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Netflix announces new My Melody/Kuromi Sanrio stop-motion series【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 10, 2025 - Tweet
Series stars comment on being the newest members of Netflix’s growing roster of stop-motion characters from Japan.
- Internet, Japan
- (anime • cute • Kuromi • My Melody • Netflix • Sanrio • stop motion • stop motion animation • video)
Netlflix stop-motion Pokémon series has new preview video, theme song from city pop legend【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 15, 2023
Psyduck co-stars in series about finding inner peace and daily joy.
- Internet, Japan
- (anime • city pop • J-Pop • Mariya Takeuchi • Netlflix • Pokemon • Psyduck • stop motion • stop motion animation • video • video games)
Stunning stop-motion samurai video “Hidari” is like nothing you’ve seen before【Video】
- Master Blaster
Mar 9, 2023
Left is right.
- Japan
- (animation • art • awesome • cinema • cool • crowdfunding • Hidari Jingoro • stop motion • video • woodworking)
Netflix producing stop-motion Pokémon series, stars human concierge at resort for Pokémon【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 28, 2023
Creators of stop-motion Rilakkuma series turn their talents to traveling Pokémon in need of relaxation.
- Japan
- (anime • Netflix • Pokemon • Pokémon Concierge • stop motion • video)
Amazing stop-motion artist recreates Akira anime’s most famous sequence with figures【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 8, 2021
The slide seen ‘round the world looks awesome in a whole new way with some clever practical effects.
Rilakkuma and pals will return to Netflix in upcoming stop-motion animation series
- Krista Rogers
Oct 31, 2020
Rilakkuma’s Theme Park Adventure will feature everyone’s favorite relaxed bear character indulging in some amusement park fun.
- Japan
- (animation • Netflix • Rilakkuma • Rilakkuma and Kaoru • Rilakkuma's Theme Park Adventure • San-X • stop motion • TV)
Japanese office worker gets fired, retaliates by making sushi out of business suit and iPhone
- Oona McGee
Jun 6, 2019
Satisfying stop-motion video shows familiar sushi dishes made with some very unusual objects.
- Japan
- (business suit • food • Japanese jobs • Japanese office • japanese work culture • Office Worker • Salaryman • stop motion • sushi • video)
Watch Ryu from Street Fighter unleash a shoryuken combo on a Red Bull can in epic stop motion
- Koh Ruide
Mar 29, 2019
Crumples it so easily, we don’t think there is going to be a round two.
- Japan
- (awesome • Capcom • cool • Red Bull • Ryu • shoryuken • stop motion • stop motion animation • Street Fighter • video games)
Super Mario World 1-1 perfectly recreated, animation and all, in Japanese fan’s notebook【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 12, 2019
”I drew Super Mario in my notebook” says amazing artist, but this isn’t any bored-in-class doodle.
- Japan
- (art • awesome • clever • cool • nintendo • stop motion • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros. • video • video games • World 1-1)
Awesome self-building Gundam model video shows every anime mecha fan’s dream come true【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 25, 2019
Stop-motion masterpiece is a whole new kind of Gundam animation.
Dragonball Z’s SSJ Vegeta fights mech suit girl in this epic episode-length stop motion【Video】
- Katy Kelly
Sep 7, 2018
This DBZ fan took a Super Saiyan Vegeta figure and choreographed it through an awesome fist-smashing bout with Symphogear protagonist Hibiki.
- Japan
- (action figures • awesome • crossover • dragonball z • stop motion • symphogear • Vegeta)
Awesome fan-made stop-motion video using Gundam models is a Gundam fan’s dream come true 【Videos】
- Dale Roll
Aug 17, 2018
The scene is an exact reenactment of the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime, complete with CG special effects.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • Gundam • Mobile Suit Gundam • models • robots • stop motion • video)
Action figure stop-motion clip pits Goku against Vegeta in fight of Saiyan proportions【Video】
- Koh Ruide
May 7, 2018
Forget the times when extended battles in the anime took up 10 episodes. This is where the fun’s at.
- Japan
- (action figures • Dragon Ball • Goku • stop motion • Vegeta • video • YouTube)
Mario enlists help from dozens of Rubik’s cubes in epic stop-motion adventure【Video】
- KK Miller
Dec 29, 2016
If you are a Mario fan, you are going to love every single bit of this!
- Internet, Japan
- (art • Mario • rubik's cube • stop motion • videos)
Stop-motion Attack on Titan/Godzilla crossover is disturbingly awesome 【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 25, 2015
Attack on Titan’s adaptations to other forms of media have been sort of hit-and-miss. Sure, the animated TV series that followed up on the success of the original manga is the anime industry’s biggest hit in decades, but kind words for the two live-action movies have been few and far between.
Still, the upcoming video game version looks pretty cool, and as further proof that the series can still be cool in new formats is this awesome fan-produced stop-motion video that’s a crossover between Attack on Titan and Godzilla.
- Japan, Taiwan
- (anime • Attack on Titan • cool • fan art • Godzilla • manga • stop motion • video)
An ad you won’t want to skip: Honda’s animated short is dropping jaws【Video】
- Meg Murphy
Sep 23, 2015
Honda has come a long way since being founded in 1946. Now world-renown, the company has moved on to become the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles, as well as internal combustion engines. Automobiles aren’t the only things it produces either, with lawnmowers, planes, and robots among its list of products.
This new short animation, created by stop-motion masters PES, illustrates Honda’s unique transformation and accomplishments over the years. The two-minute film took a team of dozens of animators and illustrators four months and thousands of original drawings to complete. Keep in mind the fact that absolutely none of this is computer generated—a rarity in this day and age—which makes the animation all the more jaw-dropping.
- Internet
- (cool animations • Honda • PES • stop motion • video • YouTube)
One Piece’s Chopper stars in 5-minute stop-motion “Cry Heart” short
- Anime News Network
Jan 20, 2014
Some diligent animators took Banpresto‘s “One Piece Cry heart Fuyujima ni Furu Sakura) (One Piece Cry heart The Cherry Blossoms That Fall on Winter Island) line of crane game prize figures and created a five-minute stop-motion short last month. The “One Piece: Cry heart~” short recreates the famous “Hiluluk’s Cherry Blossoms” scene from Eiichiro Oda‘s manga and anime:
- Global
- (anime • Anime News Network • chopper • manga • One Piece • stop motion)
Lego ninjas duke it out in this epic stop motion video
- Michelle Lynn Dinh
Oct 11, 2013
Legos are awesome. Ninja legos are even better. But a ninja lego stop motion video? Few things are cooler than that.
- Internet
- (LEGO • Ninja • stop motion • video)
Stop motion car chase has all the thrills of a Hollywood action film
- Michelle Lynn Dinh
Jun 23, 2013
Through some elaborate camera work, realistic sound effects, and the use of small figures and buildings, this stop motion video made by YouTube user LUXE37 is impressing netizens around the world. Filmed in a retro-style with cars from the 70s and 80s, this superb stop motion film is a throwback to the golden era of car chase scenes.
- Internet, Japan
- (car chase • cool • stop motion)
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