There are Doctor Who episodes missing. The show is so old that it harks back to a time when companies, even the BBC, didn’t see the point in trying to perserve recordings. In fact, the final adventure of the first doctor – The Tenth Planet – is missing its last episode. The good news is […]
Short film: Malaria
Malaria from Edson Oda on Vimeo. You’re an assassin hired to kill Death. What could go wrong? Here’s another challenge. You want to film a comic book but you don’t want to do an animation. How do you do it? This is the challenge that Edson Oda solves with this short film called “Malara”. There’s […]
The Reward
The Reward is a short animation that comes out of Viborg, Denmark for a Bachelor project. It’s the story of two unlikely adventurers who find themselves on an unknown mission. I think gamers will recognise plenty of scenes and recall similar events from their own adventures. The question is; what’s the reward? This is a […]
Link’s Triumph in animation
Shamoozal.com & GoNintendo.com have animated Link, from the Legend of Zelda, and his first ever boss fight. The animation is part of series 2 of “Read Only Memory”. In the YouTube comments we can see that some folk complained about Link’s hair – saying it should be darker, as it was in the original games, […]
Short film: Catzilla
Created by the Polish studio Platige Image, who worked on The Witcher 2 intro, Catzilla is designed to showcase their technical talent while not being boring. It succeeds. How would you describe the music, though? Ready to watch another? Click this teleport link and the site will pick a video at random.
Short film: E.T.A.
A fantastic animation, winning Best Animation Award at BreakPoint 2008 as well as best New Talent at the Aarhus Filmfestival in Denmark on the same year. Modelled and animated by Søren Andersen & Michael la-Cour, directed by Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen and with music by Rasmus Kudahl Kaae Munch, E.T.A. is about Marvin. Marvin has a […]
LEGO Treebeard versus Orcs – Christmas special
The Brotherhood Workshop have put together this fantastic little animation just in time for Christmas and The Hobbit movie hitting the big screens. Action kicks off with those pesky orcs hacking their way into Fangorn Forest. That’s where Treebeard lives and he’s not too happy to see the white hand. Any one spot Gollum?
Mutant Land
You might not want to watch Mutant Land while you chow down on your dinner but Mutant Land is certainly worth a watch. It’s a short film, just a few minutes long, about a small band of mutants searching their dark land in search of their next meal. The animation was created and directed by […]
The Green Ruby Pumpkin of Halloween horror
This rather awesome Halloween short story is a project by Miguel Ortega and Tran Ma. They’re both visual effect artists. The entire project was made in the living room. No? You can see the making of here and its fantastic (even if they have a green screen in their living room).
Afterschool Midnighters review
Bonkers is a good word for Afterschool Midnighters. This anime is a CG effort. In fact, the film came about after a demo reel from director Hitoshi Takekiyo became so popular that a full length feature was commissioned. The quality of the CG is really high. Afterschool Midnighters shows what is possible with virtual animation […]
