ENA: The Madness Explained

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ENA is bizarre. It's a soup of absolute madness full of all sorts of strange and uncanny things. The inspirations and references behind this series run deep, and the sum of all its chaotic parts amount to something great. So what are the ingredients to ENA that make it so... captivating? What are the references, pop culture callouts, and easter eggs that lend to its charm? and what's interesting is these older influences might even explain things in the show - like how ENA should be trapped in Runas for 10,000 years specifically.

So let's take a look behind the curtain… under the hood, through the code, and back in time….

Editing By: Sam B

"Inspired, Beauty Flow, Space Jazz, Screen Saver, Half Mystery, I Can Feel It Coming" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech. com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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[GloomyFish]

oh my god you're talking about my beloved ENA! I have stopped everything I'm doing to watch this

[LobbyLoiterer]

I've seen this character around but had no idea it came from a show. I'll definitely have to check it out now.

[anastasia_]

Damn I did NOT expect you to talk about ENA! I'm really glad though

[dannyrpgninetwooak]

I actually got to meet the the voice actress for Moony and ENA (the sad side) last year at Anime Dallas! She was really kind and funny, and she got pretty hyped in character when I recognized ENA and Moony along with Pomni and a JJBA character named Trish as they came from the same actress. It was really fun getting to know Lizzie Freeman, and we got a good laugh out of her using a cardboard cutout of Caine's censor bar as a reference to TADC's swear jokes. I still have her autograph on an AD badge from 2021 along with some autographs of other voice actors back in that year. It was a comical shock when I found out she wrote a small note under her autograph that read "aka XDDCC" lol.

[mj]

Thanks for covering one of my favorite animators, animation. They never post so I forget their name and channel frequently. I'm gonna go return to their channel now when it's been maybe over a year 👍

[thevoidjesterdimentio]

Tell me why I literally had a dream of you making an ENA related video. YESTERDAY.

[whimai]

I watched "into the minds eye" on VHS tape as a kid in the 90s so inspiring for me as an artist. I should've done digital art sooner than I did. But hardly anyone knows about these, so cool. Love this channel :3

[FantasmaNaranja]

1:41 those hills specifically reference early procedurally generated terrain like what's found in test drive 3 for DOS

[yourlocalyanfei]

Yass! Nice to see Ena being covered again. I can’t wait for the game to come out

[Vil_Granted]

Before I couldn’t really understand but I felt for now I literally understand and actually vibe with it. I can relate to ENA because most people saw my shifts and thought I was crazy I’m just a oddball of course I’m not alone in this because ENA is my friend that protected my emotions and didn’t let people control me. ENA also taught me the importance of balancing and sharing not taking.

[PrisonDead]

I had a nightmare with that ena thumbnail chasing me down a never ending hallway.

[beeruslemaridena]

Discovered this serie one day on YT and instantly fell in love with it, ENA gives such a bizarre yet unique and wonderful vibe to the point we'd like to wander in her world, ena herself is funny and mysterious, overall 10/10 serie (I wonder what the conclusion to her adventures will be)

[UnaestheticGoblin]

I will forever love your voice and your content you put out. It's so polished ♥

[ktoon]

Something about you covering Ena feels but strange yet fitting.

[DJDroz-ghnt]

Do any teapots appear? Particularly one of the Utah variety?

[unduloid]

8:20 Those "Talking Heads dance moves" were actually a creation of Toni Basil, who did the choreography for "Once In a Lifetime." People may also know her from her 1982 hit song "Mickey."

[AltKaxREAL]

now THIS is the stuff we're on about!
thank you for making this video while we wait on news for game :)

[artandgrow]

it’s hard for me not to project bad memories onto this entire chaotic and ugly aesthetic that was forced on us in art school. it was not a happy time fo fellow korean/muslim art students were not allowed to draw beautiful things, the professors encouraged disgust and decay and political commentary over actual craft and skill. a person’s art was accepted as leaving a decomposing couch on campus, or defacing religious symbols like the Christian cross or koran with feces for their final project.. fun times

[ReaperOfStories]

I haven't thought about Mind's Eye in What was that mall store it was always playing in, the ones with Newton's Cradles and junk?...

[MollyDollyy]

The old art and details in ENA, making this Picasso type feel is really cool !!