FILMMAKER REACTS: HONKAI STAR RAIL | ALL ANIMATED SHORTS!! + BREAKDOWN

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A little explanation in the Black Swan/Acheron animation Black Swan, as a Memokeeper, is a living Memory, a meme that can take physical form. When she looked into Acheron's memories, she glimpsed the True form of IX, the Nihility, which is a black hole. In that instant, Black Swan was very nearly close to the one thing that could destroy memories. True Emptiness.

Jingliu smiled at the end. Very subtle line art but you can catch it. Wow.

Hoyo animators go hard, glad you found them. If you're looking for more in that universe, there are a number of Star Rail character trailers that have a lot of cinematic depth. They are 2-ish minutes, and graphically, much closer to what you'd experience in game. There are a lot of these trailers, some not quite as deep, but the top 5 (imo), Acheron, Kafka, Blade, Sparkle, and Silverwolf, are excellent and well worth a watch.

Rondo (dance) animation is just the best video HSR ever done

Fun fact both English voice actors in The Flash are Youtubers who are friends, CY Yu, voices Jing Yuan, the guy, and Monarch also known as Amalee voices the women, Jingliu.

Two other animated shorts from Star Rail I recommend watching are "Monodrama" and "Your Color", in that order. Monodrama is about the girl (Sparkle) with the mask and the fish, and Your Color is about Acheron, the girl that demolishes Black Swan in her memory. The art is striking, and the music is superb.

It's kind of funny how random a lot of these must seem without any context at all. They're doing a good job at making the narrative as clear as possible within the short itself but ultimately there is still a lot that gets lost if you're not familiar with the story.

at this point I recommend reacting to anything from Mihoyo being Honkai, Genshin, Star rail, ZZZ They all have the Mihoyo quality seal

You should check the Myriad Celestia trailers, some of them are really interesting visually 😊

Ain't no way you posted this during the same week I've been getting into Honkai Star Rail. Love your content either way though!

Next Honkai impact animated shorts?

oh! would love to see you react on the character trailers too! love your in-depth analyses as always

As everyone else says, the character trailers are incredible too, but I highly recommend "Acheron Trailer — "Your Color" | Honkai: Star Rail". It'll add context to the advertisement animation, and it's one of if not the best character trailer out so far. Loved seeing your reactions to these animated shorts!

This is a big hole u are about to fall in couse both Honkai Star Rail and Honkai Impact 3rd animated shorts are mindblowing both in how they tell stories and the amazing music. In case of HSR, the Animated shorts are there to cover some gaps in lore or to tease the players with upcoming content. I suggest u check out the Character trailers of this game as some will make some of the shorts make sense but also becouse they are master pieces in every way. The myriad Celestia trailers are also very facinating since they show lore but are there with the rest when it comes to visual and audio storytelling.

Honkai impact 3rd animations are typically mixing 3D CG and 2d in a creative way to make the animations look good, note that these animations are much older for the company and you get to see how the animation teams got better over time, from a small indie mobile game company with no PC ports to a billion dollar company that is top 10 private companies in the world. With triple A games. Honkai Impact 3rd is probably the best indicator of a team that has developed over time while making a sad yet hopeful story giving us great connections with the main cast. (I highly recommend using a user-submitted Playlist rather then the offical Hoyo one to go in order)

If you wanna see an anime director who tries to make every scene look like it was shot by a real camera, look no further than Naoko Yamada. The movie, Liz and the Blue Bird, is what happens when you give her free reign. She makes excellent use of diegetic sound in that film too. I recommend watching Sound Euphonium before the movie though since it's part of a larger series. She and Kyoto Animation do stunning work.

Ohh good timing Honkai star rail is currently celebrating its anniversary week April 26 is anniversary today they just did a live concert 😍

Character demos ALSO LESSGOOOO, we need

Okay, now he HAS to react to Honkai Impact 3rds animated shorts.