Monty Oum

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Monyreak "Monty" Oum ( OHM; June 22, 1981 – February 1, 2015) was an American web-based animator and writer. Oum attracted attention within the gaming community after releasing an animated video in 2007, titled Haloid, where characters from the Halo and Metroid video game franchises fight against each other, which went viral. In October of the same year, he released a follow-up, Dead Fantasy. Oum began working for Rooster Teeth, serving as the lead animator for Red vs. Blue, and creating the original animated series RWBY. Oum had a severe iatrogenic allergic reaction and fell into a coma in January 2015. He died on February 1, 2015, in Austin, Texas.

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