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Animation Selection
Updated: 1 decade 4 years 4 months ago
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favorites from the world of animation, from any source.
most are hand-drawn, but there are also some computer-generated. some of the artists are famous, some are completely unknown. the time range here is nearly 100 years.
no stop-motion animation though, that's another playlist...
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Doll Face follows a machine's struggle to construct its own identity. A machine with a doll face mimics images on television screen in search of a satisfactory visage. Created in its entirety by Andy Huang,... continue reading
posted by plastiquemonkey![Ranked #67 - 14829 votes - 419 star points](https://videosift.com/cdm/stars/00250.png)
"The Other Side" (1993) is a beautifully animated and funny short film by the Russian animator Mikhail Aldashin. Caution: bird-on-worm violence.
posted by plastiquemonkey![Ranked #67 - 14829 votes - 419 star points](https://videosift.com/cdm/stars/00250.png)
I hope this doesn't happen to me...
posted by plastiquemonkey![Ranked #67 - 14829 votes - 419 star points](https://videosift.com/cdm/stars/00250.png)
"I was sitting in my leather arm chair watching telly, thinking how marvelous it would be to be a werewolf. How fantastic and different my life would be..." Great writing, amazing sound design & original... continue reading
posted by plastiquemonkey![Ranked #67 - 14829 votes - 419 star points](https://videosift.com/cdm/stars/00250.png)
Drawn by Geoff McFetridge. Music is 'Golden Cage' by The Whitest Boy Alive.
posted by Eden![Ranked #282 - 2697 votes - 107 star points](https://videosift.com/cdm/stars/00100.png)
An excerpt from the 1926 feature-length animated film by German animator Lotte Reiniger. It features a silhouette animation technique using manipulated cutouts which is similar to Wayang shadow puppets. ... continue reading
posted by yoghurt![Ranked #149 - 6721 votes - 157 star points](https://videosift.com/cdm/stars/00100.png)
I'm not sure I've ever seen anything quite like this - very cool style.
posted by Eden![Ranked #282 - 2697 votes - 107 star points](https://videosift.com/cdm/stars/00100.png)
In "I lived on the moon", a father speaks to his son. He explains how was his life on the moon. A place filled with flying snakes, fireflies and three tailed monkeys. A beautiful place, safe and far... continue reading
posted by plastiquemonkey![Ranked #67 - 14829 votes - 419 star points](https://videosift.com/cdm/stars/00250.png)
Gotta love that birdy, you stupid cat! Viciously funny cartoon by John Dilworth. WARNING: the music will be stuck in your head.
posted by plastiquemonkey![Ranked #67 - 14829 votes - 419 star points](https://videosift.com/cdm/stars/00250.png)
From Boing Boing: "In the 8-minute animated short "A Gentleman's Duel," what starts off as a sexist little cartoon about a Frenchman and a Brit vying for the attention and affection of an improbable-breasted... continue reading
posted by rembar![Ranked #193 - 4786 votes - 131 star points](https://videosift.com/cdm/stars/00100.png)
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The Thief and the Cobbler (released as The Princess and The Cobbler in Australia and South Africa, and Arabian Knight in most other countries) was the twenty-six-year animated feature film pet project... continue reading
posted by gorgonheap![Ranked #200 - 4638 votes - 267 star points](https://videosift.com/cdm/stars/00250.png)
My Godson is obsessed with this. Efterklang (the Danish word for reverberation) is a post-rock group formed on January 2001 in the Danish capital, Copenhagen. The group consists of five core members and... continue reading
posted by smibbo![Ranked #340 - 2050 votes - 91 star points](https://videosift.com/cdm/stars/00050.png)
Amazing animated short film based on an Apache myth about a time when the sky was too low. An elder of the tribe tells the children a story around the campfire. You'll want to hear the whole thing. Made... continue reading
posted by plastiquemonkey![Ranked #67 - 14829 votes - 419 star points](https://videosift.com/cdm/stars/00250.png)
Give this a minute: it goes from simple and formless to amazing very quickly (don't give up when it's fuzzy--wait for the soaring ink strokes). From the submitter: This is computer animation in the Chinese... continue reading
posted by oxdottir![Ranked #63 - 15081 votes - 574 star points](https://videosift.com/cdm/stars/00500.png)
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Film by Jeff Desom Music by Hauschka
posted by Ornthoron![Ranked #46 - 20586 votes - 626 star points](https://videosift.com/cdm/stars/00500.png)
Using both praxinoscopes and the technique of matching up the frame rate of the spinning record to that of the camera, no computer super-imposing was used; what you see is what rolled off the camera. The... continue reading
posted by paul4dirt![Ranked #141 - 6973 votes - 420 star points](https://videosift.com/cdm/stars/00250.png)