The King - Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Ep 30

Director's Commentary! krplus.net/bidio/gMqyd2R0qWmZgII

A son chasing after a father that never cared and a father who chased after a son he cared for so much... Absolutely poetic, Alan. I'm crying.

I love that this episode marks the end of an era. Finally, after 6 years, that hole in the taskbar has been restored. It's just beautiful.

22:40 a man who has eyes of revenge for the lost of his son, he doesn’t realize he has become the thing he truly hated. He took away alot of people, he realized. He has become his worst enemy. The moment he realized he tried to save purple just like he tried to with his son, he realized he made some memories with purple. Even without emotions or eyes or faces nor speech you can see how dedicated king orange is to save purple, Amazing details Alan. Real amazing, made me tear a bit.

16:07 i lost my mind when i saw herobrine, and the fight that came after was genuinely the hardest thing ive seen in years 😭

My brother and I are nearly 30 and found ourselves enjoying the creativity and whimsy of the series, thinking it was just "good content targeted at a younger demographic"... but then we hit this one and we cried for nearly two hours at King's backstory... holy crap man, that was incredible! Several days later and I'm still choking up just thinking about it; I can't remember the last time a story hit me that hard... thank you for your awesome work.

I love how the King's origin story makes the audience initially think that his schemes are an attempt to bring his son back to life, but the scene in the Void makes it clear that it was about getting revenge on the thing that he blames for his son's death. 10/10 writing.

Funny thing is King is taller than the rest of the crew since he's an adult. IN theory, the crew (Red, blue, green, yellow, and TSC) are just kids or teens, purple included. So in hindsight King was hurting childern.

Here's my favorite little details that are the reason I rewatch this every night instead of sleeping:
14:52 - Purple doesn't attack or push away King Orange, just holds the staff barely out of his reach. He's probably a little shocked at what he has done, I know I would be.
15:22 - Something I have noticed demonstrated multiple times before and after this episode is that Yellow is easily distracted and puts his guard down when surprised. He jumps/falls backwards when scared and has difficulty multitasking, seemingly only being able to put his full focus on one thing at a time.
15:54 - Just Green pulling Purple back in this moment. Thats all.
16:33 - Red leans slightly closer in this moment. He is probably partially traumatized after being possessed (I'll talk more about that later), but still wants to see whats gonna happen.
16:47 - Herobrine has a certain care for his students which is shown here as just the simple act of getting them out of there instead of attacking in that moment.
17:54 - It really just looks like Red is being pulled around like a puppet. Also, is there any reason that of all the sticks, Herobrine always goes for Red? It could have been cuz he was the closest, but there could also be a deeper reason, and if so I must know.
18:05 - Can this music get any better? This is literally a work of art.
18:41 - As an animator myself, I would just like to say HOO BOY IS THAT SMOOTH MY GOD this entire sequence of regenerating the body parts of this... stick tron thing, it just blows my little animator brain away.
18:56 - Purple swooping in to catch Red here shows that he really is just on their side now and just wants to make sure everyones ok.
19:22 - Being possessed, despite obviously wearing on his body, is probably not why Red was knocked out. I mean, did you see how King Orange just beat up Red? Also Purple is just there making sure that Reds ok.
19:24 - Im pretty sure Purple has mostly just caught people this scene. Also, the way that Orange looks at Purple like he's honestly surprised Purple saved him is very interesting and shows how its a bit harder for Orange to trust people, especially with previous evidence stating otherwise.
20:08 - Red regains consciousness and only takes a second to be helped up (by Orange and Purple, although Yellow reaches over to try and help.) before he is on his feet ready to fight again. He looks at everyone else like: "well what are you waiting for come on guys!" Red is a fighter. He perseveres.
20:24 - Red may be on his feet but despite usually being one of the fastest runners of the group, he visibly lags behind here, he's definitely worn out after that possession.
20:48 - Yellow notices how glitched Orange is, as he was hit the hardest with that blast. I like how when he's worried for someone, Yellow reaches out a hand as if he is unsure what to do but wants to help.
20:53 - Red is just not gonna give up. He can get knocked down over and over again but as soon as he's able to move, he's gonna put his all into fighting agin.
21:32 - King Orange does what I can only assume is the fastest double take in human history, as he glances back at where Purple just was. Also, he stops for just a second when pushing away Yellow. Maybe cuz he looks like King Oranges son?
21:40 - Green and Purple, despite just being glitched away, are quick to get back up into a more fighting-like position. They are the only ones that do this. Green, however, fails and is only able to fall forward.
21:44 - After taking a quick look at Red, Purple does the most Red thing I have seen. He gets back up, just like Red did, and walks right back into the danger. I wonder if he admires this about Red, and is trying to be more brave himself.
21:52 - CLARINET AND VIOLIN HAVE A CONVERSATION!!! THIS IS LITERALLY THE INSTRUMENTS THEY HAVE AS THEIR NOTE BLOCK VOICES TALKING AND RESPONDING. Green looks at Purple with a very weak clarinet, as if to say, "No, please don't do this. You're just gonna die." While Purple responds with a confident violin, saying, "Im gonna die anyway. Might as well die fighting."
22:01 - This is the melody that Purple used in his song about his dad. It plays as he walks up to King Orange.
22:50 - I had been wondering for a while whether this world was 2D or 3D to them, this confirmed my theory.
23:16 - I think in this moment we see King Orange put more effort into any of the fighting he was doing previously. Even when he was fighting for his life, he never seemed as hell bent on anything as he was on saving Gold. Now, he's working just as hard to save Purple.
23:51 - While everyone seems like they want to do something to stop this, Orange actually is still acting like it's possible. He runs up while everyone else has this air or "Its hopeless" around them, and until he gets his last ditch effort idea, everyone else is only half trying.
24:02 - Orange, ever the protective oldest bro, is putting his arm in front of the others to make sure the disintegrating light doesn't hurt them.
24:10 - Blue was gonna try next, but Orange GRABBED IT OUT OF THE POOR WEED ADDICTED CHILDS HANDS. How could he?
24:53 - They caught him.
24:56 - RAINBOW ORDER :D
25:12 - Blue is too pure for this world he's trying to save all the piglings that are getting pulled in, and every time Yellow has to remind him that he probably shouldn't die.
25:23 - Blue did the thing again.
25:41 - Yellow is trying to pull Orange back and save him. Im not sure exactly why, but Yellow has seemed very conscious of Oranges safety in this episode.
27:25 - He finally broke the glass.
27:47 - King Orange literally died to give Purple a well deserved hug. He just needed a hug. I hope King Orange adopts Purple.
28:37 - Camera angle of the century.
28:54 - At even the slightest idea that maybe Purple is on King Oranges side and they are both evil again, Orange runs in front of his brothers to protect them.
29:25 - Yellow and Blue use their collective twin power to shame King Orange for all his wrongdoing. (Also, it really seems like Purple, Green, and Red have become a bit closer and are maybe friends now?)
30:02 - Not only do they all hug Purple, just like Green sung about, but his instrument Is played in the background, as is Purples.
31:31 - Ruben, (the pigs name,) is still wearing the crown.
Thank you for reading through this. I love info dumping about my hyperfixations. (Edit: Holy hell this blew up my god thanks for all those likes)

Better than most multi-million dollar movies; what a crazy satisfying finale!! Not a single word of dialogue and yet I am sat here in complete emotional awe. The level of care put into this series... How on earth you were able to link back to so many old videos is beyond me. Incredible job by everyone involved!!!

All of this started with a single stick figure which was but a victim in Alan's eyes. To take such a simple idea and do something so grand with it is truly remarkable. It is a testament to your creativity and dedication that today, millions of people are witnessing this masterpiece unfold on their screens. Thank you to you and your team for giving us an epic tale to experience.

Man, that scene where King Orange hugs Purple makes me cry. Every. Single. Time. There's just so much symbolism from the violin playing, to the fact that King Orange finally broke through the glass, and to break through the glass he had to break through the angry rage-and-revenge-fueled version of himself, and it was Purple on the other side of it instead of his son, and King's glass shards look like Purple's flower petals... I could go on. It's just so good.
Oh yeah, and the fact that the melody from Purple's song in the previous episode plays when he's running towards King- just emphasizing how it mirrors the desperate struggle Purple's made to get to that father figure all his life- it makes my little musician brain explode with happiness. When I first watched that part, I recognized the melody instantly, and I pretty nearly screamed from excitement.

I saw this one loving detail at 30:00, Purple put the crown on the pig which was a Technoblade detail. It broke my heart when I saw it.

I'm gonna miss this series so much.. almost 7 years since it all started when Orange stick figure picked up the Minecraft block, and so many brainstorming ideas came around. Not even Mojang can think of it!
Thank you, Alan Becker.
Edit: Jesus guys, I get that it may not be ending for good, but you never know when all good things come to an end eventually. Not all things last forever you know.
Edit 2: Goddamn so many likes.. dunno if I'll bypass this current one anytime soon.. and can y'all calm down now?

Alan is gonna drop the one of the hardest episode ever
edit: THE EPISODE REALLY GOES HARD BRO....

I really loved that in the wall drawing sequence, it shows him blinded by pure rage and takes his frustration out on the game. Hurting anyone and everyone in it, he didnt realize that he was hurting his son too. I hope that The King gets a happy ending where he gets his original son back somehow and have a happy ending.

18:02 the obsidian stick man just gave me a type of nostalgia I have never felt

Honestly, I'll never forget how far this series has come from its original roots, and how much time, effort, and skill was poured into each and every single creation, but also the series as a whole. Hope that 2023 has more success and happiness for you, and for everyone also reading this.

Honestly the fact this is around double the length of the original Animation vs Minecraft really says something about how far this series has come

This episode made me cry.. one of my favorites, it's just too beautiful, all their dynamics, relationships.... this was more than just perfect.

Fun fact : king orange is one of the only relevant adults we’ve seen, and he’s way taller than all the stickmen and TSC, meaning they’re all children. He tried to beat up a bunch of kids to destroy their game because his son died

These characters have absolutely no facial features and yet the perfect choreography makes it SO easy to tell what way they're looking or what they're trying to express. Absolutely masterful.

It goes to show that you don’t need realistic animation to make a masterpiece. You just need a stick figure and some imagination. This is amazing. A real treat to watch

19:35
King:you take my son... I'll take your world!

The callback to the first AvM with Herobrine possessing Red again to fight the King is genuinely the hardest thing I've seen all year

This entire series has no dialogue. No facial expressions or detailed differences to show which characters are which, except colors and shapes. This is a beautiful story that is perfect in every way. No complaints at all. Thank you so much for all the hard work on this series Alan and the team. This is truly gorgeous

Proud to say I'm a 23 year old man who was moved to full-on-face-streaming tears, by a Minecraft animation with stickmen who don't say anything. The recent episodes in the series are plainly incredible-- absolutely incredible pieces of storytelling. A perfect example of showing so much more than telling. Glad to have been on this ride since its beginning, and as much as I want more AVM shorts, I hope it's continued in a way that respects this episode being the finale to an epic story. Massive congrats to Alan and the team for sticking the landing.

10:09 OH MY GOSH. I JUST REALIZED THE ROCKET LOGO FROM AVA IS ON THE TV.
this could mean so many things like:
Rocket is a popular tech company that’s secretly evil
King orange and purple live where the most recent AVAs take place and could be in it as a plot twist, help out or even bring Minecraft friends with them.
And so much more…
If y’all have theories reply to this because a theory could be right

Hero: I will sacrifice you for the world
Villain: I will sacrifice the world for you

It’s crazy how these were originally small shorts and now they are small cinematic masterpieces longer than his older full length animations. Everytime you watch it you feel such emotion it’s just beautiful.

I nearly cried in front of my parents because of a few stick figures. Alan Becker’s ability to Show Not Tell is something to behold and has been manifested in this amazing series and I commend him for it.

I am not able to express my admiration and delight for this story! The performances, the sound, the animation and the story, it's something incredibly beautiful. I haven’t been as impressed and aroused emotions in a long time as this animation. I still find it hard to believe that without a single dialogue, without a single emotion, I found myself in tears after watching it. The scenes with the Orange King and the Violet King are especially heart-warming. I am grateful to all the people who contributed their work to this. Thank you very much for this story.

3:28 has 3D animation on par with certain anime 3D scenes like Demon Slayer or Chainsaw Man. I swear, this guy is a god at this.
Honestly Alan, if I ever become a director or something, I am gonna kidnap you for my movies.

The idea that this entire series started with a lone stick figure and a dream would baffle my past self. The work you put in truly shows through the creation of a rich story and well written characters. I always tear up when watching things with well written characters and despite either being a long time fan or a new viewer, it shows how much effort one has put forward to create a work of art.

Just remember: Everything in this amazing series has happened because Blue simply wanted some nether warts.

when i watched this, a year ago, the end made me cry. you're a legend, Alan.

After rewatching this like 5 times over the past year, i just realized the ping and crown was a techno reference

This episode truly expresses Alan's talent as a story teller. No voices, not even facial expressions. Just music and movement was enough to make me cry this episode.

I never thought that a stickman series would've brought tears to my eyes. The friendships through the journey, they all did something special. Alan, you hold so much potential and you didnt put any of it to waste.

This video made me cry because a father chasing over his son is just family

Giving the pig the crown was such a nice but subtle tribute to technoblade.

Nice to see a happy ending after 5 years of this series. Love the way the king isn't bad "just because", which adds so much to the lore. Thanks, Alan.

It's crazy to see how far you've come. You were my childhood, and I'm so glad I came back years later to see how this all ended up. Your animating, everyone who worked on it, everything I just witnessed through this marathon of episodes I've watched throughout my day were amazing. Each on their own getting better and better, episode by episode. There isn't enough words that you can say, for this wordless series.

The end got me crying so much
But I still want to know if the king ever got to his real son
Not knowing that makes me cry even more

As soon as King Orange's son got deleted, I could see where this was going-- but was still on the edge of my seat the whole time. I like how both King Orange and Purple had to accept a resolution to their problem beyond the one they thought they wanted. Real life is like that. That's how character growth happens. Hats off to Alan and his team!

You know a villain is well written when you don't know which team you want to win

You’re telling me, that stick men fighting in Minecraft can make me cry-
I never knew I was that weak😭

Whoa. Never would've thought that a Minecraft stick figure animation would have me tearing up. Incredible job Alan. I'm amazed.

The fact that the king was pretty much unstoppable at that point but switched sides at his own will (literally because of a change of heart) .That's honestly quite rare to see coming from a villain. And the fact that he's not just some kind of a dumb villain who gets wrecked after loses, he's very strong and intelligent. Literally everyone thought they had him down that one point but he's able to 1v11 with little power to get back the staff. Well written antagonist.
Been here since the animator vs animation, it's just getting better

So.
This was an insane finale, referencing literally every episode that predates it. The final rush to get the block back to the desktop felt symbolic of them finally ending the story, much like how they did before, with everything they found and saw crumbling around them. The other thing I would like to note is how Alan managed to tie King Orange and Purple’s stories together, making them so similar to what the other lost.
There is so many other moments and details that make this animation the peak of perfection. The animation is beautiful, the storytelling is creative, and it is easy to tell what is going on, all wrapped into one thirty minute episode. Insane job Alan, and the rest of the team.

No way this series is so sad but cool

It would be cooler in 27:26 when king orange broke the glass, he was actually able to get his son but in reality, he kept hurting him

27:02 I really liked what they did here. King was justifiably angry with the game for taking his son away from him, but blinded by his rage and frustration he ignored all the beautiful things the game offered, eventually he took his anger out on the innocent, the Gang. Only using his son as an excuse to destroy everything, just like how he used Purple, just a means to an end.

Great detail: At 15:45, purple is afflicted with 3 minutes of weakness and slowness, and is only able to rejoin the fight exactly 3 minutes later, to save red from a fall.

At the end was so emotional,I cried 😢

i actually cried at the end when purple and king orange were hugging

Remember guys, absolutely no words have been said throughout this entire series. Yet somehow, this is still so very emotional.

This episode literally made me cry. Its just so unbelievable how it all begins from Alan creating an animation where he full on fights a stickman that he drew, into 5 stickmen discovering minecraft and fighting to survive, yet discovering other characters and their motives. This was way too good!!! It was a striaght up masterpiece! The animation team and everybody did such a good job on this

King was so focused and so blind on revenge but now he hugged purple like his son and purple hugged him like his dad.. This made me cry so hard and Alan deserve s 30 million likes. This story is just beautiful and out of stick mans too. Please sub to his channel this probably took him so long to make. Alan deserves more subs..

23:14 the way King slips always gets me, That shows that it's not an off-brand running animation with no effort

It's amazing how you turned the story from some animated sticks on a windows homescreen to an epic battle in the Minecraft world. This series is by far the best animations I have ever seen. Thanks to all the people who were involved.

Alan literally created a masterpiece, we will never forget how this StickMans story began and how it ended, simply amazing.

That ending was ABSOLUTE CINEMA!
I love how well purple got into the "little yellow" character.
Who could have guessed that a video made just for content, would create such a series with a meaning behind it all.
It was nostalgic to me, Herobrine possessing red, the obsidian stickman, the very first episode being mentioned as a TV program, it was absolutely marvelous.
Thank you for the entertainment Alan.

First time i saw orange king i thought he was evil and only powerful thx to the staff, but bro, he tanked a wardens attacks, he went toe to toe with herobrine, obv with the staff he won but him being able to see and react in time for herobrines attacks are just mind boggling, i also see that he is an emotional guy, but the fact that he fought all of them with one arm is still insane to me

Im not crying you're crying-
But on a serious note, this whole series was an actual work of art. Actions speak louder than words, as they say, and the way Alan Becker described this entire story in such a moving way while using only movement is both inspirational and beautiful. The entire relationship between King and purple had me on the verge of tears so many times. The fact that they both lost the people most important to them, making them bitter to everyone until they found eachother and saw those people in eachother is so well written and expressed. (Unlike this sentance, haha) I've loved this series from the very very first episode, and I am more than pleased, impressed, shocked, and moved by how far it's come and how it ended.
(On a side note, the true motive behind both King and Purples actions was a huge plot twist and view changer. At first I thought the only thing they were after was power, before we saw Kings backstory. By the end battle I didn't know who I was rooting for, until the Void scene occured. I thought he was trying to get his son back when in reality he was just talking out his anger on everything in his path, including the cause itself. Really poetic and again, absolutely stunning how this entire series has developed to this point!)

Bro, they only asked you for a series of sticks. But you added background, a story, important new characters in later chapters, and excellent combat sequences. I like how without saying a single word you can explain so much. The chapters of musical worlds, the battles of who is the best at building... And when it all started, it was practically impossible to decipher what would bring us such content. Thanks.

This was amazing! Good job Alan! (Also you made me cry.)

Son finds new dad, dad finds new son. This is my favorite ever serial on KRplus, Alan Becker, you did a beautiful job.

The season was structured like a Regular Show episode.
Blue needs to fill his addiction, goes to nearest fortress to get his fix. Tomfoolery ensues. Few episode later, entire cast is fighting to prevent the destruction of the world. Beautiful.

This guy can do better storytelling than most anime or drama with longer episodes and with no words being said. Absolutely spectacular

wow, in my whole life i never though watching an animation would give me lucid eyes. It's just like a film and whenever i re-watch it, i have always tears in my eyes.

One thing I appreciate after watching again at 15:20 (the part where King Orange nicks the blue staff from Yellow and uses it to gain the advantage) is that this was after it was shown to us that King Orange spent a long time developing and perfecting the staff after a lot of prototypes, so it makes sense that his skills wielding the staff would far outclass everyone else who was using it.
It's probably unintentionally but I like how it gives context to why he is able to use the staff as skillfully as he can; making more sense how a single staff like such can turn the tide of battle when everything seemed lost. Which in turn avoids being contrived.

The fact that you had actual commands as the commands written on the staff is so bizarre. The attention to detail is amazing, and you deserve an award for this. Any award.

I never thought I'd cry to a story about stick figures... the story, the visuals, the music, the unique fight choreography, it all came together to make a masterful finale to this season. I just don't have good words to describe how much I loved this. Bravo, Alan Becker, bravo.

負けたけど1期のラスボスが復活して味方になってくれる展開アツすぎる

10:57 the gg with some sort of magic could be a reference or Easter egg to something but idk

It’s actually insane the amount of emotion and expression Alan can create through stick figures that don’t talk, this is the most animated KRplus series of all time

I don’t often cry when watching anything, movies, shows, whatever. But this is something else. To think I cried over a battle of stick figures, who, throughout their entire existence, have never spoken a single real word. This series is an absolute masterpiece, it takes “show don’t tell” to an entirely new level. Not only is the animation absolutely incredible, but the story is so poetic yet so simple. This is genuinely one of the best things I think I’ve ever seen on the internet. I remember watching Alan Becker’s animations for years, but this is genuinely something else.
Thank you, Alan, and everyone else involved, you’ve created an absolute masterpiece. The only disappointing thing is that more people don’t know about this.

Каждый раз когда я пересматриваю эту серию, под конец я плачу... Веселый я был, грустный... Неважно! Я всегда плачу... Попробуйте еще финальную битву посмотреть под песню "Young girl A" это вообще такое погружение... Ты слушаешь и смотришь, и как будто эта песня уже встроенна в видео... Алан... Продолжай в том же духе! Твои анимации греют сердца многим а особенно мне... Спасибо тебе за чудесно проведенное время :)

25:33 The fact that the world is getting sucked up into a black hole and even their portal almost broken, this scene was really intense

Little bits I'm just going to note down
1:00 Purple's father Blue living his musical dream
9:16 Info about Herobrine (later seen in the episode)
9:17 Very brief look about the Titan Ravagers (really big Ravagers)
10:08 Obviously first episode of MC vs animation ever
16:08 Herobrine back from the Monster School
17:55 Herobrine possessing red just like from the very first episode and using the obsidian stick figure form
19:54 Reference to the village
19:58 Reference to the school
20:02 Reference to the Witch (who somehow got all the way back after the beat down from the pig)
27:34 Note block universe back where Purple explained to Green how he was fatherless and alone after his mother died and then (Former) King Orange coming in as the father figure in his life and Purple replacing his son
30:00 Technoblade reference RIP
Edit:Came back to this and realised people actually read this also changed how things were worded a little.

Calling this an epic finale doesn't do it justice. This series has always had jaw-dropping animation, but the final episode brings it to a whole new level. And an absolutely beautiful story to boot. I still can't believe a KRplus channel that started out as a hobby years ago is making better stuff than some of the biggest billion-dollar animation companies today.

This is all happened because blue was wanted some netherwarts... hopefully this experience shows us who is purple 💜

Life isnt about happy endings, its about earning the happy endings - what alan taught me

After 6 years, I still don't get tired of looking after seemingly just stick figures. It would seem that they are just stick figures, but after watching there are warm feelings, feelings of joy, a desire to find out what will happen next. Your skill grows as I grow, Alan. This part was really epic, a great end to the season. We are waiting for new episodes, thank you, Alan!

The fact that this team was able to take stick figures in a block game and turn it into an absolute cinematic masterpiece really shows the sheer talent of everyone involved. Literally everything about this is perfect: the intricate plot with little subtilties, the animation on another level, the music that I need on Spotify right now, and even the tribute to Tecnoblade at the end, all without a single word of dialogue. This is truly a story for the ages.

This is art in the form of presentation! This whole thing could have gone so wrong if it wasn’t for Alan in the directors chair. It takes itself incredibly seriously when thinks go wrong, no cringe jokes are made to ruin the tone, hell not even a single word is spoken making it incredibly non-verbal and deaf friendly, and to top it all off the story/storytelling of this outlandish Minecraft, Stickfigure animation honestly beats multi-MILLION times movie studios, it’s nuts!

Oh my god. I've just seen that at 30:48 , when they all go back through the portal, you can see blue having nether wart in his hand, which symbolises the end of his mission to get nether wart

This was hands-down one of the greatest KRplus series ever created. The animation, storytelling, characters were so unbelievably incredible, and I never even considered the possibility of stick figures having such emotional scenes with such deep backstories until this series came to be. Alan and everyone on his team, the outstanding work here is undeniably and truly fucking awesome; I can't wait until more comes out!

This is going to be one of the most divine animations by Alan that I have seen yet. It's incredible how he improved since Animation vs Minecraft.

I can't this is too much,my tears are just falling of my face while feeling heartbroken,i am speechless
my soul is just breaking down

I cried in King Oranges backstory, very dramitic epsiode, to say the least. But this epsiode was great!

Who would’ve thought that a fun animation video from 6 years ago would span into such a cinematic series full of emotion as this one? Alan has outdone himself, and I’m sure everyone can agree. This has all been beautiful, and I am glad to be part of the audience that was able to experience it all. Thank you.

I love how they slowly went from shorts, to 30m mini movies. 😢 This plot is better than half the movies in existence, and I can only hope Alan continues to give us these gifts.

16:34 king was like " ah the fabled Herobrine"

Once a myth now a *LEGEND*

I never thought I'd shed tears watching this animation, let alone any other movie or book. I finally understand what a real masterpiece looks like. This was the most beautiful animation, in fact, story that I have ever come across.

The king’s backstory was so awful. He lost something he cared about the most. He deserves all the hugs honestly. My dad recently died because of a shooting in a city, I loved him a lot so I literally threw a rock at the shooter in the head. I still hope that killed the shooter though. He deserved it honestly. Back to this animation, probably one of the most greatest animations I’ve seen yet. Keep up the work dude! :)

10/10. Somehow, i never thought i would cry over stick figures. But today, Allen Becker proved me wrong. Wholesome af.

The hero sacrifice you to save the world
The villain sacrificed the world to save you