DUDE EPIC!, I Don't Know Why But This Probably Should Be An Official Newgrounds Series, And When You Make Episode 7?
FrogMan the Series Episode 6
EDIT: HELL YEAH daily 3rd and front page! The time spent on this is already worth it ;3
I can't believe it, but 3 years after episode 5 came out, episode 6 is finally done and here! No, 3 years were not spent making this, though episode 6 WAS started in 2012, this version was started in 2014, however I took a year break from it after a few months, and if I subtract all the time where I did absolutely nothing during a day, this probably took about 6.5 months to make, which is pretty cool 'cause it means I could probably get two of these out a year if I really tried to!
Also, you don't really need to watch the previous episodes to watch/enjoy this one, but it does help. Since it's been so long since an episode, I tried to make this one fairly accessible without sacrificing the current plot.
If you do want to watch them though, you can do so here: http://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/1b5a7df41536980b799f6e5b3f0610a4
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Title: The Vacation Part Two: Here Comes Alex
Runtime: 9:12
Air Date: 4-9-16
Description: Alex regains conciousness and he's pissed. He goes on a mission to get revenge on the FMTS gang by capturing them one by one and bringing them to his "lair". Meanwhile, Toady is missing and Wise Frog and Chick Frog look for him, all without knowing that someone is looking for them too...
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Well, I was gonna put a wall of text here explaining the production history of this and some other stuff, but I guess it's over the non-visible character limit or something 'cause I can't publish this with it, so I guess that'll have to be saved for a news post. WHATEVER.
Welp, I hope you all enjoy this, and please, leave a review, because I always want to improve in any way, and in-depth reviews are always helpful.
artistunknown responds:
It was always my dream for there to be an official series collection for frogman, but I doubt it'll happen at this point
Honestly I don't know when episode 7 will get made, there's so many more things I want to work on and I just have no time or motivation to work on anything anymore, but it will get made eventually. I had been thinking about starting it last year but then everything went to shit. At this point it's more likely the frogman origin film will get made before another episode, which I hope to get done by 2025 so we'll see.
Wait how the fuck am i the first comment here in like 4 years? damn, this series really is kinda dead.
artistunknown responds:
To be fair, I think about it every day so it'll continue eventually.
There's still FMTS shorts every now and then. There probably would've been more over the past few years but the next one was supposed to be for Pico Day, and every time it comes around, something gets in the way of me finishing it.
Next year though lol
I'll start by mentioning what I thought was done well here.
The animation is undeniably fantastic. The entire episode is filled with fluid frame-by-frame shots. Alex's character animation is exceptionally great and fun to watch. His exaggerated movements coincide perfectly with his lines. Additionally, the visuals are an obvious improvement over episode 5. The character designs, backgrounds, color schemes and attention to detail show this. Visually, this is a clear success.
From a writing standpoint, this episode does a great job at keeping the viewer's interest. The Toady drug scene and the Alex scenes succeed at this, and offer great cliffhangers. It was also pretty funny ("I say FUCK the environment" was probably one of my favorite jokes).
I initially thought that a big issue this episode had was its "inaccessibility" to new viewers or people unfamiliar with the Frogman series, though after re-watching it and thinking it over, I can't think of a specific example of something that newcomers to the series would have trouble understanding. I suppose I can see some people being confused by the arrival of Alex as a character, but this is probably just a false alarm from me though.
I think the most valid criticism here, which isn't that big of a deal, would be the whisper-screaming in the voice acting that others pointed out. 7:02 is probably the biggest example of it. Not a big deal, though the whisper-screaming can be a bit problematic. "Holy shit we gotta hurry, help, help, someone we need an ambulance" also strikes me as odd in its delivery.
All in all though, great episode! Looking forward to seeing more.
Frogman!!!!
This was pretty good, the animation is pretty well done, some parts are a bit odd like the way the feet slide during the walk cycles. All together though good job
artistunknown responds:
Yeah, I know what you're talking about with the walk cycles. I need to move away from tweening the cycle across the screen, 'cause it doesn't look right all the time. Or maybe it's because the walk cycles are on two's and the tween is on one's that it slides like that? Probably a mix of both, honestly.
Thanks!
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