Grapes [PMD:DMND animation]

EDIT 2: OKAY AU HAS A NEW NAME. I've been informed that Equilibrium is already used lol.
Welcome to Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Diminuendo!
Working on it with part of my community!
*BIT OF FLASHING LIGHTS AROUND 2:15
*SPOILER WARNING: If you haven't played PMD: Gates to Infinity or Super, you won't get some of the symbolism lol
“Grapes” by James Marriott.
• James Marriott - Grape...
Had to cut it in a weird way for it to be the way I wanted lmao so I highly encourage to listen to the original song!
When the main characters are saving the world what are the background characters supposed to do?
At first it started like an extension of the Burned Soil romhack, but I added that much shit and changed that many things that it has become its own thing now.
Team Shooting Star is a low profile team who witnessed the beginning of the war first hand, and as they saw the world crumble down, so did their relationship. Firefly (shinx) became obsessed with fighting in the war, making sure the Grass continent wins, and when she learned that her partner, Oran (charmander), didn't feel the same, she found no other option than leaving him behind, crossing the sea without him.
It's been a few months now, and Firefly seems to be wandering with no direction.
But suddenly she crosses paths with a charizard from the Air continent, a rival team! Charizard attacks and charges against her, and she tries to fight back, but she can't. That charizard reminds her of someone.
I speedran the SHIT out of this one. almost didn't even sleep at night...I could say I've learned my lesson and bit more than I could chew, but I finished exactly the day I thought I would finish. the only thing I wanted was posting it on my birthday. And I did it. So it will happen again.
Loving the name my videos get because of the title of the songs. Just a...thing. "boggle" "grapes"

[@JamesMarriottOfficial]

How did I not know about this??? This is amazing!

[@mastertrapmon1588]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I love your songs!

[@ЛеонидЗурнаджи]

YOOOOo 😲

[@gkahaian]

What a legend !!!

[@luqsuper7244]

Well hello there

[@evangelinenotarte5224]

YOOOOOOOO THE LEGEND!!!

[@NolChannel1]

2:27 That. Hang. The Charmander, hesitating for a second, before taking a chance with a second team. That level of pain is hard to capture. I love it.

[@CloverMations]

638 likes but no comments? Lemme fix that

[@Birdteai]

It definitely can be. I draw extra frames, which is what I think they did in the video. It can be hard to time. Adding to many frames can slow it down too much while adding to little or in the wrong areas can make things look awkward. They really did an amazing job👍

[@mastertrapmon1588]

Fun fact! remember when I said the original boggle timelapse brushed 30 minutes long? this one lasts three times more.

[@luminxe17]

Good job!!! This is amazing, I can tell how much time you put into it

[@emilymonahan5232]

holy shit, it shows man. this is awesome

[@pendraggon1773]

Wait, do you mean you drew this whole animation in an hour and thirty minutes? Dude that's WILD, I hope to draw as fast as you do one day!

[@mastertrapmon1588]

@@pendraggon1773 Lmao I didn't draw this in an hour. But what Flipaclip records is already a time lapse, so the whole process(video) is already shortened. I've been working on this animation since the beginning of October lol

[@umbrellaeyethingguy4665]

@@VuiZoy "grapes", link is in the video's description

[@auraguardian6277]

There's a subtle detail I noticed in the facial expression of Firefly at 1:34 and at 2:36. The first is the actual expression; the second appears to be what Oran believes Firefly's expression was. It really strikes home how each character felt differently about the relationship.

[@KPoWasTaken]

Well at 1:27 Firefly did initially close her eyes So she clearly had some emotional attachment, but she quickly changed her focus after the start of the farewell hug... she definitely initially viewed the relationship differently to Oran though. She definitely had more emotional attachment than she thought though considering she literally can't bring herself to fight the charizard at the end... Shinx actually imagines Oran's shadow and tries to jump at it at 2:23 but Charizard already destroyed it by the time she's going towards it

[@2cents98]

Now hear me out: what if it's the other way around? What if the facial expression at 1:34 is the one Firefly thought she had, while the one at 2:36 is her real emotions breaking through? Hoping and pleading with herself that it doesn't end like this and that they can act like this fight didn't happen when they meet again. There's also the bit with Bittercold glowing and fiercely clutching Dark Matter before the next scene starts. Both of these things are the culmination of Pokemon's negative feelings, and could be showing Firefly's fear and pain of losing Oran, while the first expression is her trying to bury those feelings and focus on something else

[@SapphireFyr]

I honestly took it as, 1:34 was how she felt at the time--that she was more focused on what she had to do, and her determination to do it even if it meant leaving her friend behind. And, 2:38 was how she 'thinks' of that goodbye much later on, now that (more than anything) she just misses her friend and wished she didn't let him go. The framing scenes make it seem like it's her reflecting on when she and her friend were together, and finally seeing that good she had at the time was the important part, instead of the conflict she let consume her and make her lose sight of it.

[@jellycore1316]

​@@SapphireFyrYeah, same here, I think ^^ But I really like the other interpretations people have shared here too!

[@kierrkalryn9434]

It took me like ten watch-throughs before I noticed how Firefly's lineart changes to become sketchy when they become obsessed with fighting (and the other fighting Pokemon's are sketchy as well), but Oran's stayed smooth (along with the turtwig and piplup's), and now I am even more amazed by this. And then Firefly's lines being smooth again at the end-

[@HarveyDraws]

I love how their personalities kind of reflect in their lines! The charmanders are more clean where the lion Pokémon (forgot the name! Haha!) are more scratchy!

[@CoraCreates]

If you still forget, the other Pokémon is Shinx.

[@sylviathegreat]

i was hoping someone else noticed that !!

[@foreversonglol]

ALSO!! Firefly (Shinx)'s outlines only really get scratchy once the two get into their first fight, which might be relating to her obsession with battling and winning the war, and the outlines get smoother again on Firefly in the last shot, but not on the fabric representing what she'd been tunneling for Eeeeee line symbolism stuff teehee

[@HarveyDraws]

⁠​⁠@@CoraCreates thanks! Shinx is actually one of my favorite Pokémon I don’t know how I forgot its name lol 😅 And I also never noticed that either!

[@mikkelludenberg6602]

Also, Shinx is more inspired by linx than lion.

[@H0undyy]

You animated a whole song, extremely proud of you! The art and animation is awesome. Never played PMD but I could easily understand the plot.

[@aquifleur]

You really should play it! The newest one is a remake of the first one but with 3D on SWITCH

[@Nobody-yj8yq]

Arguably the best thing to come out of pokemon, undeniably good story for every game. If you like pokemon and quality story, don't wait and play the games.

[@firekirby123]

@@Nobody-yj8yq Eh, I had a bit of a hard time getting into the plot of Super, and GtI is reasonably solid with a few personal gripes about the final few story beats, but Rescue Team and Explorers are absolutely the brightest gems in the *entire* Pokemon IP. I think they just got a bit too "gimmicky" with magnagates and looplets, and focused more on interesting concepts than truly fleshing out the games' overarching stories. (the most interesting section of Super _is_ the different islands, showcased in the above animation, and iirc it's the shortest arc in the game because you only need to visit 1-2 islands before you start reaching endgame) Super also has the *worst* balance of the entire PMD franchise due to the looplet system and I will die on that hill.

[@Nobody-yj8yq]

@@firekirby123 For me the story of Super and GTI is still reasonably good and follows PMDs general theme which i enjoy alot. The gimmicks were fun i think as well, they were broken that's true lol, but extremely enjoyable. But ultimately it boils down to its simply way better compared to the mainline games in mechanics and story IMO, so im not harsh on it tbh. That and nostalgia

[@firekirby123]

@@Nobody-yj8yq I will grant that the 3DS games added one of the better long-standing mechanics with the move level-up system, which is the most enjoyable thing about the newer games. (and something I was stoked to see carried over into the Rescue Team remake) Aside from the looplet system from Super, yes, I will agree that mechanically the latter games are much better system-wise. But story-wise... eh? The first two games had an *amazing* way to get the player personally invested in each, with an underlying mystery surrounding their past life as a human that pushes a lot of the major plot beats forward. I just don't think the latter two have that to the same degree. GtI is fine, I think it actually gets a bad rap more often than not. But one of the biggest things that personally irked me about Super's story the most was how it felt like an unoriginal amalgam of the story from all the previous games, solely meant to cash in on pandering to the largest common denominator of fans. Believe me, I'm not immune to nostalgia, Rescue Team DX is currently my favorite game in the series so far, and that's just a retread of the original. But with Super... I dunno, it felt like they laid it on way too thick to the point where it became distracting. imo, the best thing to come out of Super was Espurr, and even they're done pretty dirty.

[@gkahaian]

I can’t express how incredible this is. The art, the emotion, everything. The crazy part is, this is only the beginning. We are getting a front row seat to what is going to be one of the most popular animation channels on this damn platform.

[@Matuzo_Cannata]

Does anyone know what "Mystery Dungeon" game this animation is from? :'0

[@Temm6130]

@@Matuzo_Cannata in the disc it says that if you havent played pmd gates to infinity or super then you wont understand the symbolism, so id assume one of those 2

[@DinoBat]

@@Matuzo_Cannata Most of this isn't canon to any of the games. The artist combined the settings of PMD Explorers, Gates to Infinity, and Super MD to make their own story. Slight spoilers: 0:11 - 0:24 is the guild (Wigglytuff's Guild) from the Explorers games 0:25 and 2:42 this recurring snowflake thing is the Bittercold, the final boss from Gates to Infinity. If i recall correctly, it symbolizes a manifestation of the coldness in everyone's hearts. The different continents mentioned in the description as the warring entities are references to the locations in Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon. The shinx is fighting for the grass continent, the flag at 0:27 It's also mentioned in the description that it is inspired by a romhack, which I haven't played but might explain the premise a bit more.

[@DoozyDak]

this is ducking awesome!

[@deeznuttes9340]

somehow i doubt that lmao

[@emilymonahan5232]

THIS IS INCREDIBLE??? your characters are so consistently on-model without sacrificing any artistic integrity or expression. everything is super fluid and engaging and just.. wow. the expressiveness in your work truly knows no bounds

[@matoshi6472]

2:05 These part got me in the feels. You know you've found a great animation if you get attached to the characters despite barely knowing them.

[@lumioise]

i LOVE how the pokemon involved in the war are differentiated from those not by their heavily shaking/messy lines. and firefly's lines changing back when she decides to stop fighting is such a wonderful touch! fantastic work!! keep it up

[@StacklessPancake]

Oh my gosh I love this! The expressions portrayed by Firefly in her fight against the Charizard are awesome (especially when it cuts to her and Oran)

[@EdjNovastar]

I love how charmander evolving and shinx not evolving shows how charmander has moved on from the past and isn't the same person since she left, but shinx still hasn't changed and is still holding on to what they once had and her old ways

[@jessijcrazy6039]

I think that charizard is another guy

[@EdjNovastar]

​@jessijcrazy6039 the part from 1:55 to 2:18 shows her recognizing charizard as her old charmander friend And 2:23 shows that it is charmander bc an outline of him is shown

[@jessijcrazy6039]

@@EdjNovastar oh! I thought she was just being reminded of him. I read the caption but maybe i misunderstanded it lol. Thank you

[@JaymieSword]

@@EdjNovastar Pretty sure it's a different charizard. Charmander didn't want to fight at all. He also joined a team and there's none of that team there, nor is there any indication that that team was whatever flag Charizard had. Charizard is crushing the outline of Charmander because it reminds her of him. Edit: Artist confirmed in another comment that they are not the same.

[@JaymieSword]

@@jessijcrazy6039 Nope, artist confirmed in another comment that the charizard is not the same as the charmander.

[@sonicsolar2]

I can definitely see multiple fanfics of these two and many different ways it could end for them both. The choice of song, the story of Firefly and Oran, together it leaves an impact of emotion I can get behind. You can see the hurt in Oran's eyes in the bit that Firefly realizes who she's fighting and the life she threw away. Really amazing animation!

[@joshcraftanimates5309]

You knocked it out of the park once again! The story between these two is absolutely stunning as well as very plausible for someone that feels like they might be getting towed along Words cannot express how proud I am for you, look how fate you’ve came!

[@squibbles_]

I'm not totally sure why, but that last shot of the Bittercold clamping down on Dark Matter always gives me jitters no matter how many times I rewatch this! It's like it's getting fired up or activated, as it senses a conflict between two former friends its violent climax and feeds off of that negative energy-

[@YoBoyRona]

I started playing PMD on the 3DS because of this video and oh my god, these games are truly diamond in the rough. 👏👏

[@YoBoyRona]

Commenting again to say I just finished Super :') I am in tears :')) Gonna try Gates after a small break, need time to gather my emotions

[@nightstar4912]

Gates isn't as good as super mystery dungeon but its still enjoyable

[@Tuxflop]

my god this is one of those animated music videos you dream up in your head when you listen to a song but it’s actually real this time

[@thedrawingsidewalk]

this is SO INCREDIBLE!! the fact you animated this WHOLE THING and didnt lose motivation or anything is AMAZING. the movements of everything are smooth and well thought out!!! the character designs are beautiful, the timing is PERFECT, it just all goes together so well!!!! thank you for giving us this!!! this deserves so much more attention!!!! i love all your animations, i hope to see more stuff like this becuase its literally one of my FAVORITE amvs and ive only just seen it!!! PMD FOREVER BABYYYYYY!!

[@JustAShiningGabite]

this is so insanely amazing and inspiring, im writing a PMD comic and stuff like this motivates me to keep going, just seeing how amazing some of these storylines can be

[@macariotheanimator]

I agree

[@afoolishneon4401]

when its done please let us know

[@ImperialPatches]

I know this song is mostly about Gates and Super but the bit at 2:00 where the Shinx has a flashback to the Charmander while fighting the Charizard reminds me of a moment in EoS that I experienced where while fighting a Sceptile, my character suddenly thought about Grovyle and what had happened to him in the future and if he had come back despite what happened like we had. This caused my character to waste their turn and the Sceptile then took that opportunity to chunk like a third of my health. I only ever encountered it in one playthrough and I'm not sure exactly what caused it but that moment has stuck with me.

[@sunburntheskylander]

the way you animated Shinx has given me an improved sense of appreciation for this pokemon

[@KurtisHere_91]

I was not expecting to hear James Marriott, I just clicked the video because I like Shinx

[@shinxlover4231]

Same! Shinx is the best

[@jamestoxtricity6476]

As someone who has loved PMD since the first game, cant express how happy i am to see such fan projects like this with such passion and love put into it Amazing work

[@sleepyshinx174]

These mystery dungeon animations give me so much joy

[@totophotoPersonal]

I've never wanted an in depth lore explanation video more in my life. THIS IS SOME THE BEST PMD CONTENT I'VE SEEN IN A WHILE, The PMD community makes me so happy, especially how talented and committed those part of it are, Especially this, this AMAZING, I love the totodile ofc,, I'm curious how that charmander plays a role with the other oc's in the Reeses puffs x other ones I forgot, cause I only can sing reeses puffs video you made, Your animation is so high quality and amazing and Beautiful and definitely am not crying at how good this is,,

[@sammyg6399]

Bro can you explain what happened I watched the video thrice and still don't understand what happened

[@kiwiiscabin]

There a small explanation in the description of the video.

[@seandorama5932]

Same, I want a full on Matpat Game Theory style lore explanation for everything!

[@nyloaf]

man ive already rewatched this like 5 times but i cant stop, i love how the story is portrayed through this animation. absolutely top tier

[@rioluxgaming2396]

I can't help but really be drawn in the story told in the animation. Its so well told through the imagery itself. Especially since I've played both Super and Infinity, so it has me thinking between what started to the war or Firefly's mindset through all of this. What really is on my mind after watching this is what is going through her head, which is hard to pick up outside the points where the mask falls off. Meanwhile, a lot of her expressions are unreadable or hard to figure out, which I actually love. It makes her seem like someone who's very guarded with her emotions and quite stubbornly so. Hard to drive off the course she picks even if its someone who's good friends with her such as Oran. I can't even imagine what a war would do to someone with those characteristics, who then loses the only emotional support she seems to have. How long was she gone to that conflict? And if she made it back, what sort of environment did she return to? It was pretty clear that she ended up desperately missing what she had before and seemingly cast aside the war as well. I don't know if there'll ever be a sequel to this animation, but even if its not, its amazing that such an animation could intrigue me so much with its visual storytelling, the lyrics of the song chosen, and just an amazing premise in general. Fantastic work!

[@snowshibe4149]

HOLY COW JAMES MARRIOT ANIMATION?? YOUR ARTSTYLES AMAZING!!! 😭 😭

[@nessaoku4215]

PMD is and will always be one’s of the best Pokémon games ever played I’ll never forget my starters charmander and skitty next to heart gold and gen 5 , the story is just too good . We need another PMD remake

[@wintersong2266]

I would prefer a new game before another remake. But I wouldn't be mad if an Explorers remake was announced next.

[@Fkrkdkrkrk]

Animated so well! 0:15 so fluent and smooth

[@PolarSummit]

Oh my gosh I love this sm! your animations are INCREDIBLE ✨✨✨

[@mastertrapmon1588]

Thank you!!! Didn't expect to see you here! I love your animations!!

[@triku-]

How the hell no one noticed him!? Your animations are cool, love them

[@DracoRunz]

I keep finding myself coming back to this super often after I stumbled into this, Blurt, and Boggle a while back. No idea what you're up to these days, trapmon, but you're doing great.

[@Darkie-Umbreon]

The title: 🍇 Grapes The lore: ☠️🔥

[@ThePMDNerd]

😭

[@kindlyneptune23]

I genuinely have no idea how to describe the amount of effort I can tell you put into this. How you tell the story visually, facial expressions, and the animation in general, just wow. The transitions are clean. Can't describe it anymore, amazing work man, insane 😭😭😭😭😭 and even with this essay, I don't have enough words to describe 😔😔😔

[@Zippy_Hi]

Theses animations are the only reason i got back into Pokémon mystery dungeon this is amazing! and so are all the other ones!

[@aliv_ix]

this animation is so pretty! I love it!!!! especially the 0:53 when shinx attacks!

[@redminero2956]

You are a really talented artist! I really loved the animation and actually inspired me to go farther like you did. Surely your animations inspire more than just me, that's for sure! Keep going, go farther! I'm sure your art can inspire more people to go on like you do ^^

[@mikkimoo]

I seriously am so blown away by your animations, your storytelling is extremely well executed and even though I know absolutely nothing about PMD I can completely understand the emotions of the characters. Their expressions and movements are super pleasing to look at, and I’m especially in LOVE with the action scenes. The fight between the shinx and the charizard specifically use such great angles and the effects like the smoke are SO well animated. Actually, EVERYTHING is so well animated!! I just adore every bit of this. I was able to connect with the characters immediately, and even though I don’t understand everything I can still get a great sense of what’s going on here. You did such an amazing job on absolutely everything!!

[@DoozyDak]

This sums up everything I feel about this amazing work too

[@FirstLast-mn4re]

I mean you don't really need to know anything about PMD to enjoy this because the PMD stuff is mostly just the setting. In this animation the characters and their conflict is whats taking center stage. If you've played the games you'd recognize little things like the rescue team badges that appear in all of the games, the armbands that represtent the Grass Continent and Air Continent from Super Mystery Dungeon or recognize the Bitter Cold from Gates to Infinity (which was kind of a symbol for negative emotions and distrust in the world), but other than small little nods like that its pretty self contained.

[@jedi_cat_l4976]

I can already tell. This is going to be remembered as one of the greatest and most iconic pokemon fan animations ever.

[@benny1118]

Your PMD animations make me feel like a kid again. Cool, alt music paired with cool, dynamically animated Pokémon has always been my shit. I don’t think I can fully convey how emotional your work makes me, but thank you so much for continuing to create. I follow you here and on Instagram, but if there is anywhere else you share the stories of your characters, please let me know!

[@aniboo8668]

analyzing time by someone who barely played pmd and never played it again because i accidentally set the language settings to spanish At the start, Firefly is going to fight a charizard, but then it cuts to memories with Oran. They're just kinda goin around places. It cuts to a fight scene. Since Oran seems a bit shocked at the sudden change, I'm going to assume he was also thinking about their memories. Oran doesn't want to fight, obviously by the lyric "Cause all this constant fighting doesn't feel like us" "She told him she wouldn't leave, then she did" is obviously Firefly probably wanting to stay with Oran, but crossing the sea without him. "Maybe he wanted more" might be Firefly's thoughts on leaving Oran, he might have wanted more time to be friends, because there's not much time to be friends when a war's going on. "I fell for someone you but she's just another girl that looks like you" Might be Firefly thinking that the charizard she's fighting reminds her of Oran. "What's love if it's not true?" In this context, It's probably a friendship love than a romantic love. Basically: She might see this Charizard as Oran, and she wants to be friends with this Oran, but they're fighting, and it just CAN'T BE ORAN. He's from the Air Continent, an enemy. anyway i can't find anything else to give more meaning to, so- HOLY CRAP THIS WAS ANIMATED IN *FLIPACLIP?*

[@SugarRush420]

DUDE THIS IS SO AMAZING IM ACTUALLY CRYING RIGHT NOW I FLIPPING LOVE THIS PART 😭 2:16

[@FinderOfWorlds]

Good lord you went and made a 3 minute animation, and it's SO good. The expressions, the action and the story, how it all goes in tandem with the music beautifully??? It's really good, is what I'm trying to say. Once again you make me fall in love with these characters in this world you've made.

[@Zeruk]

no wayyy ur so fast omg i love this so much :'0000 this is so cute i love how ur using more different pkm too :D charmander and shinx omgee

[@ieToastie]

I can’t get enough of your animation style, it is just FLAWLESS.

[@werecatzz]

first of all this is absolutely GORGEOUS, i'm always blown away by your work, but i'm SO ECSTATIC to see a shinx oc animated so beautifully!!!!! shinx is my absolute favorite pokemon and my god, you really did it justice here. will be rewatching many times

[@Cyber_A-7864]

The algorithm has gifted me one of your masterpieces 😁

[@Bonnie_Mairead]

The fact that this was all done in the free version of Flipaclip is even more impressive.

[@hpthelonesomeartist]

WOW this is stunning! The amount of visual storytelling is phenomenal, I get a really good sense of the struggles each character faced and how the passing of time changed things. Not to mention how incredibly dynamic all the movement is during battle sequences, specifically during 1:52-2:21. All the emotion and action displayed really builds up the climax. Overall this was really engaging and animated wonderfully!! I appreciate all the hard work and dedication you put into this project, thank you for sharing it with us. And happy belated birthday

[@hpthelonesomeartist]

And thank you for introducing me to a new song! It will definitely be stuck in my head for several days haha

[@childofscripts5969]

Please tell me Oran remembers Firefly..

[@DamenAnimatez]

The fact you almost made me tear up - someone who doesnt really cry like at all, with a story I don’t understand and haven’t seen before at all, that means you have some real story telling talent in your animation. You also picked a great song to follow the symbolism and story. I loved it. Great job, you are very talented, new sub :]

[@cielopachirisu929]

My gosh. Yes. This is the type of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon content that I live for. I am making sure EVERYONE in the PMD community I know sees this!!!!

[@Sprite360]

this is an unreasonable amount amazing, keep up the amazing work, I watched when it was released I just forgot to comment xD

[@SinisterAlex]

This is incredible, I have no words. Everything about this animation, is straight up wonderful. The art, The emotions, The song choice, Everything. Love your work so much!

[@georgiag1902]

It's amazing how well you protrayed all of the thoughts, feelings and emotions the characters experience, without any dialogue, with just a song and an animation. PMD is my favourite type of Pokémon game as well as the series that got me into Pokémon 12 years ago, so seeing amazing fan content like this makes me so happy. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@cromwell8425]

I have no worlds, truly incredible, this deserve way more credit thant what it will actually get.

[@tekumeku2244]

Wow, I only just found this. The memories this brings. Its been years since I played PMD, but I recognized that giant crystal instantly i refuse to spoil the name, play the game and find out), I hope we see more of these two in the future, I loved the symbolism here.

[@TheGreatPM1]

Omg, this animation looks so cool and also sad. I want to learn more, seriously I know what's it like to lose friends and to have a twist where you're suddenly against them. It hurts a lot and I want to learn so much more about this story

[@TheMegaxPlus]

MAD props for you to rush it to publish it on your birthday. The animation is stellar! Happy birthday!!!

[@SnufflySpy]

Another cute Mastertrapmon animation? yay!

[@areenzgaming6641]

Bro, this animator really made me addicted to his animations and the right choice of songs I will wait for your next work bro, never give up bro to make animation you have potential!!💪

[@sebastianlopezeliceojimene2925]

It can't be, what a beautiful animation! The story of Charmander and the Shinx is very beautiful and sad! I hope to see more of these two OCs

[@telemkam]

I have watched this at least 30 times by now. And I will continue to watch it 30 times more soon. This is really damn good.

[@Inkicreates]

This is amazing, animations like this is what has inspired me to stsrt trying to animate my pokemon ocs

[@voidthesupermassiveblackhole]

The nostalgia I experienced is top notch As someone who first played pmd eos as a fire type with a shinx buddy I may have been a tprchic but this was still beyond nostalgic honestly

[@LizLonelyLoserrr]

at 1:14 it looks like he's holding a huge wad of cash and i love it

[@IPullTheStringsAndMakeThemRing]

I’ve been thinking about commenting on one of your videos for a while now, and I’m finally doing it. What can I say? This animation’s great! The emotion is there, the movements, the song choice, just all of it is so impressive. I never write comments. But I feel that a piece of art like this is worth so much, that I should share my opinion.

[@CosmicSandwichCat]

THIS IS AMAZING WHAT?!?!?! I love the cute Shinx and Charmander designs so much AAAAAAAA

[@uni-geo]

i adore this in a way i just cant put into words.. it really makes want to start drawing again ^^

[@TheBeastlySort02]

DUDE I WISH I SAW THIS SOONER ITS SO DGOOD never thought id be crying because kf a shinx of all things haha

[@WR4264]

This needs its own series. I mean, THAT FEELS LIKE A CLIFFHANGER FOR ME. If only this were its own film or show.

[@soggy_toastedbread]

this is amazing! i love the detail of how the pokemon fighting in the war have shaky or messy lines, but when Shinx takes off the band and stops fighting in the war their lines go back to normal. This animation has re inspired me to start practicing animation again, so please keep up the amazing work!

[@ender_9486]

*Get this man on a freaking pokemon animal series animation team immediately-*

[@BaniTheKitty]

This is so incredible, I've rewatched your animations hundreds of times by now. 😭 The animation, timing, framing, composition and expressions are all SO good!! I'm also in love with the song choices, they fit the characters so well and the way you animate each scene with those lyrics is telling the story you want and it's just so inspirational and gives me so many feelings ahah. I am so attached to your characters, wow! Looking forward to the next one! ♥

[@Xellerator101]

The fact you did this on only flipaclip shows how talented you are.

[@Tostadas323]

I cant stop watching this! You made me go back to the Pokémon community.

[@Changingtesting]

I love the change of pace with this one compared to boggle, this one hits the other end of the spectrum when it comes to emotions, its indescribable, and I love it. The animation is amazing especially considering it’s very long and rushed. Outstanding work, would love to see more lore and or even a universe set up for all these characters.

[@fridge_dj]

hearing james marriott music out of nowhere surely was a jumpscare but holy shit this looks great!!

[@Spineblade]

Boggle, and now this, have inspired me to start thinking about making my own animation. D&D rather than PMD, but it hadn't really clicked with me until now the potential for the stories I could tell with the medium. Keep up the fantastic work! ❤

[@GIVEMEMYNAMEBACKPLS]

This is genuinely one of the best animations I’ve ever seen. And the music? Impeccable. You can just feel the emotion from the mid point when the Charmander took off the green wristband, to the final fight where he’s evolved and matured into his final form, at the cost of joining another team. Tbh I’ve never played PMD. But this? THIS I can understand the plot of. Amazing vid. 10/10.

[@ryomahoshi4529]

The charizard is not the same as the charmander.

[@reneablackheart9563]

This is EXTREMELY smooth for flipaclip, holy shit

[@therandomadventuresofavanr4162]

The fact that you made this on filacilp makes it 10000% better 😂

[@monsoon_6084]

❤James Marriott❤ I love the choices of songs so much

[@monsoon_6084]

im just happy that more people could be introduced to such a good artist

[@julissavillatoro5725]

Omg this was so well done! The story, the technique. This is so solid! I need more of this PMD story! 🥰💕

[@sicuw1773]

Rewatched like 10 times and read the description, the animation now has more context and I wanna replay pmd ALSO HAPPY BIRTHDAY ✨

[@Florallartzz]

James Marriott and pokemon mystery dungeon, truly an amazing thing

[@Wondahoez]

Beautiful! I love how everything calm and on Oran's side is done in fairly clean lineart, and then everything with Firefly and the war is done witch sketchy lines that feel more jagged and rough. Wonderful!

[@IcyLucario]

Super awesome! I got "Boggle" from you on my recommended and you're a fantastic animator! I also really enjoy the references here to Super and Gates. A lot of people grew up with Explorers and the PMD content gets awfully explorers-centric at times. I like it a lot better when PMD content is referencing the -series- as a whole, not a single title. I ~love~ the symbolism of The Bittercold here, and the continent flags are a nice touch. Actually, the symbolism is just incredible all throughout it.

[@thelittlethings165]

That wurmple just got snatched- RIP Also this animation is great- seriously, I'd love to see more of this!

[@AzurityArts]

This is incredible; so much symbolism, character, and life all tied together in a wonderful composition-seriously awesome stuff!!! And a happy birthday too!! 🎉 (remember to take breaks though! Animating is grueling work and we'll spend hours for seconds; try not to burn yourself out! ;;;)

[@Justanotherlifeform-xx8lq]

Oh my gosh this is incredible. I have not played these games so I have no idea what is going on, but it is super well animated and I love it so much.

[@raivyyn]

This animation is stunning and very easy to follow along with.This animation is also making me reminisce on my PMD era and the stories I would make up as I played the games for the very first time. I love this animation so much and it makes me extremely happy to see PMD content on my feed! Keep up the amazing work, you make all the PMD fans very proud ! :)

[@Frogge723]

I hardly watch PMD’s like this and when I do I hardly know what’s going on but in this one I kinda understood it more than usual!

[@GhostX2Manetu]

with each release, your animations are getting better and better bro! Keep reviving this old generation of little animals. I predict that you will become a good and great animator in society! And I hope that your efforts will be noticed by big personalities, continue in the same spirit to achieve the highest! I.. we believe in you and support

[@_Fruity]

this, THIS, these videos make me feel something, and make me continue to think what writing something similar would be like.

[@mataschmata]

this is absolutely incredible. i love the story and characters, and the symbolism lowkey almost got me crying. genuinely obsessed with this

[@Fleef]

this is amazing!!! i adore all of your animations, and i absolutely love seeing pmd oc lore!! it’s so fun to see that people are still into pmd and to see the stuff they come up with. absolutely fantastic work!!

[@leafytheleafeon4401]

Although I don't understand the symbolism like you said in the desc, I really enjoy your art and music choice :) You might honestly inspire me to play PMD. Also, you should be an advertisement creator for PMD frfr

[@ZizzleTheKakapo]

if only they still made PMD games.... sigh....

[@ryomahoshi4529]

​@ZizzleTheKakapo god I wish they did. It is my favorite not mainline pokemon serie. The concept alone was great but the story and world building was amazing in those games

[@leafytheleafeon4401]

I bought PMD rescue team DX

[@ryomahoshi4529]

@@leafytheleafeon4401 DX is good but it is a remake

[@leafytheleafeon4401]

@@ryomahoshi4529 dw, I can tell

[@juliancalero8012]

As a human and a pokemon who isn't all that they seem go on an adventure to end the darkness from consuming everything, this and many other stories like this play out with little hope of a happy end if something isn't done soon. The clock is ticking fabled heroes, don't let the weight of the world ending and you're the last hope crush you for even gods have fallen...