Popular YouTuber CoryxKenshin has returned from his hiatus of almost a year and a half, revealing the words “a new manga emerges” and an animated trailer. The previous video, a reaction to the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie was uploaded on June 27, 2023, with nothing else being uploaded until today.
The teased manga is titled MONSTERS WE MAKE, and the animated trailer was animated by The Line studio. It’s an independent animation studio based in London, England, specializing in 2D animation. They also worked on the music video for “Humility” by Gorillaz in 2018, as well as their 2020 web series Song Machine.
Cory appeared after the animated teaser. He is wearing a shirt with Levi from Attack on Titan, and he just briefly says hi to the fans before revealing a date for the next update: December 16, 2024.
The full credits for the MONSTERS WE MAKE video are listed as follows:
- Writers: Corey Mikell, CoryxKenshin
- Producers: Robert Zhang-Smitherman, Vincent Almazar
- Principal Art: Andrew Gong
- Elias Magee-Shamaan
- Studio: The Line
- Director: Wesley Louis
- Producer: Kateřina Grecová
- Production Co-ordinator: Viktoria Viktorova Micheva
- Executive Producer: Laura Breaden
- Executive Creative Director: Tim McCourt
- Art Director: Agathe Leroux
- Animation Lead: Gaëlle Thierry
- 2D Animation Assistant Lead: Lucie Julliat
- Compositing Lead: Victoria Jardine
- Concepts: Agathe Leroux, Paul Sabado
- Animation Lead: Paul Sabado
- Color Script: Arnaud Tribout
- Background Paint: Agathe Leroux
- Storyboards: Kevin Molina-Ortiz, Louve Karnas
- Character Design: Saskia Gutekunst, Jander Gonzalez Mella
- Model Sheets: Gaëlle Thierry, Saskia Gutekunst
- 2D Animation: Gaëlle Thierry, Jamie Merry, Amanda Holm
- 2D Animation Assistant: Lucie Julliat, Eleonora Quario
- 2D FX: Erwin Rieffel
- Compositing: Victoria Jardine, Freddie Lewis-Wall
- Color Grade: Victoria Jardine
- Music: Chris the Scientist & Rina May Project
- Head of Compositing: Freddie Lewis-Wall
- IT Support: Rob Riley (GAL Consultancy)
- Marketing Manager: Ella Johnston
There is an Instagram account for the project by CoryxKenshin, where the MONSTERS WE MAKE manga characters are introduced: They are:
- Jabari Booker
- September Ingram
- Liam X
- Alicent Kim
- Han Andersson
- Dylan Carl
You can find their character designs and more information below.
Jabari Booker:
DOB: November 2, 2096
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 170 lbs
Likes: Listening to and playing music. Video games (fighting games primarily). Anime. Adding to his Quantum card collection.
Dislikes: Long waits at the barbershop more than anything. As well as tomatoes.
September Ingram:
DOB: October 25, 2096
Height: 5’6″ (5’7″ with hair buns)
Weight: 140 lbs
Likes: Cooking healthy foods. Creating floral arrangements. Shopping, especially with Alicent. Watching gamers on YouTV.
Dislikes: Pollution. Human’s effect on the planet. Pretentiousness. School.
Liam X:
DOB: October 23, 2096
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 180 lbs
Likes: Spending time at large bodies of water. Quiet. Training.
Dislikes: Letting his team down. Has a severe fear of clowns.
Alicent Kim:
DOB: October 20, 2096
Height: 5’4”
Weight: 130 lbs
Likes: Driving fast. Horror films and attractions, especially dragging along September. K-pop. Reality shows (guilty pleasure).
Dislikes: “Family Time.” Incompetent people. Awkward people. People. Anything too cute.
Han Andersson:
DOB: November 1, 2096
Height: 5’7”
Weight: 155 lbs
Likes: His YouTV channel (HanDaOne96). Chess. Speedrunning calculus. Junk food. Girls. Everything tech.
Dislikes: Slow internet speed. Cleaning.
Dylan Carl:
DOB: April 10, 2075
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 170 lbs
Likes:
Dislikes: Everybody
A website was also launched, which gives the message “Thank you. Sanada will be reaching out shortly.” upon signing up for the newsletter. We can expect more details about the manga’s serialization and why he chose to call it such on December 16.
CoryxKenshin has over 19.6 million followers on YouTube and the video hit over 3.5 million views within the first 5 hours.
Source: CoryxKenshin on YouTube
“Monsters We Make” © 2024 CoryxKenshin
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