hey here’s a nice little post to remind you all that in this time of grieving, we should remember all of monty’s accomplishments too
was hired by Namco games in 2008 as a combat designer/animator for afro samurai
created what has been called “the most interesting Halo-related fan movie in existence” in 2007
made a 5 episode Dead Fantasy fan series in the same year
created RWBY, a show with diverse characters, female leads, a lack of demeaning tropes, groundbreaking animation, a new take on story telling. before the show was even created, the “Red Trailer” accumulated millions of views, and Monty had been sitting on the idea for years, his creative mind coming up with a show that has touched millions.
alongside that, created the first american-made anime that would be dubbed officially in Japan, something that’s never happened before and is such a groundbreaking accomplishment in itself
was so loved by community and fandom that the $50,000 goal for his hospital expenses in under 45 minutes
and then tripled that amount in 24 hours
even though he dropped out of high school he accomplished all this and is just another case in that your high school education does not define you and is not the end all be all to means of success
inspired so many people who are going to go on and do amazing things and be able to list monty oum as one of their inspirations
this list literally could go on forever and i can never list enough of what this man has done not only for me, as an artist and a creator, but for the world.
Thank you, Monty. Thank you so much for the impact you’ve made. You will never be forgotten.
