Absolutely Amazing!
I'm a big fan of Anime, especialy some of the artists on NG. But you take the cake! That was some of the best amination i've seen! The only small problem i could see is the Sound. It sounds a little, nintendoish. If you could bump up the quality, I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say, we'd gladly take the extra 2-3 minute wait for the download! That rocked! Can't wait for the next installment!
Yes, this IS the best animation for May 2005!
Well he's done it again. Granfaloon, the maker of such hits as 'The Real Legend Of Zelda' and 'Moonlight' has struck gold with another beautiful, well scripted animation. Starting from scratch, he seems to have laid the foundation for a new series that will rock the entire site. The animation quality, as always, is superb, and he's managed to find new voice actors and unfamiliar music to give this a style all on it's own. The story starts with a beautiful woman fighting for her life against a relentless opponent that looks appropriatly sinister. On her last ropes, she calls a magic power to her and...
Fast foreword, a cop (A Latino cop actually. Another brave choice that gives this series a unique look. There are just not to many Latin Americans staring in quality animations here), named Ken Tyler, is saddled with mysterious items from his deceased father. These undoubtedly will play an important role in the future. We find him just before a big change happens in his life. This will be the trigger event that send him on a search that will, if I know Granfaloon at all, lead to fantastic adventures that will captivate and enthrall.
What adventures are those? What is the connection with the magical woman and Ken? I suppose we'll just have to wait to find out. Valhalla Knights is long on questions with not an answer to be found. That would be for future episodes one would guess. Still it's frustrating and leads to my only complaint which is basically.... This is MUCH too short and looking at the file size, it would be hard to imagine him squeezing more in for a Newgrounds submission. I don't believe there is one that has been submitted that was past the 8,000 Kb size.
My personal take, shrink down the animation and lengthen the story. Anything you do will look wonderful anyway and trust me. As lovely as the visuals are (and they are among the best you can hope to see around here) your strongest attribute is the tale that is always behind it. No matter, for despite that, you MUST watch this, even if it only makes you crave more and you WILL crave more after seeing this. Trust me on that.
I give this submission 5/5 and it is my extreme pleasure to have been able to have given this vote upon it during judgment.
PS. Granfaloon, this is the last straw. After I post this review, I am going to go over every single flash you have submitted here. I hadn't paid too much attention to you before despite my enjoyment of the Zelda series. I also remember Moonlight but I just didn't pay attention to who made it at the time. Obviously, you keep cranking out fantastic work and I'd be a fool not to watch every single thing you've posted. No praise can be too high. Keep it coming. PLEASE keep it coming. My greatest fear... I mean you have at least two series now with Zelda and this. What if you get too ambitious and don't finish either one?<shudders>
That is great!
I love this, I can't wait for another!
Great
you have now become one of my favorite artists.
i will agree that the back story was a bit cliched from every other cop drama movie.
But aside from that i found it refreshingly original.
Despite how the times and constant bombardment of entertainment have made me, and i believe most of us all jaded, you have kept, and will keep me entertained.
Like with Moonlight i plan to watch this many times and share it with my friends.
Danke for the marvelous piece of art and give us more.
AHHH!!!
Holy crap!! I want to see more of this!! I love your anime style stuff it draws me in SOOO much make more soon Please!!!