Jenova-Absolute
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Jenova-Absolute is a flash animator and has been creating flash since 2003. His most popular work to date is Anime Babes: Hentai High which he created alongside a good friend.
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1999-2002
Jenova first discovered flash animation in 1999 when a friend showed him Newgrounds, Joe Cartoon and Bunny Grenade, some of the most popular and only flash animation sites at the time. The idea of being able to create your own animation was something exciting that he wanted to be a part of, having many poorly drawn comics to his name.
Wanga
It wasn't until meeting Rikimaru-Strife that the idea of creating animation became a realistic prospect. Upon seeing a Dragonball Z powerpoint animation comprised of gifs Rikimaru made, they realised together they could make power point gif cartoons about their then favorite subject, Final Fantasy. Two final fantasy animations were made and shown to close friends, the crude stories involved time travel materia, boss fights and cliffhangers that were never resolved. The third and final powerpoint animation involved characters from samurai showdown doing all sorts of crap and was titled 'Sword for not Telling Lies' a parody of the feature length animation by Manga 'Sword for Truth' As fans of Manga they decided to name their productions 'Wanga'
During production of the first animation an idea that would shape some of the later flashes was used. Rikimaru decided to include crude sex scenes to take attention away from the poor storylines and bring some humour into the animations for which hentai pictures were used.
No Wanga animations are in existance due to the deletion by Rikimaru on account of not wanting to have them found, something which he regrets to this day.
2003
Jenova managed to obtain flash 5 at this time and began creating many projects which would never see the light of day and one which would.
Tatsume: Sword of Vengeance
For his first flash Jenova wanted to tell a story as best he could, rather than make a basic stick animation fight like many frst time flash users do. The flash had a generic samurai vengance story. Jenova tried to incorporate many techniques that would be considered advanced for a begginer and took into account things such as gravity's effect on character though it be in a very primitive way. The flash was recieved pretty well to the small amount of viewers who watched it.
Bounty Huntress
This unfinished flash was inspired by Cowboy Bebop and featured a female bounty hunter engaging in a space battle then making dock on earth with a makeshift crew of a sombrero clad Mexican and a Sumo Wrestler and sunbathing. The flash was lost along with a pc hard drive.
Untitled Resident Evil Flash
This flash featured Jill from the resident evil series dreaming about her past experiences and nemesis then arriving via speedboat on an island. It had brief shots of a lab suited woman at a security station watching. This woman would come to be shown later in the planned story as Resident Evil 2's Sherry Birkin, and would be the enemy. It could be possible that this idea will feature in the forthcoming Resident Evil 5 as a young, seemingly blonde womans face is shown at the trailers end.
2004
This would be the year Jenova started work on Moogle adventures which would not be finished until late 2005.
Dress Moogle
This simple game used images from Moogle Adventures which was in development at the time. It was Jenova's first experience with actionscript and was well received by those who reviewed it.
Anime Babes: Hentai High
After viewing the range of Hentai games on newgrounds at the time Jenova-Absolute and Rikimaru-Strife thought they could easily match the quality of many of them. As Jenova was unexperienced in actionscript he decided than rather having character stats and the passage of time he would give the game a more storylike feel with a few questions, answers and options players could choose. The game was created in shifts by Jenova-Absolute and Rikimaru-Strife over a period of 3 days, most of which time Jenova was awake at the computer to the point in which he experienced hallucinations due to fatigue. The flash was submitted to newgrounds and recieved feedback that would blow both of their minds. To date the flash has nearly 5 and a half million views and is the 72nd most popular flash on newgrounds. It has also spread to flashportal, armor games, addicting games, and miniclip.
2005
Jenova began to change some of his views on flash animators at this time, it was an active year with a number of flashes submitted.
Piconjo
Jenova was a fan of Legendary Frog at this time and in fact had him at the top of his favorite artists list. He had noticed many flashes in the portal with the name piconjo in them, submitted by different people and decided to look them up. Jenova thought the flashes to be hillarious with a great community of tallented animators behind them and wanted to be a part of it. They inspired him immediately to make 3 piconjo themed flashes including Metal Gear Pwned which is still watched to this day and Piconjo: Schism, Jenova's first real drawing challenge and use of the paint brush tool. Jenova is still inspired to this day by Piconjo, even after his death in June 2005.
Moogle Adventures
With a great voice acting cast, although Jenova still thinks the moogles voice is a tad too annyoing, and a few finishing touches Moogle Adventures was ready to be posted. The flash is the only complete animation he's made in Jenova's opinion. It was well recieved by those had watched it although the low viewcount was a dissapointment for something which took over a year to make. A sequel may be worked on some time in the future.
2006
This year would see a decline in the amount of flash Jenova created.
When Gnomes Fail
Following the release of Legendary Frogs hillariously unfunny World of Warcraft themed flash Jenova and Rikimaru immediately set about making a parody. As well as being a funny flash it was a statement to show there are still supporters of piconjo and origional and underated artists even if they were the only ones still expressing this view as many piconjers had moved on at this point, but as piconjo had inspired Jenova so much he acted as he thought Piconjo would. The flash featured Marc.M of sickanimation's song 'Do You Wanna Fuck?' with a newly recorded introduction by Jenova and Rikimaru. The flash was released on the same day as rtil's great Flash Comedy Extravaganza so was slightly overshadowed as a lot more time, effort and intelligence had gone into rtil's flash (although they did both use the same motion tween gag!) The reviews were quite posotive and the use of comedy even made anti Piconjo users give it a higher score than the usual 0.
NG Office Theft
This flash was made in light of the theft that occured in the Newgrounds office. It was made in a few hours to bring a smile to the faces of those affected and has recieved 10/10 reviews from newgrounds veterans Johnny Utah and Stamper.
Anime Babes: Hentai Halloween
Jenova was dissapointed that he had submitted little to newgrounds and wanted to support the site so created Hentai Halloween for the Halloween collection. The flash was made in a few days once again and rather rushed but despite of this it was showcased on the front page and stayed there a long while after halloween recieving nearly 1 and a half million views.
2007
Late into the year and Jenova has yet to release anything into the flash community. He has many projects in the pipeline but seems to be lacking motivation and inspiration to do so. One project was initially meant to be created as a flash but has now been changed to comic format and follows the character Jenova from Final Fantasy VII and her journey to the planet after being exhiled from hers and meeting the acients. It is set thousands of years before the events in Final Fantasy VII. Jenova-Absolute realises that making a Final Fantasy tribute is something seen as very n00b like but as a long time fan he has always wanted to make something worth watching that shows appreciation to the series whilst not being a parody.
Jenova also started work on a flash which may also become a comic instead. It is highly inspired by Sin City and other noir works and will feature known newgrounds members and characters as citizens.
