Awesome Animation

A Russian Rambo decimates a battalion of soldiers to get to an American dead shot who has done the same to his comrades in this action-packed Battlefield 3 machinima by Robert Stoneman.

Director Yves Geleyn’s wonderfully animated short film features a giant wooden robot marionette, some woodpeckers, and a tremendous amount of heart and soul for a 2 minute film.

A cute and charming animated short by Rikke Asbjoern about a monster whose fat fingers are just too big to use the PIN pad at the ATM. In the end, he’s way more honest than we’d be.

A short tale from Roughcut and Bird Box Studio, about a mutt that’s smarter than your average dog and his quest to get some crispy chips. A dog this clever deserves all the food he wants.

Inspired by the lotus flower, City in the Sky is a concept for an oasis rising above the “developed and polluted city.” If you ask us, we’d rather have both this and clean cities.

(NSFW: Language) An computer animated movie based on Eric Powell’s satirical horror comic book series. Unfortunately it’s in limbo due to financial problems. Mr. Powell, ever heard of Kickstarter?

A series of short videos made by Junaid Chundrigar showing Marvel’s heroes and villains having a bad day. They have super powers, but when things go wrong, things go super wrong as well. Poor Hulk.

This machinima captures the essence of Michael Bay’s Transformers movies. If only this was released back in 2007, then we would have saved hours of our lives. ALL THE BUTTS, ROLL OUT!

TomSka and pals return with 90 seconds of ridiculous, disjointed, random line-drawn animation – chockful of stupidity, exploding turtles, and unlimited throwing muffins.

The critically acclaimed award-winning stop-motion animated short by Mikey Please. The Eagleman Stag tells the tale of Peter Eagleman, a man whose lifelong obsession with time does him no good.

An animated short film directed by Peter Chung (creator of Aeon Flux) about the war between the angels and demons. When their battle reaches our world, our desire for loot will be satisfied. YESSSS.

The music video for Get By by Delta Heavy is a fun stop motion short film featuring various kinds of toys being tested and then destroyed. But for what purpose? All will be revealed in the end.

The guys from Epipheo sit down with How to Survive a Robot Uprising and Robocopalypse author Daniel H. Wilson, to give us some pointers on how to deal with the aforementioned problem.

Animator Counter656 returns with another demonstration of his mastery of the art of stop-motion, as Gundam is joined by guest-star Saber Lily from Fate as she kicks some serious ass.

We all have at least one thing that we wish we could take back. Too bad time only moves forward. Directed by Eusong Lee, will is an expression of regret and loss amidst the death of a loved one.

An old man goes on a rampage after waiting in vain for fellow train commuters to offer him a seat. It’s like an animé version of Epic Beard Man, mixed with Star Wars and a dash of morbid humor.

An animated short by Rafael Velásquez Stanbury starring the letter “D” and a murderous quill pen. We’re not sure why the letter waited ’til the last moment to escape, but it’s a still fun chase scene.

The second trailer for Genndy Tartakovsky’s Hotel Transylvania shows some of the unique challenges of managing a hotel for monsters. Especially when your newest customer isn’t one.

The music video for 天国 (“Heaven”) by Japanese band 来来来チーム (Lai Lai Lai Team). We may not be able to understand the lyrics, but we sure can appreciate the cool animation by Onionskin.

A man named Max X. decides to take advantage of a nice day to take his bicycle for a ride. He also needs to pump up some flat tires and a few other things along the way.

The music video for My Apartment’s Very Clean Without You, a funny breakup song by comedy folk duo Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci aka Garfunkel and Oates. Animation by Deanna Rooney.

The first of Pixar’s featurettse for their upcoming movie Brave is all about the lead character Merida, a princess whose desire to be free may have unleashed “a wee tiny ancient curse.”

Ricky and Stephen continue to pick on Karl in the new season of The Ricky Gervais Show, which returns to HBO on April 20th, and in the UK on Channel 4 this May. Here’s a sneak preview.