MNL's OKOTO ORIGINS Ep 1 Arrival

[@CallanLoF]

Okay, I can certainly tell this is gonna go big. Amazing job again, Daniel.

[@Practicallypreposterous]

F

[@truedragon5022]

agreed

[@ajsuggs2584]

Lego be like... "Soooo... you wanna direct a bionicle movie for us?" lmao

[@MetruNuiLegacy]

+Phenomenon Entertainment MNL be like....."yeah maybe" HERHERHERHER

[@KnightedSilverWolf]

AJ Suggs ha, no. Lego doesnt fucking care

[@danrarick3386]

Definitely

[@lemurboy55]

Still better than Lego's animated series

[@cynthiautz6702]

+TheTeslaEffect11 Still excited for the Netflix show, cause it's a Netflix Original Series. And not something from Lego.

[@masterofgaburincho]

+Cynthia Utz Bionicle is still Lego, tho.

[@cynthiautz6702]

Yummyjuice16 is back Yeah that is what I was trying to tell him.

[@masterofgaburincho]

Cynthia Utz Oh.

[@cynthiautz6702]

Yummyjuice16 is back Yeah.

[@Mate397]

You sir have single-handedly outdone the craptastic animations Lego gave us. From the start I loved it, and we should have gotten something like this as it had actual atmosphere and visuals with little dialog. Lego should be ashamed of themselves that you proved how "easy" (I can imagine the amount work you put into this) it is to do something right, instead of just doing a half-assed work then calling it a day.

[@dtinagliastudios]

FAVORITE VIDEO ON KZbin AWARD GOES TO

[@frenchtoastproductions6169]

Not yet! We have to see the ill other episodes

[@frenchtoastproductions6169]

+French Toast Productions i don't know how "ill" got in there but t must've been auto correct

[@danrarick3386]

@@frenchtoastproductions6169 whaaat?

[@EljayJohnsen]

I don't always hit the like button on videos, but when I do... Where'd my socks go? Oh gosh dang it, this video blew 'em off. Not a surprise, this video was incredibly awesome.

[@MetruNuiLegacy]

+TTV Eljay Cheers Eljay, glad you liked it.

[@danrarick3386]

@@MetruNuiLegacy i loved it

[@TheMylesMakesMOCs]

This video rocks! Also big fan of both Eljay and Metru Nui legacy. Btw I’m a youtuber also

[@tof9118]

Dang! You're giving LEGO a run for its money.

[@iBIONICLE]

I was so excited for this I went and watched it first thing in the morning on my 4K tv. Broooo you put the new bionicle animations to SHAME! If Lego doesn't give you some sort of accommodation for this, I'm suing someone! Amazing job my friend

[@MetruNuiLegacy]

+iBIONICLE cheers mate, yeah theres a fear there if i get a response from LEGO either "good job love ya work" or "STOP MAKING THESE VIDEOS AND TAKING ATTENTION OFF US" lol .....either way get a message from LEGO would still be cool

[@imakenonsense6782]

This. This is amazing. There are honestly no words that can do this justice. There is so much Bionicle vibe, an has a visible sort of spirit to it. It is awesome, in the literal sense; it inspires awe.

[@EpicSwedishHeadshot]

I really liked the shot of Kopaka's hands enhancing! This short has the same "feeling" to it as Little Brotherhood Studios, while still having completely different styles, and I love that!

[@MenacingThreat]

This is the definition of bringing a childhood fantasy to life. Amazing work my friend!

[@deltanebula8622]

By far the best quality animation ever of the actual BIONICLE animation ever. Really a diamond in the rough, with sadly only a couple thousand subs to show for the most high quality work on KZbin for animating. My favorite effect is definitely the changing of the bone color parts, especially Kopaka's hands "crystallizing". Great job!

[@TheAxelandx1]

this became the reason why i love g2, and man, 3 dislikes on this masterpiece? must be some haters.

[@iliketrains4487]

+G Q P The Lego animators are probably very embarrassed watching this crying in their bedrooms. I'm not watching Lego's crappy animations anymore, because it ruins Bionicle's reputation in my eyes. I was about to quit lego when I saw what crap of an animation Lego was doing, but after seeing THIS, I finally realized and was releived that there was still an extremely talented human being that knew better than anyone what Bionicle actually IS, the spirit of the toy, everything, not from Lego's crappy animations, but from Metru Nui Legacy. I'm not going to give a ship about the crap Lego's doing, they've just lost the FEEL for it, I'm just gonna watch this awesome master piece and all of the other awesome incredible things in the future coming out of this LEGENDARY channel. It is just so nostalgic.

[@Katsuhono]

This is simply stunning, the camerawork, the atmosphere, the compositing, It's all very much well done, great work my friend.

[@MetruNuiLegacy]

+Katsuhono Thanks man, that means a lot.

[@Toanuriamer99]

It's hard for me to find words for how amazing this is. Even the Netflix-Series could have a hard time living up to the quality of this video. I'm definitely looking forward to future episodes!

[@Jocool1231]

I can't express the amount of joy I felt when I saw this...

[@TheGhostRydr]

This is nothing short of impressive. The animation, the production, everything is top notch, well done!

[@MetruNuiLegacy]

FIRST!!!!!

[@Practicallypreposterous]

this one is VERY good!!!!!

[@TheLegoMasterMan100]

Metru Nui Legacy holy crap why didn't Lego get you to do the official videos. this is way better

[@TTHBLOX_]

AWESOME UBER MEGO COOL SHIT!!!! BEST BIONICLE ANIMATION IVE EVER SEEN!!!!

[@toadartho662]

+Metru Nui Legacy gee gee. You get a nomination for the sanic awards of the year.

[@n_zentario8865]

+Metru Nui Legacy THE ANIMATION SO AWSOME keep it coming :D

[@BionicleFactory]

By far the best G2 BIONICLE video, period.

[@ProfessorTurnipAlpha]

By the Great Beings! I can't believe I missed this amazing work of amazing amazingness! I will say, I love the depictions of the villages and the inhabitants. Feels both close to home and unique.

[@p0ttbitz247]

I love how this episode focuses more on being more visually interesting than having a lot of dialogue.

[@iBiomega]

This is exactly what I expected from LEGO back in 2003 with Mask of Light. Great job!

[@TheDarthDestruktor]

Far more better than real 2015 animations (and story).

[@Xbendoesbricks]

HONESTLY, MNL, THIS IS TOTALLY AWESOMENESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS EVEN BETTER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS DEFINITELY THE BEST STOPMOTION I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS WELL DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thebricklifestudios5683]

The best Bionicle stop motion ever. Now I like the Bionicle G2 more.

[@nixon6929]

The effort put into this was real

[@Aagerds]

Absolutely amazing! This is Fantastic (notice the capital "F"). Also, when Tahu said "Who am I?" I could not help but think of the Jackie Chan movie, with him on the hill yelling "WHOAMI!!!"

[@tardis06]

Dude this is absolutely nuts in the best possible way!

[@tymbles]

Wow, dude, that was completely incredible, blew all my expectations out of the park.

[@iliketrains4487]

Seriuosly this deserves so much more attention, its the most underrated channel ive ever seen.

[@zeliph]

Weapon and Armor transformations was awesome! I also like the fact you gave the Toa some time to experimenting their powers on their own before meeting the protectors.

[@Toaofvideos]

This is awesome! The animation works perfectly, the atmosphere is wonderful and though there wasn't much story in this video yet, I get the feeling we're gonna see some of that as well in the future. Certainly some of the best Bionicle-related work on KZbin.

[@claymore7315]

Oh my god.. The animation.. This is the best stop motion I've seenbin forever!

[@Miru_Man]

Wow. Possibly the best BIONICLE stop motion I have ever seen.

[@LM-1378]

This is amazing! The compositing, the greenscreen, the sound editing... all phenomenal!

[@kyefowler8472]

man i must say this is the best animating ive seen on youtube i really cant wait for the next episode and one thing high five because ur like the only aussie biotuber/ youtuber other than me and i have like 0 subs but seriously u are actually AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MetruNuiLegacy]

+Technic Pin Productions no worries mate, happy to be strayan' represent lol

[@kyefowler8472]

+Metru Nui Legacy haha yep thx for replying so fast lol, just a question are u getting all the rain down in Adeliade??

[@MetruNuiLegacy]

Nah i live in Brisbane and its nice blue skies here

[@kyefowler8472]

oh idk why it thought u lived in adelaide but, man lucky you its pouring left right and centre here in NSW

[@MetruNuiLegacy]

It poured down here last week so maybe your getting the left overs

[@theeternalchronicler3072]

Dear god I didn't know a stop motion could be this amazing Just wow....

[@theeternalchronicler3072]

You my dear sir earned my subscription

[@Awakeningspirit20]

You actually put more effort and care into G2 than LEGO itself did!

[@chris_wizzudz]

This is far better than the cartoon stuff LEGO made!

[@Drakon_games12]

I have seen this so many times and still I love the shot of their armor being placed onto them when they put their masks on

[@EMTeves]

I feel i've been waiting this for years, and man, it did not disappoint. the transformation sequences were amazing, the shots astonishing and the atmosphere screams BIONICLE. Aside for been criminally short (concidered your are the only guy who did the entire short, that's excusable) the only problem i have is the music. I don't know, i feel that Breakthrough from Royalty Free Kings would be more fitting, but thats minor. What else can i say that you didn't heard already, this is meant to become an instant classic, far more better that the official flash animations.

[@SwongoBricks]

there are no words to describe how awesome this was

[@AlexIzbrodin]

That is how lego should have marketed G2! Amazing job man!

[@TOAOFULTIMATEDOOM]

This is awesome, I still enjoy the Bionicle official animations but they don't hold up to this. I love the way you animated this in ways I haven't seen for a Bionicle video, especially with the weapons and armor.

[@siegemakerYT]

This is already better than those stupid animations lego did for 2015. Very reminiscent of the 2001 animation of Onua building himself too.

[@GemmaJRaine]

this deserves so many more likes... i'm gonna show this to all my friends even though they Bionicle fans like I am!

[@inazumanfrash]

Wow you did a great job. I can see a lot of time, love, and effort were put into making this.

[@KillerCronos23]

love the voices and the cliffhanger "who am I ?" (toa tahu)

[@vorovaxx4233]

Holy hell, just now finding this and it's amazing. Fantastic work!

[@NoversalStudios]

Just by seeing this, I've noticed that this probably the most ambitious bionicle project on KZbin.

[@frenchtoastproductions6169]

What did you use for the background? Green Screen + Keylight? Or what?

[@MetruNuiLegacy]

+French Toast Productions yeah a green A4 sheet of paper and actually mostly used "colour range" in after effects.

[@frenchtoastproductions6169]

+Metru Nui Legacy I'm a beginner and learning this, so can I ask what's color range?

[@MetruNuiLegacy]

+French Toast Productions another method of removing the green on the green screen

[@frenchtoastproductions6169]

+Metru Nui Legacy yeah I played around with it and discovered it. Thank You it was so much better than dropper tool in my opinion.

[@frenchtoastproductions6169]

+Metru Nui Legacy I just have one problem, when I use the protector of stone or pohatu, the transparent green matches my green screen and it gets cut out

[@AWPWN1]

Neat! The amalgamation of stop motion animation and After Effects composition is really well done!

[@ARC9652]

This is amazing! The VFX as usual are breathtaking

[@thedinosaurgirl7882]

This is the best bionicle animation I've seen so far :D

[@Blue1true4]

I agree

[@Guaseth]

Nicely done, great effects. Good luck with your other proyects and the next episodes.

[@ВиталийСтёпин-й4ь]

Brilliant work! I just can't imagine how much patience and love you include in this animation. Sorry for my poor English.

Majestic! Keep up the good work.

[@jedder]

This was great! The animation and atmosphere all around was excellent! Keep it up!

[@DieselofAlrest]

This is amazing! :D Can't wait for the next one!

[@hamishcampbell548]

This is cooler than all of the other Official Lego 2015 animations!

[@BlitzkriegOmega]

wow....this...this is actually amazing imagine if the official Bionicle animations had this sort of production values.

[@Superstupidy]

Honestly, if G2 was advertized this way, it would have sold much better.

[@Jarjarbinksreallife]

You could not have made this more perfect, it's incredible.

[@Redn2000]

Now if the 2015 animations were like this, I think every fan would have been overjoyed to see each new set.

[@vitoscreations]

That was awesome!!!! What you did was professional. My little brother would watch 8 seasons of this.

[@RiasoXilond]

Great video, I love that there isn't a narrator and, just letting that part of the video speak for itself without anyone talking. I have a feeling that this is going to be a lot better then LEGO Miniseries. But a problem I have is not the video but the title of this series, when I hear "Okoto Origins" I think of what happen before the Toa arrival.

[@svantecarlsson8297]

+Riaso Xilond I agree this is so much better that the miniseries

[@RiasoXilond]

Svante the king I said that I have a feeling it's going to be, not that it is already. It have only been the first episode.

[@svantecarlsson8297]

Oh im stupid, my bad

[@RiasoXilond]

Meh, but I'll say comparing the first episode of this one and the LEGO Miniseries, this one is hands down better.

[@LadyKaguyaHime]

This is fantastic! So amazing and talented. Thank you so much for making this!

[@stronk2800]

HOLY SWEET MATA NUI! THAT IS AMAZING!

[@raresr9698]

How masterpiece do you want this to be? Metru Nui Legends: *yes*

[@Starwarp1]

Allow me to channel my inner Beast Wars Megatron: yes! YES! YEEEEESSSSS!

[@Herobuilder21]

B-e-a-utiful. The best bionicle stop motion I've seen. You have put all the talent and beauty of your posters into motion, literally. The balance of stop motion and what I can only assume is bone tool animation is done so well. The fact that you can almost see how many images were merged to form the backgrounds really gives it style. Oh, and that villager of stone jumping in front of the camera on loop was pretty funny too. It's acctualy kind of sad to see that this only has nine likes and all the compliments in the comments are one-word. That's acctualy why I'm making this so wordy. :D also, will this drag on to the skullies? Acctualy, I think if you did that, this would end in 2017. Lol. But then again, people still do vids of the Toa Mata.

[@MetruNuiLegacy]

+Julie Brown thank you for being wordy, I enjoy reviews more than reactions. So far its only planned for the skull spiders story. The next episode is a little more simpler than this video which would probably be easier to complete. But yeah 2017 is what its lookin lol Just because i have commitments to a feature film I'm currently in post production for as well.

[@Herobuilder21]

Nice. Even nicer that you responded so quickly. It would be cool to see Ekimu though. Maybe if you're planning to make a bit where Nomoto tells the legend, I'll see him there. Meh. I'll just- Wait, feature film? WAT?! SADNESS WAS NEVER REAL

[@MetruNuiLegacy]

well i have the ekimu figure now so i flashback isn't out of the question. And yeah I've just spend this whole year working on an 80s cop comedy set here in Australia. And its what's taken up all my time and its amazing to actually have OKOTO ORIGINS released cuz i had zero time to work on it. But if you want to check out the film im working on here's the Facebook page (also its a very offensive crude comedy so its not for the faint of heart) facebook.com/ltjangles

[@Herobuilder21]

+Metru Nui Legacy Hey! uh... I just kinda wanted to show you this, maybe something to add to the sound library for okoto origins...? maybe....? soundcloud.com/keyblade87/the-toa-return-bionicle-2015-theme It probably doesn't quite fit the tone of the series that you're making here, but I loved the 2015 theme and I obviously love the Okoto Origins visual, and it would be epic to see them together.

[@ashazzani1640]

This looks like it took a HELL load of time!

[@sabretoothstudios9142]

One of the best stop motions I've ever seen!

[@zottestudios]

This is incredible work, I hope there is more to come. I want to see them use their powers and weapons more.

[@owenkonsmo1454]

This gives me chills every time I watch it.

[@LuckyRabbit234]

1:33 The _control_

[@toatakahuki]

this is awsome best video i have ever seen on youtube!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MrShishaw]

this puts the official story videos to shame...keep up the work :)

[@Hyopsodus]

My god what sort of beautiful thing have you made

[@Cadrua]

(Waiting for this to start playing in theaters.)

[@KVContent]

this is one of the most amazing things ive ever seen; astounding visuals

[@priestking8636]

I am watching your videos for a month and i want to say, you are a great video-maker. The animation is really exciting. I mean, in your video there is more emotions than even from LEGO. Seriously they could do something like that, but they did animation, 30% of which are fillers from other episodes. Are you going to repeat the LEGO-movie or do your own plot? Will you animate Skulls? What about the animation - really enjoy some momets from original story, like shining masks or weapons. And vocing - it is great and it was really uneppected. I hope, you will continue.

[@axelpit987]

better effects than in the actually commercial, awesome dude

[@SartixFilms]

Holy shit dude... This is the best stop motion animation I have ever seen! I cannot wait to see more!

[@planetenwanderer5329]

Even better than I expected. The official animations lose against this by far. Amazing job!

[@ashenknight621]

Well Done! That was Absolutely AMAZING, I loved it!

[@legomigginy4054]

Woahhhh!!! THAT WAS AMAZING!!! the vfx were unreal! it would of tooken agers for all that compositing!!

[@dijiguff3046]

Protecter of fire: blah blah blah we've been waiting. Tahu: Who... am i? SOOO EPIC.

[@SzaraWilk]

Still amazing!

[@NexusProductions-rz1sv]

God damn I still love this.

[@Dan-2025]

I know right, It's literally soo Good!!!! 😩

[@iliketrains4487]

The Lego animators are probably very embarrassed watching this crying in their bedrooms. I'm not watching Lego's crappy animations anymore, because it ruins Bionicle's reputation in my eyes. I was about to quit lego when I saw what crap of an animation Lego was doing, but after seeing THIS, I finally realized and was releived that there was still an extremely talented human being that knew better than anyone what Bionicle actually IS, the spirit of the toy, everything, not from Lego's crappy animations, but from Metru Nui Legacy. I'm not going to give a ship about the crap Lego's doing, they've just lost the FEEL for it, I'm just gonna watch this awesome master piece and all of the other awesome incredible things in the future coming out of this LEGENDARY channel. It is just so nostalgic.

[@silvershade5435]

there well be a second episode right, cause that was flipping amazing!!!

[@bulkhead7341]

After all the duds I’ve finally found a 2015 bionicle stop motion video that is actually good and tells the story in an interesting way!

[@jetraydude]

That was something! Wow!

[@fercho3091]

It was amazing, this was the best Bionicle video I've ever seen

[@JamPotStudios]

This is incredible!

[@iConicDays]

this is what the bionicle animations should have been

[@oatmealraisincookiesaregar2548]

This is miles better than anything Lego made for g2.

[@thomassiemsen850]

Bro this is amazing, you are a master!!. The 7th Toa Master of Animation !!

[@Numbskill]

If you need more voice actors, then I'd be more than happy to help. I've been a fan and collector of Bionicle since 2003, and something like this deserves lots more attention.