Grendel (2018)

[@WergusBergus]

The fact that this was made by students... Well done!

[@LordTabby]

I remember when my English teacher showed the class this short animation when I used to be in highschool. I had to come back to it because not only are there good memories, it's a wholesome animation that shows that the "villain" isn't really a villain. They're just misunderstood.

[@teyathebirb8922]

I'm in high school and my English teacher just showed it to us today! I love Grendel's character design here it's so adorable! :D

[@Mintea326]

Does every English teacher show this short film because mine did too!

[@gidkath]

@@Mintea326 Only 'cause it's awesome. And there's not enough short films about cool monsters. *nods* Also...I think I might've been one of the teachers that showed this film in class...

[@stevenkrize2270]

I had to watch this twice, this is the best piece of animation I have seen in decades, it is absolutely amazing. This is something I would really like to see in theaters. I love Ralph the dragon, yup his name is now Ralph. Just simply the best of animation here, pure creativity. Its a world I would want to visit or escape to.

[@byucenterforanimationfilms]

Thank you so much! Your enthusiastic support means the world to us

[@FerencDobos-b2f]

I think the Dragon's name is Grendel

[@johnathanmonsen6567]

Oh! I was taking introductory animation classes when they were working on this, I've been looking for it ever since! I unfortunately wasn't able to make the program, but the concept art for Grendel I saw instantly hooked me. So glad to finally find it!

[@proanimali]

Very, very funny. All the details, the little Vikings... thank you for sharing. I would love to see more of that. Make it into a full film!

[@sabrinafuhrmann3417]

This is a really super nice short film (unfortunately too short), I just find Grendel to cuddle. He's the nice guy next door who you just have to love. A really very successful new adaptation of the Beowulf material. The once villain of the story is now the hero, much like Disney's Maleficent. A really very nice work. The animation is also award-winning, Grendel's fur really looks like it was made for cuddling. ❤❤❤

[@lukeemberson5309]

This is the best animated short I’ve seen in a long time. Not only was the story great but it made me laugh so hard! Heck I’d say I enjoyed it more than the entire train you’re dragon franchise. The Viking with the flags absolutely had me in stitches with laughter. Excellent!!!!

[@greenfire4656]

How in KZbins dang existence has this only 600 hundred views!? This is well animated with a great message.

[@josephwisniewski3673]

It's weird. I never even saw this BYU channel before Google recommended one of their videos a couple of days ago. I guess hitting "like" boosted it in my feed, because now I see BYU every time I look at KZbin.

[@RoselynClarke]

This is so hilarious. I find myself replaying this. Great job on this

[@echognomecal6742]

Wonderful that this was shared. Tragic that more people haven't seen it.

[@raphafeio]

Very good animation. They should enter him in the short film competition. I love the way they deconstruct the image of Grendel as a monster and show him as someone kind and friendly. Poor Grendel. He just wanted to live his life peacefully and be a good neighbor, but they wouldn't leave him alone. More than the ending in which the Vikings finally accept the grendel, it is him remembering who he really is after seeing his image on top of the dragon destroying the Vikings' home. The facial expressions are also very clear, telling the audience exactly what the characters are feeling. The characters enchant the audience, who, in turn, acquire sympathy for them. Very good story indeed. It deserves to receive more investment so it can grow. It's better than many films I've seen at the cinema in recent years. My congratulations to the creators and those involved. Keep up the good work.

[@Saberrex1]

I love how Grendel is not portrayed as evil, but a neighborly and frustrated fellow who chose to help the Vikings who kept being mean to him in the end because it was the right thing to do. And once they realized that, the vikings made amends.

[@roberts5539]

but was it really 'the right thing to do'? maybe from the vikings point of view. The Vikings were little more than an infestation of rats to the dragon. Clearly they had been vermin to the other dragon as well, who thought it best to exterminate them. Now the 'friendly' Vikings will soon take over the land, compete for resources, then turn on Grendell in the end. It's what Vikings (humans) do.

[@philthycat1408]

The end.

[@barnettajohnsonthepancakem3792]

cool.

[@barnettajohnsonthepancakem3792]

Id like to see this as the metaphor applied to the beowolf and grendal structures made of the early uses of cast off computers which ultimately sparked leaps forward in the technology we use today. Cooperation always benefits creating🎉❤

[@godferbidd6262]

To be fair, in the original story Grendel only attacked when they were being to loud. The King literally got Beowulf to kill Grendel because they couldn't party like loud asshole neighbors.

[@darrellmurdock6880]

What a great rendition of an old classic 👍😊

[@equalivent_auxiliumchina3286]

Nice story! It tells the world a wise lesson. Keep up the good work 👍🏼

[@GarryDKing]

Nice to see an adaptation that shows Grendel not as a monster, but as just someone who has to deal with noisy neighbors. cause really no matter what the context is, Grendel just wants to live in peace and quiet, and not have its arm taken for it....

[@Candjstudios2024]

Wait until his mother shows up. She's a giant horrible monster who slaughters people.

[@Lordodragonss]

Love the design of Grendel!

[@DanteBland]

4:36 was what I was hoping for 5:05 made me smile. 6:23 made me sad again. 6:32 made me cry.

[@longWriter]

The comedic timing in this short is really good.

[@AtlasArtAnimation]

I love the design of Grendel

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

👍👌👏 Oh WOW, what a fantastic short movie. I wonder why there are not much more views. It's a great video with a great message. Actually Grendel is like me = only wanting peace and quietness around. But because I have bad neighbours, this simply doesn't happen. Unfortunately there is no enormous dragon to eat and frighten them away, sigh. 😁 ;-) Thanks a lot for making recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards, luck and especially health to all involved people.

[@RandomNexus]

OMFG I LOVED THIS WITH THE FIRE OF A THOUSAND... well behaved, cookie making, neat and tidy... DRAGONS! \o/ ✨💜✨ Also? I would watch a series of these with all the fervor! *_anime eyes_*

[@Eowyn3Pride]

Well done on a Beowulf classic!❤😁🍻

[@Phlowermom]

Oh thank you for ending well! I am very despondent at the moment and went for a beverage, when I came back in the cat was on the tablet and this was playing. Almost clicked out of here and now, I'm glad I didn't!

[@byucenterforanimationfilms]

What a thoughtful cat you have! Wishing you the best, and thank you so much for watching ❤️

[@ru4repeattoo]

Impressive and memorable! 😊

[@mucioagustinmartinezzarago2649]

3:30 Grendel:ahhh my glass do you know how difficult was heating the glass and desing it??! 3:36 Grendel:Ohhh s####

[@LadyLunarella]

I LOVE THIS!

[@Member3285]

Instead of neighbors fighting over differences, they find a mutual nuisance to bond over. Maybe it should have been called 'Enemy of my enemy is my Frendel'.

[@lauramichelerosenfeld5042]

i loved

[@JakNekon]

This was sweet, thank you,

[@theorderofsamualtv8026]

Wonderful animations guys well done ..

[@meaghenporte4961]

Seriously funny! I lol many times! Thank you

[@JaronOdele]

I hate that shorts like this always introduce such amazing characters and settings but by their very nature never come back to them. I would LOVE to see more of ALL OF THIS! If I had godlike powers, I would absolutely make a follow-up happen...

[@KimKim-pp5fn]

one of the best animation i ve seen in a long time this is why i subscribed !!!!!!!

[@davident1]

Outstanding.

[@tangozworld8693]

Sunday morning cartoon I want more 👏🏾😍👏🏾 Tango 🙋🏾‍♀️💛

[@voidpriestess8339]

thank you BYU students very cool

[@moraamarolaloba]

Thank you!

[@byucenterforanimationfilms]

You're so welcome!

[@darkkomet1653]

It just merged Beowulf with King Hrothgar

[@snbforever]

Beautiful ❤

[@DrizzyB]

So good!!

[@jcjensenllc]

Brilliant!

[@KovarrBlue]

"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph..."

[@Candjstudios2024]

This reminds me of Grendel's portrayal in Ghost Craft (the steam game, not the yokai watch reboot). He's just a lanky somewhat fed up dude.

[@vladvulcan]

Wow... awesome! ❤

[@MatthewM-i4e]

The little Grendel is so sad it makes me sad

[@andrejshamin1452]

Так викингов ещё никто не изображал🤣👍💗

[@petrsson]

Sometimes these student's projects are much better than some Disney crap these days...😅😉👍

[@joetheguy115]

Fr

[@cooljwj]

This be amazing level of animation

[@gerrentvseries2975]

This reminds me of How to train your Dragon. It's about Vikings and dragons.

[@fgjjdgb3949]

Grendel: Oh, those obnoxious... Sheep: Vikings? Grendel: No, dwarves.

[@Windycobra1797]

I like this

[@arnold66]

Viking children live in such a harsh place that they're already born with beards.😂

[@James-u6f6m]

This should be a video game 😮😊

[@byucenterforanimationfilms]

As it happens, BYU Animation students also create one video game every year! You can check those out on our website: animation.buy.edu/byugames

[@johnathanmonsen6567]

Pff! The runes on the tapestry with the three-headed dragon read "NERD."

[@Aegisaone]

Thankyou

[@sjyaw]

Brilliant,

[@phsyferbloodmoon4279]

Dude this is so cute and well done, was it made to be a short of a movie or series to come cuz we def need more better animated shows. Stuff they have now like Uncle Grandpa is just gonna reduce our kids intelligence

[@mixingcat5213]

Algorithm sometimes does its job and it did it so well this time!

[@is-it-rude-or-offensive]

That moment when he realised the Vikings only see him as another monster

[@KarenLee-bs5ms]

You have got to do more videos

[@NguyenJyt]

Awww so adorable

[@nathanielpalermo5774]

Why couldn't this be in Beowulf? I get the dragon part was because Grendel's mother was angry that her child "Grendel" died, but it would be awesome to see Grendel fight the dragon, beast to beast.

[@mausgrau]

I like the saga more this way ;-)

[@brokenbones563]

I wanna hug the dragon poor thing

[@royalkittycat2774]

Grendel looks like a cross of a dragon and a wolf. Or maybe he's a fluffy and scaly dragon.

[@Lightwing47]

Waaaa! Adorable!

[@gariats5282]

very nice)

[@nizitamaruvaka2294]

If you want to see some killer animation work, look up Fennah. He taught himself to do damn near life like animation that you'll never see in a movie. And he does all of his work from home. Oh yeah, all of his animation work was inspiration for his book Amygdala. I would highly recommend both.

[@vernalc2449]

You MUST HATE ANYTHING THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM YOU if you want to be with us, UNLESS you can do US some good. Sound familiar? A VERY GOOD metaphor for current times.

[@loke1555]

read what you have written. it doesn't make sense

[@vernalc2449]

@@loke1555 uhm, sure. They hated Grendal because he was different from THEM until he saved them. THEN they embraced him. You know, like MAGATS do now. See what book banning does?

[@pratikshadhule7832]

❤

[@МаринаМорева-ц5б]

Когда к тебе в гости вдруг заявляются дальние родственники на все лето

[@spencersholden]

I think I understand the story. Grendel is Beowulf. He kills the dragon.

[@model4002]

Прикол обожаю викинг

[@michaeliv284]

So... where's his mum?

[@troygaspard6732]

Those humans breed like flies.

[@shonda5227]

❤😊

[@kevinmurimi2176]

The beard 🤣🤣🤣

[@loganwestfall6290]

But... cookies!

[@farxiyoibrahim9166]

😂😂❤😢😮

[@BabyfaceEngie]

How to Train Your Vikings!

[@valerijusp9710]

❤️‍🔥👍

[@nurulpzah]

Bajak lautnya mungieelll

[@missme7576]

🥰

[@Kano_Productions]

Grendel if he wasn't born of sin and malace

[@ceronulo6858]

Those vikings were more like a problematic kids than bad guys... i mean...

[@jacekrall5080]

They trashed your house and tried killing you multiple times and you gonna help them because one gave you puppy dog eye's tell me you have mood swings without telling me you have mood swings Because personally I would never.

[@byucenterforanimationfilms]

LOL

[@nizitamaruvaka2294]

I'm gonna be honest, I would have helped the dragon kill them. I'm all for making new friends, but if you take a shot at me for no damn reason, we're going to war.

[@GuukanKitsune]

"Listen, Hrothgar. You guys have been absolutely shite neighbors. But nobody... not even YOU jerks... deserve to have your home burnt to the ground and destroyed."

[@jenseljesa1346]

😂😂😁👍🏻

[@coconuciferanuts339]

message there somewhere.But yeh,Thor & horde attacked then beaten & erm dragon symbol for Christianity maybe.

[@Y9str1p]

That's Beowulf

[@loke1555]

remember to sin so that Jesus did not die for nothing

[@itsmeOz]

White Europeans vs. Natives

[@donblosser8720]

I seem to detect a trend of turning the villain into a hero. The worst was what Disney did to Hans Christian Anderson's The Snow Queen. Woke rubbish!

[@kac5318]

I hate computer animation that looks like computer animation

[@лысыйпылесос]

🤢🤮🤢🤮🤢

[@ЭмильМ-й3щ]

Это коммунисты,или демократы приплыли на Остров,свои ценности привезли???!!

[@imperialhistorian4201]

Love it,

[@FerencDobos-b2f]

So cute I wait for more of Grendel How he go t on with his new neigbours?!

[@xinhua8319]

omg this is the first one that i see with comedy inside instead pure content 🥹🙏🙏 thank you, it's well made 💖 iam dont really have animation background, but everything is good

[@byucenterforanimationfilms]

Thank you so much 😀 We're glad you enjoyed it!

[@giancarlomaster2535]

Este corto es mi vida así recibí la cazeria en tierras vikingas pero cuando llegó el Covid y lo enfrente salve a tantas personas sin tener título de médico y no me vacune porque tengo refuerzo de vacunas que recibí de criatura que mi padre pago con médicos de Alemania .Así tuve el respeto de muchas personas

[@giancarlomaster2535]

Así fue cuando conocí a mis vikingas y suegros 😂😂😂