| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 18, 1989 (age 30) Dublin, Ohio, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Columbus College of Art and Design |
| Residence | Dublin, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation | |
| Website | www.alanbecker.net |
| YouTube information | |
| Also known as | noogai89 |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Genre | |
| Subscribers | 8.9M subscribers |
| Total views | 1.195B views (31 August 2019) |
Alan Becker (born May 18, 1989) is an online animator and YouTuber from Dublin, Ohio, best known for creating the Animator vs. Animationweb series and its spin-offs Animation vs. Minecraft (AVM), Animation vs. YouTube (featuring many well-known YouTubers), Animation vs. League of Legends and Animation vs. Pokémon on both Newgrounds and YouTube.’’[1]
Life and career[edit]
Becker was born on May 18, 1989. Since his youth, Becker had been an avid fan of animation. With two of his favorite short films being the 1953 Looney Tunes short Duck Amuck and the 1959 adaptation of Harold and the Purple Crayon, both of these shorts contained animated characters using their surroundings to draw things out, which would serve as major inspirations for his later works.[2] Growing up in a financially struggling family, Becker claimed that his family owned merely one computer that was shared between him and his siblings. It was through this computer that he began experimenting with pixel art, beginning in 2001. Eventually becoming homeschooled in 2005, Becker received his first laptop an Acer TravelMate which he used to begin animating using Macromedia Flash (later Adobe Flash and currently Adobe Animate); his first official animation, titled Pink Army, was posted on Newgrounds in 2004, where it did well. On June 3, 2006, at the age of 17, Becker posted the hit video Animator vs. Animation on Newgrounds, where the video quickly went viral and led to it being re-uploaded on various media websites. According to Becker, an unnamed company offered him $75 for 'exclusive rights' to 'Animator vs Animation', but decided against it, heeding to the advice of Steven Lerner, owner of Albino Blacksheep. Later, he discovered that his animation had been uploaded to the notorious entertainment website eBaum's World without permission (for which the site was infamous of doing to many other video creators).[3] After Steven Lerner used this as evidence in a legal battle against eBaum's World, Becker accepted a $250 payment for use of the animation. However, following a change of heart, he returned the money and had the animation removed.[4]
Animation Game Online Flash Game by Alan Becker. After finishing Animator vs. Animation II (late 2006/early 2007), I received a message on Newgrounds from a high school freshman named Charles Yeh who wanted to help me make a game version of the animation. Noogai3, also known by his real name Alan Becker or simply known as the Animator, is creator of Victim, The Chosen One,The Dark Lord,Kickstarter Video Stickman and The Second Coming.
Atom Films persuaded and funded Becker to create a sequel after the success of his first animation, and so he created Animator vs. Animation II. In 2007, Charles Yeh offered to create an online game based on the animation, and after looking at his impressive work, Alan agreed to collaborate with him.[5] Soon after many requests for a third animation, Animation Vs. Animation III was finally released in 2011. Becker intended to make the third short the last in the series, stating that he 'wanted to make sure that no sequel could come out of that' by ending the video with the blue screen of death, as if the computer itself was dead and the animation series couldn't go any further. Despite this, he has stated that his animation teacher had inspired him to continue on YouTube. His fourth video, Animator vs. Animation IV, received over $11,000 in crowdfunding on Kickstarter.[6]
Becker has also created works related to the video game Minecraft, such as the video Animation vs. Minecraft[7] and a server based on the Studio Ghibli film My Neighbor Totoro.[8] Becker also created a series of 'how-to' videos regarding animation based on the '12 basic principles of animation' which was uploaded on his secondary YouTube channel 'Alan Becker Tutorials'.[9]
On November 21, 2017, Becker announced that he was working with Insanity Games to create a card game based on his animations.[10] The estimated release date for the card game was in May 2018.[11] It has since been released and made available for purchase.[12]
Starting on November 18, 2017, Alan Becker started making new short Minecraft animations due to the fact that Animation vs. Minecraft receives more attention, beating Animator vs. Animation as the most-viewed video on his channel.[13] On June 30, 2018, 09:44:52 EST, Animation vs. Minecraft reached 100 million views on YouTube, along with a video showing the upcoming spin-off, Animation vs. League of Legends.[14]
Awards[edit]
In 2007, Animator vs. Animation II won a 'People's Choice' Webby Award.[15]
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Animation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Pink Army | |
| 2006 | Animator vs. Animation | |
| Trampoline time-lapse | ||
| 2007 | Machine | |
| Stop Motion - Worm | ||
| Animator vs. Animation II | ||
| AIM spam 100 IMs in 13 minutes | ||
| 2009 | Instant Messaging in Real Life | |
| 2010 | We Are Corn | |
| If Water Had Eyes | ||
| Frog and the Fly | ||
| 2011 | HOST.NET Animation | |
| My First Maya Animation | ||
| Crank Powered Dancing Eggplant Machine | ||
| RiverRun Film Festival intro | ||
| If Water Had Eyes COMPLETE | ||
| Animator vs. Animation III | ||
| Something Freaky | ||
| The Burger | ||
| 2012 | Burger Box | |
| Stick Texting | ||
| 2013 | My paper crane flew away | |
| Lumin | ||
| A Wild Pokémon Sighting | ||
| 2014 | Revolt TV Animation | |
| Revolt TV Animation 2 | ||
| Animator vs. Animation IV | ||
| 2015 | Chairbending | |
| Stick Texting - A Whole Conversation | ||
| Animation vs. Minecraft | ||
| 2016 | The Story Of Love | |
| GreeNoodle | ||
| 2017 | Animation vs. YouTube | |
| AVM Shorts #1 - The Rediscovery | [1] | |
| AVM Shorts #2 - The Building Contest | ||
| 2018 | AVM Shorts #3 - The Roller Coaster | |
| AVM Shorts #4 - Potions | ||
| AVM Shorts #5 - Note Blocks | ||
| AVM Shorts #6 - Command Blocks | ||
| AVM Shorts #7 - PvP | ||
| AVM Shorts #8 - The Nether | ||
| AVM Shorts #9 - Villagers | ||
| AVM Shorts #10 - The End | ||
| AVA Shorts #1 - The Virus | [2] | |
| Animation vs. League of Legends | ||
| AVA Shorts #2 - The Chosen One's Return | ||
| 2019 | AVM Shorts #11 - SkyBlock | |
| AVA Shorts #3 - The Flashback | ||
| AVM Shorts #12 - TNT Land | ||
| AVM Shorts #13 - The Dolphin Kingdom | ||
| Animation vs. Pokémon |
Video games[edit]
| Year | Video game | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Animator vs. Animation Game |
Notes[edit]
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- ^ AVM means Animation vs. Minecraft.
- ^ AVA means Animator vs. Animation.
References[edit]
- ^Schechner, Sam (June 22, 2007). 'The Joy of Sticks'. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
- ^Becker, Alan (June 3, 2016). 'The Story of Animator vs. Animation - 10 Year Anniversary'.
- ^'eBaum's World', Wikipedia, 2019-04-21, retrieved 2019-05-20
- ^Becker, Alan (June 3, 2016). 'The Story of Animator vs. Animation - 10 Year Anniversary'.
- ^'Animator vs. Animation Game'. ALAN BECKER. 2018-11-20. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
- ^'This Animated Short Film Makes A Stick Figure Come To Life, And It's Utterly Brilliant'. The Huffington Post UK. October 3, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
- ^Pandher, Gurmeet Singh (December 22, 2015). 'Animation Vs Minecraft: New And Latest Video Now Trending'. www.thebitbag.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2017.Cite uses deprecated parameter
|dead-url=(help) - ^Barder, Ollie (September 12, 2016). ''My Neighbor Totoro' Has Been Recreated In 'Minecraft''. Forbes. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
- ^Allan, Patrick (March 8, 2015). 'Learn How to Animate like a Disney Animator with This Video Course'. Lifehacker. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
- ^Alan Becker (2017-11-21), Animator vs. Animation - The Card Game!!, retrieved 2018-02-21
- ^'Animator vs Animation, The Official Card Game'. Kickstarter. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
- ^'Participate :: Animator vs Animation, The Official Card Game by iN'Sanity Games?'. insanitygames.pledgemanager.com. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
- ^Becker, Alan (2017-11-18). 'Introducing AVM Shorts'. ALAN BECKER. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
- ^Alan Becker (2018-06-30), 100 MILLION VIEWS, retrieved 2019-02-27
- ^'Animator vs Animation II | The Webby Awards'. Retrieved 2018-02-21.