Awesome Animation

The latest SPECIAL short takes on something even Fallout newbies can understand. The Endurance trait helps you run farther, resist radiation, become a cannibal… So why watch it? Because it’s the funniest video in the series yet.

Yep, there’s an Angry Birds feature film. We were apathetic until we saw the cast: Josh Gad, Jason Sudeikis, Peter Dinklage, Danny McBride, Tony Hale, Maya Rudolph, Kate McKinnon, Keegan-Michael Key and Bill Hader. It couldn’t be any worse than Super Mario Bros., right?

If you can’t remember the last time you felt anything while watching The Simpsons, YouTuber Yoann Hervo is here to rewire your memories. His trippy take on the show’s opening sequence is part of a longer but unfinished tribute.

Raven Kwok created this mesmerizing music video for the track Skyline by Karma Fields. The visuals were created using code that is based in part on Voronoi tessellation, a geometric model first used by René Descartes back in 1644.

Usually, partnership announcements come in the form of boring memos and press releases. But when two great creative firms like Aardman Animations and NYC CG animators Nathan Love join forces, we get something much more special and entertaining like this.

Vincent Tsui’s short film depicts a seemingly simple world. But you’ll quickly realize that the animation’s visual style is integral to the story, as the pretend lives of the toys fail to live up to their inspirations.

Up’s beginning. Toy Story 3‘s ending. Wall-E‘s… everything. Lindsay McCutcheon showcases some of the memorable high and low points in Pixar movies with this wonderful edit that will make your eyes very sweaty. Sia’s Breathe Me doesn’t help matters.

Here’s a great way to pass the time while waiting for your food at a restaurant. Skullmapping made a short film that was meant to be played on a dinner table, about a tiny chef and a grill hidden in the customer’s plate.

Animator PES’ latest stop-motion film takes a different approach from his other shorts. This promo film, which shows Honda’s evolution, was created entirely from pieces of paper, each hand-illustrated, and arranged by a team of animators. BTS footage here.

Mickey Mouse wants to go to the beach, but his car doesn’t want to take him there. Disney shows us the perils of (more than) autonomous vehicles in this silly short, featuring one of the best Mickey jokes we’ve ever heard.

Artist Gerardo Quiroz aka “Kirokaze” creates incredible animated .gif pixel art which conveys a tremendous sense of mood, composition, depth, light and shadow, all with just a handful of frames. Be sure to check out his DeviantArt page for more examples.

James Stewart and Nev Bezaire’s wonderfully creepy and well executed stop-motion short follows a young girl who finds herself trapped inside the walls of her home, after being kidnapped by a group of evil foxes. Want more? It’s being made into a feature film.

Long time Disney animator Glen Keane talks about the emotion and expression that goes into each one of his frames, and the limitations of paper. Donning a VR headset, a pair of controllers and Tiltbrush, he now creates artworks in 3D space. (Thanks Pedro!)

Bethesda keeps the Fallout 4 hype boat afloat by highlighting the franchise’s underlying attribute system SPECIAL in a series of ’40s-style animated short films. First up is Strength.

Batman meets a thug who also lost his parents at an early age. They bond over their common experiences, like living alone in a mansion and spending your adult life punching your anger out instead of looking for more productive ways to help.

Around 1 in 10 humans are left-handed, and it’s been that way for about 500,000 years. So why are there left-handed people? And why that ratio? Daniel Abrams presents a theory that answers both questions.

Single mother Medusa hopes to find a new boyfriend while taking care of her son Minotaur, who hasn’t taken to any of her mom’s dates so far. Greek mythology meets romantic comedy in Alexandra Hetmerova’s charming Master’s graduation film.

(PG-13) Batman and his Dethklok cover band try to rescue Aquaman from Spongebob Squarepants and Princess Ariel in Red Medusa’s fan music video for Murmaider. Check out Batmetal’s first adventure here.

“These are all places we’ve been together. With our bodies, or with my mind.” Illustrator Emanuele Kabu unloads 15 years of love – or at least his side of it – in this enchanting hand-drawn animated short.

It’s easy to dismiss the first Death Star’s exhaust port as a hilariously overlooked weak point. But Dorkly comes to the defense of the battle station’s architect with some good counter-arguments. Bottomline, it’s hard to account for space wizards.

A mining robot runs into its counterpart from a rival company. Will they work together to make their jobs easier? Or will they behave like their human masters? Find out in Jack Anderson’s neat short film.

(PG-13 Language) CollegeHumor asked YouTube commenters to make a story one line at a time. The result is a surprisingly semi-coherent tale about a man named Fistwolf – er, John Cena, and his historic marriage.

New protagonist Spartan Locke and his teammates hit the ground running in the opening cinematic of Halo 5: Guardians. This reminded us of Avengers: Age of Ultron‘s opening battle.