“Oddly dark or twisted episode.” My brain went straight to courage the cowardly dog. One of the strangest designs in cartoons and even CGI sometimes.

@ssppiieegg

11 ай бұрын

same here lmao

@crimsonghoul8983

11 ай бұрын

@ryanelliott6706 I can't believe they marketed that Cartoon as a kids show. That was really frightening when i watched it as a kid.

@unicornhuntercg

11 ай бұрын

SAMEEEEE

@LuisSierra42

11 ай бұрын

Made in Abyss. I will say no more

@STARPHASE

11 ай бұрын

Return the slaaaaaab

I love animators react. Hope you get Genndy Tartakovsky for one of these. His shows are legendary.

@nundulan

11 ай бұрын

This would be incredible!!!

@itsasquid

11 ай бұрын

I honestly wonder what he thinks about AI. That can be an issue.

@RogueBeatsARG

11 ай бұрын

​@@itsasquidbet that's the reason they will never invite him

@LuisSierra42

11 ай бұрын

@@itsasquid AI is just a tool and people's opinion on it don't matter because it is going to change things whether they want it or not

@eric7591

11 ай бұрын

My head would explode if they got Genndy! He's one of my favorites!

The new Trigun got a lot of flack for not being exactly like the source material, but I absolutely loved it. The passion put into it was super apparent

@TheSmokingMustache

11 ай бұрын

I appreciated that they were doing something different and for the most part as a big fan of the original I enjoyed it, just a few design choices for Vash that I absolutely hated. But over all its really good and Studio Orange is just really damn excellent

@noirangel6416

11 ай бұрын

Funny how its more faithful to the manga than the og anime.

@GabeWeymouth

11 ай бұрын

It got flack for the same reason most remakes do - It sucked! In this case, the original still holds up, so unless it turns out to be AMAZING, it's going to fail. We've seen this at least a dozen times but for some reason these show runners keep trying to go with "safe bets" like live action remakes which then tank immediately. Ugh.

@ngultrum1

11 ай бұрын

​@@GabeWeymouth Exactly, Vash's redesign alone is a goddamn red flag.

@eclipsewaves

11 ай бұрын

​@@GabeWeymouth Because it's a PREQUEL to the OG anime.

Wren’s face watching Chainsaw Man at 4:43 is priceless 😂

@grimsladeleviathan3958

9 ай бұрын

I mean when you see a part man, part chain, all saw splitting a floating zombie head in half, what other face are you supposed to pull lol

Studio Orange is the anime studio that has been getting cg anime done right. They do such a clean job animating and marrying the characters into the environments. And it doesn't feel like they are just trying to make an anime but in cg or awkwardly sticking 3d models in with 2d animation. They have also been adapting really enjoyable series which makes it very easy to tell people to watch their stuff.

@kageyame

11 ай бұрын

Their first venture was land of the lustrous i think, and honestly, that was the first anime you could say it was great BECAUSE of the CGI, not great DESPITE of the CGI.

@Pup_Majestic

11 ай бұрын

One of the best, underrated ones, goes to Beastars. Everything about the design is just pure beauty.

@MarxIsDeadAndRotting

11 ай бұрын

It's a shame they butchered the hell out of Trigun with Stampede.

@TurntReynolds

11 ай бұрын

@@MarxIsDeadAndRotting huh? Stampede is magnificent in nearly every element wdym

11 ай бұрын

A1 Pictures also

THE LAST UNICORN is a classic animated film from my childhood that I loved specifically because it was SO much darker than anything else I was allowed to watch. I'd love to see someone tackle it on the show!

@TheBlind0825

11 ай бұрын

I just rewatched it the other day, most of it still holds up really well, the Red Bull scared the shit out of me when I was like 4 or 5.

@Nighty7894

11 ай бұрын

That Movie is still one of my favorite Movies to this day. As a Kid i was so afraid after watching it, i was so scared of that bull :D

@daniels1485

11 ай бұрын

I saw that when I was very young and it blew my mind when I heard a swear word when she said "damn you". Even 30+ years later that sticks in my head.

@deRangutang

11 ай бұрын

@@daniels1485 I’ll do you one better. My parents never cursed, so I didn’t know that word. I thought it was the NAME of the unicorn. So one time, my mom saw me playing with a stuffed unicorn. She asked me what its name was, and I answered, “Damn you!”

@John-Smith02

11 ай бұрын

They should react with Danny Sexbang, especially considering he did an amazing cover of the song.

The blood-bending episode in Avatar: The Last Airbender is pretty dark. They did a pretty great job of creepifying the normally kung-fu-styled bending animations.

You talked so little about Trigun Stampede. Orange made a tool that would change the mesh of the characters depending on the perspective to mimic the anime style. (Sorry if I described it incorrectly, I'm not good with terminology) It's absolutely mind-blowing how much they evolved from Land of the Lustrous to Trigun. They're definitely the future of cgi anime.

@ugrena7419

10 ай бұрын

Even Land of the lustrous was so awesome looking. I honestly was just expecting more of that, but somehow they managed to improve even more. Awesome studio, and I really hope they get some sort of mainstream hit in the future. They're so under-appreciated.

LAND OF THE LUSTROUS. In my opinion, it's Studio Orange's underappreciated masterpiece, what they do with the animation and storytelling is masterclass level

@KindDmoN

11 ай бұрын

Literally the show that cemented them as the 3d animation power house of japan and yet was dismissed by everyone and refused to give it a chance for being a 3d anime. Doesnt help it came out around the same time of berserk 2016.

@leonardoscardicchio5627

11 ай бұрын

Still craving season 2 goddammit!

@hendrikripfl7755

11 ай бұрын

Is it the one with the different minerals as characters? I loved this show and I never see anyone talking about it

@captainteeko4579

11 ай бұрын

YAAAAAAS IVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FROM THEM FOR YEARS!!!!

@sericsson1996

11 ай бұрын

​@@leonardoscardicchio5627I think if they go for a 2nd season there's not a good stopping point if it goes for ~35 chapters like the 1st season. So perhaps they're waiting for more chapters to come out and make a good season ending? Right now we're at ch 104 I believe. So ~70 chapters to work with.

Man, courage the cowardly dog had tons of episodes that just felt dark and such. The main one I can remember is the "return the slab" episode, always creeped me out as a child

@KazikoWhite

11 ай бұрын

Was literally going to suggest the same thing

@samuraibeluga3749

11 ай бұрын

thats the go to for a lot of people but honestly theres way "worse" in the series.

@sleeeto

11 ай бұрын

And “you’re not perfect”

@xBetaDragonx

11 ай бұрын

@@samuraibeluga3749 oh for sure It's just the most memorable imo

@DavidConant

11 ай бұрын

Especially since they included it on the Scooby Doo alien dvd as a bonus.

12:41 Episode 5 of Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 is absolutely amazingly animated, but the visuals are so much more gritty and dark than the show's artstyle usually is.

The show Chowder from Cartoon Network had a cool texture effect going on, where the people would move but the texture would stay in the same place. Always thought it was unique

@jessiec668

11 ай бұрын

There's an anime called Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo that does the same effect and predates Chowder. There may be other even earlier shows, but that's the one I know of.

@brandonminix3403

11 ай бұрын

honestly quite a few cartoons do this, I'm certain its just a faster way to fill and color in frames, but it sure looks cool :P

@Lant0rn

11 ай бұрын

Honestly its just a clipping mask which is like one click lol bit the fact that they are the only show to use that effect does make it cool

@damiyosartisti

10 ай бұрын

Misadventures of flapjack! Anyone remember that? ... damn cartoon network had a lot of dark shows now that i think about it

@Insanabiliter_In_Linea

9 ай бұрын

Bojack Horseman also used a similar technique, it's really subtle but looks pretty neat.

4:43 I love how Wrens facial expression exactly mirrors mine, as I was watching the scenes from Chainsaw Man: Confusion, slight disgust and more confusion.

@browsin_on_inqognito

11 ай бұрын

Watch it man.

@mattheffelfinger8263

11 ай бұрын

I second it, you should watch it. That way you experience confusion, disgust, and more confusion.

Alex was absolutely playing his cards pretty tight to his chest when talking about the corridor animatic... Would love to hear more of his genuine views on both how AI fits in this medium but how well this short aped more authentic anime...

@stupidmonkey089

11 ай бұрын

100%

@Illusionaire1

11 ай бұрын

Truth is that for different people at different times of their careers, AI will affect differently. For older animators, at the top of the food chain. AI art sounds like a great way to automatically clean up/in-between frames they draw. Saving them costs and money (if they run their own studios). For someone like Alex, who is advanced in his career, but still has to do a lot of hand animation, things are differently. It's undeniable that AI animation will cut off some jobs. It may not replace an entire 3D Animation Team, but we can expect some jobs to fizzle out. How much the guests care about these jobs or not, is very rooted in how far are their careers: For a director, lead animator and other big jobs, AI is a dream come true. For people starting out in the industry, it's a nightmare.

@BeyondTrash-xe1vs

11 ай бұрын

I doubt you'd get the answer you want. Most veteran animators seem to be confident enough in their value that they don't see AI as a threat. Multiple veteran animators reacted to the first Rock, Paper, Scissors similarly.

@Londrino

11 ай бұрын

Yeah that was a very diplomatic answer without actually giving his opinion on the piece. Most likely because he didn't want to offend. But it was nice to see him genuinely appreciate cool shots in it.

@smallfryskilledge1550

11 ай бұрын

Understandable that he didn’t want to make things awkward by saying it looked bad.

The breakdown of Trigun Stampede and Chainsawman is just a love letter to the animator and a big middle finger to the "fans" that keep whining this and that about those two great anime ❤

@frenchfriedbagel7035

11 ай бұрын

CSM’s episode 1 had the worst CGI of the whole season. I just stuck out more than all the other instances of it throughout the season.

@CC-mf9le

11 ай бұрын

​@@frenchfriedbagel7035keep on whining☠☠

@ngultrum1

11 ай бұрын

>whining Lol ok shill.

@mustafaqasimi1084

11 ай бұрын

​@ngultrum1 im sorry that you saw berserk 2016 once and now have the authority to say what is and isn't good animation

@ngultrum1

11 ай бұрын

@@mustafaqasimi1084 Nope, I also saw it's 2nd season & know even moreso what is or isn't shit animation.

Love the chainsaw man appreciation, the anime is so unique with style and camera shots seeing it get that appreciation from an animators eye is awesome

i'd love to see an Animators react episode just about 90s Nicktoons. Some of the animation on the original seasons of rugrats was INSANE, same creative director as Aeon Flux

@grahamgilmore42

11 ай бұрын

I came here to mention the first Rugrats movie. That movie went to some daaaaark places.

"The Southern Raiders" episode of Avatar The Last Airbender had a surprisingly dark exploration of revenge. "The Puppetmaster" episode as well. Granted ATLA is a much more mature than usual animated series. But those episodes still stood out as exceptionally dark.

@TheJerbol

11 ай бұрын

Two of the best episodes

@jajssblue

11 ай бұрын

@@TheJerbol That show goes hard. I put it up there with literary classics like Shakespeare. It's a brilliant and vibrantly written show.

@LuisSierra42

11 ай бұрын

The Puppetmaster is one of my top ATLA episodes, I didn't expect them to go that dark

@PhenonIV

11 ай бұрын

Was literally just about to comment this 😂

@TheRibottoStudios

11 ай бұрын

One of my favorite episodes is the Beach. It's not DARK, it's not ACTION PACKED, but it dives into the lives and personalities of the show's villains in a way that not many other shows have. "My own mother...thought I was a monster. She was right of course but it still hurt." For an episode that is all about playing on the beach tropes in anime, it got real deep REAL fast.

When it comes to dark animation, I immediately think of Watership Down- there are several different styles shown in it, from the very stylised parable of El-ahrairah at the start, to Fiver's nightmare vision, to the base animation itself - its one of the few animated films in which the style is highly realistic and gritty but still expressive enough to convey character emotions.

@crookedbuns

6 ай бұрын

Oh watership down is incredibly beautiful While the newer one looks nice, it comes nowhere near the first one in terms of style and feeling I also loved the Animals of Farthing Wood growing up

I'd love to see Phil Tippet on an episode of the show, idk if it's animators or stop motion artists or what, but he's been in the industry for years and is still making fantastic art like Mad God.

@RichardBirdsall

11 ай бұрын

"I think I've just become extinct..."

@hititwithit

11 ай бұрын

Oh, that's an excellent suggestion!

Studio Orange is one of the biggest names in 3D anime. It's really cool to see you guys covering their work. If you decide to look at more of their work, I highly recommend Land of the Lustrous. There are some amazing scenes in it with some really cool use of camera perspective. It's all the more amazing since it's one of Studio Orange's earlier works. The Trash Taste podcast had one of their animators on for an episode which explained a lot of Studio Orange's process. They talked a lot about Trigun and was very informational regarding 3D anime.

@itsasquid

11 ай бұрын

I need to see this! The whole process behind TriStamp is so cool!

@Kriss_941

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, Land of the Lustrous was probably one of the first "fully CG" anime that managed to actually look good and started changing the perception of CG in anime. Up untill that point CG was always associated with jank and just bad animation in general although you had some shows like Ajin where the CG was actually pretty solid (hallway fight was sick), but land of the lustrous was the big turning point where alot of people started going "damn, this CG stuff can actually look really fucking good!". Another studio that does CG really well is Ufotable, not in the same way, but the way they blend their animation with CG effects makes for some of the most stunning scenes in anime, incredible art, effects and animation. They've been setting and raising the bar for what everyone else are measured against ever since Kara No Kyoukai, then with the fate series and now Demon Slayer.

@MXCN_El1011

11 ай бұрын

id also add beastars to that list.

@Gabriel87100

11 ай бұрын

Land of the Lustrous is a must have to be in this channel.

@ThatsPrettyFunnyMan

11 ай бұрын

Studio Orange has the 3D animation vibes of anime games like Punishing Gray Raven or Arknights. Like, its clean, so clean.

A fun stunt scene to look at is the original 1940s Mark of Zorro movie. There's a stunt where Zorro jumps a horse off a bridge into shallow water.

@martophrenia

11 ай бұрын

Original Zorro has literal parkour stunts

I'm so happy you guys finally brought this series back. Hopefully you talk about more anime, and particularly the 2D animation.

Trigun looks like someone took all the character intro and special attack animations from a fighting game and turned them into an anime. All those little things that have to grab your attention in the couple seconds they play for between gameplay, but it's one scene after the other with no intermission. And I mean that in the best way possible.

@manbat4582

11 ай бұрын

it's Guilty Gear but as a series

I think Invader Zim took an especially dark turn when he took a whole bunch of organs from school kids, because more organs means more human.

@poochyenarulez

11 ай бұрын

I'll never forget that episode

@Manganization

11 ай бұрын

Invader Zim was always sort of messed up.

@Destros2ndone

11 ай бұрын

i'm gonna sing the doom song doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom

@BrianArmitage

11 ай бұрын

Yup! My mind immediately went to Dark Harvest. Especially the scene where Zim swaps the school secretary's brain with a can of soda - she answers the phone only to have a bunch of foam pour out of her mouth while she stares ahead, blank-eyed.

@DeRockMedia

11 ай бұрын

classic zim

“you don’t notice the hands” I definitely did. and the faces 😂😂😂

Hands down for most dark twist to a visually not-dark show is Made in the Abyss. I could point out plenty of scenes but i would say the elevator scene in particular or episode 10 of the first season where one of the characters receives a pretty horrific injury. It's just such an absurdly brutal show conceptually when it's artstyle is super chibi and cute. REALLY interesting core concept to the world and series, I think you guys would like it.

I love when Alex is on the show, everything about his insights and experience is amazing.

Would love an "animators react" to the Nimona movie! love the artstyle in that movie!

There's an episode of the Gargoyles where Demona turns the whole city into statues and just start walking down the street blasting people even just shooting off the arms of one lady I could only imagine the horror she endured when she turned back to Human

@suntanironman

11 ай бұрын

I recently rewatched all of Gargoyles (for the first time since the mid-90s). I had completely forgotten that Demona had shattered multiple people on-screen in this four part episode arc. And that multiple Gargoyles from Demona’s clan (in the flashbacks scenes) were shattered on-screen as well. Much of the time anyone that is shattered is shattered off-screen (or we see the shatter happen in the shadows). Or if there ever was an on-screen shatter, it often wasn’t actually real (it was an illusion, or a dream, a fake, or whatnot). But definitely not this multi-episode arc. It’s all fully on-screen, front and center (nothing obscuring it).

@brietzke99

11 ай бұрын

@@suntanironman gargoyles was the very first show I re-watch when Disney plus became active and yeah I had the exact same experience

@suntanironman

11 ай бұрын

@@brietzke99Yeah, definitely. Thank you, Disney Plus, for reintroducing Gargoyles to me. Someone else in this video’s comments section mentioned the “Future Tense” episode as another dark episode. Which I definitely agree with. I had forgotten a lot of Gargoyles (from when I watched as a kid), but the “Future Tense” episode was one of the few episodes that remained (mostly-) clear in my memory from childhood well into adulthood.

@sapphireoracle

11 ай бұрын

Also the episode where Broadway plays with Elisa's gun and accidently shoots her. Elisa nearly dies and there was even a pool of blood onscreen. The episode was dropped from reruns.

@brietzke99

11 ай бұрын

@@sapphireoracle which I thought was a travesty I thought it was a good lesson for kids on not playing with guns

These animators react are by far my fav videos, please keep them coming at a steady rate! :)

Loved the Video. More of Anime reactions would be appreciated. Your work is so good, thank you for delivering again.

I remember an episode of Ed, Edd, and Eddy that I saw as a kid that was so strange and out of place it felt like a fever dream and for a while I thought I actually dreamed it because I didn't see it aired on TV again. I think Jimmy's outline (like, the one hes drawn with) is literally peeled off of him and he floats away like a smoke cloud. And thats just one of many 4th wall breaking things that episode. Idk if that classifies as dark but maybe worth checking out.

@zackcox717

11 ай бұрын

The episode is called One Plus One Equals Ed

What Studio Orange has been doing with their CGI is really remarkable, especially with how fluid it was in Trigun. Chainsaw Man also has some amazing CG animation.

@boigercat

11 ай бұрын

I hate it. Reminds me of genshin impact. Like why are we choosing to go backwards in art style just to have better animations. I don't think it's worth it

@baeleth

11 ай бұрын

I wanted to love it, but so often when it's in motion the movement of a character feels like it's in a 2001 video game cutscene. I just find it so distracting and can't get used to it.

@iybizuku1366

11 ай бұрын

​@@boigercat🙄😢ok

@iybizuku1366

11 ай бұрын

​@@boigercatlet people (animators) push boundaries.

@LuisSierra42

11 ай бұрын

@@boigercat Yep, I don't like it either. I don't have a problem with CGI backgrounds but I find it very noticeable when it is used for character movements

spongebob - Squidward in Clarinetland is NIGHTMARE fuel, it starts off normal but then just gets weirder and weirder, its super short but so much happens... It used to make me scared when i was a kid

The Animals of Farthing Wood kinda traumatized me as a kid. Particularly the scene where the hedgehogs get run over. A mouse's babies also get impaled on thorn bushes. Yes, it's a kids' show. The "Future Tense" episode of Gargoyles where everybody dies was also pretty dark.

@Blue-zc9ro

11 ай бұрын

Yessss i’m so glad someone else other than me remembers this show from their childhood.

@crookedbuns

6 ай бұрын

I absolutely adore that show despite how depressing it can get at times As a kid, I used to be up at like 6 every morning just to catch the next episode Such an underappreciated show

A very weird and oddly dark episode that immediately came to mind was the Adventure Time episode "No One Can Here You" where Finn goes unconscious and wakes up to find everyone gone except for Jake who has gone insane.

@ignoredonthenet

11 ай бұрын

Freak Deer!

@Jokin_Jake

11 ай бұрын

@@ignoredonthenet "SurPRISEEE!" 🎈🎈🎈

Since the fall season is slowly creeping in seeing y’all react to Over The Garden Wall would be cool especially the last few episodes fitting in with the somewhat dark theme

@almightysmolbean8599

10 ай бұрын

Yesss

Space Dandy: A World Without Sadness, Baby. Is an oddly dark episode that has a very different tone from the rest of the show

weird how 2 of the most memorible works that have been on the react shows were commercials. this snap and the train are insane works of art

@Zanockthael

11 ай бұрын

Well, it's like he said. Commercials are lower risk so you can be more creative. It's a hard sell to say "I'll add this thing, that might not work, to a Marvel movie. By the way, if it doesn't work, we'll probably make 20 million less at the box office."

First one that comes to mind is TMNT 2003 and Danny Phantom. These shows have at LEAST one "what if" episode and that what if is DARK. ASF. In TMNT 2003, the episode "Same as it Never Was" details Donatello, often described as the gentle, kind hearted one in this and many iterations, goes to a future where the family he knows, is quite different, and the future isn't anything to look forward to. it's important to note Donatello's disposition because THAT'S what makes this episode super fricked up. Why DONNIE of all Turtles? In Danny Phantom the episode "The Ultimate Enemy" details Danny coming face to face with his own future self,, and it along with Donatello, is also nothing to look forward to. It makes you realize how much trauma Danny goes through on day to day basis, and still manages to hold through, mostly because of his support system. But if he didn't have that support system, his grief would be all consuming. Highly recommend you react to both. The animators do a lot of fun things with shadows, and angles that make the episodes stand out. Even to this day, I'll never forget the words "Some things my boy...are better left unsaid." along with "my brothers....my poor brothers."

@ryanelliott6706

11 ай бұрын

Courage the cowardly dog still haunts my dreams.

@TheRibottoStudios

11 ай бұрын

@@ryanelliott6706 lol that's ALWAYS a first mention when it comes to dark cartoons so i wanted to mention some that people might not bring up. TMNT 2003 was more serious, but not entirely DARK. SAINW and TUE for DP though...Jesus

YES! FINALLY SOME ANIMATORS REACTS!!! Honestly, it's soo rare, but it's so fun to learn more about animation through you guys so I hope there is more.

12:48 Please, please talk about a long-forgotten show I used to love: The Pirates of Dark Water. It was so dark at times and I miss it.

Love this. I hope there’s more coming in the future

how to do anime: * ACTUAL ANIME * how NOT to do anime: * Corridor Rock Paper Scissors *

@BeyondTrash-xe1vs

11 ай бұрын

How to do anime with a million dollar budget: *Actual Anime* How to do anime with a small studio: *Corridor's Rock, Paper, Scissors*

@krio1267

3 ай бұрын

​@@BeyondTrash-xe1vsim learning to do such stuff

@kioku119

3 күн бұрын

@@BeyondTrash-xe1vs You can have independent animation without prominently relying on extremely janky AI.

Any courage the cowardly dog episode always turns incredibly dark, but return the slab is infamous for scaring millions of kids in the 00’s lmaooo

I would love to see you guys talk about the Midnight Gospel animation. I think it is beautiful, different and a good conversation to hear! Great episode! 😊

I want to see them react to some of what studio Ufotable's put out, since they specialize in making almost photo-real backdrops for their projects

There are two dark and disturbing episodes from my childhood that still live rent free in my brain to this day: Dark Harvest from Invader Zim and No One Can Hear You from Adventure Time

Clone Wars Umbaran arc had some dark stuff to it. There were many dark moments in Transformers Prime, which is a fantastic show in general

@theleapingbass2137

11 ай бұрын

THIS^^

i love this, many people doesn't like anime not being purely hand drawn, but nowadays, many anime applies CG in some part, at least in some of their scenes and i think it's inevitable. Can you guys react more about these stuff? I really expect more about anime that that fully CG such as expelled from paradise and arpeggio of blue steel

The darkest episode of a kids cartoon I remember from when I was a kid was the drugs episode of Captain Planet.

I'd love you guys to cover 'Asterix In Britain'. The whole thing is gorgeous but the hand-animated ocean in the intro sequence is some of the best animated water I've ever seen.

@Nekotaku_TV

11 ай бұрын

Just Asterix in general.

I love seeing animators react. Would love to see you guys react to some of Monty Oum's work (from Dead Fantasy, Red VS Blue and RWBY). In my opinion he animated some of the best fight scenes I've ever seen.

@Aegis_Mind

11 ай бұрын

That dudes understanding/intuition for camera movement in animation was on another level man.

I remember an episode of Rocky & Bullwinkle (that's how old I am) where they went through a portal in the space-time-continuum and turned into vegetable versions of themselves. I'm pretty sure Rocky was an onion and I think Bullwinkle was a bunch of celery. I think it was a real episode, and not just a atrange dream, but it weirded me out enough that I still remember it more than 50 years later.

The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of an oddly dark episode of a cartoon, is the bloodbending episode in Avatar: The Last Airbender ("The Puppetmaster" EP#48) The body contortions really freaked me out as a kid and even as an adult I'm hesitant to rewatch that specific episode.

Twisted cartoon episode: there are a lot of crazy Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes but the “Return the Slab” guy is by far the most haunting for me

Trigun was one of my all time favorite anime's when I was growing up and when they said they were remaking it and that it was going to be CG, not going to lie I was completely put off. However decided to give it a try when it aired and it is outstanding. It's the first time watching a CG anime where just every episode visually something amazed me, it's well worth watching.

@doodoowater7863

11 ай бұрын

if you're looking for another stunning Cg anime, land of the lustrous would be worth a shot!

@originalSiiiN

11 ай бұрын

same tbh

@shivanshsinghchauhan8243

11 ай бұрын

same studio@@doodoowater7863

I love Trigun and Trigun Stampede is visually so different it took some getting used to but i love them both now so much

I remember two episodes from the 90s Spider-man animated series Make-A-Wish and Attack of the Octobots. Doc Ock manages to control Spider-man and use him as his subordinate. A young girl saves him in the end. Spider-man brings her home. She asks him if he can take off his mask. He obliges. She says I won't tell anyone for as long as I live." When Spider-man leaves, the camera pulls out to reveal that the girl lives in a home for terminally ill children.

Studio Orange is fuckin’ incredible with their 3D CGI work. Ufotable is the runner up, in my opinion, mainly because Orange uses almost full 3D in all their shows while Ufotable is smart about incorporating 3D in the backgrounds for dynamic shots.

This is my favorite series you do!! More animators please - animation is the crowning achievement of tv and film rn and deserves more attention

For a dark episode of animated show... Adventure time? The episode with the deer with hands "No One can hear you"

Always a treat to have Alex on.

a oddly dark animated episode i remember is the episode ¨haunted¨ of teen titans were robin mind was being tortured by alucinations of slade fighting with him but really he was fighting no one and only hurting himself

I love the Animators React episodes! Would be great if they looked at Land of the Lustrous for CGI animation and maybe also Promare Knights of Sidonia would be an interesting one for them to look at as well Violet Evergarden is also beautifully animated

Not really an episode but a cartoon movie called The Brave Little Toaster, and it was just frightening as a child

the story book animation of the children's story from the middle of the anime Monster comes to mind for some reason.

Madoka Magica has a famous tone shift from lighthearted to super dark, but that was more than one episode and very intentional. I think Neon Genesis Evangelion had similar shifts in tone over the show. I would love either to be covered by Animators React!

@MajorSmurf

11 ай бұрын

Thinking of shows that go from light-hearted to super dark is difficult but I think Made in Abyss is a good choice that dips in and out of actual horror. MItty and Faputa have such dark stories to them but we also have the constant fear and horror when watching one of our MC's after they ascend even a tiny bit.

Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man have great animation!

@fish00p

11 ай бұрын

Ok chill

@TLM858

11 ай бұрын

OK CHILL BRO WE KNOW!!!!

@muadago

11 ай бұрын

My "issue" with that episode is that they seem to treat what's the current pinnacle of mixed shonen/seinen at the same level as Dragon ball/Bleach/Naruto type thing. (I love those, but we're not talking about the same audience and cultural depth)

As an independent animator, these videos are always very cool and fun to watch!

Gosh I am so happy you guys reacted to Trigun Stampede, literally is an absolute work of art in animation, cg, ost eveerryyyyyything. Part the fandom is so attached to the older 98' anime and not giving it a chance. Its STUNNING!

Invader Zim's Dark Harvest episode still sends chills down my spine...

@aelolul

11 ай бұрын

and all three of mine!

@alvarostockle

11 ай бұрын

That was the first episode I watched from the series, and it was in a giant screen in a food court in a Mall. Wild years.

I'm waiting for the Across the Spider-Verse video. That needs a full episode dedicated to it.

I love your content. I've been watching for years. How am I just now finding out there's another channel called simply Corridor?

An animation that terrified me as a kid was Raggedy Ann and Andy - the greedy monster. Literally only saw it once on Halloween when I was very young, but it stuck with me until I finally looked it up on KZread as an adult. Animation is insane with him ever evolving, but it goes from unsettling to disturbing real quick.

Would love to see you guys react to some of the original Beast Wars show. There is some important stuff with that one. Also, there are some strange choices made later seasons, but with character models from the first season.

I want to see either a VFX artists react or an Animators react to ANIMUSIC!!! They're cool and still hold up really well for their age. The midi-motion technology is super cool, too!

I vividly remember watching Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island and having nightmares for a while after, it so different from everything else

1987 Christmas Claymation Special "Carol of the Bells" always hit me in a creepy yet lighthearted way

A dark twisted episode for sure is the Nina Tucker episode in FullMetal Alchemist Brotherhood.

@blahorgaslisk7763

11 ай бұрын

Oh to hell with that episode! That poor chimera...

I was so glad that Trigun Stampede was done as well as it was. Easily one if not the best anime I’ve seen done with 3D animation.

@Seissmo

11 ай бұрын

Studio Orange KILLS IT with their 3D animation. I’d say they’re the best at using it in the business, and the sheer AMOUNT of 3D they use while still making a great product is impressive.

@Sammysapphira

11 ай бұрын

The animation was good, but they ruined the story.

@Hydraclone

11 ай бұрын

The quality of their 3D stems from it almost behaving like it's 2D. They're so good at it. I'd love to see them and ufoTable collab on something.

@reaperofburgers

11 ай бұрын

When I was watching it I actually forgot it was CG with how well done it was.

@satsujin4027

11 ай бұрын

​​​@@SammysapphiraHow? If you are comparing to the old anime, one: the old anime differs from the source material, and two: Tristamp's director never watched the 98 show because he wanted tristamp to use more of the source material and to honor Nightow's work in a new way, so it was already expected that the show would differ a lot from the 98 version. Personally, I liked Tristamp WAY more than Trigun 98, so to me it didnt ruin the story at all, it improved and took actual canon stuff into consideration. Gonna be honest, I gave up Trigun 98 fairly quick I hated how slow it was and how much they turned Vash into a womanizer for no reason, but that was my opinion, it doesnt mean the show is bad, it was just not my cup of tea. I like the fast paced, more darker tone of tristamp. And lets not forget the first season works as a prequel which explain many of the changes people initially complained about. All versions of the srory are great in their own way and can please different tastes, but in the end these are all the same characters that we love so much

Powerpuff Girls - Season 2, Episode 12 "Speed Demon". They travel 50 years into the future by having a race home, but go too quick around the earth, and they arrive at 50 years later, and while they were missing for those 50 years, "him" took over the city, and everyone blames them, and the city fell into a dystopian state. I saw it more than 15 years ago, and still I remember it.

The laser spin is also a great example of great direction. The point about "feeling himspinning the gun inside" really showas that. The build up of the cool looking spinning isn´t just there to just look cool. It directly sets up the finishing move that follows. The gun "charging" getting brighter in the colour of the beam, during the spinning trick. It directly feeds into the next event and already subconciously brings the mind to spinning the beam. The realisation of what will happen during the short build up of the laser being still directly comes from the ideas set up before. Thats how this stuff is done well. As George Lukas would say "It´s like poetry, it rymes."

Land of the Lustrous is a must have to be in this channel! I'm surprised it hasn't been checked out yet by you guys!

The Rugrats episode with the Big Baby nightmare. It was unnecessarily terrifying.

@Aegis_Mind

11 ай бұрын

Oh gawd… I remember…

First glad to see this series back! Second, here's a few dark and or twisted animated content I got some suggestions!: .first some Ed Edd n Eddy eps (aka my favorite show) Once Upon an Ed, Rock-a-Bye-Ed and The Day the Ed Stood Still 3 out of the 4 Wallace and Gromit shorts (since those are inspired by Alfred Hitchcock and other thriller films), The Wrong Trousers, A Close Shave, and A Matter of Loaf and Death Along with the Movie, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Dexter's Laboratory: Monstory Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation: L.I.C.E., Operation: U.T.O.P.I.A., Operation: L.O.C.K.D.O.W.N., Operation: S.I.T.T.E.R., Operation: B.U.L.L.I.E.S. and Operation: U.N.C.O.O.L. OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes: We Got Hacked, Plaza Alone and The K.O. Trap Rocko's Modern Life: To Heck and Back, Sugar Frosted Frights, Ed is Dead: A Thriller!, She's the Toad (the WeeWee moment specifically) and Put to Pasture Glitch Techs: Castle Crawl Hey Arnold!: Haunted Train, Monkey Business and Phoebe Cheats Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists the 2010s/2020s Mickey mouse shorts and specials: Ghoul Friend, The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular!, Black and White, For Whom the Booth Tolls and Just the Four of Us Wander Over Yonder: The Pet, The Search for Captain Tim and The Heebie Jeebies Bump in the Night: Farewell 2 Arms and the majority of Gumby eps. could be good footage to find Plus some classic shorts: Donald Duck shorts: Donald Duck and the Gorilla and Duck Pimples the Tex Avery short, How Do it? Looney Tunes shorts: Pigs is Pigs The Old Grey Hare, Hyde and Go Tweet phew well that should be more then enough hehe, yeah just wanted to give you guys plenty of options well hope this helps and can't wait for the next episode!

You're telling me Alex Snow had a Berserk shirt on and yall didn't react to Berserk CGI?! ❤ the show

I would really love to see you guys opinion on the anime "Gankutsuou" which is a futuristic adaption of The Count of Monte Cristo The anime style is really beautiful

Finally, Trigun Stampede caught your attention guys! I'm a fan of the original anime (and its approach to the story) and Trigun Stampede brings another new approach to the Trigun universe. Besides of the story, Studio Orange is a beast of 3DCG anime, I can guarantee you'll mesmerized by their animation. They took all the essence of anime and express it through new techniques, just try watch the first episode and pay attention to the character's facial expression. Although they use 3D CGI, they never skip the dynamics of the expression and movement, Meryl Stryfe was never as cute as this latest rendition of her

@alexmendoza9984

11 ай бұрын

I don't like how it doesn't have outlines. It looked to bland, I'll skip this one.

@irsandar10

11 ай бұрын

@@alexmendoza9984 Yea, I see that... There's no argue about that LOL, guess it's really the limitation of serialization nature in anime compared to feature films. Yeah we won't see a full blown great CG from anime studio in the mean time...

@alexmendoza9984

11 ай бұрын

@@irsandar10 maybe if they work on tracking the outline, like drawing on top. They'll figure something out. It will be hard work but if they master it, I'll be amazing.

Some pretty dark episodes I enjoyed were "Heart of Ice" - 'Batman: The Animated Series' and "I Remember You" - Adventure Time

Very viscerally memorable animation from my childhood: Rocko's Modern Life; the episode where they go to the baseball game; the part where the hammerhead shark gets hit in both eyes with the baseball. Jeeeezy Creezy! I will remember that slow motion animation for the rest of my life.

Animators React is the most informative of the react arcs. Love these so much. 🙌

@uria3679

11 ай бұрын

I hope they react to JoJo part 6 and support the argument that the animation isn’t bad

@navi7402

11 ай бұрын

not really

You should check out Dorohedoro. It's got hand drawn backgrounds, but the characters are cg It's the most natural looking cgi I've seen so far, and the style that comes out is really unique

@TheDorazio

11 ай бұрын

Note that the Dorohedoro anime was also done by MAPPA. You can see a lot of style and technique similarity between it and Chainsaw Man.

Season 3 of Reboot was an especially dark tonal shift in what had, up to that point, been a relatively light hearted show. Episode 4 of Season 3 is especially dark where some of the main characters, basically children too, were essentially given what had been seen as a death sentence before that point. One of my favourite shows of all time though. It still holds up to this day.

There's an episdoe of GI Joe called "There's No Place Like Springfield". Shipwreck falls unconscious and finds himself 6 years in the future after the war and he has a family and kids, but things aren't quiet right and he thinks he's going crazy and it turns out he's in a fake town Cobra created to extract information from him. The weird shit is that people in the simulation are made out of slime and when things go wrong they melt, and he just thinks he's loosing his mind. It ends with him trying to save his family (that he now loves) from a burning house but they just melt, and he escapes and Scarlett asks if there was anything important in the house and he stares at the burning house with tears in his eyes and says, "nothing... just a dream". STNG did the same plot a few years later called Future Imperfect.

Reboot produced some of the most disturbing nightmare fuel scenes and episodes of any "kids" show.

A lot of their choices in their “anime” inspired shorts make more sense when you realize their level of emotional investment in the style 😂

I'd really love to see the guy(s) from Fortress Films come in and talk about Source Film Maker (SFM). They released a full length movie (Emesis Blue) using the TF2 IP and had such a crazy story and amazing lighting and animation as well!

😂 watching this episode as I’m unboxing my figure of Denji that just arrived!