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Metal Family: A little about the plans. Probably our last video on YouTube.

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[ORIGINAL VIDEO] AWAF to all. We've been putting this video off until the last minute, waiting for the situation to stabilize a little, but it seems the time has come. Not the best time. I apologize in advance if this comes off muddled and without lyrical digressions -- we're making this video in a hurry. Anyway, let's get to the point. Any day now YouTube will get blocked. This means we won't be uploading new videos on this platform anymore. This concerns the Russian version, English version and the Xydownik channel. Obviously it's all been leading up to this: first we lost income due to sanctions prohibiting international transactions, then Xydownik channel's monetization, and now -- a kill shot to the head from Roskomnadzor .  Instagram, as you know, was also blocked, and there's a possibility that soon it'll be hard to access it even with a VPN, so I wouldn't have high hopes for it either. It's a shame about Heavy and Lif's Instagram. I t...

Sudden stream (Feb 11th, 2022)

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[ORIGINAL VIDEO] This stream was held on February 11th. Alina was reading donations and answering questions, while Dima worked on a scene from episode 3 of season 2. This translation focuses on the most important/interesting parts of the stream. Skip to the end of the page for a TL;DR! [Alina and Dima set up the stream, get ready and greet everyone]  [4:23] Episode 3 Alina: Alright, what should we talk about... Actually I know what you're all interested in, it's about when the 3rd episode will come out. Let's explain the situation, because as I understood, most people haven't followed the situation, which is natural -- if you just like the cartoon you don't necessarily have to follow the group's news.  Here's the situation: we haven't made the whole season. I'm telling it just in case. We've only managed to make a few episodes, fully -- or almost fully -- and draw about 5 animatics. Animatics are like storyboards. [to Dima] Do you have an examp...

Drawing the 2nd season of Metal Family

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[ORIGINAL VIDEO] Dima: TEHEHE! Right now we're working hard on the 3rd episode. [On screen: Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3 — at work] I know a lot of people are wondering "When is it coming out?!" So in this video I'll try to give... an indirect answer, while not distracting myself from work. I'll just... [cracks knuckles] Take one of the standard scenes, [On screen: Scene — 3 sec.] one of 332... Not too easy but not too hard. And I'll try to finish it as fast as possible. I think it'll provide a clear example of the fact that we ourselves have no idea when the episode will be finished. Let's see... 3-second long scene. He says "Alright guys, 5 minutes! Just 5 minutes, literally!" And runs off. Well, let's go. [from 0:44 to 5:13 plays a speed animation] Dima: There. I guess it's done? Ches: Shit... Alright guys, 5 minutes! Just 5 minutes, literally! Alina: Hm. Cool. Dima: Pretty, huh? Alina: Mhm. Dima: 3 seconds of animation in 3 hou...

Metal Family Season 2 Episode 2

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[ORIGINAL VIDEO] [SUBBED VIDEO] by heavibear ( @ratibear on Instagram) Season 2 Episode 2: Lif Dee: Oh, this yours? Here. Ha, no problem. Ah, wait, your voice is familiar... Didn't you send me a voice message? This is you, right? Ha, funny, we go to the same school. By the way, you're way prettier in real life than in your profile picture. Should I walk you home? I know where you live, haha... Ugh, why would I know where she lives? No, that'll only scare her. [On screen: Pck up, Give, Compl, Fam vo, Take ph, Show scr, Same sch, I kn wh, Wlk h] Eh, I'll just improvise. Guy: Dee, come in. I'm in position. Dee: Great. What about Heavy? Guy: He's in detention, as you said. Hey, will you really delete the video? You won't trick me? Dee: Statistically speaking, the number of students I've tricked in this school is zero. Guy: I've always wondered who'd fall for these— Dee: Shh, they're coming out. Wait for the signal. As always, she's one of t...

Metal Family Season 2 Episode 1

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[ORIGINAL VIDEO] [SUBBED VIDEO] by heavibear ( @ratibear on Instagram) Season 2 Episode 1: His Secrets Heavy: Dee! Dee! Dee, have you seen my homework? Dee: It's in the Slayer compartment. Heavy: Ah, found it! Alright, I'm off! Glam: Heavy, breakfast. Vicky: Learn to use your hands! Freaking Tarzan. Glam: Good morning, Victoria. Vicky: Yeah yeah, morning-shmorning... Glam: Poached egg with asparagus and mushy peas. Vicky: What about bacon?! Glam: We had bacon yesterday. Frequent consumption of bacon raises cholesterol levels and affects the cardiovascular system, as well as the brain, which can affect coordination, memory and... Vicky: Fine, fine, fine! "Coordination, memory..." And why is our princess not following her little brother to school, dropping feces on the way? Glam: He's going on a field trip to the science lab today at 9, in place of his first two lessons. And then he'll go to school and... Your third lesson is history, I believe? Dee: Yeah, tha...

Xydownik's birthday stream (Nov 25th, 2021)

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[ORIGINAL VIDEO] This stream was held on November 25th in celebration of xydownik's (aka Dima's) birthday. People sent donations and participated in little quizzes by Alina and Dima. People who were the first to give the right answer in chat won special sketches and random pieces of merch. Most of the stream consisted of Alina and Dima reading donations and discussing things unrelated to MF. For the sake of time and clarity I'll only be focusing on important or fun parts.   Skip to the end of the page for a TL;DR! [Stream starts at 39:00. Alina and Dima greet everyone and get ready] [40:26] First donation sketch Dima: Hey, someone already donated. Let's see... Alina: [reads the donation] "Happy Birthday! Thank you for your work." Dima: Thank you... who was it? Alina: [reads the nickname] Alright, nice. Dima: Oh, yeah. Actually we've been wanting to announce a few contests and we already have a winner, because as soon as we started the stream someone immed...

Metal Family: Glam answers questions

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[ORIGINAL VIDEO] [SUBBED VIDEO] by heavibear ( @ratibear on Instagram) ... Good afternoon! My name's Glam, and now I'm going to answer your questions. But I don't have a lot of free time, so I'm only ready to spend... 14 minutes and 20 seconds, no more. Starting in 3... 2... 1... "Why did you decide not to buy the green rooster?" Because it's green, obviously. "Pardon my asking, but why did WhoAreThoseFreaksOnStage break up?" In short, we had... some disagreements. Well, all in good time. This band had given us a lot, but we've decided to move on. "Where's the sharpener, Sebastian?" My name is Glam. "How do you style your hair?" It's a fairly standard procedure. First I divide it into sections, then brush it, then lock it down with hairspray, and all of that takes no more than 40 minutes. "Did you miss Lydia after you left home?" A little. "Do you have any embarrassing moments related to Victoria o...