Awesome Animation

Flipbook artist Etoilec1 pits Dragonball hero Son Goku against DC’s finest. He really has Akira Toriyama’s style down pat. Place your bets! Can the Man of Steel defeat someone whose power level is over 9000? Thanks Matt!

(NSFW) From Shinichirō Watanabe – Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo – and BONES comes Space Dandy, a comedy series about a space explorer paid to find new alien species. Simulcast in the US on Adult Swim and Funimation.

A man wants to return an unsightly fish back to the pet store because of how it looks. Tom Teller’s short film doesn’t have one outstanding feature, but somehow the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. YouTube mirror here.

Ok, so it’s from Fox ADHD, so you can pretty much count on it being politically-incorrect, but they do a great job summing up some of the best, worst and most poignant of what 2013 had to offer in this series of short, trippy animations.

The third part of YouTuber Mike Habjan’s computer animated slugfest between the Hulk and Christopher Reeve’s Superman. Mike’s CG skills are steadily improving. Be sure to watch it in 1080p.

Did you know that it’s more likely for a T-rex to eat Miley Cyrus than a Stegosaurus? That and more – a lot more – in this concise outline of the major events in the past and future by Kurzgesagt and Wait But Why!

(NSFW: Language) Animation Domination HD once again uses the power of facts to ruin a good myth. We should be glad that Santa isn’t real, but more importantly, we should help the people who actually make our gifts.

CG Animator Brian Anderson pays tribute to a classic scene from The Dark Knight, recreating Batman’s brutal interrogation of The Joker with LEGO minifigs. Sorta. Stick around long enough and it really goes off the rails.

(NSFW: Language) Ever wonder what Santa Claus and his crew do in their spare time? Animators Jens and Anna explore the lives of Saint Nick, his reindeer, and even presents and trees when it’s not Christmas time. (Thanks Kenny!)

(NSFW) Nintendo declared 2013 to be the Year of Luigi, but the big N wouldn’t promote this song even if made you buy a Wii U. Luigi’s Ballad is a hilariously juvenile song from Starbomb, the band of Egoraptor and Ninja Sex Party.

A student is having trouble with his book report… and Explosm Entertainment left it at that as they apparently decided to pursue something else entirely in their latest animated short. So… did he finish it or not?

Birdbox Studio’s offers up an animated classic about little boy who creates a friendly companion out of snow, and wishes that it would come to life. He finally gets what he wants for the holidays – and it’s not what you think.

How to Train Your Dragon 2 sees Hiccup and Toothless discover a hidden cave, home to lots of dragons and their mysterious caretaker. But just as they’ve found new friends, a dragon trapper arrives to take them away.

“Sayeth whaaat?!” How It Should’ve Ended takes on yet another questionable Marvel sequel, Thor: The Dark World. The group also teases a new animated series and hurls one more jab at Man of Steel.

An amusing fake commercial by Alvise Avati and Eamonn Butler for “Haynes Baked Beans” in which a team of astronauts meet an evil monster on the surface of the moon. Eventually, beans do play a role in the plot.

(NSFW, Flashing Lights) A short film dedicated to anyone who’s ever had a bad night out. Or to introverts in general. We know that feel bro. The Line nails the experience with great animation and audio.

Artist Karl Gude proves the true value of a sharp pencil and a good eraser as he morphs a single sketch into 30 different faces on the same spot. We’re impressed that he didn’t wear through the paper. His drumming, on the other hand…

Animator Brian Anderson is back with another idea for a LEGO video game that will never be made. This time he takes on Naughty Dog’s masterpiece The Last of Us. Actually this one’s a triple mashup.

A boy loses his glasses, leaving him able to focus on only one object at a time, led by the sounds they make. Nicolai Troshinsky hand made paper puppets and painted on glass to make his award-winning short film.

The denizens of this animated world must cope with a climate in which massive winds are an everyday occurrence. But they seem to take it all in stride, adapting to the environment without so much as a complaint. Directed by Robert Löbel.

This silly CGI animated film follows the misadventures of a knight who’s convinced he’ll achieve fame and fortune by rescuing the first captive princess he can find. But he must first slay a dragon and find the invincible sword.

Animator Timor Barshtman pays tribute to director Quentin Tarantino by illustrating the connections between his films through the transformation of the actors who played a multiplicity of roles in them.

Terror is in the eye of the beholder. A simple-minded robot has a miraculous yet dangerous magnifying glass. Instead of magnifying an object, it actually enhances the object’s size. A silly animated short by Trexel Animation.