(YouTube Link) Way before Peter Jackson turned the works of Tolkien into an epic series of movies, before Rankin Bass presented us with an awesome animated version of the books, there was another animated version in the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/totally-trippy-retro-animatic-for-the-hobbit/(YouTube link) The magic begins after closing time at Type Books in Toronto. This video is brought to you by the same folks who did Organizing the Bookcase last year, with a lot of help from friends. - via I Am Bored...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/09/the-joy-of-books/(YouTube link) I don't know what Mannings is advertising here, but it's a lovely story of selfless devotion nonetheless. A Babelfish translation of the related site offered no help, but if you can read Chinese, you ma...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/09/mannings-cat-meow-story-2012/(YouTube Link) Continuing the parade of "dear god, make it stop!" inducing advertising for The Phantom Menace in 3D, a new animated commercial has emerged for Lipton Brisk Iced Tea that, I must admit, is beautifully ani...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/05/yoda-and-darth-maul-battle-it-out-for-lipton-brisk/(YouTube link) Lee Hardcastle remade the 1982 John Carpenter movie The Thing in claymation! And there are no human characters -Pingu the penguin makes a better hero, anyway. See a "making of" video as well. See the st...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/04/pingus-the-thing/(YouTube Link) With the start of a new calendar year, movie studios have started rolling out teasers and previews for their upcoming features, to ensure that ticket sales are high. Personally, I don't really care about...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/03/a-preview-of-animated-features-being-released-in-2012/(YouTube link) A lonely cosmonaut has a very... ...very strange New Year celebration in this holiday animation
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/12/31/cosmo-new-year/(YouTube Link) This adorable 8-bit style animation comes to us fresh from some walls in Lecco, Italy... ...flowers grow. I really like how they freeze the animation at the end and pan across to show you the rest of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/12/30/an-8-bit-animation-from-lecco-italy/(vimeo link) A game of one-upmanship gets out... ..., but that doesn't detract from the charm of this animation by Giant Creative. -via Tastefully Offensive
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/12/26/the-artists/(YouTube Link) Here's a silly little animated short for all you Team Fortress fans out there, starring everyone's favorite firebug Rudolph! Watch as he tries to burn the competition, and sing along as he is admonished...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/12/24/rudolph-the-red-team-pyro/

