Category Archives: Animation

King Klunk

Posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 by Robert Hood

Here’s a rarity. In 1933, after the release of the classic giant monster film, King Kong, Walter Lantz (of Woody Woodpecker fame) released a parody of the giant-ape-in-love epic. As you’ll see, it follows the bare outline of the plot, … Continue reading →

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Live Action Robot Taekwon V

Posted on Sunday, March 8, 2009 by Robert Hood

The “Super Robot” genre of Japanese anime arguably began with with Mitsuteru Yokoyama’s 1956 manga Tetsujin 28-go, which was subsequently animated in 1963 and released abroad as Gigantor. But it was Mazinger Z, created by Go Nagai in manga and … Continue reading →

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Update: Tuatara

Posted on Sunday, January 18, 2009 by Robert Hood

A while back, we brought up the subject of a fascinating stop-motion scifi project named Tuatara (which you can read about here), wondering whether the long-fomenting ambitions of its creator (“Michael S.”) were likely to be coming to fruition any … Continue reading →

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Jeff Boddy and the Giant Robots

Posted on Thursday, January 8, 2009 by Robert Hood

Today, Undead Backbrain brings you proof of a dire plot! A few years ago, in the depths of Ohio, an evil genius named Jeff Boddy began making giant robots. They took varied form, some even looking like… well, houses with … Continue reading →

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New: 9

Posted on Thursday, December 25, 2008 by Robert Hood

9 is a Tim Burton-produced (with Timur Bekmambetov) post-apocalyptic animated feature film, directed by Shane Acker and starring the voices of Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer and Crispin Glover, with music by Danny Elfman. … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fright Flick: Gone Bad

Posted on Friday, December 19, 2008 by Robert Hood

There were apparently only two episodes completed in this animated zombie tale — Gone Bad (US-2001; dir. Marco Bertoldo) — that features zombies, a priest with a shot-gun and an old fisherman who catches something unexpected to the strains of … Continue reading →

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A Great Big Robot Ate My Homework

Posted on Monday, December 15, 2008 by Robert Hood

And now, a short animated film (A Great Big Robot Ate My Homework) by Mark Shirra, featuring a great big robot: The robot in this short film (U.N.E.D – Story about the brain-washed robot) is, though less giant, much more … Continue reading →

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Rock-fishing Can Be Dangerous

Posted on Sunday, December 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

You have to check out this brilliant CG-animated short sci-fi film about a man, his “companion animal” and rock-fishing on an alien world. Rockfish (US-2003; short, 9 min.; animation; dir. Tim Miller) Fantastic! Rockfish is set to be made as … Continue reading →

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Computer-Generated Astro Boy

Posted on Sunday, December 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

Machines re-producing machines? Isn’t that the beginning of the End of Mankind As We Know It? Here is a teaser trailer for the new Astro Boy movie, a computer-generated feature made in the US under the auspices of Imagi Animation … Continue reading →

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The Lost Thing… Animated

Posted on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

The work of Shaun Tan — The Rabbits, The Arrival, The Lost Thing, The Red Tree and most recently the superb Tales from Outer Suburbia — are brilliant, good-natured yet edgy, quirky and luminous — a bit like Shaun himself. … Continue reading →

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