Awesome Animation

A ton of musical turrets overwhelm GLaDOS in Zachariah Scott’s latest Source Filmmaker machinima. We love the king turret and his minions. The song was composed by Lars Erik Fjøsne.

(NSFW: Language) A silly animated musical by YouTuber Marcos Castro and his friends, about a stereotypical videogame hero who is dumbfounded by the idiosyncrasies of his virtual world.

Joshua ‘Zeurel‘ Palmer’s short animated film gives us a cat’s-eye glimpse inside the world of internet cat celebrity, as a furry feline stumbles into unexpected fame and fortune.

(NSFW) A dead man comes back to life to say goodbye to his wife. A dark animated short written, directed & produced by Jonah D. Ansell, with the voices of Christopher Lloyd and Kathy Bates.

A sick computer animated sci-fi short about aliens at war with robots. Want to have your mind blown? R’ha was written, directed and animated by just one man: 22-year old Kaleb Lechowski.

(NSFW: Language, SPOILERS) CH and Doc Octoroc give the most confusing TV series ever made a 16-bit RPG recap with lots of bashing on the side. It’s like Chrono Trigger but with despicable characters.

CD Projekt RED’s Cyberpunk 2077 is about a police force in the year 2077 that takes down people whose overuse of artificial enhancements on their body has driven them to become psychopaths.

Square Enix has released the complete version of the stunning cinematic that heralded the reboot of MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV. The new footage starts at 5:30. Apply for the game’s beta here.

An incredible piece of hand-drawn animation by artist Jake Fried, who used ink, white-out and coffee and continually painted over a canvas. The imagery is as brutal as it is complex.

This promo video for Monsters University takes the form of an ad for the titular institution, where monsters are taught to be the scariest they can be. The MU website is even more impressive.

A short film that also serves as a benchmarking tool for Windows PCs. Made by Plastic and Platige Image (the folks behind the Witcher 2 intro). Download link and instructions at ALLBenchmark.

Fraser Davidson made this wonderful animated short to accompany an excerpt from a BBC interview with physicist Richard Feynman, about how a scientist appreciates the “beauty” of a flower.

The Eleventh Doctor plays Doc Brown in this fan made animated mashup of the timey wimey BBC series and Back to the Future. A gift for Doctor Who fans from writer and animator James Farr.

Vicky Mather’s Stanley Pickle is an award-winning (and trippy) short film about a man whose idea of life involves a rote existence, of routines and actions without meaning and intent.

A beautiful animation that tells the tale of a fox encountered by a young boy on a rainy day and the friendship they form. Although it’s fleeting, it opens the boy’s eyes to another world. (Thanks Cradrius)

Kyle Roberts and his pals made a stop-motion version of the intro sequence to the classic 1990s X-Men cartoon. It was made from ~4,000 stills, 60 backgrounds – and grown men playing with dolls.

French indie rockers Stuck in the Sound are back with another video that’s just as good as its track. The moral of the story for Let’s Go might be to be careful what you work for. (Thanks Hadrian)

The craftsmen of Stan Winston Studio – the same studio that made the Aliens Queen – talk about the process of making the full-sized animatronic T-Rex that starred in the adaptation of Jurassic Park.

It’s Steven Spielberg meets Ridley Scott in this short trailer by 2nd year students at The Animation Workshop in Denmark. Remember: In space, no one can hear you phone home.

A loving animated tribute to Laika the dog – the world’s first true astronaut, who was launched into space Sputnik 2 way back in 1957 – with the kind of ending we wish had really occurred for the mutt.

A silly, but heartbreaking look at one of the staple “enemies” of the Mario Bros., the lowly Goomba. A labor of love by Filipe Costa and his entry to the 2012 Machinima Interactive Film Festival.

Brotherhood Workshop’s entry to the Machinima Interactive Film Festival is an alternate take on the Battle of Helm’s Deep from The Lord of the Rings, casting LEGOlas as a well-meaning but dumb elf.

A widow performs her final duties as a wife to her dead husband, who was a taxidermist. Watch in HD to appreciate the comic tragedy. A depressing, yet funny short film by Supinfocom Arles students.