Rainimator

*Not to be confused with* Rain Wynter*, the main protagonist of Fractures.*

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**Rain Allen Olaguer** (born 19 July 1999), known online as **Rainimator**, is a Filipino YouTuber and *Minecraft* animator. Rain is currently 24 years old and specializes in animated music videos. According to the Minecraft Animation Wiki, he is currently the 30st most subscribed *Minecraft* animator with 2.1M subscribers.

Rain is best known for *Fractures*, his saga of interconnected *Minecraft* music videos which draws its ties from steampunk and fantasy. He collaborates frequently with Blacklite District and WE ARE FURY, and has held past collaborations with TryHardNinja and TheFatRat. He uses the software Cinema 4D to animate.

## Personal life and education

Rain Allen Olaguer was born on 19 July, 1999 in the Philippines. He is a college student and aspiring animator & programmer, and is currently enrolled in AB Animation at the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde and formerly in the University of Santo Tomas, both in Manila, Philippines.

## Career

### Radapedaxa Content

His first videos consisted of him playing GTA, Gmod, and Pokemon; however, these have since been eclipsed by the popularity of his Minecraft videos.

Radapedaxa's Youtube was originally just a standard gaming channel, however with the release of Shut Up and Mine, the channel's popularity exploded, and more music videos were created. Most songs were parodies of pre-existing and highly popular songs, the most reoccuring parodies being based off songs by The Chainsmokers and One Direction.

The content of the channel is unrelated, despite popular belief, to the current Rainimator Universe, confirmed by Rainimator himself.

#### Herobrine Series

Rain has created a series of parody songs informally known as the Herobrine Series. These videos, when watched in order, tell the story of Herobrine and his attempts to conquer Minecraftia with a mob army.

The Herobrine series, in order:

1. **Herobrine's Life** (Parody of "Something Just Like This" by *The Chainsmokers* and *Coldplay*)
2. **Take Me Down** (Parody of "Drag Me Down" by *One Direction*)
3. **Monster Crew** (Parody of "Shape of You" by *Ed Sheeran*)
4. **Raiders** (Parody of "Closer" by *the Chainsmokers*)
5. **Gold** (Parody of "7 Years" by *Lukas Graham*)
6. **The Last Stand**
7. **Nether Reaches** (Parody of "Stitches" by *Shawn Mendes*)

#### Others

These songs were a group of parodies of pre-existing songs at the time that had been immensely popular. Alike to the Herobrine series, these are unrelated to the Fractures Series.

* **Crafted** (Parody of "Perfect" by *One Direction*.)
* **Shut Up and Mine** (Parody of "Shut Up and Dance" by *Walk the Moon*.)
* **Diamond Sword** (Parody of "Demons" by *Imagine Dragons*.)
* **Emeralds** (Parody of "Rude" by *MAGIC!*)
* **Mines Below** (Parody of "All We Know" by *the Chainsmokers*.)
* **Hypixel Minigames** (Parody of "She Looks so Perfect" by *5 Seconds of Summer.*)
* **12 Nights of Survival** (Christmas Parody of "12 Days of Christmas".)
* **Creeper** (Parody of "Sugar" by *Maroon 5*.)

**Mines Below**, **Crafted** and **Shut Up and Mine** all belong to the same storyline.

### CubeWorks controversy

Ownership of his old channel — **Radapedaxa** — was falsely claimed by PowerTV, a multi-channel network (MCN). Rain was contacted by a man named Alex Edson, the CEO of PowerTV, who offered $35,000 for 'rebranding rights' to his channel. After Rain accepted the offer, Edson forced him out of his own channel and took the channel and revenue for his own profit, renaming it CubeWorks (later Redstone Records). This spurred outrage in Rain's fanbase and thousands of fans unsubscribing. CubeWorks itself posted compilations of past videos and did not create any original content whatsoever, until the end of its two-year absence.

Although Rain found a lawyer, he couldn't afford to take legal action against PowerTV (which would be in excess of $10K) and simply started a new channel on June 30, 2017, called Rainimator. He affiliated with the Freedom! MCN, who verified his channel and connected him to their team of composers: Music Factory.

Rain would later describe CubeWorks as a 'dubious MCN practice' and has since moved on, gaining even more popularity with his new channel. He has expressed reluctance to discuss the controversy.

### Rainimator Content

As **Rainimator**, he has made a new Minecraft Music video series (known as Fractures) centering on a new character named Rain, who faces the challenges of a harsh world as mankind is forced to the brink of extinction. Most songs in this series are originals by either Blacklite District or THR3, with Wither Heart, a Season 2 Song, being made by TryHardNinja. The new channel is affiliated with the Freedom! MCN.

#### Fractures Series

##### Season 1 - Herobrine's Revenge

The first season of the series focuses on the fight against Herobrine and the Undead, and focuses solely on Rain and the Frostbourne. All are performed by Blacklite District.
In release order:

1. The Struggle
2. Cold as Ice
3. We Are the Danger
4. Just So You Know
5. Goodbye (finale)

##### Season 2: The Last Ender Watcher

The second season of the series, it is about the rise of the Nether Horde against the End and the Overworld. Most of the main cast of Season 1 return for this, plus new additions such as Kralos, Naeus, Hogsworth, Infernius and the Netherbane. Majority of the songs are by Blacklite District as well as THR3, with Wither Heart being performed by TryHardNinja.

1. Wings of Salvation
2. Hard Pill to Swallow
3. Wither Heart
4. Ender Wish
5. Wishing Dead
6. Falling
7. Cold as Ice: The Remake (finale)

##### Season 3: Endstone Crusaders

The third season of the series is about how the Endstone Crusaders locates and collect the End Crystals that's spreaded across the Overworld after the infiltration upon The End whilst the Frostbourne strategically tries their best to fend off the Nether Horde.

1. Be Afraid
2. Eternal
3. Gotta Get Outta Here
4. Clear Skies
5. Back into Darkness
6. Already Dead
7. Preach to the Choir
8. We are the Danger XL (finale)

##### Special Episodes

Special Episodes (also known as 'fillers') were created to cover parts of the lore that had been left open ended until now. All special episodes took place during the events of Season 1. They were released at different points in time.
In release order:

1. Begin Again
2. 1 of a Kind
3. Nightmares
4. Poison

#### War of the Ender Kingdoms

A prequel series in progress, this series follows Gwendolyn in the War of the Ender Kingdoms, as the fledgling Ender Watchers fight to stop the tyranny of Lance, Lord of the Void Islands.

1. War of the Ender Kingdoms (Trailer)
2. To The Void
3. The Brave

#### Our Song Universe

The Our Song universe is a passion project of Rainimator, following the adventures of Cynthia Rose and the MCPD as they investigate the shady underworld of Mattupolis.

1. Our Song
2. Red Line

#### Rainimator Shorts

Alongside his larger episodes, smaller Rainimator 'Shorts' were announced to be in the works, however, only one has been made public.

1. Iron Hearted  (*Fractures, In progress*)

#### Non-Canon

As well as the Fractures Series/Universe and other continums, Rainimator has made other animations, either for school or as part of a collab. They are as follows:

1. A Christmas Special (*ft. TheBlueJerome*)
2. Noob's Adventures

## Voice Acting

Throughout the Fractures series, Rain has taken a prodominant role in Voice Acting some of his more antagonistic characters. He voices the following:

* We Are the Danger - Voice of Herobrine
* Fractures Trailer - Voice of Herobrine
* Hard Pill to Swallow - Voice of Kralos

## Trivia

* Rainimator is heavily into Cosplay, having done cosplays for...
	+ Ren Amamiya/Joker (Persona 5)
	+ Zhongli/Morax (Genshin Impact)
	+ Giyu Tomioka (Demon Slayer)
	+ Xiao (Genshin Impact)
	+ Dan Heng (Honkai Star Rail)

## References

The following references contain links to the official Rainimator Discord.To gain access to this content, join the Rainimator Discord and follow the instructions provided to verify yourself and gain access to other channels.
1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.instagram.com/radapedaxa/?hl=en
2. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/478232666781646889/480236492749406220/601438677964423172
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/rainolaguer
4. ↑ https://minecraftanimation.fandom.com/wiki/List\_of\_most\_subscribed\_Minecraft\_animators\_on\_YouTube
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/rainolaguer/status/1004575575804076033
6. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/Radapedaxa