Thank you so much for supporting this episode's release, you guys are amazing!! There are so many amazing fanart's already, feel free to tag me so I can see them all!! ❤ If you wish to help out with the production, please send in your auditions here: forms.gle/X75gRmkKBSvtFnih7

Ack, I can remember all the way back in 2020 when I watched 16 shots for the first time and was totally blown away by the characters and story and now there’s gonna be a whole animated episode for it! Can’t wait to see what happens!

It was such a pleasure to voice Asha this episode, stay tuned for episode two you guys, it's gonna go crazy!

Such a lovely detail that at 12:44 we can see her mother's shadow, plus bird had the same colors and marks as Asha's mom, which confirms that it's her spirit.

Thanks for having me on the team!!

Wow, I just got finished watching this episode and honestly everybody did so incredible with the pronunciation I'm in shock. The voice actors were amazing and did a great job bringing out the personality of each and every character in this episode. The animators did a astonishing job with character animation and acting. Yerrer did a phenomenal job with the music and sound I'm in awe listening to the soundtrack of this beautiful masterpiece. Everything comes together so nicely and I was waiting at the edge of my seat for this to drop and it was so worth it! I cannot compliment this enough! I love with when young artist's come together and make gorgeous projects like these and we get the special opportunity to watch it and be inspired. The pacing and writing of this whole thing was great. I honestly want to give everybody involved a well deserved hug because this is probably my favorite animated OC series available on KZfaq yet and I don't see that changing for a very long time. I wish to reach this level of creativity someday and start my own series of my characters. This is honestly so blessed and so well put together, I was more entertained by this than most hit productions. This was great, just great! Thank you for staying motivated and finishing this, I can't believe we get to watch this for free?? The lighting, the art, the backgrounds, the enthusiasm, and animation and the acting was just so well done and so well put together I love it. I love everything about this! I actually gasped when I saw Draivysands name in the credits because I've commissioned them one time and I consider them a very talented artist! I am so happy to be a patron, I've never felt so good supporting somebody until now. Thank you so much Asha for giving us the opportunity to get to know more about your characters and thank you to everyone who helped and supporting Asha with production you guys are amazing!!

oh MAN i don't know what i was expecting going in but this is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! my jaw was on the floor the whole time, the visuals, the story, the voice acting, the animation, it's all so good!!! can't wait for episode 2!!!!!!

"You might want to see this" "Lucky him, I wish I could." I love Umar's character.

Can I just say Load Aim Burn was my childhood? And now episode one is finally here. I will continue to admire this woman's gifts and dedication to her craft holy crap.

really hoping I finally get to see a series like this completed unlike the other ones from the 2010-2020 era like those wolf/cat series have one episode then left cancelled

I am beyond shocked at how strikingly beautiful this first episode was! From the animation and backgrounds, to the voice acting, the pacing and the music, everything about it was awesome!! Kept me engaged till the end ❤️

WOW was that incredible. You really pulled off something special here. I can't imagine how long this took with such a small team, especially with the style consistency you achieved! You should all be so proud!

It was really nice to see everyone coming together and working on this episode for such a long amount of time (3.5 years!) and never once backing out! The team is really dedicated at what they do, and it's so unbelivable to see the episode finally polished and complete to be premiering on KZfaq after such a long while! To be honest, as someone who saw the episode exclusively due to being in the production team as well, the order of events and the pacing is simple to follow despite it being really fast, and the gradual improvement over in the animation and visuals are really admirable! I cannot wait for what the next episode has in store and then the others as well! Kate and the entire production team has really kicked it off, and it'll be such an interesting follow to keep track of LAB as it goes along and unravels the story! You've really inspired a lot of artists and animators with your content and characters Kate, and Load Aim Burn will definitely prove it! My support and congratulations to everyone who managed to bring this simple 16 Shots animation meme into an indie animated web show, I'm sure it'll take off high in no time!!^^

It's finally here!!! It's been so inspiring to see this project starting way back around 3 years ago and now finally being released! Being able to beta read for this series and work with such an incredible group of people has been such an honor and I am so ready for this premier!!

2:48 omg idk if anyone noticed this but i love the fact that they made the birds shadow a figure of a cat/wolf, this is SO GOOD, ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING, the story line…the voice acting it should be an official movie❤❤❤❤❤❤

So proud of the Composer for the episode, Yarrer really hit every right note to bond with every emotion this episode brought out!

I could gush over this episode for ages…the art and animation is absolutely gorgeous, the subtle animation style is wonderful to look at and the painted backgrounds are absolutely stunning! The music composition is phenomenal and it truly adds so much to the story, I could listen to each individual piece over and over again. The editing and the overall composition for every shot is unique and appealing to watch, each segment is so colorful and really pushes the mood of the scene. Kate is absolutely one of my biggest inspirations when it comes to art and animation. I’ve loved watching her PMV/AMVs and animation memes for LAB, and it’s so fulfilling to see her characters and story come together in a fully voice-acted video like this. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for LAB, and I hope you all are as well! I’m genuinely honored to be on the team producing LAB, witnessing the production of episode one was so fascinating and inspiring, and I’m excited to help out with future episodes for this series. Every single person on the production team is so incredibly talented, and everyone did excellent work on this episode!

Mega excited to see the beginning of Load Aim Burn, literally buzzing with the thought that the episode is completed and is about to enter the world 💖 Can't wait to see what's in store, bet it's going to be amazing!!

How dare you release such an amazing first episode and leave it on a cliffhanger like that! This series is gonna sit rent free in my head from here on out!

Leaving this comment to boost this extraordinary animation.

THIS IS SO FANTASTIC! All of the animators/artists/musicians/composers did such an amazing job!!

Absolutely metal for "killing off" the main character (/positive). But in short I'm absolutely blown away at this first episode the world, the characters and the lore so far already. And I genuinely can't wait to see Ashas and this world story unfold. Absolutely phenomenal and inspirational already. The post credits scene has certainly got me hyped.

Both this and Lackadaisy are showing that indie animation is making a real come back, which I'm totally here for! This episode is kind of the perfect pilot I think. It leaves me with so many questions that I can't wait to be answered!

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING I love how the animations is on 3s and 4s. The plot decision to make us think the dad might make it even just for a second just to rip him away is so heartbreaking. Amazing job to you and your team!!

I can't wait! :D I've been patiently following the progress of the story and your animations since "Infinity" meme came out! That's why I love and endlessly respect indie projects as such. So much care, passion, time, talent and determination goes into their making. I hope Load Aim Burn will be a great success and congratulations to everyone who worked on this project! ❤🎉

Oh, I can't describe this beauty in words. The episode is beautiful, the plot is very intriguing!) I like small details, for example at the moment 12:46 , next to Asha's shadow was not a bird's shadow, but a cat's (perhaps her mother, these are just my guesses). You and your team are great fellows! I still remember the feeling I had when the first "Load Aim Burn" trailer was released. I wish you good luck in creating series of this wonderful project!) ✊💙

12:46 I love the hidden detail with the shadows in the background!!!!!

Не могу поверить, что мы наконец смогли лицезреть этот шедевр спустя долгое время! Меня очень вдохновляет ваш проект, и мне интересно, как события будут развиваться дальше, и что произойдет с Ашей:_ Анимация выполнена качественно и правильно, и это должно быть было очень сложно сделать, при том факте что аниматоров было не так много, а анимировать животных ещё и соблюдая правильность анатомии.... респект.. Так же, хочу обратить своё внимание на фоны и игру с цветом. Фоны вышли замечательно, сразу можно уловить красоту всех мест, в которых была антагонистка. Цвета подобраны замечательно, они не режут глаз, и наоборот кажутся очень приятными. В добавок, большую роль, должно быть, играет ещё и окрас самих персонажей, ведь это тоже в каком-то смысле может отразить их характер, я думаю. Плюс, музыка удачно подобрана под разные моменты эпизода. По ней сразу можно понять атмосферу всего происходящего через экран, х) Вообщем, для завершения скажу, что все кто прикладывал свои силы к "Load Aim Burn" огромные молодцы, старания и душа действительно видны здесь. Сюжет выглядит интересным и манящим, по этому буду с нетерпением ждать выхода 2-го эпизода, и я желаю вам удачи в его создании! ❤

Ого!! Я так долго наблюдала за проектом, и наконец скоро выйдет первая серия. Я так рада за вас! Очень жду!

I actually cried, not just because of the sad scenes but because I remember just watching your meme videos from years ago and now I’m seeing it in action😭😭 it was incredible and I can’t wait for the next episode whenever that will be

Oh my god, instant favorite, instant sub. WE NEED MORE!

Hey Voice of Azed here! Thanks so much for having me

KZfaq recommendations has blessed me with this one. The backgrounds are BEAUTIFUL and the animation is just as good. I CAN'T WAIT FOR EP2!!!!!!!!!

Gosh, this came out so beautifully! From the art direction to the amazing story telling, not to mention the soundtrack. A BIG APPLAUSE to everyone, esp the VAs who made the characters come to life with their voices. This is such a huge accomplishment, i'm so proud of everyone.

I love how much emotion is shown, and how the lore and characters have so much sense and growth. 10/10

Did anyone notice at 12:47 the bird’s shadow is in the shape of a cat? Well I have a theory. The painting in the house showing another cat next to asha’s father must be asha’s mother. I think the bird we see is Asha’s mom. In the shadow, the hair fur looks similar to the one on the painting. The bird is black and white like her mother.

I haven't even seen this yet and I can already tell this will be better than most animated series on yt

THIS IS AMAZING! It’s nice to see characters you’ve been following for years have their stories turned into a series. I’m really excited for what comes up in the future, keep up the great work! :D

KZfaq's algorithm is actually working for good. I just found you in my Recommended page. I'm glad I came across this project. You all did such a great job. I hope to see it progress and flourish. Best of luck throughout your production!

It is VERY rare for me to like, subscribe, AND turn on notifications, but this clearly deserves it. Incredible job to everyone working on it!

Had goosebumps the whole time. I’m in awe. I cannot imagine the amount of work that has been put in this amazing project, everything is beautiful. The animation, the background art, the characters, the music, the voice acting!!! When I tell you I screamed at the “getting anxious, are we?”

I just love the frame-by-frame animation in this. ❤️

21 minutes and 55 seconds of literary, visual and audio perfection. Absolute stunning work FROM EVERYONE!!!!

I almost can't believe this! I remember when I first found this channel and now we all get to experience this incredible story! I'm so excited about all of the independent projects that have been popping up recently. It is so exciting to see as a creator!!! The hard work everyone has put into this really shines through!

Oh. My. God. There’s still like 20 hours before it premieres and just the little trailer thing looks absolutely STUNNING! I can’t wait to see this completed after so long, everything about this is going to be absolutely incredible I just _know_ it! edit: I have no words to explain this-everything about this is absolutely amazing! The animation, music, and voice acting is all so incredible! I have no idea how to put how friggin AWESOME this is into words, everyone who helped make this did a heckin amazing job

I'm so excited to watch this, you've always been one of my biggest inspirations and your work is just so amazing. I already know the episode is going to be fantastic, and thank you to everyone who worked on it! ❤ Update: Wow. I am astonished. Everything about this production is absolutely mind-blowing. The whole team did so well, not to mention the storyline! 21 minutes?! That's incredible. I'm so excited to see this story, I've been following it since I first saw your animations. It's so cool to see this coming all together. I wish you all luck as time goes on!

I can’t believe there’s a lot of these series popping out of nowhere, this it truly amazing and can’t wait to see more of this one You guys did a fantastic job ❤❤❤

HOLY- the backgrounds are MOVIE LEVEL like what

Excellent work everyone! This was a fantastic introduction to this story and characters, not too little and not too much lore dumped on us in the beginning, a slow but steady pacing that lets events unfold naturally while withholding enough information to keep me wanting more. If I were to make one criticism, it would be the low frame rate / limited animation being almost too limited, this world and its environment is so pretty but I feel I'm constantly pulled out of it by the choppy movements and lack of lipsync. Overall, though, you and your team have a much better grasp of what it takes to make an animated series than most other indie KZfaqrs, and I greatly respect your tenacity to make this happen at the level of quality you delivered. Excited for episode two!

oh my goodness ASHA AND THE TEAM, THIS IS AMAZING!! everyone did SUCH a great job. The episode was incredibly interesting to watch and the art direction was phenomenal. I love the music, the VAs, the sound effects, the animation, just EVERYTHING! I don't usually write comments but I absolutely had to for this piece of work. I am impressed and at loss for words. Thank you for sharing this gorgeous story with us

The wait was no doubt well worth it, I remember when I first saw your channel and the characters gave absolute inspiration. 6-5 years ago and I can’t help but smile with how far your content has gone, may this series continue till the end!

I have been following these characters for years, and I am so excited for them to finally be brought to life. Thank you for all of your hard work.

This was AMAZING!!!!! I’m so glad that it got recommended to me!!! The animation, the voice actors, the design, the lighting, EVERYTHING!!! GLORIOUS ❤ This was truly ineffable. The cliffhanger, the ending. ❤❤

This came out great! I really like all the environmental shots and additions. It really helped to make the world feel alive, and the character interactions were fun too. I look forward to seeing more, good luck with the next episodes!

Its nice that yt is finally recommending animation videos from random people, it helps me discover more of the people who are passionate in their works much like this one. Hope that one day this becomes a series that will have it's ending unlike those that are stuck in a timeless cliffhanger, wishing to see their story's end

Wow. Just wow. We have been working, and waiting for over 3 years for this, and I have got to say, this did not disappoint at all. The entire product of this episode just feels so fresh and original. Watching through this episode made me feel nostalgic, nostalgic for the journey it took and the effort everybody put into this beautiful piece. It really impresses me how well put together the entire episode is, and how well it was directed, how well all these scenes have been organized and thought through, and overall how well it was put from an idea into reality. Props to the entire team who put this together, you guys should be proud of this masterpiece, immaculate job! (by the way there there was a discord this entire time and nobody told me?)

Holy fucking shit that was powerful please let there be a episode 2

I've been hyped for this series since the beginning of it's announcement.I have watched all the available animations, animatics and PMVs because of how much the story interested me.Now seeing the series finally became a reality,is like a dream coming true.Can't wait to discover the secrets of this story

We've been waiting for this!! Thank you so much for such high quality work.❤️✨

Oh my God. I started watching your videos in middle school (back with that 16 shots amv!!) and I'm literally in my college dorm finally watching te first episode of this series, WILD This is absolutely amazing, from the animation to the voice acting to the story telling!! Seeing Asha's backstory in full is crazy, I feel so bad for her

So excited!! I still remember getting introduced to your channel from the “16 Shots” Animation meme! I’m so proud that the team was able to finish this masterpiece! I can’t wait until the next installment!!

God this is a masterpiece! I've been waiting for the first episode for a very long time! The authors are just great! Know that there are fans of your skills in Russia. I love your work!!! I look forward to continuing.

The story and detail in this are absolutely breath taking- I can't wait for episode 2!

This was so amazing to watch! A friend of mine sent this to me earlier today and I'm super glad they did. There's so much heart and soul poured into this episode and you can tell. The backgrounds were all gorgeous and the character designs feel very distinctive. The pacing felt pretty quick but overall it establishes the world and it's characters really well! I'm really excited to see what happens next :D

Hey, you’ve worked really hard on this for a really long time. I’m glad I got to grow up seeing a portion of your progress. Nice job, incredibly well made! 😌

I am not one who usually gets emotional, but this, this has the potential to do so, it is absolutely beautiful.

That was a true work of art ! I can't wait for the next episode, I just love the characters and backgrounds design and... just everything! Everyone did well

remember watching 16 shots back whenever it came out and it’s so cool seeing this as an actual show

To my fellow cast and crew members: you all did an excellent job. Give yourselves a round of applause.👏👏👏

All i want to say is that you guys made an AMAZING WORK! The voice actors did an amazing job with the characters expressions! The soundtracks are so well done, congrats Yarrer! The animation and the backgrounds are PERFECT and really smooth i just loved this so much😭Congratulations for everyone in the production and thank you so much Kate, for creating this masterpiece! ❤ Edit: i just realized that white bird is her mother 😭

OHHHB ITS SO GOOD TO SEE IT FINALLY HERE!!! oh i’m so so hurting to see all these characters with what goes on but it’s so, so brilliant. the amount of work you and your team has put just into this one episode is amazing, i absolutely cannot wait to see what comes!!!

Loved every single second of it! It has AMAZING potential! Knowing how tough it is, planning, animating, voicing... But this was definitely worth it! It's rare these days to find a gem like that. And I feel like the big studios don't care about quality no more. We need YOU people to show them how it's done!

This is AWESOME! I’m so intrigued and I want to learn more. Wonderful animation and art! Also the VOICE ACTORS??? They did such a great job!! I really hope this continues because it’s such an interesting story with amazing people working on it!

From seeing the night we met meme to quietly watching casting calls, animations, etc. It's finally here!! It looks gorgoues, the voice actors did great, and don't get me started on the animation. Cheers to to Asha and the team! :DD

That was amazing. Worth the wait. Can't wait for the second episode

After all this time a full episode of animation and story has been brought to life for the shorter animation over the past few years, awsome.

Thankfully I was able to see it when it premiered cause I’m always late 💀 but anyways the animating the lighting, the animation and especially the voice acting! All of it was so good this is truly one of the most underrated series I’ve ever seen and I can’t wait for this to continue. Round of applause to everyone who participated in this! 🎉

I am FURIOUS that this is so underrated.

Oh my gosh this is soooo good I'm tearing up already This is sososo amazing 😍🤩!!!!!!!!!!

This is incredible and I'm so excited for you, I've been following your work for 4 years now and i am so excited for you to tell your story! You did a incredible job

I've never heard of you. I've never over the years seen a peep of you. Until today, I've seen this pop up in a yt suggestion. I clicked, and I will say I became hooked. Seems like KZfaq can do something right every blue moon. I look forward to the next episode. 😊

DID ANYONE NOTICE THE SHADOWS AT 12:47

I’ve been watching clips of load aim burn since I was in middle school. It warms my heart to see this be brought to life by such amazing artists. I am really looking forward to episode 2 and keep up the good work ^^.

I can really appreciate this sound design and background lighting. Kudos to the sound designers and background artists.

Really can't wait!! There are so many talented people in this project and I bet this will be awesome! Edit: just finished the ep, I was mindblowm! Really loved the beautiful art quality and the amazing voice acting!

bro checked one basket and just dipped 💀

OH MY GOODNESS! This honestly lived up to all my expectations and more! The art is genuinely gorgeous in some shots, the world definitely feels lived in and I think the sets definitely helped with that effect, the characters and setup are very intriguing, the soundtrack is just everything!!! And on a more personal note, it feels so good to see a project like this succeed. Being reminded that it actually CAN be done gives me a lot more hope for the future of shows as a medium, especially in the wake of the cancellations of so many beloved animated shows on the AAA side of things. I'm very excited to see where this goes from here! Especially to see how the rest of the characters play into things!

This is truly gorgeous, Asha! Many congratulations on an epic first episode! ❤

i made the mistake of thinking the father figure would live

This is so beautiful, I really really wish you didn’t choose the pinkipie voice for the main character

I just found this randomly on my fyp and 4 minutes in love it already

I honestly have no words, this introduction; this first episode, was absolutely STUNNING. Seriously, everything about it. The voice acting, the atmosphere, the soundtrack, the way it had me wondering what would happen next. As someone who pays very close attention to how shows are made, and as someone who is planning on making a series like this myself, this was very well done. I am greatly looking forward for the next episode of Load Aim Burn, keep up the fantastic work!!! ^^

I am a bit on the fence on this. Too many questions with too few explanations. Of course the first episode of anything is supposed to leave you wanting for more, and to leave you asking questions. But I feel this doesnt tells you nowhere enough to know the premise of the show. A couple more words about the conflict would have helped. I dont know about that healer and thats okay. But I dont even know if the protagonist knows. Was that just a normal healer of the village? Or someone/something she had never seen who was trying to help? It seems like its the later, but the reactions of the characters dont communicate that well. While in other things you go way overboard and dont trust your public. When I saw the dad dropping one of the lamps on the water I immediately knew it was likely for the mother who had passed away. You set that up with the explanation of the old cat, and then with the dad going out and doing that. You didnt need to slap us in the face with him outright explaining it. The source of the noise when they were looking for the basket....Wtf was that? And we justify the escape of the girl because the evil guys are too idiots/lazy to think that 1 out of 2 baskets could be empty, while the other one could have things. Trying to do constructive criticism here tho. Nice overall. Thanks for it.

man what a beautiful and well done animation man, everything is so beautiful the scenes, the characters, the movement everything is so incredible. I can't wait for ep 2 to be released I hope it never ends🥺💕

I am so happy to finally see the first episode out! I have been waiting for sooo long. And it was well worth the wait.

I'm excited for this. My friend sent it to me a few days ago, and since then I've been rewatching it over and over again. I'm also really looking forward to the next episode whenever it's posted. Keep up the great work ^^

This is so amazing and im glad to have followed you since you started posting about this idea! The animation is gorgeous and everyone did so well with their voice parts, the dialogue and sound design is phenomenal too!

I used to watch your animations all the time!! I’m so happy to see your series has been put into a full episode! Kudos to you, and everyone who worked on this project

I’m so excited to see the rest of this series! So great!

its amazing to finally see the first episode finished! everyone did a very good job!! im at a loss of words right now, but all i can say is that, if the first episode looks this amazing, i bet the next ones are gonna be even more amazing, keep up the good work, team!