Grapes [PMD:DMND animation]
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Published 2023-11-02
Welcome to Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Diminuendo!
Working on it with part of my community!
*BIT OF FLASHING LIGHTS AROUND 2:15
*SPOILER WARNING: If you haven't played PMD: Gates to Infinity or Super, you won't get some of the symbolism lol
“Grapes” by James Marriott.
• James Marriott - Grapes (Official Mus...
Had to cut it in a weird way for it to be the way I wanted lmao so I highly encourage to listen to the original song!
When the main characters are saving the world what are the background characters supposed to do?
At first it started like an extension of the Burned Soil romhack, but I added that much shit and changed that many things that it has become its own thing now.
Team Shooting Star is a low profile team who witnessed the beginning of the war first hand, and as they saw the world crumble down, so did their relationship. Firefly (shinx) became obsessed with fighting in the war, making sure the Grass continent wins, and when she learned that her partner, Oran (charmander), didn't feel the same, she found no other option than leaving him behind, crossing the sea without him.
It's been a few months now, and Firefly seems to be wandering with no direction.
But suddenly she crosses paths with a charizard from the Air continent, a rival team! Charizard attacks and charges against her, and she tries to fight back, but she can't. That charizard reminds her of someone.
I speedran the SHIT out of this one. almost didn't even sleep at night...I could say I've learned my lesson and bit more than I could chew, but I finished exactly the day I thought I would finish. the only thing I wanted was posting it on my birthday. And I did it. So it will happen again.
Loving the name my videos get because of the title of the songs. Just a...thing. "boggle" "grapes"
All Comments (21)
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How did I not know about this??? This is amazing!
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Fun fact! remember when I said the original boggle timelapse brushed 30 minutes long? this one lasts three times more.
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2:27 That. Hang. The Charmander, hesitating for a second, before taking a chance with a second team. That level of pain is hard to capture. I love it.
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It took me like ten watch-throughs before I noticed how Firefly's lineart changes to become sketchy when they become obsessed with fighting (and the other fighting Pokemon's are sketchy as well), but Oran's stayed smooth (along with the turtwig and piplup's), and now I am even more amazed by this. And then Firefly's lines being smooth again at the end-
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I love how their personalities kind of reflect in their lines! The charmanders are more clean where the lion Pokémon (forgot the name! Haha!) are more scratchy!
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You animated a whole song, extremely proud of you! The art and animation is awesome. Never played PMD but I could easily understand the plot.
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I can’t express how incredible this is. The art, the emotion, everything. The crazy part is, this is only the beginning. We are getting a front row seat to what is going to be one of the most popular animation channels on this damn platform.
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I know this song is mostly about Gates and Super but the bit at 2:00 where the Shinx has a flashback to the Charmander while fighting the Charizard reminds me of a moment in EoS that I experienced where while fighting a Sceptile, my character suddenly thought about Grovyle and what had happened to him in the future and if he had come back despite what happened like we had. This caused my character to waste their turn and the Sceptile then took that opportunity to chunk like a third of my health. I only ever encountered it in one playthrough and I'm not sure exactly what caused it but that moment has stuck with me.
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THIS IS INCREDIBLE??? your characters are so consistently on-model without sacrificing any artistic integrity or expression. everything is super fluid and engaging and just.. wow. the expressiveness in your work truly knows no bounds
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2:05 These part got me in the feels. You know you've found a great animation if you get attached to the characters despite barely knowing them.
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i LOVE how the pokemon involved in the war are differentiated from those not by their heavily shaking/messy lines. and firefly's lines changing back when she decides to stop fighting is such a wonderful touch! fantastic work!! keep it up <3
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Oh my gosh I love this! The expressions portrayed by Firefly in her fight against the Charizard are awesome (especially when it cuts to her and Oran)
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I love how charmander evolving and shinx not evolving shows how charmander has moved on from the past and isn't the same person since she left, but shinx still hasn't changed and is still holding on to what they once had and her old ways
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I started playing PMD on the 3DS because of this video and oh my god, these games are truly diamond in the rough. 👏👏
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I can definitely see multiple fanfics of these two and many different ways it could end for them both. The choice of song, the story of Firefly and Oran, together it leaves an impact of emotion I can get behind. You can see the hurt in Oran's eyes in the bit that Firefly realizes who she's fighting and the life she threw away. Really amazing animation!
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You knocked it out of the park once again! The story between these two is absolutely stunning as well as very plausible for someone that feels like they might be getting towed along Words cannot express how proud I am for you, look how fate you’ve came!
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my god this is one of those animated music videos you dream up in your head when you listen to a song but it’s actually real this time
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this is SO INCREDIBLE!! the fact you animated this WHOLE THING and didnt lose motivation or anything is AMAZING. the movements of everything are smooth and well thought out!!! the character designs are beautiful, the timing is PERFECT, it just all goes together so well!!!! thank you for giving us this!!! this deserves so much more attention!!!! i love all your animations, i hope to see more stuff like this becuase its literally one of my FAVORITE amvs and ive only just seen it!!! PMD FOREVER BABYYYYYY!!
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the way you animated Shinx has given me an improved sense of appreciation for this pokemon
