How Glitch DESTROYED Disney 

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Glitch is like early Pixar. Its a group of animators coming together to create the animations they want to make. I wonder if glitch will become the next pixar equiant and if so will it follow the same route that that studio did.

I think 'destroying' is understating how Glitch has been as of late in contrast towards Disney, it’s a straight up OBLITERATION because holy hell. The stars honestly aligned concerning glitch’s success and I’m all for it.

At least GLITCH Productions isn't a greedy, money-hungry corporation. At least GLITCH actually *cares* about their audience.

I absolutely love how Glitch is getting the popularity it deserves. I really hope murder drones and tadc get even better known

Glitch is also helping indie artists from all over make their start so are morally way better than Disney who does nothing but destroy

Disney is a company that's known around the world and has been around for decades and yet, they're slowly getting outclassed be a small indie animation studio that's only been around for a few years. Luke and Kevin should be very proud of themselves as well as the rest of the glitch team.

I feel like 5 Nights at Freddy's deserves a mention, Scott Cawthon's series is even more proof of how a single vision and support can stick it to fam and pop culture attention. The film was very much a letter thanking the fans.

The only thing I’m upset about TADC getting at popular as it has, is that it didn’t happen as loudly with Glitch’s earlier show Murder Drones

Disney, one of the biggest animation companies of all time, is losing to a company owned by a (formerly) blue Mario recolor (SMG4)

I'm personally hesitant to say that Glitch is on its way to destroy and own Disney. Yes they are currently destroying Disney with their latest product and Disney has plenty of competitors now but this is far from the first time Disney has been like this. Disney has been destroyed by competition in the past and on has been its own downward spirals, and made comebacks in one way or another. This is also the first product of Glitch to be this succesful. There's no guarantee they'll be able to re capture their success again, as is rare (2nd product syndrome, happens a lot with businesses that go viral). I do however believe that Disney is going to struggle to fight back against the current state of all online cartoons and streaming services in general, if they don't adapt to it. So let's all be cautiously hopeful. Successfully owning Disney is extremely rare and the best example I can think of is Pixar (Don Bluth tried, but financial trouble got to him eventually). And even then, Pixar had to make deals with Disney so they themselves could survive, directly benefitting both.

My man SMG4 went from sm64 skit maker to beating a multi billion dollar company

Y’know, I wrote a book called “Death By Disney” and thought of the idea back when Disney was still doing decent. Now, the title just seems so relatable to the situation Disney’s in right now. 😅

( 17:39 ) I needed to hear this. As a 20 year old beginner animator, skilled artist who’s fallen into a rut of art block. Call me a doomer all you’d like, I was losing hope for myself. With the way things had been lately, I convinced myself that if I had stories to tell, nobody would be interested in them at the slightest. But I never tried to get them out there in the first place. Seeing all of these indie creations is so unbelievably inspiring, and your words inspire as well.

I feel like just indie media in general is going through a Renaissance right now, also note how in the gaming circle, Lethal Company (made by a single developer btw) outsold the most recent Call of Duty game. I hope to see what creators across all mediums have in store for us, and maybe that I can join in as well.

As long as The Rhino and The Redbill is part of the indie animation renaissance, I'm all for it. Well, I'd be in anyway, but that one pilot in particular is my driving force.

I think what was a big cause of Disney’s fall, was their need to make all of their movies have some secret meaning. But the thing is, it’s all been done before. Elemental was about “ooo, forbidden love. Don’t conform to society when it comes to love”. But then, what was the Little Mermaid about? Beauty and the Beast? And then Wish. Wish is about working towards your own goals and not relying on wishes to cheat your way out of the work. Well, Pinocchio? Cinderella? And the list can go on forever. My point is, it’s hardly a crime to just make something for the sake of entertainment. Like Murder Drones, Digital Circus, Gravity Falls, Hilda. It can have a moral to take from it, but the entire story shouldn’t revolve around that moral. And hey, I can’t wait for my animation to get out there. It’d be amazing to listen to reviews about it. Reactions, lore videos, everything that Murder Drones had. I’m just saying, it’d be nice.

Let not forget that the amazing digital circus have multi language audio in their video which help people who has a language barrier can watch it in their language of choice

Pixar:hey disney meet my younger brother glitch! Disney:💀

I find it funny that someone very infamous for making videos about mario parodies is also partially responsible for being a key point to helping destroy a literal giant of a company.

Disney has been so out of frame that content farm channels haven’t been going off of Disney characters for a while

One thing youve forgotten is that views isnt even glitchs main revenue stream, that being the merch sales, yet still glitch exceeds disney by glitchtillion dollars

I'm really happy for GLITCH to become like this. They put LOTS of love into their animations. Meanwhile Disney can't make a well written story anymore.

I like Disney, but it's getting a bit outdated. All they rely on is references that fail to bring nostalgia. Glitch on the other hand is constantly being original and doing new things.

And the best part is that glitch is not a completely corporate mindset that prioritizes quantity over quality and knows how to make something enjoyable.

Disney: *makes terrible animations* Glitch: "fine, I'll do it myself"

The saddest part about *The Amazing Digital Circus* is that some people hate the Show, not because of the *Show itself* but instead the Community. Lord oh mighty I HATE THE COMMUNITY, but I like the episode. Bro the community of The Amazing Digital Circus is such a Pitfire that even the Creator is having second choices of following their dream

Im honestly so happy, because when i buy merch not only am i getting a cute little plush or thing with a character i like from the show but i also get to support those creators who make absolutely great stuff. I cant wait for the next episode of TADC and the season finale of murder drones. The only big studios that seem to be trying are dreamworks and pixar honestly, yeah dreamworks did make some forgettable movies lately but i think they may be trying to get money for another big thing similar to the last wish. Maybe shrek 5 who knows??

If you told me several years ago that SuperMarioGlitchy4, the guy who, while admittedly the most popular in his content genre, was just a RU-vidr guy who made funny Mario 64 machinima blooper videos and collabed with other Nintendo-tuber guys like Nathaniel Bandy, Chariii5, SimpleFlips, etc., would in only a few years be an unironic serious competitor against hecking DISNEY in animation and entertainment, I probably wouldn't believe you or at least would wonder how the freak that would manage to occur, but here we are.

I am glad that glitch makes content that applies to the teenage demographic, as I am finding it hard to find interesting movies and tv series that feel geared towards the teenage audience. Can’t wait to see what glitch has in store for us next

Wouldn’t be surprised if they made their own theme park lmao I’d go honestly tho

Every time you said MURDER DRONES I started hearing the main theme in my head

It really does seem like it’s indie’s time to shine. Not only from the written and animated works but in games too, indie or small developers have shown that can capture the interest, respect, and money of an audience while big companies are mired in creative burnout and pleasing investors.

It's safe to say when indie animation became famous on youtube in the 2020 dacade, Spindlehorse was the DreamWorks to Glitch Production's Pixar.

Glitch Productions has so much potential with there shows! Meta Runner, Sunset Paradise, Murder Drones, & the most famous the Amazing Digital Circus are all original indie shows that all have something that teens like me can enjoy.

The Lerdwichagul Brothers are *REVOLUTIONISING* the downfall of the Walt Disney Company, and I am AMAZED by it!

It really makes me hopeful thay I can make my own show ideas a reality one day. I currently don't have an income and can't technically recieve one (it's a long story), but it still makes me hopeful that I might make my dreams a reality someday.

I do hope GLITCH becomes a big player in the overall animation industry. To have a reliable indie publisher that obscure creative artists who just want to tell a genuinely good story can turn to is a HUGE game changer for the indie animation landscape. The biggest problem with indie is the initial funding for those projects. By having GLITCH be the big publisher to promote and publish those projects, artists don't have to worry about going hungry for the night just to finish their work. They can just focus on making a good show and GLITCH will handle everything else from marketing, staff, merch, etc. The best part is that Kevin and Luke (the founders of the company and the ones who have the final say in everything) aren't some shadow council made up of a bunch of out-of-touch, greedy, decrepit pennypinchers. They're animators who know how hard the animation process is, from scriptwriting, creating the models, sound-mixing, the actual animating itself, if anyone knows how to be in charge of an animation studio, it's them. I don't know about you guys but I think this might just be the renaissance of internet animation in general, and just when I thought the golden days from the era of Newgrounds and Flash will never come back....

I like how he mentions MatPat, when he’s already on top of it with TADC and Murder adrones, and is definitely aware of Hazbin.

So basically the future of entertainment is indie animation, fanfiction, and webtoons? Nice

So great to see Glitch show a small indie studio like Disney the right way to do things, truly inspiring

my god. the fact that an indie animation studio and DISNEY OF ALL COMPANIES are in the same video. is crazy

I have always looked up to Glitch Productions and Im very happy that they are getting the recognition that they deserve! Murder Drones is my favourite show of all time and I enjoyed The Amazing Digital Circus' pilot! Thanks to TADC, it really got the studio more known haha! (Like - a ton.) Im also looking forward to the upcoming The Gaslight District as it seems like its my metaphorical cup of tea in some way haha.

Vivziepop, Glitch, Iron Circus productions, and more certainly are very talented creators. It's a big win for the little guys. The world of gaming has been seeing that phenomenon for years. It was only a matter of time before TV/Film follow suit.

Honestly, I'm so happy to see my favorite indie animation company get the spotlight they deserve. Over 500M total views (If you put Murder Drones, TADC, and even Meta Runner into the mix), tripled sub count, and proper funding, its truly amazing to see an animated series flourish after the creators put so much love and effort into their projects. Disney should take a page out of Glitch's book and put some soul back into the movies they produce, only then could we get some high grade animation again.

I mean….if disney ran out of ideas of new movies or remakes then….why don’t they make a mickey mouse movie!? I mean it’s literally their mascot!

At first I felt like TADC was just super neat and grassroots and needed to be shared with everyone. Now that I see how PROPORTIONALLY successful Glitch’s recent works have been, I have no doubt that there isn’t going to be any one “big dog” of animation entertainment anymore. We’re getting into an era that is parallel to everything GOOD about living in a Capitalistic society, and the freedoms that come with creation from several individuals, rather than a focus on mass consumerism of 1 product

its crazy that a indie studio that cares about the stuff they make is good and its experimental and new and refreshing

I never knew a virtual jester could literally crush a large, famous billionaire mouse with just one step. You know, they really should’ve kept Oswald. He had a good opportunity.

POV: You’re a billion dollar Animation and Film Industry who loses to a 3000000x smaller group of Australians working in a house

A Glitch theme park would be badass asf lmfao

I've known Glitch since Luke and Kev announced it's existence.. those two guys hold a special place in my heart and I'm really proud of how far they've come. Even for people who only watch Luke's "SMG4" stuff- you can really tell how far he's come in animation as a whole

I feel like I'm in some light novel fever dream these days. You are spot on media mixing and influencing each other. I am all for a good story but since my attention span suffered some serious glitch I haven't read any conventional literature for probably a decade and went instead on a shorter, more creative forms of storytelling. I still don't know what to think about it... It's probably not very good for me.. but what I know for sure is I will never have time to read sixty books a year anymore... nor to go to cinema to watch a shitty disney movie.

lets hope Disney doesn't try to make a deal with Glitch Production, otherwise they might bring them down along with them.

Who would’ve thought that a indie animation studio owned by tow meme lords would do better then a big balls studio that’s been around since the 1920s and or earlier

I am glad to know that Camille's harem knows about Spice and Wolf Edit: I have not finished reading the light novels but the anime was pretty good and I am glad the remake is gonna happen

I'm surprised that Smg4 has made such good animation company with other content creators

185 million views, and it's still growing! I have watched smg4 and glitch productions since 2018, and it has been so fun. Now i can see how others get introduced to this amazing channel.

best part about it is that it was just the first part of it for TADC. I was just hooked on the first few seconds

The old era of animations and animated shorts and every well made animations that we still fondly remember, has almost ended, but thanks to Glitch, we can stop the slow dying of animations!

Its cool how a lot of creative media is pivoting at least a bit more towards indie creations in recent years. Such as video games, animation, and even events

imagine a billion dollar company losing to random dudes who made mario comedy stuff

imagine being a billion dollar corporation yet youre still beaten by some random indie studio on the internet

Okay so I've noticed this trend since the pandemic ended that at the end of the year, an animated production is released that shocks people with how good it is and starts dominating the internet and connecting with people. In late 2021 to Early 2022, we had Disney release Encanto, which had great songs, beautiful animation, a story many people connected with because of the themes of generational trauma and characters people were making head-canons and fanart for (as well as making Bruno a Tumblr Sexyman). You couldn't go five minutes without someone bringing this movie up. In late 2022 to Early 2023, we had Dreamworks with Puss in Boots the Last Wish, which is a movie Dreamworks NEEDED to make. Absolutely stunning visuals, amazing humor reminiscent of the Shrek films, themes of fear and anxiety that many (including myself) connected with, and great characters (mostly villains) people were making head-canons and fanart for, and making Death a Tumblr Sexyman. It had been years since a Dreamworks film had people talking THAT much. In late 2023 to probably early 2024 and onward, we have Gooseworks and Glitch with The Amazing Digital Circus. A theme song that is still stuck in my head, fun bouncy animation, a dark story and setting people were relating to, and, you guessed it, characters people were making head-canons and fanart for, as well as making Jax AND Caine Tumblr Sexymen (and possibly Kinger but that's debatable). Something about all three of these projects (other than the Tumblr sexymen) that I find interesting is that people were kind of shocked and amazed by how well these projects were doing and how well they could convey important themes and relatable characters. But something *more* important is the fact that all three of these productions *came from different studios*. Considering how much Pixar and Disney dominated the box office during the 2010s, I think it's great that animation productions can be successful and popular without having to come from Disney. (though I will point out that the Super Mario Bros Movie and Spiderverse did well at the box office this year, but I'm not considering them because we all knew they were gonna do well. Mario Bros was made by Illumination and it's Mario so of course it was gonna make bank, and Spiderverse has been popular since it was first released in 2018, so of course people were gonna go to Theatres to watch it). Am I saying Disney *doesn't* need to step up their game? Oh heck no. They've been in tricky spots before like in the 80s so I think they can pull out of this if they actually try. But they aren't. Wish and Strange World did poorly at the Box Office and critically. I just think it's healthy for the industry that Disney Animation has competition now. Though I have to say, even though it was released in the year Disney decided to explode, Elementals is FREAKING ADORABLE and I will die on that hill.

its funny to me bc usually i hate the "ooh childlike thing gone scary!" concept but they pull it off so well and with incredible writing and animation and i didnt care about glitch at all for years until this came out like tadc is fantastic and im genuinely excited for more content

It’s so hard to believe Luke and Kevin, the brothers that started GLITCH. Also make SMG4 . I’m happy for them, and everyone else behind the GLITCH team

The mouse has fallen a lot while we had someone to rise to take his spot, and that person is Glitch!

if we're talking about books being turned into animations? look at how many fan animations of fanfics like Passeriene for example. (yes, i do mean the DSMP one, please don't harrass me.) there's many of them, and it just helps show. artists will show people stories they love, you just have to write the way to their hearts by being genuine.

You know it's bad when Illumination is picking up Disney's slack. Then again, I really think the only reason they tried with the Mario Movie was because Nintendo had a fire flower to their heads.

I was around when Glitch first came out with Meta Runner. Amazing to see how far they've come.

I unironically think that patreon-like productions are the future of art, not only in animations. The thing is free for everyone, but if you want a sequel or really like it (or you like the producer) and want to support them/it, you pay for it.

to think that SMG4 (Luke) and Kevin went from a little channel making meme Super Mario 64 videos to now being the owners of a legit indie company thats got 2 series already under their belt, Murder Drones and the first, iirc, being Meta Runner, and TADC showing a very high interest in viewers so its probably going to become series #3 they have going, being someone that watched them when they were just the before mentioned SM64 meme video makers to what they are now, honestly, i couldnt be more proud of them and how far theyve come

Вау, Я просто слушал офигевал от всей информации, после просмотра моя голова просто кипела различными мыслями. Ещё на моменте, когда я услышал примерный заработок GLITCH (если бы они продавали билеты), мне стало не по себе.

It's incredible that these guys went from just making goofy gmod Mario videos to literally beating Disney in every aspect

Big OUCH! I knew Disney was failing, but that much?! I can't wait for more TADC and Hazbin Hotel. Also, what's the animation at 18:39 please?

I've wanted to make a stop-motion series based off Megatron from the novels of the Aligned continuity of Transformers, and the themes that inspired then. Following a gladiator turned revolutionary leader who draws inspiration from mid 20th century authoritarian African and Asian leaders, Lucifer as he was depicted in Paradise Lost, and the early leaders of the soviets. Following a bold poet and philosopher who's goals are true and just for their people, but they are slave to their pride and ego, leading to a moral fall with biblical consequences as their world is plunged into a civil war turned Armageddon as the gladiator become worse than the corrupt regime they overthrew.

Indie animation is incredible right now!! Tadc, murder drones, helluva boss, lackadaisy, and even has in hotel coming to prime in a month. It’s exciting to see the industry in this shift and hopefully it gets bigger studios to produce more stuff like spider verse and the last wish

I hope they keep doing a good job as this sort of reminds me of early Rooster Teeth days. Good content, low budget, good fandom, and they are making up the costs by just showing good content. It sound naive and simple, but its the best we can hope for as most major industries shows are caring more about DIE... DEI politics and points leaving smaller groups to rush in and fill the gap for good content for the sake of making something good to stand on its own merits.

18:35 HELP I’M DYING (the happy music while freckle is shooting)

The profit you calculated is just from the pilot alone. Glitch also produces merch for their shows as well. Murder drones has got plenty, but the amazing digital circus at the very least has the pomni and jax plushes. I've got no clue how much of those got sold, but that only increases their profit.

I swear on god that in 8 months, the TADC pilot will get 1 billion views. Like every month, they’re getting 100 million views on the pilot

I Hope Glitch And Disney Doesn't Do Collaboration Or Selling Their Show To Disney

I still think Murder Drones is way better than the amazing digital circus.

The fact that the Glitch (founded by the creators of SMG4) had become more relevant than disney

Disney is sure is trouble with that criticism

Who would win: A. Multi-billion corporation that does animation from the dawn of it B. Liminal Jester and "Hor hor horhor hor, hor horhor horhor"

An indie channel shows made by youtubers OH MY GOD THEY DESERVE MORE ANIMATORS AND CHANNEL!

Seeing how Kevin and Luke have grown is amazing, but it's kinda sad to see Meta Runner be pushed into the background. (It's even worse for Sunset Paradise)

Murder drones is also amazing!

Who would win? The Armies of the Disney Princesses, Reimagined Live Action Fairy Tales, An Army of Superheroes (who have recently been replaced with Diversity Counterparts), and Jedis? Or *ONE CLUSSY GIRL?!?*

This was an awesome reminder-sort of video that covers most of everything right now very well and more people should consider and know about. Great video!

It started with smg4, then there was meta runner, sunset paradise and murder drones, followed by Tadc, and now gaslight district. These guys are the best indie producers/animators in years, and they make me proud to be an Aussie.

As a fully digital series, episode two and beyond will be much less expensive and will theoretically take less time to produce. This is due to the reuse of assets such as character models, locations, props, music and sound effects. And as time goes on and they develop more assets they have more to draw upon and less need for new assets, in turn saving them yet more time and money.

What Amazing abijt Luke (Smg4) and Kevin is that they are EXTREMELY passionate on animation, and there are other indie creators out their and the best part is they dont look for the top tier independent animator’s as long as your unique they offer you the power to spread your voice in the world of animation. WHATS EVEN BETTER they treat there animators so well and Offer a lot of Creative Freedom to make their vision better.

I dont know what's more surprising, the fact that Disney is still alive (barely, they're basically on life support at this rate), or the fact that this was one of your most viewed video to date.

i can not even express with words how happy i am for gooseworx, luke and kevin, liam vickers, and everyone else associated with glitch. especially gooseworx. she's the last person I would have ever expected to have her show take off like this with so much fervor. i dont mean that in a bad way. i just mean that she's never before been the most popular animator on the planet or anything. so this is completely MIND BLOWING to me and i could not be more overjoyed

Glitch is becoming the New Disney, and we are witnessing its very rise!

at least glitch has funny community posts

Dont forgot that they brought indie animators for an event glitchX because unlike Disney were they buy all their competition glitch brings them together

The mouse is about to be caught, and we haven't even laid out the cheese.