[UNOFFICIAL] The Way of Kings - Opening Credits Animatic (Fan-Made)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ต.ค. 2023
- Life before death.
Strength Before Weakness.
Journey before Destination.
This is an animatic I've been working on for the past year and a half. While working in professional animation projects I learned a lot on how to make this type of cinematic storyboards and being a fan of both "The Stormlight Archives" and "The Black Piper" music I was inspired to create a fictional opening credits cinematic of an anime-style "The Way of Kings" series. I hope you all enjoy it!
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This video is a work of fan-made content and is not affiliated, endorsed, or authorized by Dragonsteel or Brandon Sanderson novels. All characters, places, and events depicted in this video are the property of their respective creators. This project is solely intended for entertainment purposes and to celebrate the works of Dragonsteel and Brandon Sanderson. No copyright infringement is intended. We encourage viewers to support the official releases and authorized merchandise. Thank you for understanding.
The music used in this video is the property of @TheBlackPiper and is used solely for creative purposes. I do not claim ownership of this music, nor do I intend to profit from its use. All rights belong to "The Black Piper" and I highly recommend supporting their amazing work.
Link to the original song: • Warrior - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
Szeth falling down the hallway was truly epic. This is why i want a Stormlight series to be animated instead of live action.
That really is the best part. Both Szeth parts are as it really captures how I feel when rereading it. His world is just a near never ending state of falling and killing. It tumbling and turning around him as he just moves through it ending the unfortunate lives between him and his target.
Sanderson has said he wants to make animated movies/shows for his books, which is awesome!
honestly i want an animated stormlight series even more than i want a mistborn movie. This would be so cool
@@SurgeXsWhere and when did he say that? I remember something along those lines from quite a while ago. Just wondering if there's any new info.
@@SurgeXsI believe he says that most likely will not happen because, and this is me paraphrasing but its roughly what he said, "There is no real audience for animation among adults in today's day and age". Personally, I feel this isn't true, but I can see why people believe this. However, I believe this WoB is older by a few years and the animation industry has recently grown significantly in popularity, especially in the anime corners of media. So we'll see.
You took 15 of the most cinematic moments in the books, turned them into an anime intro, and nailed every single one.
In true anime fashion, it spoils a few big scenes of the story 😂
I love that passes exactly 10 seconds from the moment Dalinar put his arm aside and starts summoning Oathbringer to the moment when it appears in his hand
Oooh nice detail!
was a nice detail for the video, but in the books it took 10 heartbeats (at least in the Brazilian version), and normally the heart beats 2 times at second. More accurated will be 5 seconds do summon the sword.
but ignore me, I'm just being an annoying nerd XD
my brother in christ
@@filmmakerdomatoYou're right, still a fun detail though.
Omg, thank you for pointing this out!
I love that you included Jasnah's Philosophy 101 lesson
who could forget Jasnah's Philosophy 101 lesson?
So a pal has been going on for...ever...about these books, but a few days ago he showed me this.
...now I'm nearly halfway through The Way of Kings, and it all makes so much more sense now.
For the record, this is now 4 months later, and I have now read books 1-4... and then books 1-3 again, fitting Edgedancer in before Oathbringer, and Dawnshard before book 4, but then digressed to The Sunlit Man.
GuroStoryboards, what did you *do to me*?
@@alderdash2469 One of us. One of us. One of us.
He showed you the Journey.
who ever "pal" is, I salute them.
These books would be absolutely wasted with live action. No live action movie in the last while has lived up to the expectations of the book, especially fantasy action books. With animation, you can get exactly the effects and movements you want, exactly the fantastical elements and magic. Even this random two minute animated fan adaptation was better than a lot of the live action movies/shows recently. Examples include the ATLA movie and show, and the PJO movie and show. This was beautiful.
I agree 100%
This idea makes me gag
@@feral_orc id hate to see what would happen if you found yourself needing to give head
@@eggplanttwitch4701 this is why I usually stay away from conversations on the internet, full of perverts.
EXACTLY!! I came to the same conclusion about 3/4 of the way through the first book. Yeah it’d be cool to see a live action adaptation but all the stuff that goes on, the shard plate, the stormlight, Kaladin’s spear techniques, all of that, would be difficult as hell if not expensive beyond belief. Much easier to animate everything and to keep it faithful to the books
I love how you can see the pain spren reaching up for the bridgemen in the very beginning which is a nice detail.
When I imagine a stormlight adaptation, THIS is what I am talking about! The spren, action, and character design was all so perfectly captured. I cannot even imagine how long this took you to make, and the entire fanbase owes you for this work of art
THE CHASMFIEND EMERGING???? SZETH FALLING THROUGH THE HALLWAY?????? KALADIN LEAPING OVER THE CHASM?!?!?!?
This is genuinely sooo good!!!
The image of the honor blades at the end is so hauntingly brilliant, I love this so much
Don't even ask me how many times I've watched this!
same bro
Discovered this 4 month ago, and i even downloaded the video to watch it offline!
@@Brandon-9 Ha! Me too)
Oh HELL YEAH! Love every second of it, but especially the little sequence of the Kholins with just their eyes colored in, and two Szeth sequences (one where he falls down a hall, the other where he fights Gavilar), and Kaladin jumping over the chasm, and Jasnah burning the thugs. Oh, and the chasmfiend fight. And the transition to the action sequences. So pretty much everything :D
My favorite scene was Szeth falling down the hallway. Incredible!! also the emotional weight of Kal standing at the cliff edge. This whole things was fantastic!
For the future Words of Radiance animation, they should definitely show the part of Szeth lash-diving from Urithiru
im pissed of now because i did not know that kholin was spelled like that
YOU'RE KIDDING ME - this is so incredibly epic. My jaw was hanging open the entire time, and I got chills at the last two shots at the end
So did I
This is insane?? I could watch that Szeth hallway fall on repeat the rest of my life
The first shot of Szeth lashing himself was badass.
I see Shallan herself has done the fabulous drawings for this animation
This might be the single greatest piece of stormlight fan content ever made
Imagine a full anime, can we just all send this to brando and get it made already?
I wish, but movie/show making is a lot of work, especially for a project you don't get final say on. (Brandon wouldn't be the director)
Stormfather, that shot of Kaladin jumping the chasm was all I needed, beautiful work!
Love the focus on eyes in this. The Assassin's dead stare is chilling
THIS IS FIRE. I want TEN fucking seasons of this!!! GOOD FUCKING WORK!!!!
Someone show this to Brandon Sanderson pleaseeeeee. It’s so good
Really incredible. I'm in awe.
ONE thing of note is that sharp blades don't cut flesh.... not until the creature is dead.
It can cut flesh if the limb is dead right?
Yes but for that it would have to cut twice
@@Odium16 I’d assume in the vid. Adolin already cut it once
@@theblackberseker1978 or it was just a mistake, since that never happened in the books.
Oh yeah, I didn't even notice. But honestly, with how awesome the whole thing is, I'm more than willing to forgive that mistake xD
I'm in tears and its only a 1:40 min video
Yeah, it's just too good!
Finally! I've always said the fights are written like an anime and seeing Szeth in this style gave chills!!
I have no words. Nothing I can say is sufficient. This is the most pure example I've seen of why the cinematic adaptations for stormlight have to be animated. They simply must be!!
Now I will only accept an animated series for the Stormlight Archives
I love how expresionless Szeth is in the fight. I also love how the Jasnah was captured. Wow! Great job! 👌🤺
I am literally crying, this is amazing and it saddens me that we probably won't get an animated series for SLA😭❤️
You know considering the trash scriptwriters are shoving out in recent years I think not getting an animated or otherwise adaption is actually better and the only way it would work would be if they did something like in the One Piece live action where not only were the cast fans who understood the source material but also the author was very intimately involved in the whole production.
@@zhirogodofsandwiches5311 brandon has said many times that if adaptations come, he would be very much involved so I don't think that would be a concern, but they are most likely going to be live action
@@lectrozardI also think it will be live action but I won't lose hope to see it animated instead.
Good
Why do i have tears in my eyes? Did you just create absolute perfection????
I have watched this at least once a day since it came out.
That final "I'll be your shield..." into the title gets me every time.
This exactly what a stormlight adaptation should be! Animation is the perfect medium for these stories!
This is hands down the best fan made Stormlight thing I've ever seen
Didn’t believe animation could capture it well enough till seeing this, well done!!!
You, my good sir need to watch an anime XD Animation can capture A WAYYY lot more than live action
EVERYTHING IS AMAZING so so good but i dont see enough people talking about how INCREDIBLE that Jasnah scene is,,,,, the animation, and then her smile?!?!?! PERFECT
I’ve watched this like 20 times. Incredible. I want stormlight to be animated EXACTLY like this. Arcane animation vibes, w a mix of 2D and 3D. Well done!!!
The berserk-esque eclipse scene with Kal holding
Syl ribbon of light.
Szeth lashing momentum looked so clean.
Thanks for making this :)
this is great because i can tell exactly which moment every single clip is from. this is done so well i need this to be a full animated series like my cousin needs nicotine bro
oh god..this is just STORMING fantastic. the chasmfiend, Jasnah....kal in the chasm. Very well made. I can recoginze every scene
HOLY SHIT THAT WAS HYPE! Loved the switch on Jasnah's face as shit lit the thug on fire, Kaladin dancing around in the chasm, him running the bridge and jumping across with Syl, and Szeth falling down the hallway....Dude holy crap that was awesome as hell.
Finding this, right after finishing WoK. Feels so good to see it in animation. Wonderful job.
Outstanding work chief, can't wait for the whole season.
This has to be one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen
I can't remember if I've commented on this video already or not, but I don't care. Whether it's the first, second, or twentieth time watching this, I'll remain impressed. This is exactly what I was seeing in my head while reading Stormlight.
All of my kudos to the creator/s of this animatic. It's wonderful. Damn, it makes me wish I could draw. 😂
This trailer makes one of the best cases for an animated Stormlight Archive adaptation, far better than words could ever articulate.
Holy SHIT. Unbelievable work dude. This is everything i ever want for an adaptation. Someone better show Brandon FAST and get him on board
Can't believe I'm lucky enough to have seen this before you become extremely famous! I'll share this to everyone I'm trying to get to read the stormlight archive!!
Incredibly cool, especially love the shot of Kaladin jumping the chasm and then the zoom on Syl!
HHHHHHOOOOOLLLLLLLYYYYYYY FFFFFFFUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKKKK!!!!
THAT WAS INCREDIBLE!!!!!!
I LOVED to focus in on Syl, the pacing was fantastic! Hit the nail 100% on the head, yyyeeeeezzzzzzzzzz
Wow, just wow. This is top tier fan made stuff. Thank you for contributing this to the scene
Actually worth reading the book just to watch this with full context.
truly a work of art. As someone who is just starting reading the books its really cool to see the books come to life like this. Animated really needs to be how the stormlight books are brought into movies
When we see Navani burning the glyph.. man that really hits different
the last shot of kalak abandoning his Honorblade is so sick!
a need a season 2 with shallan lullaby with word of radiance!!! is so awesome i love it!!
On my 6th or 7th rewatch, and only just now noticed the scene at 1:47 where Navani burns the glyph for Dalinar, so many cool details!
I'm not crying...YOURE CRYING 😭😭
XD
This is so awesome! We desperately need a Stormlight anime, like it was literally begging to be one from page one
This is easily the best piece of stormlight fan art I’ve seen. 10/10! Keep that up and I wouldnt be surprised if you got a job working on the films
out of all disapointing art of stormlight archive i thought this would be just as awful. how WRONG! i was. THIS is the most AMAZING fan art i have ever seen.... please make more =)
These books have the potential to be the greatest work of fantasy to ever grace television
YOOOO THAT WAS SICK WTH
Awesome! I especially love the part where Szeth falls through the hallway!
Absolutely incredible! Literal ✨ chills ✨
The Shardplate looks awesome!
BS's novels really do deserved an adaptation of any form
This os so amazing! The art, the song... It must be my 10th rewatch
The pain spren were really good touch
This is a goddamn masterpiece! I got an adrenaline rush from watch this! The quality of the animation, the scenes depicted, wow! Fucking legend!
EPIC. includes a bit to many spoilers for me to want this to be the actual tv shows into, but still THIS IS EPIC.
you did a good job picking the right moments to use, but you need to hide more, show them in such a way that your not spoiling anything but if you know the plot its clear what this is referring to.
well if someone's watching it for the first time, they won't know what any of the clips are referring to. only people who have only read the books will be able to recognize the scenes.
@@capn_toad ok, let me break down the exact scenes I have issues with:
0) these are my opinions and are based on what i would be disappointed to know before hand
1) 1:27 This is a super dramatic scene with a lot of charter implication. This scene reveals the result of that scene. As soon as the step into the ally the reader will know whats about to happen. When we are supposed to be in Shalans perspective, who doesn't know whats about to happen and is so panics she hasn't considered. I think this is significant enough to warent a change.
2) 1:31 again, a dramatic seen we don't see coming, it supposed to be a surprise in this high tension seen.
3) 1:36 this is literally the climax of the book.
everything else, is good, it shows seens that are significant, but you wont know what they mean until the story tells you.
Absolutely awesome. It's so clear how much work you put into this, and how well you know the story. I could see this being used as a proof-of-concept for how well a Stormlight animated series would work!
this is the coolest fucking thing I've ever seen in my life
I just finished reading the way of kings and wow this video is amazing, the attention to detail is crazy. I think I've rewatched it at least 10 times, amazing job!!
DUDE! THAT WAS HARD CORE!
STORMS this is astounding. Immediately sent it to like three people.
Excellent sequence, love the dynamic camera work and use of 3d backdrops with the 2d drawings. Well done!
this is one of the most incredible things I've ever seen, get it to Dragonsteel asap - beautiful work, beautiful choreography. This is art
I’ve watched this three times I can’t stop help
this is the most beautiful thing I’ve seen in a while
Holy shit this was amazing! Fantastic job, I need this in my life now
Can't stop watching this, it just captures the essence of what an animated series for this book would be. I just really love the way you animated the bit with Kaladin doing the spear kata in the chasms, and Jasnah and Shallan confronting the ruffians in the alley.
This tickles my brain in the right way
This gave me goosebumps man! Absolutely Amazing!
I was honestly afraid to watch this in case it didnt line up with how I imagined the book but it was exactly how I saw it in my minds eye, this was awesome!
This convinced me to read the book and I'm so glad it did
Did you like it?
@@Kat-gp6gj Let's just say I've almost finished Rhythm of War already
I just recently finished the way of kings and watching this video perfectly captures what I saw while listening to the GraphicAudio version
this is so sick I don't even know what to say 😭
This is crazy, especially like how dynamic the Szeth portions are!
you did it . holy mother of mothers
This is AMAZING! This is exactly how I would want a adaptation of Stormlight to feel. Really lean into that shonen anime epicness that the books give, but without compromising on the depth of character. If I’m not standing and pumping my fists at the season finale, you’re doing it wrong.
I'll be honest, this brought tear to my eye.
This is AMAZING!! I am a huge fan of Brandon, and am working on my own animation, and this inspired me so much, thank you. I loved the storm father at the beginning
This is so freaking cool holy crem-
I got goosebumps while watching the video! It was awesome.
I need more! This is incredible! It's like how I picture it from the book exactly 😍
Jesus.. that was badass. Amazing job!
Goosebumps and tears... Pressing replay over and over
WOW WOW WOW WOW S T O P RIGHT THERE! Wtf is this amazingness? You cant do this to us! AAAAAAH!! I NEED MORE!
This is incredible holy shit, man I wish Stormlight was going to get an anime
No words to describe this. It's incredible. Good work!