Just finished watching the backer premiere of Tales of Alethrion, a 20~ minute animated short about a monster hunter . Pretty damn good, first (and only) movie I've backed on Kickstarter. It was delayed a year, but in return it was twice as long so I'm not mad.
Nice hearty animation (though I wish there were a few more in-between frames, but the budget was super tiny so I get why) and I really like the sound direction. The storytelling is great, a bit less intense than their previous work, The Reward, but it was fine as this time around it was romance rather than bromance which was at the heart of the tale.
Highly recommend people who haven't seen The Reward to check it out by the way, if you're a fan of adventure. Know I've linked it before but whatevs.
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I'll link Alethrion, which serves as a prequel, once it goes public as well.
Anyway, on the subject of Kickstarter... paying and then waiting 2 years to watch something which provides 20 minutes of entertainment feels stupid in hindsight (+2 minutes if you count searching for my name in the credits as entertainment). Really wish animation wasn't so expensive to produce, both terms of cash money and time.
At least I didn't back Little Witch Academia 2. Wasn't that kickstarter nearly 2 years ago now? And I hear production only started a few months ago.