Holland, 1945 [ The Magnus Archives ] Animatic 

The panels with "indentions in the sheets, where their bodies once moved but don't move anymore" with tim and sasha being replaced in the second panel by boxes of statements killed me dead.

The bit with Tim in bed with Sasha vs crying alone broke into my house and shot me three times in the chest

This animatic broke into my house, punched me in the face and broke every single of my most prized possessions right in my face and now i am crying this is beautiful and I'm just. Oh god i am so emotional over this.

I LOVE THIS.... But it's extremely interesting how we never see Elias' or Jon's eyes isn't it? 👀

It's so sad how Tim seemed so happy go lucky even after losing his brother and was always trying to keep everyone happy but when he found someone who made him feel loved he lost her and eventually had nothing left to give, leading to his behavior in seasons 2 and 3.

I'm literally obessed with this, Love the Emphasis on the Assistants, never see stuff of just them

id type up a essay on all the reasons why i love this but im literally speechless rn omg i need to sit down

I will never be okay again, this is so good. TIM.

this animatic just punched me in the gut like, the nmh song, the expressions, everything is so good it made feel things, martin looking at the empty office made me wanna cry thank you this is awesome

HEY SORRY IF THIS IS OVERENTHUSIASTIC BUT IM OBSESSED WITH THIS AND WATCHING THIS ITS INCREDIBLE I ACTUALLY CANT EVEN PUT INTO WORDS HOW BLOWN AWAY I AM??? LIKE EVERYTHING ABT THIS WAS JUST SO WELL THOUGHT OUT AND YOU MATCHED EVERYTHING PERFECTLY I ADORE THIS VIDEO AND I ADMIRE YOU A TON THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS I AM PUMPED!!! IM GOING TO MAKE CONTENT NOW. BECAUSE OF YOU. YOU INSPIRED ME THANK YOU

I keep coming back to this, non of the lyrics _literally_ fits but it still SOMEHOW manages to match the plot in a weirdly perfect indirect way, I can't stop thinking about it

having trouble finding words to say how much i love this!!! this was already a super important song to me but like the way u matched up the characters with the lyrics??? tim's part and the "and here's where your mother sleeps" line connecting martin to the lonely???? holy shit i forgot how to cry for a while but im crying in real life avsvshbab thank you

This is genuinely amazing! You really encompassed the drastic changes the characters have went through compared from their beginnings. Just seeing Sasha, Tim, and Martin smiling together at the start versus where they end up is poetic in itself. All of the Tim scenes killed me, I miss him so much. What you drew really shows all he went through, with losing Sasha and everyone else in his life. The flashbacks are so well put together! Martin at the end when he’s alone at his mother’s funeral made me start genuinely sobbing. Seeing Martin’s slow decent into loneliness is so well drawn out. He’s had to watch everyone slowly leave and get hurt and he deserves so much better, they all do. I’m sure you worked really hard on this and it turned out wonderful! You’re very talented. The song’s lyrics go very well with your art, this is beautiful 💛

Idk what this animatic is about but I just love this song and I’m happy to see Neutral Milk Hotel get the recognition it deserves.

THIS IS SO GORGEOUS YOU MADE IT FIT THE LYRICS SO WELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh my god dude, this physically hurt me it was so good thats song choice,,,,,,, you applied the lyrics so well and all the drawings , your art style.................... the frame of tim reacting to not-sasha gets me every time , i wish i had the capacity to express my love for this also, i know from experience that getting the timing right is really difficult, but you fucking nailed it man, this is amazing now if youll excuse me i have to go follow you because this good good art makes my brain smile emote

This really hit me right in my Tim feelings. I loved Tim so much and to see all of his struggles with The Stranger illuminated so clearly here really just killed me for him. He'd been through so much. And while the Unknowing was always bound to fail, at least Tim went out on his terms and avenging his brother which I think is truly a great justice to him in a VERY SAD KIND OF WAY. ANYWAYS YOU DID A REAL GOOD JOB THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THIS ANIMATIC IS SO SO GORGEOUS AND PERFECT!!!! neutral milk hotel + tma is genius actually and im so inspired by this... the ARTISTRY

I literally started listening to The Magnus Archives just so I could actually watch this animatic... I was not disappointed! This animatic does such a good job of capturing so many things about the series and I especially love the way you portrayed these like... life changing moments in TMA. I also love the way you draw Tim and Sasha... (blows them both a kiss) This is definitely one of my favorite animatics I've seen of any fandom!

This video committed brutal pipe murder on my heart

this one thousand percent made me cry, a++++++ job

A song called Holland, 1945? That can't be a happy song, can't wait to see how you ruin my life by relating it to TMA.

oh shit this hurt so so so bad this makes me so sad in the best possible way. And Tim oh poor Tim this made Tim's death a bigger punch to the gut holy fuck he went through so much and he lost literally everything that mattered to him OUCH

I am actually close to tears oh my God... Like literally how perfect can a song be? Tim's brother? Martin's mum? Your animation is just beautiful...

I have no clue where this song is from but I adore how it all becomes VERY crunchy VERY fast

God... this after the last episode brings tears to my eyes man

Thank you for the animatic, I'm going to go cry now.

holy shit!!!! for some reason I was like no way this song will fit well but holy shit!!! the way you associated everything is perfect!!! and your art is absolutely gorgeous!!!!

hey op what makes you think any of this is even remotely close to ok? (that translated means great job! im in despair!)

NMH in a Magnus animatic?! This is a great surprise!!

this is so fucking gorgeous i’ve watched it three times already and i only cried a bunch like HECK man

Never thought I'd see this song in anything mainstream EVER. I don't really understand what this is for, but it looks fantastic! You did a good job!

damn those parallels really stab in the heart dont they

How could one change in lighting break my heart so violently

People associate this fandom with so many songs that fit incredibly well. My eyes are watering up, and it is awful, and it is beautiful, and I am laughing, in pain.

2:50 Do I see a good cow in the corner Good cows

Oh this is so good! I can see all the effort you put into it and ai love all the cut flashes between people being happy and sad, the one with Tim crying was a lot and the one with the warms was very good and I liked Martin coming in with the line “This is where your mother sleeps” I’m glad they got their happy ending for a bit in the cottage that was really sweet to see. Good job!

this animatic literally never fails to make me cry but I cannot stop watching it thank u op

I have no idea what "The Magnus Archives" are nor do I care to. What I do care about is how well this animation gets the _feel_ of the song spot on. It fits. It fits well. I like the way it fits. Great job.

IVE WATCHED THIS LIKE FIVE TIMES AND IM LOOSING IT THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME SAD ABOUT THEM AGAIN

it’s been 2 years since i first saw this animatic and i still come back to it

This has got me weeping... the entire bitwith Tim actually wrecked me tbh and I don't think I'm going to recover. Also the lines and shapes in this are so so good!! Big excellently soft hours (on your part) and also big suffering hours (on mine)

oh my god i'm gonna cry- this is my favorite song ever and i'm recently hyperfixated on tma, so them combines is just, ahh, you're so incredibly talented

This made all the emotions feel VERY raw again so good job 😔

this is so,,, this is so so so gorgeous and perfect and the transition between the shot of tim and sasha in the archive to the empty desks made me WEEP introverted_ppl you're incredible and i hate you for making me cry

This is incredible I’m crying so hard GOD ALL THE MOMENTS WITH TIM AND SASHA WHERE THEY DISAPPEAR IN THE NEXT FRAME I can’t keep doing this,,,,, honestly your art style is incredible and you drew so many hands??? How???? This was the perfect mix of angst and wholesomeness it’s amazing!!

this is genuinely my favorite tma animatic! its so well framed and spaced, the art style is great, and i love the way that you interpreted the lyrics to fit the story! Not to mention I fucking love this song and discovered neutral milk hotel through this kajhsdkajs I love this so much and i cant stop watching it lol

No dislikes *AS IT SHOULD BE* Seriously this is so rad I love it!!! Oh my god, the way the lyrics kinda matched up with certain parts of the story- I died. Deceased. When the word "brother" came up for Tim and "mother" for Martin I fucking CRIED bro. 10/10

top 10 animatics that make me cry so much

Absolutely sobbing the song fits so perfectly and the transitions are brutally heartbreaking this is incredible

LOVE THIS SONG. LOVE THIS PODCAST. YOU DID BOTH OF THEM SO MUCH JUSTICE HERE. THE PART WITH TIM.....MAN.......... WAAAH

New favourite animator and song 😳😳😳💕💕💕💕

I love this, the way the visuals represent the lyrics??!!!? Just so good!

why would you break my heart like this

OKAYOKAY. Can I just. AAAA I’m gonna cry, the scene choices are so good and so painful and the ART STYLE IS SO SO LOVELY????? I will actually lose my mind this is so good

I'm heartbroken, I'm desperately holding back tears, absolutely fantastic!!! Edit: I failed, I'm crying...

because of this animatic, every time i hear the song i SOB. this is a beautiful depiction of a beautiful story and i hope u know my therapist will be hearing about it /j

This makes me feel every emotion at once. The style is so beautiful and the lines so poignant to the story. God I miss Tim and Sasha

I've been watching this animatic atleast once a month for a while now. The way you tie the lyrics to those key moments in TMA is incredible. This animatic made me fall in love with the song. Keep up the amazing work and thank you for creating this Animatic

TIM STOKER MAKES ME SO SO DEEPLY UPSET

this is absolutely wonderful....i love how you drew everything and they way you made it fit with the lyrics ;-;

OH MY GOD THIS IS GORGEOUS????? TIM OH MY GOD IM SO SAD

Love the song and was pleasantly surprised to see it in a TMA context! Great art and connections to the story.

oh my GOD this is fantastic!!!!! you made the lyrics fit so well!!

I want to inject the image of Jon finding Martin in the lonely directly into my brain

just finished season 4, holy moley this hurty. i love this song so much and it fits so weirdly perfectly? the feeling it gives me is almost the exact same as tma has given me so far. a weird spacey yearning. edit: i finished season 5 on the weekend (so like, 5 days? after this comment) HOLY FUCK. i really can't explain the effect it's had on me. like, intense nostalgia for something i don't know, the awe-and-fear feeling of realising the scale of the system/network/world you're in. yeah. ow.

This is frankly formative to the entire fandom IMO. Incredible work.

Hey who gave you permission to hurt me like this

this is so fantastic, its so sad, beautiful, and well thought out! your style compliments the vibe and stories that you're showing really well :,D

This is really good! I think you paced it well with the lyrics. Your Sasha is very cute, and your Not!Sasha is proportionally Very Disturbing, oh my God. Martin's moment with the "And here's where your mother sleeps" + just that entire sequence,, I kind of saw coming but still broke my heartttttttt Awesome work!

this is like my favorite song and it already made me emotional and now I WILL cry at “intentions in the sheets” everytime

This makes me so sad in a good way, I have chills from this. I love your art style, it's jus so funky!

the thought of martin going to tim's funeral alone :') ouch

NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL AND THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES OH MY GOD??!! SKDJSKDJB

UNDER TWENTY FOUR HOURS?? YOURE A GOD. thanks for making me feel too many emotions.

This is one of the rare songs that legit brings me to tears every time I hear it

MY GOD this is beautiful, thank you for making this!!!!!

mmm yes Neutral milk hotel for dayssss

this is so beautiful!!!! dude you did such a great job and made the song fit so well ahhhhhhh

This punched me in the gut, thanks for thank. Very much appreciated

i’m trying to compose words to explain how important this is to me it’s just. so incredible i am so emotional and cannot stop crying! you’re so talented everything about this is perfect

I can't believe an artist made an animatic of my favorite album 😭😭

well now *I'M CRYING* this was so incredibly good!!!!!

i have no clue what the magnus archives are about but woo!!!! neutral milk hotel animatic!!!!! yay!!!

I wish there were enough words to tell you with precision just how much this means to me. I can only be grateful. Thank you.

This is phenomenal! It’s such smooth animation and I love all your character designs and how expressive they are! Also ouch it really hits deep with those emotions

This...this is truely heartbreaking. And really beautifully drawn, but my goodness

I NEVER REALIZED HOW WELL THIS SONG FIT.. THIS IS BEAUTIFUL OP YOUR MIND

This is so beautiful! The season 3 into season 4 parts were wonderful and hurt me greatly

hi, i just want you to know that i watch this at least once a week and every single time it rips my heart out all over again. i'm obsessed with this song now, too. this is great, and you're great. thanks.

OUDHGDHSHSJSHSJ I AM OBSESSED WITH THis...... holland 1945 was already my favorite semi obscure song and heres an animatic wigh that and my favorite podcast??? And aside from that its GORGEOUS and the lyrics fit so well id love it even if i didnt know the source/song!!!!!! Bravo!!!!

Just beautiful. Incredible. I especially loved the beginning with Sasha it was so perfectly done!

Wow, this is so beautiful. It all just fits so well... just wow. Amazing.

Tim deserved better

GODD AMN WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME CRY! Honestly this was so well animated - you could really feel every frame and every emotion of the characters. I honestly didnt register how after s3 Martin was the only one left of the original Archives crew until 2:12 like goddamn

As I clicked this, I was like, Don't hurt me... please. Now I wanna cry. Screw you for giving me emotions I didn't know I had. (But in reality, it was AMAZING!!! I can't believe you did this in a day. I'm impressed and in love with your art style and talent)

Coming back to this months later on a whim. Just wanna thank you for getting me into TMA!

this hurt me so much i am sobbing. your art is so lovely thank you

Well done OP you successfully broke all of us bravo

I want you to know that this has permanently changed my brain chemistry