Just4youstudios

Nick Hiratsuka (born: ), better known online as Just4YouStudios, is an American YouTuber who makes various content. His most famous work is the Transcrafters Minecraft roleplay, a roleplay based on Michael Bays Transformers film series.
== Transcrafters ==
Transcrafters is a Minecraft roleplay created by Just4YouStudios. It is based off of Michael Bays first three instalments (original trilogy) of his Transformers film series and serves as its Minecraft parody. It consists of two specials and three season, with ten episodes per season. The series is currently on a hiatus, with it taking place between the second and third episodes of season 3. With the exception of the first episode of the second season, all characters are voiced by Nick. The tenth episode of season 3, the series finale, was filmed on January 5th 2021 and the final eight episodes are expected to start getting released in February, with an episode being uploaded every week. If the final episode gets released in 2021 then the series'll come to a closure after seven years of making.
===Installments===
*Transformers: War for Cybertron (Special)
*Transcrafters (Season 1)
*Transcrafters: Revenge of the Dragon (Season 2)
*Transcrafters: Dawn of the End (Special)
*Transcrafters: Depths of the Void (Season 3)
===Non-canon media:===
*Transformers 4 in Minecraft pt. 1
*Transformers 4 in Minecraft pt. 2
*Transformers 5 in Minecraft
=== Characters ===
Humans:
* Archibald Witwicky (Mentioned; Deceased)
* Bobby Bolivia
* Carly Spencer
* Colin Banes (Mentioned)
* Dylan Gould
* Falaza
* Glenn Morshower
* Helicopter pilot (Deceased)
* J4U's driver (Deceased)
* Jerry Wang
* Judith "Judy" Witwicky (Mentioned)
* Lyndon B. Johnson (Deceased)
* Manny
* Michael (Deceased) 
* Michael's daughter (Mentioned)
* Mikaela Banes (Deceased)
* President
* Robert Epps
* Ronald "Ron" Witwicky
* Samuel James "Sam" Witwicky
* Scout Team Alpha leader (Deceased)
* Seymour Rutherford Simmons
* Siarram Ahazi (Mentioned; Deceased)
* Tom Banachek (Deceased)
* Trent DeMarco (Mentioned)
* Tunak Tunak Tun (Mentioned; Deceased)
* USA army general (Deceased)
* Vanessa
* William Lennox
Autobots:
* Air Raid
* Arcee (Deceased)
* Autobot Protoforms (Deceased)
* Bumblebee
* Chromia (Deceased)
* Cliffjumper (Deceased)
* Elita-One (Deceased)
* Hot Rod
* Ironhide
* J4U (Deceased)
* Jazz (Deceased)
* Jetfire (Deceased)
* Jetfire's Aerialbots (Mentioned; Deceased)
* Jolt (Deceased)
* Mirage
* Mudflap (Deceased)
* Optimus Prime
* Ratchet
* Roadbuster
* Sentinel Prime
* Sideswipe
* Skids (Deceased)
* Springer
* Subwoofer
* Ultra Magnus
* Wheeljack
* Zeta Prime (Mentioned; Deceased)
Decepticons:
* Alice (Deceased)
* Barricade
* Berserker
* Blackout (Deceased)
* Blitzwing
*Bludgeon
* Bonecrusher (Deceased)
* Brawl (Deceased)
* Breakdown (Deceased)
* Car sale Decepticon
* Crankcase
* Crowbar
* Cybertron Protoforms (Deceased)
* Dark Energon Constructions (Deceased)
* Demolishor (Deceased)
* Devastator (Deceased)
* Dreadbot
* Driller
* Frenzy (Deceased)
* Grindor (Deceased)
*Hatchet
* Hightower (Deceased)
* Knockout
* Laserbeak
* Long Haul (Deceased)
* Luggnut
* Megatron
* Mixmaster (Deceased)
* Nitro Zeus
* Onslaught
* Overload (Deceased)
* Rampage (Deceased)
* Ravage (Deceased)
* Repair Bot
* ROTD Protoforms (Deceased)
* Scorponok (Deceased)
* Shockwave
* Sideways (Deceased)
* Skywarp
* Soundwave
* Starscream
* The Fallen (Deceased)
* Thundercracker
* Tidal Wave (Deceased)
* Transcrafters Protoforms (Deceased)
* Wreckage (Deceased)
Other characters:
* Alpha Trion (Deceased)
* Iron Golems (Deceased)
* Nexus Prime (Deceased)
* Primus (Mentioned; Deceased)
* Stinger (Deceased)
* Vector Prime (Deceased)
=== Making of Transcrafters ===
With the exceptions of story writing where Dylan and Luke share some of their ideas, the Transcrafters saga is made solely by Nick. While he only came up with the story for the specials since they're not adapted from the films, the sasons require a lot much work. In a J4U vlog he revealed his working process:
# He watches the whole film and writes down every scene.
# He makes the story from this notes, adding and discarding stuff until he has the outlined for the story.
# He searches for a good Minecraft seed, downloads it, and build necessary structures.
# He searches for good skins for the non-playable characters. 
# He creates the NPCs and modifies them to make them stand/sit/lie in a special position, help his in battles, make them hostile, make them neutral, or just make them stand. He also names them in order for the viewers to recognize them.
# He equips the NPCs with a weapon.
# He records the episode/special. This tends to take a lot of time due to multiple reasons:
## He gets killed when he was not supposed to die.
## He thinks that a certain fight was too short, so he brings the enemy's health up and restarts the fight.
## The friendly NPCs (typically the Autobots) occasionally run off and "hug" rather then going into a fight.
## He believes that a certain scene made the characters look "cringy" or bad so he restarts it.
## The NPCs aren't facing the right way in the scenes where they're talking to someone. This is according to him the most annoying part of making the series.
# The series also tends to get into a lot of post-filming problems:
## Since there's so much going on, the episodes take longer to upload then the regular videos (the seventh episode of season 2 took at least a day to upload)
## The footage tends to get corrupted often, though it's always saved on another computer.
## The main computer for post-production had problems at least once during the filming process (according to Nick it "basicaly exploded"). This was one of the three main reasons that the third episode of season 3 went on a hiatus for nearly 2 years (the other two being that the group was working on multiple short films at the time, and that Nick ended up becoming incredibly bussy during 2020 and his channel as a whole became inactive because of that.
==Short films==
Just4YouStudios is known for his production of short films. In release order they are:
*It's Not Just a Joke (CyberBullying short film)
*Life's Overhelming Variety of Emotions (Cinematic cut)
*The Knock (Horror short film)
*Houseless (Homeless short film)
*(E)X-MAS (A Christmas musical)
*Seeing Red (Drama short film)
*Georgie's Choice (Comedy short film)
*Tears of the Night (Experimental short)
=== The Knock ===
The short film opens up with Anna (Shae Jones) and Eddie (Willy Seidel) having an argument in the kitchen. Anna yells at Eddie for cheating on her, though he yells back at her that she has her own faults and that he hasn't done anything wrong. He is even more angered when Anna grabs a bunch of poems that he wrote from a cupboard, with all of them saying that he hopes she dies. She calls him a psychopath, causing Eddie to storm off. Shortly after someone knocks on the door and when Anna opens them, Eddie comes in and attempts to strangle her. She manages to escape from him and hides in the kitchen where she ultimately stabs him with a knife.
Elsewhere, high school student Sarah (Emily Quiroz) and her friend Michael (Chris Musicant) drive to a house where they and their friends are set to hang out for the last time before their graduation. Sarah complains that they should be celebrating the occasion, with Michael saying that one of their friends Alex (Eleanor Brillo) has some fun stuff planned. She teases him about his crush on her, though he dismisses her by saying that she is already in a happy relationship. They then enter the house where they are greeted by Alex, her boyfriend Tyler (Dylan Burish), his one year younger sister Ellie (Heaven Dobkins), and Ellie's best friend Ben (Christian Cooper). They sit down and Alex brings an ouija board to the table, although Michael throws it away, angrily stating that they won't play with ghosts in a house they have never been in before (with Alex revealing that the house belongs to her aunts who's on a business trip). The group then starts watching a horror movie while someone approaches the house from outside.
Someone knocks on the door and Alex goes to see who it is. Once she opens the door she finds a ripped apart doll and a threatening poem addresed to Anna. She reads the note to the others and reveals to them that Anna is her aunt. Tyler and Michael dismiss the note as a prank by one of their classmates Andrew. Tyler then receives a text, saying that one of his cousins needs a ride home. He tells the others to finish the movie and that he'll be back soon. However, shortly after he leaves, Alex pauses the movie, telling the others that she doesn't feel comfortable watching a scary movie after seeing that doll. Ben and Ellie start flirting with each other, something which Michael, Sarah and Alex notice. They start teasing the two but stop when they hear another knock on the door. Alex goes to open the door, only to see Tyler lying dead on the porch with another note and a bloody doll next to him. The rest of the group comes to the door and a horrified Ellie hugs Ben while Michael comforts Alex. Sarah reads the note, with it saying that Anna has to remain in the house at least until the day. The teens attempt to call 911 but the power goes out before they can do so.
As Ellie, Sarah, Alex, and Michael panic, Ben starts laughing nervously. Convinces that this is just a prank, he angrily tells them that this isn't funny and leaves the house despite Ellie's please to stay. Ellie collapses on the ground crying, and Sarah tells Alex that Michael has a crush on her, as he is unable to do so himself. Another knock on the door is heard and after brief hesitation Alex opens it, with Ben's decapitated corpse lying in front on the doorway with the doll and a note. Michael reads the note in which the messanger threatens Anna that he'll break into the house and kill her. They lock the doors and Ellie has a mental breakdown due to her brother and best friend's deaths. The group decides to head to the garage in order to get some tools to board up the door. Ellie stays behind to mourn but she is startled by another knock on the door. As she prepares to leave, the knocking suddenly transfers to the window. She goes to check it out and sees a bloody hand on it. She opens the window and is then attacked by the killer. The others start to worry about her disappearance and go to check on her. They find her sitting on a chair in the hall, with a strange joker-like figure creeping around her. The killer kills Ellie by snapping her neck and then proceeds to chase Alex, Sarah, and Michael. Sarah runs in the garage while Alex and Michael hide inside the kitchen due to Alex tripping on their way there. The killer finds the two and kills Alex by stabbing her in the chest with the knife she just grabbed. Michael pulls the knife out of her as the killer watches. 
The killer enters the garage and starts creeping around Sarah. He asks her about Anna's whereabouts and lifts the garage door, after which he escapes as it is already daytime. Sarah calls her mother, unaware that she has been murdered by Anna. Anna starts reading The Raven and the movie ends.
==The J4U team==
*Nick Hiratsuka (J4U) - Founder, content creator
*Luke (TheFilmFisher) - Content creator, editor
*Rafael (ThatOneArtGuy) - Content creator, art director
*Marco (NewArtGuyMRE) - Content creator, assistant art director
*Dylan (DylanPlays) - Content creator
*Willy - Content creator
*In addition to the main members, various people help Nick with his short films. Many people who used to work with the group had since departed as well
== Trivia ==
* The Transcrafters saga was in production from 2014 to 2021 - or seven years.
* Nick is known for his changes made to the Transcrafters storyline. While the main story and plot line remains the same, many new characters are introduced, many are scrapped, additional scenes are filmed, short scenes are extended, and much more deaths occur. Many of those characters, scenes and deaths are adapted from the comics, novelizations and games, though many are created by Nick himself.
* In a J4U vlog, Nick mentioned that he loves killing off characters, especially the ones that didn't die in the movies. This is one of the reasons for so much deaths, the other being that he tries to connect the films which Bay performed poorly.
* Nick mentioned that ever since he was working on season 2, he dropped the plans for making Transcrafters versions of Age of Extinction and The Last Knight. He said in a livestream that it's because those two films originally weren't meant to be made, and because he doesn't want to have another hiatus for the series.
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