Why Alien Stage is SO GOOD

It's the craze sweeping the terminally online nation, let's take a look at the new kid on the block and see if we can figure out the deeper lore as well as why it's done so well, and who some of its influences might be.
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Intro 00:00
The plot 00:30
Why it works 02:02
Why now? 03:08
How it GETS you 04:20
Outro 07:15
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Music: (in order)
"Equatorial Complex " Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Stay the Course" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Promises to Keep" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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“We Shop Theme” Lud and Schlatt’s Musical Emporium
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[@1grapesoda]

as someone who was a fan of vivinos since cherry b club, its so nice to see her content explode and get the attention it deserves, her art and stories and music all together make the perfect package. great video, i hope it introduces even more fans into vivinos’s stuff!

[@karasu5016]

2:38 want to mention that Alien Stage is most likely as inspired by korean "survival shows" such as Produce 101, Girls Planet 999, and iLand. These kpop survival shows essential have kpop trainees compete to debut in a girl group or boy group. These shows are particularly cut throat and place extreme stress on the trainees (especially since it's filmed and uploaded online. Alien Stage is a representation of these shows but to the extreme.

[@missfimbleton]

you are preaching to the choir! I've watched and love all these shows and I can totally see the connection. I guess I just talk about those shows a lot already on my channel so I didn't want to harp on about them again in this video 😅

[@e.9874]

i've always taken alien stage's message to be a commentary on cut-throat idol culture and the entitlement fans feel towards idols. especially since vivinos actually made idol animations at the start of the channel! beyond that though i do think its a commentary on humanity and on love- especially the way each character sees their love as an object of worship.... you know, an idol.

[@whydoistillexist5033]

I have been a fan of Vivinos since they made sad creepy lesbian videos. That one video where the short ginger girl loses her girlfriend to suicide is still one of my favorites. And also the one with the betrayal of the blue haired glasses girl. But the one with the girl in the wheelchair and the long necked ghost girl was also SO good.

[@pinkribbun]

legit alien stage came out of no where for me. i remember seeing ivan till ship art on my twitter and I was like 'who tf are these characters I keep seeing??' it wasn't until I saw a video on twitter (round 6) that I fell down the rabbit hole and immediately watched every video, threw round 6 at like 3 of my friends, and proceeded to make a till rp account with my friend rping ivan for ship fluff in the matter of a week. i needed to cope. LOL it's only been a week at the time of writing this and I've listened to each song more than once every day. Obsessed is an understatement.

[@RyuLupraconix]

THIS HAPPENED TO ME TOO OMG!!!!

[@mmem4264]

Two days ago, I was actually on a manga reading site and comments kept mentioning how much the main characters in a yaoi story looked like IvanxTill (they really don't though lol), curious I googled, ended on an Alien Stage Wiki for IvanTill that had a video of them kissing so I clicked it, and it was actually Round 6, now I'm obsessed with this show lol.

[@mochumorii]

i followed vivno since a bit before the release of "my september". im so happy Vivinos is FINALLY getting the recognition they deserve.

[@rose-kw5kh]

this just convinced me to watch alien stage for the 2000th time ❤️ okay but more seriously, that was a really good video! hopefully it reaches a lot of viewers :))

[@Harleymotor]

I’ve followed Vivinos for YEARS prior to Alien Stage Especially for her horror shorts & I’m SO PROUD that her ideas are being popularized! I noticed after round 6 it started blowing up and I was part of it; the round was so heartbreaking that even I shared the show to my friends who never heard of it

[@pumpkin2404]

followed VIVONOS since the first ep of ALST and i'm really happy that Alien Stage finally gets the attention it deserves, very proud of VIVINOS

[@SkookieCat_Arts]

Same

[@Eishi_poulpy]

as someone folowing vivinos' work since years, im really glad/"proud?" to see alien stage blowing up. I encourage everyone to just go and watch this amazing serie, and watch vivinos' other work and art as well, cuz she just never disappoint. (the only thing disappointing me so far is IVANS FCKING DEATH AAAAAAAA- and no more pbc content. please vyt come back jfsdhfks) great video!

[@I.H.E]

This series made me feel deep emotions I haven't felt for years.

[@YuaH34rt]

When ALNST round 1 was posted, It was all over my youtube algorithm ( probably because i've seen some other works from vivinos ) and always wondered what it was all about since the videos werent long. When I finally watched it, I was bombarded with a video that genuinely made me so feel so sad, excited and in total awe because of the story, what the upcoming rounds will be like and also because of the amazing production with the music and animation. Despite alll the content being added up wouldnt even reach 30 minutes, the series is already good that I cant quite imagine it being anything more like an anime or a manhwa ( I guess I find a small pleasure in being updated on their community posts for small snippets/behind the scenes? ) Vivinos, Qmeng, the singers/VAs and the team all outdid themselves on this short story and I love that.

[@buchllerp]

thank you so much for this video!!!! i've seen many, but loved the way you explained it.

[@incognitospaghet1452]

Happy to have been the few people that new of vivinos when pink b club was just starting up

[@Kyurengo]

What a lovely review. I knew of Alien Stage since All-in (thanks to a FB page) but it truly blew up since round 6 (understandable, is a heartbreaking wonderful artwork) My feed also is full of IvanTill (not that I complain)

[@wolfferoni]

Interesting, thanks for the video. I first saw alien stage when I was on Twitter looking at an artist's work who used to post Hades fanart. Their profile has been overcome with alien stage fan art. Was curious but didn't think much of it, thought it was maybe a vtuber thing or a mobile game thing. Ended up on the vivinos youtube channel and was confused but also intrigued. Maybe it was like a vocaloid thing? Then I searched "what is alien stage" on youtube lol, hoping to find some explainer video and this was perfect. Going to watch all the videos now

[@ererer3r]

why da fuk does vivinos suddenly blew up bcs of bl lmfao 💀💀

[@halcyon.x]

as much as i don’t want mlm fetishizers to join the fandom, instead of thinking round 6 is popular bc of the kiss why not consider it’s popular because of all the marketing vivinos and qmeng did? they purposely wrote the story in a way that round 6 would be the most anticipated round, kiss or not. if BL really was the reason then wouldn’t round 3 be more popular then? qmeng makes BL stuff in her free time so maybe she just wanted to add some mlm representation this time around. sapphic content still makes up the majority of vivinos’ content and round 6 isn’t going to change that. if people are truly fans of vivinos then they’ll engage with her other content as well. sorry for the ramble i just wanted to say this

[@ererer3r]

@@halcyon.x its ok, i just find it kinda funny that its suddenly all around twitter

[@moonchild2307]

No maybe some stupid bl fans would go crazy just BCS of the kiss but as a bl fan who has not left a single bl anime unseen, I was so amazed by the animation, music, characters and the whole feeling to it. The bl story just made me scream. But definitely not the show stealer. That episode has a lot to say. The song is literally the best. I can listen to it all day and cry💔😭🦋💗

[@TheDramaNerd357]

FR

[@HEARTBRXKENIV]

mrbeast chris secret account!!??!11

[@semekiizuio]

Shame, thought it was a Mawha or whatever. I dont like short stories like this that can be finished in a single volume or book. The animations arent really animations more like still art which again could have been a great manwha. I will say the singing is really good. I can understand why its popular. It reminds me of Mekakucity Actors, they could have legit taken this route instead, since the cast all have their songs and stories behind them from Kagerou Project. Maybe it will get a real animation some day.

[@halcyon.x]

nothing wrong with not liking alien stage but don’t discredit all the work that qmeng and vivinos and the LICO team have done just bc you don’t think it works as a short story. the animation has improved a lot since the first round, it’s not just static art. it IS a real animation. it’s licensed under a studio. it has merch. it’s their job. it’s literally listed on MAL as an anime. if you want a full length anime or manhwa then go watch something else

[@semekiizuio]

@@halcyon.x thats literally what im doing do thanks

[@yunqb1519]

and how do you recon it would've worked as a manhwa if the main focus is music?

[@semekiizuio]

@@yunqb1519 hm do you not know what the Kagerou project is? 🤔 Also other good example is Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life or K-On or Bocchi The Rock!, written drawn stories about music. Music can tell its own story but you can absolutely embellish it with more context. The Music here in this in Stage is emotions and stories told between characters the actual story is about aliens and humans in captivity. Anyways I cant tell if you were serious and curious or you took it as offensive like the other person, regardless mayhaps in the future more different type of media may come of it to enjoy through other people preference. 🤷‍♀️

[@yunqb1519]

@@semekiizuio no I was genuinely curious because I have been following alien stage for a long time and I would love having a media like manhwa or anime too but couldn’t really think of how a manhwa would’ve worked. on the other hand I also appreciate this format too because it’s easy for people to get into and watch everything in one sitting however it needs lots of side content and comics to give nuance to speicific scenes. either way I appreciate vivinos and qmeng’s hard work as the sole key animators who started this as a duo as well