1import "./history-of-japan-reanimated.css";
2
3client import "./history-of-japan-reanimated.client.ts";
4
5export const meta = {
6 title: "history of japan reanimated",
7 description:
8 '17 artists and musicians come together to remake bill wurtz\'s legendary "history of japan" to celebrate its 10 year anniversary.',
9 embed: {
10 thumbnail:
11 "https://paperclover.net/file/2026/history%20of%20japan%20reanimated/thumbnail.jpeg",
12 },
13 canonical: "/history-of-japan-reanimated",
14 twitter: {
15 image:
16 "https://paperclover.net/file/2026/history%20of%20japan%20reanimated/thumbnail.jpeg",
17 },
18};
19export const theme = {
20 fg: "#fff",
21 bg: "#442233",
22 primary: "#ff8b47",
23};
24
25<main>
26 <nav><a href="/">back to home</a></nav>
27 <h1>history of japan reanimated</h1>
28 <p>
29 me and 16 other artists (music, narration, and animation) have been spending
30 the past couple months on a recreation of bill wurtz's legendary "<a href="https://billwurtz.com/history-of-japan.html">
31 history of japan
32 </a>" to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of his release. i contributed two
33 animation sections. the canonical release is on
34 <a href="https://youtu.be/nqsoti-OuRM">LunaPogi's YouTube page</a>, but i am providing
35 this ad-free video player.
36 </p>
37
38 <clover-video
39 id="main-player"
40 file="/2026/history of japan reanimated/history of japan reanimated.mp4"
41 poster="/2026/history of japan reanimated/thumbnail.jpeg"
42 >
43 <@header>history of japan reanimated</@header>
44 </clover-video>
45
46 <div id="live-credits"/>
47
48 <p>the wonderful souls who worked on the project, in order of appearance.</p>
49 <ul>
50 <li>
51 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClywJ-scBa8hcCywQ_7gWbg">
52 Kappacap
53 </a>
54 - thumbnail artist
55 </li>
56 <li>
57 <a href="https://www.tumblr.com/atamai-m8">atamai</a> - animation
58 <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(0:03-1:02)</span>
59 </li>
60 <li>
61 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNJ6EbYQcnqpB6cQLGYXQow">
62 moxley
63 </a>
64 - music and narration <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(0:03-3:10)</span>, animation
65 <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(3:51-4:03)</span>
66 </li>
67 <li>
68 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdy0IJXbdKyTWyKajyEvodw">
69 TheJustinator
70 </a>
71 - animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(1:03-1:33, 2:02-2:33)</span>, music
72 <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(3:11-6:04)</span>
73 </li>
74 <li>
75 <a href="https://chaosyumi.net">chaosyumi</a> - animation
76 <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(1:34-2:01, 5:34-6:05)</span>
77 </li>
78 <li>
79 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7NHQWu3awWcC0rm8nB5CfQ">
80 LunaPogi
81 </a>
82 - animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(3:36-3:51, 8:01-9:10)</span>, music
83 <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(6:05-9:10)</span>, narration
84 <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(8:01-9:10)</span>
85 </li>
86 <li>
87 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChec240BfC1UKX9DvBBIyLQ">
88 zeccet (bgongo)
89 </a>
90 - animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(2:23-3:10)</span>
91 </li>
92 <li>
93 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLfv-6_J0WLsA2jAsJxiLOg">
94 TheRealTinyWorld
95 </a>
96 - animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(3:11-3:35)</span>
97 </li>
98 <li>
99 <a href="https://www.castingcall.club/fredfrenchiii">Fred French VA</a> -
100 narration <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(3:11-4:35)</span>
101 </li>
102 <li>
103 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqeAGMquQNtrSfd-quZX3KQ">
104 rqfirqfo
105 </a>
106 - animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(4:04-4:35)</span>
107 </li>
108 <li>
109 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@krispykarim">krispykarim</a> - animation
110 <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(4:36 - 5:04)</span>, narration <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(4:36-8:01)</span>
111 </li>
112 <li>
113 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkhbgaqiIkliOKyEORnkhDg">
114 SimplyDoodled Studios
115 </a>
116 - animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(5:05-5:33)</span>
117 </li>
118 <li>
119 <span style="color:#ff7de9">paper clover (me)</span> - animation
120 <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(6:05-6:38)</span>, credits animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(9:11-9:35)</span>
121 </li>
122 <li>
123 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCftnPCmG6dfQ50YOMRMtkjg">
124 Coffee
125 </a>
126 - transcription <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(6:05-9:10)</span>
127 </li>
128 <li>
129 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPQv3ueB-E771gnwcgALzxw">
130 harjjw
131 </a>
132 - animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(6:38-7:03)</span>
133 </li>
134 <li>
135 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcR5G761gkEKvWskjEqWFkQ">
136 yellowmarkers
137 </a>
138 - animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(7:04-7:36)</span>
139 </li>
140 <li>
141 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8SZGQ32RQxiQeTnQ5hgYAg">
142 TheNothingGuy07
143 </a>
144 - animation <span style="color:#B4A7AD">(7:37-7:59)</span>
145 </li>
146 </ul>
147
148 <p>
149 the music during the credits is an instrumental by bill wurtz:
150 <a href="https://billwurtz.com/hey-mom-i-beat-the-scale.mp3">
151 hey mom i beat the scale!
152 </a>
153 </p>
154
155 <h2>what's next</h2>
156 <p>
157 from the success of this project, a much more ambitous project is being
158 planned: the reanimation for 'history of the entire world, i guess'. i am
159 joining the project as one of the co-hosts. we are currently doing initial
160 planning, all artists (music, visual, narration) interested should fill out
161 the <a href="https://paperclover.net/hotewig-reanimated">interest form</a>. by
162 submitting the form, i'll be able to reach out when it's actually time to start
163 cooking. you can also join the project's <a href="https://discord.gg/37axTSuGXd">
164 public discord
165 </a>.
166 </p>
167
168 <h2>behind the scenes</h2>
169 <p>
170 here is a 55 minute dive into my process, as well as nearly every little
171 trick i used on this project. additionally, for one of the first times from
172 me, a free download for
173 <a href="/file/2026/history%20of%20japan%20reanimated/project%20files/history-of-japan-reanimated.zip?dl">
174 all of the project files
175 </a>.
176 </p>
177 <clover-video file="/2026/history of japan reanimated/behind-the-scenes.mp4">
178 <@header>behind the scenes session with clover</@header>
179 </clover-video>
180
181 <h2>more links</h2>
182 <p>
183 <a href="/q+a">paper clover q&a page</a><br>
184 <a href="/subscribe">paper clover's mailing list</a>
185 </p>
186
187 <h2>mentions on the q&a</h2>
188 <questions-embed="history-of-japan-reanimated"/>
189</main>