Friday, December 2, 2011

Cardcaptor Derpy

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Holy Celestia, this is the... greatest... thing... ever, and I don't even like Cardcaptor!  It's going to be hard to top this one!

It also needs to be turned into a full fledged series.  Get on it studio B! Our wall eyed fandom mascot deserves it!

91 comments:

Synyk said...

What's Cardcaptor?

Flutterfan said...

LOL, yes I definitley see what you did there!!

Spike is so Kero.

Charlotte Atlas said...
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Psudopod said...

I don't get it AT ALL but it was really well animated.

Flutterfan said...
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Flashback said...

Holy WOW...awesome animation! O.o

Flutterfan said...

Here's what it's parodying in case you've never seen Cardcaptor Sakura.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDBSV8DL1lU&feature=related

Starwind Dood said...

This is the greatest fandom in the world. No doubt about it at this point.

Altercation said...

This is so brilliant.

This is brilliant in so many different ways, it's hard to conceive just how brilliant that this animation is.

My hat is off to this animator. It's like being hit with a whammy of nostalgia and wondrous derpiness.

EonMaster said...

Having watched most of Cardcaptor, I really enjoyed this.

CityFlyer502 said...

Very well done animation. I could watch this all night if I didn't need to sleep. Agreed, this may be "the... greatest... thing... ever"

Dionysus said...

OMG, this is SUCH a great Quality !
And "only" 2 months ? With how much help ?
Just imagine what could be possible in 6 months with that quality !
MLP never have to end at this rate.

Select Few said...

I would definitely watch a show about Derpy, even if I have no clue what Cardcaptor is.

Wento said...

THAT, was awesome!

for some reason i could watch it on my phone, so i had to drag my plot out of my warm comfy bed, restart my computer (which i had turned off 1 minute earlier) and then watch this, and it was worth it!

good work :)

now i have to get back to bed, it's freaking cold, damn these freezing winter months...

Wolfmane said...

This has all my likes! All of them! This fandom is the best ^_^

Wento said...

@Wento

ugh...

i meant *couldn't*, obviously :P

Cipher said...

I love this fandom so...so...much....

Fluttershy said...

wow... this was great!

foreverrr said...

Another childhood memory made better by ponies :D

EngineerBrony said...

I would love to see a spin-off series with the background ponies and Derpy as the lead. That would be so much fun!

Miracle Rabbit said...

Nice... I get some kind of subtitles when i hold my mouse over the bottom of the animation..

ScootaChicken said...

TOO MUCH WIN! MY EYES!

PonyPonyPonyBrony said...

GOOD GOLLY GOSH!!! That was incredible!!!

Too much win for one post. Split it up and post this daily for a year.

Shingo said...

Those subtitles are hilarious. And yes, it is too much win. So much win cannot be comprehended my mortal minds.

Ashton said...

From the tiny bit I know, I've never watched card-capter (i.e. "it's like playing MTG but the cards turn into pokemon") I never got into it, but making Derpy the star, bring it on! lol

Anyone else have the animation start flashing blue randomly near the end or was it just me?

LunarKirimin said...

This was awesome! Looooooove it!

ambion said...

I dont even what thats just what like wow cardcaptor I watched that show as a kid wow

Subtitles if you hold mouse over the bottom of it.

DiscordMane said...

The Nostalgia... IT BUUUUUUURNS!!!

Truly amazing, Sakura Card Captor was one of the most classic animes that I used to watch as a kid. It was simply funny and nice. Thanks for the memories.

HeroInferno said...

I remember watching the english dub when I was a kid, I have a few episodes on DVD (dubbed). May have to look up an episode of the un-dubbed version on Youtube now that I think about it.

dw1482 said...

That was amazing!
Cardcaptor was good as long as you saw the full 70 episodes that aired in Canada and Britain, American channels got a 36 episode butchered version.

Viridian said...

Magical girls: Like.
Ponies: Like.

This: DO FREAKING WANT. :D

Dantes_Grill said...

it looked like she didnt derp that much in the begining =P

Bronyhub said...

Amazing animation! Loved it!

raichudoggy said...

Ah yes, Cardcaptor Sakura, The Best anime I could've possible watched. It was literally my entrance gate into the internet. If I hadn't watched it, I doubt I'd be even enjoying the internet as I do now. Heck, I doubt I'd even run into ponies without that show. This Fandom is awesome.

Celestia said...

Finally an excuse to don my Hipster glasses. I saw this before it was up here. (I have wanted an excuse to do that forever)

Its brilliant and pretty adorable. I really liked it and major props to Alfa for making it.

Xeddrief said...

I tried to expect the unexpected.

I failed.

Rulsis said...

Oh sweet Celestia this is some of the best fan animation I've ever seen! Actually feels like it could be it's own separate spinoff series in Japan!

Semolika said...

That officially made my day. Just amazing.

Multiversity said...

You. Whoever made this thing that makes me cry because you aren't working on the show even though this is almost better than the show's actual animation...

DO MORE THINGS. DO ONE FOR TEEN TITANS NEXT. DO IT. DO IT NOW.

HYPNOTOAD COMMANDS IT.

MrPoniator said...

Welp, my work in this fandom is done, now that we've the best ponymation ever right there.

Fluttershy Lover said...

Seems like an intro to an Anime series, that was great.

KeramatZMode said...

I cried. MLP and my childhood mixed up pretty well.

SPACKLE said...

Spectacular, now this is what I'm talkin about!

SgtGarand said...

Never seen or heard of the show. But, this was still awesome.

Mike said...

Must've taken some serious skills and time.

Demon Donkey said...

For those of you not familiar with Cardcaptor Sakura think of the above as 'Generic Anime Opening Derpy'.

ChaosDX1 said...

Ho-ly crud that's one of the most amazing animations I've ever seen.

Very smooth. Very well done!

Chaos15 said...

Now I feel nostalgic. I watched Cardcaptor in spanish so I didn't have to deal with the 4kids dub :D
This was awesome!

John said...

I've never seen or heard about "Cardcaptor Sakura" but I really, really liked it. Derpy is best pony!

Oryutzen said...

So many memories...

SoGGy said...

Those are some mad skills in animation. Props to that and the effort he put on it. Good one.

frith said...

He also has a Ask Nightmare Moon Tumblr. I asked if the stars invite Nightmare Moon over for tea. (It could happen!) <_< >_> 9.9 ♪ ♫

CTVulpin said...

Yes yes and YES this is awesome! ^3^

Jon Fawkes said...

Words cannot describe how awesome that was

Rainbow Dash couldn't even describe how awesome it was

jodyjm13 said...

I had a really, really awful day at work, and not even the Drawfriend did much good at cheering me up. This did the trick. 5 stars isn't nearly enough for this animation; it's so gloriously silly and fun that it rates 5 muffins! I hope the MLP:FiM staff watches it sometime.

sheryl said...

This is the greatest thing of all possible things. Pretty much shot for shot spot on.

And of COURSE Carrot Top is Tomoyo!

Love it. :D

sheryl said...

@Fluttershy Lover

That's because its a shot for shot homage to this anime series :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI99Wjba8H4

sheryl said...

@dw1482

The Canadian version was also horribly butchered, edited and shown out of order. :(

frith said...

I just watched episode 16, Sakura and the Card of Memories, where, out of the blue, Sakura meets her grandfather and conjures up a rainbow. Then the little golden thing gave some fireside speech about the bird head cane Sakura carries around and uses to unlock cards or something... What is this series? Little House on the Prairie with a touch of magic? My Neighbor Totoro or Kiki's Delivery Service, but spread over 70 episodes? With a series title "Card Captors" I was expecting tournaments. Not that I didn't like Totoro or Kiki's. They were fine movies. I prefered Princess Mononoke and Howl's moving Castle. So, is all of Card Captor's like episode 16? A lot of tea and being kind to strangers and an occasional magical gift?

Ragneki5880 said...

That's some nice animating. Derpy you're so awesome.

Saberspark said...

This...is...AMAZING!

Octavia said...

Can't say I'm really a Cardcaptor fan myself. I never watched it though. But I still loved this. It was so cute and Derpy was being her awesome self as always. This was also quite well done. Definately enjoyed it. <3

Wierdplatformer said...

You have made the rest of my week a joy, thank you!

seniumboy said...

OMG this is amazing stuff. AMAZING STUFF!

Angel said...

That was great, but I have to ask...
Aside from me is there any brony that isn´t intrested in anime?

jodyjm13 said...

@Angel
My level of interest is low, mostly just stuff from Studio Ghibli. Does that count?

HPC said...

Awsome video, best seen with subtitles

Angel said...

@jodyjm13Yeah it counts, everyone has some kind of interest on it at some point. I actually liked many animeish cartoons from my early childhood and I enjoyed Spirited Away from Studio Ghibli. But aside from that, not much

The-Kaiser said...

This is the most Epic Derpy related thing i've seen on EQD :D

I wish Hub and Hasbro would do more with Derpy =(

Saphyr said...

Now let's make a "Letter Bee" version with Derpy!

SailorCardKnight said...

I was wondering when someone was going to do the opening for Cardcaptor Sakura...

Isrozzis said...

that was amazing. Props to the guy/gal who animated it!

Finghost said...

@AngelYou're not alone. I'm not interested in anime either.

Wired Penguin said...

This was awesome. I love Cardcaptor Sakura (the original Japanese version) and this just made my day. Kudos to the animator.

Wired Penguin said...

@frith
InB4 tl;dr

The basic premise of the show is that Sakura accidently unleashes a set of powerful, reality altering cards and must then track them down and re-seal them magically. The first season is very episodic, with most episodes being of a one card per episode variety with the later two seasons offering more variety and subplots (70 episodes and 2 movies in total, not counting the 4 omakes). The show really has something for everyone though. There's action, drama, comedy, intrigue, romance, gluttonous plush toys, obsessive best friends, creepy child sorcerers (I'm looking at you Eriol). The usual.

Oh, and even though the show is part of the "Magical Girl" genre there are no magical "transformation" scenes. All of her costumes are handmade. Just one of the things I love about the show.

Tosxychor said...

Suddenly, THE AMAZINGNESS

NOW I LOVE EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE EVER

asiekierka said...

HD and subtitles, on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6d_uxnuuvw

mysakuraflower said...

...how could you not like cardcaptor sethisto? I... am... wow. I don't know how anyone could not like it.

ANYWAY. THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING EVER. *hits repeat over and over and over*

Sdash said...

So this wants me to expect that while derpy has a crush on a muffin, that muffin would later being that angel guardian who would test derpy if she should be master of the mail?

HOLY CRAP! o.o

/read too into it lol

frith said...

@Wired Penguin Oh thank you! That sounds a lot more interesting than the synopsis someone gave me in a FIM community I maintain (they said it was about friendship and saving the neighbourhood every so often). What's an "omake"?

From what I've seen, magical tranformation scenes are mostly filler, from cheezy old Hercules (1960's?) to He Man and Magical Do Re Mi.

This will have to go on my 'to watch' list.

uSea said...

Love it. All of it.

Wired Penguin said...

@frith

An omake is a short bonus feature. There is one segment called "Leave it to Kero" that plays at the end of several episodes but there are 4 separate ones in addition to that. They shouldn't be hard to find around the internet. The 4 separates you shouldn't watch until you've completed the series.

In fairness to the other synopsis you received, two of the shows main themes are about friendships and saving the neighborhood. Well, it's more complicated than that but I don't want to give too much away and those are only a couple aspects of the series. It sounds like they may have been referring to Cardcaptors, which is the American dub that was severely altered and removed most of the plot elements. The original Japanese version (Cardcaptor Sakura) is what I recommend.

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