Student

A Bear Film by Kris Anka

A Bear Film is a third year CalArts effort that looks like an animated version of a Lou Romano colorscript. It’s created–entirely in …

Titles

Plant Girl titles

I haven’t posted an opening title sequence in some time. This one is from a short live action fantasy currently making the festival …

TV

Funtastic Circus

Don’t deny it, you love this cartoon. UPDATE: Here is a longer episode of Funtastic Circus:

Feature Film

Thor trailer

Here’s an exclusive first look at one of the big movies of 2011: Thor. No, not the upcoming Kenneth Branagh Marvel Comics super hero …

Shorts

La Main des Maîtres

Here’s an incredible four minute film – a student film – from France’s Georges Méliès School. The filmmakers are Vivien Chauvet …

Experimental

Enter the Void Titles

Gut-punchingly intense titles for Gaspar Noé’s Enter The Void, designed by Noé and Tom Kan. Motion graphics, experimental animation, …

Music Videos

Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool

I really love this bizarre retro-ish mixed media music video for the British indie band Editors, directed by the Lennox Brothers (Lee & …

Animators

Beautiful Grim

Leif Jeffers, an animator at DreamWorks, wrote in to tell us of an auction that went live on ebay today. It’s called Beautiful Grim. Here …

Events

Avery in N.Y. / Sita in L.A.

Two plugs, two cities: New York, N.Y. TEX AVERY CARTOONS at MoMA. I think this is in conjunction with the massive must-see Tim …

Animators

Ted Petok (1917-2010)

Cartoonist, illustrator and Oscar winning animator Ted Petok has passed away at age 93. His Oscar winning short was The Crunch Bird …

Anime

Imagi’s Gatchaman trailer

Here’s the very cool full length trailer for Imagi’s CG Gatchaman (G-Force) feature – a film that, thanks to Astro Boy, will probably …

Anime

Male (1962) by Osamu Tezuka

An odd rarity by Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka that probably works best in a dark theater. It’s available with twelve of his other …

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