World War Robot

I'm looking forward to the iminent release of Asley Wood's World War Robot.

Get yourself over to Ashley's site here, subscribe to his blog and check out the Future Lions

The guy is a genius.

Studio 4C

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Studio 4C, The Japanese animation studio whose work first came to my attention on The Second Renaisance (parts 1 & 2) on the Animatrix compilation.

Tekkon Kinkreet was the next release that I heard critical acclaim for. The character designs have stepped away from the normal anime style. The clips below shows the dynamic blend of CG and traditional 2d animation to produce a distinctive, energetic storytelling style...





























Tekkonkinkreet directed by Michael Arias, adapted from a manga series "Black and White" by Taiyō Matsumoto.




































And below is a trailer for the studio to showcase it's animation talent with Genius Party. Five director shorts.

You can find the Studio 4C website here: http://www.studio4c.co.jp/english/
and the official website for the Genius movie: http://www.genius-party.jp/





I found The above trailer up at TwitchFilm which has become a favourite site for info on anything weird and/or wonderful in Film and Animation from around the Globe. The media player has hundreds of classic and bizarre trailers.