"Rain Town" by Hiroyasu Inshida

"Rain Town" by Hiroyasu Inshida (if you click through to the YouTube page I suggest switching it to 720p HD mode for better image...

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NOCTURNA [English] Part 1 of 8

Part 1 of 8 . See it while you can.

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"The Monkey and the Elephant" by Boris Maras

The Monkey and the Elephant by Boris Maras , Sheridan College 2010. He animated this in 2 months. From Boris Maras's blog : "Keep...

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2010 Annecy shorts from the Gobelins School

http://www.gobelins.fr/galerie/animation/ Another great crop of student films from the Gobelins School in Paris , made for the 2010 Annecy ...

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British Animated Ads of the 80's

YouTube has a number of animated commercials by Richard Williams, Oscar Grillo, Richard Purdum, Eric Goldberg, and other luminaries of the ...

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Kaj Pindal : Laugh Lines

Laugh Lines is a film portrait of animator Kaj Pindal . He is seen at work creating zany cartoon characters, teaching students of animation,...

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Palm Springs International ShortFest signal film by MAKE

Via CartoonBrew . Minneapolis-based studio MAKE created this animated signal film for the forthcoming Palm Springs International ShortFest ...

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Sylvain Chomet interview

Sylvain Chomet, director of Belleville Rendez-Vous and now The Illusionist. Photograph: Paul Cooper Sylvain Chomet talks about his new film...

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Sandro Cleuzo's blog

The brilliant animator Sandro Cleuzo has a great animation blog which you should definitely bookmark and check frequently. Sandro is generou...

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new trailer for "The Illusionist"

NEW: Official website is up: http://www.lillusionniste-lefilm.com Official trailer and several additional clips, image captures from the mov...

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First reviews of Chomet's "The Illusionist"

Sylvain Chomet's new hand-drawn animated feature film premiered recently at the Berlinale Film Festival . Here are a few of the early r...

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The Secret of Kells - official U.S. trailer

The Secret of Kells official U.S. release trailer. This film has been released in Ireland and in Europe, and has played a limited Oscar-qua...

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Inspiration: Rune Bennicke Rough Animation pencil tests

Animation by Rune Bennicke . Click through the link to Rune's Vimeo page to see more of his pencil tests - Brother Bear Koda's Mom R...

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Mike Nguyen's Animation Blog - RAINPLACE

Animation Students: If you don't know about Mike Nguyen's animation blog RAINPLACE , then get it on your bookmarks list and vis...

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Chinese master traditional animator Te Wei 1915 -2010

(via Jerry Beck on CartoonBrew.com ) -- "The master of Chinese animation, Te Wei (Sheng Tewei), has passed away at age 95. Te Wei, a p...

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Cordell Barker - Master Class in Animation

Via the excellent National Film Board of Canada web site. A master class in animation led by Cordell Barker in which he talks about the maki...

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Disney's The Princess and the Frog - Dec. 11 - Go see it !

(lead animator Bruce Smith, animating on The Princess & the Frog) It's been 6 years since Disney has released a hand-drawn animated ...

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The Secret of Kells - Special Screening

For Your Consideration: 2009 Academy Award Nominee for Best Animated Feature -- "THE SECRET OF KELLS" . If you live near Burbank, ...

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On the survival of Drawn Animation

My friend , animator Tahsin Özgür has often made the point that the term "2D animation" is inadequate to use when referring to wh...

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