BONUS: Vintage Terry Gilliam on his Monty Python animations

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

With the new movie opening today, let's recall memories of yore with the original "TMNT" theme song (co-written by future "Two and a Half Men" and "Big Bang Theory" creator, Chuck Lorre).

'Weird Al' Yankovic - Lame Claim To Fame

As part of his just-ended "Eight Videos in Eight Days," Weird Al gave us some new animation. Enjoy!

Funny fat animals.

For no particular reason, here are wild animals... fat.

Futurama 3d (test shot)

An animator is working on a detailed CG rendering of the opening of "Futurama." The results in this test shot are looking fantastic.

Animating Adam Savage's Workshop

Marty Cooper, the creator of Aug(De)Mented Reality, visits The Cave to talk about animation and create a new piece for that location.

Car racing stop motion

This homegrown animation by a Taiwanese amateur features a race between a Tumbler, a DeLorean, and Optimus Prime. Who will win?

Duet

This charming short from animation veteran Glen Keane is a collaboration with Google, demonstrating some of their recent advancements in blending traditional hand-drawn animation with computer animation.

What Would Brian Boitano Do?

15 years ago today, South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut hit movie theaters. And it's still great!

Jerry Garcia on The Acid Tests

An interview with Jerry Garcia from 1988, revived and set to animation by PBS.

Why Do I Study Physics?

Monkey Rag

This animation was done the old-fashioned way - drawn on paper and colored by hand. The end result has so much bouncy life to it. Great song, too.

Aug(De)Mented Reality

The basics of hand-drawn animation, reframed and applied in an innovative way. Excellent.

BONUS: John Lasseter’s CalArts Commencement Speech

Here's John Lasseter's energetic speech to the 2014 graduating class of his alma mater, CalArts. Thanks to Cartoon Brew.

X-Men

In honor of today's big movie opening, an "X-Men" throwback.

Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two) by Weird Al

Artist Mark Ryden asked numerous recording artists to do their rendition of the olde tyme song "Daisy Bell," and then produced animated paintings as music videos for each. Below is "Weird Al" Yankovic's contribution.



For more videos by other singers (such as Katy Perry and Mark Mothersbaugh), click here.

Moving On by James

A music video using stop-motion animated yarn, put to smart metaphorical use.

The Illusion of Life

A crash course in animation, told through animation, adapted from the book by all-time master Disney animators Frank&Ollie.

Steadfast Stanley

A corgi faces down the living dead to reunite with his family!

My Happy End

Clever use of medium.

Wild Life

This personal favorite of mine was Oscar nominated in 2012.

Huset Pa Kampen

A story of unexpected turns.

Batman Beyond

Warner Bros. continues its celebration of Batman's 75th anniversary with this new "Batman Beyond" short by Darwyn Cooke. Kevin Conroy and Will Friedle reprise their roles. Clever nod to the history of Batman at the end.

The Cats of YouTube

An animated take on the web's most popular cat videos.

To Spring (1936)

A weird little ditty that suggests spring exists as a result of a subterranean civilization of miners pumping colors up to the Earth's surface through some sort of arterial system. This cartoon is the directorial debut William Hanna, who would go on to cofound Hanna-Barbera Productions. Impressively detailed animation, spectacular use of color. (Thanks to CartoonBrew.com)

Vivarium

BONUS: The 100 best animated movies

As voted on by industry professionals. See if your favorite made the cut!

Click here for the list

"Batman: Strange Days"

Bruce Timm -- one of the key creative partners on the '90s "Batman: The Animated Series" -- directs this new short, in honor of BATMAN's 75th anniversary.

BONUS: Orchestra Plays 43 Cartoon Theme Song Mashup

With cartoon enhancements!

WWE Slam City - Alberto the Barista

What our friends at Stoopid Buddy Stoodios have been up to, in between "The Friendship All-Stars of Friendship" and the new season of "Robot Chicken."


Check out the entire "Slam City" series by clicking here.

Ballad of a Wi-Fi Hero

Narrated by H. Jon Benjamin.

Batman versus The Terminator

Sounds like a joke. Is actually pretty awesome. Enjoy.

BONUS: Old "Simpsons" sketches from animator David Silverman

A few days ago he started tweeting "Simpsons" sketches, like the original model for Miss Krabappel (RIP) and a bunch of sketches from the Poe segment of the very first “Treehouse Of Horror.”

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Ringo Starr wishes he were a Powerpuff Girl

Lego Thriller

Annette Jung animates the opening scene of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" using Lego bricks.

Experimental animation meets pottery

This fascinating video begins as its own making-of documentary, and slowly morphs into the completed animation.

The Renter

Every "Futurama" Character Ever (Almost)

Click to enlarge.

Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas

Daddy's Handwriting

Here's an original written by me! Enjoy!

A Krampus Christmas [Screen Novelties]

Christmas Comes But Once A Year (1936)

A creepy old man with a creepy laugh thinks it's a good idea to break into an orphanage on Christmas Day. That's not the way you're supposed to take it, but it's not untrue.

Dig the sneaky use of models at the beginning and end that look convincingly hand-drawn... until the camera moves, and you get a better idea of what you're looking at. Very innovative stuff.

Christmas Presence (Part 2) - Simon's Cat

Christmas Presence (Part 1) - Simon's Cat

Hardrock, Coco & Joe

Produced by Centaur Productions in 1956, this short, like "Suzy Snowflake" and "Frosty the Snowman," has become an annual tradition in certain regions.

Peace On Earth

This is a truly bizarre little cartoon disguised as family treacle: a deceptively sweet Christmas tableau with cutesy woodland creatures gives way to an anti-war statement by revealing itself to be set in a post-apocalyptic world wherein war caused the extinction of humanity. And it was released in 1939, when World War II was underway in Europe, but America had yet to become involved. Ballsy. Merry Christmas, humanity!

Animaniacs Noel

Miser Brothers

Why leave well enough alone when you can, you know, not?

In 2008, the popular Rankin/Bass characters, the Miser Brothers, were revived for a sequel special. The original voice of the Heat Miser, George S. Irving, was still alive and returned to perform the character once again.

This modern special sought to recreate the original style of Rankin/Bass stop-motion animation and is largely successful, although improvements to the technology and techniques of stop-motion animation couldn't help but to have an effect on the finished look.

Here's the new rendition of the Heat Miser/Snow Miser song. (For the original version, click here.)

Suzy Snowflake

Preceding UPA's "Frosty the Snowman" by a year, Centaur Productions created this adaptation of the winter song in 1953. It has remained an annual staple in certain regions, particularly Chicago, ever since.

Snow Miser/Heat Miser

From Rankin/Bass's "The Year Without a Santa Claus" comes this beloved showstopper...

"Winter's Feat" - Foxtails Brigade

A nice winter song, with animation and production by friends of this site.

Escape

A Jib Jab Merry Christmas

The first Christmas special

What you're about to witness is the very first Christmas special ever produced for American television. The success of the video below is why we have Rankin/Bass's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "A Charlie Brown Christmas," and everything right up through "Prep & Landing 3." This is why every TV series does its obligatory variation of the Dickens standard. This is ground zero for the ever-expanding holiday subgenre of televised entertainment that dominates the month of December (and often leaks over into November). Everything we know about holiday specials can be traced back to this singular event.

Ladies and gentlemen... "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol"!

Three Little Pigs Christmas

The Krampus Song

Christmas In L.A. [The Killers]

Wrong Number [Friendship All-Stars of Friendship]

Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

"Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz was born on this day in 1922! In honor of that and Thanksgiving, here's the Peanuts gang having their non-traditional meal from the 1973 special "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving."


You can watch the entire Charlie Brown special by clicking here. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Jacuzzi [Friendship All-Stars of Friendship]

Video Games [Friendship All-Stars of Friendship]

Real, True, Actual Stories of America featuring Charles & Charles

Real, True, Actual Stories of America featuring Al Capone

DC's World's Funnest

Aardman Animations takes their "Creature Comforts" concept and applies it to DC's superheroes.

Steamboat Willie

This all-time classic was released 85 years ago today! Noted not only for being the public debut of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, but also for being the first cartoon released with synchronized sound. Every single voice in the cartoon was provided by Walt Disney himself.

Hey You [Friendship All-Stars of Friendship]

"The Friendship All-Stars of Friendship" series continues!

The Monkey Song

Real, True, Actual Stories of America featuring Henry Ford

More American history lessons from Wondermark.

Real, True, Actual Stories of America featuring Babe & Calvin

From David Malki ! over at Wondermark comes this take on American history...

Animated Paintings

Fungus Among Us

From "Simpsons" director Wes Archer comes this pilot for Cartoon Network from 2002.

The Story of Guy Fawkes

One Winter's Night

Trick or Treat

Happy trick-or-treating tonight, everyone!

The Backwater Gospel

Yes! Great design, great execution, great Southern Gothic tale.

Swing You Sinners!

To Boo or Not To Boo

Behind Closed Doors

Surprisingly effective creep factor.

The Kingdom of Witches

Corpse Bride - Remains of the Day

Betty Boop's Halloween Party (1933)

Lonesome Ghosts

A childhood favorite that, I'm happy to report, completely holds up! Definitely a classic.

Mad Monster Party? - "The Mummy"

A lesser-known Rankin-Bass entry...

Shiver Me Timbers - Popeye (1934)

Deadtime Stories

H.P. Lovecraft's From Beyond

This really nails the feeling of Lovecraft.

Witches Brew

A young witch struggles to learn the ropes from an elder instructor...

Mickey Mouse in Ghoul Friend

In case you've been missing it, Disney has been releasing a series of new Mickey Mouse shorts. With character designs modeled on '30s-era Disney, backgrounds inspired by the '50s and '60s, and storytelling harkening back to the silent era, these are unmistakably modern cartoons with vivid colors and sharply defined details.

Enjoy Mickey's newest Halloween adventure!

Robot Chicken : O Great Pumpkin

Draculee Draculaa

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

Here's the theme song from the rarely-discussed animated spinoff of the b-movie parodies.

Treehouse of Horror XXIV

The introduction to this Sunday's "Simpsons" Halloween special. The 24th one, folks!

Before Sunrise

Not the Richard Linklater film...

Jason and the Argonauts

This animation from 1963 is incredible! The only thing that doesn't hold up is the live-action end.

Sleepover [Friendship All-Stars of Friendship]

All the movie Batmen have a sleepover party.

Let's Build a Media Center [Friendship All-Stars of Friendship]

Ira Glass and Garrison Keillor collaborate on new studio space... when their personal quirks don't get in the way.

Bless This Mess [Friendship All-Stars of Friendship]

David Bowie and street artist Banksy improve on each other's work.

Hawaiian Shirt-Off [Friendship All-Stars of Friendship]

Luis Guzman and John Lasseter debate who has the best Hawaiian shirt collection.

Sunglasses [Friendship All-Stars of Friendship]

In case you've been missing it, the folks over at Stoopid Buddy Stoodios have been doing a parody stop-motion web series about various celebrity roommates who all happen to live in the same apartment building. Here's the first episode, where director Guillermo del Toro receives a gift from his "Hellboy" star, Ron Perlman.

The Scarecrow

Technically a commercial, this is a fantastic piece of animation, and a great cover of "Pure Imagination" by Fiona Apple.