Behind the Scenes: Star Trek Into Darkness

startrekWhat makes a movie or TV show great?  Yes, the acting and cast are among the very important aspects, but like movie reviewer Grace Randolph says “World Building” is also a vital part.  Here ILM takes us behind-the-scenes of how they built a “real” futuristic 2259 San Francisco for Star Trek Into Darkness.

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Viral Video Friday: Simpsons Anime Tribute

simpsons animeA Simpsons tribute to anime and all things Hayao Miyazaki.

Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Newspaper Comic Strips Collection

wallace and gromitOver the years, the British have crossed the Atlantic with iconic entertainment, like The Beatles, One Direction (LoL), Monty Python, Are You Being Served?, Mr. Bean, just to name a few, now in the animation realm, it has to be Nick Park and his animated creation Wallace & Gromit.  Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Newspaper Comic Strips Collection collects the comic strips published in the UK daily newspaper The Sun, from 2010-2011.

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Viral Video Friday: Animated Fun

star warsWhat if Star Wars had a 80’s-style cartoon feel?  Well, this is it by Nacho Punch – the Star Wars:  The Lost 1980’s Anime:

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Funko Pop! Disney: Finding Nemo Figures

funko pop nemoThese past couple of years toy company Funko has been knocking it out of the ballpark with their Pop! vinyl toy figures.  These super cute figures are from the Disney Pop! line featuring 4 characters from the Pixar animated film Finding Nemo:  Nemo, Dory, Crush and Bruce.   It’s just too bad that these Finding Nemo Pop! figures won’t be able to drop this Christmas season!  These Pop! vinyl collectibles will be available next year January 14th, 2013.

For more info, go to:  Funko.com.

Viral Video Friday: 850 Meters Animation

knightIf you have some spare in your cubicle today, check out this animated short film about a wacky knight trying to save a princess, but the jokes on him in the end.

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Viral Video Friday: Oru Burus

oru burus coverThis cool animation turns out to be a graduation project by Anton Brand, Guillaume Klein, Charlotte Quillet and Raphaël Théolade.  It’s about a king who loses control of the sun and smashes a train into his eyeballs.

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Wall-E Robot Come to Life

walleFrom the Pixar animation movie comes a life-size version of Wall-E robot.  Tested goes on the road to Mike McMaster’s garage shop to check out this R/C controlled robot.

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Pixar Playing Cards

pixar playing cards 00College student and designer Chris Anderson is a big fan of Pixar films.  For his art project, he created a Pixar themed carry box containing two packs of playing cards.

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Despicable Me 2 Talking Minions

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I really enjoyed watching the first Despicable Me animated film and now Despicable Me 2 is out.  Thinkway Toys has produced some cute and cool talking Minion toys with each of the 3 Minions – Stuart, Dave and Tim (8″ – 10″ tall) featuring unique features like over 25-50 plus lines and SFX from the movie, arm articulation, and facial movements.

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A City Made of Paper

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A metropolis and landscape of paper transform, fold, twist and turn.  The animation is amazingly smooth and must have too a lot of time to animate.  This “Paper City” animated short is by Maciek Janicki.

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Wreck-It Ralph Deleted Scene: Extreme Easy Living

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If you haven’t seen Wreck-It Ralph – you need to see it.  Buy the DVD, the Bluray or stream it.  Here’s a deleted scene exclusive from Total Film – Wreck-It Ralph in Extreme Easy Living.

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Spacebound

spaceboundA little boy and his dog in spacesuits fly around outer space.  Check out this cute short animation by Ellen Su and Kyle Moy.

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Viral Video Friday: Pig Box

cute porcupineHere’s a cute animated short about a blue bird and sleepy deprived porcupine.

Street Fighter Stop-Motion Fun

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This Street Fighter-inspired stop-motion animation short “Maker vs Marker” is by Jonny Lawrence and music by Brian Sadler.

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The Art of Epic

The Art of EPIC

If you not familiar with animation house Blue Sky Studios they are the team that brought you Ice Age and Rio, and this summer movie season they have teamed up with 20th Century Fox Animation for Epic.  Based on William Joyce’s book “The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs”, Epic features an inspiring witty heroine in Mary Katherine and her eccentric father Professor Bomba in researching the “Leafmen” who protect the forest from the forces of evil.  Mary finds herself transported into this magical world by touching glowing leaves and thus, her adventure begins.

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New Captain Harlock Animation from TOEI

Captain Harlock is back from TOEI Animation and will be released this Autumn 2013.  The animation will be directed by Shin Aramaki.  Here’s the teaser trailer:

Space Commander Sneakers

This video is pimping French sneaker label Feiyue’s new line of kicks.  The stop-motion video was done by Julien Vray.

Production I.G x Mercedes Benz x Ramen Noodles

How does Mercedes Benz launch a new car?  Well, Mercedes Benz Japan teams up with famed anime house – Production I.G (Batman Gotham Knights, Halo Legends & Ghost in the Shell) for the launch of the new Mercedes Benz A-Class.  This short anime film follows 3 protagonists chasing a ramen food truck in the city.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Rf5QX7bNc

Okay, I’m hungry for noodles now.

I Want to Look like an Anime Character

I’m real, not a drawing!!!

Taking “anime eyes” to a whole new level:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RToYbWEsbUs&feature=plcp

19-year old girl Anastasiya Shpagina from the Ukraine loves anime – here’s Anastasiya on a Ukrainian talk show explaining the “anime” look.  No subtitles.

For more info, read the article at:  Examiner – Real Life Anime Girl.

The History of LEGO

legohistoryDid you ever wonder how LEGO began?  Well, here’s a cool animated mini-documentary on the history of LEGO.  If you have 17 minutes to spare in your office cubicle, put on your headphones and learn some cool wiki-style facts about LEGO.

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Olympic Vermin Short Film

verminrunningWith the Olympics underway in London, here is a short film by Amael Isnard and Leo Bridle, to show what happens  if animals took control of running the torch instead of humans.

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I Am X by Elise Fachon

iamxcoverAn animated short on the letter X by Elise Fachon.

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The Fall of Pinterest

Check out this animated short by the people over at Collegehumor.com. Pinterest is being raided by the rest of the internet – Lord of the Rings style. If you’re in for a chuckle and love internet memes, this will be well worth your web viewing time: The Fall of Pinterest.

Sean Soong’s SubWars

Watch this neat animated short “SubWars” by Sean Soong.  Inspired from a mix of anime and Star Wars.

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