Working through Japanese collective CALF, animation director Takashi Ohashi delivers a masterclass in character and style with this music video for Hatsuboshi Gakuen, the fictional band from the mobile game Gakuen Idolmaster. [Watch]
Magna directing duo Ivo Beckett and James Topley (aka DEADHORSES) tear into the rough and ready nature of women’s football in this noisy yet surgically assembled promo for Channel 4’s coverage of The Adobe Women’s FA Cup. [Watch]
French motion studio NŌBL channels the strategy and sacrifice of a chess match in this film for Vitality, one of Europe’s top esports teams, and their participation in the Esports World Cup 2026 this summer in Riyadh. [Watch]
Eccentric comedy is one of our favorite strategies for punching out of adland clutter, and it’s deftly handled here by director Ugo Mangin and Brussels prodco Hamlet for French ride-hailing app Heetch thru Paris agency Grinta. [Watch]
Digital Kitchen sets a tense and foreboding tone for season two of the Amazon crime thriller series Cross, orchestrating a layered collision between the psyche of detective Alex Cross and his city, Washington, D.C. [Watch]
Grab a peek at the 31 new projects selected for Stash 176, an inspired trove of motion and the latest issue of the Stash Permanent Collection, aka the planet’s only streaming platform dedicated to design and animation. [Watch]
