Seth MacFarlane’s “Ted” trailer

Seth MacFarlane’s first full-length feature is a hilariously raunchy mix of live action and CG animation. Mark Wahlberg stars as John …

“Made of Imagination” By Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson (Fantastic Mr. Fox) returns to animation – stop-motion animation – to cleverly illustrate a child’s conception of how …

“Do The Love” by Studio 4ºC

Beautiful stuff from Studio 4°C (Tekkonkinkreet, The Animatrix, etc.). This is for a new web promotional series called PES: Peace Eco …

“Good Books – Metamorphosis” by Buck

Bi-coastal (NY & LA) commercial shop Buck produced and directed this spectacular 2-1/2 minute spot for online bookseller Good Books. And …

ArtCircles Commercial by Michael Langan

“Van Gogh to Rothko in 30 Seconds” is the title of Michael Langan’s new spot for Art.com’ s artCircles iPad app. Not only is it a cool …

Spots from Punga

Animator/designer Gabriel H. Fermanelli has turned me on to the commercials he’s producing through Punga, a collective of artists in …

“Raindrops” by Eleanor Stewart

In this new stop-motion commercial, animator Eleanor Stewart uses recycled paper to tell the story of how Hyundai recycles rain water at …

The Animated Trailer of “Irma La Douce”

What’s the best way to promote a romantic comedy about prostitution? The producers of the 1963 Billy Wilder film Irma la Douce decided to …

Fleischer’s Bell Telephone films

Okay, here’s another post for the animation historians. Animation pioneer Max Fleischer was an inventor and he was passionate about …

Bert & Harry Piel

Just for fun – and thanks to Chuck Howell, the Archivist at University of Maryland’s Special Collections in Mass Media & Culture – we are …

Pink Panther WTF?

Pink Panther FAIL! I have no idea what they are selling, what they are doing or who made this insanity – and maybe its better not to …

The Making of “Mickey’s Parade”

Stop-mo animator Joel Fletcher just posted the behind the scenes tale of a long forgotten Mickey’s Parade frozen treats commercial from …

“A Year of Sun with Mr. Persol”

I do believe there is such a thing as over-art directing a piece of animation to the point where the message becomes buried within the …

“Good Night” by David Prosser

New from London’s Studio AKA is this spot for Statoil, the Norwegian energy company. David Prosser designed and directed, seamlessly …

Two from Musclebeaver

Tobias Knipf and Andreas Kronbeck of animation/illustration collective Musclebeaver create stylish commercial spots in Munich, Germany. …

“Kool Aid” by Tex Avery

I’ve been drinking the Kool-Aid for Tex Avery, for years now. Little did I know Avery actually directed a Kool-Aid TV spot, until I came …

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