It took us 10 months to create this latest edition
of our annual passion project.
The fact that we're finally able to share it with you
is truly our highlight of this crazy year.
It's the 12,025 Human Era Calendar,
and it's the best calendar we've ever made.
It all started back in January.
While we released the first video of the year,
we were already brainstorming ideas for the 12,025 calendar.
For years we wanted to tell the story of the great journey
that took our ancestors from Africa to find new homes across the planet.
We dove head first into research.
We read about curious and unbelievably brave humans
who ventured out into the unknown,
paving the way for future generations.
But all of these incredible stories had to fit on paper,
on 12 pages no less.
Weeks of sketching and revisions followed in February.
What was it like for those early pioneers?
Every new terrain they explored
must have appeared to them like an alien planet,
ruled by unfamiliar climates and filled with foreign creatures.
Meanwhile, we released our next videos
and in March were finally able to tell you about Star Birds,
the videogame we're working on with Toukana Interactive.
Then the calendar came to life.
We spent many weeks crafting epic illustrations
worthy of representing 200,000 years of human history.
We had to get it right.
The adventures, the hardship, the incredible achievements.
We don't know what our ancestors set out to find,
but when they settled all across the planet
they laid the foundation for human civilization.
Then, in may,
"Smoking Is Awesome" became our most successful video this year.
It had a huge impact
and inspired many of you to quit smoking for good.
Nothing could make us happier.
Back in the studio,
we create the final piece of the calendar:
the cover.
As always, we wanted to represent the entirety of the human era
by adding 10,000 years to the Common Era system.
Adding that "1" was the final touch
and our calendar was ready to be sent off to the printer.
On our YouTube channel we continue to ask the big questions like:
"Do you have free will?"
and "Is AI humanity's final invention?"
Then, in September, we finally held the first copy
of the finished 12,025 calendar in our hands.
We are truly happy with the result.
It's not just the vibrant illustrations,
the high quality paper or the shiny cover.
It's the fact that it represents such an important part
of our shared human history.
And for us, it holds all the memories
of an exciting year at Kurzgesagt.
We think it's the best product we've ever made.
We may be a tiny bit biased, but you Birbs seem to love it too.
It's absolutely incredible to see all your comments and messages.
For so many of you,
getting the Human Era Calendar has become a yearly tradition
and a daily source of inspiration.
Make 12,025 truly special.
Get your piece of our shared human history
and an essential part of Kurzgesagt.