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]
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]
Category 3D Style, Advertising, Animation, Brand film, Broadcast Design, BTS, BTS, CG, Character Animation, Explainer, Featured, Games, Illustration, Motion Design, Music Video, Short Films, Stop Motion, Titles, VFX · Tags Art&Graft, Ben Collier-Marsh, Bito, BlinkInk, Cobb, Cub Studio, Dante Zaballa, David Weinstock, Emanuele Kabu, Ewa Smyk, Fabian Aerts, Found, Frame, Fraser Davidson, Hup.Studio, Igor Sordokhonov, Imaginary Forces, Karin Fong, King and Country, Kutuko, Landia, Loveboat, Media.Work, Nina Gantz, Nomint, Passion Paris, Picturemill, Plenty, Primal Shape, Raumkapsel Animation, Renee Zhan, Richard Paris Wilson, Seiji Anderson, Seungpyo Han, Slimane Aniss, Steve Fuller, TaxFreeFilm, The Weather Channel, Tosh Kodama, Unveil, WA Visual Company, Wonderlust, Yannis Konstantinidis
Émilie Tronche, the French director/screenwriter whose breakout animated series Samuel now resides on Netflix, applies the same easy charm and childlike style to this video for French-Korean singer-songwriter Miki. [Watch]
Meditative and minimalist new personal work here from Evan Schiller, a veteran CD at TBWA\Media Arts Lab in LA, and NYC motion artist/animator Vincenzo Lodigiani. “TIME” is the first single from their audio-visual project Ode. [Watch]
“Jump”, Van Halen’s 1984 pop-rock mega-hit, gets a shiny update as the Coca-Cola x FIFA World Cup 2026™ anthem, uniting the talents of Buenos Aires animation studio 2veinte with director/art director McFlyy and creative collective TUNL. [Watch]
Category Advertising, Animation, Character Animation, Featured, Music Video · Tags Coca-Cola, FIFA, J Balvin, McFlyy, Real Thing Records, TUNL, Van Halen
Director and co-founder Rima Yoon at South Korean prodco Rigend Film leads members of K-Pop group BLACKPINK down a rabbit hole of frenetic design and VFX filled with nods to traditional Korean culture. [Watch]