Cyberdevil's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[NG Logo Animation]

Always fun to see these custom NG logos. :D Looks good. Nice touch with the extra voicing, lipsync and all.

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[QUASO]

This wasn't bad!

Think it would've added to it quite a bit if just one of the characters lipsynced a little - like the sidekick - since the main one speaks more so in narrative than directly. But solid transitions and all. Could be a storyboard for a bigger thing.

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JUSTAPERSONNN responds:

Hi Hi! i didn't thought that someone would even see my ng, so this was a surprise for me!

thanks for the feedback! i've been thinking to make a silly weeb serie for this too, but this is my friend's oc so, it's also up to him.

Thanks for watching! i'm glad there are ppl who watch this

[TRAIN]

This was stylish... interesting, invigorating, inspiring...

I wonder what it all means.

At first it seemed it might be as simple as a fight scene, but it seems more so a journey. Of overcoming darkness? Into another life? DOES it mean anything, is it more so a stylistic trip...?

Really nicely done, whatever this is. Soundtrack has a similar semblance of: the creative. And ambiguous. Experimental. Different. You don't really know...

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[Test Walk Cycle Loop - Jon H-K]

This is more than a loop though, actually the full walk frame by frame. :) Looks a little robotic indeed, but I don't think it's the framerate so much as the drawing, it jitters a bit much, and thus makes the walk seem odd even when certain parts are perfectly paced, like for example the arms look just right all the way through, but the legs drag a little, and you could use a bit more aligning with torso/head.

Is it possible to use paper the same way you would use the onion skin feature digitally, so you can see previous frames and vaguely trace them when making new ones? Seems that might be the way to perfect this.

Keep it up! Practice makes __!

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[old short antipathy animation]

Short and soundless but not bad at all. :) Feels a bit like a storyboard from what could come to be... good stuff.

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[Line of Work Mission 3]

Another good one! Feels like some turns of events were a bit messier here, the red thread less clear, but such is maybe the nature of flashbacks... seemed a little strange for example that Python just asks one random pedestrian about the butcher at first, and then takes a Taxi when said pedestrian doesn't know the answer. Would've assumed he'd gone to the shop right away, or taken a taxi there right away. Also a little confusing how the butcher is suddenly called Yanni when on location, though he's referred to as the butcher initially. Little details like this seem like they could've been a bit more polished script-wise.

Otherwise I love the atmosphere in this one! It feels grittier, the black and white with certain flashbacks was a nice touch, the lightning's atmospheric - especially early on the lighting and transitions with each scene are so good, the soundtrack's perfect, the sound effects too - even that ringing sound right after a shot - details that really take some forethought to include.

Feels like the latter half or so of animation might've been a bit more rushed than the first, not the same attention to detail or atmosphere always, but overall this just keeps getting better and better, and what a twist at the end! Looking forward to seeing where this leads next!

Love the character introductions too. Seems like the show's getting started for real now!

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Mejson responds:

Whoa, big comment! Well, the first part - interesting conclusions, it's possible that non-animators perceive differently and these are the consequences :P

[Sublo and Tangy Mustard - Nightclub]

Always impressed by how interesting these are even with the so commonly seeming slice-of-life-like setting, the complementing personality contrasts with Sublo and Tangy - with the daunting dance moves - and Katy with her temporary creative crisis and confidence lows, soft club music that keeps an appreciably even volume even when it blows people away, and you for maybe the first time ever catch a glimpse of Sublo's propeller...

It flows so naturally, yet so immersively, with relatable social nuances, miniature conflicts, amusingly animated motions and demeanor... the smearing session was a wonderfully wonky stretch too, and though nobody ever goes out of the way to offer any direct life advice it always turns out right after all, and shows you the way, out of the club, onto the arts, back to bouts of armpit bubblegum and friendship.

Thoroughly enjoyable; I always wonder why. Some secret formula in these just works so well; makes these entertain so in the most unexpectedly casual way, though maybe this one did get a bit wilder than usual...

Awesome work; looking forward to the next one!

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Aaron-Long responds:

thanks for writing such a long review, I liked reading your thoughts on it!

[The Sergio Show Episode #275]

Good to see this show's still going. :) The Franky hug looked kinda strange, drawn from the front with the tail to the side but... overall this was fun, unexpected speech towards the end there.

Fun stuff.

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[Valentines short]

lmao XD

This was fun. Loving effort; deserved ending! Good stuff.

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ShiraCartoonz responds:

Thank you! ^^

[1st Car Flash Animation]

Not bad for a first one! Can see a lot of potential action work with this, car chases and all, the wheels maybe don't spin enough and street lines pass enough to catch the speed, but the motion's alright; the chase does come across! Animated sirens a nice detail too.

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