A collage of four quirky cartoon images: a wide-eyed monster with Japanese text, a monkey with a giant glove tail on a branch, hands peeling a banana titled "Dirty Work," and a person tangled by a snake. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Hard Science: Dirty Work & Jamute “Beat Cancer Off”

Armed with hard science and a cheeky song, US non-profit Fuck Cancer encourages men to take their prostrate health in hand with a brilliant animated film from São Paulo studio Dirty Work and audio house Jamute thru agency VML Health. [Watch]

An animated man with a mustache sits against a green wall, looking up. Next to him, a woman in a red dress and jewelry lifts her shawl, both bathed in dramatic lighting—like a scene from a Tinariwen music video. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Director Axel Digoix Reveals Tinariwen’s True Story in “Erghad Afewo” Music Video

In his latest video for Saharan collective Tinariwen, director/animator Axel Digoix details the band’s incredible origin story of how two Tuareg children fell in love with music and persevered despite intense conflict and censorship. [Watch]

Anime-style girl with brown hair sits hugging her knees, looking sad. Her body is covered in colorful “STOP” and “NON-STOP” stickers—reminiscent of Takashi Ohashi’s CALF works. Bold shapes and Japanese characters fill the Wildest Flower-inspired background. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Takashi Ohashi & CALF Plant the “Wildest Flower” for Hatsuboshi Gakuen in New Music Video

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]

Émilie Tronche Brings “Samuel” Style to Music Video for Miki’s “it stings a little though”

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]

Evan Schiller & Vincenzo Lodigiani Slow Down “TIME”

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]