pity it was never finished you can probably thank nintAPPLE for that i know it got dmca once before
Ooh, that stinks. I feel bad for the fanbase. I know that there were several series I was into back in the day, but several were discontinued by their creators.
I never faulted the creators, since they were doing these things for free and in their spare time (In the pre-Patreon days, no internet animator made money.), but I won't lie, some of those discontinuations were disappointing.
What can I say, I found myself invested in the indie animator scene of the early-2000's.
I remember liking Phantasmagoria-crow's
Mario Brothers series, since it was moody and serious. While the first three entries came out the same year, the fourth and fifth entires needed much more time. I appreciated that the creator made sure fans got a proper finale.
I remember Andrew-Kauervane's
My GOD, Robots because Matt Wilson provided the opening music. I think that only went for a few episodes. Ed Atlin's
Space Tree series was probably his most noteworthy work. I even remember random stuff like
Oh My God by Xenon because it had smooth animation and similar vibes to Bonus Stage.
I was a fan of
Matt Wilson's High Score's Bonus Stage, and I got to see Matt Wilson's craft improve with every passing year. Pumping out weekly episodes for free must have been a huge investment. I followed that one until its cancellation at episode 87. I was bummed because I was expecting the series to culminate with episode 100 doubling as the final episode of High Score. Despite the circumstances, I still give Matt Wilson credit for putting in the time and inspiring many other internet animators of the era.
There were some other ones I'm trying to remember. There was some series about a skeleton man escorting something. It was an early work that had voice acting to go along with the detailed artwork. I cannot remember its name. There was
Tomorrow's Nobodies, which the creator tried to get picked up as a television series. A fairly well-known animation in the space was
Waterman. One episode featured Reel Big Fish, and the movie was set to star Leslie Nielsen. (The movie remains in development h*ll to this day.) Man, so many memories.
TL;DR: I do my best to recall some popular (and random) animations from the early 2000's Newgrounds scene.