Satoshi Kon passes away - probably the saddest news I’ve had in a really really long time. I couldn’t wait for his next movie, as Paprika is one of my absolute favourite things ever. So sad, and at such a young age, 47 years old.
onedotzero_adventures in motion - Great listing of the upcoming events and screening at the onedotzero ‘festival’. I’m definitely eyeing up to go to the Mary and Max screening.
Anime All Nighter - Held between the 23rd and 24th of October, this year’s list looks like a pretty solid one. Better grab Jackie and Fern and tell them to book that Saturday/Sunday off.
The Beatles Rockband Absolutely stunning combination of animation and music. Fell of my chair when I saw this (ps the site is pretty awesome as well).
The art of UP - It’s all in the details, and this gives a small glimpse of that detail. Like they say at Pixar, sand the underside of the drawer.
The Chairs of the Incredibles - The movie I’ve watched the most times in the last few years. Everytime I need inspiration, I usually pop this into the player; and to my amazement, the amount of detail in this movie keeps surprising me everytime I rewatch it.
Toy Story Teaser Trailer - Pixar doesn’t stop blowing my mind. So simple and yet so effective. Best storytellers of our generation, full stop.
Quimby The Mouse Animation - So much fun. I think the combination of the music and the simple animation just really comes out in this inventive little clip. Definitely worth a watch.
New 9 Trailer - Looks even better than the first trailer and the story is much more apparent to me than in the previous trailer. Reading the first comment though, people laughing at the trailer is just ridiculous; which can only be attributed to people’s complete ignorance and the stereotypes of what animation is and what animation can be - you know who you are.
Princess and the Frog Trailer - The second movie to come out of Disney under John Lasseter’s directorship (and by that I mean, him being in charge rather than him directing the movies), and this actually looks absolutely stunning. It’s like Disney remembered what is was good at and put it in this movie. This trailer will take you back to when you were a kid.
Miyazaki’s Ponyo Trailer - The man has never stopped amazing me in the sheer depth of his imagination projected onto the screen. Can’t wait for this movie to come out.
Monsters VS Aliens - The animation looks crisp, and from the trailer alone, I think the Blob is easily the breakthrough character.
Battle for Terra Trailer - Another animated movie I’m looking forward to watching this year.
Planet 51Tease trailer - The little that is shown in this trailer definitely made me smile. Animation looks very crisp, in a Don Bluth kind of way, however its all about the story.
BBC1’s Christmas Indent 2008 - Featuring Wallace and Gromit. Can’t wait for the actual episode that’s supposed to air this Christmas day.
Gaiman discusses the worlds of Coraline - Great little interview with Neil Gaiman on the upcoming stop-motion 3D movie by Henry Selick.
The art of Pixar - A fan-curated gallery of inspiring artwork, good stuff in there.
Radiohead animated video winners - Radiohead held a competition for budding animators to create a video to go with a song from in rainbows. Below are the four finalists.
Jamie Hewlett animation (based on his Monkey show) celebrating the upcoming Olympics.