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2meta:
3 title: history of japan reanimated
4 description: >-
5 17 artists and musicians come together to remake bill wurtz's
6 legendary "history of japan" to celebrate its 10 year anniversary.
7 embed:
8 thumbnail: /file/2026/history of japan reanimated/thumbnail.jpeg
9 canonical: /history-of-japan-reanimated
10theme:
11 fg: #fff
12 bg: #442233
13 primary: #ff8b47
14---
15import "./history-of-japan-reanimated.css";
16client import "./history-of-japan-reanimated.client.ts";
17
18<main>
19<nav>[back to home](/)</nav>
20
21# history of japan reanimated
22
23me and 16 other artists (music, narration, and animation) have been spending the
24past couple months on a recreation of bill wurtz's legendary "[history of japan]"
25to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of his release. i contributed two animation
26sections. the canonical release is on [LunaPogi's YouTube page][yt], but i am
27providing this ad-free video player.
28
29[history of japan]: https://billwurtz.com/history-of-japan.html
30[yt]: https://youtu.be/nqsoti-OuRM
31
32<clover-video#main-player
33 header="history of japan reanimated"
34 file="/2026/history of japan reanimated/history of japan reanimated.mp4"
35 poster="/2026/history of japan reanimated/thumbnail.jpeg"
36/>
37
38<div#live-credits />
39
40the wonderful souls who worked on the project, in order of appearance.
41
42<ul>
43 <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClywJ-scBa8hcCywQ_7gWbg">Kappacap</a> - thumbnail artist</li>
44 <li><a href="https://www.tumblr.com/atamai-m8">atamai</a> - animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(0:03-1:02)</></li>
45 <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNJ6EbYQcnqpB6cQLGYXQow">moxley</a> - music and narration <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(0:03-3:10)</>, animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(3:51-4:03)</></li>
46 <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdy0IJXbdKyTWyKajyEvodw">TheJustinator</a> - animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(1:03-1:33, 2:02-2:33)</>, music <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(3:11-6:04)</></li>
47 <li><a href="https://chaosyumi.net">chaosyumi</a> - animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(1:34-2:01, 5:34-6:05)</></li>
48 <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7NHQWu3awWcC0rm8nB5CfQ">LunaPogi</a> - animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(3:36-3:51, 8:01-9:10)</>, music <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(6:05-9:10)</>, narration <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(8:01-9:10)</></li>
49 <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChec240BfC1UKX9DvBBIyLQ">zeccet (bgongo)</a> - animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(2:23-3:10)</></li>
50 <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLfv-6_J0WLsA2jAsJxiLOg">TheRealTinyWorld</a> - animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(3:11-3:35)</></li>
51 <li><a href="https://www.castingcall.club/fredfrenchiii">Fred French VA</a> - narration <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(3:11-4:35)</></li>
52 <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqeAGMquQNtrSfd-quZX3KQ">rqfirqfo</a> - animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(4:04-4:35)</></li>
53 <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@krispykarim">krispykarim</a> - animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(4:36 - 5:04)</>, narration <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(4:36-8:01)</></li>
54 <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkhbgaqiIkliOKyEORnkhDg">SimplyDoodled Studios</a> - animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(5:05-5:33)</></li>
55 <li><span style="color:#ff7de9">paper clover (me)</span> - animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(6:05-6:38)</>, credits animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(9:11-9:35)</></li>
56 <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCftnPCmG6dfQ50YOMRMtkjg">Coffee</a> - transcription <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(6:05-9:10)</></li>
57 <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPQv3ueB-E771gnwcgALzxw">harjjw</a> - animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(6:38-7:03)</></li>
58 <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcR5G761gkEKvWskjEqWFkQ">yellowmarkers</a> - animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(7:04-7:36)</></li>
59 <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8SZGQ32RQxiQeTnQ5hgYAg">TheNothingGuy07</a> - animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(7:37-7:59)</></li>
60</ul>
61
62the music during the credits is an instrumental by bill wurtz: [hey mom i beat the scale!](https://billwurtz.com/hey-mom-i-beat-the-scale.mp3)
63
64## what's next
65
66from the success of this project, a much more ambitous project is being planned:
67the reanimation for 'history of the entire world, i guess'. i am joining the
68project as one of the co-hosts. we are currently doing initial planning, all
69artists (music, visual, narration) interested should fill out the [interest form].
70by submitting the form, i'll be able to reach out when it's actually time to
71start cooking. you can also join the project's [public discord].
72
73[interest form]: https://paperclover.net/hotewig-reanimated
74[public discord]: https://discord.gg/37axTSuGXd
75
76## behind the scenes
77
78here is a 55 minute dive into my process, as well as nearly every little trick i
79used on this project. additionally, for one of the first times from me, a free
80download for [all of the project files][files].
81
82<clover-video file="/2026/history of japan reanimated/behind-the-scenes.mp4">
83 <@header>behind the scenes session with clover</>
84</>
85
86[files]: /file/2026/history%20of%20japan%20reanimated/project%20files/history-of-japan-reanimated.zip?dl
87
88## more links
89
90<p>
91 <a href="/q+a">paper clover q&a page</a><br/>
92 <a href="/subscribe">paper clover's mailing list</a>
93</p>
94
95## mentions on the q&a
96
97<questions-embed="history-of-japan-reanimated" />
98
99</main>