Sonic: The Dark Form | Episode 5 | Dark Waken |

[@aannoyingcaat]

Something I genuinely appreciate is how Vulnerable and imperfect the characters are still shown to be, like when Knuckles blocks the big blast from Gizoid and Decoy, he actually gets hurt and slouches, when fighting Decoy with Sonic, Shadow is easily able to be tricked into hitting Sonic by Decoy switching them around and also when Shadow gets Decoy off of Knuckles with a chaos blast, he ends up hurting Knuckles aswell. And the best showing of this has to be with Dark Sonic still having red flashes when he gets hit showing he still gets damaged, he’s just stronger. I also really appreciate times where Tail’s weapons get used against him and his friends. It shows that these aren’t like indestructible killing machines, they’re just really strong, but they can still be damaged and hurt for more reasons then just for the plot like in other Flash animations.

[@mr.sgames5084]

I agree with you here although when it comes to some thing like a normal human fighting super sonic theres no way a human can hurt super sonic

[@aannoyingcaat]

@@mr.sgames5084 I feel like you just did the equivalent of telling me I didn’t know a nerf dart couldn’t destroy a tank

[@mr.sgames5084]

@@aannoyingcaat yeah lel

[@greenmario8775]

Yeah most animations the heroes never feel vulnerable and are just mindless killing machines that dont flinch

[@Xgroupgames126]

Frinds💀

[@shadowj6488]

Every fight feels like the characters are actually putting thought into how they fight. The combo moves, the feints, the dodges, the way you can tell they’ve fought together for a long time by the way they set each other up, it’s all amazing. When Gizoid faked Sonic out by pretending to teleport towards Tails I was genuinely impressed. That actually demonstrates his knowledge on Sonic’s combat data really well because it shows that Gizoid knows Sonic will prioritize Tails’ safety over his own and is using that to create openings. It never feels like characters are just standing on the sidelines and approaching their enemies one at a time. When the heroes aren’t assisting each other it’s because their enemies have knocked them away or managed to separate them somehow. But they always rejoin the fight.

[@BeRzErKeR111]

3:52 There is literally not another sprite combat sequence that comes close to this level, everything is so deliberate and impactful that I can't help but wonder how it's taken this long for someone to master this art form. No energy abuse, no over the top special effects, no characters flashing across the screen with re-used animation for padding, this is perfect in every sense of the word.

[@DLTTMB]

Check Sonic Reversal I to III

[@HollowXw]

What I appreciate most about this series is how it shows Tails to be a capable fighter. He's not a drawback for Sonic's team and can actually hold his own against Decoy. Thank you for not making Tails useless.

[@andrewharris1344]

Me too many people make tails look like weak because he’s mostly a support type character. But forget he can still fight with his weapons.

[@Jdawg_tinyman]

With skill true I love this

[@kin5922]

3:39 One thing I'm just realizing as I'm rewatching is that Eggman has an insta-shield protecting him from any incoming attacks, it's small details like these that make you appreciate the animation more.

[@TechnicSky]

5:40 I like and find it interesting how this explains why Gizoid was seemingly teleporting on a whim. Great job there!

[@DLxxx]

Man, Decoy is SUCH a cool character. He's like a proper fusion between Sonic and Metal Sonic. Cruel and ruthless, but also capable of empathy and compassion (he genuinely cared about Gizoid, and when Mecha destroyed him, he fought to avenge him, even when he knew he couldn't win). It even shows in the subtler moments too. Like when Sonic was about to finish off Gizoid at 4:54, but Decoy put himself between them. Actually, something I just noticed.. Decoy's full power state at 6:07, actually mirrors Sonic's dark transformation at 9:33. I love all these little details! And of course, _excellent animation_ as always dude! 👌🏾

[@zacharybunner8630]

I think a big thing that makes these fights feel different from a lot of other sprite fights is the lack of a shaking camera to sell the impact of a hit. This keeps the camera pretty still comparatively and instead shows damage and impact through quick red flashes. A blue flash means the attack was blocked. This is a big part of why the fights feel so "smooth".

[@trashboat7354]

the choreography of the fights is also just pretty damn well done

[@soniconabudgetstudios]

I love how Knuckles broke Tails' hand at 3:05 and his face expression was hilarious!

[@TrippieVG]

He was breaking hands in Sonic Movie 2 lol

[@trippettfamily4686]

Tails is forced with more responsibility in this series, I love that

[@wolferado]

12 min of super smooth fighting scenes. That's just great. It was worth the wait! Also the story development is cool, as well as Dark Form badassery.

[@StardustDragonZ]

Can we just truly appreciate how delicate this man is to make sure everything is a smooth 60 FPS by ensuring every tiny detail looks smooth. I'll put some timestamps to look at in slow mo to understand what i mean 1:53 1:57 2:35 2:36 3:03 - 3:06 4:32 - 4:33 Theres obvoiusly alot more but these are just examples of that

[@Earoist]

But it goes beyond that, too! He custom sprites almost all transitions between different positions. That's what is causing the natural look that you're seeing. The same thing goes for idle animations as well, not to mention the extremely inventive use of the pre-existing sprites.

[@StardustDragonZ]

@@Earoist My God, the craftsmanship :0

[@MartanisIV]

I can't get enough of your animation style. it's so buttery smooth, and every attack has this weight to it. Keep up the good work!

[@SkyTheStarhero]

God the fights/choreography in this is so difficult to not replay every single interaction, this has been worked on meticulously, I can tell. Very excellent work!

[@maori297]

There's something about how smooth these fights are that make them so mesmerizing, like it has its own unique flow that I don't think ive seen on any other channel. This was amazing.

[@Soul_Zam]

I love how Knuckles "broke" Tails' hand while giving him an high five at 3:04 😂😂

[@hyperwerefox3542]

I can see why it took so long. It's absolutely amazing.

[@Gazing-09]

This is absolutely awesome! A delish for the eyes! Also, unexpected turn of sides with Sonic Decoy!

[@Ghostie_Shinobi]

Also amazing fight cheography, i love watching characters work as a team and do a bunch of team attacks off each other and need to watch where their swinging or they'll hit each other. I'm glad i never have to worry about people standing around doing one v one fights.

[@AtrixAtr]

i gotta be honest, the last time i was ever into sonic sprite animations was legit over ten years ago when i was a young kid. they were my childhood and brought me such an amazing thrilling feeling wat ging them. Seeing fan stories comes to life with such cool fighting animation and forms/stories that the canon sonic series wouldn’t touch. but shortly after sonic colors and the series taking a turn in a direction i couldn’t quite keep interested in, i fell out of the sonic loop now as an adult, after playing sonic frontiers, the first sonic game i’ve played in so long after seeing the positive reception, i fell in love with the series again, and stumble across this animation in my youtube recommended. Watching from episode 1, it brought back that same excitement i felt as a young kid watching sonic sprite animations, if not even more. i can feel the passion put into this project. this is so damn good, as someone who plays fighting games, i love the added elements of combos, parties, dodges and especially the fake-outs. So damn well choreographed and easy for the viewer to clearly see what’s happening, i like this more precise clean way of fighting more than the super fast paced repetive fighting id see in other animations. And not just the fighting but the story itself with the twists, the sprinkle of humor, the characterizations, their interactions, especially with how you portray Tails. Also you captured their canon personalities sooo well, as it’s so easy to have characters act OOC but And then the way you handled dark sonic, i love that he’s not just an mavolent mindless evil entity like a lot of other dark sonic fan stories portray him as, but rather he’s still the same old Sonic we know with himself in control (for now), but more brutal in combat. well at least for now since it seems like there is an eviler side to this form being hinted at, which potentially would put sonic under mental turmoil later down which i find veryyy interesting Decoy is such a good character and I love how he’s a 3 dimensional character that has grown attached to his comrade. and as someone who watches a lot of anime, MAN you bring out that exciting adrenaline rush associated with that medium when it comes to characters pushing through and never giving up, and the music choices fit so well, from the old sonic OVA to sticker bush symphony, the Genos vs Saitama OST and so much more, istg this series drove so much serotonin to my brain. anyways, enough of my gushing, thank you for providing such a wonderful series for us on youtube so far, you’re criminally underrated and i greatly look forward to more of your work!

[@TheSolStar]

The fight was SO GOOD! Pretty clean and smooth the movements. And some parts of the Dialogue was very cool.

[@itsjustant4]

3:52 I loved it thats when things got real🔥

[@knuckson8304]

Amazing animation, 12 mins of content and the best characters fighting. Dark Sonic is my fav transformation btw and Mecha's my fav metal copy of Sonic

[@seammen6875]

What a shock, a sprite animation with actual choreography. This is a masterpiece.

[@Kirbing0]

Small details I like: 0:31 sonics eyes slightly move to see shadow here 0:39 hit effect when scourge grabs his glasses and the fact he throws his glasses at sonic 😂 0:44 splash in the water when sonic falls 0:47 he turns into semidark sonic in the spin ball 0:54 normal sonics eyes turn red for a second 0:59 Amy waves at sonic while passing by 1:57 this happens a lot but I like the characters getting afterimages after a good dodge 2:06 could just be a use of the sprite but decoy fakes out shadow by making it seem like he’s going to hit air 2:17 Tails plans ahead by giving sonic a platform and charging the blast before sonic even does anything (also he puts his hand down to stabilize himself while charging 2:18 sonic uses a double jump to dodge here 2:19 sonic gets concerned thinking he teleported to attack tails 2:24 knuckles has to block this 2:28 *vine boom.mp4* 2:32 more planning head shows that their the ones with the most experience fighting together 2:44 shadow hurts knuckles here too 3:05 this fist bump breaks tails’ hand 3:30 you can still see tails’ hand offscreen 3:41 egg man has insta shield 3:54 this really hurts knuckles 4:01 Gizoid copy’s shadows move since he’s a copy bot 4:03 shadow smacks sonic which makes him almost trip during the start of his run 4:32 decoys use off afterimag3s here 5:36 the memory cuts off right as knuckles hits mecha 5:46 gizoid try’s to punch mecha 5:56 really like how people on the same side can accidentally hit each other 6:00 *Prowler Theme* 6:07 the nearly same thing happens when sonic transforms into *Title Card* 6:40 Tails makes mecha shoot himself twice with the arm thingy 7:01 Shadow drops his emerald 7:39 Nick goes from the right just like his text did 8:56 shows that sonic can still take damage since this isn’t super/hyper where he’s unkillable 9:05 shadow charges this attack for awhile 9:12 mecha sonic does a smart use of his weight and strength 9:30 sonics eyes flash red here and when he rips off mecha sonic arm 9:44 perfect cell Gohan beam clash dbz reference 😳😳😳😳 9:50 Mecha⚫️Sonic 12:08 worst part of the vid 😢

[@seammen6875]

Another clever move after a rewatch, this series is distinct because Mecha Sonic was ruled out as the main villan from the start.

[@guyzamdvais1357]

Bro the movement is nothing like I have ever seen, and the amount of costume sprites is amazing and the way you are using existing sprites is also really good.

[@ShermanYeo]

Now that is 1 badass way for the dark form to come out in full swing! And Also, Smooth fight. :3

[@nahhhidwin]

OH I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS! Just started the video and I’m hypedddd YOOOOO THAT WAS SICK! The fights were so cool, the transitions were so smooth and the story was so well developed! Congrats on finishing this!!!

[@Goofypumpkinside]

BRO THIS IS AMAZING HOW U MAKE THIS SO SMOOTH

[@unbreakablem7130]

amazing animation, it feels like playing final fantasy sonic all over again with a complete plot great job funny how ppl made dark sonic look op ( he is weaker than super sonic and even base form at full power) but sonic is finnaly edgy and badass as he was destined to be so no complaints

[@kntranced719]

How could Dark Sonic be weaker than base at full power, isn't the whole point of a transformation is that the user gains some kind of advantage? The strength also shouldn't fluctuate between Super and Dark Sonic as they both use chaos emeralds with the same amount of power, there's just two sides to it. (You could argue since Dark Sonic only had 1 emerald here, he would be weaker than Super with all 7 but if Sonic could also tap into some of his super form potential with just one emerald, they should also be the same in power)

[@unbreakablem7130]

@@kntranced719 if you don t know the dark form only apears officialy in Sonic X series during metarex arc. the form is revealed to be sonic rage and anger incarnated into his powers, however sonic never needed a chaos emerald to unleash it, the power already exist in his own "chaos energy" into his body, however sonic would be fighting for his hate against his enemies and what they did to his friends and this would go out of control since sonic can t control his max speed to not destroy everything thanks to multiple whipslashes (ex: sonic can control his speed to be harmless though energy rings that prevent it from being harmfull) but he can only supress that till the light speed, beyond that would be too dangerous for his friends and even enemies possibly causing injuries beyong repair or even death now the super form is powered by the chaos emeralds that are confirmed to have infinite amounts of energy in a single emerald ( basically infinite times 7) making sonic have complete control over his speed and also in the archie comics is told that super sonic has infinite speed now back to the dark form it would be sonic trying the hardest as he can to use a speed level beyond light to defeat his enemies, but putting his friends and his enemies at a very dangerous risk of injury or death

[@unbreakablem7130]

@@kntranced719 also no dude sonic can only go super with the 7 emeralds there are no exceptions it must be the 7

[@sayer4148]

I can see Dark Sonic being stronger than Base Sonic but weaker than Super Sonic because it's established that positive energy surpasses negative energy if I'm not mistaken.

[@unbreakablem7130]

@@sayer4148 well tecnically you re right about super sonic but the dark form is just like base form but sonic doesn t hold back against his enemies

[@Kirbing0]

2:28 Knuckles could not believe his eyes

[@kmpkingz8434]

Bro I’m binging all these fight and it looks so clean and smooth. I’m loving these so far and I love how they fight true to the characters style and personality. Please keep these up

[@xXTigerWaveXx]

Amazing screen transitions during the fight scenes!! That’s was awesome!! Keep up the good work 👍

[@perzerpul9032]

The animation is perfect. It flows so effortlessly and is so satisfying to watch. It’s so good to see mecha sonic again

[@Bruno02]

Oh my God I seriously don't know how you don't have more subscribers. Very few sprite animators can make fights this smooth and coordinated, it's so satisfying to watch!

[@megatophatt]

This was a great episode, nice job on this!

[@TorontoTransit3722]

Great animation and episode I really enjoyed it! I especially like how Decoy went with sonic and the others, perhaps if Decoy gets knocked out tails can repair him and remove the programming to destroy Sonic. Overall I look forward to seeing what you come up with next and how this will play out. Overall great work can't wait for the next Episode!!!! 😀

[@nowo7772]

Duuuuude, your animations are insane! I love your fight style!!! Keep up the wonderful work, literally made my day with this 🥰🥰🥰🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@themixer8549]

I love the fighting styles you've crafted for each character, especially Dark form Sonic. He's a combination of the perfect offense and defense with quick reaction speed and strong attacks. Truly a spectacle to watch!

[@real.c.j.a]

this is the best sprite animation i’ve ever witnessed on my entire 18 years on this planet.

[@keyavionthefireburninghedg1220]

I like the fact that made dark sonic a good person instead of a bad guy which is awesome

[@peeuuu8453]

this series is very good, from script to animation production is very perfect, seriously, congratulations for the content, I'm glad they have good animators just like you.

[@VSTGermanShepherds]

How he only has 5k subs is beyond me. You guys need to support this man for his brilliant work! 😁

[@VSTGermanShepherds]

Posting again to say how I've probably near broken the replay button on this. An absolutely astonishing piece of work. I really love this, how much this resonates with me is ineffable. Thanks for making this!

[@rhodadelosreyes5559]

And this made dark sonic more OP than super sonic ever was and even more ruthless! Amazing!

[@FrenzyFanboy]

Finally more representation of emerl

[@thenewmissinglink8501]

I thought I was gonna have to scream DECOY NOOOOO, I liked the fact that Decoy defected 🌝 that’s what I call “character development”

[@sabinsonic]

Just awesome,cool animation,original story,amazing music 10/10 what could you posibly want,looking forward to see the next episode,if you ever consider to stop,just don't you're very good in what your doing

[@SonicTFF2008]

No sabria decir lo buenas que son las peleas de esta serie y del canal en general, literalmente son una inpiracion para mi, que soy un principiante en hacer animaciones de sprites, enserio, me la paso varios minutos no solo disfrutando de lo fluidas que son las peleas, sino tambien de revisar el como son hechas, simplemente perfecto y no me voy a cansr de decirlo, en mi opinion, el termino "infravalorado" para este canal le queda corto

[@rushedadventurefan4380]

holy cow the amount of customs in this are crazy ngl very good animation and story btw

[@to_the_max_2122]

Dude the animation is so smooth I love it so much! Keep up the great work!

[@rhodadelosreyes5559]

Tails was so brave in this! He was well done and he had really held his own

[@eduardonipas2987]

Black/Dark Sonic's combats are epic, I appreciate of who made this.

[@Kamikaze8]

The choreography is off. The. PhUcKiNg. CHARTSS!!! This is how you emulate sprite fights to its pinnacle! 👍🏽👏🏽 Well done.

[@smashssf2_ssbc15]

I know it's been years but I gotta say I love how much Decoy cares about Gizoid. Then Sonic team adopts them.

[@itsonlyCALI]

Pure talent and great story, I enjoyed this please continue with this series

[@stoshiyoshi]

everything down to the way it seems as if the characters are thinking out their attacks and showing vulnerability instead of just mindlessly throwing punches and kicks and what not is so fucking raw bro this is some top tier sonic shit

[@TechnicSky]

7:30 I will also say! I like Sonic basically being worn down at this point, because based on your videos and how you built up the story, Sonic went through multiple fights with seemingly no proper rest in between. Therefore he's a lot more exhausted than the others.

[@JKamron-1]

SICK AF! Dare I say you may be the Mark Haynes of 2021!

[@gok7e9mach04]

Top

[@gok7e9mach04]

Muito muito top

[@greenmario8775]

Man decoy being a hero is awesome

[@somaokami7749]

Loved the sonic battle logo you use for dark sonic power up these 12 min where simply amazing

[@mphoyangamavhelwana5280]

Amazing design great background music

[@jeorge000balada]

that is what i call an animation. HOLY. CRAP. THIS IS GOOD! The attacks! The sequence! Amazing!

[@mr.sgames5084]

Thentwist and turns of the story is insane not to mention the animations keep up fhe good work Edit: i still cant get used to mecha sonic being killed

[@francoanimations343]

This is not the end of Mecha Sonic! ;)

[@mr.sgames5084]

@@francoanimations343 oh no

[@bloo-colada2653]

Fantastic work man! The detail in animation makes this stuff hella rewatchable!

[@CarlosGonzalez-up7ti]

man que animacion tan buena, me encanta que no exageres el poder de dark sonic como otros animadores sigue asi

[@jimmyjames15]

OH MY GOD IS THAT THE BLACK CLOVER OP 1 YOUR CHANNEL NEEDS MORE ATTENTION

[@Sal4405]

this is the best thing i've ever watched since i watched a sprite animation.

[@komazumi]

Oh god I think I am in love

[@EdenSoul]

Man the level of this animation is just incredibly insane that i can not understand how you can make the animation have an clean and smooth movement like that

[@InversedNoise]

BRO THIS IS FIRE

[@808vv]

Beautiful spritework!

[@trinityislifee]

Highly underrated never seen sprite animation so smooth don’t know how you do it!

[@KIMTAEHYUNG-ph4ql]

metal im proud of you stopibg mecha preparung for sonic's spindash

[@hearthness]

Great episode! When you think about it, Knuckles was well fooled by Eggman. x)

[@luke1238]

Nice Animation I really like it

[@Wizard371]

Yessss,the fifth episode is here!Thanks franco!

[@EggiRoll]

I can't believe how smooth this animation is! It's amazing!

[@GianTeriosOfficial]

The best animation in the life :,)

[@gachaanimeandthings]

very good so far keep up the good work 👍 plus now i think decoy or whatever is now my fav sonic fake

[@themetallicblueblur4761]

sonics eyes turning red inbetween attacks was such a cool detail

[@divineshrek3307]

God that double team of shadow and dark sonic had me hyped up

[@firesonicandroid1760]

Amazing work 👏

[@sleepy9272]

this is so good and on faster playback speed look so smooth

[@ChroniclZ]

"Finally something interesting"

[@boot8266]

Mecha Sonic being powered by Gizoid's chaos emerald here 5:40 could explain why he seemingly defeated Sonic and friends near flawlessly, and also why Mecha couldn't handle Decoy nearly as effortlessly in their rematch.

[@knucklesproductions4452]

Muy bien, pero las partes que no me gustaron del todo fueron Cuando Sonic se transformó en dark Sonic, ahí le faltó como que se moviera la pantalla y hacer como ese efecto de que la tierra vibrara. La otra es que shadow hizo el chaos control y eso debería haber explotado toda la base? Porque según sé el ataque es muy poderoso, pero en fin Muy buena animación sigue así 👍

[@francoanimations343]

Gracias por comentar! Tendre en cuenta esto para los siguentes capitulos! :D

[@sanic465]

Querrás decir chaos blast

[@megustajugarleagueoflegend140]

Ay si si, porque personaje de anime volviendose negro y edgy = cool.

[@firebroxp9784]

@@francoanimations343 no no man I think you should keep doing what you're doing not every awesome transformation needs an effect, I think what you did is just fine and just because a move is super powerful doesn't mean it has to destroy the thing right away, that doesn't always happen, also that's kind of going along the lines of the sprite animations people are getting a little tired of seeing. But if you feel the need to take these things into consideration go ahead I won't stop watching or enjoying because these are awesome.

[@francoanimations343]

@@firebroxp9784 Thanks! :D

[@paulbecera4839]

They're really smooth

[@OmgDAM1]

Can we talk about the fact that Tails isn't just in destress in someone's animation and gets hurt? BRO HAS HANDS FR!!!

[@quickhallsshow576]

So cool SO COOL

[@shonisanimavhelwana2291]

I really love the fight scene of dark sonic and metal

[@angelspritesanimation3612]

That reminds me kunckles vs mecha

[@thediablo3849]

We neeed moreeee! This was amazing

[@JKamron-1]

Call me crazy but Franco, was Gizoid made recently in this story as if he isn't the one from Sonic Battle? The way he handles 2v1's in comparison to Decoy seem inexperienced to me. On top Decoy's supposed relationship to him. Do I sense a brotherly bond between these two akin to Sonic and Tails?

[@francoanimations343]

Exactly, in this story Gizoid didn't meet Sonic and his friends, that's why he doesn't have the name "Emerl" and yes, Decoy and Gizoid have a friendship like Sonic and Tails!

[@suprimbi]

I bad know the English, but i will find what to say. Franco, your animation scenes are one from the best works on KZbin! They are awesome and make my eyes to be glad! I will be waiting next episode, because your work is beautiful! I am sure i said something wrong somewhere, but i hope sense is understood 🙂.

[@ashfromattackontitan4091]

I like how the metal sonic makes sense, he pretty much copied all of sonic's emotion's it'd make since if he'd rebel since you know how sonic is!

[@ricastro53]

Ok the emerl animations look sick as hell

[@fodaylaminjobe4113]

pls make more series of this masterpiece its just too good

[@driestofthebones806]

What a steller animation! Keep it up if you can!