Acrocanthosaurus The Hunt Part 1 

Fun fact- while they may both be similar in size, Acrocanthosaurus and Tyrannosaurus evolved in very different ways! Acro is one of the last of a lineage of giant American allosauroid predators that started and stayed giant, building up their predatory efficiency as they evolved. You can see this in the evolution of their leg, as their hip joints' structure became more efficient at movement and weight support from primitive allosauroids like Sinraptor, to the late Jurassic Allosaurus, to Acrocanthosaurus itself. Meanwhile, tyrannosauroids evolved most of their specialised features (like keen senses and high speed) as small predators in Europe and Asia, and only then grew giant and powerful. And while they did live in North America, tyrannosaurs' most successful lineages were all Asian immigrants- arriving once in the Jurassic, a second time as smaller predators ten million years after Acrocanthosaurus, and then finally having Tyrannosaurus itself evolve from Asian ancestors that replaced their North American relatives!

Round of applause to the cameraman who risked his life to travel back in time and capture this amazing footage 👏🏻

I like how fluent the animation is however I really don't think those raptors near the start would be so bold against 3 Acrocanthosaurus for that long.

A bright future for this guy Just look at thia animation this is just art

The attention to detail, the way you give the animals volume and weight, the amazing overhead shots - never have I seen dinosaurs so well brought to life. Fantastic work.

The stories you are able to tell in a mere 5 minutes is breathtaking!!! And you never disappoint because each is better than the last! Amazing job 👊😉

I love how realistic and smooth the animations and the terrain were

Spectacular animation. As someone who was a dinosaur loving kid in the 80's, this is a dream come true!

This is absolutely amazing. Your talent is incredible!

Your best yet! I actually felt dread as the Acros attacked and got in close. Love the bold camera angles and your terrain design did a lot to enhance the claustrophobic vibe of being cornered by a massive apex predator. Maybe it isn't scientifically accurate, but your stories breathes life into these animals! Thank you for sharing your unique vision with us🙏

I can't believe how caught up I get in your animations. They're so real and unlike all the Jurassic Park movies (except the first one) there are no cheesy stories, bad acting, or seeing how many ways the dinos can be killed. Just outstanding!

Julian, we already missed you, it's great that you're back!

I love the perspective of the shots of the Acrocanthosaurus' walking through the forest trail, and the other dinosaurs swimming in the water off the trail to the right! The point of views for the observer and editing are so creative! Great job!

This is mind blowing, this is such a incredible animation, keep going!

The time that you spend doing this probably is a lot Keep doing this, its amazing!!

Your work is incredible! Would love to see some behind the scenes :)

Ooh this is so incredible! Acrocanthosaurs is one of my favorite dinosaurs so I might be a touch partial, but you never fail to make these scenes really engaging!

Now there's a Dino I wasn't expectin'! AMAZIN' As always, Julian! *10/10*

Nice to see one of you better old models in a new and wonderful light!

You just became a major talent as an Animator! Congratulations! ILM will want you soon

The video has been incredible I loved seeing the acrocanthosaurus hunt smaller dinosaurs. 🌟

These are just so awesome to watch. I've been a fan of dinosaurs since i was a kid so seeing anything about dino's is exciting to me. Great storytelling without a single voice over involved.

Seeing fights between Megatheropods and dromeiosaurs is something very cool

What an _outstanding_ video to come back with! It's quality like this that makes time a non-issue.

Amazing job as always! Just seeing the Acro pack roaming around this forest is engaging to watch. I also love how one them came across the slumbering sauropod herd expecting an easy meal, until the supposed alpha arrived saying, "Watch it, buddy!"

The lighting and environment in this video was insane thats some serious movie quality stuff right there holy

The Acrocanthosaurus is one of my favorite Carcharodontosaurids

dude your animated videos have been becoming better and better with each one, keep doing the amazing work man, bringing these amazing animals to life in such an awesome way.

Superb work, as always. I’m loving the deep guttural vocalisations from the acros as opposed to the usual roaring that’s associated with dinos. Thanks so much for sharing this guys, and congrats to everyone involved on another stunning job.

Acro’s are my favorite dinosaur. Very incredible footage. Time machine construction tutorial next?

That looks so real and I love it!!! The cgi of this animation is better than jurassic world.

These animations just keep getting better and better. Amazing as always 👍

I love this. Great 3-D animation! Cool perspectives with the camera angles! and the music is perfect! This is great inspiration for my home made 2-D project called Archelon Survival!

Love how the leaves fell from the trees this was really cool great job on the animation 👏

These videos are absolutely amazing! Acro is my favorite dinosaur, so thank you for making this!

UNBELIEVEBLE!!! It´s like travelling in a time machine!!! I´ve never seen nothing like this before!!!

I love everything in this animation it looks so realistic!

Everything Julian creates is excellent . I feel like I’m there.

A fantastic first part featuring some of my favorite Dinosaurs here. Well done! Keep up the great work and take your time.

I want to thank the cameraman that went back in time to give us this amazing footage.

you're finally back!

I just discovered this channel and man the amount of effort and details put on those videos are stunning great job man

Awesome video! Love seeing the dynamic between the two main predators of early Cretaceous North America!

This Is so worth to watch, Is great to see acro as the main dino!

this is amazing, you can really feel how much heavier the acrocanthasaurus are than the deinonychus and sauropelta, but then the adult sauroposiedon walks in at the end and adds a whole new scale

wow, i don't know how you do this but this is incredible, specially with the acro designs. absolutely amazing work. 🥰❤🥰

Your work is extraordinary- major documentary quality. can't wait for part II

Great sequence! Love the Acros design

This man is making acro as greatest predator better than a t rex

WOW!!! some dinosaur action and battle!!! Finaly its here!! Amazing work man!! I love how acro’s chasing those raptor and i love those ankylosaurid design too!

At first i was thinking "wait ? why would the little dino stand their ground against 3 acrocanthosaurus." And then i remember hyena fighting lions. Wolves standing their ground against bears. So on second, this is a plausible behavior between some dominant predators.

This is truly amazing! Thank you so much for sharing your incredible talents and storytelling skills! 😊

It seems that you are a bold Natgeo camera man risking his own life filming all those super predators for a documentary....Simply amazing

4:59 playing with those Titans is like playing with fire 5:08 especially when One of them is awake and standing tall

Oh yeah! what a great day it will be now! Ty for another great video

Uh, this is maybe the coolest RU-vid video I've ever seen. DON'T STOP MAKING DINOSAUR VIDS. WOW THIS IS INCREDIBLE

this is so accurate! dinosaurs can’t roar they can make a low humming sound, just like this video represents, they acro is making low humming sounds! very accurate

Breathtaking work as always

breathtakingly real, why aren't you being funded by media outlets for this work? It's better than the Jurrasic Park franchise. Surely someone has noticed your work already? Brilliant

I love how it is just that there movement is so subtle and natural, great video as always!

Literally the best thing I have ever seen. Your work up close with the spino's phenomenal 👏 🙌. You always blow mind.

Glad to see my favorite carnivore dinosaur in action!

Another incredible video with amazing effects! Thanks for the shout out in the description, you are awesome!

Your work is amazing, the wait is worth it. It has come to my attention that those raptors should probably have a lot more feathers on their arms, but that's just a detail. Excelent, as always :)

You never disappoint us. I love it.

I love to see a long video with a story!! Its a work of art and absolutely enjoyable to see this! thanks and keep going!!

The shots are so dynamic, creative and inventive, and the woodland setting is so atmospheric. I loved it! The music was amazing too. Really looking forward to part two!

I love the roving camera work and the close-ups, proximity to the animals - watched many times, it just gets better and better.

It’s nice to see your videos still doing well!

I've never heard of this species of carnivore glad you showed something different from all the rest

That is so beautiful and these wonderful short dinosaur films will always put me a good smile.

Oh wow, the texture you got on the raptors' feathers was amazing. I wanted to just bury my hands in their 'coats' And I cackled out loud when that one Acro just walked off with the log like a consolation prize.

Man this is absolutely stunning and amazing, your talent is beyond incredible.

dayum props to the cameraman for getting these wonderful and rare footage

Your realistic animations deserve already a movie.

So fabulous, each time. All those hours and weeks spend on your work. And it's worth it ! Excellent ! ♥

This is literally what comes to my mind when i hear the word acrocanthosaurus, probably because this model is VERY GOOD

Oh my god this is incredible shading and all is spot on walking animations are beautiful good sounds when it's calm into a clash between two creatures you did amazing here man!

the sound design is amazing mate. Dinosaurs couldn't roar, and I think you made a fantastic choice!

I love how they showed the sauropods travelling in the water as to travelling on land. I feel it would be extremely physically relieving for them.

How amazing it would be if we had a time machine, and could go back and observe these events first-hand.

Brilliant! Thank you so much for bringing these ancient worlds to life.

Can’t Imagine how long these take No stutters, no train clipping, no entity clipping and over all graphics are amazing

Hey Julian! Looks like I've fallen behind on your new vids! These new Acro vids are wonderful! I love how you're always thinking of new perspectives to view your amazing creations. Off to see Part 2!

I watched a video about the drought in Texas revealing Acrocanthosaurus' tracks and they were *HUGE* , far larger than the man's, who was recording, shoes! I am not surprised, but it still never ceases to amaze me that such a mighty creature once roamed the Earth!

Super cool! Love the content you guys bring us!!

Thanks a lot for creating & sharing this - and now I'm really curious about what that dude has in mind with his tree trunk.

Dude, if you ever decide to try to do a full length documentary, I will happily donate. Because good god, your stuff is amazing

Team, you did a incredible job. Few weeks ago, I showed your video to my brother. He started arguing with me that Apple dinosaur series had better animation. We argued for a long time. Finally I was able to convince him that your work was better than Apple animators.

1:46 I saw that "Monsters Resurrected" high roar posture. Is that something they can do?

So perfect video and so superb realistic made. The Acrocanthosaures and other dinos and landscape are absolute awesome. Brilliant work you have done. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Thanks for bringing my favorite Theropod to life. I assume the raptors were Utahraptors? They were too big for Denonychus. Almost felt Raptor Red vibes with this one.

Finally, it’s been so long😭

Never ceases to amaze.

The animations from the dinosaurs are fantastic, the music, and the sound effects are great! Keep it up

Haha 😂 I thought it was just mum & dad rounding up the kids for dinner.

Awesome, love it!! Those big predators indeed should not have been fast runners. I wonder why he took the tree with him at the end :D

Awesome

hes back again whit his gorgeous work. youre amazing

Splendid, again. Great work all around, Mika's music works so well with your animation and Gabriel's soundwork. What a wonderful crew. :) Mega-thanks to you all !