Awesome Animation

Sometimes life derails us from where we think we’re supposed to go, only to take us somewhere better. This short film by Jacob Wyatt is about a sneaky white fox who steals a girl’s train ticket.

By the end of their movie, most of The Avengers seem to be comfortable with their superhero status, but can you imagine how things might go if the brooding and miserable Batman joined them?

The latest episode of PBS Off Book takes a look at one of the most popular and progressive visual arts: animation and motion graphics, and shares a bit about its history, variety and purpose.

Animator Mick Lauer (aka Rice Pirate) pokes fun at the rather ridiculous practice of workers constantly taking extra breaks so they can go hang outside the building and smoke cigarettes.

The world’s best and only true cartoon series continues. This episode reveals that the great supreme pure 100% nonfat leader Kim Jong-un is both a fighter and a lover.

How It Should Have Ended takes on The Dark Knight Rises, suggesting not just one but five ways that Christopher Nolan’s trilogy could have ended. Watch out for the final joke post-credits.

Dad tries his best to take care of the kids while Mom gets ice cream. “Best” being a relative term. This is one of Birdbox Studio’s earlier works and was originally shown on BBC Comedy.

The Maccabees take us on a dreamy musical and visual journey in this three-track live performance, augmented by real-time Kinect 3D animation of the band and audience (starts around 3:30).

A short film (or is it a documentary?) by 3rd year Bezalel Academy of Art students Alon Tako, Guy Elnathan, Daniel Lichter and Sivan Kotek, about a mother trying to get her gamer son to play outside.

Perhaps inspired by Nyan Cat or the famous hamster dance, London mayor Boris Johnson has just a single move, but we’re already addicted to his flowing golden locks and infectious groove.

A sly (and magical) fox outsmarts two would-be hunters in this vibrant and entertaining short animated CGI film by Thomas Bozovic, Alexandre Cazals, Julien Legay, and Chao Ma.

As the company celebrates its 80th birthday, LEGO takes a look back at its story so far with this animated short film. You can skip to about 10:00 in the video for the origin of the iconic bricks.

A public service announcement brought to you by director and animator Eoin Duffy. Be careful when camping out in the woods. A bear might… just watch. This is Duffy’s entry to LoopdeLoop.

Animator Cyriak and comedian Adam Buxton present the Counting Song. It starts off as a boring tune, but things get out of hand quickly. It’s Oh, The Places You’ll Go for disillusioned adults.

Ok, Nyan Cat is so 2011, we know. But that doesn’t make Simon Johnson’s Nyan-inspired animation of all 151 “original” Pokemon any less hypnotic or any less likely to make you grin from ear-to-ear.

Sick of her rude and obnoxious schoolmate, a young girl hatches a diabolical plan. An animated short film made by Ringling College of Art and Design students Alyse Miller and Phillip Simon.

Comic book aficionados are familiar with Krypto the Superdog, a remnant of DC’s Golden Age. But you don’t need to be a comics geek to be amazed/horrified at Krypto’s pooping powers.

Combining two of our favorite pastimes – Team Fortress 2 and Flight of the Conchords in a single clip is the stuff that YouTube dreams are made of. More here, here, here, and here.

(Spoilers/NSFW) CollegeHumor follows up on its Game of Thrones RPG with a chance to slap around King Joffrey, gratuitous boobies, and Daenerys desperately looking for her dragons.

If you never picked up the video release of WALL-E, you missed out on this charming 7-minute long Pixar clip, which tells the tale of BURN-E, a robot tasked with repairing a single exterior light.

A new web series by Geek & Sundry featuring stop motion short films based on kid’s stories. This is Scary Smash, as told by 5-year old Brett, starring geek superstars Joss Whedon and Felicia Day.

North Korea’s Great Leader is back to regale us with more of his flawless adventures, courtesy of Collegehumor. This time he gets help – not that he needed it, mind you – from Avenger Man.

A stop-motion animated film from the twisted mind of writer Charlie Kaufman being funded outside of the conventional studio system so its creative team has no interference with their artistic vision.