Alan Becker

Alan Becker (born May 18, 1989) is an American online animator, YouTube personality and artist, best known for creating the Animator vs. Animation web series.

Not to be confused with Alan S. Becker.

Alan Becker
Personal information
Born (1989-05-18) May 18, 1989
Dublin, Ohio, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationColumbus College of Art and Design
Occupations
SpouseKaori Becker
Websitealanbecker.net
YouTube information
Also known asnoogai89, noogai, noogai3
Channel
Years active2006–present
Genres
Subscribers22 million[1]
Total views6.9 billion[1]
100,000 subscribers2014
1,000,000 subscribers2016
10,000,000 subscribers2020
Last updated: 14 May 2023

Becker has created short form videos (both Animator vs. Animation Shorts[lower-alpha 1] and Actual Shorts) and various spin-offs, these include: Animation vs. Minecraft (and its shorts, Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts[lower-alpha 2]), Animation vs. YouTube (featuring many well-known YouTubers as well as early YouTube viral videos), Animation vs. League of Legends, Animation vs. Pokémon, Animation vs. Super Mario Bros and Animation vs. Arcade Games on both Newgrounds and YouTube.[2]

Early life and education

Becker was born in Dublin, Ohio. He graduated from Scioto High School in 2007, and attended Columbus College of Art and Design, graduating in 2013.[3]

Career

When he was growing up, Becker's family owned one computer that was shared between him and his siblings. It was through this computer that he began experimenting with pixel art, beginning in 2001. Two of Becker's favorite animated short films were the 1953 Looney Tunes short Duck Amuck and the 1959 adaptation of Harold and the Purple Crayon, both of which contained animated characters using their surroundings to draw things out, which would become major inspirations for his later works.[4] Eventually becoming homeschooled in 2005, Becker received his first laptop, an Acer TravelMate, which he used to begin animating using Macromedia Flash (later Adobe Flash Professional and currently Adobe Animate); his first official animation, titled Pink Army, was posted on Newgrounds in 2006.

On June 3, 2006, at the age of 17, Becker posted the hit animation Animator vs. Animation on Newgrounds, where it quickly went viral and led to it being re-uploaded on various media websites. According to Becker, an unnamed company offered him $75 for "exclusive rights" to "Animator vs Animation", but he decided against it, heeding the advice of Steven Lerner, owner of Albino Blacksheep. Later, he discovered that his animation had been uploaded to the notorious entertainment website eBaum's World without permission. After Steven Lerner used this as evidence in a legal battle against eBaum's World, Becker accepted a $250 payment for use of the animation. However, following a change of heart, he claimed to have returned the money and had the animation removed.[4]

Atom Films persuaded and funded Becker to create a sequel after the success of his first animation, and so he created Animator vs. Animation II. In 2007, then 14-year-old Charles Yeh offered to create an online game based on the animation, and after looking at his impressive work, Becker agreed to collaborate with him.[5]

On November 21, 2017, Becker announced that he was working with Insanity Games to create a card game based on his animations.[6] It was released in May 2018.[7][8]

Starting on November 18, 2017, Becker started making new short Minecraft animations, called the AvM Shorts, due to the fact that Animation vs. Minecraft was starting to receive more attention, beating Animator vs. Animation as the most-viewed video on his channel.[9] On June 30, 2018, at 09:44:52 EST, Animation vs. Minecraft reached 100 million views on YouTube, along with a video showing its spin-off, Animation vs. League of Legends.[10]

On October 29, 2019, Becker joined #TeamTrees and created a fundraising video titled "Blue's New Superpower"; he also donated $5,100 to the organization.[11]

On December 5, 2020, Becker released Animator vs. Animation V, a collection of his Animator vs. Animation Shorts episodes.[12]

On April 29, 2023, Becker released the first episode of Animator vs. Animation VI titled "Wanted", a continuation to "Animator vs. Animation V" after almost 3 years. [13]

Awards

In 2007, Animator vs. Animation II won a "People's Choice" Webby Award.[14]

Filmography
Year Video Notes
2006Pink ArmyAlan Becker's first published animation to Newgrounds.
Animator vs. Animation
2007Animator vs. Animation IIWon a "People's Choice" Webby Award
2011Animator vs. Animation III
2014Animator vs. Animation IV
2015Animation vs. Minecraft
2017Animation vs. YouTube
Animation vs. Minecraft ShortsLatest Video: The King - Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Ep 30
2018Animator vs Animation ShortsLatest Video: Wanted - Animator vs Animation VI Ep 1
Animation vs. League of Legends
2019Animation vs. Pokémon
Animation vs. Super Mario Bros
2020Animator vs. Animation V
2021Animation vs. Arcade Games
2022Actual Shorts
2023Animator vs. Animation VI

Notes
  1. Commonly abbreviated as AvA Shorts.
  2. Commonly abbreviated as AvM Shorts

References
  1. "About Alan Becker". YouTube.
  2. Schechner, Sam (June 22, 2007). "The Joy of Sticks". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
  3. Noblit, Jenniferddd. "Becker shooting for 4th 'Animator vs. Animation' installment". Dublin Villager.
  4. Becker, Alan (June 3, 2016). "The Story of Animator vs. Animation – 10 Year Anniversary".
  5. "Animator vs. Animation Game". ALAN BECKER. November 20, 2018. Archived from the original on February 27, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  6. Alan Becker (November 21, 2017), Animator vs. Animation – The Card Game!!, retrieved February 21, 2018
  7. "Animator vs Animation, The Official Card Game". Kickstarter. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  8. "Participate :: Animator vs Animation, The Official Card Game by iN'Sanity Games?". insanitygames.pledgemanager.com. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  9. Becker, Alan (November 18, 2017). "Introducing AVM Shorts". ALAN BECKER. Archived from the original on December 2, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  10. Alan Becker (June 30, 2018), 100 MILLION VIEWS, retrieved February 27, 2019
  11. Alan Becker (October 29, 2019), Blue's New Superpower – #TeamTrees, retrieved November 1, 2019
  12. "Animator vs. Animation V (official) – YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  13. "Wanted - Animator vs. Animation VI - Ep 1 – YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  14. "Animator vs Animation II | The Webby Awards". Retrieved February 21, 2018.
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