James Lee

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About

James Lee is an animator who became popular on Newgrounds ^[1] and YouTube ^[2]. Many of his most famous videos center around his persona, Nox.

Online Presence

James' oldest video^[3] (below, left) was posted on his Newgrounds account on April 13th, 2004. He also started posting on Youtube since January 29th, 2009, with a fan-made video clip^[4] (below, right) for Hania Zdunek's song Roller Coaster Junkie; this animation was seen over 2.3 million times, and gained over 20,000 likes in 15 years.

His most popular videos are Tarboy^[5]^[6] (below, left), which he posted on August 23rd, 2009, and was watched over 6.1 million times and liked over 191,000 times on YouTube; and Overwatch Noir^[7]^[8] (below, right), which he posted on August 3rd, 2017, and was watched over 4.9 million times and liked over 159,000 times on YouTube.

In June 23rd, 2018, James switched to a new style, mixing animation and edited real-life footage, as well to a darker storytelling and humor. In his video A Life Without Facebook ^[9]^[10], he introduced his signature character Nox, who he plays himself, and is characterized by rigid movements, exaggerated facial expressions, bright glasses, and a coarse voice with a metallic resounding effect. On YouTube, this video was watched over 1.9 million times, and gained over 147,000 likes in 6 years.

This character would appear in almost all of James' videos from then on. On June 22nd, 2020, he posted the video Breaking Up With Adobe ^[11]^[12] (below, left), one of his many videos centered around enshittification; it was viewed over 3.7 million times and liked over 259,000 times in 4 years. On March 29th, 2021, he posted My Only Lola Bunny ^[13]^[14] (below, right), which was watched over 3.2 million times and gained over 191,000 likes on YouTube.

Popularity

James Lee is one of the most iconic artists on Newgrounds, with over 22,100 followers as of November 2024 and most of his videos having been frontpaged by the website. He also grew popular on Youtube, with over 834,000 subscribers as of November 2024.