Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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!!DISCLAMER!! The entire animatic is a fan-made alternate universe timeline (AU) and consists of headcannons and events that I've created for the sake of creative storytelling. Please be aware of this fact!

This animatic explores and develops the scrapped story concept of Echo Zane being Mr. E and how he would come to be. Part I explores the backstory of Echo and the trauma he endured to soon become his alter ego. Echo Zane was originally built to be a stand-in replacement of the original Zane that Dr. Julian created in hopes he could relive being with his son again after being separated from him. Unfortunately, Echo's existence was instead a constant reminder that he would never see his real son again. In an attempt to bury his mistake, he locks Echo in the basement where he built him, leaving Echo to wonder for many years rotting away what he did wrong and only ever wanted to be loved by his father. One day after having a vivid dream of a figure that looked almost like him, he longs for answers and freedom and breaks free of the basement, only to discover his father was long gone and abandoned him. Echo is devastated but a mysterious figure emerges in the midst of his trauma and claims to promise Echo a better life...

This is a project that was SUPER ambitious for me and has been in the works for a really long time (still kinda is while posting this video)! I've always been fascinated by the concept of Mr. E being Echo Zane and really wanted to take that scrapped idea and make my own rendition of how it would go! This is only half of the full story, hope to get working on part 2 sometime in the future! Hope you guys enjoy :D

If you are curious or confused on certain events I HIGHLY recommend reading the script I wrote for this as it goes more in depth of what's going on and why: docs.google.com/document/d/1eij3-Mc3j_wbcssuOYnkq5ZQCsx9P0kZxcXfY_p594c/edit?usp=drivesdk

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Time Taken: 2 months
Program Used: Clip Studio Paint EX
Audio: Trauma - NF (his music is really good!)
Edited on: Clip Studio Paint EX, CapCut
Characters: (in order of appearence) Dr. Julian, Echo Zane, Tai D (small robot), Zane (OG), Lloyd, Cole, Harumi, Misako (image)
Fandom: LEGO Ninjago
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DeviantArt: deviantart.com/gold07arts
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Majority of my works include fan-made iterations of fictional characters from fandoms such as Ninjago and Minecraft Story Mode, and those characters do not belong to me but their respective owners. These pictures are only made for fun and I only own my original characters and artwork. I also do not own any audio I may use in Timelapses, MEMES, Animatics or PMVs.

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