Hailey Lain | Off the Cuff #082: Rurouni Kenshin @KeyBlackStudios | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
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Welcome to episode #082 in a series of videos where I'll be talking about various topics - ranging from past and future projects, to stories, to what I've been getting up to out & away from the magical interwebs!
Today's topic: going back to a legendary series that was quite popular when I was growing up, but which I've only just now started getting into... Rurouni Kenshin!
If you guys are at all curious about my art process, or have questions about things you'd like to hear me talk about in one of these videos, please leave a comment and let me know!
Music:
The Mob (Instrumental) by Akira the Don
akirathedon.com
Find more of my artwork here:
keyblack.net
...and subscribe to KaleiWorks substack here:
kaleiworks.substack.com
Welcome to episode #082 in a series of videos where I'll be talking about various topics - ranging from past and future projects, to stories, to what I've been getting up to out & away from the magical interwebs!
Today's topic: going back to a legendary series that was quite popular when I was growing up, but which I've only just now started getting into... Rurouni Kenshin!
If you guys are at all curious about my art process, or have questions about things you'd like to hear me talk about in one of these videos, please leave a comment and let me know!
Music:
The Mob (Instrumental) by Akira the Don
akirathedon.com
![Lupin III Theme [SquigglyDigg & @Bobby Yarsulik]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gINwJQy__Sc/hqdefault.jpg "Lupin III Theme [SquigglyDigg & @Bobby Yarsulik]
Heres one Ive been wanting to do for a while... the theme of Lupin III, brought to you by yours truly and the ever-incredible BSlick!! This song was actually requested a few times... Did anyone see that new movie that came out in December 2019?
BSlick did a KILLER job on the instrumentals and mixing for this track!! Please go check out his stuff, everyone:
https://www.youtube.com/user/WW2BOY
✪ SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/70yGNJTPZ7CaXqfkg2Vlp7
✪ AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0888P6FW9
✪ ITUNES: https://music.apple.com/us/album/lupin-iii-theme-single/1512120857
✪ GOOGLE PLAY: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bcaxsn6b72dmyt3rbapsfmtihoy
✪ DEEZER: https://www.deezer.com/en/album/146837292
✪ Want to see more of my art and animation? Check out my website: https://www.keyblack.net/")
![WELCOME HOME: A BATIM Animated Musical [@KeyBlackStudios & @GabePlaysYT]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iV9fxNi46zU/hqdefault.jpg "WELCOME HOME: A BATIM Animated Musical [@KeyBlackStudios & @GabePlaysYT]
CHECK OUT THE REMASTER HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL7A1IFlbL8
DOWNLOAD LINKS:
✪ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/welcome-home-single/1434324753
✪ Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/Welcome-Home-SquigglyDigg/dp/B07GVPDDQK
✪ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0dMTbiGPutbliFKGgqivjo
✪ Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/album/71672052
Here it is... after a long, long, TOO-LONG wait, Welcome Home is finally released!
MASSIVE thank-you to the stellar team who made this possible! Its been a long journey, and we made something we can all be super proud of.
Please enjoy, everyone!
NOTE: If youd like to use this song for your own animation, cover, or otherwise, please feel free to do so! Simply purchase the song legally and use it that way, and be sure to give credit to us for the original. (I am able to tell when youve downloaded it directly from YouTube... so please dont make me issue copyright notices!)
If in doubt, please contact me.
LYRICS:
Well, well, well! If it isnt Henry! Dont be such a stranger, old buddy! Its been so long since you came back home...
I know you’re seein’, but not believin’
A picture’s worth a thousand words, and look who’s holding the pen
You let me out of my cel
And all the ink’s run out of the well
I know you’re frightened, but hey just lighten up
How else ya gonna see the shadows in the corner of your eyes?
We’ve got a killer surprise
It’s our thanks for all of your lies
Springin’ from the posters and the reel on the tape,
A new dimension for us could be the seal of your fate
And all the years you left us rotting here
With nothing but rejection made us bitter and cold
(So give us what we’re owed!)
I got a million things to say to someone like you
Now answer to all of your selfish deeds
We are the ones you left behind, you put us out of mind
You can’t rewind, it’s far too late for that now
Now the ink is running faster, say your prayers and hope you’ll last
Cuz it’s a Hell of a show,
And you’re in the front row
Oh Henry WELCOME HOME!
You’ve been away for far too long
No longer sketches, distorted wretches
How could so much have happened since you left so long ago
Well, buddy dontcha know
You’re gonna reap what you have sown
Maybe if you blink you’ll see it’s all in your head
But while your eyes are closed, you might just wind up dead
So make a choice and hope that I don’t hear your voice cuz I’m a-comin,
its the end of the line
(You can’t erase this time!)
I got a million memories of agony and pain
Sent down the drain like all the other drafts
Ya thought you really got away but now it’s time to pay
It’s Judgement Day; I’ll have the final laugh
Now the ink is running faster, say your prayers and hope you’ll last
Cuz it’s a Hell of a show,
And you’re in the front row
Oh Henry WELCOME HOME!
You’ve been away for far too long
And now as the curtains finally close
You’ll see the result of what you chose
Did it have to go this way?
Maybe if you’d only stayed
All this tragedy could have been prevented, but
Springin’ from the posters and the reel on the tape,
A new dimension for us could be the seal of your fate
And all the years you left us rotting here
With nothing but rejection made us bitter and cold
(Now give us what we’re owed!)
I got a million things to say to someone like you
Now answer to all of your selfish deeds
We are the ones you left behind, you put us out of mind
You can’t rewind, it’s far too late for that now
Now the ink is running faster, say your prayers and hope you’ll last
Cuz it’s a Hell of a show,
And you’re in the front row
Oh Henry WELCOME HOME!
You’ve been away for far too long
WELCOME HOME!
You’ve been away for far too long
WELCOME HOME!
You’ve been away for far too long!
CREDITS:
SquigglyDigg (directing, 2D animation, composition, vocals):
https://www.youtube.com/user/Squigglydigg
Gabe Castro (instrumentals, mixing):
https://www.youtube.com/user/Shiek927
Puccagarukiss (3D animation, storyboards, compositing)
https://www.youtube.com/user/puccagarukiss
Xiospirit (3D models):
https://www.youtube.com/user/XioSpirit
Austin Lee Matthews (voice acting: Henry, foley, mixing):
https://www.youtube.com/user/AMTRAX91
✪ Want to see more of my art and animation? Check out my website: https://www.keyblack.net/
DISCLAIMER: Welcome Home is an original fan work created as thanks and in honor of all of Kindly Beasts and Joey Drew Studios, Inc.s hard work on the game Bendy and the Ink Machine and its related titles. Welcome Home and its producers are not in any way affiliated with the real company Joey Drew Studios, Inc. the title card in this video claiming such is in jest and refers to the fictional company of the same name within the game canon of Bendy and the Ink Machine.")
