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Off Topic => Everything Else => Topic started by: max_cady on November 12, 2013, 10:50:36 am
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Studio behinds this gem? Ankama Studios
Origin? French
Based on? An MMORPG with the same name by Ankama Games
Created in? Adobe Flash
Seasons? 2, so far.
Plot?
Misteriously gifted-child Yugo is adopted by a retired bounty hunter turned inskeeper Alibert, when the village is attacked by a misterious warrior simply named Nox, leaving his foster dad ill he sets out in a quest with a few misfit characters (Sadlygrove, a knight who is a bumbling idiot, Amalia, a princess, Evangyline, an elven archer, Amalia's bodyguard and childhood friend and Ruel, Alibert's close friend, active bounty hunter, skinflint, greedy and complete weirdo).
Why I liked it?
-Very good prodution values, unlike many animes, very few assets are reused;
-Great story with a great sense of character development;
-Comedy;
-Amazing antagonist;
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Different game and all, but I actually played dofus for about a couple of hours, a year or two ago. I remember loving all of the color options you got with the character creator, and of course the character class system. After grinding for a bit I just never went back.
The music from the standard "town", overworld map, or whatever is burned into my mind. I like it though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgzgC8iJrc4
I'll give this a watch sometime.
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I've heard pretty good things about it, and the animation is amazing for flash. I'm surprised there isn't any kind of english dub yet.
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So far, I've only seen the french dub. France is becoming quite the animation powerhouse as of late.
And Wakfu clearly raises the bar on this.
Fun fact about the intro, there's always something different in every episode, intro and ending:
http://youtu.be/omk9C26IOYM
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My god, I CANNOT believe that is being done in flash.
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Ah, but is, mon ami.
I saw both seasons entirely in 1080p which makes it even more stunning.
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Those French Producers NEED to make this in English.
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Well... Since you mentioned it:
Ankama announces Wakfu English Dub Kickstarter (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1836563008/wakfu-the-animated-series)
Updated with YT Kickstarter video:
http://youtu.be/Jct9cXZdHwA
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Well... Since you mentioned it:
Ankama announces Wakfu English Dub Kickstarter (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1836563008/wakfu-the-animated-series)
Updated with YT Kickstarter video:
http://youtu.be/Jct9cXZdHwA (http://youtu.be/Jct9cXZdHwA)
Wow $30,000 gained already. People must really wanna see this in English.
It does look like a really cool cartoon. Really cool Kickstarter idea. I remember being interested in this series when you told me about it a while back, but sadly nothing in English.
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FINALLY /drops money bomb on the creators from a space station in orbit
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FINALLY /drops money bomb on the creators from a space station in orbit
*sees kickstarter counter jump like $1000*
I always knew Nux was loaded
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Unfortunately the money bomb only had $40, so that must have been someone else. God damned russians probably spent the rest on vodka and space hookers...
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Wow, it's already gotten halfway through its main goal in one day...
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Only less than 8000 Canadian smackers left to go. A great TV show that deserves a stop in animation history. And those french croissant munchers are teasing me with a third season, curse them!
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Last I heard they were doing a few OVAs that would lead into a comic series.
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If I pledge, will the Blu Ray be compatible with the EU?
Don't wanna pledge if it's only NA region that I can't enjoy this.
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According to their Kickstarter page, Ankama says that the Blu-ray is going to be region-free.
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Awesome! I checked the page many times to make sure to find that information but I couldn't find it.
Kind of ridiculed for "not knowing" but given I tried to look at the FAQ page before, I found it slightly harsh.
However, the Creator of that Kickstarter is an amazing guy to not only answer my questions, but to be so polite and not judge my question made me raise my pledge to $70 (Roughly £50), I hope we get the Season 2 pledge out of this! I really, really want to love this series!
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Just a wee bit more and the next stretch goal will be achieved.
That's good, season 2 also boasts impressive visuals, story and all that Wakfu goodness that comes with it.
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Been following it like a hawk.
Currently at $217,000 with 16 days to go...they need over $5000 a day to get the $300,000 stretch goal.
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Well, they just reached the stretch goal for the new episode. Looking at how fast it's moving, they probably didn't need to lower the bar.
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I needed an excuse to post this image and so I shall:
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HELL YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
I invested $270 into this thing, so it better be worth it max_cady! :afroman:
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Oh, trust me, it's worth it.
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First let me say, the French ( especially Canada, being that they get funds from the government ) have been making many animations for years, and this is not new at all, for the French
I took up animation in college, chances are they are using a flash based program. However
you do not need FLASH to do an animation like this. You can even use photoshop/GIMP stand alone. Watching this you can see their are not many scenes that are animated, but mimics animation, nothing new I have seen from class, or from the many flash animations, I watch periodically. Nothing new, at least to me.
About FLASH in general. There are many programs, that abuses Flash, because the programmers are lazy and makes money, making FLASH more easier for animators to understand.
If you see the side node, that is a lazy animator, abusing the motions, of the characters, Meaning they want a natural looking motion, but instead they create something that is unnatural. However for the producers and children watching the animation they do not care at all, as long as it makes money and bring in audience
The example that was posted in this thread, an digital camera was used to take a picture, and all of the animation is hand drawn folks. All animation is hand drawn folks, including the animations made inside of a computer.
In my opinion, I am not going to state my opinion because another artist can not compare to another artist. All I can say, hey good for them, great work, hurray, I wish them good luck in their progress.
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Dude, have you got something against people who use Flash or something?
That post reads like Wakfu is cheap in its animation. Regardless of what Flash can do or not (I used Flash in its early days, it's a pretty good program), Wakfu does NOT look as though it's "unnatural", neither have I heard of many Canadian Animation Studios that have built popularity like this Show has.
If you have something against Flash, then fair enough, not everyone likes the same computer programs, which is why we have a choice, but if you're suggesting that Ankama are making the animation low budget that kids don't see the quality, then I have to disagree (and I bet that max_cady would be offended too, given he's the one who made this thread for those of us who are interested).
From what I saw on the Kickstarter, the show has some "suggestive" themes, the animation is pretty incredible from what I've seen and they seem to really care about what their audience thinks, regardless of background.
As for the last point, Animation programmers aren't all lazy, although there are a few that re-use a certain action scene many times, Ankama seems to be one of the few that loves making new scenes.
I apologise if I have offended you in any way, but your post seemed to read as a negative opinion regarding what they have created, that French Animation is as common as working in the Retail Segment (not sure how the French Canadians feel about Animation, but they should be dang proud of themselves), and that Flash is the Anti-Christ/Allah what-have-you.
If the Show offends you in any way regarding how it's made, why it's made or even because it's something the fans shouldn't be watching , then just ignore this thread, as I am one of the few that have been keeping a close eye on this series since max_cady recommended it in another thread.
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Hmm... There hasn't been any major announcement about Wakfu lately. Based on their last March udpate, they are still processing orders which are still estimated to be shipped on April (which in my case hasn't happened yet).
I hope they have some proper news soon.
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They mentioned on Kickstarter that they have just finished the first of 3 or 5 Specials that are going to be made (Forgot the number, sorry).
The Shipping dates may have been changed, depending of the reward you paid for.
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Oh silly, me... I hadn't checked the FAQ in a little while.
Guess they'll start shipping stuff 'round October. Longer then I expected but given that they are obligated to fullfill those extra stretch goals...
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http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/09/09/wakfu-the-animated-series-to-stream-on-netflix (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/09/09/wakfu-the-animated-series-to-stream-on-netflix)
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It is amazing how this thing is making deals here and there. If it was the 1990's they probably would have published a complete cassette set by now; that would run in multiple nations.
However in this case it is more like a group of old men who pulls their pants down for free on the street and then they get on television. I mean again that is nice but how much are they making from it.
That is how I feel like right now. I have my ideas; my work; and so forth. Then I see a bunch of people doing their thing ( or getting together ). Or Just accomplish something. Even if that something is not the greatest thing.