Person: why on earth would you listen to other people play dnd?? Me through tears but with passion: HE DIDNT WANNA FORGET HER FACE Person: wtf Me: SHE HAD TO PRETEND THAT SHE HADNT KNOWN THEM FOR CENTURIES person: are you okay?? Do you need help Me: MAGNUS STILL BLAIMS HIMSELF FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO HER person backing up slowly: ....okay Me: .....JUNEBUG

@Ajehy

4 жыл бұрын

Me, sitting beside you: THEY BECAME A TREE BECAUSE OF LOVE! Person: Oh god, now there’s two of them!

@meyramerah

4 жыл бұрын

HE WASNT FORGOTTEN

@cassievining2955

3 жыл бұрын

I remember reading this comment before watching TAZ and being confused, and now I'm here just crying along as I read this

@kofimoon-vv-8279

3 жыл бұрын

@MCFinalNinja FTW don't forget There's Angus... MCDONALD

@dontuserachelslurs

3 жыл бұрын

DAVENPORT!! TT_TT

this made me hear the faint tremor in griffin’s voice when he says my favorite words “you’re going to be amazing” which just adds so so so much to the quote and i love this???

@albigalloway4481

3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of his voice saying "there's magic, in a bard's song"

@jordienoel5542

2 жыл бұрын

This quote forever. About 6 years before TAZ was even a thing, I had a dream about a very close friend who had recently passed away suddenly. He told me that everything was going to be okay, took my face in his hands, and kissed me on the forehead, then beamed down at me, “You’re going to be amazing.” So when someone who didn’t didn’t even know about that dream told me that I had to listen to this podcast and sent me this trailer, I just started bawling. I had this very deep intimate connection with TAZ before I even started listening.

@-Niks-

2 жыл бұрын

@@jordienoel5542 maybe its like destiny? Yeah like that. Also have a nice day.

@yourlocalchaosgoddess

2 жыл бұрын

@@jordienoel5542 Reading this legitimately made me cry, have nice day.

@jordienoel5542

2 жыл бұрын

@@-Niks- Every now and then I’ll find things that are like him waving at me. I like to think of it as his body is gone, but the bond remains unbroken.

My favorite part is when Taako is in the middle of his Character Development rant and as he says he has a beating heart, we see the Umbra Staff write "LUP" on the wall.

@sirbush5319

3 жыл бұрын

Wait shoot I just realized that, sweet Jesus, tell me that was on purpose.

@cscotch1127

3 жыл бұрын

@@sirbush5319 Well, think about that Lup quote. "I love Barry with all my heart, but Taako. Taako, you *are* my heart. You know that, right?"

@verdantViridity

3 жыл бұрын

"You... are my heart. You know that, right?"

when i hear griffin say "flying tirelessly from the storm" i just lose it every time

@djmccarthy4859

4 жыл бұрын

"I saw 7 birds..." I love the story telling from griffin, he's awesome

@ajjerio3927

3 жыл бұрын

@@djmccarthy4859 I love the fact that the whole concept for the seven birds came from the seven parrots in MBMBAM. He took that one lady's birds and made it into a whole prophecy.

I've comeback to this over the years and still Merle saying "you can apologise to me and tell me you were wrong" that with the swell of the music always gives me goosebumps and the widest smile possible

Hello hi yes, do you ever just cry

@Nepeta-Leijon

6 жыл бұрын

chiangy oranges yup

@bulksquatthrust8792

6 жыл бұрын

No.

@GippyHappy

4 жыл бұрын

Constantly

@Nova-jw6ju

4 жыл бұрын

There are three kinds of people

@leebassett481

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

i showed this to my friend (who had no intention of listening to taz beforehand, i had told her about it and she thought it sounded kinda lame) and she instantly said "oh that looks really cool! i like fantasy type stuff, im going to listen to that". then me, her, and two other friends (one of which already listened to taz) got into dnd, me and one of those friends are writing our respective campaigns, and we play dnd every friday. so you started some kind of weird butterfly effect with this trailer, but basically what im trying to say is it’s fantastic

@ApprenticeNick

6 жыл бұрын

I have sort of the opposite problem: most of my friends love playing D&D, but none of them want to listen to podcasts about it when they could just be playing it instead.

@signedzulu7637

4 жыл бұрын

Garaway well... are they wrong? (Not going against TAZ just that DnD is extremely fun)

@djmccarthy4859

4 жыл бұрын

I have just started playing dnd this year (not exactly, started at the end of 2019), and I have no objections to what you said, only agreement, My friend even told me to listen to this and holy shit, I've listened to the whole campaign like 6 times, it's the best thing ever.

"I have a beating heart" at Lup's name...right in the emotions.

@claudit.3146

21 күн бұрын

Yepp!! Right in the feels!! X( My poor heart, aaaaahhh ...

The part where he says “I have a beating heart!” And it shows Lup’s flaming name? I about cried,, It reminded me so much of *’Taako, you are my heart. You know that?’*

i can't think of anything else that would be better suited to representing this amazing podcast. the beginning, humorous and light, and then as the music swells and the relationships they've built are shown and each of their personal philosophies shine through, and ending on the tres horny boys holding their weapons to the sky. seriously, this is incredibly well done. i'm showing this to all my friends who haven't seen the adventure zone to try to get them to listen to it

@MissFishyBusiness

5 жыл бұрын

i show them the one the guys put together and then show them this lol.

beautiful! And "I have a beating heart" right over the image of Lup's name on the wall????? perfect!

@adriennefundy6087

6 жыл бұрын

UGAS;KLDJDKJJ THIS

@antikinetic

6 жыл бұрын

I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING

@jodymarkgraf7625

6 жыл бұрын

Oh, the FEEEEEEEEELS!!!

honestly? out of all the animatics ive seen for taz? i think this one is my favorite because _goddamn holy shit this is good and im definitely not crying after watching the full thing_

@gradyoneill4987

6 жыл бұрын

Silver Fang ...Same

@finlaymonygomery4328

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not crying you're crying

I weep. 😭 Four nerds who played D&D so hard they made themselves cry indeed.

I refuse to let anyone I meet live without at least letting them know this *fucking* podcast exists. I've never been so moved by anything in my life, and I cannot wait to see what happens next.

the flashes when Lup is saying "I'm not going to the one who pulls the trigger on an entire civilization" just always ruins me every time because... god... look how far they've come...

Justin is so beautiful This was my first introduction to the brothers TAZ After listening to MBMBAM I realised how much I loved Justin He’s such a sweetheart and so kind And it makes me love Taako so much more

@gunsoup9530

6 жыл бұрын

Randy Kothakonda justin mcelroy protection squad

@jodymarkgraf7625

6 жыл бұрын

I'm with you 1000%. ALL of Justin's characters are so solid. He plays with such intelligence--would love to have a conversation with him IRL.

hey uh i didnt get a permission slip for this FEELS TRIP

I love everything about this. Brilliant work.

"If we ever meet together in in infinity, you can apologize and tell me _you were wrong_ " It gives me chills every time

Seeing the line “I have a beating heart!” paired w/ LUP burned into the wall hit me so hard. I’ve never seen it done like that before and I just want to tell you how incredibly powerful and meaningful that is. Phenomenal job on this animatic. Absolutely incredible.

This is absolutely fantastic! It's the best balance of wit and heart and goofs. The timing is great. The music choice is amazing. In the immortal words of Leslie Knope, "It's perfect. I'm going to watch it every day and when I die I'm going to project it on my tombstone." Thank you for your hard work!

I haven't had goosebumps like this since Episode 66 (The Stolen Century ending).....bravo....just.....bravo

This is the most beautiful animatic for The Adventure Zone I have ever seen in my life. The animation itself is beautiful, the specific scenes you chose fit so well and it's amazing. I honestly can't watch this without getting very emotional because this is 2:52 representing a podcast that changed my life in such a beautiful way. Thank you for creating this.

It opens with static. Idk if that was intentional, but if it is, than BRILLIANT

*NO I AM NOT CRYING SHUT UP*

Listen. I will hit that replay button for the millionth gotdamn time and still get chills when the music swells or when Lup appears. I will still tear up at “I saw seven birds” and cry at “You’re going to be amazing.” I could watch this video as many times as there are lives on this planet and never stop feeling because of it.

Is it bad I'm about to cry at how amazing this is? Encapsulates the podcast amazingly

my breath caught when "lup" appeared on screen when taako said the word "heart". it was such a beautiful parallel to when lup said taako was her heart.

Thank you for giving me a TAZ gateway drug

The back half of this series gets so real. Having just finished the balance arc, I can say with the upmost certainty that The Adventure Zone has grown to something incredibly profound. It may have started with 4 guys messing around in a DnD game, but it grew to so much more than that. It became a grand tale of characters I was genuinely invested in, with amazing messages that left an impact on me that I can't describe. It could be Griffin's incredible world building, or how seriously the others took their character development, but this series will now and forever stick out in my mind as an inspired and monumental tale.

Holy FUCK. THE HYPE WAS WELL DESERVED. This was such a throw back and it made me so emotional to look back on the entire adventure we've all been on! Great job on the animatic itself as well! All of the imagery was so suiting to the context; this animatic is simply amazing!

This hits so hard especially if you just finished TAZ

have you tweeted this at any of the boys yet? cause holy shIT DUDE IT’S SO GOOD

I haven’t even listened to TAZ... and I’m so enthralled by it already

Every time I hear the “I find joy in whatever I do” speech from Merl I legitimately start choking up

the mongoose rant over him seeing lup's name in the wall with has me crying that's so perfect

God dammit, why can't I like this video twice. I've rewatched this like eight times by now, my dude, this is really truly spectacular. Thank you so much for making this.

That's a hi-five in the face for Merle and a hi-five in the feels for me!

Why the fricketty fuck am I crying 1.26 into a goddam trailer about a goddam podcast.

I didn't expect to cry over these guys again. Thank you. This was phenomenally well done, my friend, honest to god got me in tears

The words ‘LUP’ at “I have a beating heart”

yooo this is frikin chills city over here. "i have nothing, and i don't give a shit. the world is ending and i. don't. care." combined with THAT music really got me right in my feels. and you draw all the characters so well i love it!!!

Dude takkos "I have a beating heart speech" over the LUP kitchen scene was 😭😭😭 beautiful. It was such a good tone shift moment.

"If we ever meet each other in infinity, you can apologize to me and tell me you were wrong." God that line is so badass.

I don't know if I could call this a "trailer" because it shows off a ton of the most climactic moments and plot twists. However, the entire thing is, in the words of Istus, amazing. ^^ Excellent work.

I'm not even in TAZ fandom, I haven't listened to TAZ at all and I only know what my friend has told me,,, and thisnis magnificent

I’ve never loved something so much that I still get emotional every time I see anything from it. Thank you for contributing to the fan base T-T

Mothermuffins making me cry god dang it it's beautiful

Why must I cry over just a bunch of voices in a podcast? It’s just three brothers and their dad playing d&d 😭

@qweniverelefever62

3 жыл бұрын

Because they dared to tell a story together.

Just re-listening to the Balance Arc and like.. This animatic always brings me to tears. Everything about it, but damn especially Merle's conversation "You can apologize and tell me you were wrong" over the rise of the music, it kiiiiiiiills me everytime T-T

I'm not even joking when I say I watched this before I even knew what this podcast was and I still got so emotional during it but now that I listened to the podcast.. This is 10x worse! Amazing work!

Your designs for these characters are my absolute favorites out of all the ones I've seen. Every single one of them, Lup in particular.

I've watched this about a million times and it's only just occurred to me that the picture of the seven of them is in the background of the shot during the line "I saw seven birds." This video gets better every time I see it.

holy shit i’ve never gotten chills at an animatic before but “i saw seven birds.” and “you’re going to be... amazing.” that got me. THIS IS AMAZING THANK U FOR BRINGING THIS INTO THE WORLD

i was sitting here with a quivering lip and tears welling up and then "you're going to be amazing" just broke me and im crying this is incredible

I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING

and they were. they were amazing. I'm fine and NOT crying

My friend got really in to this and she made me watch this trailer over and over again and I was kinda just like “ok” and now like 6 months later or something I’ve finished the balance arc and I’m ready to watch this with a new set of eyes

This is amazing. I just finished listening to the balance arc( I know I’m really late) and I might have geared up a little watching this

It’s so insane that all of this actually happened

Now that I've just finished listening to the balance arc, cried. Saw this, and cried again. It makes me feel like that scene near the end of UP where Ellie's note to Carl says "thanks for the adventure, now go have a new one!". Like, I want to spend another hundred adventures with these characters and this world I love, but I can't. They've gone through enough time loop bullshittery already

Aaaaaaaaaah this makes me so happy I HAVE GOOSEBUMPS FROM THIS BEAUTIFUL WORK OF ART

Oh boy, right in the feels. Here I was, thinking "oh, another funny TAZ animatic" but look at me, getting all teary eyed. Amazing job 💛💛💛

"are you naming your GODDAMN wizard taco???' poor Griffin

holy shit i come back to this video all the time because it always. makes me. cry. EVERY. TIME. without fail ahaksldodfolf i love balance

why'd you have to kick me in the heart like that?

this is amazing it captures both sides of balance the amazingly funny and dramatic beautiful moments

god this is so good you're amazing, the merle and john scene gives me goosebumps every single time

GOOD TRAILER!!! I'm happy and crying at the same time.

Oh my gosh I just realized the significance of Taako saying of "I have a beating heart!" when Lup's name appears and I'm crying how dare you

The Balance arc is my favorite piece of media, and your gorgeous, thoughtful animatic reminds me why. You did an amazing job on this video. I hope you're still proud of it. And I hope you make another. "Thanks, good boy." -Merle

God, this is - this is beautiful. Perfectly edited audio and wonderful visuals to boot. What an incredible job. NGL, I wept. It's so gooooood.

I legit want to cry, this animatic actually brings out a lot of the things that made me so emotional and made me fall so in love with TAZ. It’s a pretty freaking great animatic my guy, good job.

I've watched this multiple times, and yet every goddamn time I cry. You did an amazing job on this. If I wanted to show someone the podcast and get them into it, I'd send both the offical trailer the boys got put together and this one. This, even though it was just one person and not completely animated, shows the heart of the TAZ fandom. There is something so personal about your take on a trailer that gets to me.

I've seen many campaigns of many groups, more or less popular ones, like the Vox Machina, played few myself and yet NONE was so emotional and epic as TAZ, why is that???

Beginning with the static was a great touch and it just got better and better as it went on! Beautiful work!! P.S. - Add "I genuinely love your shenanigans" to the list of lines that are more heartrending in hindsight

This was amazing! I saw the preview to this on Twitter a bit ago and I'm so glad that I found it on KZread! The timing to the music was good, great balance of the silly and more serious parts of the story there to show how TAZ is, and I love the designs you gave them!

this so amazing i almost cried?? ur illustrations??? the epic music??? omg

This damn video has made me cry five times and relisten to all of Balance twice. Thanks!

I love everyone in this comment section so much. This podcast, this fandom... I don't care if it's silly, I'm so glad to be a part of this.

I finished balance today, and I was bawling my eyes out. This video is absolutely beautiful and now I'm crying all over again. Fantastic job.

Chills. CHILLS I TELL YOU!! this is beautiful thank you

I'm bawling my eyes out, holy cow this was amazing

i'm not crying you're crying... that ending with the new cover art though damn

EXCUSE ME but when you had Lup's name with the audio "I have a beating heart" ?? incredible

literally throughout the video i was like "this seems emotional but im not really feeling cry-e" and then right at the end i literally made a fucking wheezing noise and tears came out of my eye at 25 mph

Its been about 5 years and it’s still gets me every time ffs

God why did I watch this again so soon after finishing Balance I'm crying this is too beautiful

This crushed my soul I'm only on episode 28 and things juust started to go south and I have just enough spoilers for this video to hit me like a ton of bricks good art too

Goddammit this made me cry and I haven’t even watched over half of the Balance arc yet

i just finished the Petals to the metal part of the story, and when i saw the blossom tree in this animation i lost it, RIGHT AFTER i recovered...

The amount of tears I have shed over this video could fill the pocket spa...

I got tingles the whole way through, absolute goosebumps, and then started crying at the end. The snapshots you chose to show of the adventure and the way you've shown them was absolutely beautiful. This was so, so, so good

oh my god, i'm crying. just that one line. the line at the end. "you're going to be amazing." i cried when i first listened to it because it was so emotional and powerful and the picture i had in my head for what was happening just made it so much more emotional. this is one of my favorite videos of all time. thank you for this absolute masterpiece.

@hazendir

6 жыл бұрын

i hope the mcelroys see this because it deserves to be seen. the story that they created was epic and this just hits home. you deserve all the recognition for this.

@hazendir

6 жыл бұрын

you know that moment in literally every book ever where someone "lets out a breath they hadn't realized they'd been holding"? yeah i think that just happened to me. this was amazing.

I’m only on episode 14 and yet I’m crying like a baby over this

this feels like an in memoriam for balance... i love it.

Hey Azu, I legit cried. Bless this animatic.

Absolutely stunning. This made me feel an unplaceable emotion that I haven't felt in years. I remember in the 11th hour when the Red Robe statue was Magnus and I remember *screaming*. This is amazing. Thank you.

This is one of the first podcast I ever listen too, it made me change and made be a better person who now sees a whole different spectrum. A bunch of guys, playing a campaign 5th edition dnd game made me cry so hard at a brilliant master peice that they made togather.

I'm really just... sobbing right now. It started when Taako said "I'm Taako.. from TV?" and there was just applause because, who doesn't love taako? and god when Merle says "You can apologize to me and tell me you were wrong" and when Magnus says "Tell Julia I love her" the added in sound made this so fantastic, thank you so so so much for this, I will keep it near and dear to my heart