PORT BY THE SEA [Animated Pilot]

"Port by the Sea" is about two kids, Port and Umi, and their pet crab, Jolly Roger, as they attempt to find fallen pieces of a broken moon before an ancient deity can flood the world in ocean.
The pilot follows the events of acquiring one of those pieces.

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00:05 Intro
01:12 Beginning
03:11 Shop
05:04 Finding Bonnie
07:00 The Cave
08:50 Return to Shop
10:48 Graveyard
12:35 Pier
15:15 END
17:08 Credits

[portbythesea]

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[taurusstudios]

"Life is full of dead ends. One day you'll run into your own..."

That line hit harder than it should have

[akaLiiL]

"Introduction to the Snow" legitimately made me cry at the end, i used to hear it a lot and it brings me lots of good memories, caught me totally off guard.

[CartoonUniverse]

Lord have Mercy I need to make a lore video.
Why is indie animation so much better than mainstream, why isn't mainstream making this?

[a_random_W]

This pilot ganuinely really good. This has the quality of a CN or disney chanel show. Heck it has an even higher quality than that

[EscapeReality]

Seeing how many indie cartoons started appearing on youtube in the last few years really warms my heart. Hazbin Hotel & Helluva Boss, Lackadaisy, TheAmazingDigitalCircus, Underverse, Ramshackle, TheEarthGuy, Godspeed, Atlas and the Stars, and now THIS! I'm telling you guys right now, this is the future of the shows, artists deserve to have their creative freedom, and indie projects are a key to that. I'm already invested in the plot, keep it up!

EDIT: Okay, so many people replied and mentioned even more indie series, so here is an update to the list: Murder Drones (Can't believe I forgot that one), Monkey Wrench, Epithed Erased, Fox in Space, Onegezlling, Mechwest, Eddsword (thats like the OG indie animation!), Far Fetched, Satina, Scattershot (but we only have a thesis film), Sublo and Tangy Mustard, Hugo's Mind Palace, Robots moons and raccoons (This one definitely needs to blow up more), Horizonauts, Heathens, Dungeon Flippers, Cosmic Travelers, Punch Punch forever, Spice Frontier, Cliffside, Long Gone Gulch, Sam Hex and The End of Magic, House on the outlands, Pain Girl, Catching Up!

[scrolldragon]

I literally started crying when Dream Sweet in Sea Major started playing. The animation is so beautiful! It brings me back to when I was a kid watching Gravity Falls. I like the little bits of mystery, the youthful adventures, the overarching story... I would've loved this as a kid! And I for sure love it now!!

[dremcrak]

A mystery-focused show with calming port city aesthetics, likeable and well defined characters, a mythology that is interesting but doesn't feel shoehorned and beautifully sung and composed classical music?

Yeah, I'd watch the crap out of this.

[ken]

At first it was just "it's cute, I like it" but then MIRACLE MUSICAL!?!? I love this.

[matthewgeorge]

"This is merely a fable though and surely has no bearing on the events to follow..."
Genius line

[frownyclowny]

Hawaii: Part II is a BOLD CHOICE FOR AN END SONG! What a brilliant, cute, and intriguing little pilot! I hope this goes somewhere

[IHaveBeesInMyEars]

"Umi" is Japanese for "Sea" (Spelled like "うみ") so the two characters are literally named "Port and Sea"

I really liked the pilot! It's very fun and enjoyable! I'm excited to see where this goes!

[lilystarling]

"i can't believe you're arguing about physics and you barely even passed math" lmfaooo the background convos in indie animation are always so funnyyyy

[moredakrdakr]

With this, lackadaisy, god speed, glitch production's and their animated series's, and all the other animations on YouTube, we are entering a golden age of YouTube shows and animations

[flyignpig]

If this was a normal first episode I would complain about the pacing, but as a pilot it sets up the theme and feel for an eventual show. The animation was also super cute and really fluid in some parts. I can tell this was ambitious and I wish the show and everyone who work on it the best of luck.

[a_random_W]

That miracle musical song at the end was unexpected. I'm really happy that more people knows about them

[JoHook]

It’s like Luca, Steven Universe, and Over the Garden Wall put together. Love it 💜

[Xzylo_Qe]

MY JAW ABSOLUTELY DROPPED WHEN DREAM SWEET IN SEA MAJOR STARTED PLAYING OMG

[animabreno]

I WAS NOT EXPECTING THE SONG BEFORE THE CREDITS OH MY

i need more of these two 😭

[DensenbyoOFFC]

How did this not become the next most popular indie cartoon yet? It's literally so good I'm obsessed 😭