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Category Archives: Animation

Icarus Montgolfier Wright – Ray Bradbury

On the eve of the first flight to the moon, an astronaut ponders his ordinary-sounding name.

Released in 1962, it was set in the near future – August 22nd, 1970 – which ended up being about a year from when man actually landed on the moon.

From Format Films, 1962. Illustrations by Joe Mugnaini, voices by James Whitmore and Ross Martin.

Disciples Of Funk – Bootsy Collins

Your Saturday Rogue Video is one from the somewhat hidden Funk page here at The Ruffled Crow, so prepare thyself to Get Thee Down and Be Thee Funky.

I became a fan of Bootsy Collins back in his days with the P-Funk collective. Bootsy is the grand master of the mean and nasty funk groove – to this day, as far as I’m concerned. So while this video isn’t fully animated, it does have Bootsy in it and that’s pretty much the equivalent.

From Bootsy’s 1990 EP Jungle Bass.

Play For Real – Crystal Method

Machinima is the use of real-time 3D computer graphics rendering engines to create a cinematic production. Most often, video games are used to generate the computer animation. via

Borderlands game-based animated music video for the never-before-released track Play For Real by Crystal Method featuring The Heavy and directed by Machinima director Kootra.

Structure – Sun Control Species

Way Home – Erick Oh

Frankie Rulez!!! – San Charoenchai

Going Green – Thiago S. Aranha

This Way Up – Smith & Foulkes

Snowdrifter – Mack Carruthers

Way of the Mantis

A story that deserve some thought.

It is the story of an impetuous Chinese monk who finds he has a thing or two to learn from an unlikely source. The animation is rendered in a brush-painted style reminiscent of old Te Wei films. via

By Joseph Daniels and Jedidiah Mitchell