Wanted - Animator vs. Animation VI - Ep 1 

DJ comes up with names for the mercenaries: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rEtNO5EHwlQ.html

I teach a Creative Narrative class and just last week I introduced my college students to your videos as a prime example of storytelling, especially since you can tell such compelling narratives without any dialogue. I remember being in sixth grade when I first saw "Animator vs. Animation" and I can only watch in awe at how incredible this journey has been. Thank you for this Odyssey.

I really like how the sunglasses dude versus Orange fight basically harkens back to the title of the film, Animator vs. Animation, by having the sunglasses dude use Animator tools while Orange creates and uses Animations. This is simply phenominal.

I love how in just this first one, it seems like they’re trying to arrest TCO for their crimes against stickmanity, but at the end and through the next one it becomes clear that Victim is going after TCO for what he knows about The Animator or because he suspected they were working together. Whether it’s a warped version of justice or just plain revenge is open to interpretation right now, but I love the narrative without the dialogue.

11:21 "Get back here Flint Lockwood!"

Hoooly crap how do you guys pull this out so fast and so high budget, not to mention you probably have most if not the whole plot figured out already

I just realized, TSC is kind of growing into the role of being the Animator himself! Even without Alan's PC present, it was still an animator versus animation!

7:54 Chosen: go there and defeat them. TSC: I can't. Chosen: calm down... (proceeds to push him towards the bad guys so they can try to kill him) you can do it!

The reason this group of people is better than something like glitchtale (in terms of animation) is that they use all of their previously established settings like REAL places that interact with the characters in a way that makes everything feel more real despite them being stick figures. The talent these people have is incredible.

It’s insane how rewatchable Alan Beckers videos are despite stick figures being one of the most simple and basic characters yet. His talent is incredible!

This turned out soo good! It was a pleasure to work with your incredible team on this! and thanks Alan for collaborating on my video, although after the comments you made we are now mortal enemies forever.

bro fr became an spinner 13:32

Black: You have powers. Orange: I have power of the draw.

I love how Alan went from 2D in the first episodes, to semi 3D, and now finally fully 3D! Really shows his incredible improvement!

15:35 even though he’s gray i really hope he’s the victim from alan’s very first animator vs animation. i remember someone saying that if alan brought back the victim he would make him gray. on the walls you can also see the lasso, color picker, brush, eraser, and the hand. all of which he used against alan in the fight they had.

I love how you did the animated drawings that orange creates. The textures, the white colors, and how it slices smoothly.

I’ve taken the personal liberty of naming the mercenaries. 7:46 I’ll call him Primal because he looks like those cavemen stickfigures painted on cave walls and he also carries hunter gatherer style weaponry (spears, bow and arrows) 7:49 I’ll call him Pixels because he looks like the embodiment of the genre of pixel art and works like pixel art aswell. Like with his head turret. 7:43 I’ll call him Caution-Man because he looks like that guy on all those danger signs like next to pools and stuff. 7:39 I’ll call him Agent Smith because he just looks like a Smith and his glasses make him look like an agent. Hence Agent Smith.

Something I noticed while TSC was originally trying to fend off the mercenaries, the specific things he created were actually poor matches against the three mercenaries he sent them against. For Ballista, he sent flying sharks at him. That’s crazy. The man is looks like he’s made for crazy. Maybe something cold and calculated that is able to adapt and punish his moves would be better suited to fight him. For Primal, he sent a rhino at him. Seeing from his strength and style of weaponry, he is the embodiment of ancient human hunters, which were proficient at killing large creatures. While he is able to deal with something big and tough, what about something small and plentiful? His strengths wouldn’t help all too much when there are just so many tiny things attacking him at once. For Hazard, he sent a bird. Just a bird. A normal bird too. While it did catch him off guard, it was only an ordinary bird that he was easily able to dispose of once he got his bearings. His image would depict dangers that, while sometimes sudden, are foreseeable. Maybe it would be beneficial to send something otherworldly and truly unnatural at him, that way, he would hopefully struggle at figuring out what to do against such a danger. I might be wrong on wether or not some of these would work, but it still interests me to think of what things would work better to fight against each mercenary. I got nothing on Agent, I’ve not seen enough of his capabilities to think of potential ways to fight against him.

The original Animator vs Animations was 2 minutes by you alone. And years later, we have the 6th entry (part of it at least) being almost 16 minutes long with the help of so many people. Every second I was in awe, from the background, the music, the sfx, the choreography and even TSC's drawings. The team did an amazing job and you all deserve praises for the work you manage to achieve. This is genuinely amazing and I'm glad to have been able to watch it.

Better than Boruto

7:41 idk why that stick figure cocking the gun made me laugh so hard

I love how each of the mercenaries has his own style of animation and they take advantage of that to fight, the pixels, he has the sword, the guns, the attack of jojos, the rock painting has the spear, the bow, the hulk shape, game&watch has the slow animation, the signal with which he erases the bird and the stickman with the glasses has the magnifying glass, the loop, the selector, it's incredible the variety of animation styles that this has

As kids, we got to watch this person make a simple yet creative take on stick fighting animations, but as we grew up we watched him evolve. Now he makes high quality animated productions with stunning angles and fight choreography as he continues the ongoing story he started long ago! Alan has come a long way and I'm glad I've been able to grow up with his animations.

15:05 there’s so many of them O:

dude he is just drawing and making the perfect story that makes a perfect story even with no voices

genuinely love the design of the minions, how they're all styled differently, they just ooze so much charm and i love it, love how genuinely imposing the leader was, how he was able the defeat TSC so effortlessly without breaking an sweat, amazing writing

I still can't believe this thing was 9 months ago. Time goes fast..

10:20 standing here i realize that your just like me trying to make history

I LOVE how all the Stick Mercs have diffirent styles and powers to diffirentiate them. An 8bit ninja, a cavepainting hunter, a sign fighter(who is animated with more choppy and stiff pose and I find it so damn cool) and a Stickman with the ability to harness photoshop. It’s such a clever way to diffirentiate the mercs and show their powers. Typically lackeys are hard to distinguish from each other but each of these guys are unique and it’s so cool! Damn Indie Animation has been eating good lately, the Lackadaisy Pilot, Monkey Wrench Ep 2, and now AvA S6 E1.

This was a great first episode can't wait for the rest

Any one in 2024?!🎉 Edit: did I just start a war🫡⚔️?

the improvement since the last 17 years bro..

After seeing the release of VI Ep2, I returned to watch the whole series over again. Something I noticed which may or may not be important: at the end of this episode, when the mercenaries show the Wanted poster to claim their reward, _the Wanted poster is printed in monochrome._ Food for thought.

We literally went from a simple animator fighting back against a simple stick figure to such an expansive universe with all these amazing fight scenes. It’s crazy, and I’m all in for it!

I love this. The fight choreography and animation quality is honestly better then some movies. Also I love that the male restroom sign moves like Mr. Game& Watch.

Something that caught my eye was the logo, because ITS THE EXACT SAME LOGO THATS USED ON THE TV IN THE KING EPISODE

I like how the villains actually have their own unique style and personality. The pixel dude has an anime-like style. The bathroom/warning sign character is real Mr. Game-and-Watch vibes. The flip note sketch has a hunting warrior prowess. And then the more refined “it’s just business” aura. Really makes me excited to see how this develops and how enjoyable these fights are gonna be. Edit: The mercenaries are antagonists and so far have not shown signs of being a super mega evil villain corporation. The sketch is a cave man drawing, which makes much more sense than what I thought.

This is another masterpiece in the making. The mercenaries are all so unique, one is pixelated and fights with cartoony weapons, one is using medieval weapons because it's artstyle looks like the cave paintings of the cavemen, one is the standard symbol for a drawn man and mostly does a certain set of poses like the poses on signs you can see everywhere, and one can use the flash tools to fight. Would love to see more of The Second Coming's powers.

Holy smokes this is incredible!

I love that you can actually see Minecraft logo at the bottom left at 3:54 nice little detail

This is gonna be the sequel we don’t deserve, but all needed.

The animations for the drawings alone must've been INSANE!!! I still can't believe we get sick episodes like these for free. These deserve their own streaming series.

i love how the AvA series has went from basically a stick figure fighting deskop features, to a animation masterpiece combining 2D animation, 3D animation, and Pixel Animation

11:11 the iphone police dude is my new fav side character

It's insane how he animates every little frame of these masterpieces, it's truly a talent most people don't inherit. It's also amazing on how great of an artist he is. Again, for like, the 30th time, amazing job Alan.

I still can’t believe Alan went from little shenanigans with the Chosen One, to entire plots and characters, and finally to the intensity in this stickman coucil and the animation going so high budget. This journey was so far. Great job, Alan.

8:26 I loved this part of TCO seeming to realize TSC has no idea what he's doing and is now in genuine danger. (At least that's how I interpreted it.) There's so much emotion in these little stick figures and I just don't know Alan does it. It's amazing

Victim: I ALWAYS COME BACK

The fact that Orange can make and bring realistic drawings to life from just a single line is so cool and amazing

I have a theory. Since who we likely see at the end is victim (who, for those who do not know, is the very first stick figure brought to life by Alan) even though it was thought they were deleted, this leads me to believe/theorize that there might be another stick figure alive: The Dark Lord. Since Victim somehow survived literal deletion, TDL may have survived the laser blast by TSC. Furthermore, if TDL is, in fact, alive, I believe that victim may be working for TDL, or it may be the other way around. Even if this isn’t what ends up happening, I believe victim’s goal is to become a god by taking TCO’s powers, and/or to seek revenge on Alan for trying to delete them. Unrelated, but It would be really cool to see Orange (King) and Purple appear as allies against victim and their workers. It’s possible, because we see the wanted poster for TCO in a short made by Alan Becker called “Cherry Blossoms” that purple is in. Sorry for the paragraph, this is just what I predict will happen in upcoming episodes of AVA.

6:15 I love how it shows their reaction and perspective to the conversation. They don't hear it fully but they know it's up. 😂😂

This should be in all theaters!!!

Something that I've always been enamored by with this series is how much personality each character has-showcased most by their diverging interests and fighting styles. This is best shown in the Animation vs Minecraft playlist, since there's the most time into that and the most opportunities to give them all the tools to meld their interests and their fighting style. Despite this, most of the main 5 don't have that level of integration between interests and fighting style outside of AvM. Obviously TSC has the most screentime, and his signature creativity has been shown from their introduction in AvA4-both in terms of figuring out different ways to defeat Alan and in terms of integrating drawing-based summons. AvA4 and 5 both showcased the latent explosive energy buried deep inside of TSC as well, though it's clear that said energy is not readily available to them. Between this episode and Animation vs Math, we see exactly how TSC can figure out complex strategies from simple escalation in logic, and that translates well into their fighting style even WITHOUT Minecraft items. Animation vs Pokémon, Animation vs League of Legends… we see it everywhere. TSC is easily the most developed on this front. Second place is Yellow, actually. Yellow's love of engineering and coding shines through so well in Animation vs Minecraft, what with the redstone contraptions and the command blocks. But even outside of the world of Minecraft, we see Yellow's interest show itself in other places-Animation vs Arcade Games shows Yellow as effectively the main character for once, and they use their coding skills to great use for problem solving. And there's also the important point where Yellow was the only one capable of figuring out how to summon Alan in AvA5 to help TCO fight TDL. No, this isn't fully integrating Yellow's interests into their fighting style, but it's a lot closer than the other three. I can imagine Yellow continuing to be the one hacking into systems, disabling cameras, taking control of automatic defense weapons, maybe even being the one to figure out how to hotwire one or more of those weaponized vehicles from this episode (which are apparently potent enough to give TCO a lot of trouble). Red and Green are at similar levels of development outside of AvM. Red's personality does shine through in their impulsiveness and pioneer-level problem-solving (with how they're usually the first one to try some weird strategy that the others quickly adopt when those ideas work), but Red is much more known for their affinity for animals nowadays. Meanwhile, Green's personality shines a bit less than Red's, with Green being much more perfectionistic and show-offy; though it does bleed through with having the flashiest weapon in the sparing section of this episode, I feel that Green should be at least on par with TSC in hand to hand combat by this point. In both cases, their personalities and interests only vaguely inform their fighting styles outside of the Minecraft world, and I hope they can become much more fleshed out. (Red especially deserves a notable win, seeing how they tend to go down first in many confrontations.) Since TSC is currently captured, I would love for Red and Green to become the two main fighters of the remaining four; Green could be adept at utilizing pretty much anything as a weapon (harkening to how proficient they are with the fishing rod during combat), while Red could be the one with the most unwieldy yet strangely effective tactics (perhaps with the emphasis on being the one to strike first). In fact, maybe Red could show themself as the fastest of the four after this episode, at least marginally. And then there's poor Blue. In Minecraft, at least Blue can provide some incredibly potent support through potions and agriculture, both of which are easily accessible and weaponizable in the Minecraft world. Blue does also have some aptitude with ranged weapons, which is hinted at during the sparing match between the stick fighters and Alan, but that's so little compared to the others. Unless they begin specializing in ranged weapons specifically, I'm not sure how Blue's AvM specialty can be translated well into non-Minecraft situations. If anyone else has any thoughts about Blue, please let me know! I am at a loss with this one. Now, I'm bringing up Red, Green, and especially Blue as a criticism purely because of how many other stick figures that have been brought in so far. Purple quickly gained a reputation as an opportunist, using quite literally anything they can get their hands on to give them an advantage (such as the character ability files in Animation vs League of Legends); they were very quickly shown to be willing to cheat and fight dirty, which immediately sets Purple apart from the main 5. King Orange, meanwhile, is much simpler and brutish in their approach to combat, relying on their ability to simply overpower others and facetank what they can't (granted, we have not seen Orange outside of AvM, so who knows how that would translate). The Chosen One and The Dark Lord have similar powers, but their personalities shine in the level of efficiency and brutality they both have, with TDL having a bit more brutality than TCO; the virus powers in AvA5 also helped to better differentiate TDL from TCO. And then there are the four mercenaries(?) in this episode, who brilliantly showcased personality and style in their one fight against TSC. 'Flipnotes' has a style of overwhelming the target with a flurry of blows, which no other character has. Caveman really showcases low-tech weaponry and brutal strength. Stopsign is quite literally forced to be economical in motion, so that gives a feeling of deliberate control. And then Glasses is the one with the most screentime and personality shown, being both economical with tactics and being almost obsessive with taking control; I dare say that Glasses already developed a grudge against both TCO and TSC, which could be why Glasses went out of their way to personally embarrass TSC when they very much didn't have to. Point is, their personalities show loud and clear in their actions and fighting style. I know you put a lot of love and care into these characters. It's obvious, and I love your team for it! As such, I am very much looking forward to whenever the next part of AvA6 is completed. The ending of this part makes me think that the four fighting stick figures will be driving the plot forward, and I'm excited to see how all four of them will be further characterized outside of Minecraft-especially considering how outmatched they all currently are. But they've fought through seemingly insurmountable odds before, and I can't wait to see how they manage to do so here.

11:21 FLINTLOCK WOOD

Please make another episode more and more i really love it❤❤❤.

I really like how the idk what you call him but the guy on the slippery floor sign or men’s bathroom sign walks it’s really cool

The transition from intense action sequences to Alan and the stick figures having some lighthearted violence between friends gave me some intense emotional whiplash but also made me giggle with delight at how much fun they were clearly having :)

Never thought we'd actually see Victim ever again. Speaking of which, go back and watch the first AVA. What went from a small animation of a little stick figure, is now a full blown TV series. Similar to Camila Cuevas with Glitchtale, Alan Becker has come one hell of a long way and he should be very proud.

6:53 LOL I feel so bad for Alan 😭 Everytime The Chosen One is near him his computer gets damaged. Better file a restraining order at this point. First he trashed stuff and killed AIM and Firefox in AVA 2. Then he completely blue screened his computer and destroyed everything on it in AVA 3. Then he came back and fought the ViraBot in AVA 4, wrecking his entire computer in the process. Now he came back AGAIN and burned a whole through his desktop. 😭😭

I freakin love how over the years Alan has somehow managed to give each of the stick figures a personality just by the way they interact with each other

gotta say, did not expect CGP grey to be the main antagonist of this installment. But I am here for it.

Its truly amazing to see him animate all this I get the reason why TCO has powers

I think that if the 'tan guy' that TCO saved was 'king' it could be a cool Easter egg

It is crazy how entertaining Alan makes his videos only using stick figures and they don’t even talk but you can still feel all the emotions he is trying to show us! Can’t wait for the next part!

As a follower since day dot, I feel an emotional connection to the character arc of The Chosen One. Thanks Alan 🙌🏼💕

Warning sign man be like: Get back here flint lockwood! 11:22

i am amazed at the way alan can use different animating styles in one scene and not make it wierd

For all those reading this comment, go back to the "Cherry blossoms" short. There, if you look closely when purple is walking the streets, you'll see the EXACT "Wanted" poster for TCO as the one at the start of this episode. Now, this tells us two things: 1. Purple, King Orange, and TCO all live in the same "AvA" world. 2. Maybe, just maybe, purple and King Orange will make an appearance in the AvA series.

11:21 *GET BACK HERE SECOND COMING!!!*

I like how TCO gets to use his ice abilities again. Was wondering where they went

These new 4 stick figures are so great. I love their distinct fighting styles: - Adobe Stickman uses Windows / Adobe tools as weapons and gadgets - Cave Art Guy uses tribalism like tactics complimented by their scary raw brute strength - Sign Guy uses an unpredictable movement pattern to get the upper hand in close combat while also using signs as different abilities - Pixel Stickman uses a vast versatile arsenal of different weapons that generates from their body

My theory is that these characters represent the different eras of drawing, ancient crude, early and snappy, retro and exaggerated, and finally smooth and consistent.

the second coming and the chosen one are attacked by a cave painting, a video game sprite, a warning sign and CGP Grey.

13:38 Smart Pause Number 2 13:50 Smart Pause Number 1

Imagine what it would be like if Alan had the resources of a big studio, the kind of masterpiece that he'd create.

I love that over the years the relationship with the animator and his creations went from vengeful to playful, in parts just goofing around having fights.

I like how at 11:42 it seems like the leader wants to have fun as well so he tells his gang to not finish him off

OH MY GOSH THE UPGRADE

I like this plot. It shows how powerful the "villians" are and that plot armor cant just save you. Amazing animation masterpiece.

could you imagine having these 5 little guys just fighting and seeing what you're doing on your pc/laptop?

this has got to be my favorite episode so far, even after "the box" I still think I like this one more. it's funny when it needs to be, it's suspenseful, it's emotional, it's animated better than just about anything else I've seen, maybe even better than most of the netflix cartoons I've watched, it's incredibly well thought out I could go on but I feel we'd be here for a few hours I jus- it's perfect

Not enough people are talking about how AWESOME these new antagonists are. Pixel, Grease Pencil, and Traffic Sign (as I call them) are all so unique and each have such awesome animation styles, abilities, and fighting styles that work so well in this world, but are also so fun to watch. I can’t wait to see how they’re evolved upon in the future

I love the fact that he’s gotten really good at fighting these animated stick figures to the point where he can take on 5 of them at a time

this stuff need to be on netflix

This is probably my twentieth time rewatching this, and yet I find a cool new detail every time. Never gets old

This has potential written all over it! :D Previous AvA animations were expanding on the backstory of already known stick figures and it was great. However, the addition of so many new characters means so much possibilities for storytelling, I can't wait to see what Alan came up with!

5:31 the fact that Alan could've right clicked , select all, and then delete their weapons and easily win but didnt shows just how much he's come to trust them on his computer

The animation is just so flowy and the backgrounds are amazing! And there is such emotion!

4:35 - 5:38 Let's be honest, Alan honestly had so much fun with toying the stick figures.

6:52 Man, he's going to clean his desktop again. Just a simple cleaning this time

Wow you have come so far. From me watching the original over 10 years ago on NewGrounds to you still entertaining me with the same animation plot today is incredible. The animation quality now is astounding. Well done.

6:50 Orange: AHHHHH WHYYYY Everyone: noooooo Alan: ..? My computer...

Really clever storytelling here - show the viewer that having access to a whole toolbar is powerful enough to win a fight against the entire main 5 working together, and then reveal that the villain has one. Love this.

The fact that TCO, one of the strongest stick figures on the internet, was defeated by 4 mercenaries says a lot. This new series is going to be very exciting. Also, Victim is back?!

Something cool I just realized- when Orange/TSC is drawing while fighting, he takes inspiration from the people he's fighting and the attacks they use. To block the electric bullet things, he draws an electric eel. He uses a rhino as a shield from the caveman guy, but draws a simple geometric shield for the sign guy. For the guy with sunglasses, he uses things like a hand (relating to animation tools), a tool you'd use for mountain climbing (idk what that's called lol) for when he's getting dragged by a rope similar to a bungee cord, and a sword when the other guy used a line like a weapon. Idk about the snakes though, maybe it's because the guy seemed cunning, like a snake.

Im crying watxhing this, this is actually so amazing, your work is so breathetaking , this inspires me to draw and make more art

Is that the original stickman from AvA 1? That would be insane, truly bringing it around full circle. There’s also something so poetic about the animation becoming the animator. I’m mostly just astounded at the quality. This kind of stuff belongs in theaters, and here we are, having it gifted to us out of passion and love for the craft. We can never thank you and your talented team enough, Alan.

The fact 16 years later and Alan still uploads stickman animations is respectable, he is a RU-vid veteran

Bro said: You aint gonna get me that easily

Ballista epic moments be like 9:47 Sonic speed 10:19 Giorno's 7 Page Muda 11:27 Uppercut