Taniwha ( Get in the water ) 

love how this character looks grayer than her environment, gives her an otherworldly vibe compared to the more saturated colors around her

The way her hand curls around the sun with the bloom effect changing as she does so. The symbolism behind that. It's SO good!

"You have lived more than enough" is a very chilling quote

Those blood effects were VISCERAL. Fantastic and beautiful animation! I've been anticipating this since the animatic came out.

Moana: The sea is calling me! This dude: By all means, answer the call! *Runs away*

Dude is tough until he realizes his stab to the heart had about as much impact as a paper cut. Awesome job on the animation!

Oooh she’s a saltwater crocodile thing, that’s so COOL!

When she pulled the knife out and her dialogue got more aggressive, my eyes immediately started watering. It’s just so intense for such a short animation! Definitely going to listen to the full song in the description. Earned a subscription from me, much love from Texas!

"You have lived more than enough" I love the double meaning behind those lyrics. It's a truly scary thing to say to a person under the right circumstances.

That was amazing! The first transformation scene where the water splashes and she becomes the half taniwha form is so cool!!!! Amazing job!

I SWEAR, can no one appreciate beating heart sounding in their headphones at the beginning and end? It manually reset my heart hearing it.

Honestly my favorite moments of the animation were the hand curl and the water shaking. That was so sensational.

This caught me off guard as a Kiwi, of course I noticed the word taniwha and was curious if this had to do with our Māori legends. It's funny because years ago it felt like the rest of the world didn't know we existed but now I witness more and more people becoming interested in our culture and country. I am glad you found inspiration in our legends. It's fun to see the stories I grew up with impact your artwork. Beautiful animation! you animated the waves so well and really captured the movement.

The chills I got as the water circling around her stopping in it’s place before she transformed.

Reading the description confirmed my suspicions that this was reminiscent of Wakfus artstyle, it looks absolutely phenomenal.

"Don't mistake my threats for love." Ma'am, I've never been this turned on."

ITS DONNEEEEE YAYYYY!! and it's even better than I expected!!!

The change in her expression (especially her eyes) at the start and then again when she yells is absolutely gorgeous! So many little details in their expressions that tell a story of their own.

I loved looking through the process of your research and backstory! It was so cool to see you even did the anatomy study of the Taniwha

It's really fun seeing people being inspired by mythology from my home country, haha! I really like your depiction of the taniwha, you've capture that powerful aura they were said to have💚

Alright, but that transition from anger to fear was actually... Funny 🗿

When the Kaprosuchus learns shapechanging magic its time to run.

This is gorgeous, and so is she!! The transitioning to her turning into her true form is so good 💙💚🩶

I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS THE EXPRESSIONS THE FLUIDITY ITS ALL SO PERFECT

Finally! A female who is a epic animal thingy

I love the modern take on Māori myth!!❤ so amazing how you built her character, the designs are flawless!!!

Bro knew he eff-ed up

Love getting recommended videos like this with absolutely no context from pop culture or Internet culture yet I understand that I'm on that weird side of RU-vid again lol

"You have lived more than enough" That line is legit scary 💀💀 Beautiful animation

When you try to kill that one boss in a game but it backfires Great video 👍

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 🎉 I saw the notification pop up when yall posted, INSTANT CLICK, DO NOT REGRET 🔥

IVE LITERALLY BEEN WAITING FOR THE NOTIFICATION. This is amazing!!

Dude this is nuts, I watched it so many times. This clip is insanely good, I really hope that it will make to a full movie or show

IM SCREAMING I LOVE THIS SO MUCH! PLEASE MAKE MORE OF THOSE TWO CHARACTERS IM BEGGING THIS OS SO GOOD AAAAA

Wakfu’s art style!!!!!?!? 🤩🤩🤩

OMG I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. I’d get in the water so fast with that kind of power behind her voice.

Holy Moly this looks amazing, gives me major Aotearoa vibes damnnn. The animations so smooth

I not only watched through this and the rough animation multiple times, but I also looked through the graphic bible you linked and OMG this is genuinely so impressive and inspiring! The concept is so cool and the way you organized and presented everything Is so well done! Absolutely phenomenal job! I can not wait to see more of you work on this channel!

This was so beautiful that it brought tears to my eyes. This is the second time someone has taken that bit of musical genius and made it utterly breathtaking.

The way her hand curls with the blooming effect of the sun just slightly blocked. It gives such emphasis that she will take away that light, the light that is a physical life. ❤️

Fantastic work on this! It's amazing to see the OG version of this song is about Odysseus and Poseidon and you've transformed Clae's cover into a full story. The latter is an artist who focuses her work on telling the stories of powerful women, so I really love how the heart of that still beats in your take on this song. Your story bible was a real treat to read, so thank you for sharing it! (tl;dr: It's just me gushing about this animation XD so good!!) The look on Mart's face is amazing. You can tell this is the moment he failed to understand the legend properly, that he thinks *this* is the moment where he was successful in his efforts to "control the sea". You can feel his desperation here to "win". The idea of control and victory plays bitterly brilliantly in discussions of women in abusive situations or assault of some nature often being victims of a man they once trusted or at least knew rather than a total stranger. I love that Tani backs away and looks at the knife in her chest. I think the only thing I'd note here is their proximity. It looks like he's just stabbed her but her single step back is already at a large distance. I'd suggest having Mart's hair move in the first few frames to suggest he's stepped back as well and to have Tani's braid have more movement to it to suggest the force knocking her further back. The two shot frame where they are both full-bodied is lovely 0:02. I love how the sky is blue and mostly clear on Mart's side and violet and cloudy on Tani's side. It suggests she's the storm and he's the calm. There's some really fun ways light gets played with in Nimora that subverts viewer expectations- allowing the bad guys to be adored in white and light which appeals to the narrative of the story being that people don't realize the good guys are the ones in the shadows. That same vibe get reflected here with Tani and Mart. One expects the "monster" to be Tani but she is really a woman who would've been Mart's victim if not for her own power. Something else to note, purple in New Zealand was the color of the Suffrage 125 logo and has a deep personal connection to women being granted the same political rights as men. I'm not sure if this was an intentional color theory choice on your part, but it really came out stunning. The fact the sky gets swallowed up by Tani's background color that's also reflected in the sea? It would've been so easy to just make it all blue, but you really went the extra mile here and it shows

OHH MY GOODNESS. WHAT?!? I cannot f a t h o m how good this looks, like what the Hell type of beautiful masterpiece did I stumble upon?!? HUGE props to you because I haven't seen this good quality of animation in a hot minute!!

the knife in the chest really sets this animatic apart from the others

DAAAAANG THAT LOOKED AMAZING!!! The movement, the expressions!

Gahh! This came out stunning, I love the somewhat lineless style and effect! It really pulls everything together! Stunning work!!

Reminds me of Wakfu's artstyle, great animation, wonderful job ! LMAO, just found out that's because you did animate some of Wakfu's scene. Legend.

OURGH I THOUGHT THAT THE WORK IN PROGRESS WAS GOOD BUT THIS IS FREAKIN GOD TIER!! absolutely in love with how smooth and fluid the art is- it looks almost 3d !!

HOLY COW.. THATS THE COOLEST THING I THINK IVE EVER SEEN BEFORE!! YOU ARE LITERALLY SO TALENTED!!! WOW

0:32 It's so cool how the nails start to darken as she gets angrier!!! The little details like this really make this stand out ❤❤

HOW ARE YOU SO UNDERRATED WHAT? I saw saw the wip and I must say this looks AMAZING. The colour contrast, the fluidity of the animation (especially during her changing into that majestic beast, love a good monster design) makes it feel like it’s from a professional tv show or even a game

Yeah, I was so excited for the finished animation and it's so much better than I expected!

This is actually beautiful and amazing, I adore the transformation into the final creature

YOOOOO THIS LOOKS AMAZING!! The way I clicked on this faster than my dad left for milk LMAO

wow... the script, music, singing, animation. This is really amazing! Can't wait to see what you make out of this!

What an allabout lovely piece of art 😍😍😍😍😍 "You have lived more than enough", very intense. Thank you for sharing this!

Not sure if anyone else noticed but the details in the audio are amazing as well! The crashing of the waves and just under everything a heartbeat that steadily gets quicker. Had to listen a few times to actually notice the heartbeat though which is actually pretty neat.

Honestly this is fantastic. The color's blend well together and the movements are fluid

My wife after I haven't showered for a day.

The transformation is so cool I love the whole design from half transform to showing her true from

I love that the Taniwha has a Spinosaurus-like tail.

The stylization here is gorgeous! 😍 I genuinely love when I cannot tell if it’s 2D, or 3D at first! It’s such a cool effect! This was so cool! You really get the story in such a short amount of time, which is impressive! Being able to understand it in so little time is awesome! I really hope we get to see more of this! I’m hooked!

The rough was already gorgeous and this is even more so! I love the lighting changing when she curls her fingers and the tiny detail of the wound closing

Get in the water Mart XD The only reason why I clicked on the video was because I recognised the word "Taniwha" and I'm glad because the animation looks amazing!!

Enfiiiiiinnnn ouiiiii !!!! C'est un PUR régal pour les yeux une si belle animation !!!!!😭💜

The colors are beautiful! I loved her dragon form!!! Great job on your hard work!

AISHHSHEHDHGE THIS IS SO COOL!! I love her!!! The transition from person to reptile was SO COOL, and i LOVE how you animated the tail!^^

My jaw VISIBLY DROPPED when i saw the amazing animation. Was literally blown away by how smooth everything looked! Then I read the description and find out you worked on Wakfu?! DUDE NO WONDER THIS ANIMATION SLAYED SO HARD! You did great!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! its so GOOD!!! i've been waiting on pins and needles and its HERE its DONE!!! im in LOVE!

Holy shit this absolutely slaps! Would love to see more of these characters sometime!

I dont know if this was intentional, but i really love how the harpoon in the thumbnail looks like if the man threw it at the other character

66 seconds of perfection. The singer`s voice sounds deeper than the Pacific ocean and it`s so haunting, scary and beautiful at the same time. 🖤🖤

I wonder what’s she planning on do with because she could kill him at any time. You did an amazing job with this animation by the way. I can’t wait to see what you happens next.

This is incredible! ❤❤❤

You wanted to do A LITTLE animation project?? THIS IS LITERALLY MIND BLOWING IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S STRAIGHT OUT OF A CARTOON SERIES HOLY MOLY 😭😭

The animation’s finished?! It looks great! I hope you’re having a good day!

Beautiful! Loving the style you've used, I can't wait to see your future projects!

Almost missed how the video ends with the water rising to envelope the scene... then fades to black. Excellent symbolism!

the way it looks like she grabs the son at 0.18 aaaaa love everything about this

No idea what this is but I've rewatch it like 20 times I can't stop help-

saw the rough animation on tiktok once, glad you made it ^^ One of the best I've seen so far, amazing character transformation design.

i’ve rewatched this too many times

I can not wait to learn more about this character she’s so cool and intimidating

I just remember watching the one without color and thinkinh “wow, i wonder what it will look like in color!” And here it is! Its so perfectly made!! Its so cool!! Holly molly!!

I love the added sounds affects!!! Also def gunna check out this story!!

Ohhhh my first thought from the thumbnail was its very Wakfu like! I see a hint of Echo in there. Nicely done!

🎉Stunning. Excellent job! Like I'm watching a scene from an animated movie.

I LITERALLY FOUND ROUGH ANIMATION OF THIS AND THEN I SEE THIS THIS IS INCREDIBLE I NEEDED TO STOP TO CATCH MY BREATH CUS I AIN'T BREATHING WHILE SHE'S SPEAKING I wanna see that man suffer how dare he stab this absolute queen 😡 (I don't wanna be next to drown)

I restate what I’ve said before, this looks like a Disney movie. From the colors to the detail in the movement and the transformation, it’s AMAZING!

YES, GET IN THE WATER

taniwha is a new zealand thing btw

we need to see him fighting to make it up to her and see her learn why he did it. Honestly, I want to see them trust each other again slowly and maybe fall in love!

Tanipha are some of my favourite creatures from myth and legend, loved this!

Taniwha are known to be territorial creatures and except those who wish to pass the waters if they offer a gift :)

This looks amazing! :D

absolutely want so much more of this character and arc

THIS IS ALL SO AMAZING I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE CREATURE SHE TURNS INTO

This look amazing. I have no idea what the context, it's really high quality animation with really good emotions build up, I will definitely watch whatever it is

woah... wait a sec, I need to comprehend the beauty and the smoothness of this animation

GOOD NIGHT THIS IS AMAZING! JUST... WHAT MORE CAN I SAY! THIS IS SO HIGH QUALITY!

Ah I'm so happy you finished this! This is all so well done ❤