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• MyToons Cartoon Classics Channel on Vuze

  Posted on Friday August 29th, 2008 at 12:28 in animated classics, animation, betty boop, cartoon, classic films, hd animation, mytoons, olive oyl, popeye, sinbad, vuze

  MyToons.com, one of the best online animation communities, now has a ‘Cartoon Classics’ channel on the Vuze Network. Vuze (formerly Azureus) is basically a bit torrent client which allows users t...

• A History of Evil - Short Animated Film

  Posted on Wednesday August 27th, 2008 at 11:20 in animation, animation short, evil, monsters

  This short and extremely well-animated film sheds light on the human race’s interpretation of evil over the centuries. The earliest civilizations feared mythical monsters and beings, but tod...

• Rabbit – Disturbing Short Animated Film by Run Wrake

  Posted on Monday August 11th, 2008 at 12:46 in animation, animation short, rabbit, run wrake, short film

  Rabbit is a multi-award winning, short film directed by animator & illustrator, Run Wrake. The film was commissioned by the Arts Council of England and Channel 4. The disturbing and creepy stor...

• Stop Motion Animation From Japan Features Strike Witches and Busou Shinki Action Figures

  Posted on Friday August 8th, 2008 at 12:54 in action figure, animation, anime, busou shinki, cool japan, gundam, manga, stop motion photography, strike witches

  This fan-made, stop motion animation video from Japan, has it all. Action, comedy, explosions,  and even a damsel in distress. The huge cast includes Gundam warriors, Busou Shinki, Strike Witch...

• The Rollercoaster - Ad for Zurich Chamber Orchestra

  Posted on Monday August 4th, 2008 at 11:08 in animation, classical music, rollercoaster, zurich chamber orchestra

  This is what good advertising looks like. This award winning commercial was created by Euro RSCG for the Zürich Chamber Orchestra. Simply outstanding work. Related Posts:Cover of Bohemian Rhapso...

• Roadmovie – Brilliant Stop Motion Animated Film by Rogier Wieland

  Posted on Tuesday July 29th, 2008 at 13:26 in animation, animation short, roger wieland, short film, stop motion photography

  Roadmovie is a very creative stop motion film  by Rogier Wieland, an animator based in the Netherlands. He used cardboard cutouts and iStopMotion from Boinx Software to create his masterp...

• Animation Backgrounds Blog has Images From Retro Animated Films and Cartoons

  Posted on Saturday July 26th, 2008 at 12:57 in animation, cartoon, disney, fred quimby, hanna barbera, retro, tom and jerry

  The Animation Backgrounds blog has a huge collection of lovely images  taken from retro animated films from Disney and other movie studios. I have always been a fan of hand painted backgroun...

• I Met The Walrus - Watch the Oscar Nominated Short Film

  Posted on Monday July 14th, 2008 at 12:52 in academy awards, animation, animation short, jerry levitan, John Lennon, josh raskin, short film

  The multi-award winning "I Met The Walrus" short film is based on a real life encounter between John Lennon and a 14 year old fan at Toronto’s King Edward Hotel in 1969. Lennon graci...

• Batman: Gotham Knight – 5 Minute Preview

  Posted on Thursday June 26th, 2008 at 11:53 in animation, Batman, batman begins, batman: gotham knight, sneak peek, the dark knight

  The animated, Direct-to-DVD  Batman: Gotham Knight is a series of six animated tales set between the events of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Completely dark and somber in tone, the films in...

• Presto – 30 Second Sneak Peek From Pixar Studios

  Posted on Thursday June 19th, 2008 at 13:23 in animation, disney, movie trailers, pixar, presto, sneak peek, teaser, wall-e

  Presto is a short animated film from Pixar Studios, which will be shown before the screening of the WALL-E movie. The amusing plot involves the battle of wits between Presto - an egoistic, star magic...

• Astro Boy Mural Made From Recycled Train Tickets

  Posted on Tuesday June 17th, 2008 at 15:31 in animation, anime, astro boy, astroboy, comics, cool japan, japanese_anime_series, manga, uran

  An intricate and massive mural featuring the iconic Astro Boy was created using over 138,000 used metro train tickets to commemorate the opening of the Fukutoshin subway line in Tokyo. The 10 x ...

• MyToons.com Launches HD Animation

  Posted on Tuesday June 10th, 2008 at 12:01 in animation, hd-video, high definition, mytoons

  Launched in March 2007, MyToons.com is an online animation community,  which provides a free platform for animations professionals and budding artists to showcase their creations. Users can uplo...

• Big Buck Bunny - Free Open Film From The Blender Foundation

  Posted on Saturday May 31st, 2008 at 16:25 in animation, animation_short, big buck bunny, blender, elephants dream, free download, open source, short film

  Big Buck Bunny is an animated film created using Blender, and was released by the Peach open source animation project under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. The film is a follow-up to th...

• Animated Music Video for Radiohead’s - Weird Fishes/Arpeggi Track

  Posted on Wednesday May 28th, 2008 at 13:27 in aniboom, animation, contest, in rainbows, processing, Radiohead

  Robert Hodgin originally intended his music video to be an entry for Radiohead’s Animated Music Video Contest on Aniboom. The song in the video is Weird Fishes/Arpeggi from the controversial I...

• CITERIA Trailer - Experimental Anime Movie Created in Flash

  Posted on Tuesday May 27th, 2008 at 13:03 in adobe flash, animation, anime, citeria, flash animation, manga, movie trailers

  CITERIA is an experimental, one man film project by  Hervé Trouillet. The animated film was conceived by its creator to be the first occidental Manga for teens and young adults. Amazingly,...

• Flight Patterns - Animation Created Using Data From 24 hours of US Air Traffic

  Posted on Friday May 23rd, 2008 at 13:24 in aaron koblin, animation, faa, yasuhiro tsuchiya

  Artist and researcher Aaron Koblin used 24 hours of FAA data to create this mesmerizing piece of animation. The music accompanying the video was created by the award winning, Japanese music composer...

• Iron Man’s Adventure - Original Animated Short From Marvel

  Posted on Sunday May 18th, 2008 at 14:10 in animation, comics, hulk, iron man, marvel comics, spider-man, spiderman

  Iron Man’s Adventure brings together three of Marvel’s most popular superheroes together in a short animated film. Spider-Man and Iron Man, who have teamed up to take on an army of destru...

• Reality Cartoons Gallery on the Worth1000 Site

  Posted on Monday May 12th, 2008 at 14:22 in adobe_photoshop, animation, beavis and butthead, photoshop, user submitted, worth-1000

  I just loved this picture of Beavis (of Beavis and Buttead fame), which was one of the many entries for the Reality Cartoons photoshopping contest on the Worth1000 site. Visit the contest galler...

• The Idiotic Adventures of Philippe and Pierre - Animated Web Series

  Posted on Monday May 5th, 2008 at 14:11 in animation, animation_shorts, cartoon, comics, dave schlafman, pileated pictures, the idiotic adventures of philippe and pierre, web toons

  The Idiotic Adventures of Philippe and Pierre is a continuing animated web series produced by Pileated Pictures and directed by Dave Schlafman. The storyline of the series is very simple. Pierre nee...

• Twit Twit - Short and Entertaining Animation Film

  Posted on Wednesday April 23rd, 2008 at 15:30 in animation, animation_film, animation_shorts, Robot, robots, short film, twit twit

  Twit Twit is a short animation film about Charly, a poor but cheerful, robot Banjo player, and Radin, a no-good, greedy robot toll-keeper in the middle of the desert. The battle of wits between these...

• Illustrated Catalog of Acme Products

  Posted on Monday April 21st, 2008 at 13:28 in acme corporation, animation, looney tunes, warner bros, wile e. coyote, wiley coyote

  ‘The ORIGINAL Illustrated Catalog Of Acme Products‘  is a detailed and humorous listing of the products manufactured by the infamous Acme Corporation of Looney Tunes fame. Snip ...

• Did Bugs Bunny Really Show His “Thing” To Elmer Fudd in This Cartoon Clip ?

  Posted on Saturday April 19th, 2008 at 10:25 in animation, bugs bunny, elmer fudd, raunchy, warner bros

  I don’t really know if it’s an inadvertent error by the cartoonists at Warner Bros. (highly unlikely), but this is really something. Does Bugs Bunny really show his other carrot in this cl...

• Tron Lightbike Scene - Reanimated With Cardboard

  Posted on Monday March 31st, 2008 at 13:52 in animation, disney, light bike, stop motion photography, tron, viral

  The 1982 movie Tron may not have made much money for Disney during its release, but is now revered as a cult sci-fi classic. The movie was one of the first films from a major movie production house to...

• Newer Mightier Ultimater Avengers - Hilarious Spoof Films

  Posted on Saturday March 29th, 2008 at 14:28 in animation, animation_shorts, avengers, cartoon, comics, gantry lawrence, marvel comics, short film

  JazJaz fan, Sonya says, These hilarious cartoons were created in the style of animation done by Gantry-Lawrence studios for Marvel Comics during the 1960s. The films show the Avengers living together...

• Bunny Kill 3 - Flash Animation Short

  Posted on Tuesday March 25th, 2008 at 11:47 in animation, flash animation, short film

    Watch a great piece of flash animation, complete with laser-saber fights and great music. The short is titled Bunny Kill 3. © 2007 JazJaz.net. This RSS Feed is for personal non-commercial ...

• String Ducky - String Theory in Two Minutes

  Posted on Monday March 10th, 2008 at 13:48 in animation, animation_film, animation_shorts, physics, sandy chase, string theory

  String Ducky, a short film by Sandy Chase, was the winner of Discover Magazine’s ‘String Theory in 2 Minutes or less‘ contest. © 2008 JazJaz.net. This RSS Feed is for personal n...

• Zoudov - 1960s Style Spy Film Short

  Posted on Wednesday February 20th, 2008 at 13:23 in animation, animation_film, animation_shorts, cold war, spy film, zoudov

  The animation short Zoudov was created by three students - Clement Bolla, Aurelia Vernhes and Laurent Gillot,  as their final year project at the Supinfocom animation school in Arles, France.
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• Animator Vs Animation

  Posted on Tuesday February 5th, 2008 at 12:36 in animation, animation_film, animation_shorts

  A battle of wits between an animator and his creation is a popular theme for many cartoonists, who are usually starved for fresh ideas. Sometimes the results can be superb,  like the Duck Amuck...

• Mel Blanc - Rare Audio Interview With The Legend

  Posted on Sunday December 2nd, 2007 at 12:30 in animation, bugs bunny, cartoon, daffy duck, mel blanc, tweety bird, warner brothers

  Mel Blanc was the voice behind many unforgettable, classic cartoon characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Tweety Bird. In this interesting video, featuring an audio interview with the "man of...

• Virgin America - Animated Inflight Safety Video

  Posted on Friday November 30th, 2007 at 14:25 in ads, air safety, animation, inflight demonstration video, virgin, virgin america

  Following proper airline safety procedures can conceivably save lives, when disaster strikes. In-flight safety demonstrations are an important, if boring, part of air travel. Trust Virgin America to b...