . . . until enough people eventually go like "oh. this is good actually." and then it gets a chance. I hope.
I think my only critique for the art style is that the square portraits from the over-the-top D&D board perspective might look less plain if they were rendered as round tokens with white borders. That would mean less empty colored space around the focal point (the faces.) You can still squash and stretch the rounds tokens to hilarious effect like that too when needed.
Yes
Always nice to see people be mature about mistakes they make.
"Yeah this was a bad idea, I could have done this better" instead of trying to force a good public opinion about it.
I love Epithet Erased and it needs more love!
Honestly, Brendas Blaber is deadass one of my favorite writers. I don’t know what it is, I just love what he’s done with Epithet Erased
It’s hard for me to like anything done by Jello given my first introduction to him was when he was being extremely manipulative and subpar with pushing his politics.
can you not
pingu alas no... can you not?
@@LoreReloaded the dude literally made one political video and you decided to have a fucking aneurysm over it. grow up lmao
pingu your response shows why haters exist. At no point an I freaking out, I gave a legitimate criticism of which at least 3 or more people agree and you are going out of your way to white knight. Do keep it up though :)
@@LoreReloaded clearly you cared enough to hop upon the jello man bad bandwagon. i'm not sure where you made a legitimate argument in your comment-you just pointed out that he made a video disagreeing with your views-but please feel free to leave another passive aggressive response
What Jello said at the end really inspired me. Thank you Pina.