this made me hear the faint tremor in griffin’s voice when he says my favorite words “you’re going to be amazing” which just adds so so so much to the quote and i love this???
This quote forever. About 6 years before TAZ was even a thing, I had a dream about a very close friend who had recently passed away suddenly. He told me that everything was going to be okay, took my face in his hands, and kissed me on the forehead, then beamed down at me, “You’re going to be amazing.” So when someone who didn’t didn’t even know about that dream told me that I had to listen to this podcast and sent me this trailer, I just started bawling. I had this very deep intimate connection with TAZ before I even started listening.
My favorite part is when Taako is in the middle of his Character Development rant and as he says he has a beating heart, we see the Umbra Staff write "LUP" on the wall.
I've comeback to this over the years and still Merle saying "you can apologise to me and tell me you were wrong" that with the swell of the music always gives me goosebumps and the widest smile possible
@@djmccarthy4859 I love the fact that the whole concept for the seven birds came from the seven parrots in MBMBAM. He took that one lady's birds and made it into a whole prophecy.
i showed this to my friend (who had no intention of listening to taz beforehand, i had told her about it and she thought it sounded kinda lame) and she instantly said "oh that looks really cool! i like fantasy type stuff, im going to listen to that". then me, her, and two other friends (one of which already listened to taz) got into dnd, me and one of those friends are writing our respective campaigns, and we play dnd every friday. so you started some kind of weird butterfly effect with this trailer, but basically what im trying to say is it’s fantastic
I have sort of the opposite problem: most of my friends love playing D&D, but none of them want to listen to podcasts about it when they could just be playing it instead.
I have just started playing dnd this year (not exactly, started at the end of 2019), and I have no objections to what you said, only agreement, My friend even told me to listen to this and holy shit, I've listened to the whole campaign like 6 times, it's the best thing ever.
i can't think of anything else that would be better suited to representing this amazing podcast. the beginning, humorous and light, and then as the music swells and the relationships they've built are shown and each of their personal philosophies shine through, and ending on the tres horny boys holding their weapons to the sky. seriously, this is incredibly well done. i'm showing this to all my friends who haven't seen the adventure zone to try to get them to listen to it
honestly? out of all the animatics ive seen for taz? i think this one is my favorite because _goddamn holy shit this is good and im definitely not crying after watching the full thing_
I refuse to let anyone I meet live without at least letting them know this *fucking* podcast exists. I've never been so moved by anything in my life, and I cannot wait to see what happens next.
The part where he says “I have a beating heart!” And it shows Lup’s flaming name? I about cried,, It reminded me so much of *’Taako, you are my heart. You know that?’*
Justin is so beautiful This was my first introduction to the brothers TAZ After listening to MBMBAM I realised how much I loved Justin He’s such a sweetheart and so kind And it makes me love Taako so much more
This is absolutely fantastic! It's the best balance of wit and heart and goofs. The timing is great. The music choice is amazing. In the immortal words of Leslie Knope, "It's perfect. I'm going to watch it every day and when I die I'm going to project it on my tombstone." Thank you for your hard work!
Seeing the line “I have a beating heart!” paired w/ LUP burned into the wall hit me so hard. I’ve never seen it done like that before and I just want to tell you how incredibly powerful and meaningful that is. Phenomenal job on this animatic. Absolutely incredible.
This is the most beautiful animatic for The Adventure Zone I have ever seen in my life. The animation itself is beautiful, the specific scenes you chose fit so well and it's amazing. I honestly can't watch this without getting very emotional because this is 2:52 representing a podcast that changed my life in such a beautiful way. Thank you for creating this.
the flashes when Lup is saying "I'm not going to the one who pulls the trigger on an entire civilization" just always ruins me every time because... god... look how far they've come...
Listen. I will hit that replay button for the millionth gotdamn time and still get chills when the music swells or when Lup appears. I will still tear up at “I saw seven birds” and cry at “You’re going to be amazing.” I could watch this video as many times as there are lives on this planet and never stop feeling because of it.
Holy FUCK. THE HYPE WAS WELL DESERVED. This was such a throw back and it made me so emotional to look back on the entire adventure we've all been on! Great job on the animatic itself as well! All of the imagery was so suiting to the context; this animatic is simply amazing!
God dammit, why can't I like this video twice. I've rewatched this like eight times by now, my dude, this is really truly spectacular. Thank you so much for making this.
I've watched this multiple times, and yet every goddamn time I cry. You did an amazing job on this. If I wanted to show someone the podcast and get them into it, I'd send both the offical trailer the boys got put together and this one. This, even though it was just one person and not completely animated, shows the heart of the TAZ fandom. There is something so personal about your take on a trailer that gets to me.
The back half of this series gets so real. Having just finished the balance arc, I can say with the upmost certainty that The Adventure Zone has grown to something incredibly profound. It may have started with 4 guys messing around in a DnD game, but it grew to so much more than that. It became a grand tale of characters I was genuinely invested in, with amazing messages that left an impact on me that I can't describe. It could be Griffin's incredible world building, or how seriously the others took their character development, but this series will now and forever stick out in my mind as an inspired and monumental tale.
This was amazing! I saw the preview to this on Twitter a bit ago and I'm so glad that I found it on RU-vid! The timing to the music was good, great balance of the silly and more serious parts of the story there to show how TAZ is, and I love the designs you gave them!
This is such a beautiful trailer! Some iconic scenes and your fantastic illustrations all mashed together so, so well. This gave me shivers, and brought a tear to my eye, thank you!
I got tingles the whole way through, absolute goosebumps, and then started crying at the end. The snapshots you chose to show of the adventure and the way you've shown them was absolutely beautiful. This was so, so, so good
I legit want to cry, this animatic actually brings out a lot of the things that made me so emotional and made me fall so in love with TAZ. It’s a pretty freaking great animatic my guy, good job.
Absolutely stunning. This made me feel an unplaceable emotion that I haven't felt in years. I remember in the 11th hour when the Red Robe statue was Magnus and I remember *screaming*. This is amazing. Thank you.
yooo this is frikin chills city over here. "i have nothing, and i don't give a shit. the world is ending and i. don't. care." combined with THAT music really got me right in my feels. and you draw all the characters so well i love it!!!
The Balance arc is my favorite piece of media, and your gorgeous, thoughtful animatic reminds me why. You did an amazing job on this video. I hope you're still proud of it. And I hope you make another. "Thanks, good boy." -Merle
Beginning with the static was a great touch and it just got better and better as it went on! Beautiful work!! P.S. - Add "I genuinely love your shenanigans" to the list of lines that are more heartrending in hindsight
hi thanks i'm crying! but seriously, thank you so much for this gorgeous tribute, i love this song and i first heard it while listening to taz for the first time so i always kind of connected the two in my mind and i'm so glad that someone used it in exactly the way i imagined it being used
my breath caught when "lup" appeared on screen when taako said the word "heart". it was such a beautiful parallel to when lup said taako was her heart.
I don't know if I could call this a "trailer" because it shows off a ton of the most climactic moments and plot twists. However, the entire thing is, in the words of Istus, amazing. ^^ Excellent work.
I'm not even joking when I say I watched this before I even knew what this podcast was and I still got so emotional during it but now that I listened to the podcast.. This is 10x worse! Amazing work!
My friend got really in to this and she made me watch this trailer over and over again and I was kinda just like “ok” and now like 6 months later or something I’ve finished the balance arc and I’m ready to watch this with a new set of eyes
Just re-listening to the Balance Arc and like.. This animatic always brings me to tears. Everything about it, but damn especially Merle's conversation "You can apologize and tell me you were wrong" over the rise of the music, it kiiiiiiiills me everytime T-T
This is too perfect, too beautiful, you picked such amazing moments to capture. This encompasses so much of what makes the podcast so amazing. I literally just got done listening to it for a third time beginning to episode 69, (I may have a problem,) and this is a gorgeous piece you've made.
I've watched this about a million times and it's only just occurred to me that the picture of the seven of them is in the background of the shot during the line "I saw seven birds." This video gets better every time I see it.
This is one of the first podcast I ever listen too, it made me change and made be a better person who now sees a whole different spectrum. A bunch of guys, playing a campaign 5th edition dnd game made me cry so hard at a brilliant master peice that they made togather.
oh my god, i'm crying. just that one line. the line at the end. "you're going to be amazing." i cried when i first listened to it because it was so emotional and powerful and the picture i had in my head for what was happening just made it so much more emotional. this is one of my favorite videos of all time. thank you for this absolute masterpiece.
i hope the mcelroys see this because it deserves to be seen. the story that they created was epic and this just hits home. you deserve all the recognition for this.
you know that moment in literally every book ever where someone "lets out a breath they hadn't realized they'd been holding"? yeah i think that just happened to me. this was amazing.
This is so beautiful! I cried. You made me cry. I love how you ended the trailer with the pose on the TAZ cover. It’s such a beautiful and clever thing to add. AAAAGH I LOVE IT SO MUCH
This crushed my soul I'm only on episode 28 and things juust started to go south and I have just enough spoilers for this video to hit me like a ton of bricks good art too
this was so so beautiful omg thank you so much, i have a lot of feelings regrding taz and i may be in tears rn but god i love these nerds and i appreciate how much you put into this thank you, really
I'm really just... sobbing right now. It started when Taako said "I'm Taako.. from TV?" and there was just applause because, who doesn't love taako? and god when Merle says "You can apologize to me and tell me you were wrong" and when Magnus says "Tell Julia I love her" the added in sound made this so fantastic, thank you so so so much for this, I will keep it near and dear to my heart
Oof right in the feels! Thank you for spending the time to make this, it's amazing, and all encompassing of the Balance Arc. I daresay this is a masterpiece!
