TWRP - Starlight Brigade (feat. Dan Avidan) [Official video]
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- From the album "Together Through Time" available at twrp.bandcamp.com/
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Video by Knights of the Light Table
Producer - Patrick Stannard ► / lorddirk
Director - India Swift ► / doigswift // / doigswift
Art Director - Michael Doig ► / doigswift // / doigswift
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Song by TWRP
Vocals & lyrics by Dan Avidan
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Special thanks to Roger Dean, Hayao Miyazaki, and Moebius for all of their visual inspiration.
xoxoxo - Hudba
We need a full series!
No wait...
Two full series!
No wait...
6 Seasons and a MOVIE!
Your walking a slippery slope toward a live action version with miscast actors
Another Person yeah just keep it a season or mini series.
i wouldn't ask for too much right now, i'll be happy with ONE season, maybe just a short season like 10 episodes would be fine.
but with merch eventually :)
Ok but whatever they do. Can we just avoid identity politics. It just never ends well.
High key want's a full series where Dan voices the main character.
Damn now you've given me hope, even though it'll never happen.
Pleeeeease oh my god i would die for this!!!
or at least make this the open for it. I would love to see Dan do the main voice but he does have alot on his plate.
ObsessiveBookworm yessss
ObsessiveBookworm same
Why in the seven hells of Washington D.C. was this never made into a series from 1984 to 1987, ending with an unsatisfactory cliffhanger, a movie in 1989 with an epic soundtrack that answers nothing, and a revival film in 2008 that didn't capture the feel of the original, only for the Fandom to make an earth-shattering free-to-view movie in 2012 that's entirely computer-graphic'd but with the appearance of proper cell shaded animation, and the surviving voices of the original cast, minus two who tragically passed away already?
Oddly specific but I vibe with it
By the gods, you nailed it so hard the wall of my kitchen just crumbled.
@@ragnarvankarel6139 I have an extra toaster and a coffee machine for ya.
@@calanon534 deal!
the only aspect you're forgetting is when they did the fanmade movie one of the voice actors no longer sounds like the character anymore and people complained about it online for a few years but then everyone came to sympathize and respect a dedication to carry on working despite no longer having the voice and people start defending it instead.
"Can I stand by while the world dies?" "I'd gladly give my life for one night as a justice acolyte." "Halfway between the Black and Grey is no place for a life to waste away" "No fate but that of which we make, noble as the oath we undertake" I love the whole song! It just hits all the buttons.
"No fate but that of which we make" is blatantly stolen from Terminator 2, but other than that, yeah good stuff
@@epsilon6516 I promise you, it's _much_ older than that. "It's all been done before," and all that.
@@epsilon6516 oh so blatantly stolen, only possibility, that phrase was never once thought of before the gospel that is terminator 2. 😂😂 thank you for the chuckle, good joke.
*the light to waste away
You know, I’ve never looked up the lyrics, but I puzzled them all out through repeated listenings; all except one. I never knew he was saying “justice acolyte” there. Thank you for making my understanding of the song more complete ❤️
Hi welcome to “This Should Be an Actual Show”
Vaultron really changed over the years
It's called tengen toppa gurren lagann, you should watch it, it's basically this as a show
Tenia toppa gurran laggan is like this but, this would be a awesome anime to watch if it were one
Tengen*
Well he did used to host show pilots for Mondo so...give them a ring?
Wow, I can't believe they got Danny Elf Man on this project
Stellar job, everyone, 10/10
Congratulations on winning the comment section!
Joke offering is worthy
Omg lol
sp4lyfe
bumbo c: Honey what the hell is that pfp
Moment of silence for everyone obsessed with this video who've never heard the full version with intact verses and that sweet sax solo
Can you blame them? The animation is sick.
Btw yes I will check it out.
@@DoomguyIsGrinningAtYou. the animation is indeed sick. And expensive, which is probably why it’s shortened for the video
DAFUUUQQQ. thanks for the heads up
THIS ISN'T THE FULL SONG WHAT??
here’s the link. Enjoy. czcams.com/video/j6hAqPdz5lE/video.html
There is something in all of us that is exactly this. I hope one day we can all grasp it and pull it fully into our hearts.
on that day, man will truly fly.
The animation is absolutely gorgeous! Hope Danny cosplays his elfsona someday
And Arin as this guy: 1:18
Dan Elfidan
@@peachesplease5461 that's Doctor Sung though
@@peachesplease5461 i didn't even notice that the first time. So cute!
Papi Potassium You right. I just think if Dan were to cosplay as Dan Elfidan Arin would get jealous and want to go as someone from the video too 😂
Most of us are probably in agreement here, like all my friends in my town, so you made the intro and hooked us, now where is the show?
I thought it was like a music video for a show cause of how awsome it was
This whole Video was the show.... I want more seasons... Like now
It has a beginning, and an end I don't see what a whole show could do out of this though the concepts and art style would be nice to see together again
In my head I always felt like Black Swan was a sequel to this it just skipped his life and we see his last adventure.
A feature film would be perfect
three years on, i still get super emotional at the bit where the brightest star he was following was his own reflection... so fucking powerful
Omggg I never noticed that! Now I'm crying! 😭
broooo i never noticed that either oml, and his realization and all that omg
(scrolls further down a screen or two) ah heck someone else already pointed that out like an entire year ago XD
...and I would have edited that into my original reply but YT is being dumb and wouldn't allow it
Every time I come back to this I think "Surely it wasn't THAT amazing, I must be remembering it wrong." Then 4 minutes and 8 seconds later I have full body chills, tears on my face, and a hole in my wall where I punched it out of sheer joy.
Danny is the 80's distilled into a person.
I'd hope so, the 80s were great. So is dan
The dude is in his 40s so yea
*knights of the light table* "so how should ninja brian be portrayed, like how would he look if he was doing something?"
*ninja brian* **glares**
*KOTLT* "ok, just hold that pose for several hours ok?"
*ninja brian* **glares**
I would thumbs up, but I don't wanna ruin the 69.
@@Daxyl as soon as I was reading your comment it was 79
@@The_Stumbler Well I guess I might as well give it a thumbs up now.
Came here to watch it after reading the Twitter post, I just want to say it again after watching ..... CROWDFUND THIS!!
What did the Twitter post say??
@qwertysub2038 They wanted to make Starlight Brigade into a full series. They had a few close calls, but studios turned them down so they don't have hopes it would be made. In away this music video was like a pilot episode. I hope people like them come to realize you don't need to deal with a big Studio that will easily shoot down a series because we have ____ all ready. If people online click with it enough, crowd fund it.
@@AlkseeyaKCOh man that’s devastating. As much as I would also want them to go without the need for a big studio it’s quite hard to accomplish that as well. They probably needed a lot more people and a bigger budget which is hard to get with only the 8 of them that worked on this music video. I have to wonder though, did they ever reach out to Adult Swim? I do remember that channel showcasing this music video a couple of years back?
This song inspired me to quit my job that didn’t live up to my moral standard and change the course of my life. The line, “Today, so many moons away, I safely say, that my heart’s true calling was never betrayed,” was calling me out. Much love to TWRP, Dan and The Knights of the Light Table for forcing me to to have some perspective and live up to my own ideals.
Why are you making me cry like this? This song portrays so many emotions and power and is a treasure.
Good on you, man!
I don't have a calling, don't have a direction, no team, no skills.
Drifting without a starship.
@Kamike Serpentail You have the starlight within, my friend. As do we all. Your starship is a glorious vessel; all you need to do is turn the key. You have everything you think you lack. It's all waiting for you to discover. Just you wait until you find that spark, that inner starlight--and watch as the cosmos is lit ablaze!
Hoping that everything is going awesome for you!!!
Now I want 6 seasons and a movie of this!
Amazing job you guys!
chng.it/zPMdzdHdct MAKE. IT. HAPPEN
you just KNOW its good *art when every frame looks like a wallpaper. pause at literally any point in the vid and you'll see the amount of time and effort that's gone into this work of art.
Sometimes in animation, the final product looks super stiff. The Knights put in that extra time and effort to make character movement look very fluid and bouncy. That's something I value a ton as well
I mean, given that animation refers to motion, you can't really judge animation based on the look of individual frames. Some shows have nice looking frames but super stiff, unnatural animation. That said, this animates nicely and has gorgeous frames
I don't agree with the notion, but god DAMNNN does this look good!
2:49, about 13 frames (or whatever youtube measures them in, go to the timestamp with the video puased and hit the . key 13 times).
I need not say more.
Even after 4 years I still really want this to become a Graphic Novel or Show.
+2
I just found this and I can't agree more
They are actually pitching this as a show! We should try getting this up to 20 million vews, minimum. Maybe the stars will actually align and we'll get an actual show!
I NEED THIS FULL ANIME. More Adventures of The Starlight Brigade, Please!!!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
Just this video could be stretched out into a whole show. I would watch all of it!
If this was an anime, I would love to watch it. Dan should be the protagonist.
I suggest watching Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Yeah they should talk to Netflix about this. :p
Where's my Starlight Brigade comic book series?
Hell, if Starbomb is over I'd pay to see TWRP and NSP make Starlight Brigade as a band but as a serious band as oppose to Comedy stuff they write this was fantastic
Still begging on my hands and knees for this as a show
This music video should be a real show; it made me feel joy for once. Thank you for this amazing piece of art.
Daft Punk vibe with a Pink Floyd reference? I'm sold. 10/10 👍
I feel like the whole vid is a daft punk reference to the i think 2001 movie with just songs forgot when it was made
@@justindorthewonderwizard645 you mean interstella 999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999... and so on
Maybe
DISCLAIMER: Not every meteorite contains a badass ship that takes you to an adventure full of starlight and introduces to you a colorful cast of pilot pals.
You can't convince me otherwise
But some do
Not to mention we're all missing the magical chest crystal to control the ship and cheat death
You can't PROVE THAT
So you're sayin' there's a chance!
Lyrics:
When I look up at the sky, what meets my eyes?
Can I just stand by while the world dies?
(While the world dies)
A starship idling nearby, is it my time?
I crawl inside and turn the cockpit clockwise, toward the sunrise
I hear a voice in the back of my head
Screaming "this is suicide! Did you hear what I said?"
But then it fades into nothing with the rest of the light and sound
I'm on my way out!
Lift off!
The firestorm ignites
Last thoughts of a life by candlelight
Inside this speeding satellite
Today, so many moons away
I safely say
We stand as one
A bond beyond the vast wave, until the last grave
The mission orders typed and lights up our screens
Ignition flights
A thousand minds move simultaneously
Into the night a fleet of firelight jet engines scream
Turn the key
This is my destiny!
Last flight!
I'd gladly give my life for one night as a justice acolyte
Light shines only for the blind
Escape the endless dream of space, black seas that I can't navigate
Locate the great Starlight Brigade
Starlight within will guide us to the other side
Lift off!
The firestorm ignites
Last thoughts of a life by candlelight
Inside this speeding satellite
Halfway between the black and gray
Is no place for a life to waste away
I'll take the road with all the stakes (Starlight Brigade)
Black knights and dark side battlecries
All die once they're in my line of sight
This fight is all I know that's right (whoa yeah)
No fate but that of which we make
Noble as the oath we undertake
We are the great Starlight Brigade!
(Starlight Brigade)
thanks for the lyrics!!!❤
Thank you 🤘
Appreciate you chap
I've realised the genius of this, and why so many people have the uncanny feeling it's like a pilot for an amazing show that only ever came to air in an alternative universe ... it's because it's cut like an AMV. And certainly myself and more than a few of us here will have consumed a good few of those and know the feeling caused by a perfectly edited meld of pivotal, highly emotionally charged, action packed (...or just humorous) scenes from an already beloved anime, and a killer piece of music that encapsulates the mood set by the visuals.
And there's at least a couple of great shows, and a couple of great bands, that I've been introduced to through that medium, browsing through what people have made for one or the other, or just at random. And coming across this video evokes that emotional memory.
So, maybe the show we've discovered through this virtual AMV isn't real, but at least the band is...
(This came to me in the scene where they make the first attack and Strive's ship gets hit by a shot from the baddies; I had been playing the tune in the background whilst working, as is the way I normally have CZcams music going, and just happened to close a tab such that this came to the front a little before that, and I therefore wasn't fully into the visual rhythm.
It struck me that if it was an actual movie, or a scene from an episodic show, it would have all played out a _lot_ slower, with interstitial dialogue and moments of dramatic suspense. But as there was a need to both tell a certain chunk of the story within the limited time allowed by the music (yes, I know it's edited down as well due to the ironically appropriate budgetary constraints), and to keep to the beat, most of that was edited out in jumpcut fashion, retaining just the most important and memorable parts, bringing maybe a two minute segment down to... [spins back to check] ...approximately five seconds. Eight if you want to be generous.
Which is VERY AMV-ish, particularly for anything that covers a large swath of or even the entirety of a 13-episode show or 90-minute film (never mind anything longer!) with fast paced music over the top. But then the star-chasing part and the renewing of their internal fire is arguably uncut from the "original"... Which again rather puts me in mind of an actual Nausicaa or maybe just multi-classic-Ghibli (looking at you Laputa) video that I once saw. Pick and choose what to spin through quick without actually cutting so you can include that slower moment in full.
Kinda get the same feeling from the Rudo animated videos for Siamés' tunes too. Be fun to see a four-way collab between the two studios and two bands...)
i never noticed that, youre so right! even keeping in mind the time and budget constraints, i cant think of another animated music video ive seen that was cut like this, other than AMVs. everything feels like theres less breathing room, even the moments that are slower. it really does feel like something larger that had all the fat trimmed so only the most important and flashy stuff remained. its super cool, and honestly impressive they pulled it off so well without there being a preexisting show people already know, so they cant rely on fans already being familiar with the story, they have to land it on their own. its probably why they used such a familiar story structure (aside from it matching the lyrics), it makes it way easier for us to follow
I dunno. It reminds me more of Daft Punk's Interstella.
Ah, I get it now.
I've found my specific aesthetic. This is it.
Then you'll love the Macross series!
late 20th century sci-fi with the laserbeats of the 80s?
...yeah, that's a pretty solid aesthetic >w>
_Interstella 5555_ should pop up on your recommendeds list then as well.
retro pastel 90s OVA anime? Yeah its pretty cool. I'm glad they are doing Game Gyaru in the style.
I think it's cool that the characters are renditions of TWRP and NSP. I'd love to do a cosplay group of The Starlight Brigade.
Yeah, and Dan is the furry
@@firstpersonfinatic Pretty sure Dan was the blue guy that wore Dan's costume as a small child.
@@sunfeatherX3 Someone isn't up to date on the lore
IKR
TheGingerBeardMan a small reminder that this even hit 1 mil be because CZcams is a cucklord.
2:05 I don't know what it is, but aggressively pushing a handle forward to make my ship fly faster has been a very specific fantasy of mine.
I just believe it'd be so cathartic.
"Punch it" *neuooom*
It feels like I watched an entire series, fully understand every detail, and it tied off all loose ends and ended perfectly. All while never knowning a single characters name, and in 1/100th of the time
Thank you so much TWRP for the adventure and the memories. Our team were amazing and everyone at Knights of the Light Table brought their everything to bring this together. So proud to have worked on Starlight with you!
You guys did a phenomenal job! Blew my mind when I saw how small the team was.
I didn't realize I was watching some anime when i clicked on this video amazing job guys!
This is on another level! The hard work that you and everyone at Knights did really paid off. Hand drawn, million frame animation seemed to be a dying art and I'm so glad you guys went with this style.
Like, and I say this with 0 offense to TWRP & co., the music was secondary to this holy shitballs animated short!!
I watched your stream... Sadly not live. But I was captivated by the character.. But never did I know how wonderfully it would be animated... Absoloutly f.. ING fantastic job. I'm in awe of your group. Def got a new fan here. And the Band.. Well awesome as always. Can you animate star bombs regreatroid lol?
Remember when Daft Punk had blue people? Gave me those vibes. Loved it.
Also props on the Pink Floyd reference
And they put all of the videos on cartoon network
@@annathomas7003 Yeah, it's like a cross between that and the Last Starfighter.
Well, they have generally the same inspirations in music and both the animations were inspired by classic 80s anime.
I literally thought the same thing, they know how to do classic rock Justice
big interstella 5555 vibes
One thing I finally noticed, after Goodness knows how many viewings, is that after the shot injures Twinky Elf Dan, the star he reaches for is revealed to be the one visible from his weird chest crystal. Since they were chasing the stars, he was quite literally following his heart.
DEEP LORE
Twinky Elf Dan i love it
thats a guy?
Also love how the rest of the elves crystals glow when the stars come back- they lost hope, but it came back with the stars released
Every night my 6yo says "Papa, in the morning if I'm still sleeping play this loudly to wake me up!". He comes out of the hallway bleary eyed, but dancing none the less. Thanks TWRP and NSP.
That's amazing, heck yeah!!
r/thathappened
I think this needs to be a real show with Danny voice acting the blue boy
No questions asked hands down
Amazing animation and song
If this was a show id watch tf out of it
There is
up that
This felt like 1/3 Legend of Zelda, 1/3 Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, 1/3 Voltron, and 100% awesome. All of you did an amazing job!
Definitely getting A Link to the Past vibes from the intro.
I got a little bit of a steven universe vibe too
I'm getting Destiny vibes; spaceships of various peoples fighting against a pyramid ship of darkness.
But definitely getting Nausicaa vibes as well
The style and themes are definitely a reference to Daft Punk's Intersteller 5555 which I believe was 30 years old this week.
I'm detecting a blatant Pink Floyd reference at 3:19
I come back to this a few times a year and still, to this day, wish this could have been picked up for 6 seasons and a movie. The song is fantastic, but the animation and what we get of the story line just begs for elaboration. It's just so good. I want to know more about this universe and the races of beings within it.
Just found out there was an animated series in the works for years before it was given up on, absolutely devo'd
Starlight brigade was the best anime show of my childhood, that never existed.
Same bro
i wanna like this comment but the like count is to dank
@@modernantiques9348 Not anymore. Feel free to like!
@@nonagon6325 many thanks bruh
Is this actually based of off a real show ???
If so I cant find it
A youthful main character who never gives up ✓
Weird geometric aliens that steal the stars from the sky ✓
Epic space wars ✓
An amazing final battle in space ✓
I can see Studio Trigger making this into an anime.
SubCheat Trigger would be the best people for the job
Please don't let trigger touch this, they ruined Franxx too badly... -_-
ZenithKnight true...but they were also the mastermind behind KILL LA KILL and Little Witch Academia, so despite that screw-up I’m sure they figured out what not to do next time they make a series. Not only that KILL LA KILL’s getting a game called KILL LA KILL:IF and so far it looks f$%king amazing!! (Though I guess that isn’t that relevant to this conversation in the first place)
@@captviper2100 I believe the main similarity and why trigger would be good is Gurren Lagann.
@@captviper2100 haven't KILL LA KILL, but i adore LWA.
PS: NETFLIX, GIVE US MORE LITTLE WITCH ACADEMIA ALREADY, i need mooooooore!
This feels like best cartoon I've ever watched growing up that never was.
I like how everyone seems to agree that this could be an amazing show... or even a movie.
Edit: It just occurred to me, this heavily reminds me of The Last Star Fighter, an old 80's movie.
I think you meant "An old 80's movie with _the best music ever."_
SOMEONE REMEMBERS THE LAST STARFIGHTER?!
My dad showed me that movie when I was younger and I still consider it my favorite movie of all time. Just so many tropes and one liners I still go back to these days.
@@techticianlarsproductions6180 Yes.
@@techticianlarsproductions6180 Agreed. I'll have to rewatch again some time soon.
@@techticianlarsproductions6180 It's one of my all-time favourite movies too. I've even gotten to meet Lance Guest (Alex) and Catherine Mary Stewart (Maggie) at a convention.
The ship breakdown has always hit me hard. I cry every time. I once was in a car accident that essentially incapacitated my car, I was sure I'd die. I sat there contemplating my fleeting existence. Then I was like no, Im not going like this, if this semi doesn't kill me, that's my chance. My car started and managed to live long enough to get me to safety... That person certainly died there, but the me now still fights new battles today!
I feel like i watched a whole anime and now im left with a void ..welp time to rewatch it a million times
Same
Too accurate
every anime watcher be like
I mean this literally sums up 90% of animes with aliens and mechs.
@@Damuse8191 to true
I'm heartbroken that this is only a four minute video, the retro anime was an amazing choice for visuals.
ONLY a 4 minute video? BBBBBBITCH. YOU KNOW HOW LONG ANIMATION TAKES? AND DID YOU SEE THE QUALITY OF THE ANIMATION?
Plankton-Sama I think they meant it more in the tone of “this was so good that, after 4 minutes, I’m jonesin’ for more.”
@@plankton-sama260 WAHHHH I KNOW, BUT I WANT MOAR, I DEMAND A SERIES DAMMIT, IM A NEEDY BITCH. (seriously tho, i am completely blown away at how beautifully done this was.)
@@Luceloupgarou Right? I desperately want a series or movie about the Starlight Brigade
I wish this could be an anime series...
Love the homage to Pink Floyd's album art at 3:20, this video is like a shot on nostalgia directly into my bloodstream.
Speaking of nostalgia, Danny's ship kind of reminds me of 'Flight of the Navigator'... specifically the shape changing and the control scheme.
It lines up with the lyrics "dark side battle cries" too
You know what they say, "Nostalgia is one hell of a drug. And I want the world's whole supply."
Love the homage to experiments done in 1672 by Isaac Newton at 3:20, this video is like a shot of morphine directly into my humors.
Dude, their ships bursting through the enemy space station and their exhaust looking like a light going through a prism MAKES this already super sick animation for me!
Why does this make me cry? Its so gorgeous. Probably the best music video I've ever seen tbh.
Same bro.
@@robertjensen7415 Same bro.
Because this is the purest version of a hero anime.
I thought I was the only one who teared up
was wondering why i was doing that.
I love that everyone is physically flying their ships. Except for Ninja Brian. He just glares at the controls and the ship does what he wants.
The power of sheer murderous intent
@@AndMesq-ww5gs All you have to do is say the password and it'll do whatever you want: Popo
I think we would all do the same if he glared at us
@@pentagonofpeople it just knows better
He doesnt need controls. The ship is a pussy and gets scared,therefor doing what he wants.
I would totally watch an entire show of this.. very SilverHawks!
Also, caught that Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon reference there! ;-)
Glad to see I'm not the only one who saw that.
I see im not alone when i say i want the full series
I’m in love with so many of these shots. The way the outer hull of the ship spikes like ferrofluid, the way the mentors eyes close as our protagonists open, and the way he sees his reflection inside the black prism as he enters are all so unbelievably amazing
Everyone knows it but It needs to be said anyhow.
_Holy heck this is rad!_
I was thinking more along the lines of infinity out of ten but that works too.
@@pepsiwardofmemearina2060 I 100% approve of this score.
Mad props to Elle Power, Noitibmar and India Swift for redesigning TWRP and NSP in this beautiful artstyle, alongside their kick-ass spaceships!
OMG, thanks for telling me the artists! What social medias do they have?
Right, they are awesome. I'm wondering what social medias they have. (I'll check)
@@cartoonimegirl928 We're all on twitter! Follow the hashtag and I'm sure you'll find a couple threads
@@cartoonimegirl928 But there's more amazing, talented artists who worked on this. I was just pointing out something that stood out to me, but every single one has done a stellar job-
Animators really just made every frame wallpaper-worthy huh
They are trying to make this into an actual series!!! I say they should do kickstarter alot would jump at the chance to support this!!!
when you can't help but cry at how beautiful the animation was
dead on reaction
I cry cause the animation I weep because of the song it's all so beautiful
Same
I'm a simple man. I hear Danny's voice, I feel great.
Amond Hawes-Khalifa facts
Don't we all?
The space aesthetic, the 80s vibe… absolutely masterful. Y’all should team up with Savant to produce the ultimate VHS vibe of a track
Especially when you realize that the image is found a t-shirt.
Somewhat tempting to pull it up on my old laptop that has a TV-out socket and dub it to tape in all honesty. Then leave it somewhere to be found and confuse the absolute hell out of whoever finds and plays it.
Second this but get Carpenter Brut to give advice but only advice.
This is the second space themed music video I've seen recently that deserves a show of it's own. Why isn't this a show?
3:19 nice Dark Side of the Moon visual reference
The Voltron nod a few seconds later is on par, as well.
They sang it at the same time too, very cool
that was so cool (and they said "dark side" !!)
It has to be known that only eight people created this almost 4 minute masterpiece of animation (according to the credits).
EIGHT. PEOPLE.
Bruh
I counted around 18 people that worked towards the final product
@@ivydignity6894 Wow...that's so impressive
I believe they were referring to the animation which was only 8 people
Patrick Stannard
Producer
India Swift
Director
Story Artists
Character/Ship Designer
Animator
Cleanup Artist
Michael Doig
Art Director
Background Art
Post Production
Elle Power
Story Artists
Character/Ship Designer
Lead Animator
Cleanup Artist
Renee Violet
Background Artists
Noitibmar
Character/Ship Designer
Animator
Lead FX Animator
David Lu
FX Animator
Lead Cleanup Artist
Thomas Pool
FX Animator
Is it bad that this came out the same year as Sonic The Hedgehog Movie.... With no doubt a smaller budget than said movie?
When they told this kid to 'reach for the stars', he literally took it to literal heart.
Strive saves the universe by reaching for the stars - and this is the really important part - not by actually touching them. He only ever touches the stars in a dream/vision.
It is the striving, in and of itself, that changes everything.
Grandfather: _"NO NOT THAT FAR!!"_
Happy Five Year Anniversary! Strange to think it's been five years since such an iconic song and video! Here's to more galactic adventures :)
This literally made me cry. The animation is stunning AND I THOUGHT IT`S SOME KIND OF A TRAILER OR SMTH, BECAUSE IT`S TOO GREAT.
I thought I was the only one! Actually tears are coming out it's so good!
This Indie game called Hyper Light Drifter is getting a show adaptation by the same people who made the Castlevania series, and Danny's character in this looks _so much_ like how the Drifter does; I almost flipped out because I thought this was a trailer for the show oml--
it nearly got me too! I don't even know how to explain why or what about it got me welling up but it happened and holy shit
Now I want to see the entire Legend of The Starlight Brigade. It MUST BE DONE!!!
One of my favorite things in this video is that you barely got a glance at each character, but you got the entire personallity understood. The other 5 of the crew have so much personallity without uttering a single word.
For example, at 1:40, the samurai ninja snake guy on the left draws out his knife. Such a tiny detail gives him so much more personallity, showing that he's keen and skilled, but also won't back down from a fight. Fantastic!
And does it _fast_ ... like I think it's basically one frame - no knife, next frame - possibly a flash of light or movement, third frame - knife.
Plus whilst they're flying through the realm of pure _nothing_ at the heart of the enemy tetrahedron, that little bead of sweat ... showing that he can feel fear, or at least anxiety, just normally keeps it under perfect control. But this time a tiny bit leaked out... things must be really intense.
His name is Space Ninja Brian, which I personally think makes it even better
@@markpenrice6253 The only other time he has a little bead of sweat like that, and you have to look cause it goes by fast is when Strife's ship gets shot and starts falling.
who would've known the peaks of character design would be found in a 4min music video on yt
we did
“what’s your favorite anime”
me - starlight brigade
Nice try.
I prefer the manga
You can’t appreciate the anime without reading the manga, smh.
I need this
@@mokodomi Gurren Lagann was anime original
This makes me nostalgic for an era of animation I wasn't even alive for.
Edit: The fact this isn't a real show depresses me.
Once again
M o o d *a f*
czcams.com/video/wH6ZCIRjI14/video.html
now i am old. fuck.
Me to man. I would watch the hell out of this
I really need this yo become a series or maybe a space shooter game.
"Halfway between the black and grey is no place for a life to waste away" is great
This song is so important to me. I came across it by chance right after I unexpectedly scored my dream job at the time: working at a huge science museum. I listened to it along with other TWRP songs on the way to work most days and that was how I celebrated my success and encouraged myself to enjoy every moment and give it all my effort. Now, I've moved on to another, even bigger dream: becoming a pilot. I've been in flight school for a month, and when reconnecting with this song recently, I realized the spaceship Strive (the "main character" of the animated video) finds looks just like a sci-fi version of the airplane I happen to fly, the Diamond DA-20 (look it up, hopefully you'll see what I mean). And when I took my first flight in it, I felt just like I was experiencing the start of my own "Starlight Brigade" journey.
Follow your dreams, people. They're calling you for a reason.
Amen to that. And congratulations on your journey !
That's amazing, we can see the similarity to the Diamond, wow! That's so cool you're becoming a pilot!
Elf Danny is something I've never known I needed so much. Amazing job guys!
Danny Elfman
I like giving the character's dad the voice of Dan's actual dad.
"Ehhhh, Dahn! You better not go to that meteor! Come inside and have some of this sick cantaloupe!"
Debunk Duo underrated comment omg
DAEYN, NO, HAVE SOME PANCAKES IBSTEAD
"You can always come inside and decompose while listening to some Peeweedidi on spoofi... ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ok bye Dayn!"
Come in and decompose now would you?
As his ship takes off he hears the slowly fading sound of his dad saying "Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh BAI!
“Halfway between the black and grey is no place for a life to waste away” and “Black knights and dark side battle cries all die once they’re in my line of sight” are a couple of the most awesome lines of lyrics I’ve ever heard. This song and video are both so amazingly good.
This song is just so powerful and inspiring. Can’t stop listening. Love TWRP, so bummed I missed them in Seattle last week.
I like to think Ninja Brian pilots his ship with nothing but how intense his expression is.
Me too.
I mean...
THOSE EYES ,DEAR LORD
Or his middle finger
He powers it with his own rage, and controls it with his bloodlust
Actually, he cheats with foot pedals
I'M SORRY BUT NOW THAT I AM AWARE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL EXISTENCE I CANNOT STOP LAUGHING AT NINJA BRIAN'S EXPRESSION. I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE
These TWRP redesigns are so tasty fresh
Its time for a netflix animated series.
To this day, i dont know if this is the case, but I've always felt they made these characters to resemble a Saturday morning cartoon from the 80's (and i am 100% here for it)
I am late to the party on finding the band. But holy cats, this might be one of the best music videos I've ever seen.
Great song and FUCKING PHENOMENAL ANIMATION!
Good lord this was amazing
Agreed. Such a great metaphor for leaving behind a life of stagnation to pursue an art form
ie. dan’s whole deal 😄
Im kinda waiting for the ships to combine
@@brodydodson918 like voltron
@@brodydodson918 I'm kinda waiting for a Netflix series. Jesus this would make an amazing intro.
OH NO. IT WAS SO GOOD.
Now I'm sad because this will most likely never be an actual show
Exactly
I would watch the shit out of this. I've watched this video a couple times over purely for the cartoon
It could still be an OVA (Original Video Animation...basically direct-to-video miniseries, often with better budget) sort of thing!
Every time I watch this I get on the verge of tears with just how beautiful the animation is, I get chills to this day
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Coming back to this kind of videos with little over a year of practice drawing, I am able to see details that i didn't even notice the first time around, and it makes watching even more enjoyable now. I still have a long way to go, but boy does this inspire me to keep going!
Welcome back, this is not the first time you've come back to this video
Im literally looking at your comment from a year ago, the one with stars 100/100 then I see this comment haha
@@mejoradam16 A year! Can't believe its been a year so far 😅
It is my first time, but I will be back so many more.
@Mariluz De La Paz Hell yeah!!
You're damn right and I won't let it be the last time
honestly Knights of the light table is starting to become one of my favorite animators they just make very clean animations
They are very nice people c:
Also they have such an amazing spectrum of animation??? Like, compare this one to Starbomb's Overwatch rap
as an animation student, every time i feel stuck, or like everything is too much, i play this video and feel my chest burst with joy and child like wonder, and remember why i'm doing all of this. i aspire to make someone feel the way this piece of art makes me feel, every second makes my hair stand on end and my eyes sparkle
This is the sickest thing I've seen in a while. STARLIGHT BRIGADE NEVER DIES!
Danny: Cute little space elf
TWRP: Cool space pilots
Ninja Brian: Ninja Brian.
Amy Kinz I could see Arin as one of them
@@sir_oatmeal2380 Wouldn't he be a villain though? He's been a few things in the past but there's been a couple instances of that.
Ninja Brian Ninja Brian's the best.
Arin: guy who didn't get invited
@@AleronWolf He was too busy with The Protomen announcing a race in Phantom Racer
*Lyrics*
When I look up at the sky, what meets my eyes?
Can I just stand by while the world dies?
A starship idling nearby… Is it my time?
I crawl inside and turn the cockpit clockwise, toward the sunrise
I hear a voice in the back of my head
Screaming "This is suicide! Did you hear what I said?"
But then it fades into nothing with the rest of the light and sound
I'm on my way out!
Lift off!
The firestorm ignites
Last thoughts of a life by candlelight
Inside this speeding satellite
Today, so many moons away
I safely say
We stand as one
A bond beyond the vast wave, until the last grave
The mission orders typed and lights up our screens
Ignition flights
A thousand minds move simultaneously
Into the night a fleet of firelight jet engines scream
Turn the key
This is my destiny!
Last flight!
I'd gladly give my life for one night as a justice acolyte
Light shines only for the blind
Escape the endless dream of space: black seas that I can't navigate
Locate the great Starlight Brigade
(Starlight within will guide us to the other side)
Lift off!
The firestorm ignites
Last thoughts of a life by candlelight
Inside this speeding satellite
Halfway between the black and gray
is no place for a life to waste away
I'll take the road with all the stakes (Starlight Brigade)
Black knights and dark side battlecries
all die once they're in my line of sight
This fight is all I know that's right
No fate but that of which we make
Noble as the oath we undertake
We are the great Starlight Brigade!
(Starlight Brigade)
thank you so much!!!
Thank you
Finally found em, thank you ❤
You are a god among men for posting the lyrics.
This song is so cool because the lyrics are so symbolic and lots can be taken from them! “Halfway between the black and gray is no place for a life to waste away” I think is one of my all time favorite lines from a song
I am relieved to note that humanity's representative to the Starlight Brigade has a suitably impressive mustache.
Sung (with a cone) is not human, buddy, Brian is (ninja) x)
@@lunamiko9536 Wait, hold on... there's lore? Where do I go find it?
This was on my mind today, and I'm so glad I came back to watch it. The song and video are so perfect. I find myself tearing up almost every time. It's bitter sweet, because there are so many of us who want to fight for goodness against the darkness of tyranny and greed that rises up generation after generation. If we could just come together and combine the power of our wills, maybe we could save the world that we love for the innocent people who are continuously victimized by the corrupt powers that be. Unfortunately, our fight is so much more complex.
Scifi?
Magic?
The sexiest of sexbangs?
ALL MY MONEY JUST TAKE IT WHERE DO I SIGN
0:46 Strive's handprint is on the black object before it transforms into a spacecraft. After it transforms, some water falls down from the spacecraft's tail.
1:24 Havve Hogan hits his drumsticks in sync with the music.
1:32 Judging by his hand movements, this character probably tells our heros to hit the barrier with their spacecrafts and they do so at 2:07
1:39 This is a miniature figurine of the spaceship our heroes are currently in. We saw this spaceship at 1:26
2:20 This might be the same star we saw at the beginning of the video. 0:09
Ooh! That handprint was so cool to see! Thanks for all the tidbits!
I don't think 2:20 is the same star. Actually to be more accurate, I think he was seeing the star within his heart, because as the light faded, it was his reflection he saw the light within there. I think the star he was reaching for at the beginning of the video WAS the ship that crashed and he took it within his heart when he activated it. He had the starlight within him the whole time!
@@Piemur1That star and all the other stars were absorbed by the dark prism when Strive was a child.
@@MercurySteel Yeah, but I like to think that the enemy prism ships probably contain a star to power them and when one of them crash landed on his planet that was the same ship. It all seems to be the same material, right?
@@Piemur1 Reflecting on it now, the object that crashed does resemble an enemy spacecraft. While you're likely right about that aspect, the video doesn't provide any evidence indicating that the spaceships contain stars within them. However, you're free to interpret it as a personal headcanon.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again and again and again.
I'd watch the hell out of this if it were a show or a movie.
Ninja Brian's ship doesn't have controls,
it just knows better.
No, it has controls. Controls that are SWORDS, apparently.
It does have controls, they're just based off of slight variations in his intense staring 👀👀👀
(captain america voice) i understood that reference
POPO!
Ninja Brian = Mr. Popo
Theory: The main character is one of Danny sexbang's distant descendants born from his many space sexcapades
I beileve that.
And ninja brian is immortal and helping her.
Not even a theory, just a fact
I assume he was born in the year 6969
@@bubbajack9544 Nah, this is one of his descendents, they all simply share past memorys. How ya think Brain got a PhD?
Guys.... tears of joy here no kidding!!!, that was soooo beautiful!!!! CZcams music have recommended me this band and every day I enjoy they're song more and more! Greetings from Brazil!!!!
I’m honestly kinda surprised no one has even attempted to make a series or even a fanfic of this. This could end up being a really great series. It’s sets up a nice being, have characters that you can somewhat tell their personalities of from how they react to certain situations, the connections they share with each other, the antagonist of the story, an underlying theme, and a nice ending that people can get behind.
There are actually some good fanfics, and a fan-comic as well
Or even a video game. It could make a good half VN half 2D shooter. Different ships having different attributes.
@@lunamiko9536 "WHERE'S THE SAUCE. WHERE DO I FIND IT?!?!" Dumbledore asked calmly.
@@lunamiko9536 Seriously tho, where do I find it.
@@DoomguyIsGrinningAtYou. damn, youtube keeps deleting my comment and won't let me leave a link
Ghosta-r, makes fan-comic
3:20 We're only halfways through 2019, yet we're already given literally the best scene out of any cinematic endeavor of the year. Phenominal. 15/10
Yeah I loved the Pink Floyd reference too
You haven't seen endgame yet, have you?
At first i didnt see it... and i am currently wearing a dark side of the moon shirt.
Agreed
Thought the exact same thing. It's such a great visual