Cyclone in Myanmar (Burma)

Sources are reporting that the terrible cyclone in Myanmar may have killed 200,000 people and that up to 500,000 may die due to sickness and starvation. There is very little that can be done since the country is ruled by one of those horrendous military dictatorships that don't care who lives or dies. You can donate to major aid organizations that will try to deliver essential supplies and medicine to the survivors of the storm.


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All Girl Star Squad: Games and Cartoons

The All Girl Star Squad is a group of superhero girls who battle an alien queen in webisodes on the new gaming site, allgirlarcade.com. The site offers colorful games, videos, and a shopping area. The animation is good and the limited selection of games turns out to be a lot of fun.

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The Idiotic Adventures of Philippe and Pierre

This is part of a series of cartoons about a body trying to re-attach its severed head. They are very funny and somehow manage to make a headless body cute and lovable.




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A Short Love Story in Stop Motion

It's not done yet, but Carlos Lascano's new animation looks really good. It seems to be about a girl who daydreams about falling in love with a boy in her classroom. It uses a lovely mix of techniques.




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Clone Wars Trailer

The titles of the six worst movies in film history all have 'Star Wars' in them. They are just fantastically bad movies with the worst acting I have ever seen in my entire life (and, yes, that includes Sir Alec Guinness). But now I see that they should have been animations all along! This trailer looks amazing and probably contains more convincing characters than all of the films combined. I can't wait to see this movie.



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The Street Magician: Student Animation

Andrew Ferguson, a student at Sheridan College made this beautiful, funny cartoon. It has an old-fashioned style that really works, excellent background drawings, and its movement is fun to watch.




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ABC3D: Pop-Up Alphabet

Here's a movie of the complete pop-up alphabet in a book by French designer, Marion Bataille. The book comes out in October 2008. Meanwhile, the little movie below is a great alphabet in its own right. I found this via the Drawn! blog at drawn.ca.




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Animated Short: Gagarin

This film was made by Alexei Kharitidi in 1995. It won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival that year. It is about a caterpillar who wants to fly. The hand-drawn animation is excellent. I found this film via Coldhardflash.com.




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