Despite being a clear parody and homage to the Dragonball Z anime, the characters in the series remained mostly faithful to their source material in both personality and abilities. It quickly became a favorite among those in the spriting community and was praised for it's animation and story. Z Episode 1 was uploaded onto Newgrounds. Notably from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and the Sonic Advance games. But advances in sprite ripping in late 2005 allowed him to get higher quality sprites of the characters. Early reveals of his new project on DeviantArt showed that he originally intended to animate the series using sprites from Super Mario World (SNES) and the Sonic the Hedgehog games (Genesis). This led to him eventually taking up Sprite animation as a hobby for himself. He also maintained a Newgrounds account where he took inspiration from notable sprite animators such as Randy-Solem (Rise of the Mushroom Kingdom) and LgdVegetto (Sonic's Quest for Power). Mostly from the furry fandom, of which much of his early artwork catered towards. He maintained a modest following at the time. Though some sources state that the character's creation existed several years prior to then. It was there his online persona, Alvin Earthworm, first made his debut. Before Super Mario Bros Z., Haynes got his start in 2005 as a freelance digital artist on DeviantArt.
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