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hanzo66
2008-10-18, 06:06 PM
Some of you may spend your time on the interwebz watching animations besides Anime. Some of these are of questionable quality, but there are a lot of series out there that are of exemplary quality, either due to great animation, choreography and music.


Any of you have anything to share? Allow me to offer up some popular choices...

Madness Combat (http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/madness): A series that most others are derivative of, this one started the Side-Scrolling killfest movies. The Story is somewhat mysterious, involving Hank (main character) usually mowing down mooks in his quest to kill Jesus (yes, THAT Jesus, who happens to be bad in here). There's also a reality-warping insane zombie clown somewhere in the mix, but that's later on.

Blockhead (http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/blockhead): A series of the adventures of Blockhead, a jovial madman who can only be described as out CloudCuckooLanding Osaka and JD. Guided (marginally) by his Conscience, who takes the form of a snarky fat guy on a recliner whose duty is to try and restrict him, each episode proceeds to show him causing massive property damage, chaos and fun. There's also a movie where he saves the universe along with some Action Hero archeypes from a Mad Scientist whom he shares Foe Yay with. Very good animation, especially in the later ones.

Awesome series (http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/awesome): The most famous being Metal Gear Awesome (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/297383), these are usually rapid-fire parodies of games with crazy animation and crazy overall.

There She Is! (http://www.sambakza.net/amalloc/tteotta_main.htm): A cute romantic series based on the love between a male Cat and a girl Bunny met with prejudice. For those who like going "Awwww" at moments, this might be for you.

Unforgotten Realms (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/unforgotten-realms): Hosted on The Escapist, this one's sort of like "DM of the Rings" with a single player, the series is about Mike (the DM) and Rob (the player) and how Rob constantly goes off rails on their adventures.



If any have any others to share, please do...

Boo
2008-10-18, 06:15 PM
Bah! Unforgotten Realms lost its spark when Robert Moran remade it on the Escapist. Now it's just bad animation with bad writing. And the jokes are meh.

Awesome series isn't very good. I wouldn't even call it a series.

I don't know about the other three. I saw a single episode of Blockhead, but I didn't like it. I don't remember which one it was.

DraPrime
2008-10-18, 06:24 PM
The Decline Of Video Games series was short, but hilarious.

Lemur
2008-10-19, 01:40 AM
Back in the day, I found Dad's Home (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/195918) amusing.

Taken (http://www.biteycastle.com/taken.htm) seems appropriate for this time of year.

As for classics, Weebl's-Stuff has quite the collection of cartoons, although I should point out I won't be held responsible for any effects of infinitely looping songs (http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/crabs/) on your brain.