"A Manic Announcement" is a high quality announcement video by SiIvaGunner. It was made in the style of the Sonic Mania trailer and used to announce Haltmann's Highest Quality Video Game Rips.
Summary[]
The video is an animated "trailer" for Grand Dad Mania in the style of Sonic Mania. Grand Dad, Smol Nozomi, and Loud Nigra make appearances as the main characters. Grand Dad is drawn with his signature wáng" (王) symbol (the Mario M is drawn and quickly replaced), Loud Nigra sports the yellow star used in Title Theme & Ending - 7 GRAND DAD (with a different sprite), and Nozomi's sprite is her smol version. Grand Dad uses his club to defeat enemies, Nozomi can fly upwards (like Tails) using her hair, and Nigra can slide and punch like Knuckles.
Description[]
Haltmann Works Company is proud to present its latest innovation in SiIvaGunner albums, "Haltmann's Highest Quality Video Game Rips". This revolutionary new album features several rips released during our ownership of the SiIvaGunner brand.
We at Haltmann Works Company truly do hope you enjoy this album, as its quality is unparalleled in the ripping world. Thank you for listening, and remember, Quality is Eternal™.
The album is available for digital download here:
Bandcamp:
https://gilvasunner.bandcamp.com/album/haltmanns-highest-quality-video-game-rips
MEGA:
FLAC: https://mega.nz/#!4eZUwAqS!-g9H-g-cZGGh-zE7OaZMYckeBA4ksd6GeK-B4nbCIk4
MP3: https://mega.nz/#!cvZASaTJ!fv3DNYWFRszjcK-6KvgBr28Cl8ssZ1rcuGaQXZaumY0
Drive:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1R3YdTgF0MR5aHjTHeHLMppYk3AQJl3RG?usp=sharing
(Profits made from this album will fund the construction and distribution of our brand new HWC Pach—
sup bitches, it's woodman here. don't pay anything for that stinky egg man's album lmao. if you do i'll make sure all the money goes to charity or something. nice)
Artists[]
Animated by:[1]
- HugelDude
- SonicHeroesFan1 (elevator animation)
...with gameplay and editing managed by:
...and sprites by:
- NitroBA
- Lenox
- Atlaszoidac
- Dead Line
- HugelDude
Trivia[]
- Sykhro, the lead programmer of Grand Dad Mania stated that Grand Dad Mania is still a cancelled project despite the trailer.[2]
- The video contains several references to other media and memes:
- The word "Lore" appears on a neon sign in the metropolis and on the elevator as "LORE DOOR"
- The Yoshi ridden during the city sequence with the Stringbots is TJ / Henry Yoshi.
- The sequence's billboards feature:
- The cover of The Fourth World by Kara's Flowers with "20th" on it, referencing the album's 20th anniversary on August 19, 2017
- "SiIvaland", an obvious parody of Disneyland
- A lifevest over the word "Egghead" (a reference to Life Jacket Kid)
- The logo of Totino's Pizza Rolls
- "Crazy Frog"
- The Voice's logo with "Destroy anime"
- Knuckles from Sonic the Hedgehog and Nishikino Maki from Love Live with the caption "Know the truth" (a reference to "Aishiteru Banzai! (MAKI Mix) - Love Live! School idol festival", in which Knuckles is jokingly compared to Maki)
- Nozomi flies to a building marked "Puzzle Room"
- The elevator is underneath the lighthouse and contains Wood Man's face on it
- Loud Nigra appeared to be able to take off his star, revealing a star-shaped hole where his crotch should have been.
- The elevator is decorated with all the major albums as icons
- The elevator also has the "ok" emoji, which is the icon of the The MF Like Button.
- When entering the elevator, Grand Dad also makes the "ok" sign.
The fake box art.
- The fake ESRB rating on the box art of the Grand Dad Mania box reads "High quality RIP, HALT"
- The end-title card text reads:
MIRRORS MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE IN ALL AUDIO FORMATS.
HALTMANN WORKS CO. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. HALTMANN WORKS CO. IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SIDE EFFECTS. SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE:
DIFFICULTY BREATHING, TIGHTNESS IN CHEST, SWELLING OF THE MOUTH, FACE, LIPS OR TONGUE, CANCELLATION.
- The FLAC links were originally labelled with the text "Coming AUGUST 29th!" referencing Sonic Mania being delayed for PC until August 29.