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Reviews for "Donaji & the Magical Poncho"

Oh man, this was a really awesome animation! I love how culturally-fueled it is, kind of like Warlord-of-Noodles' "No Evil" series. The characters themselves are pretty likable, but also remind me of other characters; e.g., Iztlacoliuhqui -- despite the weird obsession with the little girl -- is similar to Aku from Samurai Jack, and Chicahualizteotl reminds me of Amaterasu from Okami. However, that's my own view, so it's probably not really a problem on your end. Besides, its interesting that the god in the poncho is your own character (if I'm correct) versus a different god like Quetzalcoatl (though I guess that one is overdone).

The presentation is very good, withholding the black bars at the edges of the video. The background sounds and music are great (the beginning especially reminded me of Siren). The animation is stylish; the scenes focusing on Iztlacoliuhqui delivered a good blend of sinisterness and power, the scenes with Donaji and/or her mother were cute, and the appearance of Chicahualizteotl was a mixture of Aztec and anime which worked pretty well. The voices were good, too, though Donaji's voice was a bit louder/higher compared to the others. Overall, however, this was really great and I hope that in the future there is another animation along with the webcomic.

Shi-Gu responds:

Thankyou very much for the detailed review!
I haven't played Okami yet, so I don't know the reference, but indeed, the god's design is entirely original. However, the god itself did exist in aztec culture; Chicahualizteotl is god of medicine, fortitude and strenght, so that's what gives the Magical Poncho it's qualities. He's pretty unknown though, even for mexicans and people familiar with the mythology; at the degree that I couldn't find a single image or representation of him throughout all the internet and history books.

I'm really glad it was of your liking. I'm in fact planning to add animation once every while along the webcomic, at least for certain key moments :D

really great work! It's always refreshing to see smoothly animated, well edited, non-parody work on NewGrounds. Don't listen to anything people say about knocking off style etc. All of that just leads to writers block. Emulation is a natural part of learning and creation, and when the more you do it, the more individualized each release becomes. I know you'll be working on a webcomic, but please consider working on another animation. I'd love to see more content like this floating around the web.

Shi-Gu responds:

Thanks a lot!
I think it's important to take in the criticism, but of course that doesn't mean I agree 100% with them, I'll take what I find valuable from their points only.
I'm very glad you liked the animation!
Indeed, I'm gonna work on a webcomic, but I'll also try to add animated parts into it, from fully animated videos with music, to animated gifs.
I don't know if I'll do another one with the same amount of work as this one, because getting to work with voice actors was really complicated and along other things I don't know if I'll manage to pull it off again, at least while I'm in college.
However, I might do something like it for other projects.
I appreciate your interest though, hope to be able to do some more animation soon! :D

Este material esta echo con lo que se pide a gritos que este en los cines y que rara vez llegan, felicidades es lo mejor que he visto por aquí en mucho tiempo les deseo de todo corazón lo mejor para su siguiente material, realmente un trabajo de puta madre :)

heck yeah! that was great, especially how the poncho was protecting the girl from even touching the snow beneath her feet. man i want that poncho, anyways great job and keep up the good work :)

Nice work.
i dont have much else to say.
i wasnt expecting something like this from newgrounds.