Jamie[2] (born: December 26, 1999),[3] better known online as AfroNinja360 (formerly themoviemistro), is a Kiwi YouTuber, artist, animator, and voice actor. He is known for creating absurd and satirical animated parodies, and shorts featuring his channel mascot Ginger alongside other original characters.
Early YouTube[]
Being influenced by other notable YouTuber Animators at the time, some of Jamie's first videos consisted of drawing tutorials filmed with a webcam and short experimental videos. The first video uploaded to the channel on December 29, 2009 was Homer Simpson-Spore, consisting of Homer Simpson recreated in the game Spore.
Jamie's first real attempt at animation came in the form of This Is Sparta uploaded on August 26, 2011. This was done using MS Paint to draw frames and Windows Movie Maker to sync them to audio. Jamie continued to animate using this method until 2016 when he moved to using a Wacom Intuos tablet and Adobe Flash, the more traditionally standard used among internet animators.
Present[]
Jamie continues to upload content such as animations and other videos, on occasion using his channel's community tab to post art and updates. Within the past few years, his animated parody of Super Smash Bros., titled SANS IS IN SMASH GUYS WHAT THE ACTUAL (Animated Sequel) and his animated podcast clip using audio from SuperMega, titled SuperMega ANIMATED - Voicemail to Matt's Mom are a few of his videos that have reached millions of views.
Subscriber milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
- 100,000 subscribers: May 2, 2020
- 200,000 subscribers: September 25, 2020
- 300,000 subscribers: March 21, 2021
- 400,000 subscribers: November 16, 2021
Trivia[]
- In 2020, Jamie created a Chris Chan parody of an impersonator singing The Cleveland Show theme song, but the video was deleted following Chris Chan's arrest.
- He was hugely inspired by American animation studios such as Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon as well as anime. He later became motivated by YouTube animators such as Eddsworld, OneyNG, Spazkid, and HotDiggedyDemon.
- Besides Ginger, he also has 3 other OCs (Mitsuki, Pepper, Pinko), the two latter characters who appeared in an animation he made on October 2020.