Lego Battle of Okinawa: Hacksaw Ridge - LEGO World War II Stop-motion

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On April 1st, 1945, the US military launched an assault on Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg. More than 180,000 US soldiers were deployed on the southern coast of the island. Although Japanese resistance was initially sparse, the ensuing battle for the island would last 82 days, killing an estimated 12,000 American soldiers, more than 100,000 Japanese, and roughly 50,000 Okinawan civilians. The battle was the bloodiest of the Pacific campaign, and subsequently became nicknamed the Typhoon of Steel. On June 22 US forces seized control of the island as Japanese officers committed ritual suicide. The US would use the island from which to launch naval and air attacks on mainland Japan until the end of the war.
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Background Research and Script: Twin Bricks
Filming: Twin Bricks
Visual Effects Supervisor: Twin Bricks
Sound Mixing Artist: Twin Bricks and MM Music
Sound effects: Envato Elements, KZbin Audio Library, Action SFX, Soundscrate, Zapsplat
Visual effects: Action VFX, FootageCrate
Voice Actors: Marcus Pertot, Illinois Motion Picture Studios
Set design: Twin Bricks
Props and models: Brickmania, Twin Bricks, USS O’Bannon Fletcher Class Destroyer by ny152_halle
Softwares: Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, StopMotion Studio
Music Software: Garageband, Adobe Audition
Camera: Canon 7D MK II
You can find instructions to some of our other models on our Rebrickable page
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Stuff we use:
Camera: Canon Eos Rebel, Canon 7D Mk 2
Stopmotion Software: Stopmotion studio for Mac
Video Editing Softwares: iMovie, Blender, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Premier Pro
Thanks for watching!

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The quaility is incredible

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Thanks! Your films are great as well!

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[@illinoismotionpicturestudi5065]

It was an honor voicing in this mate

[@TwinBricks]

We truly appreciate it!!!

[@Fawbie_WW2]

5:47 love the way he managed to sneak in a bit of Dawson from the movie Hacksaw ridge

[@TwinBricks]

Thank you!

[@GotchaChris13]

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[@Fawbie_WW2]

@@GotchaChris131 I forgot his name and 2 I wasn’t thinking about titanic I’ve not even seen the movie

[@GotchaChris13]

@@Fawbie_WW2 oh okay mate, thanks for the heads up

[@kyrios443]

When you are a random stop motion maker and manage to made a video with Hollywood’s quality: Amazing job. The ambience at the beginning was simply mind blowing ! And the whole quality reach the top at my eyes

[@JFbutlerYT]

As a lego purist, the clay triggers me, but as an animator, I love it and the advantages it brings. Well done!

[@TwinBricks]

Thank you! Yes, the clay was a tough decision for us to make, we do like the 100% LEGO aspects some other animators do, but it does drastically increase the difficulty of animating.

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[@koeh07]

This concept of clay for terrain is something i've not seen used anywhere, looked awesome alongside the smooth animations, nice job!

[@TwinBricks]

Thank you very much!

[@meshuggahshirt]

I've never seen the terrain entirely modeled with clay before and you get some very cool results with it

[@dolans.g7259]

Glad you put Desmond Doss in the Hacksaw Ridge scene

[@thorpeaaron1110]

The U.S. also intended to use Okinawa as a launch pad for Operation Downfall which would have been the Allied Invasion of mainland Japan but it was canceled after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet Invasion of Manchuria on August 9th,1945 . Also love that you added Desmond Doss in there the dude is a legend.

[@LegalShield3000]

Where is Doss mentioned?

[@AmericanBoy-si9zg]

​@@LegalShield3000He's the medic that ran out to get the wounded one-legged soldier.

[@ruckhusstudios1012]

This has got to be some of the smoothest animation I've ever seen. Fantastic, outstanding, incredible - whatever else I'm missing - job!

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[@hemorrhoid1]

Anybody talking about the water effects? Bro it looks like real water.

[@ruckhusstudios1012]

@@hemorrhoid1 I know! It's insane what this guy has managed to do here with a bunch of plastic toys

[@GH0ST2166]

Never thought I'd see a Lego animation display the horror of war. The bravery of these Lego figures will not be forgotten. Especially at moments like 5:44 And 6:37

[@LCMhistory]

Dude! Great animation! Love it! And your vfx are awesome!

[@TwinBricks]

Thanks so much LCM! It’s an honor having you watch our films!

[@josephclarke7678]

An impressive piece of work. A great way to memorialize the men who gave their lives in this campaign. I also really like the desmond doss cameo.

[@TwinBricks]

Thanks!

[@keenanchandler4919]

Adding the clay as the ground was an awesome idea as you can shape it and make it look like bombs and shots have disturbed the ground without destroying the bricks. This was an amazing stopmotion! Amazing job!

[@tomawen5916]

Well done! The historical accuracy is top notch! An interesting "factoid" was that Japanese intelligence was trying to predict if the U.S. would invade Okinawa or Formosa. The Japanese settled on Formosa (Taiwan) and moved the veteran 9th Infantry Division (which had just arrived from the Kwantung Army in Manchuria) from Okinawa to Formosa. An additional 15,000 Japanese troops plus all of the artillery and machine guns that equipped them would have added to the casualty counts for both sides and probably prolonged the campaign by another month or so. Excellent video!

[@ttpproductions]

After a long time , its finally here, can't wait for it to start!

[@littlejoe1413]

dude this has to be the best hacksaw ridge lego animation i’ve ever seen it’s like the movie

[@rayvaul3539]

I am just wow, not at all complete loss for words, but inconceivably surprised by the profound production quality and how well made this is! Truly an “honor our veterans” and the “greatest generation” moment! I find it absolutely shocking that the Japanese officers that they would throw their lives away through a ridiculous ritual suicide instead of living to see another day. The Japanese were definitely absolutely brutal but their efforts were absolutely futile to break us. God bless our American heroes of WW2 for fighting for us and keeping an Axis enemy from our shores! Japanese soldiers had guts to charge at armed American soldiers with just a katana even though victory that way is mostly hopeless. Respect.

[@Kgstopmotions]

Man I have no words, this is a masterpiece

[@coreyscorner9092]

77 years yesterday. Salute to the vets of the 77th infantry including Desmond Doss. And peace to the people of Okinawa who were caught between the armies

[@JRodStudios]

I love the reference to Desmond Doss ad 5:42! Incredible stop-motion all around!

[@TwinBricks]

Thank you!

[@kimberlywilliams3603]

BRO this is outrageous, the quality is stunning. I can't even tell it's stop-motion. With multiple characters moving in one scene, background and foreground. Really good

[@SunSpectates]

Love the short cameo of Former Pvt. Desmond Doss, the unmarked medic who saved more than 70 men in that battle

[@jobanh7ify]

I love how this is historical accurate, even more than some movies 😅

[@BlackStarInitiative]

Nice. Love the clay. And the Battleships. And the all of it.

[@TwinBricks]

Thanks so much, we are inspired by your films as well!

[@BlackStarInitiative]

@@TwinBricks Oh wow, thanks!

[@anonymousanonymous1766]

I like how you made the naval guys wear the police officer uniform from Lego city and on top of that the stop motion itself was incredible and the voices were of the chart!

[@DR-lc9qg]

Fantastic to see Desmond Doss in this, an incredible human being.

[@marcusjaquez4267]

The animation is top smooth, and the movements of the figures are very vibrant and full of expression. Very nice animation.

[@JaredOtto]

Love the Desmond Doss cameo! Incredible video!

[@phoenixstopmotions]

An amazing and unique animation! Well done

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[@policewilsowilso3950]

Love the Desmond doss reference when you got to the hacksaw ridge part

[@unhinged_films]

The editing, the animation, the sound design, everything - incredible

[@goingbork1522]

Oh man this was a beautiful stop motion. The water effects really made for an amazing finish.

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The amount of work that must go into this.. Absolutely amazing!

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Bro this is so smooth! Terrain:10/10 Motions:10/10 Quality:10/10! Keep it up!

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Nah this is 100000/10

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Keep on going

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The second I saw the water quality i instantly subbed

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Extra quality! I love this movie. Water,fire and smoke are also realistically expressd.

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The way the explosions match the clay is great!

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[@Hiyoko.nitouhei]

This stop motion is too awesome! The movement is smooth and the filming set is well built and powerful!

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How better could this get. Your one of the many few who make these incredible lego stop motions. Keep it up.

[@bricksalive4735]

I’ve noticed some of the vehicles/tanks used are rare throughout the actual war. This is an amazing and unique feature! Well done!

[@mattbrix1644]

This was amazing, the animation was so seamless I can’t imagine how long that took. I loved the little nod to Desmond doss during the hacksaw ridge part

[@TwinBricks]

Thanks! We wanted to subtly pay respect to Desmond Doss, and appreciate viewers like you noticing!

[@scomico3929]

The impressive quality of this video makes me more enchanted with ww2 lego stopmotion

[@maez5]

Love how you used clay for the terrain, it's very unique

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[@TheBrickCrew]

truly an amazing animation, the blood effects and heavy artillery fire was so realistic!

[@thebrickbrain2006]

What a masterpiece! I especially love how the music perfectly fits the story, which is quite difficult to achieve. The animation and camera work are basically flawless. Amazing work!

[@TwinBricks]

Thank you so much! We new when we wanted to make our film, we wanted music that would fit the emotions well. Check out the composer that produced the soundtrack for us here: kzbin.info?app=desktop&list=PLXbS4x274K1dkR2M2nA0JkBHQPeaI24M3

[@thebrickbrain2006]

@@TwinBricks Whoa, I didn't know you hired a composer for it. I might ask him for music for my next project!

[@FantasyPictures]

As a lego animator, I gotta say that this was an amazing film, well done on the attention to detail

[@Xaweryww2]

The idea with water is amazing

[@vitaminbleach1217]

“There’s no way they can survive that barrage” “Oh but they can” One of my fav lines from the movie

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Thank you to keep history alive!

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This is one of the best stop motions I’ve ever seen!!! Very well done and super smooth.👏🏼👍🏼👍🏼

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I was not ready for the sheer amount of frames that went into this holy hell

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Holy shit I’ve never seen a Lego stop motion this smooth before

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I really love seeing the Japanese still using bolt-Action rifles and they are hella good with it.

[@robs93jdmaccord]

Felt like I was watching an old vintage ww2 film, was on enjoying it the whole time we’ll done!

[@thpxhemi5848]

I like that Doss was included in this

[@HybridTiger]

There he is! The myth the legend, DESMOND DOS!!! 5:46 I'm so glad you added this in its not operation ice berg without him!!

[@TwinBricks]

Thanks!

[@TopCProductions]

Incredible! One of my new favorite stopmotion videos. Amazing work!

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I'm not even gonna lie, this feels cinema-quality. Great job!

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This is the best stop motion ever made I’m just extremely amazed

[@worldbrick481]

man that first shot of the water and just the environment is amazing keep up the good work

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Amazing touch with Desmond Doss, flawless

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Easily the best Lego stop motion I’ve seen, I didn’t want it to end!

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There are a lot of efforts to make a stopmotion like this. Congratulations!

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probably the greatest stopmotion i've ever seen. I like the terraforming with clay and the little caves.

[@legostopmotion888]

So good! The effects were so good! I loved the explosions and it’s so smooth!

[@spudermun9522]

5:46 is a reference to a movie that makes me feel nice and wholesome on the inside, nice job adding that in!

[@DeluxCoD]

The way that he put Desmond Doss on the brickfilm was incredible

[@TwinBricks]

Thanks! We wanted to honor his legacy

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This is some of the smoothest animation I've ever seen

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Great job!

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One of the best brick films i’ve seem

[@TwinBricks]

Thank you!!

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Wow, probably one of the best ww2 stops I ve seen. Good stuff

[@jonathanbrowne4362]

I love the water animation at the start!

[@TheRudyred]

Wow! This is the best Lego stop-motion movie I’ve ever seen! The sound, the animations, the models - everything is just perfect! Thank you very much for your work!

[@doanematthewgeraldo218]

First ever Lego war that uses clay as the terrain and the smoothness of the animation is just incredible 😊

[@TwinBricks]

Thank you!

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Wow! I love the smoothness of this animation. This was enjoyable to watch too. I love it.

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This is a legitime masterpiece my man! Awesome quality of work!

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To be honest, this is one of the most realistic and smoothest Lego stop motion I've ever seen. It looks like it was an animation

[@TwinBricks]

Thank you!

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best stop motion I've ever seen! AMAZING JOB!

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A true Masterpiece

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This was awesome! Love the sugarloaf hill part especially.

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JD bricks has got some competition man!

[@4g3nt43]

love the smooth animation! Love how your able to use the clay to your advantages, the way you can mold the terrain is awesome. Great how you keep in mind the physics of objects, like how they will have a slight bounce when you drop them. Keep making more films!

[@TwinBricks]

Thank you very much! We will try our best to continue to produce new films!

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This battle mix is amazing! 😵‍💫

[@lieutenantratman748]

Some nice hacksaw ridge scene references

[@bl4z3brickproductions72]

Wow, I haven't seen a WW2 stop motion in such a long time with that much effort put into

[@TwinBricks]

Thanks!

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Beautiful no more words to describe you outdid yourself this is quality and pure gold content I loved every millisecond of this video, I loved it

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Very impressive. Great set,effects, sounds and story. This I'll watch way more than once. 🏆🏆🏆

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Great animations! I really liked how you made the water, that’s really clever.

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Omg that was the SMOOTHEST stopmotion I have ever seen like when the soldier threw his gun on the ground and I had a little kick back up. It was amazing great job 5 stars!

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I love the water and explosion physics!

[@TwinBricks]

Thank you!

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That was insane! Awesome movie man, super smooth and the style felt so unique/original, I feel like I’ve never seen anything like it. Bravo!

[@TwinBricks]

Thank you!

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This stop motion animation is the pure goat of every stop motion animation on youtube, i really respect you.