PilotRedSun

Michael Epler (born: 1993 [aged 28/29]), better known online as PilotRedSun (stylized as pilotredsun) and/or Pilotredsky as his new music handle, is an animator and electronic musician known for his avant-garde animation videos that intentionally lack context and use animation errors as a stylistic medium. He is also known for his music, most notably an album titled “Achievement”.
==Content==
PilotRedSun frequently posts animated videos with an avant-garde art style, which use intentional animation errors as a stylistic medium. He also composed and produced the background music for some of his animated videos. Outside of the YouTube channel, he composes music that is not present in his YouTube uploads. Most notably, PilotRedSun's music can be found on his Bandcamp account.
==History==
PilotRedSun launched his YouTube channel on June 24, 2010. He uploaded his first video, titled "What's for Dinner?", on December 21, 2012.
===Album===
Source: pilotredsun communityOn March 29, 2016, PRS released an album called “Achievement” to his YouTube Channel. The album contains 12 tracks, composed of music made by him that may or may not have been used in his past videos. Below are the list of tracks that appeared in this album [UNCOMFIRMED TIMESTAMPS];
Track Name 	Timestamp
greetings 	[3:30]
fat cat 	[4:23]
casino night 	[2:43]
warsaw 	[4:13]
canals 	[3:06]
sadpad 	[3:34]
8-train 	[5:00]
bodybuilder 	[4:02]
funny animals	[4:39]
snow day 	[3:41]
deathly 	[2:48]
thanks 	[3:28]
===Wally Winter (Adult Swim Smalls) ===
Source: pilotedsun community Wally Winter is a miniseries created by pilotredsun for the Adult Swim Smalls program, premiered on December 30, 2019 with the first episode, "Firewood." The second episode, "The Race," was released on February 8, 2021.
The miniseries featured 2 characters; a child named Wally, and his father. Both went to the woods during Winter time to practice how to survive in the woods. His father demonstrates the basics of survival, such as making a campfire and running away from danger. The father is voiced by Nick Flanagan.
According to the pilotredsun community Wiki, it is still unknown if it will still continue after the second episode.
==Pilotredsky==
PilotRedSun also runs another channel titled Pilotredsky, named after his music-only handle. PilotRedSun only uses this channel to post videos of his music, mostly in the IDM genre, in animated loops.
==Trivia==
*In the Achievement album, the track "greetings" was used in the video "Anime eCard Anime Girl greeting card", "casino night" was used in the video of the same name, "bodybuilder" was used in "quaker's oats", and "thanks" was used in "To Be Thankful".
*When asked on Tumblr, PilotRedSun described why his animation style captivates such a large audience: “When there is an error, it distracts the viewer. So when the video is composed of errors, it mesmerizes the viewer”.
*The profile picture for this user is taken from one of his videos, titled “Kraft Dinner (2012)”.
*PilotRedSun also runs a personal channel, Michael Epler. As of the writing of this article, he posted only two videos on said channel, both of which are improv performances on a MIDI keyboard of two software sound synthesizers, namely OP-X Pro and FM8, both of which can be found mentioned on his Tumblr blog.
*PilotRedSun's older handle was "Bittertooth", as pointed out by several sources, such as archives of his FurAffinity page.
*He got his name from an older channel he ran, PokeRemixStudio, often abbreviated as PRS.
==Subscriber milestones==
Category:Animation YouTubers
Category:Music YouTubers
Category:Meme YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2012