Katanaman's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Episode 1: Art Gone Wrong]

Really good

I like the urban style you used for this flash cartoon. The sound effects are in all the right places and the music really added to the urban style. The only criticism I have is 1- add some more humor. There were some funny parts but it's not that funny and 2- You could have avoided the part in which they turn around because it's really dificult to make it look good.

Great job, overall.

[Comet Magnum Episode 12]

Better than the previous one

The story in this one is more interesting and the animation's also a bit better. There's still a lot of room for improvement, though.

[Alcohol Warnings]

I really like it

It's hillarious. But how come everybody thinks this is stolen??? The guys of Oska Software have this displayed in their website as an e-card and they are the ones who posted it here. So if it's all around the web, it's probably because people watched it in THEIR website and sent it to friends. I doubt Oska Software would steal a movie, you know??? Maybe someone made a simmilar one since someone here said he read it. Maybe someone else animated it. BUT IT'S NOT STOLEN!!!

[Bomb Saddam - Oska]

Pretty funny

Funny song, funny video and, what surprised me, good animation. Perfect job at spoofing the war. Your animation skills are great. No matter how crappy it would look by a good animator, you always seem to turn ideas that include crappy graphics and animation into quality animation with good graphics. I truly respect respect you guys and this cartoon was great.

[Comet Magnum Episode 11]

I don't like it

As Ramy_kilano said before me, you should work in your graphics. It all seems like it was done in 10 seconds. What I want to say is that 4 layers isn't good news. In my movies, depending in the scenes, I use a lot more. In my "The new guy" series, the average number of layers in a scene is about 16. And that's just one scene. There are scenes in which I use more. Even the 5 second scenes that use less layers have more than 4 layers. 4 layers just makes the animation seem rushed. I hope you get better with time.

mmark-oldflash responds:

This is exactly what I've been telling everyone not to do. DO NOT COMPARE MY SERIES TO OTHERS! Just watch it as it is. I know that hard for people you, but give it a chance.

[newgrounds the legend]

Pretty good

I don't really like musicals but that's good. Good animation. In the beginning it looks a bit bad but it gets good when the guy starts singing. The only thing you could improve is the way orange clock moves. The loop was kind of jumpy. The rest was great. The voice of the robots was also really good. Your animation skills improved as you made that movie. It shows.

[Flashers 3: The Divinity]

Really good

A great tribute to all us flashers. The photos are used wisely and you chose the words like a true Tolkien Jedi. I kneel before you :)

The music is really good. Who plays it? The photos, as I said before, are used wisely and they match the song and words, adding beauty to this short. The intention is, of course, great. Flash users create art in their own way. Some make it good, some make it bad. But all of them create art. Yours was beautiful.

I also want to point out a little something most Flash artists should take in consideration- The filesize. As you see, this short with good music and lots of photos is under 650kb. It's a shame we see lots of 2000kb Flash cartoons that last like 10 seconds. Always try optimizing and don't download full songs. This user, Magnus Karlsson, is an example you should follow, as he included high quality audio and decent quality pictures in a movie with a relatively low filesize. This means he optimized the movie, unlike some users who download full uncompressed songs for 10 seconds of animation.

This should be taken as a tribute to yourselves, but a lesson at the same time. This is a great entry.

[I Love Egg ep.5]

I love korean flash cartoons

The animation in I love egg is, as well as most good korean flash cartoons, amazing. But I love Egg is the best one when it comes to animation. It's just so smooth and convincing! This is the second best episode. It's really good but the fourth one was funnier. I hope you people make more episodes regularly(obviously, I don't want you to rush it).

[Love STINKS!]

I really like your style

I like the song but your style is what made me like this short. The animation is really good in some parts and decent in others. The graphics were great. The animation is also pretty humorous. I like it. Valentine's day is an overated day indeed, since it's been, as you mentioned, commercially fabricated. I don't really have a "Right on" feeling when I watch this, since Valentine's day worked pretty well for my ego this year but I also think love stinks. Valentine's day is the best day for parody. It's a shame lots of people don't get inspired by it.

[the candyman]

Not bad

The action's too slow and the animation's not good. But the graphics are good and the joke(this is a one joke short) fairly funny. Not bad for a first submission. It's a good start. Practice some more and you'll get to make a good entry. The music in the part when he takes the lollypop is crappy but I dig the other song. I gave it a 6/10 as you see up there :) The area that needs the most work is the storyline.