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I have no idea why someone made a video of a Batman being eaten by a giant hot dog, nor can I explain why I find it so mesmerizing. Maybe it's the ominous glowing mustard? All I can say is that, in the hot dog kaiju's defense, Batman struck first: More »
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We adore the animated adaptation of Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, so we almost passed out from charm overdose when we saw this real-life take on Phil Lord and Chris Miller‘s movie. It's simply superb. This short was submitted to the Virgin Radio Fake Film Festival. If you loved this 60-second take on Cloudy, vote at the Virgin website. Also check out the enjoyable one-minute Harry Potter. More »
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Readers who grew up in the Seventies may remember the British television program Bod, which featured a bald, abstract humanoid going on adventures set to upbeat jazz. YouTuber HappyToaster discovered this unofficial sequel to Bod starring Mega-City One's premier lawman. Here's his story: More »
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We're so excited about Pixar's first princess movie (not including Bug's Life which was more of an ant monarchy). A whole slew of new Brave concept art and character sculptures take us behind the scenes, and into the mystical Highlands of Scotland. More »
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What if, instead of hanging out with Ted Turner and going back in time to fight Hitler, Captain Planet and the Planeteers were the stars of an R-rated anime in which they threw out their sweet vests and became disaffected eco-terrorists hooked on endangered, psychoactive toads? More »
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Every year, Science Magazine teams up with the National Science Foundation to host the International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge. Participants are asked to enter photographs, illustrations, informational graphics, videos, and even interactive games to be judged on their visual impact and ability to communicate a scientific idea. More »
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In the spirit of such cartoons as Silverhawks, Thundercats, and Wheeled Warriors comes Space Stallions, a pitch-perfect tribute to the flamboyant animation of yesteryear. Space Stallions was made by a group of Danish film students — here's the synopsis to this keytar orgy: More »
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Scenes from the upcoming Avatar: The Legend of Korra are coming out in dribs and drabs — take a look here if you haven't seen them — but we're never ones to complain. More »
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Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first full-length cel-animated feature to appear on the big screen. But if things had gone a little differently, that honor might have gone to John Carter of Mars, which MGM was developing with legendary animator Bob Clampett. We do, however, have some remains of the failed project in the form of Clampett's test animation. More »
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All your life, you've probably told that reading was good for you. Reading will get you ahead in school, land you a good job, and preserve human civilization. But that's because reading has been lying in wait all this time, readying itself so the day it destroys mankind. In the animated short Reading Kills, bookworms, news junkies, and sandwich board skimmers alike face the deadly consequences of reading. More »
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Aardman Animations, the people behind Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run, are doing new claymation shorts starring DC Comics superheroes as part of Cartoon Network's new DC Nation block of programming. (Which will also include Plastic Man cartoons and a short series about superheroines teaming up called Super Best Friends Forever.) And now, here's your first glimpse at Aardman's take on DC characters. Could there anything cuter than claymation Catwoman explaining (in a little girl's overdubbed voice) that her cat mask covers her nose? And then... the hairball. More »
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We've seen the X-Men receive the club kid treatment. Now artist Viria13 has given the Disney Princess pantheon new duds (presumably in the spirit of a certain internet meme). More »
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A batch of never-before-seen concept art from the original Thundercats series (and voice actor) Jim Meskimen shows us a whole new version of the space kitties from Thundera. Check out the original concept work on such oddball Thundercats characters such as Captain Cracker (and a handful that never made it to the screen). More »
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Hats off to YungHan Chang and Kimberly Knoll for directing this poetic short animation — titled No Robots — as a student project at San Jose State University. In this vignette, an anti-robot shopkeeper must deal with an unexpected clanking visitor. I'm absolutely loving the city design here — the animators deserved to pass in flying colors. More »
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The last bit of animated steampunkery we saw from Disney was Atlantis: The Lost Empire. And sadly, most of the gadgets and steam-powered gizmos were quickly swapped for fluorescent face paint. Fortunately, we've spied the perfect bit of Disneyesque concept art that's a perfect starting place for a princess with plenty of technological know-how! More »
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Did you know the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are evangelizing our children with outright Hinduism and occultism? Burn them to ashes! At least that's what the fellows from this 1990s Canadian Christian panel "Not Just Fun and Games" desire. The best part of the video is when they start informing the public that "ninjas were assassins, they were mercenaries!" More »
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Inarguably one of the finest Batman narratives of all times, Batman: The Animated Series has been recut to fit Chris Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises trailer. And lo! The whole thing fits like a glove. More »
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You've seen the opening credits and the trailer — now check out the first sequence from Avatar: The Legend of Korra, in which the series' protagonist beats up some goons. We saw a snippet of this scene in the trailer before. Looking jazzy! The show will debut sometime in 2012. More »
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You've seen the painting, now watch the film! And what's more, it's a musical! Sebastian Cosor has filled in the backstory for the oft stolen expressionist painting with this surreal little tableau. Here's how Munch described the inspiration for the painting in 1892: More »
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Oh, Blade Anime, you are so full of delightful quips and vampire murder! Check out the latest clip from the anime Blade, which has been dubbed for the English-speakers (sadly not by Wesley Snipes.) Fun Blade fact: Did you know that Blade has been wearing fancy spectacles for most of his existence, dating all the way back to the 1970s comics? More »
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Last year wasn't a great year for science fiction and fantasy on television — but thank the sky beast, 2012 looks like it could be way better. With a new horror series, a J.J. Abrams time-traveling mystery, and more Game of Thrones, this year might redeem television after all. Plus find out all the new fall pilots, including The Munsters and a new American version of the British teen-superpowers show Misfits. More »
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Tom Hanks is building, starring, writing, and lending his voice to a new animated scifi series for Yahoo titled Electric City, which is the first ever scripted series for Yahoo. Here's a plot synopsis, via Yahoo Vice-President Erin McPherson: More »
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In 1966, animator Gene Deitch collaborated with Czech illustrator Adolf Born to create the very first film version of The Hobbit. This version — which took some sizable creative liberties with J.R.R. Tolkien's original story — never saw the light of day. What the heck happened? More »
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We enjoyed Steven Spielberg's 3D Tintin movie, but plenty of people were vehemently opposed to any Tintin work that abandons Hergé's ligne claire style. So what would a 2D Tintin movie look like with Spielberg's cast? More »
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Watch Lee Hardcastle's beautiful hybrid of the 1980s stop-motion TV show Pingu crossed with John Carpenter's alien horror movie The Thing! We've never seen so much clay penguin blood! Hat tip to syafiqjabar of Mars. More »
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Feast your eyes on this stop-motion music video by animator Kevin Parry. The short took about six months to film, and required hundreds of paper cutouts, but we think you'll agree that Parry did a pretty great job serving up a splendid depiction of Earth's past, present and (possible) future. More »
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This faux newspaper from the upcoming, seemingly innocent stop-motion flick ParaNorman reveals some seriously spooky details. The film's city, Blithe Hollow, is celebrating the 300th anniversary of the town's most infamous event, a witch trial that sidled the entire town with an "eternal damnation" curse. How does Blithe Hollow celebrate? With hanging witch piñata parties! That certainly won't come back to haunt them.

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From Ben Richardson and Daniel Bird comes Seed, a handsome stop-motion animated short about two devious, surreal consumables drunk on technology. Here's the synopsis from the filmmakers: More »
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December brings along the hiatus of several current cartoon series (I miss you, Young Justice & Star Wars: The Clone Wars), but we can always look to the past (and particularly the 1980s cartoon explosion) for some amazing holiday specials. More »
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In this short animation for the pre-Monty Python TV series Do Not Adjust Your Set, Terry Gilliam cut up treacly Christmas cards and transformed them into deranged scenes of yuletide chaos. Here's Terry's method for creating these animations, in case you were wondering. More »
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What could be better than a steampunk Ursula with metal tentacles to carry her about? A steampunk Cruella de Vil, that's what! Check out this wonderful collection of Disney villains and heroes, steampunk-style. More »
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What would happen if Bender made tiny copies of himself until the entire atmosphere was made up of our favorite shiny robot friend? More to the point, what would a booze-obsessed robot do to our drinking water? Find out, in this exclusive look at a deleted scene from the recent Futurama episode, "Benderama." More »
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This is Jeff Gurwood's Indymation, a.k.a. the entire temple sequence to Raiders of the Lost Ark done up entirely with action figures and art supplies. If I were animating the film's final scenes, I would make Gumby jump out of the Ark of the Convenant. That guy absolutely terrifies me. Also, I wonder if Indy's friend is a Doctor Octopus action figure. More »
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What if your favorite Disney Princesses sang about the heavy-metal merits of Rammstein and neck tatts, instead of little towns and quiet villages? They'd probably look a lot like these fine ladies right here. Behold your favorite fairytale princess reinvented as a Metallica roadie. More »
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In this scene from the movie Starbirds — which was a mish-mash of episodes of the 1980s Japanese cartoon Tōshō Daimos — the formation of a giant robot requires a zip line, aggressive sloganeering, an entire hidden bridge, near-death experiences, and some interpretative dance for good measure. In the future, a bizarre strain of amnesia has seemingly drained humans of the cognitive capacity to make keys. More »
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We were optimistic when the first trailer for The Lorax popped up (what with the heartstring yanking tunes from The Polyphonic Spree and the decidedly Seussian village). But the latest trailer is simply the last straw. More »
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If Battlestar Galactica had attempted to capitalize on the Saturday morning cartoon demographic, chances are the show would've resembled Otis Frampton's stylized gang of survivors and toasters. And after every episode, there would be a stern anti-youth ambrosia consumption PSA from Salty Uncle Tigh! You can find more of Frampton's artwork at his DeviantArt page, which features decidedly animated takes on the Firefly crew and World War II superheroes.

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Turns out Godzilla (or at least a kaiju very similar to Godzilla) is simply misunderstood. Check out this amazing music video that will transport you back to the 1990s, a time when each band had a story to tell via claymation monster. More »
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For their second year at The Utrecht School of Arts, the folks at Colorbleed Studios Consurgo put together Consurgo, a snazzy 4.5-minute short about a little girl who loses her ball in the street, which leads to the appearance of a heaving clockwork abomination. What does this creaking being want? More »
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