The Amazing Digital Circus - Western Isekai that probably will become Hazbin Hotel killer

[Learning Wall]

This guy is saying that Digital Circus hates its fans and that's what makes it so good (?)

I wonder if Lackadaisy or Gaslight district can stick to the pitch, but I doubt it.

I highly doubt Lackadaisy will stray from its original pitch, given that the original Lackadaisy comics have been around since 2006 and are packed with lore. Lackadaisy has an advantage over other indie cartoons: it has over two decades of material to work with.










Seriously, looking back at the history of Lackadaisy, you could say it's essentially Tracey J. Butler's life's work. It would be a terrible idea to discard much of the material she dedicated a significant portion of her life to creating.

If you're interested, here are some links to two compilation books of Lackadaisy's comics up to 2016:

https://archive.org/details/lackadaisy-Volume-1-by-tracy-j-butler/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/Lackadaisy-Volume-2-by-Tracy-J-Butler/mode/2up


This is unrelated, I don't know if you already knew, but Glitch confirmed that Lackadaisy will only have 6 episodes.





I don't know if they're going to make more seasons of Lackadaisy, but if Lackadaisy only has 1 season, that means Meta Runner will still be Glitch's longest-running original show to date.

Soooo was the beach stuff literally just for the trailer and merch?

If I write about this episode in the Merchandise-Driven page on TV Tropes, the fandom is going to be very angry.

In any case, don't pay a vore fetishist troon to write about ~the trauma,~ le heckin' gender, and how his fast food job sucked.

Don't you understand the point of this whole "Indie Renaissance"? In case you didn't know, these are cartoons that give total creative freedom to their original creators, something that corpos would never do, and Glitch, being the "Savior of Western animation", must be the prime example of this. If people found out that Glitch sabotaged the production of one of their series, a large part of the internet would be furious with them, and they would lose the respect they've earned over the last few years.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Baby's First I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream got a second season, if the sales are good enough

The fact that this is going to be only 9 episodes only makes this more egregious and, again, is the reason why I think they'll milk it more afterwards. Not revealing there'll be a second season may be a part of it, but also may be withheld from Gooseworx himself because he cannot shut the fuck up. If he's the head writer, it really shows, because this is some shit writing.

Hell, actual basic setting information may actually be withheld until the next season if the sales are good enough

The only thing that would surprise me if there isn't some kind of hook at the end for future seasons, starting 2027 with a new line of teaser merch dropping by December 2026.

Oh boy, If that ends up happening, then the Murder Drones fandom would be jealous. I remember back in 2024, when it was announced that Digital Circus would be getting a manga adaptation and that it would be on Netflix, despite only having three episodes at the time, Twitter was flooded with posts from Murder Drones fanboys with mixed opinions.



I don't like the name of your Twitter handle (the word below the username, in case you didn't know)













I don't know if you think this meme has aged badly or not, I want to read your opinions.




OK, first of all, Murder Drones had 8 episodes, Meta Runner had 28 episodes and a failed pilot for a spin-off, so I can understand why they are angry. Second, the Meta Runner fandom is a graveyard, which is why no one is complaining.

I know that Murder Drones has gotten a lot of new things this year, as Glitch tries to capitalize on its late-blooming popularity, like with the Amazon Prime deal. However, in my opinion, this deal isn't that special anymore, since Amazon has been adding tons of YouTube stuff to its service, I mean, now you can watch Mr. Beast and Game Theory on Amazon Prime. Hell, now you can watch fucking Italian Brainrot on Amazon Prime.

Because what this world really needs is a streaming service where we can have Uzi Doorman and Tung Tung Tung Sahur in the same place.

Speaking Murder Drones and Italian Brainrot, I know I should post this in the Glitch thread, but I just want to get rid of this screenshot. Look what I found in a TikTok comments section:




Clanker embracing Clanker meme

All the main voice actors are bad and sound like high school anime club nerds doing a fandub of an anime.

This is just my personal opinion, but I like Alex Rochon as Caine, he's easily the best voice actor in the entire series. I also like Lizzie Freeman as Pomni, her voice surprisingly fits the character perfectly, and I say this because, this is a very personal opinion, but I don't like Lizzie Freeman as Meggy, her voice sounds forced, especially when she's trying to be cute.

Again, this is my personal opinion, because I know there are many people who genuinely love masturbating listening to Lizzie Freeman's Meggy voice, and many were saddened that she stopped voicing her so soon, I mean, she only lasted a year as Meggy. It's not that I don't like Lizzie Freeman, it's just that I don't like her as Meggy Spletzer. (Well, I don't like Meggy at all, for starters).

Episode 8 will feature more trauma dumps and everyone will cry when yesterday none of them cared about escaping.

I believe you, and I bet the fandom will unironically find those scenes touching. They'll be like the Modern SMG4 fandom with the forced emotional moments.

Actually, the REAL subversion would be if they escaped and the show didn't end. The cast would be in real life and we find out it's a lot more complicated than it looked so it's not over yet. It would require very good writing to pull off tho.

And actors that would match the essence of their cartoon counterparts but you're asking too much for an independent production at that point (casting, location scouting, etc.).

And guess which show did a Real Life episode?

For some reason they removed it from the main channel, which is a shame since this is one of the most unique SMG4 episodes of all time.


They can do something with the plushies like in minute 9:14 of this video, but that would come across as product placement.

This makes me wonder how would glados run the circus

Sorry for going off-topic, but seeing the name Glados after searching for SMG4 videos makes me want to post one of the best battles in the entire SMG4 franchise here.

The 2013-2017 era of SMG4 was truly special.

That's the point, it prioritizes drama over story, narration and consistency.

Glitch's entire business model seems to be baiting the audience with drama and flashy reversals above all else

It always been a thing with Glitch, you can trace it back to SMG4. Since 2018, cheap and forced drama was used on the series in order to make it look serious and mature. Kevin had a different vision for the show that Luke had, and when more writters came to work on the show, they had to follow Kevin's vision for the series. They prioritized melodramatic scenes above all else, which is why the final product has poor pacing, many narrative inconsistencies and retcons.

I noticed they really upped the amount of merch they're selling. You guys think they're trying to make as much bank as they possibly can because the ending their planning is some stupid twist that will rugpull viewers and poison the brand beyond repair?

Hey, they need to pay the animators really well, they're carrying the whole show.

Shows changing their focus happens all the time, but the way it happens is very important. Episodic shows becoming serialized is surprisingly common, but it works, as the episodic episodes do the worldbuilding and establish character relations, while the serialized episodes later on build upon these established ideas. This works.

You don't need a central story to make a good cartoon. Just take a look at Smiling Friends; it is really popular despite almost every episode being self-contained

And that's why SMG4's shift from funny to serious never worked, regardless of what the fandom wants to make you believe. There was no basis or reason to turn what was essentially Looney Tunes with South Park humor starring Mario characters into a serialized, anime-inspired, lore-based dramedy. It all felt very forced, and the push for this new direction was so contrived that the series suffered a severe identity crisis for the remainder of its run. It continued to be promoted as the wacky crazy (but no longer retarded, since they stopped using slurs after 2018.) comedy of Mario and Friends, even though the episodes no longer reflected that. It wasn't until these last few years that they abandoned the Mario selling point to promote Mr. Puzzles, in addition to the pressure of being sued by Nintendo. So now you have a wacky, self-aware, meme-filled animated comedy in Garry's Mod, which at the same time wants to be a lore-heavy, animesque show where the characters fight eldritch abominations or get involved in conspiracies, and then brag about how much character development they had, even though later episodes never reflect such a thing.

But hey, who cares about well-written characters and stories when your show has hot, sexy and fetishizable waifus?



(I didn't add the Caine censor bar, it was already included in the original post).

Glitch has nothing else going for it unless they revive MD.

Or... they manage to distance Mr. Puzzles from SMG4 and create a spin-off about him. Mr. Puzzles is one of the few things that kept the SMG4 fandom busy after the redesigns, and the only thing that genuinely attracted Glitch fans who weren't SMG4 fans, since he was basically fandom bait. And with the immense popularity of characters like Vox from Hazbin Hotel and Tenna from Deltarune, I doubt Glitch will get rid of its own "Mysterious TV-headed character who wears a bowtie suit and a hat". I have a feeling they're going to do something with him afterward, now that SMG4 is over. (Honestly, it would be very sad if Mr. Puzzles became the sole legacy of SMG4 going forward).

Sorry for talking so much about SMG4 in this post, I promise this is the last I have to say about it for today.

I feel like Knjghts of Guinevere could be their next cash cow.

We also got The Gaslight District. Currently, its pilot still has more views than KoG's.

I don't think either of them will be a cash cow, both shows are aimed at the more sophisticated Indie Enthusiasts on the internet, they don't really have the (unintentional) multiple demographic appeal that Digital Circus has, and they aren't very toyetic, so I doubt their merchandise will be in high demand. Funnily enough, Murder Drones has the potential to be a toyetic brand, as robots with Sonic-esque proportions translate very well into plush toys and action figures.

I'm surprised they haven't done a Christmas themed episode.

I don't think it's necessary. Besides, I don't know how this particular show would pull off a Christmas episode, either the show would have to take place in December, or they'd have to trick Caine into thinking it's Christmas. You can't just keep these characters in the circus until Christmas, it would practically extend the time they're trapped there. The only way I can think of for a Digital Circus Christmas episode to work is if they make it non-canon.

Anyway, if you really want a Digital Circus Christmas episode, the closest thing to it is this old content farm animation. This is from the same people who made the K-Pop Demon Hunters animations that I posted in this thread last time.


DISCLAIMER: This animation contains elements from Digital Circus that are not canon to the show, such as Kaufmo being part of the main cast or Pomni's human form being a child.

Note: The channel were this was first uploaded got deleted, but fortunately the video was reuploaded on another channel. This is the original thumbnail, I took it from the Spanish version of the channel.





Fun fact: This channel predicted the evil versions





And they made an evil Gangle!




Speaking of old animations, I remembered something the other day. You see, there's this channel called Wonderland, a kids channel that makes animations with anthropomorphic numbers. One day of late 2023, they uploaded a video that might look familiar to you.

They also made episode 2, but nothing after that. At least they give credits to Glitch and Gooseworx in the description.

Gotta love that they say the "figurine thing" line as it is, completely without knowing the context.

 

[Vibralldo]

This is just my personal opinion, but I like Alex Rochon as Caine, he's easily the best voice actor in the entire series. I also like Lizzie Freeman as Pomni, her voice surprisingly fits the character perfectly, and I say this because, this is a very personal opinion, but I don't like Lizzie Freeman as Meggy, her voice sounds forced, especially when she's trying to be cute.

Pomni has the best voice by far and Ragatha is fine too, but mostly because they're essentially doing normal people voices

All the voice actors that have to put on any kind of voice (Jax trying to be a suave douche, Gangle being an uwu smol bean, Zooble being raspy voiced and annoyed, Caine being a quirky gameshow announcer, etc) sound like bad vtubers and I don't buy their performances at all

 

[The Wise Shaman]

The creator said in an interview that he's aware of the pacing issues the pilot had and that the subsequent episodes hopefully won't be so all over the place.

Somebody from Glitch trying to make their cartoon have proper pacing? I thought I would never see something like that! I hope he manages to succeed; bad pacing is really getting tiresome.

Don't you understand the point of this whole "Indie Renaissance"? In case you didn't know, these are cartoons that give total creative freedom to their original creators, something that corpos would never do, and Glitch, being the "Savior of Western animation", must be the prime example of this. If people found out that Glitch sabotaged the production of one of their series, a large part of the internet would be furious with them, and they would lose the respect they've earned over the last few years.

Personally, I'm confident there are probably a few shady things that have happened behind the scenes. If I'm correct and the public were to discover the truth, I think nothing catastrophic would happen by virtue of having a mostly underage audience who have zero interest in the production side of things. Many retarded people are working at Glitch, and that has seemingly had no impact; I doubt Glitch meddling with the projects of their creators would have any major consequence regarding their reputation. Flashgitz would probably brag about being the largest indie cartoon creators with full creative control, but that would be it.

Speaking Murder Drones and Italian Brainrot, I know I should post this in the Glitch thread, but I just want to get rid of this screenshot. Look what I found in a TikTok comments section:

I don't use TikTok, but the last time I checked it, I found myself in a "764 atomwaffen brainrot" rabbit hole.

The amount of shit like this is unreal.

The fact that I never developed a TikTok/Reels/YT Shorts addiction despite probably having ADHD is a miracle. I haven't seen any short-form content that I've enjoyed so much it made me want to see more of it.

 

[ThisIsGonnaBeGood]

I don't know what possible ending they could come up with in that short amount of time that would be satisfying

The only thing that I can think of is if they go full SSSS.Gridman, where the ending is live-action footage of the actors interacting, but I don't know if Glitch is willing to fly all these autists to an office building to fuck around for fifteen minutes.

Gangle being an uwu smol bean

Marissa Lenti has a naturally deep voice, so I don't know why they cast her to go so high-pitched. It's also kinda heckin' problematic that they cast the real-life they/them as the she/her Gangle, and the real-life she/her as the they/them Zooble.
Maybe it's because Ashley already looks like her character.

 

[Gay Sex Enjoyer]

SSSS.Gridman

Wasn't that entire show literally a delusion where the main female villain and the main female love interest are actually the same person and she's in a coma or some shit

 

[ThisIsGonnaBeGood]

Wasn't that entire show literally a delusion where the main female villain and the main female love interest are actually the same person and she's in a coma or some shit

The female love interest is how the female villain looks in reality and is the idealized version of what she wants to be, which is why she programmed her to love her purple-haired avatar and is all gay for her.
It's basically just the Matrix for a single chick with self-esteem issues, and the NPCs are trying to get her to unplug and touch grass.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

given that the original Lackadaisy comics have been around since 2006 and are packed with lore

thank fucking god SOMEBODY fucking remembers the old strips I was beginning to think this was some Mandela shit

 

[Cave Fisher]

This is unrelated, I don't know if you already knew, but Glitch confirmed that Lackadaisy will only have 6 episodes.

Why is every Glitch show since smg4 a 1 season, 5 episode story driven show with too much lore/lorebaiting for its own good?

 

[Learning Wall]

Why is every Glitch show since smg4 a 1 season, 5 episode story driven show with too much lore/lorebaiting for its own good?

Animation is expensive. Also, Meta Runner had three seasons, but that was Luke and Kevin's pet project, so it was always going to have priority and favoritism.

 

[The Great One]

Speaking of old animations, I remembered something the other day. You see, there's this channel called Wonderland, a kids channel that makes animations with anthropomorphic numbers. One day of late 2023, they uploaded a video that might look familiar to you.

They also made episode 2, but nothing after that. At least they give credits to Glitch and Gooseworx in the description.

dude i was visiting relatives and i saw my little cousin watch that shit, they even do the goanimate grounded bs too.

 

[Cool Dog Returns]

They are all dead, jax visions are from his last moments being alive, they are all backups probably made from bodies so they dont remember being dead because they died suddenly so its just lights out until they boot your backup, a little like soma except nobody knows they are dead and they are not in the physical world but an alpha of a for-profit matrix for dead people, probably for children since its all cartoony but the company cant use dead kids 'cause their parents wont sign or something, also like most of this zoomslop horror shit its probably in the eighties or early nineties which explains the "shitty graphics" even tho this show looks way better than any CGI from that era that took days to render a single frame, just like all the fake retro shit zoomers like which is far beyond the tech of the time

Anyway, jax pushed the red button because deep inside he knew if pomni pressed the blue button they would be erased as they are only backups, what happened to the clown and the frog turns out to be bitrot

The end

I've played multiple games with "twists" that are lying to the player for most of it. One of them literally reveals there was an extra person in this group of people interacting with everyone but he was always offscreen so you didn't know.

Which game?

Didnt know japs liked western zoomslop now

The amount of shit like this is unreal.

Do a thread

now you can watch fucking Italian Brainrot on Amazon Prime.

 

[Kid Named Rocket]

Which game?

Zero Time Dilemma, which gave us this absolute "gem" of a line:

 

[ThisIsGonnaBeGood]

like most of this zoomslop horror shit its probably in the eighties or early nineties which explains the "shitty graphics" even tho this show looks way better than any CGI from that era that took days to render a single frame, just like all the fake retro shit zoomers like

"That kid from Stranger Things" has become its own casting category for a reason.

 

[Cave Fisher]

like most of this zoomslop horror shit its probably in the eighties or early nineties which explains the "shitty graphics" even tho this show looks way better than any CGI from that era that took days to render a single frame, just like all the fake retro shit zoomers like which is far beyond the tech of the time

I don't...THINK it's in the eighties or nineties because of how modern the dialogue and artstyle feels, but that genuinely just might be how they write, either way, I feel like tossing out the more retro style in favor of the more modern look really killed the "old PC game" aesthetic to the point you'd probably assume the vibe was based more off of VRchat than old 3d games.

 

[Lone Star]

Remember, Jax literally lays out the plot to Breaking Bad as his fake backstory, so the show takes place in the late 2000s at the very earliest.

 

[Learning Wall]

Didnt know japs liked western zoomslop now

Digital Circus is very popular in Japan, hence why it got a pop-up store in Japan so early in its life, when only the pilot episode existed.







And many people treats this as something revolutionary and groundbreaking "Oooh, look how far Indie Animation has come, Digital Circus has a store in Japan!!!"

Anyone interested in buying a plushie based on the writer's barely disguised fetish?



Ok, I admit it, having your creation popular in other countries must be a honor. However, when you look into the company that created this store, you realize it's not a case of "Indie Animation is saving Animation".

The company that made this is called Infolens, and distribuites merchandise and make pop-up stores based on popular IPs, and many of those IPs tend to be whatever is popular with the kids in Japan at the time.

They've made stores based on Five Nights At Freddy's...





Poppy Playtime...






Garten of Banban...






Rainbow Friends, and yes, a Roblox game had a pop-up store in Japan.






Once you know this, it makes this store less special. It wasn't about "This Japanese company wants to support Indie Animation", but rather "Let's capitalize on the popularity of this pilot, which is very popular with kids", because if they managed to give a crappy mascot horror game on Roblox a pop-up store in Japan in its heyday, it shouldn't be surprising that they did this when Digital Circus was still just a pilot on YouTube.

But they not just make pop-up stores based on mascot horror and "kiddy stuff that's actually dark and scary", they've also made stores based on...






...that.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Just found out there's a new episode. It's better than previous one that's for sure but it's still like the writers don't know if they want their friendly wholesome chungus series where characters talk about their feelings, or having the dark humour mystery of the first episode. Plot is still non existent though I guess Kingler sentence pretty much verifies that none of the characters has a physical body to return to. Not sure how would that resolve itself if that's the case unless the entire cast commits suicide.

 

[Cave Fisher]

Not sure how would that resolve itself if that's the case unless the entire cast commits suicide

That seems like a pretty popular prediction, but I genuinely wonder if this show actually has the balls to go full on I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream and have everyone kill themselves at the end.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

pop-up stores

it would help if there was any people in any of those
but ngl legit lolled at the Shinji and the pointing jacks

 

[The Wise Shaman]

That seems like a pretty popular prediction, but I genuinely wonder if this show actually has the balls to go full on I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream and have everyone kill themselves at the end.

>Troon makes a cartoon
>Everyone commits suicide at the end
Oh god, that would be hilarious.

It's a shame this probably wouldn't happen, as even Glitch knows too many people in the fandom would have a mental breakdown over such an ending.