Awesome Animation

An imaginative mind can be a potent weapon for a sleuth, but this man takes it too far. He’s more Johnny English than Sherlock Holmes. A funny little film by Avner Geller and Stevie Lewis.

Hugh Grant stars as a luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain in Aardman’s latest, who aspires to win the Pirate Of The Year Award, despite a rag-tag crew and impossible odds. (Thanks Anthony!)

Made by Pascal Monaco and his fellow students as their graduate project at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hanover. How many pages would the Michael Bay cookbook have?

Johnny Depp’s whipsmart turn as a chameleon may not have been as kid-friendly as some animation, but Gore Verbinski’s PG flick is fun for adults with its sophisticated humor and quirky animation style.

Mr. Greedy is one mean mofo. He eats little kids for breakfast and collects their heads. Yeesh. But a little decapitation doesn’t stop us from enjoying this brilliantly animated, if a little dark, short film.

If we squint really hard at the screen and use our imagination, it’s as if the Nyan Cat has been transformed into Indian Nyan Cat and is dancing his way through the Taj Mahal here in this vid.

In the future, London’s Brixton district will be home to countless robotic workers, living amongst humans, forced to do the jobs they no longer want. Solid social commentary, brilliant CG animation.

Weird Al takes on B.o.B.’s “Nothin’ On You“, with his latest track, “Another Tattoo”. Hey, why didn’t we think about tattooing our grocery list on our wrist before now?

Ever had a friend who doesn’t walk it like he talks it? See if you can relate in this latest installment of Robert and Sheepy, where Sheepy has the perfect opportunity to put Darryn the bull in his place.

Emile Cohl school of animation student Mathias Lacal captured the sensation of falling from the sky in his Aeon Flux-like graduation film. Turn up your speakers and watch in HD.

A fan film that pays homage to the late Dave Stevens, who, in creating The Rocketeer gave form to the childhood dream of little boys around the world: find a rocket-pack and become a superhero.

Didn’t see it before Cars 2? Here’s your chance to see the HD teaser for Pixar’s next animated movie, Brave, due Summer 2012. From the looks of it, it’s nothing like any Pixar flick we’ve ever seen.

A video guide to the er, safety features of a typical Virgin Atlantic Airways airplane, narrated by none other than the founder himself, the extremely rich and adventurous Sir Richard Branson.

Directed and produced by Fabian Grodde, Crossover is quite blatant in its message. But it delivers it in a deft and subtle manner, combining a real miniature setting with realistic CGI insects.

At Toronto’s Anime North convention, Yung Lee decided to do something a little different than just capturing shots of cosplayers, going the extra mile to turn them into stars in their own Anime.

Rymdreglage pays tribute to the impending 20th anniversary of Terminator 2, illustrating some of the film’s great moments, while simultaneously tearing through countless reams of paper.

A smooth and action-packed short by John H. featuring one of the most famous rivalries in video games, Final Fantasy VII‘s Cloud against Sephiroth (with special guests). Behind the scenes here.

The 1981 male-adolescent fantasy animated flick finally makes its way to your HDTV. Loaded with stoner imagery, cartoon boobs, and tons of heavy metal music [plus DEVO and Stevie Nicks(?!)].

Enjoy a baguette and a glass of Merlot as you enjoy Animator Cédric Villain’s humorous take on the wide array of French stereotypes in the short film Cliché ! French-speakers, watch it here.

No, this isn’t the video for Gorillaz’ Kids With Guns, it’s actually for a group known as Is Tropical. Regardless, it’s got kids, guns, and a violent style that mixes comic books with Freddie Wong.

Powers of Ten meets Minecraft meets SimCity meets shrooms in this hypnotic, isometric music video by UK animator Cyriak for the Cereal Spiller remix of True Loves by Hooray for Earth.

Youtube user BloodyRenegadeX likes to take his time to remind all of us that Sonic the Hedgehog is still cool in this neat little flipbook animation. But where are all the chili-dogs?

It’s all fun and games until you run out of ammo. That and then some. 3D Animator Scott Thierauf ended up making this funny animated short while learning to use a rendering program.