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Reviews for "Across the Universe: Ep.1"

ohh

there's another flash called across the universe ...
do a research before giving a name to any flash
so u don't give it an used name

crystalpencil responds:

Yes actually, Ive seen that Flash in the past. And its really good!
But I named my series after the Beatles song, so that was my main aim.

Not bad

But not that great. The animation seemed rushed. Voice acting was mostly passable, except that final character, which was awful. The 3d parts were done well. I can't really comment on the story since there wasn't much of one within this piece and I haven't seen the other animations that this goes with. The music worked, didn't really stand out though. Character design was clean, though somewhat generic anime. There's no point in attacking someones work based on artistic style, but anything generic will always rub me the wrong way.

I feel like I should explain the rushed animation comment. There seemed to be missing frames. It was as if you just story-boarded it then just took the character drawings from the board and statically moved them around the screen. This is excepting the movements that where done with simple tweens of course. "I was just screwing around" is a valid explanation and there's every chance you could have done better but just wanted to get it done, but that still hurts this piece.

could have been better.

there was very little flash and the parts that wern't flash we kind a sketchy and i would say that you need to animate it more and dont worry so much about it looking good. the main character when he was drawn, looked good. stick with that.

I'm wondering...

Wondering why you've uploaded the same thing twice? I really liked the animation, but I had to give you a lower score this time, because I've already seen this exact same animation. Last time you got a 4, this time you get a 3. I kept watching when I realized it was the same, thinking maybe you had added on to the end, but no, just disappointment awaited me.

crystalpencil responds:

The last file I uploaded had to be deleted until I could fix the issues I had with it. There is a little more added to this submission such as title screens and controls...

Could use some work

I don't want to sound like an ass and all, but I have a few things to say about this flash. Note that this is my opinion.

1. The voice acting and quality was bad. It could use some adjustments and some characteristics.
2. The story was boring me to tears. It's nothing new but the same old stories/movies/videos I see and watch everyday.
3. I know everyone likes anime nowadays but you should try making your own style. I'm not saying make it look like crap but at to where alot of people would like it. Anime is getting a little overated and cliche now. I too am trying to change that habit.
4. The animation was decent. I'd rather you to try a little better since it looked a little miss-shaped at the character's face.

That would be my constructive criticism. Like I said before, I didn't meant to be an ass or anything like that. Just giving you a few minor suggestions. I hope to see more of your work.