After decades of cosmic fantasy stories and mesmerizing visual adaptations, nothing could quite catch me off-guard other than the Pale Prince of Ruins ACTUALLY SPEAKING! God bless you for this.
I love about Elric is that he never justified any if his bad deeds, even though he tried to do good but he knows he's not above lusting, murdered and brooding. That made Elric an interesting and believable character despite somewhat unlikable.
@@murphyjackedoff5970Elric is profoundly moral, especially in his youth he is driven by a sense of fairness and a desire to repair and redeem the imperialist legacy of his empire. In the end, he chooses to destroy his own capitol and any hope of his empire rising again over restoring a Melniboné on which the sun never sets. The culture he was raised in is the most fucked up, cruel, and bloodthirsty one put to pen beyond borderline fetish examples like the Draka, and yet as a child of empire and a heritage of slavery and the infliction of suffering he did the work to be better. Elric gave up his throne voluntarily to wander the earth as a simple man and learn the ways of the young nations seeking perspective and a way to save his people from themselves, and it cost him everything. In his quest to use the power he has for good, the power of chaos and destruction, he is cursed to always bring upheaval and struggle to control his own sword and nature. He is cursed because he is the Champion, destined to even every score and level every playing field as an agent of the Balance between Order and Chaos. If he had a chance and a choice, if he had true free will and not a destiny to suffer at the whims of fate, he would be a good and decent man through and through. Elric thinks himself evil because he cannot judge his own life impartially, but the reader can.
@@dakotaadams189 Moral, but I wouldn't say good. Better than all others in Melniboné certainly. But good, by our standards? I think not. He tries to be though, and that makes a world of difference.
I've had the good fortune to edit and publish a brand new Elric story, so I can say from personal experience that Mike is as wonderful a person as you could hope for.
@@FutureHHthey are the necessities of the champion eternal. Himself and his chosen weapon. His eternal love, and his eternal companion also are there regardless of his reincarnation.
Imagine portraying Sailor On The Seas Of Fate in live action. Michael Moorcock wasn't even on drugs when he wrote that, but I imagine you'd need to be to even get close to representing that on screen.
@@Audiotrocious honestly seeing this, part of me wants a Primal/Samurai Jack style, not exactly, but an at the very least mostly 2D series with a style like this seems like it could be pretty damn good. Also probably more feasible since I’m guessing you’re referring to Bloodlust specifically and honestly I can’t remember any large scale 2D animated purely hand drawn work since maybe Redline, and while a Bloodlust like series would be amazing it would probably end up a cult classic if only because of how niche the audience might be. While Elric is a severally underrated series/character (especially when one considers his wider influence on fiction, especially in terms of Dark Fantasy, Witcher and Warhammer for two more obvious examples), I don’t know if a series would attract enough attention for those working on it to make enough of a profit to justify the work (specifically for a purely hand drawn show, a less expensive format would probably do pretty great). Might be wrong, not an expert, just a guy who’s scene a lot of really great works not get the attention they arguably deserve for their quality simply because of their genre/format.
"Farewell friend. I was a thousand times more evil than thou." after the sword swallowed the soul and flew away to his brethren. it amazed me too. all this time, the sword was his faithful companion and living intelligent being.
@@cyberneticbeastThe sword were Elric enemy from the start, Stormbringer simply manipulating him throughout his journey and patiently waited for it opportunity to finally completed its plan.
It’s a shame Elric always remained an underground influence of high fantasy I consider The Fortress of the Pearl to be one of my favorite fantasy books I’ve read Elric as a character I found most interesting he is ruthless but compared to the rest of his species he is empathetic yet outcasted so he is poised in a very lonely place in the world
@@sifins1579 I guess the reason for that because Tolkien is already a University professor, historian and linguistic so made his job easier and he was financially secure compare to financial difficult pulp author and a post-war 60s experimental underground writer, Robert E Howard and Michael Moorcock literally pay by the number of words on the pulp and magazine they wrote, and ironically Robert E Howard hated written Conan and always wanted to do deep Western cowboys stories but sadly Conan helped pay the bills, Moorcock wrote I think it was Runestaff three days for the rent. It didn't help that both Conan and Elric is very cynical take on Mankind and meant for adults or teenagers to read compare to LOTR which a fairytale copycat with Anglo Saxon in it for all ages. If they had the resources of Tolkien they may match Tolkien in lore and world building except a little more cynical and weirder than LOTR and maybe widespread. The only one closest to to Tolkien LOTR popularity is Dune by Herbert, and Dune were also disliked by Tolkien for some reason.
I've read about half these books, they are great fun. The adventures he goes on really feel like the Greek classics. Fortress of the Pearl has been my favourite so far.
This is immaculate! The stylization, the way he moves and speaks. This is exactly how I always pictured him. The only thing i would change, is to make it very clear that Elric has an albino's red eyes
I LOVE ELRIC!! Interesting fun fact, The Author of this series wrote Elric waaaayy before the concept of a multiverse was popular! He was one of the very first! To have the same character live different lives across various space and times through reincarnation etc,! Pure high fantasy genius one of the honest Godfathers of the genre hands down! I highly recommend the books! They feel very old other worldly!❤
@@overkilled653TBF they even canceled Conan the Barbarian tv series and the director were so pissed that he went to direct House of the Dragon as payback.
@@longwlenguyen4214 Here’s the kicker: it was reported that Amazon had cancelled the Conan series because it expressed “toxic masculinity,” while the Elric show was cancelled because of (get this) TOO MANY SIMILARITIES WITH THE WITCHER!
I know this came before the elden ring DLC came out but this guy really reminds me of messmer. The way he looks, his helmet, his voice, what he’s talking about, everything
The Elric Saga was excellent. I read them bacm in the 80s. If they did make a movie or animation of the series, I would hope they would do it justice. Similar to how Vampire Hunter D was done (the second one, but both were insanely great. They did a great job showing his power).
Who were ya fan-casting for Elric back in the day? Mine was David Bowie first and then Michael Jackson. I couldn't think of anyone else that even came close to Elric's look.
Discovered Elric in the early 80's while in secondary school the best fantasy character that never lived Mr Moorcock ( Unfotunate name ) Is AN ABSOLUTE LEGEND
Absolutely…I own two Michael Moorcock trilogies;both relate the tale of Prince Corum and are connected,and a novel..Gloriana(or The Unfulfill’d Queen).Also read excerpts of other works,including Elric..in his books anything and everything is possible…I find this a lot more entertaining than the run of the mill‘let’s go on a quest and meet elves and dwarves.’type story..just my personal opinion.
@@humanity600Yup spoiler at the end of Stormbringer novel, Elric destroyed his world and rebuilt it using a magical horn that will become our world, with both Chaos Lords and Lords of Law gone Stormbringer used that opportunity to slain Elric and drunk his soul and went on to become come the only evil in the new world. “Farewell, friend. I was a thousand times more evil than thou.”
Wendi and Richard Penni, creators of Elfquest attempted to create an animated film about the White Wolf, but lacked finances to see it through. However, they did Chronicle their endeavor in a beautiful book of the illlustrations and stills that were to tell Elric's story. Stormbringer i think it was called. Been over 30 years since i owned it. Sword & Sorcery forever.
You know, considering how influential Elric of Melniboné has been, I'm amazed nobody managed to make an adaptation of it. Well, except that tabletop which I don't think anybody heard about.
@@noodlesbad Same system, and well-suited to a multiverse-style game. Runequest 3rd ed. also fit into the system and allowed for more worlds and styles of magic. It was INCREDIBLE.
This is absolutely beautiful! So well done, and boy does this bring an old nerd back to the 70s as I cracked open my DAW copy of Elric of Melnibone and read on voraciously. Thank you :)
Elric is my favorite anti hero he has this sense of theatrical poetry to him despite being emo and weird, most edgelord fantasy nowadays try hard to copy Elric but they failed miserably because they lacked that prose that made Elric interesting.
Great animation, this could legit be a TV show. Also, kudos to the writer for not only pioneering many dark fantasy tropes and the multiverse, but for also creating such a compelling protagonist. During my read I couldn't tell whether I liked Elric or If I wanted to beat him with a shovel (I did like him by the end of "Stormbringer")
Reading the first book, I'll be honest i kinda hated Elric haha. But he does get a lot better in future books. Thanks for the kind words though! We're looking to produce more Elric shorts in the future
I mean there's so much with Elric that puts him at odds with everything including his fate, himself, and even his weapon. He is a ruler but too weak to even be self sustaining, forget about self reliant... He is a Melnibone but has a conscious, morals... Ideals and aspirations for a better world. Every book, every story seems to be him fighting himself trying to understand if he should have morals, if he should drop the cursed blade, if he should accept his fate and serve Arioch who goes so far as to offer Elric IMMORTALITY for his loyalty.
I loved Michael Moorcocks books in the 1970s. And, his work with Hawkwind, obviously. I'm going to have to dig out or find some to read again. Multiverse spanning, time spanning, epic fantasy novels. Just brilliant.
As a fan of the OG White Wolf since childhood, this is magnificently done, sir! I agree that this is best tackled as an animated feature, because all the CGI in the world would not do Moorcock's surreal and bizarre world any justice. And Stormbringer has to be the most terrifying sound ever, bar none. As the captain of the ship said: "Gods! I know not what I fear more, that which attacks us or that which defends us!" It has to be that scary.
Absolutely Stellar. Not a lot of people talk about Elric or make fan stuff about him. Heck the only person I've talked to that knows about Elric is my high school teacher whos into fantasy novels. Anyway, this was a great fan animaton. Love to see more.
Michael Moorcock is in the great tradition of British fantasy sci fi authors and one of the very best. We’re very lucky to have him. I read probably around 30 of his books as a teenager, great man. Only criticism I would make, Hawkmoon and Count Brass made me go to the Camargue. Dear me, a muddy swamp full of mosquitos
The eyes are so important here. They shift back and forth, never looking at the viewer as Elric subconsciously evades our judgement. He knows he's guilty even as he justifies his actions. And the one time he does look at us it's with defiance and a challenge, as though telling us that we could do no better were we in his place. Then he immediately breaks away and tells us his greatest shame.
You gotta be fucking kidding me. I was just reading that particular tale, Kings in Darkness, a couple of days ago. I didn't mentioned that to anybody in any of my social media, nor personal chats, and now YT popped your work up. This is uncanny. On the other hand, I really loved your work here. I love Elric and your depiction fits so well ♥
I read the books long ago, This reminds me of how delightful they were. I'm going to have to find some old copies and re-read them. Gratitude to the one(s) who made this.
Love this! Not enough Elric stuff getting made. The Elric saga is so underexposed given how hugely important it is. Keeping fighting the good fight, and god speed. Please excuse me while I re-read the Pacific Comics/First Comics run .
Many people don't even know of Elric and yet he is the inspiration for The Witcher as well as the Targaryans in A Song of Ice and fire (Game of Thrones)
Thanks so Much! Goran Gligoviç is the artist who designed this iteration of Elric and I'd seek him out, his stuff is evocative as hell. That being said, I'm planning to make more Elric shorts, in my own style and some a bit ambitious so you can look forward to that
Michael Moorcock wrote these fantastic books if anyone is interested to actually read them. you wont be dissappointed and also the British psychedelic band Hawkwind have quite a few songs about Elric of Melnibone.
I would commit unspeakable things worthy of Pan Tang's wickedest sorcerer-priests for a faithful cartoon adaptation of the Elric saga. UNSPEAKABLE THINGS. “Farewell, friend. I was a thousand times more evil than thou!”
I love how true his is to his actions, and conscious about it. No remorses. Except, the music cuts, and there's a low deafen tone as his vocal tonality also changes, it distorts, it loses, he is lost, but for a brief moment when he mentions his cousin, I have no read it so I do not know, but the portrail of this depicts that she truly was the only one who had his love, nothing nor noone else. A break in stability happened and I assume his downfall. I'll be honest, this video did made me very interesting in his character and in the books.
So my Dad read Elric of Melnibone and really enjoyed it, but I never got around to it. I mostly read about him in classic D&D manuals. It's really interesting seeing him come back into the public consciousness like this, though.
AWESOME WORK!! I really hope I get to see a feature length version from you. Moorcock is my favorite author (since my teens), and I REALLY want to see Eric done, the right way. Your work leans heavily in that direction.
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"Ah, mate. Don't be such a bitch."
- Stormbringer (Probably)
Elric: "Then stop bitchin me in killing all my love ones and friends, ya wanker."
"Farewell, friend. I was a thousand times more evil than thou!"
After decades of cosmic fantasy stories and mesmerizing visual adaptations, nothing could quite catch me off-guard other than the Pale Prince of Ruins ACTUALLY SPEAKING!
God bless you for this.
"I seek no excuses, for I know what I am and what I have done" That sums up Elric's character wonderfully.
I love about Elric is that he never justified any if his bad deeds, even though he tried to do good but he knows he's not above lusting, murdered and brooding. That made Elric an interesting and believable character despite somewhat unlikable.
GIGACHAD. Amoral, but GIGACHAD nonetheless.
"Look, I told you what'd happen if I caught you. I'm content to be many things, to be justly known for many crimes; I'm not a liar."
@@murphyjackedoff5970Elric is profoundly moral, especially in his youth he is driven by a sense of fairness and a desire to repair and redeem the imperialist legacy of his empire. In the end, he chooses to destroy his own capitol and any hope of his empire rising again over restoring a Melniboné on which the sun never sets. The culture he was raised in is the most fucked up, cruel, and bloodthirsty one put to pen beyond borderline fetish examples like the Draka, and yet as a child of empire and a heritage of slavery and the infliction of suffering he did the work to be better. Elric gave up his throne voluntarily to wander the earth as a simple man and learn the ways of the young nations seeking perspective and a way to save his people from themselves, and it cost him everything.
In his quest to use the power he has for good, the power of chaos and destruction, he is cursed to always bring upheaval and struggle to control his own sword and nature. He is cursed because he is the Champion, destined to even every score and level every playing field as an agent of the Balance between Order and Chaos. If he had a chance and a choice, if he had true free will and not a destiny to suffer at the whims of fate, he would be a good and decent man through and through.
Elric thinks himself evil because he cannot judge his own life impartially, but the reader can.
@@dakotaadams189 Moral, but I wouldn't say good. Better than all others in Melniboné certainly. But good, by our standards? I think not. He tries to be though, and that makes a world of difference.
I've had the good fortune to edit and publish a brand new Elric story, so I can say from personal experience that Mike is as wonderful a person as you could hope for.
That's cool! And very nice to hear about Mr. Moorcock
Just checked out your website. Would you mind letting me know what you used to build it? Was it Wix or Squarespace or something like that?
I saw MM perform at a Hawkwind related thing a few years ago, it was surreal.
"A true craftsman never blames his tools" - a guy that didn't have Stormbringer
Elric is a tool of the Stormbringer.
@@cyberneticbeast Elric was Stormbringer little bitch despite Stormbringer bitchin way more about killing people than Elric.
@@cyberneticbeastin theory both elric and stormbringer are tools of something bigger than them. maybe it's the Balance, maybe it's fate.
@@FutureHHmy money is on Maybelline
@@FutureHHthey are the necessities of the champion eternal. Himself and his chosen weapon. His eternal love, and his eternal companion also are there regardless of his reincarnation.
If they make a movie or mini series of Elric it should be animated. It is too phantasmal, and whimsical to work as a live action.
Maybe in the art style of Vampire Hunter D
Idk if I'd say its whimsical lol but an animated series is the way to go foso. Hell even black and white would look sick
Imagine portraying Sailor On The Seas Of Fate in live action. Michael Moorcock wasn't even on drugs when he wrote that, but I imagine you'd need to be to even get close to representing that on screen.
Elric is literally what the Witcher ripped off.
@@Audiotrocious honestly seeing this, part of me wants a Primal/Samurai Jack style, not exactly, but an at the very least mostly 2D series with a style like this seems like it could be pretty damn good. Also probably more feasible since I’m guessing you’re referring to Bloodlust specifically and honestly I can’t remember any large scale 2D animated purely hand drawn work since maybe Redline, and while a Bloodlust like series would be amazing it would probably end up a cult classic if only because of how niche the audience might be. While Elric is a severally underrated series/character (especially when one considers his wider influence on fiction, especially in terms of Dark Fantasy, Witcher and Warhammer for two more obvious examples), I don’t know if a series would attract enough attention for those working on it to make enough of a profit to justify the work (specifically for a purely hand drawn show, a less expensive format would probably do pretty great). Might be wrong, not an expert, just a guy who’s scene a lot of really great works not get the attention they arguably deserve for their quality simply because of their genre/format.
If an entire Elric series were made with this look, vibe, and intelligence, I would absolutely gobble it up. Great stuff.
It is though, you mean an animated series?
Personally imma grab the comics soon
"Farewell friend. I was a thousand times more evil than thou."
"Farewell friend. I was a thousand times more evil than thou."
after the sword swallowed the soul and flew away to his brethren. it amazed me too. all this time, the sword was his faithful companion and living intelligent being.
@@cyberneticbeastand his greatest enemy
@@wolfsbanealphas617 so true
@@cyberneticbeastThe sword were Elric enemy from the start, Stormbringer simply manipulating him throughout his journey and patiently waited for it opportunity to finally completed its plan.
"Kinda have this feeling that my luck is none too good"
This sword here at my side don't act the way it should
It’s a shame Elric always remained an underground influence of high fantasy
I consider The Fortress of the Pearl to be one of my favorite fantasy books I’ve read
Elric as a character I found most interesting he is ruthless but compared to the rest of his species he is empathetic yet outcasted so he is poised in a very lonely place in the world
Imagine being as influential as Conan or Lord of the Rings but not being nearly as popular.
It's funny there was a crossover between Elric and Conan.
@@jasonsantos3037Oh yeah the Marvel comic crossover, I remember reading that, Elric has a funny hat.
The lord of the rings is in a league of its own when It comes to influence in modern fantasy, but elric and conan do take prominent places
@@sifins1579 I guess the reason for that because Tolkien is already a University professor, historian and linguistic so made his job easier and he was financially secure compare to financial difficult pulp author and a post-war 60s experimental underground writer, Robert E Howard and Michael Moorcock literally pay by the number of words on the pulp and magazine they wrote, and ironically Robert E Howard hated written Conan and always wanted to do deep Western cowboys stories but sadly Conan helped pay the bills, Moorcock wrote I think it was Runestaff three days for the rent. It didn't help that both Conan and Elric is very cynical take on Mankind and meant for adults or teenagers to read compare to LOTR which a fairytale copycat with Anglo Saxon in it for all ages. If they had the resources of Tolkien they may match Tolkien in lore and world building except a little more cynical and weirder than LOTR and maybe widespread. The only one closest to to Tolkien LOTR popularity is Dune by Herbert, and Dune were also disliked by Tolkien for some reason.
@@longwlenguyen4214 Bro, Lotr is just better, there is no other reason for it being more popular.
Ah yes. A story of the ORIGINAL White Wolf. Love me some Elric.
I like how the music cuts off when he gets to the part of his cousin. Just... The silence of it gave me goosebumps.
Really happy you enjoyed it!
I could be wrong, but was it “wincest”?
And incest babies...
@@murphyjackedoff5970yes, they were intimate lovers if that's your question.
So what happens exactly?
I've read about half these books, they are great fun. The adventures he goes on really feel like the Greek classics. Fortress of the Pearl has been my favourite so far.
The short stories are presented almost more as mythology than as a coherent "novel," so your analogy is doubly apt. =^[.]^=
The Fortress of the Pearl is a masterpiece
@@xristosrizos8406 I like the part at the end when he murders fucking everyone.
What books? I can't find anything.
@@gregavrhovnik4572The Elric Stories by Michael Moorcock.
We need full version of this
He is talking to the love of his life. Zarozina
No, Cymoril. She was his cousin, lover, and sister to Yyrkoon.
@@geographyinaction7814He literally says that Cymoril is dead in this clip...
He has more than 1 love throughout the books
This is immaculate! The stylization, the way he moves and speaks. This is exactly how I always pictured him.
The only thing i would change, is to make it very clear that Elric has an albino's red eyes
I LOVE ELRIC!! Interesting fun fact, The Author of this series wrote Elric waaaayy before the concept of a multiverse was popular! He was one of the very first! To have the same character live different lives across various space and times through reincarnation etc,! Pure high fantasy genius one of the honest Godfathers of the genre hands down! I highly recommend the books! They feel very old other worldly!❤
Falstaff appears in Shakespeare, Verdi, Vaughan Williams, Nicolai, Elgar, and Welles's works. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Falstaff
The Elric we deserve. Love the artwork. I read the books forty years ago, and I’ve never seen anything that came so close.
Check out Goran's stuff, www.gorangligovic.com
It's his artwork and the mock up he's done for a faux animated Elric are very evocative.
What are the odds there will be a longer animation of Elric like this - perhaps, five minutes worth?
More likely than you might think. There is an Elric video game in the works.
@@overkilled653to all that is holy, I pray they don't fuck it up 😭🙏🙏🙏
@@folded_pizza You know there’s a God when Amazon cancels their production of an Elric television series.
@@overkilled653TBF they even canceled Conan the Barbarian tv series and the director were so pissed that he went to direct House of the Dragon as payback.
@@longwlenguyen4214 Here’s the kicker: it was reported that Amazon had cancelled the Conan series because it expressed “toxic masculinity,” while the Elric show was cancelled because of (get this) TOO MANY SIMILARITIES WITH THE WITCHER!
I'm reading the series now and this pops up in my feed randomly. Thanks!
I would love to see more videos of this guy
lucky for you, theres about 50 years worth of books
@@viktordickinson7844 do you know we're I can find these books?
I know this came before the elden ring DLC came out but this guy really reminds me of messmer. The way he looks, his helmet, his voice, what he’s talking about, everything
Oh, you know I wouldn’t be surprised at all if he inspired Mesmer. Thanks for pointing that out!
The Elric Saga was excellent. I read them bacm in the 80s. If they did make a movie or animation of the series, I would hope they would do it justice. Similar to how Vampire Hunter D was done (the second one, but both were insanely great. They did a great job showing his power).
Who were ya fan-casting for Elric back in the day? Mine was David Bowie first and then Michael Jackson. I couldn't think of anyone else that even came close to Elric's look.
that's funny, when I imagine an elric animation I also picture it in the style of vampire hunter d
Beautifully done animation. The voice actors was well chosen. Melancholic and accepting.
This is so beautiful and haunting im inspired to go read the books.
Discovered Elric in the early 80's while in secondary school the best fantasy character that never lived Mr Moorcock ( Unfotunate name ) Is AN ABSOLUTE LEGEND
Absolutely…I own two Michael Moorcock trilogies;both relate the tale of Prince Corum and are connected,and a novel..Gloriana(or The Unfulfill’d Queen).Also read excerpts of other works,including Elric..in his books anything and everything is possible…I find this a lot more entertaining than the run of the mill‘let’s go on a quest and meet elves and dwarves.’type story..just my personal opinion.
At the end of time, all that is left is Elric, and his sword...and the sword laughed, for it's purpose was fulfilled.
Jesus. 😐🔥
@@humanity600Yup spoiler at the end of Stormbringer novel, Elric destroyed his world and rebuilt it using a magical horn that will become our world, with both Chaos Lords and Lords of Law gone Stormbringer used that opportunity to slain Elric and drunk his soul and went on to become come the only evil in the new world.
“Farewell, friend. I was a thousand times more evil than thou.”
There needs to be more of this.
Feel like the Melnibonéan accent sounding like a softly-spoken Greek is kind of perfect tbh
Wendi and Richard Penni, creators of Elfquest attempted to create an animated film about the White Wolf, but lacked finances to see it through. However, they did Chronicle their endeavor in a beautiful book of the illlustrations and stills that were to tell Elric's story. Stormbringer i think it was called. Been over 30 years since i owned it. Sword & Sorcery forever.
Pini rather
Elric my beloved
You know, considering how influential Elric of Melniboné has been, I'm amazed nobody managed to make an adaptation of it.
Well, except that tabletop which I don't think anybody heard about.
The Chaosium game system was really well suited to bringing the world of Melnibone to life. Too bad it didn't do as well as their Cthulu adaptation.
@@noodlesbad Same system, and well-suited to a multiverse-style game. Runequest 3rd ed. also fit into the system and allowed for more worlds and styles of magic. It was INCREDIBLE.
There's a reason why the protagonist of Fullmetal alchemist is named "Edward Elric."
I really need to read those stories again
If nothing else Elric is honest with himself.
This looked brilliant. I would love to see this become a thing.
We're gonna continue it but with s revised design. Try our best to do it justice
God..this is beautiful! The old school style animation, Elric deserves more love and im glad you gave that to him, would LOVE to see more. 😎💜
This is just awesome work - if there was ever time to actually get an animated adaptation of the Elric Saga, the 80's would've been the time to do it.
THIS is the next great fantasy epic that should be adapted! Amazing, beautiful animation and voice acting!
Do I detect a hint of the chord progression to Hawkwind's "Zarozinia" in the soundtrack? Well done!
Animation is perfectly suited to tell Elric's story! In no way is it a lesser medium than live action. This is sumptuous and gorgeous work.
I would love to see all the Eternal Champion stories as an animated cinematic multiverse.
That is quite amazing work. One of best and iconic looks for Elric
Thank you! The design is by Goran Gligovic, I just animated it
@@deliverypig great work anyway, it's an instant favorite of mine
This is a fantastic little piece of animation. The voice actor is perfect for Elric
I'm about to start the first book, I'm pretty excited.
Kings in Darkness. Beautiful work.
now I wanna see a whole series of this =)
This is absolutely beautiful! So well done, and boy does this bring an old nerd back to the 70s as I cracked open my DAW copy of Elric of Melnibone and read on voraciously. Thank you :)
Elric is my favorite anti hero he has this sense of theatrical poetry to him despite being emo and weird, most edgelord fantasy nowadays try hard to copy Elric but they failed miserably because they lacked that prose that made Elric interesting.
Very happy you enjoyed it
Those old covers were beautiful.
Farewell, friend. I was a thousand times more evil than thou!
That voice acting was spot on! The music also enhanced the sombre mood, as well. =^[.]^=
please, we need more of this...
I'm very close to starting a new Elric short! Will probably drop a teaser soon
@@deliverypig That would be amazing. More people need to appreciate Elric.
This animatic alone has me interested in reading this series.
It's about time more people knew of Elric.
Great animation, this could legit be a TV show.
Also, kudos to the writer for not only pioneering many dark fantasy tropes and the multiverse, but for also creating such a compelling protagonist. During my read I couldn't tell whether I liked Elric or If I wanted to beat him with a shovel (I did like him by the end of "Stormbringer")
Reading the first book, I'll be honest i kinda hated Elric haha. But he does get a lot better in future books. Thanks for the kind words though! We're looking to produce more Elric shorts in the future
I mean there's so much with Elric that puts him at odds with everything including his fate, himself, and even his weapon.
He is a ruler but too weak to even be self sustaining, forget about self reliant... He is a Melnibone but has a conscious, morals... Ideals and aspirations for a better world.
Every book, every story seems to be him fighting himself trying to understand if he should have morals, if he should drop the cursed blade, if he should accept his fate and serve Arioch who goes so far as to offer Elric IMMORTALITY for his loyalty.
Absolutely beautiful, would love to see more scenes of him animated.
I loved Michael Moorcocks books in the 1970s. And, his work with Hawkwind, obviously. I'm going to have to dig out or find some to read again. Multiverse spanning, time spanning, epic fantasy novels. Just brilliant.
Even the subtle music is so well done. Such a good job thank you
More. The Lord of the Seven Darks commands it. The black sword SCREAMS AND HOWLS FOR MORE!
has mike seen this? I know him. He will love this!
Champion of Chaos!!!!!!
Elric would become abit of a goth icon if it got big I think.
As a fan of the OG White Wolf since childhood, this is magnificently done, sir! I agree that this is best tackled as an animated feature, because all the CGI in the world would not do Moorcock's surreal and bizarre world any justice. And Stormbringer has to be the most terrifying sound ever, bar none. As the captain of the ship said: "Gods! I know not what I fear more, that which attacks us or that which defends us!" It has to be that scary.
This was so beautifully epic!! Μπράβο παιδιά!!
Dawn, we need an Elric anime ASAP.
The public is ready for it, now more than ever.
What wonder has UA-cam brought me. From the animation to the lines to the voice work. Wow.
more, plse! 😸
Absolutely Stellar. Not a lot of people talk about Elric or make fan stuff about him. Heck the only person I've talked to that knows about Elric is my high school teacher whos into fantasy novels. Anyway, this was a great fan animaton. Love to see more.
Voice acting is on point😉
“Arioch! Arioch! Blood and souls for my lord Arioch!”
ELRIC CONTENT IN MY FEED? HELLLL YEAH
I keep coming back to this, it's that good
Ahhh thanks so much! Hopefully the follow up shorts we're producing can live up to the hype
@@deliverypig Anticipated
Absolutely beautiful for just a single shot. Richard Williams-esque.
Michael Moorcock is in the great tradition of British fantasy sci fi authors and one of the very best. We’re very lucky to have him. I read probably around 30 of his books as a teenager, great man. Only criticism I would make, Hawkmoon and Count Brass made me go to the Camargue. Dear me, a muddy swamp full of mosquitos
A very great clip, artistically and in tonality
Cheers bud
The eyes are so important here. They shift back and forth, never looking at the viewer as Elric subconsciously evades our judgement. He knows he's guilty even as he justifies his actions. And the one time he does look at us it's with defiance and a challenge, as though telling us that we could do no better were we in his place. Then he immediately breaks away and tells us his greatest shame.
Good analysis 👍
Also being a soul drinker there's literally never any bringing someone back. Once storm bringer kills you you're dead forever
You gotta be fucking kidding me. I was just reading that particular tale, Kings in Darkness, a couple of days ago. I didn't mentioned that to anybody in any of my social media, nor personal chats, and now YT popped your work up. This is uncanny.
On the other hand, I really loved your work here. I love Elric and your depiction fits so well ♥
Cheers! Goran Gligoviç designed him, you should check his stuff out!
Thank you, I shall!
This is the world and this is the character that brings about the 40k universe.
I read the books long ago, This reminds me of how delightful they were.
I'm going to have to find some old copies and re-read them.
Gratitude to the one(s) who made this.
Love this! Not enough Elric stuff getting made. The Elric saga is so underexposed given how hugely important it is. Keeping fighting the good fight, and god speed. Please excuse me while I re-read the Pacific Comics/First Comics run .
I would also like to shill the band Eternal Champion, which obviously has several Elric songs among other fantasy.
@@dakotaadams189 no shill required, I'm already a huge fan. Counter-shill: Cirith Ungol
@@VengefulNonsense Don’t forget Diamond Head and Tygers of Pan Tang!
Popular to me. My second favorite writer and his main character next to Robert e Howard and Conan.
This is wonderful.
This is exactly how I imagined Elric's voice. If an animated series or video game is made about Elric, this actor should reprise the role.
Many people don't even know of Elric and yet he is the inspiration for The Witcher as well as the Targaryans in A Song of Ice and fire (Game of Thrones)
I am so glad all of the Elric books are free on Audible
God, this is so good, the artstyle and the whole vibe is perfect. It makes me HUNGRY for an animated series, or a movie. Elric deserves it.
Thanks so Much! Goran Gligoviç is the artist who designed this iteration of Elric and I'd seek him out, his stuff is evocative as hell. That being said, I'm planning to make more Elric shorts, in my own style and some a bit ambitious so you can look forward to that
Elric should be animated in with this style, if there every will be a movie, tv series or anything else
just got into the series in the past two months, fell in love with them. Great animation love how you made Elric look.
Finally man I’ve been waiting for this
I NEEEEEDDD IIIITTTTTTT! - SpongeBob said calmly.
Also this is a perfect voice for Elric
I know next time you'll introduce us to stormbringer ...
Farewell, friend. I was a thousand times more evil than thou.
Brilliant stuff! it feels fit to the source material and very compelling in style. I would certainly watch.
Michael Moorcock wrote these fantastic books if anyone is interested to actually read them. you wont be dissappointed and also the British psychedelic band Hawkwind have quite a few songs about Elric of Melnibone.
I would commit unspeakable things worthy of Pan Tang's wickedest sorcerer-priests for a faithful cartoon adaptation of the Elric saga. UNSPEAKABLE THINGS.
“Farewell, friend. I was a thousand times more evil than thou!”
I love how true his is to his actions, and conscious about it. No remorses. Except, the music cuts, and there's a low deafen tone as his vocal tonality also changes, it distorts, it loses, he is lost, but for a brief moment when he mentions his cousin, I have no read it so I do not know, but the portrail of this depicts that she truly was the only one who had his love, nothing nor noone else. A break in stability happened and I assume his downfall. I'll be honest, this video did made me very interesting in his character and in the books.
I strongly recommend them. Elric is the original that the Witcher and so many others were inspired by.
So my Dad read Elric of Melnibone and really enjoyed it, but I never got around to it. I mostly read about him in classic D&D manuals. It's really interesting seeing him come back into the public consciousness like this, though.
Ah... this is the dude with the sword that must be fed souls. Sounds ideal for a movie.
Why did this feel like the finale to an 8th season of a series we never got to witness?
Like fuck, this was a good villain and I just met him.
Oh, please. This series has far little limelight love.
This video finally pushed me to finally start reading Elric.
AWESOME WORK!! I really hope I get to see a feature length version from you. Moorcock is my favorite author (since my teens), and I REALLY want to see Eric done, the right way. Your work leans heavily in that direction.