Recently I’ve been gettin’ a touch bored and just scrolling through the bio-motion vids on youtube to see if I can find anything fun, and I have to say I’ve actually found quite a bit! From just single videos, to entire series and channels I’ve literally never heard talked of despite how fantastic they are!So I decided I’d make a little list of the best ones, or just the ones I was personally impressed with/interested in I’ve found. Random order o’ course, and some of these I’ve known of from years, from a number that actually inspired my love of bionicles years back, and just a few I’ve more recently discovered.1. 리스L
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD5XlPJl6OU
Ok, now the fact I haven’t seen much for this guy is understandable due to the majority of his channel being in a different language. Channels such as these while generally really awesome (for some reason…), and fairly popular aren’t generally talked about too much in the English circle from what I can tell just because we can’t understand anything, and it drives us nuts. (It sure does for me at least.)
Either way, holy crap this guy is awesome! Not just because he’s translated even some of the series which is my favourite so far out of his others, but because his scenes are well done, his special effects, while not used too often, when used are awesome (such as the bullet scene), and his fight scenes are smooth, and fun as ‘eck to watch!
2. Gionganer grav
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRIJ2y7WL-k
And another, non-english channel.
This guy’s mainly moc-vids and all that, not exactly my favorite type of vid, but his moc’s are quite well done, and a fair amount of short stop-motions, which, as you can see above, are smooth, and utilize (from what I can tell is) some well-done green screening.
He also has some kind of… trailer/short film things (don’t really know ‘cause I can’t read the title) which make for a nice little watch each. He’s even got a break down for at least one of the ones I’ve seen, and it’s pretty interesting to watch, help gave me a few ideas m'self.
3. MrLegolover55
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_ySVBnjYCs
So here’s this guy, another bio-tube who I’ve never heard talked of, yet who has a number of fairly amazing series out!
Now, while he may not use stopmotion (something fairly common now-a-days), quality wise his videos are good, the story was intriguing, his characters are understandable (if perhaps lacking a touch in the full range of the voice-acting spectrum that could’ve been used, but still a good range for the amount of characters), and in all I’d recommend giving him a look.
4. Masteryker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ3X-dLuemE
And once again a channel my inability to understand any language beyond English drives me insane to watch, but I can’t stop just because of how good it is!
So, fully Hero-Factory to warn all you fuddy-duddies who hate that, but holy-crap I recommend you at least give him a look if just to see his character design! While a bit stereotypical in the 'everything is rusty/damaged/whatever-that-look-is-called’ in the paint department I feel it works, his stop-motion itself is once again impressive, his video quality and effects are well-done, and the story (from what little I can gather) is enough to hook me… even despite how much I miss out on (a disheartening fate).
5. Robomaniac7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Vq2bnr7wE
Ah, and this guy. While not one of the best at this time, he was at least amusing, and at the time of his videos, fairly impressive in his stop-motion (and age too from what I can tell). Just a guy I’d recommend giving a view if you want a laugh.
6. Jacob Daeath
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLOD9z2ZB_s
Really not a lot for this guy, in truth this was mainly it (counting the second of course) in his bio-vids that caught my eye (he did have a second I found humorous).
From what I can tell I think he had some ties to Robomaniac7, but my memories terrible so don’t trust anything I say.
Its got some nice stop-motion for its age, a nice bit of humor, and just a generally fun to watch story.
7. Spinny SterTwelve
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZJ52dhfLpY
Now, far from the best he may be, but the fact he got me at all interested in something that combined transformers with bionicles (before the bio-former craze too I think), and made a lengthy series was more than enough to at least deserve the mention for those who might want find an interest in the idea.
8. Plastic Arm Productions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihnu0N6-3Gg
Now this guy, this guy I’m surprised I haven’t heard of. While he may have the stereotypical 'my-self-moc-is-better-than-all-others’ self-moc, but I feel that the fact he’s made a 1-on-1 fight video between all of the Toa, and in every combination (I think at least, I gotta check again…) , all of which have well done fight animations, camera quality, and a kinda neutral win-loss chance (poll based) should’ve at least gotten him a touch more known.
Perhaps he is, perhaps all of them are and it’s my terrible luck at find anything bio-fandom related is just hitting me over the head once again.
9. Dinosaurs united
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMmzn1kuQy8
Chaotic, well done, well designed, and humorous? Give a check to all of them and you get a pretty nice series out of it! From star-wars to knights kingdom, from hero factory to both generations of bionicles, it all connects and it is a bizzare yet worthwhile watch!
10. AJ Roo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNC-0ovJHLk
Odd, lacking stopmotion, and overpowered characters inspired by ManiaMac1613? Yes to all of them. While another bio-tube who’s more obscure status I can understand he does at least have an amusing range of voices for his characters for a single voice-actor cast.
Give a watch for perhaps some enjoyment, but do be warned, some of his stuff is even too chaotic, odd, or otherwise strangely added even for me.
I can say I do at least greatly enjoy his demon problems series, and his other short-vid series despite the overall 'memetry’ of the clips. What can I say? Once you get an understanding of how his 'world’ runs its hard not to find some amusement, especially when paired with his chosen voices.
11. Bukkey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4xv19onY7I
Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho! Now Bukkey is a glorious fellow! He’s anime all the way, even when using canon-sets he manages to get an anime-style feel to 'em, and his use of green screen effects (especially in his more recent tests) is brilliant!
While not a lot of videos yet I cannot wait to see what he’ll bring later, 'cause like, holy-crap, the effects!
12. TheNufinger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICPKWlHnBlM
Ah, NuFinger. How is he not more popular?! Sure, sure, I can understand some of his… 'humor’, and moc’s are less than stellar, but just the relative originality (for a bio-series), absurdity of a number of his videos, and generally multiple minute long clips I feel should’ve gotten him a bit more love than he got.
Can I agree his use of certain… 'humor’, MMD, and kinda OPness of his self-moc dissapointed me? Yes. Of course the fact he took so much inspiration from anime made his self-moc seem a lot less OP in comparison with the rest of his characters did help counter that bit.
The fact he used quite a number of clips from PurpleEyesWTF’s abridged videos to make skit videos also helped my opinion 'cause it’s so rare to find any sound-clip skits that don’t come from a vine, family guy, or some other various related semi/fully-adult cartoon episode. Another point was that his channels all english, yet all of his videos are anime-inspired!
His kinda au-ish, weird home-verse-esque, anime-world-thing he stuck his mocs in was also fun, for me, to see.
(Of course what really got me into him, despite her small amount of appearances, and my favorite character of all, was Ember, the magical… whatever she is who can teleport entire pool tables with her mind.)
13. Garmagic2yFhenrakh9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MWbZ5jQLiM
Another 'Arghhh!Why-must-you-inspire-me-to-try-and-learn-your-language-so-I-can-understand-your-story!’ channel.
Smooth motion, good fights, good camera angles, and bloody intriguing looking videos! Some problems with camera quality/saturation editing, but otherwise another fun watch if you want to see some nice animation.
14. Katsuhono
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-QcRFM_l5A
And now this guy, this guy I am happy to have found! Do his various MLP videos bother me a bit? Yes, but I can assure you his stopmotion videos, any of them really, more than make up for any… discomfort being subbed to a channel with MLP on it brings.
I mean, just look at all this! Smooth motion, brilliant effects, even giving his mixel videos a watch is beyond worthwhile!
15. Andrew Eusebi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE2ajOjbYmM
Once again another channel I feel could be better, but hey, his story’s intriguing enough for me!
Yeah, another none/less bio-based channel, but its got some kinda crazy multiverse story thing going that I have to say does make it work.
16. TheSlimToa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMBRMDov1Cg
A small channel sure, but ey! His stopmotion makes for a nice, inspiring watch!
17. Cy4Lego Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_wrXNVwfac
GIVE THIS GUY LOVE! Sure, not a lot of bio-stuff, but holy crap! Look at what he does do! This guy deserves some chatter, especially for this thing! XD
18. BIOforge Studios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu5CzuIyiPU
Also this guy! His voice acting, and some of his choices in… effects may be a bit grating, but he more than deserves to be better known for the effort he’s putting into his channel to keep it running at an active (more-so than my owns) rate of production!
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And now a pair that have somehow stuck with me for years, and managed to be some of the biggest inspirations towards my love of bionicles, if less so towards my character and story.
1. ToaScarak44 - Heroes of Ora Nui
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJaMn0kE-zI
Ah, heroes of Ora-Nui, the first series I ever found, and the one that became my first, and numerous following footholds into the bio-fandom.
I remember whiling away ages as a kid just watching his stuff, 'ell, I can remember actually waiting for episodes to come out before I ended up forgetting the series name. It was disappointing to discover that the series would never be finished, and that one of my favorite biotubers, my first one at that, had quit.
Will I ever know why I loved this series so much despite its… 'problems’? Who knows, all I do is that once I found it again after forgetting the name for years I was overjoyed to see it again, and I’ll probably remain just as happy to watch it over, and over again.
2. Zadohk - Sirac`s journey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C10pgt-_0zY
And so I continue to have no idea why I love this series!
This was the second bio-series I’d ever watched, and essentially what got me back into the bio-tube portion of the fandom after I’d dropped out a year or so past my loss of ToaScarak’s series, which I suppose can give you a fairly good concept of how long I was out of the fandom beyond books and sets.
No stopmotion, nowhere near the best voice acting, and a disappointingly short series before he died off. I do have to say I did greatly enjoy the environment of his videos. Otherwise, I have no clue as to why this series has somehow managed to carry the place in my heart it still does.
No matter what though, Sirac’s journey will always remain memorable to me for its standing as the series that got me back into the fandom.
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And last, but not least, the honourable mentions! From just single videos, to small, lesser quality channels I feel you might at least find some enjoyment in.
1. GeneralChroma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZyCFZc3TLI
Fairly sized, not of the English persuasion, and far from the best, but hey, he’s got a nice number of lil’ skits to watch for fun.
2. WittyFox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RRb2XSWX-8
Another small channel, but at least they’re not dead, and so far they got some nice bio-motion for a small channel.
3. Toynimation Studios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpiduZwz9Yo
Small, short, but well done, and with some nice use of motion and special effects.
4. Dia Mon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dBXiTfmKCM
Now, while this video is the one that truly stood out to me (I must say I do find it amusing) that doesn’t mean I don’t recommend you see the other ones, in fact I recommend you do! They make for another bundle of fun little time-spenders.
5. Lamchops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP6YI06ZMTU
Lamchops, short, smooth, and really very few bionicle animation videos. Another chaoticly-oriented channel, but at least his stop-motions are a good, albeit short watch!
6. Biomoron
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1OAgsnqimo
Ey, what can I say? I’m good at finding the disappointingly dead channels. Oh well, still a worthwhile couple of videos to see if you ask me.
7. Thriller Metru
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ramKDTirbAg
You can understand why I put this one up.
8. George Carlin Robot Animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRhGSvorkjY
Ok, now this is bloody brilliant! I mean, tell me you’re still not unsure whether it’s CGI or stopmotion after viewing it at least twice.
9. After hours - real life of working robot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isaU2Z0yLKo
Eh, it’s well done, and amuses me. A double win!
10. Jornova Productions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxzas9fJrx0
Alls I gotta say for this is that man am I ever glad he kept this channel mainly separate from what else its connected to.
Also, voice acting, still needs work.
11. Uniters of Team Nova Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZLAuhyeVZs
All’s I gotta say for this is, at least the majority of this video is bionicle/lego/edited backgrounds compared to the only other video that used bionicles in the series this episode is included in.
Pretty nice stop-motion and effects. Makes up for some… lacking quality in the voice-acting department.
12. New Age of Heroes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtUFf4P3FAo
Really, I’m only putting this up because the way they managed to edit in the special effects, and bionicles/lego-piece-things into an IRL setting actually impressed me a good bit despite the overall… disappointing quality of the video.
Of course seeing how the trailer is more impressive than the actual video kinda manages to make the video even less worth giving the time to watch.
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