animation

Community: Abed's Stop-Motion Christmas Spectacular

Whitney Jefferson · 12/10/10 01:52PM

After weeks of anticipation, NBC aired Community's animated Christmas special last night. When Abed wakes up on Christmas morning in a stop-motion world, the gang agrees to play along in his holiday fantasy land in hopes of figuring out why.

Team Coco Versus the Taiwanese Animators

Whitney Jefferson · 11/30/10 12:51PM

You know those Taiwanese animations that everyone loves? Last week, Conan aired their own version of the animations (about yogurt.) Two days later, the team of rapid-fire Taiwanese animators fired back with an angry response of their own. Game on!

Sarah Silverman's Thanksgiving Special

Whitney Jefferson · 11/25/10 09:30AM

Sarah remembers the Thanksgivings of her childhood in this animated short. "I realized the true meaning of Thanksgiving: the turkey we kill is a symbol of the Native Americans we killed."

The Relative Scale of Everything in the Universe

Matt Toder · 09/30/10 08:55AM

This incredible video will make you realize just how large the universe is as it tracks up from the smallest objects to the largest. It is awe-inspiring in it's execution and in the realization of just how small we are.

The World's Smallest Stop Motion Film

Whitney Jefferson · 09/21/10 10:00AM

Creators of the Wallace & Gromit series used a 50x cell phone microscope to film this short—which also happens to be the world's smallest. It revolves around Dot, a girl who happens to be only .35 inches tall!

Star Wars Fanimation Finally Delivers a Worthy "Prequel"

Chris Wyman · 09/15/10 10:52AM

This award-winning student film by the DAVE school at Universal Studios, Florida explores the backstory of lovable smugglers Han Solo and Chewbacca. What could they have possibly done to get Jabba the Hut so hot and bothered, anyway?

The Touching Story of Two Brooklynites in Love

Matt Toder · 08/23/10 10:25AM

Meet Danny and Annie, two Brooklynites married for 27 years and in love the entire time. Here's the story of their relationship, from first date to death, captured in a poignant animation by StoryCorps.