I Can't Decide - TAZ Animatic

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The Adventure Zone is a wonderful podcast that has given me a lot of inspiration over the past year, so here's my contribution back.
The Adventure Zone is the property of Griffin, Justin, Travis, and Clint McElroy
Music: "I Can't Decide" by Scissor Sisters

[@mooselybased]

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[@safabekr]

how did you KNOW i’m back after hades

[@Caloby]

Haha perfect timing, I just felt the need to come back to this one

[@tumbles8350]

I can't stay away for long

[@langaurd]

The animation is made so well and works the banger song. How could we not come back?

[@anjolaoluwabamtefa7321]

I recently saw your Ethersea posts and I knew I recognized the art style. I love your work

[@kerruo2631]

Everybody in the comments knowing the names of these charcters meanwhile I don't know shit about any of them.

[@thatguy763]

I don't know what this game is, but it's still a great animation!

[@raxtherobber7258]

@@thatguy763 it's some dnd podcast not a game, called the adventure zone. You should listen to it

[@kerruo2631]

@@raxtherobber7258 I looked it up. This is some good shit.

[@theMint_Tie_]

@@raxtherobber7258 It needs to be tho.

[@thatguy763]

Raxtherobber Neat. Time to binge.

[@evilratguy]

the poison birthday cake line was a brick to the face

[@myth352]

AND THEN THE “i wont deny im gonna miss you when youre gone” HURT SO BAD

[@kgallagher275]

That entire sequence, my heart was ripped out with Taako, stomped of with Lup and burn to ash with Magnus

[@ekaterinao1709]

*cries in there were forty*

[@delaney2862]

The look on his face just broke my heart

[@prettymuchyeah7520]

IT JUST GOT WORSE-- FIRST TAAKO, THEN LUP, AND THEN MAGNUS AND JULIA- THIS ANIMATION IS PAIN😭

[@miieriel9531]

It’s funny just how many people got recommended this out of nowhere and started listening to the podcast because of it, including me!

[@WitnessesSay]

Its 2 years old thats why

[@WitnessesSay]

And also i really only liked the song

[@tylerfulkerson6466]

Same

[@Mistysorrowz]

Wait there's a podcast? Nice.

[@DARknight-kp5ef]

Yup, on ep. 6 of Petals to the Metal

[@zankaa8031]

'It takes the truth to fool me' is such a good line for Merle telling John everything he knows which is nothing lmao

[@AntProxy]

Merle really was the best person to talk to John

[@vlixle2781]

2:40 “If we meet somewhere in infinity you can apologise to me and tell me you were wrong”

[@lorekeeper685]

Oof

[@leonsgaming9247]

Oof oof oof. Ooooooooooooooof

[@phedbwa273zwdkyklpv3]

Oof

[@leonsgaming9247]

O O F.....HELP ME

[@BasicallyRANDOMYT]

Dats deeeeeeep

[@reckbiscuit6214]

Aaaaa, the “feed you poison birthday cake” and takko’s faaccceeeee. And ravens roost. And how johns face is always wavering between wanting to be amiable towards Merle and remembering what he had to do. And there’s no face after being taken. You feel that John isn’t there anymore. And the light beams from takko’s wand flashing and growing to the beat of the music. It’s ALL WONDERFUL AND FANTASTIC. I don’t know how to deal with this much visual pleasure. It’s like being in party city but with my favorite podcast.

[@unironicallylikesranger7122]

Reck Biscuit Wand? I believe you mean the Kreb-Star

[@woodenwinds9629]

Reck Biscuit what is this from

[@Ray-hk1zm]

@@woodenwinds9629 The song, or the characters/story?

[@woodenwinds9629]

Ayah13 the characters

[@Ray-hk1zm]

@@woodenwinds9629 Oh!!! It's from The Adventure Zone, a really great podcast! It's these three brothers and their father playing D&D and it's real funny and then it gets incredibly sad and beautiful and heartfelt and GO CHECK IT OUT!

[@cryptiddmashups0011]

Hi! I see that you found this video in your recommendations without knowing about the Adventure Zone! So for everyone who doesn’t know, The Adventure Zone is a Dungeons and Dragons podcast created by the McElroy Brothers. Its one of the best pieces of media I’ve ever consumed. Its very funny, creative, and made me cry multiple times. So if you haven’t listened to it and you liked the animation, go ahead and give it a listen, you won’t regret it!

[@SamuraiDestroy]

When I found the Adventure Zone i noticed a fully animated trailer for Balance but the podcast episodes arent animated whatsoever. What's up with that?

[@cryptiddmashups0011]

@@SamuraiDestroy because they’re podcasts, which is an entirely audio-based medium

[@SamuraiDestroy]

@@cryptiddmashups0011 I know but if Balance is fully animated then wouldn't there be more fully animated episodes than that?

[@galacticgaming3186]

thank god someone mentioned what this is because ive never seen tgis and thought i was watching some kind of fever dream

[@saudrrr8198]

Well I did Fell in love right away

[@computergang9305]

Nobody: Him: *kills somebody cause he lost at chess*

[@PlanenSieeiserneFaust]

YES

[@natewhite410]

They didn't even start a game lol

[@stefanwk1494]

No. He just knocked the entire black team of the match, had a existential crisis and used black majik given to by the Majikal Dragoon hidden in the moutains to make a person breath black fire then collapse

[@viravos]

lmao yea,, john hunger is definitely a character..

[@computergang9305]

@@viravos That's the best fucking pfp I have seen ever.

[@PGT860]

Bouncing to the beat can win me over 99% of the time this is so good Jesus

[@killdyouback]

It's some really strong tech, no doubt. Even better when your lyrics suit the material so perfectly

[@fluffypuff766]

*slowly looks at Mystery Skulls* '3'

[@SoLaurexia]

Have you checked out mystery skulls? That's literally their whole shtick.

[@ScwBoo]

Hel yeah!

[@GingerHead.]

Im jesus

[@evanev7]

Can we just talk about how this -fully animated -fully coloured -practically movie tbh Is labelled as an animatic? This is an animation.

[@catfoodfood6169]

Nope I'm sorry to say that not all parts are fluid animation so it's an animatic sadly nonetheless it's still good

[@evanev7]

Not all parts of an animation need to be moving? An animatic is more of a rough preliminary to an animation, or a WIP. This is a final product.

[@catfoodfood6169]

@@evanev7 oh OK

[@nottom767]

@@zenit1066 i agree

[@evanev7]

@@zenit1066 Yup, thanks for pointing that out

[@awooga4326]

The little spin on the fist “We’re going for a ride” is so charming.

[@justsomeannoyingredpanda]

It's actually pretty frightening about how accurate the song is to the story

[@chery0]

What Is TAZ?

[@justsomeannoyingredpanda]

@@chery0 T.A.Z. The Adventure Zone. It's a podcast group of 3 brothers and 1 dad playing table top games like D&D. The animatic is based off of The Adventure Zone: Balance Arc. Where they all play D&D in an completely original story. Would highly recommend. There are multiple playlists of all the eps on KZbin but they all miss one episode. But you can listen on Spotify for free and it has all the episodes. "T.A.Z. : Balance Arc" is honestly the best D&D podcast out there in my opinion. Hilarious banter between the family and their in game characters but it also has an amazing story which can get pretty serious at times. 100/10 do recommend.

[@nathancorliss9347]

Art imitates art 😊

[@thelazyredpanda1668]

Fun fact, it’s canon that Merle is always shirtless while talking to john

[@Boostersisyphus]

How

[@leosangome866]

@@Boostersisyphus I haven't seen it but probably from the podcast series this us based on

[@Someone-or8tp]

Bro I just realised at 0:29 the sky isn't purple and there aren't two suns!! This is a SCAM!! /s

[@TheAmazingBoogeyMan]

The rules of parley require it haha

[@Dr._Lemongrab]

LOL

[@NightTheKittenn]

I love the idea of John straightening his tie as a nervous tic. That’s so cute. I looove your designs for everyone!!!

[@jakeparkes7393]

NightTheKitten k

[@The_Echo_3-1]

Dude, stumbling across this animatic changed the course of my life. You got me into the adventure zone through sheer intrigue, and it helped pull me out of a really dark spot. Its been a few years since and Im a whole lot better, still occasionally tune back in to watch this from time to time to bring me back to what started it all. Really man, thank you for making this.

[@CamboyGDubbz]

I'm not crying at the sunset beach scene you're crying at the sunset beach scene

[@Missyomite]

Fuck you're right.

[@izzyladd9]

Shit I've been bamboozled

[@swisskabob]

This music has little to nothing to do with TAZ. It's a good song but it really seems a bit out of place to tie it to the podcast.

[@molIymawk]

Nate T okay ??

[@dragonslayer0452]

FUCK HOWD YOU KNOW

[@VarietyAndy]

Dude the way the song lined up with the entire Taz narrative is wild. Great amazing job

[@Zerpderp0]

What is this from? Can I find it on KZbin in it's entirety?

[@cw1963]

@@Zerpderp0 I know it's been awhile but it says it's some kind of podcast in the description

[@Beef__89]

What is said narrative?

[@cw1963]

@@Beef__89 Taz= the adventure zone which is a podcast

[@qerd4930]

@@Zerpderp0 I used Maximum Fun, a podcast website.

[@XENOWOLFI]

As someone who has literally no idea what TAZ is, this is just “Haha funny colors go brrrrrr”

[@marcosandrey5059]

Ah i love trying to piece any semblance of lore while never watching TAZ

[@occam3064]

I listened to The Adventure Zone podcast because of this song. I do not regret a single thing.

[@TuckyBlue]

I’m getting there! Just finished the crystal arc.

[@TuckyBlue]

Ok. I’m back. I’m crying.

[@dannybagley9333]

Same I'm at the suffering games rn

[@taakofromtv150]

I’m on the second episode after seeing this a couple hours away

[@taakofromtv150]

Well I can’t edit that comment for some reason so ago*

[@GolScabbard]

Really dig the way you drew Garfield The Deals Warlock in this one, cuz he looks like a perfect mix of warlock and pawn shop owner

[@isaiahmiles3663]

Mondays amirite

[@kingofautism2084]

I require lasagna, Jon

[@snakanter]

I take it he's suit guy?

[@spoiledbratmonster1917]

Jake Grocholski that is john

[@cosmicslacker]

Garfield is at 2:15 -2:16

[@rainbowlemniscate2761]

Me: knows TAZ means the adventure zone also me: THE ALDER ZKROLLS

[@orangthejester931reaper8]

Can you explain Adventure zone in two words plz?

[@TuckyBlue]

@@orangthejester931reaper8 funny, sad

[@safabekr]

tool assisted zeedrun

[@inhuman_being]

i first watched this several years ago. I had no idea what Taz was, but was too preoccupied with life to find out. Just maybe under a month ago, I finally managed to get with the program and actually listen. It was a slow start, but over a break from school just last week, I hyper fixation - binged it nonstop reaching the end of the suffering game. Today, only a few minutes ago, I have finished listening to taz balance, and I love everything about it. I’m not one to cry from fictional stories, but even so the final episode made tears run down my face. A big reason that I had faith in the podcasts quality was because there’s no way someone would put this much effort and talent into an animation about a bad story, so even if you don’t see this comment specifically, Thank you.

[@supremecalamitas342]

Same exact thing happened to me beat for beat

[@queensalmon4905]

I really like the opening scene you decided to show, it's not something really depicted a lot with John, that he used to be just a regular man, a motivational speaker, everyone just portrays him as monster, pure evil

[@tonya1979]

Whayt were the episodes with him? I wanna rewatch them but its kinda hard to find.

[@toetruck1589]

all he really was was a millennial cus he just thought "existence stinks"

[@__8120]

@@tonya1979 how fitting lmao

[@jjj9640]

I haven't heard this song since flipnote hatena. I didn't even remember that's what the song was called until I heard the chorus.

[@mosesfox52]

Some would say politicians are pure evil 😈

[@Sitengpan]

my favorite part of this animation is always looking to the comments and seeing people try to gauge wtf taz is about from this animation. it does a rlly good job of telling a part of the story of taz, but if you enjoy this animatic i would 1000% recommend looking into taz!!

[@aviowl8945]

Stranger from a year ago who is Taz and how do I look into them?

[@soMeRandoM670]

Is it referring to specific episodes?

[@Nanamowa]

@@soMeRandoM670 Believe it or not, this basically sums up most of the 60+ hours of their campaign, or at least "The stolen century ark". You'll understand when you start listening, it's really really good. This got me into The Adventure Zone (TAZ) and I come back to it all the time, appreciating it far better now than I possibly could have before.

[@monokuma371]

@@Nanamowa problem with that is you’d have to watch the thing to understand what the hell is going on

[@LucaxCorp]

@@monokuma371 - Yeah, that’s kinda the point. You wouldn’t understand this *unless* you listened to the podcast.

[@ZachTheHuman]

At 0:33 the ship has different sprites for rotating to and away from the camera. It’s such a small detail, but it adds so MUCH and I *LOVE IT.*

[@Kitkat-original]

Just stumbled on this. Heard this in a part of my childhood memories.

[@Abrax404]

I really like the concept of John, something so impossible inhuman, an eldritch horror, born from one man feeling empty inside and spreading that to others.

[@spacedwarfguy]

Now I want to see like the opposite, of a guy who feels a lot of happiness and spreads it to others

[@princeoflemons212]

Space Dwarf just play the danganronpa games. Naegi is hope boi.

[@Providence83]

First watch: "oo, TAZ thinger." 200 watches later: "must hear song and see bobbing animations."

[@whalesharko4465]

I know exactly what you mean, I've started to crave this video

[@whalesharko4465]

@Eren Yıldırım Taz stands for the adventure zone, it's a real play podcast, I listened on Spotify but I'm sure you can find it anywhere you get podcasts It's so, so good and I wish you luck comrade

[@Providence83]

Eren Yıldırım maximumfun.org listed under their comedy section. There's a load of other stuff but I've never had the interest apart from the McElroys' D&D podcast on there.

[@noblebork7444]

They good bobs tho

[@bubbtastic5936]

I ran into this thing I have never heard of trying to listen to a song call In the zone by Ken Ashcorp and now I think I am about to fall head first into a nieshe but big fandom wish me luck

[@marjjjeyy919]

TAAKO WITH THE POISONED BIRTHDAY CAKE LYRIC WHAT THE SHIIIITTT UPDATE NOW THAT IVE GONE FARTHER: MAGNUSSSES

[@linkibear8644]

Bouncing heads are the greatest choice for musical animation.

[@justas423]

Why was I recommended this? I never even heard of "The Adventure Zone" before this video.

[@AnnoyingMystery]

Justas youtube's trying to get you to join us. one of us, one of us!

[@sirius7_mnlol721]

Same

[@thomasdatoneboi405]

@@AnnoyingMystery ... I'll check it out....

[@devilbowser253]

Same

[@pyrogaming4937]

I don't know what it is but it's a nice animation

[@qerd4930]

If only John has gotten free of the hunger, he seemed cool.

[@qerd4930]

@Hello There Are you intending to listen to the podcast? If you are, I won't spoil it.

[@qerd4930]

@Hello There Well, if you don't care, John is the dude in the black suit

[@qerd4930]

@Hello There What exactly do you mean? If by the podcasts, yes, However, they go into varius other arcs with different characters.

[@jodireese8965]

What

[@grifo9067]

@@jodireese8965 yeah

[@eze316wow]

5/13/2023 and this still slaps

[@MURDERPILLOW.]

20/5/23 it slaps still

[@The_Echo_3-1]

​@@MURDERPILLOW.11/27/2023 still still slaps

[@TammyRadbody]

I've listened to TAZ Balance fully through at least 5 times how have I NOT seen this!?

[@GGCrono]

On top of everything else that's amazing about this (which many others have spoken of), I just want to say that I love your designs of all the various minor characters. Lady dwarves with beards are something I'm always happy to see more of, and I think you may have just designed my favorite Garfield.

[@mooselybased]

GG Crono AAAA thank you, I love doing character design, and spent a long time figuring out Garfield as not a lasagna cat, I’m glad you liked it!

[@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

GG Crono | I’ve always seen him as an incredibly creepy old guy with orange spray-tan skin. The beard and hat of a warlock with the trench coat and...*glint* of a used-car salesman who deals in blood and first-born children.

[@Sarathewise158]

Holy hell, I didn't even realize that was Garfield! I guess I was too busy admiring the way that part syncs with the beat. The character designs really are amazing though, as well as the way even objects are designed like their ship and the hunger itself, or the visualization of John preaching to a crowd. It's been a while since I finished Balance so maybe those things were already described in detail and I just forgot, but I really love them anyway.

[@elvisdapanda193]

This song gets stuck in my head and I love it! ^_^ this video is a perfect balance of dark and light, somber and whimsy.

[@l.illine1784]

I’ve never felt the urge to willingly die to protect a piece of art before but I guess that’s changed now

[@planterbox]

made the likes 69 lol

[@l.illine1784]

Pilot Omi thank u for ur service 😔✊

[@darxxcyxx]

I have no clue what this podcast is about, but I will die for everybody in this video

[@GameTornado01]

"It takes the truth to fool me" is a good heckin' line

[@weirdeadz]

i consider this as the actual music video.

[@thedocumentationofwickeden1712]

why isnt anyone talking about the poisoned birthday cake and Lup scene :( its super tiny but owwwww :(((

[@ahobbit1273]

Yes! Taako's expression was an unexpected punch to the heart.

[@wyvernscale9634]

Wait I haven't heard the podcast, what happened?

[@NotoRoboto]

@@wyvernscale9634 spoilers

[@comicalbanana]

@@wyvernscale9634 VERY big spoilers, listen to the podcast it's really really good.

[@wyvernscale9634]

Ok I guess I will just listen to the podcast after a torrent of warnings, thank you

[@junedug]

I just finished Story and Song like 10 minutes ago and now I'm sitting here watching every animatic I can get my hands on and just trying to come down from the amazing high this show has put me on. This is fantastic.

[@xanderledger5331]

Dude. Im halfway through relistening to the hole series. I simply cannot emotionally detach from these characters. By the time im done with this second play through, i will have knocked out nearly 200 hour's of TAZ.

[@whatthefuckismyname9173]

I just relistened to the entire series so I could spot all the inadvertent foreshadowing and now I'm doing the same.

[@xanderledger5331]

Kuroba tell me about it. Ive now logged more than 200 hours of TAZ. And yeah, you absolutely pick up on lots of little cues in the 2nd run.

[@zac5805]

Quick question, what is "The Adventure Zone"?

[@AnonOmis1000]

@@zac5805 The Adventire Zone is a podcast, available on spotify, initially about a Dungeons and Dragons campaign, but has branched off into other games when that campaign ended.

[@eyozen]

ive been looking for this for like 5 years, finally

[@slimjim4361]

0:39 me and the boys joining the among us game

[@lolidk4160]

Lol

[@harperjocque6891]

I love the head bobs, I love the pacing, I love how dynamic and alive everything feels, I love the matching music to story, I love the colors, I love the art, I love roswell and joaquin, I love this, thanks for this. Thank you!

[@KilIimanjar0]

Merle: *Beats John in a game of chess* Also Merle: *Fucking dies*

[@signedzulu7637]

I at first watched this with no knowledge of what TAZ was, and just thought it was the coolest animation I had ever seen. Now I’m back, years later, having just finished TAZ, teary eyed and happy. You did an amazing job MooselyBased.

[@Jamie-ze5em]

Just wait till you start Amnesty. Unless you meant you finished all of TAZ and are completely caught up, in which point congrats. Get used to waiting a week!

[@Just_Howling]

EVERY MOVEMENT IS ON THE BEAT. I AM SATISFIED.

[@sadfsdafsdafdsafasfsdafsda4226]

Literally this alone convinced me to start listening to TAZ, so I can only recognize a few scenes. This is honestly the best animation I have ever seen in my whole entire life what

[@thefreelancequeen]

How far are you now

[@isfren5482]

Same

[@henryhare2003]

Yeah same here, just started listening to the 3erd episode of "here there be gerblins"

[@goobagaaba1600]

Oof huge spoilers here

[@ekaterinao1709]

Same please help it’s part of my personality now

[@johanadisunno1476]

Also your interpretation of Garfield is my favorite ive seen. The ones that are actually a cat or literally just Garfield are funny but leaning into the sleezy salesman aspect with the garfield ears is perfect

[@theonewhoslost]

Who?

[@milkchocolateboombox7845]

@@theonewhoslost Garfield, the Deals Warlock!

[@theonewhoslost]

Yeah now I knos

[@theonewhoslost]

I wasnt listening to taz at the time of posting sorry :/

[@ashenrider9402]

Then why ask if you have no fucking context at all

[@explolsivecake2045]

I *really* like the bond engine part *it’s just so damn smooth*

[@jakobcdm5017]

I only started listening to the podcast to understand this video and I'm loving it so far

[@Lightmagician60]

As someone who doesn't know what "the adventure zone" is. Lets see if i get this right The guy in the suit atracks the people of the white ship. He doesn't want to, but is made to by some "being". After actualy meeting them he realises they are nice people and really doesn't want to kill them now. but has to out of fear of that "being". His confliction gives the "being" a reason to take over. Bunch of side plots happen leading up to them beating the man and the "being". Also there maybe something involing heaven and hell being actual places.

[@kristabautzmann5298]

Lightmagician60 I wonder what the suit guy name is...🤔

[@thatoneniceguy408]

@@kristabautzmann5298 probably "Suit Guy"

[@turidrowned]

Not entirely wrong, but the suit guy is the guy that created the being. And he only appears at the end.

[@kristabautzmann5298]

Turi Drowned Ohhh, I see!

[@vrtex4787]

He’s called John, the guy in the suit

[@GravitWry]

I've never heard of The Adventure Zone, so all I see is Google (G-Man lookin guy) chasing down some space pirates making their lives hell, idk something like that

[@cryptticrow]

I mean, yeah, basically

[@Someone-or8tp]

Please listen to the Adventure Zone podcast! Honestly, it's worth it! It is SO worth it! :)

[@authorhazel1554]

honestly

[@victoryjamz]

I watch it and yeah that seems legit

[@peemeowmeow]

Me too ._.

[@jamesmarowa9434]

This reminds me of when having fun wasnt cringe and everybody could just be themselves

[@sirdogmen]

I originally watched this before I finished TAZ and now that I how I love this so much more

[@liamn.3347]

I don’t know what “the adventure zone” is but here is what I think is happening. The suit guy is some businessman who doesn’t like the people with the red coats. But he talks to the short guy and finds out he is nice but they black thing with the colors makes him attack the short old guy and now he has to kill them all. During the final battle he becomes the big demon monster and gets destroyed by the green guy. Basically it’s the weird black with colors demon thing that makes him evil even though he is a good guy, (as seen by the end where he is looking at the sunset)

[@saharawilcock1463]

That is pretty close. The biggest difference is that he created the black thing and he wants the same thing that the red coats have, so its less hate and more about opposite ends of a similar goal.

[@mplayer101]

The adventure zone is a D&D podcast by the elroy's. They have the first 2 parts of the campaign as graphic novels, if that works easier than listening to over 100 hours of gameplay

[@egcart4957]

Close enough except he created the black thing

[@voltable]

Oh shut the slayer is nearby

[@Novastarsss]

You should fully listen to TAZ balance then rewatch this (TAZ is a podcast)

[@YinYangAngel55]

Before listening to The Adventure Zone: oh this looks cool After: THE TEARS WONT STOP!!!

[@aprotogeninacup4655]

Step one: find this in your recommendations Step two: listen to every episode of the zone cast

[@furiousfurry]

Step 3: Drink protogen in a cup Step 4: re-watch Taz with context

[@joycefurphy2312]

I've have watched over 10 times now... And I'm not stopping any time soon!

[@maidofliquid]

holy shit this is so good i literally watched the entire thing w my jaw dropped bc i could not process how fucking incredible this is

[@fetterkeks2796]

T H I S

[@johanadisunno1476]

Omg using the people they called through the bond engine as transitions, FUCKING GENIUS

[@gnomewarlord6221]

Ynow. This is the animatic that started it all. My love for animatics, but most of the feel of my stories. Jesus, this gices me such nostalgia.

[@adambecker5799]

I want to thank you immensely for introducing me to the adventure zone. after listening to the whole thing over the span of a few months I get all the references and i love this video even more. my favorite part is how the carecters apear in the order tey were summoned. I love the way they all look (:

[@jacklondon3745]

I have absolutely no idea what's going on in this, but I like what I see.

[@daubeny6796]

Jack London Apparently It’s dedicated to a podcast you can find in KZbin called The Adventure Zone

[@nickcline5569]

@@daubeny6796 its also on spotify and other podcast apps, absolutely amazing and the last season is so fucking good!

[@elfietheespeon9462]

Any time spent listening to The Adventure Zone (TAZ) is time well spent; never wasted. You can listen to the podcast here on youtube, in fact. I assure you, you will not regret it.

[@armaarends9960]

Yes

[@GhoulishCinnamon]

I feel like John hunger goes under-appreciated as a character. He has such a complex characterization, especially for somebody who wasn't formally introduced until really late in the story.

[@thecho-taku5794]

I've never heard of The Adventure Zone until this video and I've recently checked it out. Oh god, I feel like I'm spiralling down into a rabbit hole, not able to see the sun for many days to come. hELP-

[@danieljohnson5094]

This animation actually introduced me to TAZ, and I’ve enjoyed it ever since :) Thanks for making it

[@adambecker5799]

same

[@thewomanbehindtheslaughter7663]

The best thing about this is that I've got no idea what TAZ is so this makes absolutely no sense to me

[@thewomanbehindtheslaughter7663]

@@usernotfound7224 ooh sounds fun

[@TuckyBlue]

The woman behind the slaughter it is listen to it while playing a Gabe or something

[@zildjian2381]

@@TuckyBlue ok im playing gabe from valve

[@weslance7913]

The smooth transitions are everything! It makes it have this lovely tone.

[@medical-cyanide1526]

So I need to look up what inspired the animatic, but admittedly I’ve gotten more out of learning that this song exists then anything, easily one of my favorite songs

[@lama..-]

I’ve watched this 8 times

[@DudeSweet345]

So, not only are the character designs perfect, but this song so accurately tells the story of John I’m beside myself. This is amazing and I’ve watched it like 20 times already.

[@dr.crowbar2755]

I misread "TAZ" as "TF2", so I clicked on it. I'm not disappointed, but god damn I'm interested in whatever this is.

[@That-Fox]

Well this is heavy spoilers but you may or may not forget it. TAZ is "The Adventure Zone" a podcast by the McElroy brothers and their dad. It's an amazing series, I highly recommend it.

[@lumosjupiter6248]

lol

[@denyhaguilar679]

Ah, a man of culture I see

[@natural9804]

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[@Downshift1-6]

When the pootis goes nope and other memes are reccomended then you get trickstabbed

[@Xeorboom]

this really highlights how John slowly transformed into pure evil

[@MsDianagentaToYou]

One thing that hit me watching this.... I think one reason John keeps talking to Merle is that, as he says, "everyone" agreed with him about the meaningless of everything: except Merle. And he can't accept that. It has to be *everyone*. He's...dissatisfied...with Merle's disagreement.

[@robertbyrum6519]

So I have to thank you for being the reason I actually got into TAZ. The story was amazing and I never would have experienced it without this video.

[@flare3587]

Same bro😁.

[@ZachTheHuman]

I’m going to look into now just because of this video. 😁😁

[@nightwalker9875]

@@ZachTheHuman did you watch it?

[@chadius_moai_]

Tf is TAZ

[@InterNutter]

This is another one of those ones I'm going to watch over and over because this is just so firkin good, you are made of awesome. Brilliant work. This must have taken you 6ever.

[@mooselybased]

Actually it only took about a month! I just graduated and am currently unemployed, so I've had a lot of time on my hands

[@yadudemellow7492]

Lucas Hespenheide well congrats man this is awesome, I loved it

[@thedwarvenpirate]

Lucas Hespenheide these are some of the best episodes and you did the a terrific job animating them

[@katherine48872]

Do you mean 4ever? instead of 6ever?

[@fuckwit107]

This didn't get me into TAZ, but I did watch it before The Stolen Century Arc and I was VERY confused. I finished Balance just a few minutes ago, and I cried a bunch. Thanks for convincing me to keep listening.

[@justcallmetheguywhocomments]

This video has more view than the original song on KZbin!

[@wil-ba8043]

Never heard of adventure zone? Wondering why you’re here? 1. Maybe you watch a lot of animatics/animations. 2. *Man, nobody talks about this really good song anymore TvT*

[@qerd4930]

@@Le_Fishy224 Yup

[@wil-ba8043]

Mr. Fishy OMG YES! ITS AMAZING!

[@wil-ba8043]

Chloe Soeswanto if you knew, just ignore me-

[@hypnotizeofcolors8204]

FuzzWuzzle TvT

[@wil-ba8043]

Chloe Soeswanto lmaox

[@mayam-f9697]

So this song is my alarm so that was slightly jarring initially lol But the animation here is beautiful and worked so well with the song! I’m definitely sending this to all my friends who like The Adventure Zone cause they need to see it

[@Traeknald]

Dude this song is perfect for an alarm clock why didn't I think of that

[@jariusreece1931]

This is like the opposite of the perfect song to wake up to. Yeah it's upbeat but it's also threatening to kill you

[@NZsaltz]

@@jariusreece1931 Exactly

[@wren3815]

omg just revisited this animatic,, reminds me of when i had first gotten into the fandom. good shit.

[@thefirebeanie5481]

My brains says reply My hearts says replay My sanity isn’t here to deny

[@gabrielsuddeth3730]

This is a perfect "end credits" scene for The Adventure Zone. The animation, the song choice, the featured scenes. It so accurstely encapsulates TAZ. Especially the Stolen Century arc. Just undescribably emotional and beautiful. Thank you

[@TheDimensionDweller]

Merle and John friggin appearing and dropping onto the chairs on "It's a bitch convincing people to like you" made me crack up. Quality animation!

[@ToonBoom788]

Out if all of the villains I have seen. This man has to be the strangest one I have ever seen. A talkshow guy complaining about mere existence and is corrupted by sone dark magic (or something else cause I never looked at TAZ) and is simply faded away on a beach with white beard guy. I love his design in this and I never thought that he is kind of understandable and relatable to people with immense depression. And I admire whoever thought it up for that

[@Plubnum]

I just finished the first season of TAZ and this is just such a good video i cant think of how to explain its just yes

[@thedarkcat7484]

Tbh, this is hardly an animatic. It boarders on pure animation, the tweening is so smooth and fluid. It is amazing work, and wonderful to look at!

[@SuspiciousBagel33]

Like many in this comment section, I have never listened to The Adventure Zone but this song sure is a bop and the animation is just *chef kiss* mwah

[@Someone-or8tp]

Please, please GOD listen to it. You won't regret it!

[@fiercestpond4722]

This Is what got me into TAZ. I watched this, watched all of balance and came back. I blame all of you for this new obsession of mine.

[@dishonesthonest1327]

This is what introduced me to the adventure zone which has changed my life forever. So thank you

[@talinah7720]

I've never heard of TAZ before, but this video randomly popped into my recommendations. "I Can't Decide" was a favorite song of mine in middle school and this music video does it justice. The story inside this video, along with the music, does a great job of telling me what TAZ is like and what exactly the plotline is, despite me not knowing any of the character's names or anything about it. Amazing work!

[@frost9681]

Talinah I 100% suggest watching it. It’s a D&D podcast. Very funny, very entertaining, extremely well written, and one of the most amazing fantasy stories I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to. I’ve watched GoT, LoTR, and neither of those have made me as emotional as TAZ has. It’s something so incredibly special. You’re missing out if you don’t watch it. I suggested it to a friend for over a year, and when he finally watched it, he binged it in a month

[@alexc119]

I wouldn't have chosen this song initially, but by god you made it work perfectly. One of the best tributes out there! (also kudos on making content about John, it's too rare)

[@LordMoogi]

This has no reason to work so damn well, but it does and it’s perfect

[@goodhuman_person619]

Johns face when he first pops into the convo with merle is the literal best

[@fquinones02]

Me when guy turned into monster: GoOgLe, Is ThAt YoU???

[@Xia.r5935]

Seme bro-

[@ohmenecio]

I saw the thumbnail for this and thought "THIS song? with TAZ? what the actual heck" and clicked on the video out of sheer morbid curiosity. I WAS NOT PREPARED TO FIND AN EXCELLENT AND HEARTFELT ANIMATIC THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST I'VE SEEN SO FAR, CONGRATS ON THE TALENT OMG.

[@RusticSquid]

I had this pop up in my recommendations once, probably 8 months ago. I watch Critical Role, and also watch a lot of animations/animatics based on that show, so I saw this and figured “why the hell not.” I enjoyed the animation, even if I didn’t understand who the characters in it were. But “The Adventure Zone” stuck in my brain-I had heard of it before. Lo and behold, it was a DnD podcast. At the time, I wasn’t into podcasts, but by chance a few months ago I slowly started getting into the McElroy brother’s content. It started with small clips 3-10 minutes long of the brothers’ goofs. Then, some Monster Factory, and then full episodes of MBMBaM. And slowly I found myself enjoying podcasts, and finally I decided that I would dip my toes into TAZ. What I did not expect was the beautiful oral tapestry Griffin wove with the help of his family. I’m here now, having finished the final episode merely ten minutes ago, and now... I get it. I had forgotten most of the visuals of this video but seeing them again reminded me of some confusion I felt initially. But now? Now I *know*. What a fantastic, journey it was.

[@taakofromtv150]

Btw I LOVE your design for these characters and everything and you have my favourite version of Garfield the deals warlock