Here we are with part two the next day, as promised! I think I stated what I already wanted to state regarding this project in the description of the last video, so enjoy part two, part three is coming tomorrow!
Here we are with part two the next day, as promised! I think I stated what I already wanted to state regarding this project in the description of the last video, so enjoy part two, part three is coming tomorrow!
All Danganronpa BGM/SFX is by and from the original Danganronpa and its developers. Please support the official release!
Social Media Stuffings: ๐ธ Patreon ๐ธ - patreon.com/VivaReverie ๐ฆ Twitter ๐ฆ - twitter.com/VivaReverie ๐ Discord Server ๐ - discord.gg/ZTDcqME ๐ฆ Second Channel ๐ฆ - youtube.com/user/vivareverieGiorno Eats King CrimsonViva Reverie2023-04-01 | Last year's April Fools video was supposed to be "Giorno Explains King Crimson", but I ran out of time, so instead I decided to make it this year's April Fools video.
~~Subtitle credits! Subtitles for various languages graciously provided by:~~ Turkish - Mehmet Erdem
๐ธ Patreon ๐ธ - patreon.com/VivaReverie ๐ฆ Twitter ๐ฆ - twitter.com/VivaReverie ๐ธ๏ธTwitch๐ธ๏ธ - twitch.tv/vivareverie ๐ Discord Server ๐ - discord.gg/ZTDcqME ๐ฆ Second Channel ๐ฆ - youtube.com/user/vivareverieRuining Stardust Crusaders But Really Really FastViva Reverie2023-03-23 | Stardust Crusaders But Really Really Fast is, at time of writing, by far the most popular video on my YouTube channel, and one I am very proud of. In this 3 hour nightmare monster of a video, I'd like to go as IN DEPTH as possible on my writing/sound/art/animation decisions!
That's right, just like the ones I'd made for Parts 1 and 2 the past couple of years, this is a Behind the Scenes video on JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Stardust Crusaders But Really Really Fast! This was supposed to be a March 12th release (My Birthday), but a little over a week late will have to do!
...Please forgive me for the "Behind the Scenes video rebrand", I've been very self-conscious about how extremely wordy some of my video titles are and I wanted to attempt to experiment with something a little catchier! I mean it's not like it's an inaccurate title at all, the perfect way to ruin a video is to overexplain every single minute joke in it ๐
~~Subtitles for various languages graciously provided by~~ Spanish - Manoplas Brazilian Portuguese - Reyvson Turkish - Mehmet Erdem Korean - Soffiano Matchalatte
๐ธ Patreon ๐ธ - patreon.com/VivaReverie ๐ฆ Twitter ๐ฆ - twitter.com/VivaReverie ๐ธ๏ธTwitch๐ธ๏ธ - twitch.tv/vivareverie ๐ Discord Server ๐ - discord.gg/ZTDcqME ๐ฆ Second Channel ๐ฆ - youtube.com/user/vivareverieBEHIND THE SCENES โ JoJos Battle Tendency But Really Really FastViva Reverie2022-03-13 | Wow wow wow!!! Today (March 12th) is my Birthday, as well as the 3 year anniversary of the Battle Tendency video, so I thought it would be perfect for another JoJo behind the scenes video! I did one for the first JoJo video a little over a year ago and I've wanted to keep going for a while, but goodness gracious the Golden Wind video was a very very big commitment I wanted finished first.
This one is... A BIT of a different format than last time, but hopefully y'all like it... If I can find any excuse to use my Spiderbat character then I'm TAKING IT
๐ธ Patreon ๐ธ - patreon.com/VivaReverie ๐ฆ Twitter ๐ฆ - twitter.com/VivaReverie ๐ธ๏ธTwitch๐ธ๏ธ - twitch.tv/vivareverie ๐ Discord Server ๐ - discord.gg/ZTDcqME ๐ฆ Second Channel ๐ฆ - youtube.com/user/vivareverieJoJos Bizarre Adventure Golden Wind But Really Really Fast โ AnimationViva Reverie2022-01-27 | a story about the son of the punchy boy, yes that one but no not actually that one, he's got the head of the other punchy boy, the punchy boy the punchy boy's grandson's grandson fought, or at least he did before that punchy boy punched it off. he likes snakes a lot
~~Subtitle credits! Subtitles for various languages graciously provided by:~~ Russian - Ivan "NonKabuta" Gaidai Spanish - Diego Mella + Manoplas Brazilian Portuguese - Rafael Jabour Chinese (Simplified) - ๅจไธ่ๅช Italian - flamingolegs French - Sharkye Turkish - FlyingLine Chinese (Traditional) - stoneLIGHT German - Lillie's ้ณMADs Korean - Soffiano Matchalatte Latvian - tourdeleanie Polish - kosek Arabic - Mgdplayz
Yes that's right, we're celebrating the 1 year anniversary of the Part 4 video (And the 22 year anniversary of the 1999 July 15th event) with a clip show! (One that I was intending on uploading shortly after the original upload but never got around to it. Oops.)
Not necessarily intentional but a fun factoid: This year's July 15th just so happened to be a Thursday too. Hurrah!
...Oh and yes, the Part 5 video is going well. The script is complete and the grand majority of characters have been sketched out, if that's any indication of progress. Still a whiles away to go though!
Also I guess I used this video as an advertisement for my Twitch. Please follow my Twitch! twitch.tv/vivareverie
๐ธ Patreon ๐ธ - patreon.com/VivaReverie ๐ฆ Twitter ๐ฆ - twitter.com/VivaReverie ๐ Discord Server ๐ - discord.gg/ZTDcqME ๐ฆ Second Channel ๐ฆ - youtube.com/user/vivareverieJoJos Bizarre Adventure Phantom Blood But Really Really Fast - Behind The ScenesViva Reverie2020-12-25 | Something a little different to fill in the gap between uploads and to celebrate the holidays: A behind the scenes look at Phantom Blood But Really Really Fast! Also (secretly) a bit of an update video too, since I haven't updated my YouTube audience in a good long while. Stick around to the end for that on top of my project schedule!
~~Subtitles for various languages graciously provided by~~ German - Lillie's ้ณMADs Turkish - Mehmet Erdem
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~~Subtitle credits! Subtitles for various languages graciously provided by:~~ Polish - kosek Italian - Cynicalip (Other language subtitles were contributed through the now defunct Community Contributed Subtitles system!)
๐ธ Patreon ๐ธ - patreon.com/VivaReverie ๐ฆ Twitter ๐ฆ - twitter.com/VivaReverie ๐ Discord Server ๐ - discord.gg/ZTDcqME ๐ฆ Second Channel ๐ฆ - youtube.com/user/vivareverieBrony Polka Animated - A My Little Pony Fandom TributeViva Reverie2019-12-28 | This is a project 3+ years in the making, first as a present for a friend, now as a tribute to a fandom that means a lot to me. I hope the wait was worth it.
This video and other videos like it are unmonetized out of respect for Neil Cicierega and his work. If you like what you hear I highly recommend you listen to and support Neil's other works, and if you want to support me please visit my Patreon!
๐ธ Patreon ๐ธ - patreon.com/VivaReverie ๐ฆ Twitter ๐ฆ - twitter.com/VivaReverie ๐ Discord Server ๐ - discord.gg/ZTDcqME ๐ฆ Second Channel ๐ฆ - youtube.com/user/vivareverieJoJos Bizarre Adventure Stardust Crusaders But Really Really Fast - AnimationViva Reverie2019-10-19 | a story about a punchy boy and his punchy boy, and that punchy boy's grandfather, and that punchy boy's half-grandfather punchy boy's punchy boy, and also that punchy boy
However, there are two notable differences between this video and those two. First, while the intention of the previous two lyric/beat videos was as a foundation for a future fully animated music video, I have no plans/intention to complete a fully animated version of this song, this lyric/beat video is standalone. Likewise I put a lot more style and flair into this one, you hopefully noticed.
Second, this is my first project with my brand new computer! I've been living with a clunky old laptop for a long long time now, I've finally invested into something new to make new videos with after that one bit the dust. There's a ton of stuff in this video I'd never even think of doing on my old laptop, and I'm really happy knowing I can finally work on things without such hardware limitations. Hurrah!
I should quickly address the song itself: This is Christmas Will Be Soon, from the EP "I Am Become Christmas" by Lemon Demon, AKA Neil Cicierega. As I've mentioned time and time again I'm a rather big fan of his work, and wanting to adapt his songs into music videos like the above is something I want to do with a ton of songs by him. Go check out his music if you haven't already: lemondemon.bandcamp.com lemondemon.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-become-christmas-ep
Both songs are ones I've wanted to animate to for a while, so I took the first step and laid out all the perfect beat-timing for every beat and lyric in the song, in the process accidentally making for a fun watch. I decided to pretty it up and turn it into a standalone video. It's still a song I intend to animate to in the future, but until then here's something to enjoy in the meantime.
This song is New Way Out from the album Damn Skippy by Lemon Demon, it can be downloaded for free on his website under his "First Four Albums": http://www.lemondemon.com
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This is my designated Halloween video for the year... Happy Halloween?
Although I've never really mentioned it in writing, I've always had a mindset making Halloween and April Fools videos every year: Making something "Weird or different", April Fools being something goofy, Halloween being something "Spoopy*"... With a very very bold asterisk.
This Halloween, as I'd recently rewatched Death Note, I had the idea to make the above video, as it's about "Death", so, spoopy, haha. A loose connection, but a connection nonetheless... That being said, I really enjoyed making it, and, rather notably, it's a reusable format, I think it'd be fun to make more "But Really Really Fast" videos in the future. If anybody reading this has any suggestions I'd like to hear them down below, I've got my own personal ideas I'll want to work towards too.
Oh, I mentioned this to my Patrons but I should probably mention it here too: BPA took a quick week's break so that I had something "Halloween-y" to post for the month of October, production for that animation will be resuming again as of now. Thanks for your patience!
The full video will be posted here on its completion, that of which I intend to do before year's end. As of right now the video is roughly at 70% completion, with everything up to Sister Hate (Plus It'll Be Okay as a bonus) watchable for your viewing pleasure.
Today, March 12th, is my birthday. To celebrate, here's a music video.
Song by Neil Cicierega AKA Lemon Demon, I highly recommend you go check out other music he's done: lemondemon.bandcamp.com
I made an episode of Animation Insights featuring the creative process behind how I made this video, check it out here: youtube.com/watch?v=tcLPS7N_10U
This song is known as "Birthday (Alligators and Pretzel Makers)", I believe the only place you can currently find a download of this song is in Neil's Patreon Discography download, as a Dinosaurchestra Bonus Track. Go check that out here if you're interested: patreon.com/posts/discography-1999-2202165
Wow, it's another one of them vivshorts! It's... Been almost a full year since the the last proper one, and it was fun and refreshing going back to making another one. This one in particular was probably the vivshort I'd say with the most... "Production value" in it. I gave the intro bit some sound design and did some woobly animation bits I've never done before. Despite all that, it didn't really take me that long to make it either, maybe I should make Vivshorts a regular thing again?
In any case I hope you enjoyed the thing! If you do (And if you have the coins to spare) I'd very much appreciate support over on them Patreons: Patreon - patreon.com/VivaReverie
Also I have a Discord server I've been failing to share around much, go chat with me and other bubs here: ๐ Discord Server ๐ - discord.gg/ZTDcqME
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Before you ask, yes, I did do the voices here. I don't believe I do the best possible Japanese impression, but I have been told that I am at the very least... Understandable. Likewise, I either have a video that's properly entertaining for Japanese audiences, or one that's... Ironically entertaining. It's a win-win either way! If this video does well I may consider doing a similar treatment to other videos of mine, I think that could be neat!
As the video stated I did intend to have a spontaneous music video thing done- But because I have Japan PonyCon happening tomorrow (As was also hinted towards in the video) and because I had a couple of other commitments the past few days I was unable to have it materialise.
HOWEVER
It isn't Halloween without some classic Viv spooks, so it's time for Viv's SPOOK stories TWOO
The previously-mentioned music video will still be happening though, likely mid-November! Look forward to that mess!
It's been a long time since I've made one of these, but the past month on a whim I decided to start this here spontaneous new project. This was somewhat sort of a love-letter to Neil Cicierega and his works, that of whom has done tons of internet works and if you don't recognise the name I super recommend you check him out: youtube.com/user/NeilCicierega
This song in particular is one of his earlier works, way back in 2004 as part of the "Hip to the Javabean" album which you can check out here: youtube.com/watch?v=HamZWOYe_ds
You can download this song (As well as every other song from his first four Lemon Demon albums) from his (Incredibly professional-looking) website: http://www.lemondemon.com
And as for all his newer stuff (Which I super super recommend you check out, he's gotten really good and is still releasing music to this day) go check out his Bandcamp: lemondemon.bandcamp.com
...Finally, I promise this is the last one, the song I used during the endslate of this video is an alternate version of the same song released as a bonus track in another album, check that out here: youtube.com/watch?v=uEys3HkuN2U
Whew. I think that's enough for this description, I went writing for a long long time just to cite and link things and the upload finished a good 30-40 minutes ago, so I think I'll just go ahead and stop writing now. I hope you enjoyed/am enjoying/will enjoy the video!
And it's time for a song Pretty cool song Righteous and like, meaningful In this YouTube world Love songs are beloved
Fans all around the world Or at least in English-speaking countries Or at least in wealthy Internet-wielding English-speaking countries Love songs are mostly beloved So much love around the world
๐๐ my love's like love on a love tree by viva reverie
hello beauty you look very pretty you look very goody I love the way you looky looky please can I have your booty or at least most of your booty I'm good with a complementary look
I love you so I love you most-ly
love you exponentially my love's like love on a love tree everything you love is beautiful as long as what you love includes me
hello niceo you look quite greato looking pretty goodo like having like a likey likey time (ooohooohoohoo) or at least that's what I assume I mean I don't know you too good but that's something I'd very much like to change
can I see your boob I think it could be a pretty good boob
think I'd love you like I'd love you existentiaful my love's like love in a love pool everything you love is beautiful like the hypotenuse of a love triangle (also I'm the hypotenuse)
lovely, lovely loving loving lovey dovey x8
I love you great, nice happy, twice wonder wonder great good show x6 ๐๐
Hello and welcome to an audio commentary track for my new miniseries, Trigger Happy Horses! Here I go over a lot of the nitty gritty details that went into the production. Although I talk for basically the entire hour I actually didn't end up talking about everything I thought I'd talk about, albeit if I had continued I probably would've been here for a good two hours at least... And that would be rather tiresome.
In any case, this is somewhat of a Vivcast-esque thing, so if you enjoyed Vivcast, this'll hopefully be a good supplement to keep you satisfied considering the lack of Vivcasts since its semi-discontinuation. I would like to continue Vivcasts potentially in the future, but if I do I'd definitely be changing the format up in some way to make them more interesting.
We're back once again with Trigger Happy Horses, this time with all four parts put together in one big ol video!
Fun fact - This was almost how I released the full project, in one big video thing as opposed to several smaller parts. There were a couple of reasons why I split it off though: First, YouTube algorithm stuffs prefer if you have lots of smaller videos as opposed to one big video I believe. Second... I found the idea of cliffhangers rather entertaining. Although all the places where I cut off episodes 1-3 feel like they were made to be cliffhangers, that was most definitely not the case and more a happy coincidence. In any case, with this full thing rendered and uploaded, you can finally watch it how it was originally intended!
...I mean, not that that means too much in the grand scheme of things, but it's the thought that counts.
Anyways, considering this is the literal entire project, I feel like this wouldn't feel finished unless I added on the spiel I wrote up for the end of part 4, so indulge me a bit:
With this, we can finally close the door on this three month long production for what was originally supposed to be a Christmas special for 2016 (Hence the Christmas theming).
I spent hours and hours and hours on this project, some days I think I did nothing but stave away at this, and even then we ended up almost three full months off from the original release date... So the question is, was it all worth it? Well, personally, from a creative standpoint, I'm rather proud of this project. I wanted to be as authentic as possible recreating the feeling that the original Danganronpa games gave me, which was the inspiration for this short series of videos in the first place. From a "profit" standpoint, that's a different story. This series is a niche in a niche in a niche, so unless there's any drastic changes to my channel in the near future I don't foresee this becoming crazy popular, at least not like some of my earlier work. I'd like to be proven wrong, but that's what I assume based on what I've observed on my channel over the years.
...That being said, what definitely pushed me over the edge were my Patreon supporters. There's no way in hell I would've gone this hard out if it weren't for my support over there, so I graciously thank each and every person who's ever supported me over there. If you liked what you saw, I would super appreciate it if you considered supporting me! patreon.com/VivaReverie
I also want to give a huge shout-out and thank you to both my sister (Who also helped with an older video of mine, Canadian Horse Pirates), who goes by SilviaWinter now, and Edge Loop, a gracious fan who both put a ton of effort into their art for this video (As well as the former voicing Cash Money Dollars). There's no way in hell this video would've happened if it weren't for them either! http://silviawinter.deviantart.com twitter.com/ImEdgeLoop
Finally in the video's credits I mentioned my Viva Horse Plush, because that still doesn't quite have enough preorders for a production run. That can only happen if enough people preorder one, and there's more details on this here advertisement video I made a whiles back, so go check it out: youtube.com/watch?v=C13ab1RkCbw
Whew, I think that's finally it for the description-rambles this time. Have you watched the video yet? If you haven't, enjoy! If you have, I hope you enjoyed it!
It's finally time for part 4! With this, we can finally close the door on this three month long production for what was originally supposed to be a Christmas special for 2016 (Hence the Christmas theming).
I spent hours and hours and hours on this project, some days I think I did nothing but stave away at this, and even then we ended up almost three full months off from the original release date... So the question is, was it all worth it? Well, personally, from a creative standpoint, I'm rather proud of this project. I wanted to be as authentic as possible recreating the feeling that the original Danganronpa games gave me, which was the inspiration for this short series of videos in the first place. From a "profit" standpoint, that's a different story. This series is a niche in a niche in a niche, so unless there's any drastic changes to my channel in the near future I don't foresee this becoming crazy popular, at least not like some of my earlier work. I'd like to be proven wrong, but that's what I assume based on what I've observed on my channel over the years.
...That being said, what definitely pushed me over the edge were my Patreon supporters. There's no way in hell I would've gone this hard out if it weren't for my support over there, so I graciously thank each and every person who's ever supported me over there. If you liked what you saw, I would super appreciate it if you considered supporting me! patreon.com/VivaReverie
I also want to give a huge shout-out and thank you to both my sister (Who also helped with an older video of mine, Canadian Horse Pirates), who goes by SilviaWinter now, and Edge Loop, a gracious fan who both put a ton of effort into their art for this video (As well as the former voicing Cash Money Dollars). There's no way in hell this video would've happened if it weren't for them either! http://silviawinter.deviantart.com twitter.com/ImEdgeLoop
Finally in the video's credits I mentioned my Viva Horse Plush, because that still doesn't quite have enough preorders for a production run. That can only happen if enough people preorder one, and there's more details on this here advertisement video I made a whiles back, so go check it out: youtube.com/watch?v=C13ab1RkCbw
Whew, I think that's finally it for the description-rambles this time. Have you watched the video yet? If you haven't, enjoy! If you have, I hope you enjoyed it!