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['Wandering Cloudlings']

Man. So simple yet so intricate in the experience it gives. I think that's what William Blake was talking about when he wrote "to see a world in a grain of sand". Amazing, keep it up.

Butzbo responds:

Wow that's a big quote!
I wasn't sure how a 'less eventful' animation would do, it's been great to see the response, Glad you liked it! :)

[Madness: BLACK BERSERK EP1 - Pilot]

Ok. Very interesting one. I got some feedback.

First, the subtitles. There were many times when it was so hard to read them due to poor background contrast. Seriously, many times. Maybe put in a subtitle strip? I don't know.

Then there was this bit around 11:30 where a guy just died for no reason? I got really confused and kept pausing and rewatching it trying to understand what happened. Then I realized he got shot by the gun that fell from the other guy. The gun shot him when it fell. So that was that. Thought all this took me away from the actual story for a couple of minutes, you know.

Really liked the fact that Blackhole spared unarmed enemies. Gives him character, I really liked it.

But then in his duel with the red sword guy, Blackhole literally gave him his sword back at some point? I really didn't get that. Mercy is one thing, but that...is Blackhole a chivalrous gentleman? Didn't get that vibe at all. I got confused as fuck.

Also, please give us something about "the idiot" in the next episode. Or the one after. I just think taking too long would be kinda bad. Even just a mention would be fine, it's about making us believe that he actually exists, I think. That he exists and matters?

Some parts of the greeting terminal scene at 17:45 felt like mindless exposition to me. As in, I think they could be shorter, or rewritten, etc. I could be nitpicking though, see what others say about it.

And...I think that's it. Somewhat cool story, hope I'll get to see where it goes.

Btw, voice acting was not as bad as you think, don't beat yourself up over it.

Keep up the good work!

BlackholeStudios responds:

Yes I explained why i had problem with subtitles in some scenes in other comments on ng or yt i think,

The part where they fought and he gave him the sword was because,it was an act of respect to the enemy,he didn't wanted to kill him when he's defenceless,this act was often used by knights as an act of honor,here's an example from one of polish lecture ecranization at moment 14:48 https://youtu.be/YBs4a4Io49I knight allows him to pick his weapon as an act of respect for him

And Im glad that you like the voiceacting : )

[Madness - Retribution]

Very fluid. No ending though? You plan to continue this?

[DORA THE FORD EXPLORER (Dora the Explorer Parody)]

Whatever you wanted to make me feel, I think you achieved it

SteakstixAnimations responds:

You felt an erection then?

[Duck Hunt]

Heh. Simple. Not bad though.

[INSECTOIDS]

I think that "INSECTOIDS" thing at the end really broke the mood you established with everything before it. I really didn't like it.

[Cup of Coffee (MD2020)]

A lot of personality in the animation, I like it

[Madness Magnification]

Pretty good

[Madness Combat 11: Expurgation]

Heh. Madness, am I right? Perfection