BIONICLE: The Hordika Online Animations (Search for the Mask of Light)

[@josemanipon9808]

Watching this, you wouldn't think that the Toa Hordika were losing their minds and going through the worst drama in a Toa Team since Toa Tuyet.

[@duckserenade]

The Avohkii was very well hidden... behind a giant Avohkii.

[@fawkes6352]

I love 10:54 because it explains how the heck the Avohkii got into that stone before the beginning of the Mask of Light movie.

[@broden4838]

Or in Jaller's words "A warning totem"

[@JJGoldFalconTHELEGENDOFGOLD]

I always loved how strangely Samurai Jack Esque these were. It's honestly just amazing to rewatch them again.

[@nikajinpusno9563]

Every Bionicle year was packed with awesome

[@Legomicroman]

the only bionicle movie in the matoran language

[@Luka1180]

Nah, Matoran would be spoken the same way as human languages. The evidence for this is that we have words we already know how to pronounce. Mata, Nui, Kofo, Jaga etc. You can even hear Nokama speaking straight-up Matoran in Mask of Light.

[@garrettsattem4799]

I always thought that matoran sounded like the Māori language. Since that is what the whole aesthetic of Bionicle is based on. Check out the gameplay trailer for Masks of Power to see what I am talking about.

[@Automatik234]

@@garrettsattem4799 That seems to be the conlang from OutofGloom. He has a doctorate in linguistics and based his language around all the names of characters and places, we got.

[@achi-baba]

I love the continuity explaining why the Avohkii is trapped in stone up until it was found.

[@ToaOfFusion]

"Developed by Tanuki Design" No wonder there's a lot of Naruto and Manga vibes in this

[@nezaniatoimya]

That Onewa run lol

[@Altermerea]

Explains the repetitiveness from episode to episode.

[@HenryStudioCA]

I loved the music that would play before the videos. Dark and ambient, but not too dark.

[@dafoex]

That explains why the mask was encased in stone when Takua found it in the Mask of Light film

[@YourUncleBenis]

Nice to be able to find stuff like this on KZbin.

[@TheBlaze1907]

Fun Fact: The Japanese Manga/Anime Series, Naruto, took inspiration from this scene at 3:33 for their iconic run. Many do not know that the origin of Naruto came from Bionicle. If any of you actually believe this, I'm just letting you know it's a joke.

[@toascranill5464]

Nah nah, I'm going with it from now on XD

[@TheCakesCup26]

@@toascranill5464 yep me too.

[@toascranill5464]

@@TheCakesCup26 Tis the superior side of history!

[@ferfender007]

Good one

[@jaceyoftheplains3750]

I'll add that to my belief system

[@Creatineconsumer67]

The Hordika were not just ugly on purpose, they were also professional speedrunners

[@Halfcrabs]

They were also supposed to be ugly since they were mutated, you can r/woooosh me now.

[@broden4838]

Crazy thing about part 2 is that's one of the few times Onewa is not a jerk to Vakama

[@Thedarkassassin88]

Listening to the credits theme again sends me back ^_^

[@blairterry9435]

So that's how the Mask of Light was turned to stone! The only way to return it to normal was exposing it to lava and returning it back to its orginal state.

[@bubbagump2704]

Thats a great observation. When I first started watching it, I thought this was out of the storyline, to have the Hordika looking for the Mask. But it isnt, showing it turn to stone explains why it is in that state when Takua finds it! This cartoon is awesome, but Ive always wondered why the Toa sound this way? Still manages to be cool though.

[@neitherlink6612]

@@bubbagump2704 actually, it doesn't make sense. The Turaga are shocked when they first see the Avohki, and Nokama needs to use her Noble Rau to know what the mask even was, which doesn't fit with this animation at all.

[@bubbagump2704]

@@neitherlink6612 That may be, or it may be that they were just in awe of it, amazed it was found by Takua, and that the Rahaga had never told them the full meaning of the mask, just that it was very important. Hence, Nokama needed to figure out what it had said since they had not had the opportunity to do so before it was turned to stone. Either way, I'm very happy there are people like you and me who care so much about the details of this incredible story. The intricacy, imagination, themes, and ideas throughout Bionicle are just the best, and are so unique and special, we must always keep the story alive by discussing it and passing it on to those younger. Sometimes it frustrated me when I was younger and immersed in the story, that some kids would know of the toys and not know of the amazing story behind them. Glad you love the story and know it so well!! Also, let me pass on something important while I'm here - check out the app Share the Meal, it is an app to feed children around the world who need it. It's so frustrating and confusing that there are kids who do not have their basic needs met, when we are capable of so much! I know we can solve these problems, and in fact, part of my conviction to tackle issues like these came from Bionicle, and the music video with the song "What it takes to be a hero", which made a big impression on me when I was 5. All the best to you!

[@bubbagump2704]

@Aiden Ashworth Amazing - I was just thinking on the greatness of Bionicle this morning and recalling many great memories and then I see your reply here. I know the language, (In fact, I remember knowing how to translate it to English) but I always assumed it was merely written, and that they spoke exactly how you hear them. So, I take it, you are saying that is how their language sounds, and when you hear them speak English in the movies, it is for the benefit of the audience? Interesting idea. I like hearing them speak English, especially with the tone and inflection and personality it gives each of the charecters, but I always did like this episode here where they spoke like this, as well. 👍😊 Also, check out the app Share the Meal where people can help feed kids that need it!! 👍👍

[@breenotcheese746]

@@neitherlink6612 The Turaga lied about a lot of things to keep the peace. I guess they pretended to not know about the Mask.

[@seanserrano7871]

"Go to Ga-Metru and find the fouth Makoki stone!" "FOUTH"?! I know, it's an accident.

[@brennansmith3343]

This was only 2005? This feels like it was forever ago

[@KnightedSilverWolf]

How in they hell do they manage to save one another? The island is huge, and they have to look out for thier own home and people too

[@2Dtube1]

All of them are in comatose. They have enough time to do all that. Moreover, it connects with the Mask of Light movie.

[@E4439Qv5]

Silverwolf Pirates Metru-Nui is actually a lot smaller than the island of Mata Nui. As for why they don't work together, I blame their Hordika sides for that. -That and the animation budget.-

[@Andrewnuva199]

Yes! This is what we should've gotten on the Web Of Shadows DVD!

[@NAMLzz]

we did tho in the extras section i believe

[@Andrewnuva199]

@@NAMLzz Only two episodes, not all 6

[@PlanetMatsuzaki]

can't believe they still exist, such awesomeness ☺

[@toadsmemeware3983]

JT Littlefoot you can't believe what still exists

[@PlanetMatsuzaki]

@@toadsmemeware3983 I'm very late on this but I didn't think these videos would still be well known after so many years.

[@marioandluigi89]

i must admit, this soundtrack is pretty good IMO.

[@TheMrMayo]

3:33 - 4:00 That whole soundtrack just gives me goosebumps everytime I hear it! Something about it just seems so right. God, I missed these old webisodes.

[@toascranill5464]

Ah yes! The Bionicle anime!

[@The_Bionicle_Nerd]

Imagine if these were made by the people at templar studios

[@oijimmy9434]

7:22 lol nokama punching visorak

[@joaquincassagnetezcurra5875]

I like the theme when the Rahaga speak to Vakama. It goes well with the sky.

[@lykaios4750]

11:23 that Soundtrack 🖤

[@Kevin-ps9yf]

3:33 shippuden rush 6:01 anime waterfall

[@GWKTM]

I bet Matau's portion was rushed. And if I understood right, Onewa kinda...wrapped the mask to prevent Visorak from getting it...or something.

[@voidman9]

god this is wonderful

[@Mickelraven]

I remember this! Wasn't this a part of the Web Of Shadows DVD?

[@dafoex]

No, not this specifically. These were web animations you could watch on bionicle.com

[@GrizbyK72]

Ok everything is pretty good. Aside from the Onewa Naruto run. He was always the slowest of the Toa and I believe was mostly a quadruped while a hordika.

[@crotgamer]

Cómo olvidar ese momento, cuando Onewa entrenó para ser Ninja de Konoha? 😂😂 3:34

[@Raycifer]

1:59 Vakama's footsteps sound like spongebobs

[@ItsNep]

this one and the vahki animations are particularly eerie to me.

[@OSSOYT]

Really underrated

[@andylee7883]

Is this Bionicle's version of Naruto?

[@toascranill5464]

Yup

[@2tehnik]

I would've imagined that the stones are more like tablets describing the location over mcguffins that give access.

[@TROY-MCCLURE-1991]

Anyone have any luck on obtaining the music for the animation? The theme "Toa Hordika and the Mask of Light" by PJ Pargas can be found on the BioMediaProject but that's about it. There is nothing about the ambient music from the shorts.

[@topsecretjony]

Anything about the credits outro?

[@TROY-MCCLURE-1991]

@@topsecretjony That's actually both the intro and outro soundtrack.

[@firelightyear]

Isn't the Metru nui saga a prequel to the 2001 and 2003 Bionicle story line?

[@gamefan987]

Yes it is

[@firelightyear]

gamefan987 Because I want to know because this is how the mask of light came to the scene.

[@canrex7540]

@@firelightyear The mask was created on Artakha, stolen by the Brotherhood of Makuta, then stolen back by the toa Hagah. The toa Hagah were then mutated into the Rahaga. The Rahaga hid the mask within Metru Nui. The mask was then recovered by the toa Hordika (This video), who brought it to the island of Mata Nui after they defeated the Visorak horde. Takua found the mask some 1000 years later, and was transformed into Takanuva by the toa power stored within the mask.

[@bradmorales4002]

@@canrex7540 which novel said that?

[@ltb1345]

Brad Morales Sadly, these events weren't covered in the novels, but they are summarized in the Bionicle Encyclopedia.

[@Toaofvideos]

Awesome! I've been looking for this a while.

[@cringeivore3769]

How did they know exactly where to look every time?

[@Helghan_05]

bro tenia creo 6 años cuando me compraron la trilogia de peliculas de los bionicles ahora con 20 años por fin puedo terminar de ver esta animacion web

[@AngryAsianGamin]

all the toa here are badass and then there the third movie toa

[@greengoodguy5501]

Lel

[@LorenzSeverino]

Awesome cel shaded bionicle animation!

[@jama-z4n]

6:45 Found a typo: fouth instead of fourth. :))

[@biosonic417]

10:55 the mask here is turned to stone, but, from the look of it, it looked as if it's destroyed.

[@carbootstudios2459]

biosonic417 Actually, it was encased in stone.

[@toadsmemeware3983]

Not at 10:55

[@dafoex]

Which explains why it was encased in stone in the film

[@jimbodeek]

@@dafoex And I guess the exposure to the lava must have helped to restore the mask to its original shape...

[@kristophershepard2563]

9:25 Any idea what Matau’s saying here or meant to be?

[@ianrivas8714]

Jump, I got you

[@kristophershepard2563]

Ian Mauricio Rivas Rivera Yeah, I suppose that fits. Just weird that that part has no subtitles while every other voice line has them.

[@ToaMahriNika]

Someday, BIONICLE will return. Someday . . .

[@returnedtomonkey8886]

ToaMahriNika It did. It floped.

[@markvo250]

it did again, with purchases of $100

[@filipvucaj9045]

1:15 Great Kanohi Avohkii

[@stormal1]

At the 7:35 mark, is it just me or does Nokama look purple? I thought I remember her being blue a long time ago when I first saw this online

[@benvincent6473]

pump the nostalgia into my veins

[@imstupid880]

Ah yes, Cruelty Squad: The Movie

[@ToaofAwesomeness321]

cool animations, but this is supposed to be right before vakama left them right? how come later in Web of Shadows the other toa hordika don't want to go into the Great Temple due their fear of desecrating the temple, but at the end of this they have no problem going in their at all

[@ToaofAwesomeness321]

Diebeq it looks like the Great Temple

[@izzysiler8502]

now i know where scott got the fnaf 2 jumpscare noise its at 0:16

[@kc_9970]

I don't hear a scream.

[@Cuackzy]

Ok, so why is Nokama purple in this one?

[@iliayriev9256]

I remeber this with the cool dark intro

[@TrenkKrom]

I need the song playing at the end of the video, please, someone tell me how you call that instrumental excuse me, I'm not good at speaking English

[@e.g.5160]

The Naruto thing.

[@josefbajarias3109]

7:23 I know Nokama is most likely a bit influenced by the Hordika problem but damn, that beatdown is a bit unlike her

[@МаркНешта]

0:13 Life?

[@adhoclavaman]

3:33 Naruto running

[@eldarpupirlov55]

So cool!))

[@tylerm6191998]

7:58 I WAS FROZEN TODAY! !

[@finvaly]

- Rahaga, you know the Makuta are up to no good, maybe let's give the Mask of Light to Turaga Dume or something? - Nah, we'll hide it so it's never found, even during the Morbuzakh staff, Toa Mangai dying and the Great Cataclysm

[@finvaly]

And if someone really needs the mask, we'll use a giant hammer to kill them, and then drown them if it fails

[@toadsmemeware3983]

This didn't show Matau getting his stone though

[@mkt568]

So when does this specifically occur in terms of the Comics and Web of Shadows?

[@TuragaLianyu]

Porque no tiene acceso a sus poderes elementales en estado Hordika, salvo vía Rhotuka (y aún así limitados).

[@TrenkKrom]

necesito la música del final no le he encontrado ¿como la consigo? que alguien me ayude por favor D:

[@trollfa1]

+Zalgo si quieres que te respondan vas a tener que escribir en ingles amigo :/

[@juskeVT]

Gracias llevo buscando por meces

[@jamesderington9141]

So that how the mask got inside the totem!

[@TrisketsCheese]

Aren't we all, my friend.

[@Jmgjgdjd5]

11:02 the mask breaks

[@robinanwaldt]

It’s just shards of stone casing falling off.

[@nitrorockzemfertron6944]

why does boomanga always look purple?! he looks purple here and he looked purple in the third movie, what gives?

[@ch62013]

When did this happen in the Web of Shadow?

[@TuragaLianyu]

I understand it as a 'no'.

[@cahillrebel]

Why did the mask get destroyed or weird looking by the end lol?

[@jimbodeek]

After that, I'd like to imagine that the Toa Metru hid it in the totem to protect it, and after which it was exposed to the lava. While in the lava, the mask was able to regain its original shape.

[@gamerlord2034]

A good film but I have 2 cons NO.1:why does vakama look like he's got a lip NO.2:that part when the visorak clung onto nokama that just looked wrong! Other then that it is a good film!

[@toadsmemeware3983]

Gamerlord 203 nokama is a girl

[@toadsmemeware3983]

wait nvm

[@toadsmemeware3983]

Gamerlord 203 I thought your comment said nokama but it said vakama

[@KryptojackJr]

3:34 YOU SHALL NOT PASS!

[@nicholaslapadat5195]

*ANIME RUN*

[@markvo250]

i was expecting vakama to save matau honestIy

[@ChaosMarioBros1]

Entonces... Como lo lograron el Piraka Hakann y el Toa Jaller en la animación de 2006?

[@kolhii-head4139]

420 likes. Stop liking this vid guys thanks.

[@polaag91]

ains que recuerdos :)

[@TheVrevolution]

k the voices 13 year old me complained about them and now 23 year old me is THE FUCK IS WITH THEM?! what did they hold th mic up to the coffee maker for the voices?

[@necklup4407]

rox driscoll apparently that's canonically what their language sounds like untranslated

[@Mike-dw8wf]

onewa naruto-running?.......... *this calls for a sexually dramatic rant that'll never happen*

[@ToaGatanuva]

is this canon?

[@fighterx9840]

I think this took place sometime in Web of Shadows, probably a few days before Vakama left the other toa.

[@TuragaLianyu]

This was made by the LEGO company. I'm pretty sure you didn't ask for their copyrights either, did you?

[@Uberdude6666]

So are they looking for the mask of life or light?

[@silentmoon535]

juiuffophiguo Light

[@Luka1180]

The Mask of Light, also called the Kanohi Avohkii. It was made originally on the island of Artakaha by the way. And the stone pieces they're collecting which give them acess to it? The Makoki Stones. The same Makoki Stones that the Toa Mata collected on Mata Nui to gain access to Makuta's lair, Mangaia.

[@fredjones2170]

Wow, these 2005 animations have NOT aged well... I'm glad they stopped using this "rotoscoped" style.

[@cybersmoke4353]

Yeah the rotoscope style is pretty bad but att least the direction os awesome

[@videogollumer]

Oh, quiet! I, and probably most Bionicle fans, whole heartedly disagree!

[@fredjones2170]

@@videogollumerYeah, actually, I’ve kinda come around to it since my initial comment. It’s still super-limited, but there’s a charm to it!

[@keyboy2332]

Is just me or dose this remind me of naruto

[@greengoodguy5501]

I can see why

[@KryptojackJr]

*3:43

[@sanderdavid8626]

i love how none of this makes sense

[@ashazzani1640]

Kewl

[@Altermerea]

These were one of the most boring and underwhelming series of Bionicle online animations. You watched one episode, you watched them all. Nothing really changes episode to episode, they all follow the same standard formula. Not to mention how long it took for them to load. Like literal hours.