The War On Straight Sexuality - PLANETRONIKA And Butterfly
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You know I enjoyed that pilot, I'm sure it was a titanic effort to animate, and I'm definitely going to have the guy's back if the woke hordes come for him, but I have to say the technical structure of the episode needs some work. Stuff just kind of happens, and I have no idea who these characters are. Some of that can probably be explained by this being a pilot episode, but still.
The guy has a LOT of potential, and I love his animation style, but he needs a writer.
I'd agree. I ended up watching the actual pilot animation after seeing this video and came to the same conclusion. It's got promise, but there is barely a central theme much less a story to it. You're right, he needs an actual writer that can come up with more interesting things to make these characters go through. Though I wonder how much of my opinion is due to my age. The earl 00s Kim Possible era of western animation was already after my time, which is what this is trying to recapture from the looks of it, so I have no idea how I would react to this episode if I were 13.
Well, I was prime age for the early 00s anime/western fusion style of animation, and I remember the writing being actually quite good. Probably VERY good when compared to the tripe we get today. I enjoyed things like Kim Possible and Totally Spies even though I was definitely not the target audience for either, and Avatar the Last Airbender was so good I have rewatched it as an adult.
When the Calarts beanmouth style started to take over in the 2010s, I completely lost interest in western animation, moved to anime and never looked back. I don't think that was just a result of me getting older, I think the quality materially decreased over time.
I'd love to see a King City or Vinnie Veritas (or other 2000s webby comic) story get made in this style.
It kind of felt like a throwback to Flash cartoons from the early 2000s more than broadcast cartoons from that era, so I'm willing to let it slide.