HI EVERYONE! thank you so much for your support on our project, we are so so stoked that you all love it this much! BUT i just wanted to say - if you like the backgrounds, the colours, the dice, the parallaxing - go direct your lovely compliments to maddy @ teamrtist.tumblr.com/ !! that was all her contribution to the project, not mine, and she deserves lots of love & recognition for her amazing work ❤️

@baroncosmos6545

6 жыл бұрын

which track did you use in this? i'm pretty sure it's from the Suffering Game arc but i can't remember what the song was!

@Nomzilladraws

6 жыл бұрын

It's Wonderland Part 3

@StrawberryNUKE

6 жыл бұрын

Yo can I suggest doing one for The Unexpectables?

@Pope2501

6 жыл бұрын

Skinny Mister Awesome! Congratulations on this success! I have two questions: 1. Why did you opt to use this piece instead of the extended opening theme? 2. I thought Taako was a gay, male elf. Why is he dressed and made-up with a teenage, female human's ensemble?

@historieman

6 жыл бұрын

John-Paul Mitchell Taako can wear whatever he wants, and looks good in it tbh. Also if I remember correctly Griffin called Taako a man and Justin had some objection to it, but I don't know if that's an objection to being called a man like a human or man like male.

This is, with no exaggeration, rhe best thing to happen in the Adventure Zone fandom. If you had sent this to me an said it was a preview for a TAZ show on Cartoon Network or something, I would believe it 100%.

@damordster

5 жыл бұрын

I don't know about cartoon network, maybe adult swim 🤣

@sketchycat6223

5 жыл бұрын

Way too good for CN

@securityshake

4 жыл бұрын

*SOMEBODY CALL ADULT SWIM*

@apinkgoat

4 жыл бұрын

Oooh I wish!!!!

@foamyoatmeal3021

4 жыл бұрын

WISH NO LONGER KNAVES, FOR AN ANIMATED SERIES HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED

That dice drop and Griffin/DM reveal moment... INCREDIBLE

@commanderdeckard3003

6 жыл бұрын

I leaned way back in my chair when I saw that out of surprise and awe, such an cool moment.

@indiciaobscure

6 жыл бұрын

I love how he looks slightly more realistic than the characters, because they are fantasy and he is reality

@mariahseagle573

6 жыл бұрын

Yes! That!

@statelyelms

Жыл бұрын

Something about the sound while the dice are falling, the way it's cut off and clipped, just really makes it feel.. professionally made? That's what really sets the tone for it (for me) as a trailer for a TAZ TV show

My favorite part has to be the Rockport Limited bit. I love how tangible the boredom/awkwardness is while they wait for something to happen. It's such a human side of the story, despite only one of them being actually human. Oh, and the Griffin part. So cool. I've watched this so many times now... I still wish I knew what all the symbols at the end meant, though.

@theallmightyboop4732

5 жыл бұрын

Ethan Berry I think the symbols were the partial combinations of what symbols they spun on the wheel in The Suffering Game, and some iconic character moments. For Merle, the loss of his eye. Taako, the mongoose mask. And for Magnus, pretty much the entire Eleventh Hour ending. That's what I think.

@MermaidLorelei

5 жыл бұрын

@@theallmightyboop4732 I believe for Taako it was actually the loss of his looks.

@crappydoo94

4 жыл бұрын

The All Mighty Boop! Magnus lost like 10 years of his life so that’s why it was an hourglass.

@kareneatsjoey1

4 жыл бұрын

@@crappydoo94 I just realized that's why the finale narrates what happens to him while everyone is still alive oh my god

@TylerMartin

4 жыл бұрын

@@kareneatsjoey1 also elves and dwarves live for hundreds of years so magnus naturally dies before them

hot diggity shit, that is a baller animation

I JUST NOTICED MAGNUS HAS HIS NAILS PAINTED THATS THE BEST DETAIL EVER

@ericeskola

6 жыл бұрын

the line between travis and magnus blurs even more :D

@chloec6529

6 жыл бұрын

He's losing his sense of self!

@s8nguis

6 жыл бұрын

Linkachu me 2

@samanthaharris2964

5 жыл бұрын

Honestly Taako probably gave them all manicures

@CoRLex-jh5vx

5 жыл бұрын

@@samanthaharris2964 I lowkey headcanon taako as being shit at nail painting, and highkey headcanon Magnus as being really good at it, and lowkey highkey headcanon taako as being infuriated by that fact

I started off in Gerblins thinking that the majority of Taako fan art was weird but now that I’ve finished season one literally any fan art of Taako that doesn’t make him look Vogue/Twink asf is just wrong

@verdantViridity

3 жыл бұрын

The biggest plot twist was getting into The Adventure Zone and finding out he didn't actually get what happened to Zacharie from OFF, it's actually, truly, honestly accurate. ...Actually, that's not true. The biggest plot twist was being spoiled about Lup and thinking that was the only big reveal.

@MisterSynyster

11 ай бұрын

@verdantViridity I got spoiled on what sort of being Lup was and somehow got it twisted thinking she was the big bad of things. Tfw she is phantasmal and resplendent

griffin’s glasses glinting like he’s an anime

when fanmade stuff looks more well done than most professional big budget animated tv shows.

@firewolf11567

6 жыл бұрын

Passion > money. Money helps though. A lot.

@Sneakysneaky88

6 жыл бұрын

If the concept of an animated series of this story ever came into contact with kickstarter, the immediate concussive force of wallets hitting monitors across the globe could be the trigger of a human extinction event. Perhaps its for the better this way. But just... can you imagine it? A fan-collab to give even a sketchy keyframe visual component to an abridged version of this series? Hnnng

@Dan-qy6zv

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sneakysneaky88 Oh yeah. It would get the money. Look at the kickstarter for the Critical Role Animated Series

I've watched this several times as I've listened through the series and recognizing more details each time is so amazing, my most recent realization, 0:26 is their biggest rolls in the Suffering Game arc: Merle losing his eye, Taako's bad luck, and Magnus losing 10 years.

@justsomeannoyingredpanda

3 жыл бұрын

Shh, spoilers

@blazeqzruler6253

2 жыл бұрын

Watched this so many times and i never caught onto that and i feel so ridiculously stupid for not getting it, been listening since the beginning

Thought I'd point out this Is literally the reason I even got into the adventure zone. Thank you so much for one of my biggest obsessions.

@rowen9

4 жыл бұрын

+

@lilyfae7197

3 жыл бұрын

This and a bunch of the other animatics! I watched them and eventually was like “Fuck I really need to watch this!”

@ziril3972

3 жыл бұрын

@@lilyfae7197 ^

No matter how many years go by, how many graphic novels exist, this will ALWAYS be how I remember Balance. Thank you for that.

Taako in the car part was probably my favorite, I loved everything about this though, it's incredible.

@mephilesthelight4644

6 жыл бұрын

Cosmic Queen I think merle on the car was a bit funny

OkaAY SO THE FUCKING TWEENING AND SHADING SKILLS ARE FUCKING NUT WORTHY, thE MINOR ANIMATION MAKES IT LOOK REALLY FUCKING GOOD AND NOT OVER THE TOP AND TOO BUSY, THE STYLE IS ABSOLUTELY HUGGABLE, THE DICE MADE ME SCREAM, AND THE DESIGNS ARE ACTUALLY MAKING ME WANNA CRY THEYRE SO FUCKING CUTE THE MERLE IS THE FIRST MERLE DESIGN TO NOT MAKE ME NERVOUS AND THE MANGUS MAKES ME SERIOUSLY WANT TO JUST HUG THIS GOOD BEAR BOY AND TAAKO IS FUCKING KILLING IT JESUS CHRIST HES READY TO GIVE EVERYONE WHIPFLASH WITH HIS HIP MOVEMENTS I LOVE THIS SO MUC H FUCK

@c-cubecreates4404

6 жыл бұрын

Your comment captured exactly the feeling i am feeling!

@PGT860

6 жыл бұрын

randomgooberness you've made me curious, what do you mean by merle designs making you nervous?

@randomgooberness

6 жыл бұрын

Not quite sure! There are a lot of Merle designs that I love, but I dont know? I think it's my anxiety and my ADHD acting up with designs that I wanna draw that are too busy. This Merle, and all the characters here, are quite simplified and minimal and still look absolutely stunning! And the colors are very nice and calming to look at.

@PGT860

6 жыл бұрын

oh! I understand now, and absolutely agree! Most merles are quite intricate, his arm and eye and hair and proportions and whatnot being very unique. Thanks for explaining!

@Kabber

6 жыл бұрын

from this moment forward i will refer to all cool animation as "nut worthy" "hey did you see that indie film the other day?" "yeah man, the animation was nut worthy"

This is amazing. I would watch an entire tv show of the adventure zone in this art style. The music is also soooooo perfect. Keep at it, you guys are super talented.

@BPlusPsychic

6 жыл бұрын

I'd watch anything in this art style tbh

I'll have you know I've watched this maybe 50 times since I came across it yesterday. That transition from the mouth of the Eleventh Hour worm to the wheel in the Suffering Game! Genius! And oh my god, tinted glasses on Merle!! I feel like you answered a question about him that no one knew existed. He's perfect, as are all your other character designs.

Now that Im caught up with TAZ this animation hits me double hard. Like christ this is such an epic campaign and I like it so much Id honetly love to see it imagined into a full fledged show in this art style! Lovvve this

THIS IS SO FUCKING BALLER

@kalobermeyer9489

6 жыл бұрын

Now imagine the deep voice at the start of each episode saying "__________ The Adventure Zone!!!" And this intro animation playing.

@theoraclehostvessel

6 жыл бұрын

Hot diggity shit

I just wanna say that I saw this on Tumblr and got really into it! So much so that I finally looked up what The Adventure Zone was... and I was so super thrilled to find out it's actually the McElroy boys and father! I only recently got into their content, and didn't know they also had a D&D podcast... So thank you very much for making this!

@pdtulip

6 жыл бұрын

Check out mcelroyshows.com for all their podcasts!! Really, I only know them from MBMBaM and Polygon~

The entire video is so amazing but that dice drop literally gives me shivers every time i watch it

DAMN THIS FUCKIN RULES I GOT SHIVERS

@mangachick27

6 жыл бұрын

ghostyjpg I got chills too!!!

Absolutely stunning! The timing to the music (great choice btw) is fantastic and I love each character design ---plus the transitions are so smooth like the spinning of the worm teeth to the spinning of the wheel its clever and makes it flow so nicely seriously amazing job

The best thing about this is that it still is pretty vauge about the events in the show unlike most fanmade intros

Ugh that graphic match between the purple worm's mouth and the wheel, such subtlety and respect

no offense but this is dope as shit

@sapphic_sophie

6 жыл бұрын

Verily!

how much money do you need to make the rest of the show we got you kickstarter go fund me change dot org we'RE DOING THIS

@rachelspellman75

6 жыл бұрын

Jesse Yang YES

@clockworkknight2677

6 жыл бұрын

Jesse Yang HELL YES PLEASE

@allys.8629

5 жыл бұрын

Pleeeeaaaasssseeeeee

@katiemorison7969

5 жыл бұрын

Mrs. Officer and Mr. Truffles would like to know: your location

I just wanted to say that with the announcement of the animated show, this is the first iteration that popped into my head. I hope it looks as good and as smooth as this!

this is the best thing I have seen in my entire existence, I will watch a show, a movie, a freaking 18 hour long documentary of this thing. Taz is the best thing in the planet, and this is just gorgeous

Hey noah fence but Why can't I like a video more than once

this fuckin owns????

Because of this animation, I binged the entire podcast and I'm all caught up now! It's so good and this is so good! AMAZING

Jaxks gave us the opening the show would have received in the late eighties. Skinny Mister gives us the opening that would happen today.

bruh this Taako........... i love this Taako

@muff9970

6 жыл бұрын

Grass Tastes Bad Yeah he is, I find this design too feminine to accurately convey he is male. Other than that, this is beautifully done.

@moabShirts

6 жыл бұрын

Taako was created as a male elf wizard, but as the show started to gain traction, people portrayed them however they wanted to. The brothers and Clint didn't want to give any canonical definitions of what they looked like, so technically any portrayal (including one that could be deemed "too feminine to accurately convey he is male") is technically acceptable

@oleander7635

6 жыл бұрын

Victoria K. He's canon feminine and androgynous described in the show tho

@caroltaylor5861

6 жыл бұрын

Paul Benson it's a sickly pale and bad taako but these designs are good otherwise

@starrats444

6 жыл бұрын

Victoria K. he wears a skirt in the show this isn't some manly guy

This is like mesmerizing I've been playing this over and over

i've been avoiding making this comment because i keep thinking it's not very important, but i keep coming back and i gotta do it. i really freaking appreciate the little frame-by-frame 3d at 0:21

I love this, Taako is so pretty

hoooooollllyyyy shit the style the animation the colours it looks stunning and so smooth WOW

Yoooo this camera work is SO GOOD! I love the shot of the worm that turns into wonderland then the camera turns around heck yeah!!! Wooo!!!!

I love every single frame of this, and I think that this portrayal of the crew is FLAWLESS, right down to the expressions they make throughout. This is so beautifully crafted, & I frequent this video just to use the scenes as references when I'm listening to taz

I think of this video on a daily basis, it's cleared my skin and I'm free of sin. thank you.

bruh im sending this to everyone i know who listens to this podcast.

@carltonjohnson2977

6 жыл бұрын

arin hanson's dick

@thequeerishere9662

5 жыл бұрын

_arin hanson's dick_

Okay so I kind of have a giant crush on your Taako

@jade-nl3cs

6 жыл бұрын

Clotted Scream big same

@fisherjam5182

5 жыл бұрын

Fucking mood

That figure on Taako, daaaaamn boi!

I LOVE the Petals to the Metal shot, especially the way Taako’s sitting with the umbrastaff open like a parasol!

A. Mazing. As Scott Aukerman of Comedy Bang Bang would say: This gets my highest rating: C+.

Sweet when is season 1 out?

@conwool2609

3 жыл бұрын

AChimpKnockinAbout well, there is apparently gonna be an animated series for the balance arc! (3 years late, I know)

@blazeqzruler6253

2 жыл бұрын

@@conwool2609 it hurts

this is the type of video you show your friends to get them into taz

Literally Taako's design is why I got into TAZ lol

THIS IS SO WICKEDLY COOL!!! HOLY HELL!!!

THIS IS THE BEST THING IVE SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE I LOVE THIS VIDEO SO MUCH AND I WILL CHERISH IT FOR THE REST OF ETERNITY

KLAAAAARG!! ❤️❤️❤️

@jammygitz

6 жыл бұрын

Klarg with a dainty tea set = iconic.

@uhoh7545

6 жыл бұрын

Would you like some Ulam tea?

@Turnabout

6 жыл бұрын

Oolong, my dude

FUUUUUUUUUUCCKKK THIS IS GOOD Also, I may or may not be in love with your take on Taako. Just fyi.

Hot Diggity Shit this is a Baller Ass Intro

God I keep rewatching this because I'm obsessed. Seriously what a great job

I've had this video saved in my watch later for almost 4 years now. Every so often i come back and watch it again to be reminded of my favorite dnd podcast of all time. Truly a work of art, thank you.

AAAAAA I LOVE THIS i love the heads bobbing in the wagon, kinda mystery skulls. also this magnus?? So so good I love him

I DON'T EVEN LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST BUT THIS IS AMAZING

@jade-nl3cs

6 жыл бұрын

and Peggy I KEEP SEEING YOU EVERYWHERE WTF

@theallmightyboop4732

5 жыл бұрын

DUDE YOU TOTALY SHOULD ITS SUCH A GOOD SERIES!!

I watch this at least 5 times a day and it never ceases to fucking amaze me, by the way.

The story of The Adventure Zone would make an AMAZING animated show! Seriously! Maybe someday...

Years later, revisiting the series and I just HAD to revisit this. I get chills every time I watch it. Y'all did amazing on this 👏

Yo yo but like for real this animation made me go listen to the Adventure Zone. That was a month ago. I'm caught up now.

Goddamn this is fresh to death holy fuck i love it

this is probably a weird thing to compliment, but the affinity of continuum of movement is really really good in this?? like, the purple worms spinning teeth turn into the wonderland wheel and your eyes don't have to move to adjust to this change, it just makes absorbing info from the animation so nice and easy, and really helps to compliment the absolutely beautiful art. this is terrific, I can't believe I didn't see it earlier!!

oh my gosh, i would fricking watch this to death if it was a show. honestly, this just looks so amazing, everyone who worked on it did so well. it's too good for words. the song, the character design, the _e v e r y t h i n g_. i'd pay good money for this to become a real show. i just can't stop watching. thank you for posting this. i have been blessed

This makes me more confident in my choice of studying animation next year. This looks so amazing, it's inspiring!!

This is so fucking amazing, the music is perfect and the style is perfect, it's so you AND so TAZ , ugh I'm in love

THIS is how you do an animated opening/trailer!! You show everything that’s gonna happen, but the audience is still left wondering! You introduce the characters in a way that makes us want to keep watching and find out more! I love this so very much!

I remember one day just randomly seeing this in my feed two years ago and this being the reason I started listening to the podcast and loving it

I have watched a lot of Adventure Zone fan creations, and the bar is set really high because they are all incredible. But this is my absolute favorite of any I have ever seen. I could watch it on loop (and have) for probably at least an hour. It is gorgeous. Truly, well done!

I've never listened to this show before but this intro made me want to. :D Subscribing to the podcast today.

I'm running a TAZ Campaign for three friends of mine who haven't seen the show, and I'm showing them this to give them some teasers as to what's gonna go down! I think they're gonna love it!

this animation is totally amazing! the flow is very nice and the timing to the music is very well done too. the minimal animation is very pleasing the color scheme is wonderful. this is too perfect and it makes me want to cry it's so beautiful!!

I just started listening to the podcast a week ago and I'm on "petals to the metal" I'm way into this and dedicated to start off every episode with this clip now cause its too good ❤

This got me listening to the Adventure Zone about a week ago, and now I'm hooked! This is really amazing tbh, well done to everyone!!!

I had no idea about "The Adventure Zone"... now i know and i'm in love, this animation is amazing for so many reasons!

Oh fuck that transition from the Purple Worm to Wonderland was stellar

WOW !!! THE ANIMATION IS REALLY GOOD!!! THE COLORS ARE VERY BRIGHT AND I DIDN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF THE SCREEN FOR A SECOND!!! WELL DONE!!!!

i frickin love these designs of the guys and i am now going to imagine these designs when i listen to the podcast also the animation is amazing and its planned amazingly and uuuuhhhh *brain machine broke*

THIS TAZ OPENING NEEDS TO BE A PART OF AN ANIMATED TV SHOW FOR LIKE CARTOON NETWORK OR SOMETHING, IT DESERVES TO BE SEEN BY EVERYONE ALSO I LOVE ALL THE PINK THEME GOING ON HERE 💖

I've never felt so hyped for D&D before

this came out on my birthday and honestly it is a GIFT.

man this is amazing why did you make taco so attractive?

THIS IS FUCKING AMAAAZIIIIINGGG THE FLOW OF THE ANIMATION, THE COLORS, THE ART STYLE- it all just looks sOOOOO GOOOOD *adds this to playlists & rewatches it another 50 times*

Every time I finish a new arc in the show I come back and watch this at least once it brings me such joy

bOI I FEEL A L I V E

Have the boys seen this? I assume they have, since, if they gave you permission to use their characters and music they must have also asked you to show them the final product, but I REALLY want to see their reactions.

@DaisyPeach

6 жыл бұрын

Byakuya Togami griffin tweeted abt it yesterday!

OH MY GODDD THIS IS SO GOOD! If TAZ is made into a cartoon they better have you guys do it! You all did great!

this is amazing the animation is so addictive every take of it can be a wallpaper, also I LOVE tako appearance in this.

WHAT SONG IS THIS, IT'S AMAZING!

@EggBastion

6 жыл бұрын

WHAT IS TUNE! HOW HELP IT?

@EggBastion

6 жыл бұрын

*+Wanderbrine* _11 hours ago_ The track is Wonderland: Round Three, you can find it on Griffin's soundcloud

@toanethos8804

6 жыл бұрын

Punished Zach thanks!

I would watch the shit out of this!

Who gave KZread THE RIGHT to just slide this onto my homepage now? MY HEART. THIS IS SO GOOD

god this animation style is so smooth cute and clean wtf AND THAT PARALLAX FREAKIN KILLED ME IT WAS SO GORGEOUS

wow I can't believe John made 11 fake accounts just to dislike this video

I'm so in love with the way the dice fall and then it pans up to show Griffin....

HOLY CATS! I hope this gets to be the official opening for Adventure Zone animated shorts! SO COOL! KEEP IT COMING!

Can you stop hogging all the talent? Some of us Normies want some!

I love how taako just looks extra gay 👌👌👌

@jammygitz

6 жыл бұрын

Fabulous is what he is.

@kidneyluke

6 жыл бұрын

+JamesS Until now, I thought the fandom was just retroactively depicting Taako as a girl for some reason.

@elvinestrella5895

6 жыл бұрын

Wait, is Taako a feminine dude or a masculine gal?

@lilyhope432

6 жыл бұрын

Purple Insect fem dude

THIS IS GORGEOUS???? I CAN'T STOP WATCHING THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN THE QUALITY OF THIS WONDROUS PIECE OF ART IS ASTOUNDING

this is my absolute most FAVORITE thing now. i LOVE LOVE LOVE the character designs and how well everything fits to the music!

what are the symbols on their cards?

@amorapologist

6 жыл бұрын

Itachi Uchiha big spoilers but merle's symbol references him losing his eye in the suffering game while magnus's symbol is for his crucial role in bringing the temporal challice to refuge. dk about taako's card tho -.- maybe cos he's dating death?

@bubblynightmare8075

6 жыл бұрын

existentialism bad luck = black cat I think

@amorapologist

6 жыл бұрын

oh yknow what, in that case it makes more sense if magnus's card is actually him losing a decade of his life

@bubblynightmare8075

6 жыл бұрын

existentialism how would you represent time? Yes the chalice is there but so is the gradients of a clock. I do think it's representing the lost years. It's just kind of abstract I think

@hannahu.6220

3 жыл бұрын

These are all things they rolled in Suffering Game. Taako with the skull (bad luck) Merle with the eye (losing vision/an eye) And Magnus with the clock (Getting older)