After working with you guys on-and-off for the last 5 years, It's such an honor to be a part of this new era! It seems like only yesterday that you guys were at 200k subscribers, and now look at you. We here at Avalon Online are with you, and beyond excited for what the future holds.

I'll miss Black Plasma Studio... it was part of my childhood

Rest in peace Black Plasma Studios. Feels weird to say after so many years. I am proud of you for starting it all, D16.

It was my childhood, havent visited this channel for a over a year. Coming back for the memories, heartbroken to see you guys change the name. I still have hope for this channel, hope you continue making these, good luck man.

As someone who's been watching this channel since 2015, I will miss the old name a lot...but that won't stop me from being excited for this new era. I am very excited for future projects you guys have planned for us!

Let the games begin...

Even though Song of War won't be continuing, we still can watch the fan made animations that were done by the other side animators of Squared Media. The story is basically the same but the animation styles are a bit different.

Sad to see the old name go, but I’m very hopeful for the future of this channel and I’m sure any changes you decide to make will only make things better!

Time for change, more importantly glad you are still a team! excited for the future I wish the "new" team/owners all the best ❤

This took me on an emotional roller coaster. I was so happy when Songs of War was mentioned, just to have my soul crushed again when learning they werent going to continue. I am sadder than when they first announced no season 2

As someone who’s been a fan of the channel since before the Minecraft animations started, it’s a bitter sweet thing for a rebranding. But I understand that with new leadership comes a new direction for the channel too. I’m happy that the team will be creating more animations on a more consistent basis as well. I just hope that everyone is doing okay after the transition to a new era of the channel. It’s gonna take some time for me to get used to the new name but I’m excited for the future for this channel! 😄

I would like to say a few words about it: I've been following Black Plasma Studios, Squared Media at this point, for a long time. I remember the good times and the bad ones and I was always impressed with the creativity and care you put into each of your animations. It's a shame that Sam and Thomas left this scene, they both deserve a big thank you for everything they've done. I think they will remain in the hearts of the whole community. Black Plasma Studios is not just any KZfaq channel, it is a channel where sad and happy stories from the world of Minecraft come to life, which can excite the watchers and listeners and make them feel that they would rather be in the animation and stay there forever. I'm so glad that even though Sam and Thomas left, the rest of the team stayed and didn't give up on that amazing dream. I look forward to next animations and stories you create together in the future, either together or with other creators. While it's a sad moment to see the OG days leave the community, it's a beautiful start to something wonderful that I hope will be a success. You are a team that sticks together and has great ideas, be brave and please keep making your amazing animations. Personally, I will try to support your work as much as possible, although I don't have many ways to do it. And I'm sure the community will help you as much as they can. Together we will get to the top of mountins and we will stay there! It's a big change, but I'm excited to see what it brings. 😁

I really hope Songs of War can be retaken now with a new crew, i really enjoy that series

It's been 2 years since I've visited this channel. I started watching in 2017 and ended up loving you guys and your work. I'm gonna miss the old name and you guys like Arbiter, Sam, Thomas, Roa, and Derp brought us great memories ❤

It has been already a decade of memories for Black Plasma Studios. It only felt like yesterday. Wishing the best for the Squared team. (hopefully you guys bring back sow someday)

It's sad to see my Childhood fade away, so many things have changed. Ever since the cancellation of Songs Of War Season 2/3, I personally think that the Channel slowly died. Sure, the Steve and Alex series and some other animation was a banger but it seemed like after the cancellation I didn't think any of the animations were that much of a hype anymore. Songs Of War is still and forever will be one of the greatest animations I have watched, the Music and Scenery is too beautiful to be true. But anyway times have gone by fast and I wish you all the best for your upcoming development of this channel and community.

I hope Square Media brings back Songs of War !

Mattsquared: We are the most subscribed minecraft animation channel. Alan Becker: Are you serious right now?

I will miss the old Black Plasma Studio :(

Excited to keep working on projects for you guys even tho the OG crew is gone now. We’re all still super passionate about what we do, and I’m excited to see how Matt leads us over the next few years playing a more involved hand in things compared to the last few years. Can’t wait for you guys to hear about everything else planned for the future :D

I'm gonna miss the old brand, but seeing you guys create new things, new ideas, it's really exciting to see. Congrats on 10M subscribers, btw! That's huge! Can't wait to see what comes in the future with Squared Media!

I have known your channel for a very long time... I was very pleased to watch it. you grew, grew. more and more. I also found a black plasma studio and most often I watch the video “Songs of War”. I really, really love this animation and every time I watch it, at some moments tears come, sometimes it’s funny, and sometimes I understand that this is your best animation for me. thank you for all these years of effort and work, thank you for everything, black plasma studio! I actually didn’t think that someone would leave your team and you would change the name of the channel. all this is big news for me. I'm sad that when you were called black plasma studio, I didn't appreciate it. Now I want to go back in time and tell myself: “watch them, watch them every day, while they are called that, before no one leaves their team, because in the future this will happen and you will miss that atmosphere. I want to say thank you guys again for everything! I know that you are trying very hard for us, and if you ever leave KZfaq, I will go to your channel every day and see if there are new videos?

Can we all just appreciate how much Squared Media puts in their efforts to make animations

I am super excited to be a part of this new era! Hopefully with our combined efforts we can inspire a new generation of viewers and artists alike!

Man, Black Plasma Studios will forever be one of the best studios, from the old deep animations to songs of war, the walking dead animation was amazing.

Update on 20th September 2023: On 3:33, We can see that there were a remaining 8 animation projects left and so far, currently 3 projects had already finished before the new upcoming animation movie in high school series at 3:36. Which is amazing! I am very excited for the upcoming animation series in high school. I hope it is related to songs of war

I'm shocked, I came back to watch Songs of war again, to see that Black Plasma studios is now Squared Media, I'm sad that some of the team left to continue solo, but honestly really excited to see how the future plays out for Squared Media, and glad that everything before is still up today. Good luck with everything upcoming.

We'll miss Black Plasma Studios! Yet we'll still be supporting them on their new journey as Squared Media 🔥🔥 Good luckkkkk💚 will forever support my favorite Minecraft animators ✨

Black Plasma Studios was better, Squared Media sounds like and even looks like I just copied that from Google images + name found in wikipedia

I hope "Song Of War" will be continued and finished. I very-very love this animation, it's my favorite. I don't want to think, what I never will see it in the future.

I will certainly miss the old studio, but everyone misses the old things especially when it's tethered to one's childhood. I'm excited to see what the future of Square brings ❤

I never expected this to happen. In ways I am very sad (very small change can be hard for me lol) but I'm also very happy for everyone on the team! I want to thank you guys for all the work put into your animations, they are so fun and entertaining to watch and they deserve much more than given. Can't wait to see where all of this will go! Now I need to get used to the name lol.

Hats off to a new era! Im so excited to continue working with this channel and the wonderful people who run it!

This is super cool! I was worried the channel was sorta slowing down and might shut down like so many other minecraft channels have. It's so nice to hear it's staying around for awhile. I'll miss BPS quite a bit, the old icon was sick, but things do need to change sometime or else nothing gets better! :D

I just watched all of Songs of war and I am already sad that it was cancelled I will wait until it is uncancelled and my last words when I am on my deathbed in a lot of decades in the future will be when is songs of war season 2 coming out

I hope this rebranding holds a bright future and a gorgeous era 💛

Its crazy how much you've grown in the last 11 years of making YT content, wish you the best in the future

I dont know any "Squared Media", but i also know "Black Plasma Studio". Its gonna be in my heart forever!

BPS or Squared Media either way you guys have been such an inspiration to Armor Stand Productions!

This'll be a huge stepping stone for the future of this channel, hopefully everything goes even better than before 🙏

For those who do not know. David (Owner) was a groomer, so after they got arid of david they're rebranding BPS into media^2 for a fresh start

black plasma studios is based and the best minecraft animator of youtube

A moment I thought black plasma studios didn’t exist anymore until I saw this 😂

I am excited see where the channel is heading now. BPS was the main reason I started creating minecraft animations or even why I started playing the actual minecraft game lol. Looking forward to any new animations coming out from the squared media directors! Let the games begin...

I'm still calling this channel black plasma studios no matter what

I didnt really expected this change but i really like the new ideas and era of Black Plasma Studios as Squared Media. I wish that you guys will the support you need and all the best on your future projects. I would make this longer but gotta go and watch the new animation lol

So sad that songs of war isn’t going to go into season 2… that was my favorite by far

Really awesome to see this channel expanding further from just Minecraft. Excited to see what you guys create! 🔥

OKAY... The upcoming animation projects are really cool! The Zombie apocalypse series!? Enderman!? Agent derp!? But the thing that really caught my attention is "Wither Storm" I can sense you guys making a collaboration with element animations

Heyo! I'm super excited for that new tutorial!! I was literally watching the old ones just now and stumbled across this video wondering why the name has changed. I'm trying to learn so I can enhance a 100 days video I'm working on! Hope it releases soon and thank you in advance for the tutorial!

Oh man....... I remember watching things like that old machinima of the blood blade being a scientific revolution... or Rise of The Spartans... those two are by far my most memorable, I was almost certain BPS would be dead. But here we are with some videos getting *Hundreds of MILLIONS* of views... good goin black plasma! Edit: To clarify, by still calling them Black Plasma, it is not to disparage, it is simply habit, as I'm sure I really don't need to clarify as we are all nostalgic of this stuff, but I am self conscious ig LOL!

Like others have said, I will miss BPS, but the rebrand and the many changes planned for Squared Media has me excited for this new phase and the many things in store down the road! All the best to everyone at Squared Media to a new era!

I know this isn't much but , if you may i'd like to get an update on what will you do with the series of (songs of war) . I am not bragging for you guys to continue it , but, That series has touched me and nothing stops me from ever missing that amazing series that you guys have created 💚

I got so excited when you mentioned Songs of War. even though it was just a camparison.

Ohhh nooo i'll miss Black Plasma Studios, i'm first time watching Animation life in 2018 but now i can't belive this

So long BPS...Hoping for this rebrand to be successful and would love to have more opportunities to help out on whatever cool stuff yall have in the works.

I understand that changes have to be made to fit new times, but hopefully we can still see the Minecraft animations that made our childhood

I'll miss Black Plasma Studios. Songs of war and other movies were awesome and to this day I wish for a sequel. It feels like only yesterday when you guys had 200k- I'll surely miss the name but I will continue loving the stuff you make 🎉❤

Please bring back the masterpiece Songs of War as it was THE BEST minecraft animated series ever and the story is the greatest of all time and a huge part of the community would love to see it procced to S2 and S3

Super excited for the future of this channel. Its going to be really hype! Also fingers cross for some Lone animations

If you don’t mind me asking why did you stop songs of war?

I always liked your animations 😊 and I'm glad that more animations are on their way!

A part of me will miss the days of Black Plasma Studios, but I am looking forward to what we can do even better as Squared Media. I hope this is true for all of you as well.

Great to see you guys are back! I love the proffesionalism! And The New brand seems cool! Lets hope the 3 month break wont do too much damage to the channel! Expanding to diff project and different communities is definitelly a good marketing strategy to target more customers!

R.i.p black plasma studios (2008-2024) we miss you

I have watched Black Plasma Studios since 2018, It been an honor watching your vids and you creating the channel for us, Thank you.

Sometimes change is a good thing even if it's hard to let go of the past. This change has been definitely good so far and I'm super hyped about working with this community and Avalon Let's get this business going! >:D

Eh estado ya años viendo estos videos con mis hermanos menores que les encantan mucho las historias, entornos y diseños que han traído estos años creo que llevo 5 años o más viendo estas hermosas animaciones y espero poder estar más tiempo disfrutando de ellas, se nota el trabajo y empeño que se le pone a cada video y el extenso universo que se ha creado en torno a distintas especiales, esperemos nuestro Derp favorito siga causando líos o estando hay para ayudar a todo a que que lo necesite, aunque no soy muy bueno en el inglés me alegra poder entender lo necesario para seguir amando estas Animaciones

Looking forward to seeing the new directions this channel is going!

My... Childhood.... That i grew with is..... Gone... All..... Gone... I'll miss you old friend

Hi, I'm from South Africa and the community has inspired me to work on my own minecraft animation series, I am also next year applying to the Animation School University of Cape Town, where I can further my animation experience so thank you so much for this comeback. For the past years I have been working on a series similar to SoW in terms of setting and using the channel's methods of animating and storytelling, love what yall do and excited for the future.

I can't wait to see what you all have planned for the new Minecraft animations and stuff!! I'm so happy that most of you guys are still continuing to make lots more videos! :D Btw I'm going to miss the old name and the cool pfp too but it's always nice to change some things up once in a while. Good bye Black Plasma Studios and hello Squared Media. ; )

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SECOND SONGS OF WAR.

If i ever search for you guys i will always search for black plasma studios as it was a great part of my childhood and i don't want to forget about it..

Hoping this new era will be better for the new brand im excited to see what new stuff the team will bring i was here since 2016 i miss those days its all memories now. 😃

Guys, I got scared when I saw a different channel in my subscriptions, then when I go to see both the name and the photo of the channel it changed, it was Black Plasma Studios, different 😅 but it still looks beautiful 👏🏻❤️

Really looking forward to that minecraft animation tutorial. I wanna get started with animating myself and thought about doing a blender course but that would include so much more and seems a bit intimmidating as a whole. Maybe getting started with just minecraft in focus isn't a bad idea.

I'll never forget all the memorable animations and series from the name Black Plasma Studios

for anyone who's wondering, this is "Black Plasma Studios"

1-Will you continue to make Steve and Alex adventures? 2-Will be a second season of Songs of War now?

This channel will always be Black Plasma Studios to me.

Who else really wishes an official Songs of war season two?

I hope this new era of the channel brings a bright future. I can’t wait for what happens next. 6:43 Alright! Can’t wait for the next animation.

Been waiting for this announcement. I, like many others, will miss what was, but with high hopes for the future of this channel. Good luck to everyone at Squared Media, and to the two who left. Change may bring fear and trepidation, but change can be good and bring greater things.

I didn’t realize the change until someone said that one of your vids was “Black Plasma’s” not what it is now. I will keep saying BPS because it’s what I’m used to and learned to love, but this is good to know.

"welp, theres nothing you can do to alter the past so its best not to dwell on it and move on" -Igneous, the Magnorite

I’m really exited to see what’s going to happen with this amazing channel. Good luck everyone!

As an old veteran of this channel, I'm sad to see the name of the channel go, back before I even had an email and KZfaq account I was watching the old Halo 3 machinima's, that's how long I've been around this channel, and I want to just say, thank you for the long but amazing ride to this day, its been an absolute pleasure and seeing the channel grow and go to new places makes me smile, take it easy gentleman, I hope the best for all of you❤

I miss the old black plasma studio.

All of these new animations seem so cool! Also dan bull bee rap confirmed???

Very sad to see the brand name i have been seeing all these years go, but life goes on, so i also welcome the new one with open arms! Glad to see the beginning of, hopefully, a success rich era! :)

So hyped for this! I have faith that there will be a bright future for this channel and I for one cant wait to see the outcome! :D

Dang, I'm gonna miss B.P.S as much as everyone else, maybe more considering I only just got into this channel maybe a year or two ago, but I feel like this new age is going to be AWESOME! Best of luck to you, Squared Media, and can't wait for what the future entails!

Rest in peace black plasma studios, you were my childhood. Welcome squared media.

I thought this was a late April Fool's joke!!! I'm so sad you guys changed the name and everything!!! 😭I love this channel everyone who works on it is so talented. I found this channel threw Songs of War. One of my dreams was to one day help make animations with all of you. It still is but I'm just so overwhelmed. I'm excited for the future but still nervous about what's to come.

I’m totally down with change and I highly support it and am happy for you guys. But Black Plasma was just such an iconic name and let nobody forget it

I will miss you Black Plasma Studio..you made my love for Minecraft animation I did not know that they are changing i just remember that this channel was a part of me i went to look it up again and i noticed that the name was not Black Plasma Studio i got confused until i have found this video.I will miss you Black Plasma Studio.

Damn this has certainly been a chapter all right. Hell thing that first brought me here way back when was the first release of "Rise of the Spartans" back when y'all primarily focused on halo machinima. Then the unsociables, and how Minecraft animations. Doesn't matter what you call yourselves these days, the thing that always stuck with me is that creative spark and heart that you don't see too much anymore that y'all had then and still do now. With everything changing as it is these days, please don't lose that will ya?

Can still remember when this was a Halo 2/3/Reach Machinima and Game Night KZfaq channel that had 25,000-50,000 subscribers. Don't really watch the content here anymore, mainly subscribed for history purposes, but it's fascinating/feels good to see this growth since the switch to Minecraft. Sad to see Arbiter leave though and the channel rebrand. Doesn't really feel like Black Plasma Studios anymore and more so other people taking it over for the subscriber count. Nothing lasts forever though and everyone moves on to new things. It's just nice to know the original crew has done well for themselves while pursuing other projects they're passionate about and that they'll be keeping their legacy alive by handing the keys over to someone else to keep it going.

Black Plasma Studios... Is evolving! It's finally good to hear from their channel after 3 months!