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Over thirty years ago, ReBoot started airing as one of the first 3D-rendered television series. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the original season, an 8-part documentary was independently released in September of 2024, named ReBoot Rewind. During filming of the documentary, the crew found that the original studio still had the original master tapes … Continue reading "ReBoot Rewind" The post…
Gorillaz, the virtual band created by musician Damon Albarn and comic artist Jamie Hewlett, recently released their ninth album, The Mountain. As part of the release, they also created a beautiful animated video with three of the songs from the album, “The Mountain, the Moon Cave, and the Sad God”. The final animation is unique … Continue reading "New Gorillaz Traditionally-Animated Video" The…
Usually, YouTube recommends videos from a mix of channels I actually watch and some that it thinks I might like. Usually, I’m not that impressed by those random recommendations. But every once in a while, the YouTube algorithm finds a perfect new recommendation. And today, I just uncovered another one of those gems. What did … Continue reading "Ska Tune Network" The post Ska Tune Network appeared…
The original Dragon Ball animation series turns 40 next month! And in celebration, the studio released a special video to commemorate the occasion: The video includes a new animation focused on “translating the textures and colors of Akira Toriyama’s illustrations into motion” (according to the YouTube description), along with a moving musical score. And watch … Continue reading "Dragon Ball 40th…
Earlier this month the band OK Go released a new music video that was created in Blender! If you have not seen any of OK Go’s music videos in the past, you are missing out on some insanely creative and iconic video productions. For another recent example, their video for the song Love used 29 … Continue reading "OK Go’s New Music Video, Produced by Blender Studio" The post OK Go’s New Music Video,…
I stumbled on a popular YouTube channel that creates fan animations of popular anime crossovers, especially focusing on Saitama from One Punch Man. The most recent complete animation is fantastic: it features Saitama in the Dragon Ball Z universe, fighting “Black Frieza” (another powerful transformation of Frieza in the Dragon Ball Super manga not seen … Continue reading "Fan-Made Animation of…
I finally cancelled my linear TV subscription last year (YouTube TV) and switched 100% to streaming subscriptions. But there was one channel that kept me from making that switch years earlier, and it was Cartoon Network. So I was sad to learn that Cartoon Network has had a very bad financial decade. Bloomberg Businessweek published … Continue reading "The Decline of Cartoon Network" The post The…
On this day 25 years ago, the first episode of FLCL aired. The original six episode OVA, a collaboration between acclaimed animation studios Gainax (best known for the Evangelion franchise) and Production I.G. (the Ghost in the Shell movies and series), earned international success when Adult Swim aired the series three years later. FLCL is … Continue reading "FLCL Reanimated" The post FLCL…
James Lee, a popular YouTube animator, posted a new video today about the tools he uses in his new workflow. After using Adobe for over a decade, he finally pulled the trigger and switched completely away from all Adobe products. If you are not familiar with James Lee’s work, his satirical YouTube videos are from … Continue reading "James Lee’s New Workflow Without Adobe" The post James Lee’s New…
I have written about non-photo-realistic (NPR) rendering in Blender before, but typically the techniques rely on some hacks in the node editor and still require a lot of attention to look passable. But I learned that there is an independent animation studio that uses Blender to create shorts with a style inspired by anime: DillonGoo … Continue reading "The Future of Blender NPR" The post The…