Studio Massa

Studio Massa is a Dutch YouTuber and animator. He is otherwise best known for his animation pilot of Ongezellig, which in recent years has gained a huge audience from English-speaking countries.
==History==
In the earlier days, he used to make YouTube Poops, mostly on Dutch-speaking children's cartoons like ,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eobW75noWHghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQjj_-LoJmk ,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VTW9i9eGYY and .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71OvQgpmUT0 They were mostly uploaded on his first channel, created in March 31, 2010.https://www.youtube.com/@StudioMassa/about
He would later get into animating, uploading "De wereld is mooi"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bZaqXC8hxw and "vogeltje.mp4"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ1HvV50M94 starring the titular characters from Samson en Gert on his second channel by the same name in 2012, before uploading a full animation about the two on his main one in 2013,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSipCLIUE_c also featuring and (or known as Bobbie in the Netherlandshttps://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbie_(Kuifje)). He would stop posting on the 2010 channel, and would start focusing on uploading to the second channel.
In April 15, 2015, he would start his first animated series "Geschiedenis (voor idioten)" ("History (for idiots)" in English), consisting of short and comedic animations of historical figures. The first one he did was about the 16th president of the United States .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3Ka8IejAl4 Later in January 20, 2017, he did a "voor idioten" animation on the , which had a gag where a islander gets knocked out by a Dutch explorer after giving a coconut as "spices", with red text reading "Gekoloniseerd" appearing, akin to a GTA "Wasted" screen.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFgfrv7AfWw This would spawn a meme popular on Dutch internet and history meme circles.https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gekoloniseerd Studio Massa has also made videos depicting as a rapper under the name Stille Willem (or Silent William).https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYXU4Ir4-8GNiRNzMsPvVmhR3L1zjPHmB
On July 2018, he made a part 1 to Ongezellig, an original pilot about three sisters Maya, Coco, and Mymy Schoppenboer (the latter two are adopted).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvDrBWHvfeM (unlisted) He would later unlist the video and made a remastered version combined with part 2 the next year.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tt2ZmH-3uc It would gain some positive reviews among his fans, and asked if they can support it on Patreon. Massa in response opened a Petje.af (a Dutch equivalent to Patreon) instead.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=261VTC2sIcg (unlisted)
After uploading the other four parts once a year (ending on 2022), he unfortunately announced its cancellation as a full series in a Petje.af post on February 6, 2024, mainly due to burnout and not enough funding for the show.https://petjeaf.com/ongezellig/posts/ongezellige-update-130-dubbelslot He decided that due to the cancellation, he made the music and the additional illustrations (which are previously exclusive to the Petje.af) public through a Google Drive folder.https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Tq8xoVVOL2jcuqKrq40QKzn7tc2J4wEA?usp=drive_link
He is currently working on a new History project named "The Dutch Iceberg", with one part currently out as of January 2024.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra8muTLMpPo
==Trivia==
*All of his profile pictures originated from the facial expressions from Rollercoaster Tycoon (angry, happy, and vomiting).
*Massa is a fan of the Welsh rock band . He made an animation of their song from their album , visually depicting some of the lyrics.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jId6T1uvnLU
**He made a comment on a documentary video by Trash Theory on Manic Street Preachers and their album.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZTF8QS6l8U&lc=UgwOIpBTIGvBRpaztkl4AaABAg
==References==
Category:Animation YouTubers
Category:Music YouTubers
Category:Meme YouTubers
Category:Comedy YouTubers
Category:Dutch YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2010