- last update 05 May 2024 -
I've always loved animation so much. On this page, I'm compiling all I've posted so far on the blog, including shorts and music videos. Out of convenience, I'm making a separate page just for "anime" (read: Japanese cartoons).
• Don't underestimate cartoons
• USA does too many sitcoms
• Good kid's stuff
• Awesome short animations
• Cool animated music videos
• Don't underestimate cartoons •
Created by Peter Chung and produced by MTV when it was on its peak, Æon Flux got three seasons of pure experimentalism and awesomeness.
Crazy, dark and though-provoking narrative, bit by bit, and very subtle, reveal a lot about the world and its characters. Surreal, sensual, dramatic, violent, and often comic and tragic. Æon Flux is truly a unique experience.
In 2005 it got a movie... ehh, it doesn't translate well, and I don't know how it could either. I find the movie interesting, though.
[I will comment on the game when the section is ready]
By Christian Linke and Alex Yee, produced by the French animation studio Fortiche. A stunning adaptation of League of Legends!
Superb visuals, but also great characters and a rich narrative. A very fun watch.
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021)
Written by Beau DeMayo, directed by Kwang Il Han and produced by Studio Mir. An awesome and brutal animation spin-off of The Witcher that follows the story of Geralt's mentor Vesemir.
A French-Japanese co-production between Ankama Animations and Studio 4°C, directed by Shōjirō Nishimi and Guillaume Run Renard, and based on Run's short animation and comic series that followed. It has a very unique art style, heavily inspired by Hip-Hop culture, and a whole lot of GTA San Andreas feels. A very sarcastic action comedy with just amazing animation - and don't waste time with a Japanese dub just because this is an "anime". Japanese can't swear for shit nor have all the slangs associated with the culture. Either watch it in French or English (and as it takes place in USA, I say go for English).
The best thing, by very very far, that came out of Disney Marvel!
You may know Hit-Monkey from Deadpool pages, and his own miniseries introduction was cool, but the cartoon is so much better.
Another brutal comic book adaptation. A bit too much of teenage drama for my taste, but that can be overlooked by how interesting the story development is.
I commented on the comics here.
By Todd McFarlane. The cream of '90s comics' edginess, and like the comics, the cartoon is also dark and brutal, and our anti-hero full of sorrow and regret violently takes on the vile scum. It's edgy, yes, but quite refreshing for the superhero genre back then, and makes the Batman cartoon look like the Care Bears.
Yeah... I know it wasn't a morning cartoon, but the VHS was on the same shelf on the store.
I commented on the comics here.
Star Wars got quite a few cartoon spin-offs. I'm not much of a fan of 3D Clone Wars series, but the 2003 Genndy Tartakovsky's one is awesome. The tag have all Star Wars related stuff, so you won't find only the cartoons there.
[I will comment on the movie when the section is ready]
A Canadian iconic adaptation of some of the stories of the magazine with bands like Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult, Cheap Trick, Nazareth and more doing the soundtrack. Heavy Metal broadened the horizons of animation, exploring mature themes and different art styles... and yeah, it's sexist and juvenile too...
It got another movie in 2000, named Heavy Metal 2000.
I commented on the comics here.
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
An America-Japanese production, directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi. A sci-fi adventure with stunning visuals for its time.
• USA does too many sitcoms •
By Jonathan Katz and Tom Snyder. A very underrated show that a bunch of heavy weight artists and standup comedians participated in (Louis CK, Ray Romano, Joan Rivers, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Dave Chapelle, Winona Ryder, Jeff Goldbum, Dom Irrera... to name a few...).
By Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Sarcastic and unapologetic, South Park is one of the best things that happened to television.
[I will comment on the movies and games when the section is ready]
By Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon. Absurd and dark comedy meets sci-fi, tackling complex themes and philosophical concepts that authors have developed entire works to discuss, and making them commonplace. "Yeah, science, right?"
I commented on the comics here.
By Matt Groening. A great mix of sci-fi and comedy that unexpectedly hits you in the guts with some powerful and unforgettable episodes.
[I will comment on the games when the section is ready]
Matt Groening's classic. Probably the most famous family on television, and likely the one that has been on air the longest… The Simpsons has had its highs and lows over the years, but it’s always a good watch to relax.
[I will comment on the games when the section is ready]
• Good kid's stuff •
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-2008)
The Legend of Korra (2012-2014)
By Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. A one-of-a-kind cartoon with amazing characters, storytelling, and world-building. A show that you can enjoy at any age.
Don't forget the awesome and more mature sequel!
The games are all very enjoyable, and I'm particularly fond of the GameBoy Advance ports. I've commented on the comics here.
By Pendleton Ward. Adventure Time is a cartoon that depicts a bleak and violent world where a boy and his dog struggle to survive in the aftermath of a nuclear war. The Land of Ooo, where they live, is filled with mutated creatures, evil tyrants, and ancient horrors. Finn, the last human, and Jake, his loyal companion, must fight against the forces of darkness that threaten to destroy the remnants of civilization.
It has a bunch of games but I can't comment on any. I commented on the comics here.
From the comic book pages, a funny and unpretentious superhero parody.
I commented on the comics here.
A cute sci-fi adventure movie.
It won an Oscar and a Golden Globe, but most importantly it won the Hugo Award.
I commented on the comics here.
Earth got blown up and humanity is scattered across the galaxy, but a hidden map may give humans another chance. One of these movies you gotta be nostalgic about... but hey, it's pretty fun.
When I heard there was an animated series from the 70s, I immediately thought of Kirk, Spock and Bones running from monsters while the same background rolls on repeat, and a furry mascot doing something silly at the end of every episode and the whole crew laughing and saying "Oh, you...". Turn out the animation writing and overall tone is very similar to the original, and the psychedelic imagery of the very first episode already got me hooked. Odds are, if you like the Original Series, you are going to like The Animated Series.
As of this moment, I can't comment on the other cartoons.
I commented on the series here.
• Awesome short animations •
Kill Bill Chapter 3: The Origin of O-Ren (2003)
Amazingly brutal and very stylish, a Production I.G animation written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It's not a movie, but a chapter of Kill Bill: Vol.1 (2003).
Perhaps it should be in the Anime section, but it's Tarantino, so nah.
Neill Blomkamp’s Oats Studios’ amazing three-episode project to showcases Unity engine. It presents a really trippy vision of the future.
A short animation by Hiroyasu Ishida. Melancholic but pretty cute. A little girl finds a friend while exploring a rainy and monochromatic town.
The Diary of Tortov Roddle (2003-2006)
Another Kunio Kato work. A series of short episodes about a man traveling through a whimsical and surreal world, observing the strange and interesting things that happen along the way.
By Shingo Tamagawa. Stunningly detailed, vibrant colors and fluid movement. Puparia is just a three minutes long animation, but a real eye candy.
By Mo Se. A damn crazy cyberpunk animation, very reminiscent of those 00s stick-figure fighting videos, but insanely well made, with beautiful art, colors and fluid animation.
Indie Anibox is a collection of three independent short stories by Korean directors.
More kickass, crazy and trippy shorts
• 00:08 (Yutaro Kubo) • • 2005 Space Odyssey (Michio Mihara) • • Apartment (Jun Aoki) • • Beginning of Fashion (Jun Aoki) • • Calm (Ryo Kato) • • Crazy Little Thing (Onohana) • • F L Y (Tetsuro Kodama) • • Future Man (Ryo Hirano) • • I Like Ducks (Q‑Rais) • • Kikumana (Yasuhiro Yoshiura) • • Man In The Tunnel Alley (Kenji Iwaisawa) • • Mormorando (Tomomi Komazaki) • • Night Lamp (Saori Shiroki) • • Noisy Birth (Yasuhiro Yoshiura) • • Odd Hotel (Michio Mihara) • • Oshiruko (Jun Aoki) • • Ouch, Chou Chou (Onohana) • • Pianoman (Tetsuro Kodama) • • Puparia (Shingo Tamagawa) • • Television (Jun Aoki) • • The Lost Breakfast (Q‑Rais) • • The Researcher's Search ‑ Perspectivenbox (Koji Yamamura) • • Tokyo White and Black (Naohiro Takahashi) • • Tuzki Love Assassin (Eiji Abiko) • • Usalullaby (Asame Ike) •
• Cool animated music videos •
• Cage The Elephant ‑ Aberdeen (2011) • • Capitaine Révolte ‑ Jardinfernal (2003) • • Dawid Podsiadło ‑ Let You Down (2022) • • Flying Lotus ‑ More (2019) • • Gorillaz ‑ Dare (2005) • • Gorillaz ‑ Tomorrow Comes Today (2001) • • Heavenstamp ‑ Decadence (Animal Collective remix) (2012) • • Ken Ishii ‑ Extra (1995) • • Korn ‑ Right Now (2003) • • Municipal Waste ‑ You're Cut Off (2012) • • Mylène Farmer ‑ Peut‑être Toi (2006) • • Nação Zumbi ‑ Bossa Nostra (2007) • • O Rappa ‑ Instinto Coletivo (2001) • • Obituary ‑ Violence (2014) • • Pearl Jam ‑ Do The Evolution (1998) • • Queens of the Stone Age ‑ Go With The Flow (2002) • • Queens of the Stone Age ‑ Feel Good Hit of the Summer (2000) • • Ramones ‑ Commando (1977) • • Ratos de Porão ‑ Problemão (2002) • • Radiohead ‑ Paranoid Android (1997) • • Royal Blood ‑ Out of the Black (2014) • • Sepultura ‑ Ratamahatta (1996) • • Tankard ‑ Don't Bullshit Us! (2017) • • Tankard ‑ Fooled By Your Guts (2014) • • Testament ‑ Children Of The Next Level (2020) • • The Breakaways ‑ Girl Electric (2016) • • The White Stripes ‑ Fell in Love With a Girl (2001) • • Toxic Holocaust ‑ Acid Fuzz (2013) • • Tool ‑ Prison Sex (1993) • • Tool ‑ Sober (1993) • • Vampillia ‑ Lilac Bombs (2014) • • Vampillia ‑ Endless Summer (2013) • • Velvet Revolver ‑ Dirty Little Thing (2004) •
