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I finally sat down to watch it.
The first 13 minutes is painful to watch. The animation isn't even the problem, the directing is genuinely baffling. I cannot believe someone who has made great videos for over a decade could shit out some of the most confusing cuts I've ever seen. Nothing flows. I can understand how the story is progressing, but I have to pay extra attention to keep on the story thread. It feels like it has been re-written multiple times, then had stuff hastily cut out or added back in with a general idea of what to do, but no cohesion. I haven't followed the development of this, was it on Kickstarter and he promised it to be 30 minutes long, or something? Some of the text on the screen is either miss timed, or intentionally flashes? A bit jarring either way. I nearly didn't make it to the 2nd half because first half is so shitty.
If I were going to pitch this anywhere, I would remove the first 13 minutes, because the latter half is genuinely good. Stakes are established, scenes flow into each other mostly naturally, some great jokes, and it shows off the unique art style in a positive light, instead of making a horrible first impression with the current intro.
The animation isn't perfect, some weird transitions here and there, Loki not opening his mouth when he talks is a bit awkward, but overall, it's pretty good. To my surprise, I even got chills during the fight. The fight scene was excellent, and while the music ain't to my taste, I thought it was utilized well here. Re-dub the two friend characters (red / purple brother and sister), fix up a few things, and he might have something great here.
I can only assume he got significantly better at animating as time went on, or he didn't animate the final section?
I like the designs of most of the girls, I want to have SEX with them.