This week on the channel +9.2M views this week

Puppet faces and eagle feathers fill Zver's Wildwood week

Two stop-motion explainers connect LAIKA's fantasy world with the tiny mechanisms behind Emily's smile in Corpse Bride.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Why This Movie Took 15 Years to Make?

A giant golden eagle takes around 3,000 hours to build, according to Zver's look at Wildwood. Attaching its feathers is just one part of the painstaking work packed into "Why This Movie Took 15 Years to Make?", the most watched of the channel's three new uploads.

The Short goes behind the scenes of LAIKA's stop-motion fantasy, showing animators adjusting puppets on physical sets and explaining how replacement faces supply their changing expressions. It has reached roughly 70,000 views. In the comments, viewers discuss the dedication involved, share plans to see the film and debate whether digital tools would justify shortening that long production process.

That interest in miniature engineering carries into "How They Made Emily Smile in Corpse Bride". Here, Zver describes the tiny mechanical gears inside the puppets' heads and the work behind Emily's flowing veil. Corpse Bride was co-directed by Tim Burton and Mike Johnson, with Helena Bonham Carter voicing Emily. The week's other upload, "You Can Now Buy 3D Printed Steak", swaps handmade characters for manufactured food.

Away from the new releases, "No One Can Read This Book" remains the channel's strongest daily draw, followed by "What is he Doing?". Zver added subscribers over the week, while daily viewing is running above its usual level. It also had the largest weekly views gain among the nearby curiosity channels, with Pins Guy having a substantial week too and Vin Explains much quieter.

For Zver's new uploads, though, the distinctive thread is how much machinery and patient handwork can hide inside a puppet's expression.

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What viewers say

A beautiful movie love stop motion the dedication is insane i cant wait for them to make another movie
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I’m seeing this on Wednesday I’m excited
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It must be soo difficult, this movie deserve Oscar ❤🎉
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