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Batman: Gotham Knight – 5 Minute Preview

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 the series were written by some talented, award winning writers like Alan Burnett and Josh Olson (of A History of Violence fame). [...]

Presto – 30 Second Sneak Peek From Pixar Studios

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 magician, and his poor rabbit Alec, who has not been fed by the magician one too many times.
Pixar has now [...]

Astro Boy Mural Made From Recycled Train Tickets

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  7 ft. mural, currently on display at the Shinjuku Takashimaya Department Store, also depicts other famous characters from the manga/anime like Professor [...]

MyToons.com Launches HD Animation

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 upload and share their original animations with a global audience of animators and fans of the medium.
To coincide with the first major design overhaul of the site, MyToons.com [...]

Big Buck Bunny - Free Open Film From The Blender Foundation

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 the much downloaded "Elephants Dream," and was sponsored by the Blender Foundation, the initiators of both the open source projects.
To [...]

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

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 In Rainbows music album.
He created the  video with Processing, an open source programming language and environment.
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CITERIA Trailer - Experimental Anime Movie Created in Flash

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, Hervé used only Adobe Flash, After Effects, and Premiere to create his work.
The highly-interactive official site for the movie is unfortunately only in [...]

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

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 Yasuhiro Tsuchiya.
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Iron Man’s Adventure - Original Animated Short From Marvel

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 destructive, gigantic robots, get some heavy duty assistance from another popular Marvel Comics superhero in this entertaining film.
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Reality Cartoons Gallery on the Worth1000 Site

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 gallery to see more cartoon characters brought to life.
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The Idiotic Adventures of Philippe and Pierre - Animated Web Series

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 need a head, and Philippe needs a body. Though Philippe conjures up various schemes to unite himself with a very willing Pierre, their quest [...]

Twit Twit - Short and Entertaining Animation Film

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 tin-men will keep you entertained till the end of the film.

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Illustrated Catalog of Acme Products

‘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 from the site:
ACME is a worldwide leader of many manufactured goods. From its humble beginnings providing corks and flypaper to bug collectors ("Buddy’s Bug Hunt/1935") to [...]

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

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 clip ? Watch the video to find out.

I always knew that these two had something going on. 
Via Weird Things
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Newer Mightier Ultimater Avengers - Hilarious Spoof Films

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 in a dirty apartment, squabbling over women, and even managing to do some partying.

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Bunny Kill 3 - Flash Animation Short

 
Watch a great piece of flash animation, complete with laser-saber fights and great music. The short is titled Bunny Kill 3.
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String Ducky - String Theory in Two Minutes

String Ducky, a short film by Sandy Chase, was the winner of Discover Magazine’s ‘String Theory in 2 Minutes or less‘ contest.

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Zoudov - 1960s Style Spy Film Short

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. 
Set during the heyday of the cold war - the paranoid 1960s’, the short film has a lot of suspense, espionage and an absolutely [...]

Animator Vs Animation

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 episode where Daffy Duck takes on his animator (who later turns out to be Bugs Bunny). This particular animation may not [...]

Mel Blanc - Rare Audio Interview With The Legend

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 a thousand voices", Mel explains how he created the voices for these famous toon characters. He also talks about the workings of the animation [...]




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