MOONSHINE ANIMATIONS

Kim Mun Ki, better known online as MOONSHINE ANIMATIONS, is a South Korean-American YouTuber and animator, that makes stop motion animations that are known for their dark shading, gory visuals, dark humor, and usage of branded action figures. Moonshine is most recognized for his Shrapnel series, including the character Cecilia, a "murder machine" doll with claws for hands.
==History==
Moonshine joined YouTube on December 2nd, 2011. His first video, titled "I'm Not Broken: A Madoka Stop-Motion", was uploaded a day after joining. After that, he uploaded several more Figma stop-motions over the next months. On November 6th, 2013, the channel uploaded a video titled "Maggot - Concept Video", a live-action video reportedly made for his directing class.
On July 21st, 2014, a stop-motion titled "The Wolf and the Kitty - Figma Stop-Motion Feat. Guts and Kuroneko" became the most viewed video on the channel by far. On July 31st, "Link Into Darkness - Figma Stop Motion" became one of the other most viewed videos on the channel, featuring Cecilia (then called the Doll from Hell) and Link, a popular character from the Legend of Zelda franchise.
Sometime in early 2015, Moonshine began working on "Off the Grid", a children's stop motion uploaded by the channel Stikbot Central, designed to promote the stop-motion toyset Stikbot Animations.
Sometime in Early 2017, Moonshine uploaded a video titled "Kill Contract: Minions", which featured a new character, Liliya Reznya, hunting a rogue group of Minions, from the Despicable Me franchise. This video was later removed under copyright claims, but despite of this it has been reuploaded many times, while endorsed by Moonshine. The Kill Contract series is actually part of a larger series, titled "A Side Of Shrapnel". 
On April 26th, 2018, a sequel, titled "Kill Contract 2: Once Upon a Time in Uganda - Roblox & Ugandan Knuckles Stop-Motion" was uploaded. It was later revealed that A Side Of Shrapnel, along with other "miniseries", would promote a larger project, titled "Shrapnel". An official soundtrack for Shrapnel was released; the release date is unknown.
Around the same time of Kill Contract, a video titled "Peppa Pig and the Murder Machine" was uploaded. It featured the character Cecilia (now voiced by Emirichu) murdering various characters from the children's show Peppa Pig. The Video became the most viewed video on the channel, with well over 4,000,000 views before being taken down for violation of the YouTube Community Guidelines in summer 2019.
Moonshine currently works as a contractor at Playstation.
==Notable Series==
*A Side of Shrapnel - This series features several "slice of life" stories, set in a post-apocalyptic world where the Earth has stopped spinning. As such, it is always either cold and dark or bright and sunny. Kill Contract is a subseries featuring the character Reznya hunting bounties. The first episode, Kill Contract: Minions, was removed for using characters from the Despicable Me franchise.
*Figure Reviews - A series where Moonshine reviews stop motion figures from brands like Figma or SH Figuarts. There are also animations where characters from the channel review the figures instead.
*Off The Grid- A post-apocalyptic action drama stop motion series using Stikbot toy figures. While it features characters and locations from the Shrapnel series, it also has a new cast and is never explicitly confirmed to be in the same universe. It was uploaded on the Stikbot Central channel, owned by Stikbot manufacturer Zing.
==Notable Characters==
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|-| Cecilia=
Cecilia the Murder Machine, also called the Doll from Hell or the Nightmare With Claws (in Off the Grid), is arguably the channel's most iconic character. She served as the channel's de facto mascot for a time and is featured in several series on the channel. In the A Side of Shrapnel series, she is a Death Engine, an artificial race of violent and powerful beings who are frequently hired to serve as companions or bodyguards. Cecilia is best known for her metallic claws and is occasionally seen wearing a mask. She is voiced by Emirichu.
|-| Reznya=
Liliya Reznya, often known by just her last name, is the main protagonist of the Kill Contract series and a main character in the A Side of Shrapnel series. Reznya is an Aberrant Hunter-Gatherer and a feared bounty hunter. She has prosthetic limbs that augment her abilities and is a member of a book club. She prefers using shotguns in combat, as she cannot see through her mask very well. While her face has been briefly shown on the channel, she avoids showing her face to others. Despite this, she has a soft spot for children and will adopt lonely children that she finds. Her best friend is a mysterious being called Juka. She is voiced by Aderumoro.
|-| Alouette=
Alouette Venivici is a Fenri Songbird. She serves as Reznya's nemesis in the A Side of Shrapnel series and is implied to have caused Rezyna's multiple amputations. She is a debt collector and a skilled mechanic. As a member of the Fenri species, she has an indefinite lifespan that spans thousands of years. She travels with Cecilia and her younger friend, Naoe. Alouette rides a white moped with enough room for her team. She is voiced by Pastryfiend.
|-| Potato=
Potato is a slavic child who first appeared in Kill Contract: Minions, where she was adopted by Reznya. She tends to be violent and commanding in nature. She won a game of cards against one of Reznya's friends, who gave her money as an award. She bought a gun, leading to a group of mercenaries attacking her. Alouette saved her life, but stole the gun. When Potato tried to get it back, Alouette nearly killed her.
Potato also serves as the eponymous host to Potato Reviews, where she (and sometimes other characters) review various action figures from many brands.
|-| Goggles=
Goggles is a deformed caricature of the characters Knuckles from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, based on a meme from 2018. His race views Reznya as their queen, as she freed them from slavery in Once Upon a Time in Uganda. He is sent on a mission to gift her a radio- however, along the way, he is attacked by a group of Fortnite characters. He is saved by the Mandalorian Brynn, who joins him on his quest. However, they are once again ambushed, resulting in Goggles being shot. They send out a distress call, which Reznya answers; while she isn't enthusiastic to see one of his kind, Brynn convinces Reznya to reveal her face. Goggles calls her beautiful before succumbing to his wounds. He was voiced by Daidus.
|-| Brynn=
Brynn is a Mandalorian from the Star Wars series, based on the character from the 2019 show. He appeared in A Side of Shrapnel: THIS IS THE WAE. After getting stuck outside his home dimension, he joined Goggles on a journey to deliver a package to Reznya. While Reznya is apathetic towards Goggles' sacrifice, Brynn advocates for him, resulting in her revealing her face. After Goggles succumbed to his injuries, she starts a conversation with Brynn about honor. While she finds the Mandalorian odd, they part ways with respect for each other. Throughout a series of flashbacks, it is revealed that time passes significantly slower in his home dimension. Hundreds of years before his first appearance, he was stranded in the Shrapnel universe for the first time and stayed with a young Alouette and Cecilia before they helped send him home. He was voiced by Coffinjockey.
|-| Juka=
Juka is a mysterious Aberrant with many clawed tentacles. She is Reznya's best friend and resides in a cave near her home. She seems to hoard many random things, such as gardening books. Juka is an "aunt" to Reznya's children and will protect them from attackers.
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==Trivia== 
*He speaks Korean and English.
*He is a Capippalist.https://twitter.com/MoonshineKim/status/1583412936923455489
==References==
Category:Anime YouTubers
Category:Animation YouTubers
Category:Review YouTubers
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:South Korean YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2011