The Downfall of Storytime Animation

[@IvanAnimated_]

SHEEESH the research here is crazy

[@Ryychii]

Yoooo, whatsup Ivan! I appreciate the comment 🙏

[@Januaryof28]

they had me wezzing in primary school

[@proudy1712]

Fucking upload

[@Aryel2000]

shEeSh

[@giovanigeorgis3848]

Bro this video is beyond college level it’s so good 🤯

[@DaARK_Chocolategang]

The fall off Odd1sout for me was just his loss of genuineness. As he gained popularity, he pandered more towards the KZbin sqeaky clean vidcon scene. A lot of youtubers go through this, but it was sad seeing this from him. He is more corporate now

[@karl6683]

Yea, but I think some of his videos are still entertaining, but they've never made me laugh as much as they used to. Honestly hoping he doesn't make a video addressing it, since I think youtube has already been taught its lesson that apology videos usually only add fuel to the fire, even if its a small one.

[@Lucky_9705]

This sums it up perfectly

[@0utlaster]

His videos are still funny AF that's all I care about

[@maenad1231]

@@karl6683 Exactly how I feel

[@thepetekidyt]

Yeah! I didn't even know how to describe it. Like haminations!

[@Terrencetheterrible]

I think it started off as the old animated storytime youtubers ran out of stories to tell. Theodd1sout literally predicted this in one of his older videos, where he said that he will eventually run out of life to talk abt. I noticed his content now is rather lackluster, and he seems rather pessimistic and grouchy in his newer videos compared to how joyful and relatable he was in his older videos.

[@enraikow6109]

that's surprising how someone can actually run out of things to say about themselves lmao. yeah yeah, there are things he shouldn't be saying for privacy etc, but that man can't even lie / come up with new entertaining stories and his artstyle STILL hasn't gotten any better. he doesn't have storytelling skills. he doesn't have art skills. he's too afraid to make any joke that's remotely funny. he's washed. but he doesn't notice that because youtube's been making him rich since forever.

[@thetinykid4169]

I think this is why jaiden is the only one I actually like watching still. Jaiden continues to have new experiences and do mote stuff as she leans into pokemon, the vtuber scene and hatsune miku. She's branching out and doing more niche things. Whereas most other creators didnt seem to lean into anything like that.

[@Terrencetheterrible]

@@thetinykid4169 theodd1sout is a shadow of his former self. I just seems grouchy and pessimistic now. All he really does now is go to live events and make bad comics or something idk.

[@rohaankhan7523]

Same with jaide animation, she usually turned to telling game stories now but usually animates an interesting event that newly happens now

[@Terrencetheterrible]

Jaiden is lowkey better ngl, as she still has shit to talk abt even when it's just playing video games. I don't really like the games she plays but she still makes it interesting to watch, so even people who dislike games like pokémon for example (like myself) can enjoy her pokémon videos.

[@ravencrow1011]

daft has a creepy deleted video of reviewing nsfw of jaiden fanarts is like he was really obsessed with her

[@thememeconnoisseur4088]

I wouldn't say it was creepy, more so bizarre, and abnormal

[@Fatih_M177]

​@@thememeconnoisseur4088 AND creepy

[@RealCanda]

😦😦😦

[@justasimplemanworkinghiswa1569]

@ravencrow1011 dawg why💀

[@abaddon1503]

@@thememeconnoisseur4088 How does someone legitimately parse someone reviewing nsfw of another person and NOT call it creepy and obsessive especially if it’s someone who has a history of parasociality with said person

[@InvasionAnimation]

Clark really sucks for betraying Jaiden.

[@kos2919]

At least he got hit by karma. Now his channel is dying and only known as "That channel that keep baiting about hot babysitter"

[@something1600]

Turns out that he was the evil sibling.

[@spudsbuchlaw]

Has he ever apologized?

[@Sebastian62608]

@@spudsbuchlaw He actually did but 7 years later. People don't really like it but I thought it was fine. I will say though he victimizes himself a ton in the video.

[@KKpompom]

Disliked him even b4 I learned he and the dude in the email were the same person. Always hated the thumbnails on his babysitter videos as the story time community was full of kids + cringe ! Glad Jaiden is still popular, she was one of the most authentic channels to me back when I was younger

[@SubjectJuice]

I recall growing up in the story time animation era and witnessing all the drama that would go on, that was a crazy time to be alive, some parts of The commentary community hated them with every fiber of their being lol great video, keep up the good work aha

[@TwilightWolf032]

I remember watching many of those videos thinking "how do you know about the parts you weren't there for?" They were clearly fake or overexaggerated, and that would be fine if they were transparent about it, but at least the ones I watched treated every single story as if it had happened to them exactly as they told.

[@maeve4607]

i remember watching them as a child but i was just blissfully unaware to all of the drama and thought everyone was friends lol

[@pompon1545]

I had no idea about Alex Clark stuff surrounding Jaiden's face reveal and when I heard it my jaw dropped. Absolutely horrifying and so incredibly disrespectful to a colleague and supposed 'friend'. Not sure if I'm confusing the timeline of events but didn't Jaiden directly explain her problems to him so he would blur her face? How did he even forget that?

[@Ryychii]

I have no idea how someone would forget something that important. Personally, I'm aware of all of my friends' insecurities and problems and do my best to respect their choices. I can't ever imagine blatantly disregarding their input and choosing temporary clicks over a genuine connection.

[@memesong21]

i think jaiden talked a little about it in her video

[@youtubeuserdan4017]

Alex Clark has always been a weirdo.

[@nxfelibata2403]

I knew it but I didn’t know it was him totally unsubscribing asap

[@youtubeuserdan4017]

@@nxfelibata2403 Why were you subbed in the first place? The dude makes gooning material for children.

[@chilljelloton2089]

daft complaining about jaiden venting through her animation about her eating disorder, a condition known to kill people, for "too long" while pausing a second after every word is so hypocritical that i have trouble actually acknowledging that he downplays the mental illness that was the main subject iirc. to be more specific anorexia which is well known to not only kill (5% of sufferers die within the first 4 years, 20% of all anorexia patients in total die regardless of the amount of time) but shorten peoples lives by years. he puts emphasis on how shes "wanting praise for getting past her mental issues" in regards to a illness that is considered as physical as it is mental due to the fact that it involves *physically starving yourself* to the point that it affects your overall bodily health.

[@littlemoth4956]

I mean I think it was really bizarre for Jaiden to put that video up instead of seeking help. I don't think any strangers online needed to know about that. If it was under the pretense that she wanted other people like her to see her journey, then fine, but as is it very much seemed like it was for the sake of validation.

[@Miles_huh]

​@@littlemoth4956 what?? why are we treating opening up about their problems as seeking praise or whatever. you are literally making the same "point" as daft, it so very clearly was the first case. she was getting the help she needed which is why she decided to open up about it and show her face, what are you on about?

[@unfortunateonejohnson8114]

@@Miles_huh You cooked them.😂

[@TwilightWolf032]

@@littlemoth4956 There's nothing wrong with what or even how Jaiden did, it raises awareness about the issue and could potentially help people suffering from the same problem since that's the story of how she overcame it! Jaiden does deserve praise for overcoming it, and she is totally in her right to make a video about it. Not only that, it is great that she did!

[@WhoAmIHmmm]

it really tells that ryychii didn't replied to your comment at all, despite being the most popular one

[@Lucky_9705]

Storytime Animation peaked around 2017-2018 but died sharply after that

[@micjimster4845]

I remember it still being decently popular around 2019.

[@mariettelafferty8774]

It didn't die people stopped caring less about it and moved to other interests and pretty much that's been it, it's like the animation meme community people liked it than they find the community as cringe and the interest dies or people start carrying less the same thing over and over again

[@NimziOP]

@@mariettelafferty8774 thing is, stories can't die, everyone can relate to stories, i think just the biggest creators need to be replaced with newer unique ones, the biggest ones lost their relatability and became corporate-like. maybe someone, someday with unique art, storytelling and experiences will rise this community back from it's ashes and inspire others leading to another wave, it only takes one person, theodd1sout despite not being the first storytime animator, he made the first huge wave, closest analogy is similar to minecraft's waves somewhat, we've seen minecraft explode in mid 2010s, fall off, then explode again in 2020, just to fall off again from oversaturation.

[@ultimategameredits]

no it was still good from like 2014-early 2020 in my opinion and then it died 🥲

[@austincaldwell4258]

As a ginger im offended he took down the video with the ginger joke. I love ginger jokes we have no soul so it’s ok to make fun of us

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

South Park 😂

[@Chortle.]

Yeah fuckin leprechaun

[@niicespiice]

as a ginger i hate them because it's punching down but ok m8

[@Chortle.]

@@niicespiice as a non ginger he was joking

[@dscrib2492]

@niicespiice punching down??? it's a hair color 😭

[@lolhi8609]

I too realized the decline of that type of content, i miss it, but in a way, i grew out of it. Well that and you realize that the stories they tell only go so far till they run out. At first it was interesting because they had so much life that makes them unique, now they've exhausted the stories they can tell, they need more "life" to tell more stories. It became boring or mundane compared to the interesting stories they used to tell. I still love and respect them and their content, but in the end, it's life we grow up, and so do they and that's fine

[@フカセはかわいい]

I agree

[@toasturhztoastbunz896]

My main issue with storytime channels now is how stagnant and repetitive they've become. They never attempted to improve or evolve or add anything new, and thus they got boring. Not helped at all by the insane number of copycat channels they spawned, which just added to the repetition tbh.

[@rainbowwineguy19]

I just really miss tonyvtoons he was always my favorite and I always wanted to be like him he was a great dude

[@_qwerty_3545]

I’m surprised COPPA wasn’t mentioned at all. To my memory literally every animationtuber was quaking in their boots because it sounded like all animation would be forcibly moved to KZbin kids. Ig it didn’t have that much of an impact.

[@MunkehFan1997]

quacking? 🐎

[@_qwerty_3545]

@@MunkehFan1997 me when I cant spell quaking lolol

[@MunkehFan1997]

@@_qwerty_3545 honestly I wanted it to be quacking that would be great

[@rayganparksmitchell]

Let's boycott KZbin for implementing COPPA policies onto their platform.

[@electrofonickitty823]

I feel bad for Jadian and honestly i would rather meet her in person. Seeing her in person than seeing the video. Alex is not fair to Jadian.

[@blackqweenmars]

Jaiden?

[@electrofonickitty823]

@@blackqweenmars my bad my phone keeps using my friend's version of the name

[@Josh-er4pd]

Well it’s a pretty nice version of the name

[@JDubs1464]

The first Spechie clip, as a graduating senior myself is simply that nobody cares anymore, social statuses are gone, your cliques might still hang out in college. But it doesn't matter who you talk to anymore, especially in the final months, people become more friendly because there is nothing to lose. And while it's sad for some, for others it can be seen as an opportunity to find peace as they enter adulthood

[@Ryychii]

Agreed, senior year for me felt very relaxing and more peaceful. Everyone felt happier, I was making new friends with people I almost never talked to, just a nice vibe before we all moved on in life.

[@blackqweenmars]

I’m going into my senior year in two months and it’s honestly a breath of fresh air because even though I have to start preparing for college and adulthood, I can just chill and be myself and try out for whatever and be friends whoever because I’m leaving very soon and nothing really matters much anymore anyone I see I will leave in a few months

[@MikeToob]

The lore of storytime animation is actually insane. All this drama coming from a community of quirky, awkward, and... mostly wholesome artists.

[@shroomer8294]

Let's be real, at least 50% of it came from Daftpina and not the community itself.

[@Luckykougga]

Fr

[@TNobody0214]

As someone who was there and saw this all happened. Turkey Tom was no saint and instigated a ton of drama early on alongside DaftPina. Also best storytime animation chanel was missed. SeaRabbit is the best, no drama, good style with many unique, creative way to animate his vids, and he made amazing art to sell along said his stuff, which weirdly, i didnt see as many other animators do. (Not saying they cant draw, pretty sure tabbs even addressed that, just thay you didnt see cool more detailed merch like what SeaRabbit did)

[@kos2919]

It's sad that people forget TurkeyTom used to punch down a lot. He copied a lot of dramatubers of that time where he target vulnerable targets with easy to anger followers (children). He's pretty much Leafy 2.0 but keep his words guarded to avoid youtube ban. It's only now he start punching up and even defending several fallen youtubers. But people need to remind him of his dark past.

[@TNobody0214]

@@kos2919 he still makes dumb claims. Like darkviperau called him out for his ignorant vid defending someone who reuploaded one of darkvipers vids and darkviper DMCA him. My understanding is that Tom isn't really better just contrarian and finds that his audience want him to play for who isn't popular so he goes there.

[@gisellethejpeg9898]

I think the difference is that turkey tom KNOWS he’s an asshole while daftpina is on high horse all the time. I definitely do agree that he was in the wrong back then.

[@micjimster4845]

​@@kos2919 "remind him of his dark past" I mean, he was a teen when he made those. We all did dumb things in that age bubble....

[@kos2919]

@@micjimster4845 I watched his current content. It's still dumb.

[@Kypsus]

Maaz stopped uploading because he's a doctor, he took a year off to animate on KZbin. He's still creating animations but only in his VERY little freetime.

[@60311]

whaat???

[@itsamelisworld4747]

@@60311 he made a video about it at one point about the balance between pursuing his medical career and youtube career, and he's apparently focusing on the former atm

[@laraprisma6381]

Daft's video about Jaden is the reason I don't like him very much. I know he regrets what he did but I still don't like him very much.

[@MillyKKitty]

Daft also accidentally doxxed someone by releasing a catfisher's irl facebook account, was part of the writing progress for JustStop's video on Mark's relationship etc etc. Dude even rebranded because of all of the drama.

[@laraprisma6381]

@@MillyKKitty that's fucked up!

[@MaoRatto]

Daft I loathe for the doxxing and hope he gets kicked off sooner or later. His video on "the incel artist" was so cringe that it made me follow the artist UNIRONICALLY and dislike his content on most videos.

[@moltendoesstuff]

This was a really good video. I remember when I was much younger, probably in my late middle school years, I was so hyperfixated on the storytime animation genre as a whole, to the point where I frequently sketched myself as one of those animators and planned out some ridiculous channel names. It's really bizarre to see how much the environment has changed since then, and I think the way you put it really put it into perspective: "Eventually you just kinda run out of stories to tell". I'm now about to go into college, and while I still very much have a desire to become an animator, I think I've finally moved past the desire to make this branch of content.

[@bemiatto67]

Sr Pelo single handedly ended this genre

[@ZedF-vz9ph]

"oh ho WAW, that is RELATABLE"

[@mariettelafferty8774]

No sr pelo didn't end the garnier, pelo made the video because there were everywhere and he thought it would be funny to make a video about that plus he also made fun of the detractors of the storytime animation community in said video

[@obliviongigan6360]

Storytime animations are temporary but Sr Pelo animations are eternal.

[@C-Farsene_5]

He didn’t end it, he mocked its decline

[@KittyLitterYT]

I'm surprised you didn't talk more about the ultimate fate of the genre: content farms shittily animating sensationalised fake clickbait stories (I remember them being inescapable if you searched "storytime animation" around the end of the STA era) Then again, that would require watching those videos, so I understand

[@Ryychii]

I did briefly mention them during the outro, but 1. The video was already too long, and 2. Theres some other videos that go into more detail about it. (And yes, what a pain that would be to sit through them lol)

[@lunarbat6009]

​@@Ryychii I would love a whole video covering the fake animated story's

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

The animation for those were so trashy 😂

[@sudokuacrobatics]

They were mostly derivative of Story Booth type stories, not the youtuber based personal life stories, but that's another damn good topic to discuss.

[@KKpompom]

My story animated (MSA) used to be like that until they changed everything! Dude I remember their vids from like 2018 and I would get in arguments with people over the clickbait

[@swiftlyaswiftie]

As a person who's had a bad relationship with food and an eating disorder due to OCD, Alex's and Daft's treatment of Jaiden is just disgusting. Her video had helped me give a wake-up call to what I was doing and how wrong it was.

[@agutierrez7106]

There’s something disturbing about actually seeing the OC and animation from Emirichu's stalker, I did not see that coming

[@neutralwarlord]

SAY WHAT?!?!

[@Nahobinoah]

They all simply ran out of life to talk about

[@grav3yardshawty]

daftpinas criticisms for jaiden’s face reveal is insane, that is a level of delusion i never want to experience 😭

[@DatDrawingKid011]

41:01 bro she’s not even smiling she genuinely wants this guy to leave her alone.

[@ajstudios9210]

Thank you for shouting out the legends themselves, Swoozie and Domics! They were my favorite story time animators back then and their content was both inspiring and addicting. A lot of people don't know they started this genre.

[@sakiamira]

Thank you for the tribute to the end. I almost thought you didnt wanna add that because of KZbin censorship but I am so happy you remembered TurtleAmigo as someone who struggled with severe depression, I am touched by this. Speaking of depression, one of Spechie's videos that did angered many was her Depression video which basically had her give a lot of misinformation about depression and if memory serves, I believe she diagnosed herself with depression but Im glad to know that shes gotten a proper diagnosis and is doing better. This video has gotten me to remember the time where I wanted to do the same things the STAs did but life got in the way and veered me to another direction which Im much happier in. I learned a lot of stuf I didnt know such as the other smaller and lesser known people in the Kindegarden. I hope they are doing well despite their absence. Thank you for making this video. It helped me remember how I loved the STA genre and you even informed people that it wasnt Jaiden or James who started this genre but Swoozei and Domics! Speaking of James...he just released a funko pop of himself. I felt strange seeing it seeing how much he's changed since I first found him thanks to his older deleted videos. And let me give my two cents about James deleting some older videos: Since James is already a much more public figure, he needs to keep his image clean so that he and his team can keep evergreen opportunities such as sponsorships and project collaborations from being a regular thing rather than have these entities see James as a controversial figure that's a risk to invest in. I'm saying this since I am acquainted with those who want to attract bigger brands to help sponsor a creative collective and the higher members say that staying family friendly and clean will increase the chances of great collaborations to appear for the group.

[@Timidogbumplurker]

Ooh so you didn’t bring up what turkey tom did to speachie basically lie about her making fun of her weight and then when he god blocked he started the stupid storytime animator drama to get to her.. but he made a bear minimum apology and since his friends are in the cc he got away with it. It still annoys me

[@AliciaInNevada]

Not only that, he tends to put victims in danger by making videos involving them without their consent.

[@Timidogbumplurker]

@@AliciaInNevada ill take your word for that one

[@YodaOnABender]

Turkey Tom is basically Daft Pina if he was also a Reddit armchair detective

[@Timidogbumplurker]

@@YodaOnABender and the bigger commentators actually like him

[@gisellethejpeg9898]

@@AliciaInNevadawell duh? almost all videos made about people telling their problematic past are without consent lolol you’re prolly one of those “you shouldn’t give unwanted criticism!!” people

[@Quartzer.]

I remember being a fan of the genre especially TheOdd1sOut, Chipflake, ToastedNoodle and Rebecca Parham I think I stopped watching most of them around mid 2018 and pretty much all of them by like 2020. Nowadays I might watch one once in a while, but I dont actively keep up with any of them

[@Awesomemay]

This was a rollercoaster of emotions and you told the lore super interestingly loved the vid. I definitely have a lot of nostalgia for this era and even though there was some unnecessary chaos/drama it was still at lots of times just a small creative community and i met some of the coolest people i still talk to and think about

[@randomplushproductions]

finally someone is talking about the deleted Odd1sout videos, some of my favorites were deleted like the 12 Days and Peeing videos

[@aquelgamermexicano]

In the case of Maaz, from what i understand, he simply stops with animations out of prioritizing his medical career, but he hasn't cancelled his YT career or anything for that matter, he's just focusing on other things which is fine.

[@Ryychii]

Ah, that makes sense. Good luck to him.

[@kolonarulez5222]

It was all over when Storytime Animation became too old to order off the kids menu

[@lylelylecrocodile2538]

Nice chazington reference

[@gachamarko4714]

It's kinda weird that "storytime animators" are oversaturated while we have so many reaction channels and dogshit pranksters

[@thataintfalco7106]

Well he’s not saying those genres aren’t also over saturated lol

[@JesseJokes]

story time animation needs to make a serious comeback

[@MunkehFan1997]

ye lül

[@blackqweenmars]

Alex Clark was literally one of the only animation KZbinrs who wasn’t unblocked on my school Chromebook so I used to watch him at night when my phone got taken away and now I don’t know how I feel about him

[@trevorswims5754]

I wouldn't say there was a "downfall" of the genre. I think it's just one of those types of youtube videos that aren't watched or talked about as much as they used to be. Sure, some storytime animation youtubers are still kicking to this day with great success, it's just that the genre isn't as popular as it was in the past.

[@milk__teee]

The thing about story time videos is that a lot of people run out of story times. Not everyone can have a constantly interesting life. These channels stop uploading story times since the way have nothing left to tell. That’s what I noticed with Jaiden, she transitioned to gaming content and hasn’t uploaded any story time videos in years. Which makes sense, she’s told all the stories she’s comfortable with and she’s now an extremely rich person, she doesn’t actually even have to do anything interesting in her life anymore. She could just play games, hang out with her close friends and that’s it. That’s why so many channels are so volatile, a lot of peoples lives are boring, a couple of crazy things might happen to you, and some interesting other things might happen too, but most people live “boring” lives, they aren’t always finding a date, or doing something fun.

[@dingola_]

Alsi Jaden more recent animations are more about recent experiences and discoveries then anything related to her "cotidian" persay like they used to be.

[@jacolers]

i think i remember a guy named sweetotoons being once a storytime animator or so now hes in some suspicious company or so ive heard

[@chanabanannaanimations6884]

Wait what? I love sweeto

[@Terrencetheterrible]

Sweeto used to be a somewhat successful youtuber before he met wolfychu, and she manipulated him into her cash cow for a bit until he is barely showed up in her videos any more.

[@chanabanannaanimations6884]

@@Terrencetheterrible evidence?

[@Terrencetheterrible]

@@chanabanannaanimations6884 i watched wolfychu's channel since the teacher video in like 2017

[@chanabanannaanimations6884]

@@Terrencetheterrible I have watched almost all her videos what cash cow are you talking about?

[@marinonightingale]

If I remember correctly, TheAMaazing stopped making content due to his struggle with depression and a loss of motivation for it. I'm not completely sure if that's what made him stop completely or if it was just what made him take a break a few years back.

[@BlueyHeelerHere543]

He actually did a community post and a tweet on Twitter recently as of today! He might be coming back and tell us the actual reason of why he was gone for so long.

[@marinonightingale]

@@BlueyHeelerHere543 I'm happy to hear that! I hope he's been well recently

[@matthewstudios9805]

alex clark was the reason i started watching storytime animators in the first place, the fact he did all that and barely apologized for it is so disappointing to hear

[@riton349]

Great video. I was rly a fan of storytime animation as an adolescent. I think it was due to wanting to hear about other people's life and story back then. When the pandemic hit, it felt like storytime animation suddenly stopped & some just venture out. I believe that vtubing could have their influence, cuz at that time they blew up; even some Story Animators went to Vtubing. Also wait wat, Fox Goodman & Matt Spicer are still uploading even to this day? This is nuts. 😂

[@skootergirl22]

Wait, swoozi is a late Gen Xer? Not a millennial or Z,

[@MunkehFan1997]

I hate icecream. Do you hate icecream?

[@TrishsCreations]

I grew up watching story time channels it was a long goal of mine to become one myself 5 years later I’ve now actually started working on it, long after it’s prime, this kinda makes me scared all my work will just flop, but I’m still going to go for it

[@Ryychii]

There's still many storytime animators that are successful today. Do your best!!

[@postal2forthe3ds]

introducing daftpina as "the infamous critic" as if hes a supervillain is so funny because knowing what we know about him know he basically is haha edit because it wasnt really explained too indepth in the video: few months ago daftpina got into some controversy for making just stop push out an intentionally manipulative, misinformed, invasive, and overall harmful video about LS mark and his girlfriend. this controversy was what exposed daft for being extremely manipulative, and i think thats the real reason he rebranded

[@Ryychii]

I agree, I didn't wanna get too into it because there's many videos which discuss the topic you mentioned in more detail. This video would be over an hour if I talked about literally every controversy DaftPina has gotten himself into.

[@PAT.OS96]

Arin Hanson being lost, not understanding what's going on and basically just being old is basically a very Arin thing to do. He is funny but his attention span was never there lads lets be honest

[@scizorbullet8185]

He's not very funny anymore he's been doing the idiot oblivious shjt fir over a decade now it's just annoying

[@mistertagomago7974]

Watching this vid I assumed this would be a bigger channel. But yeah the Pelo vid was awesome and the dude is a total class act. I felt bad for Arin though since storytime animators were something of a punching bag so I get where he was coming from.

[@noomloom535]

Though i get that, it does need to be said that alot of his ex new ground buddies came out to call him out that alot of what he said was bs and everyone and tom(creator of newgrounds) actually gaved a shit about him till he decided to throw them under the bus

[@mistertagomago7974]

@@noomloom535 Thing is none of know what happened behind the scenes. Arin wasnt like specific about anything and its not like that was his first time saying that stuff. So its possible both parties are telling the truth from their point of view. I also dont remember Tom getting involved. I just know even before this hes talked about his bad experiences during Newgrounds. Im an Oney fan tbc I just think people are too quick to shit on Arin.

[@AriSunmers]

Thank you for mentioning my friend “Yennie Fer” at 44:20 we used to be apart of a fond group of under 1K subscribers of KZbinrs called “the overly animatics” back in 2017 era! (I’m the one holding the head in the blue shirt in the middle) I went by “Adamashuns” but now I go my “Adamient” and have stopped doing KZbin and now I’m a professional storyboard artist for video games and tv shows!

[@Ryychii]

Woah, it's really cool that you found this video. Good luck to you and your friends with your future endeavors!

[@AriSunmers]

@@Ryychii haha it came out on my feed and really loved the way you diagnosed the era I lived in and worked so hard on! I really appreciate you highlighting all of us in such a good way thank you! I hope to keep seeing more amazing videos by you!

[@DecoyAnimates]

Ryychii: He had a certain down to earth feel and tone Also james: *"MICRO ORGAS-"*

[@afont13]

I feel like Turkey Tom was given more grace than deserved for his content during this period of KZbin

[@BrodyAnimates]

damn.. those were some good name ideas... nah fr tho this was a great vid. it really did encapsulate the insane phenomenon at the time

[@Ryychii]

haha, thanks brody wasn't supposed to be a dig at you personally, just thought of something random oops

[@BrodyAnimates]

@@Ryychii LMAO dawg i am the connoisseur of unoriginal usernames dw

[@WholesomeSkullMan-tl6xx]

That comment about Brewstew immediately had me liking and subscribing but the whole video looks to have a whole bunch of research into it, and I agree with your assessment on things. I won’t forget how close to my heart I’ll hold the memories I have of watching some of these people’s content, but Brewstew is sticking around while none of the others are in my personal taste.

[@Christin919]

1:51 1990S?? THATS CRAZY CAUSE I THOUGHT THEY TOOK PLACE IN THE EARLY 2010S OR LATE 2000S

[@kaythetoon]

Nah they're 100% in the late 2000s-early 2010s. He was born in 1988 not 1980. Until a few years ago, his birth year has always been listed as 1988. Idk what happened or who changed the info 🤷‍♂️

[@Graves_Assembly]

BBROO SPECHIE, I remember her! I watched her videos a lot when I was younger. Had absolutely no idea she had bpd. You've no idea how happy you made me by showing off her getting help and improving her life. She very easily could've ended like so many other cases of people going down the drain, and just knowing she didn't is a nice change of pace from the news I get from others I've watched nowadays. Good video bro!

[@coocumbah]

I love how this genre of video rose and fell so hard meanwhile Brewstew was making videos of the same format for literally the entire time and has been completely unaffected by all of this

[@F0rev3r.B0red]

He's my only storytime animator that stuck with me more than all of them

[@soccerdog3436]

@@F0rev3r.B0red And still does, because Tyler still feels like an actual human being and not some corporate KZbin celebrity catering to the relatbility of the youth or former trending page. He does what he wants, when he wants. Doesn't care who hates it or not. Which is little to no body actually hating on him.

[@one-up7498]

Woah! I watched this video all the way to the end and I was shocked when you talked about hitting 1K subs. You definitely have quality content, and if you keep it up I’m sure you’ll get the recognition you deserve.

[@coppersundew]

Great video:] I do think that there may be a sort of renaissance soon with story time animation-seeing KZbinrs like Ninye succeed and grow their audience through short form content in the past year or so has been cool to watch. I think that’s probably the best strategy for anyone who wants to break into the genre at this point.

[@ak8orious96]

Great video. Back when I was in middle school and we were in the Golden Age of story time animation. I used to be obsessed with these channels and had always wanted to be like them. Even learned some animation to try and do story time. But the community did quickly die for reasons I didn’t understand at the time. This provided some insight and closure and was an amazing retrospective overall.

[@cerberus_des]

Yo dude,this video is absolutely crazy good for someone with those few views usually,It’s so cool to see that even if this platform can ignore someone,a truly passionate individual making good content with all of this care in it is able to still attract people,hope things will go well for you dude,and for this passion to never stop (Btw I loved the amount of research you did,for a small creator you really deserve some credit for your willingness to go in depth into certain topics )

[@Ryychii]

Thank you for the comment, Im very passionate about media creation in general, and I'm glad people enjoy what I create as much as I do!

[@cerberus_des]

@@Ryychii Ehehe,You sure show it Man,keep going

[@ivanlol7153]

I feel like you could've mentioned the modern day stickman tubers as they're somewhat similar.

[@bagongler]

Yeah but those guys are talentless hacks

[@Luckykougga]

@@bagonglerthey aint thay bad

[@Youhaventwon]

​@@Luckykougga Types of kids in highschool x100000

[@lylelylecrocodile2538]

@@Luckykougga surely the one thousandth childhood crushes video with the same art style won't be that repetitive

[@-negative-3889]

This is a hidden gem of a channel. You just earned a sub.

[@dayzlove4994]

6:34 I WAS A BED WETTER UNTIL I WAS 8 *show eight fingers on one hand* YEARS OLD

[@something1600]

While the Oddonesout's story time animation is basically dead, he does still do some good shorts.

[@sakiamira]

A lot of his newer stuff is courtesy of his animation team. James is more or less the voice and brand of the shorts. I believe he does write the skits but overall, he has a team.

[@YennieFer]

44:20 Oh, hey. It’s me. Thank you for the credit. :’D I stopped doing storytime because it was too time consuming. I want to write books instead! I have 3 self-pub now! 🙌🏻

[@Ryychii]

that's really cool to hear

[@babymaaaan]

i’m missed the chance to mention the current troupe of drug-story time animators currently on youtube with all of their icons having red eyes, i presume the counterculture brings them more notoriety

[@thesausageman5388]

There are still some really good ones. I recommend Moopiverse, who made an amazing 10 minute video about her time working in a pet shop recently.

[@slacky4787]

This is the kind of video I’d expect from someone with 100K+ subs and 2M views, really good stuff! Watching the stalker make his own story time was the epitome of the 😬 emoji

[@PoorDesign]

there's only so many times i can watch an animated story about school or relationships or work

[@WackoBandicoot]

37:49 bro went from being a bootleg the Odd1sout to a melting ice cream cone, to straight up James himself, to a bald version of Laddi

[@Ledinosour673]

As a person born in (REDACTED), i GREW with storytime animation, something else, jaiden, odd1sout especially, kinda sad how he's deleting his older videos and becoming more corporate, but still, dude must be living RN, so congrats to him Nowadays im more of a gingerpale enjoyer, my autistic *ss loves it when education is mixed with comedy Gosh i'm starting to see the (REDACTED)'s the same way millenials see the 90's, simpler times

[@shadychandelure2602]

Hey dude don't mention how old you are on the internet

[@Ledinosour673]

@@shadychandelure2602 ok *edits the comment*

[@scarecloud2741]

@@Ledinosour673 Same goes for you

[@ArjunTheRageGuy]

Where is this place named "(REDACTED)"?

[@MasterDelta]

I stopped watching James a while ago and it was for two main reasons. The first being is inconsistent upload schedule (which this one is understandable considering the production value is much higher than his past videos) and second being he just kind of feels corporate safe now. Back then even though James still had a script it still felt like he wasn't talking from pre-written lines but from his own mind. Now it feels like the stuff he talks about too the jokes that he makes all feel deliberately placed and pre-established and it just comes off as inauthentic for me personally. Don't get me wrong though I'm not trying to say that I hate him or I despise him... more so I'm just saying it feels like he cares more about being appealing than authentic

[@dabatman5187]

It’s not really on a decline, and a lot of the big ones still get millions of views. There’s clearly an audience

[@dabatman5187]

Still pretty neat video tbh

[@littlemoth4956]

Everyone and their grandma can get a million views on youtube, now.

[@dabatman5187]

@@littlemoth4956 do you have a million views?

[@sophiadebar382]

I don’t think he meant views, I think he meant quality of the videos for the most part and the content farms that come with them

[@kos2919]

Tell that to smaller storytime youtubers.

[@eduardodavidsuarezluna4337]

the nutty noon music takes me back. tysm for putting it in the video i loved it btw ❤

[@neutralwarlord]

I hate what's in 38:55 to 42:05, I just can't man, I don't wanna do this anymore, at this point this is just PTSD, that changes my whole perspective of everything 🇪🇸

[@ItsNova816]

Odd1sOut really just sold out in my opinion. The channel went from a dude drawing cartoon characters and talking about retail jobs to a squeaky-clean corporate brand that sells crap at Walmart now.

[@ChusmaChusme]

29:04 Oh my God. Thank you! I remember watching 1 video and absolutely hated how he talked. Then I saw a bunch of other KZbinrs praise him and I'm like STFU he can't even speak normally.

[@PhoenixAura81]

I started watching storytime animators like JaidenAnimations and TheOdd1sOut in the summer of 2019, and honestly, they helped inspire me to pursue a goal of owning an animation studio and making videos like them. I'm still an inexperienced artist and animator, but I am working on a channel introduction and will post storytime animations in the future. Even if the storytime animation genre is past its prime, those videos look fun to make, so I will just make them as a fun little thing to do. If they get successful, that'll be awesome. If they don't, that's ok. I also plan on making lots of different types of videos on my channel, both animated and non-animated, because I have a lot of interests and it might ensure longevity. I like that you put YoonToons as an example of a popular storytime animator in this day and age. I really like her videos.

[@malegria9641]

The thing is, I’ve seen a bunch of new story time animation channels with genuine content come out of the woodwork and fill the niche, and even though I never really enjoyed story time animation I do love their videos. My favorite is Reesearoo, I think I was one of her first 10 or 20 subs

[@QuestionMARK618]

It's not surprising that we don't get to see STAs being as big as they were once, almost nostalgic to how often they would be seen on the platform. Many kids during the golden era of STAs, such as myself, made KZbin channels in the first place so that we could meet the popularity and success of OddOnesOut and JaidenAnimation. It was fun trying to do so and a slight feeling of cringe when looking back, but they surely were the days.

[@boopbloop8725]

That one stalker drawing Emirichu with Daidus in that sketch is hilarious given their current relationship lmao

[@captainroyalty904]

I always wanted to be a storytime animator, to draw characters, write scripts, make humor, share my stories and opinions. But as I grow older and started to see the more negative and sensitive stuff on social media, especially with this genre now, and how many new storytime animators aren't getting the same kind of attention as the animators of old. Despite these problems with the community and storytime animators these days, I still wanna try making such videos for the fun and entertainment just like the good old days. What do you guys think? (Sorry for the long comment)

[@baronvonjo1929]

I really loved this segment during its years. I kinda forgot about a lot of em. Like Spechie. Was surprised to hear all you said about her. Never registered it. Anyway I use to watch so many of em. Loved em a lot.

[@katiaazizi]

I really enjoyed this video. RIP Steven.

[@Orokothe]

I had no idea about turtleamigo :( I didn't watch many storytime animators but i vividly recall him specifically.

[@Elimations]

This is really really solid, it’s wild to see such a thorough retrospective on the community. Great work!!

[@Omnywrench]

"Jaiden was trying to manipulate me to feel sad!!!" Yeah no fucking shit, skippy. It's a sad story about a sad topic, being told in a sad way. Obviously it's intended to make the viewer feel sad! Trying to invoke certain emotions in the audience isn't being "manipulative", it's just a common trope of storytelling. What, are you gonna complain that a restaurant "manipulated" you into liking their food because they use a lot of butter?

[@Andyblarg]

I plan on making a parody of story time animators for April Fools next year since I made a Game Theory parody last year.

[@Xthebest_YT]

I love brewstew because he never improves his videos in anyway, but he’s really funny and that’s what keeps me coming back

[@SirFancyPotato]

This video is so underrated good job

[@TaliyahP]

This video made me realize how many of the still active KZbinrs mentioned I somehow got unsubscribed to.

[@aynichuya]

Oh!!! You have no idea how many days in a row I have looked this up hoping someone would do an overview of all the animators~~ I already watched all the other one's lol Great work~

[@SethClifford]

Dude I can't believe when I went to go check your subscribers it was only 2.5k. You are so underrated for the quality you make your videos keep this up 👍👍

[@RushLightInvader]

Hey . this is pretty good :P

[@Ryychii]

Thanks, Rush!

[@jneal1347]

True. I just started getting back into Storytime animation channels again watching youtubers like Fred Lammie and HardToonz for 2nd languages I'm learning.

[@bakawaki]

I miss storytime animations, sucks the content mills are flooding the genre. Very well researched video, RIP steven

[@sash-a_drawing]

brooooi loved domics, but when i was watching him he had like 12-20 vids idk i mostly forgot, wrong guy (i was thinking of young young tales originally)i went to fact check myself i was watching stuff from today currently, 2024- july 17, stuff that was about 7 to 5 years ago

[@ethansprague2005]

Yo I remember watching swoozie and domics way back lol. What a throwback

[@BlueAmpharos]

47:49 It's hard to read most of this, even with pausing the first couple have to be frame perfect or else much of the text is blocked by the person in front

[@EmpireToday2800]

7:31 i forgot how wild this video is