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- Type:
fully animated - Shop: filmax
- Release Year: 2004
- Country: France
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Primarily Motion Capture: maybe
- Language: French, English Dub/Subtitles
- Collection Section: CG - General
- Review:
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Casio Entertainment
- Release Year: 2010
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Primarily Motion Capture: yes
- Source Notes: directed by the maker of "Appleseed"
- Video Availability: (bd) Halo Legends
- Video Resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Synopsis: [supplement to Halo games] The Spartans jet into space to rescue a precious package.
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
good design | animation, average concept | writing
[Note] Nice visuals and decent action; lip sync was not convincing, faces appear plastic, and story is for fans only
- Type:
partially animated (secondary) (characters | extensions | effects) - Release Year: 2008
- Country: Hong Kong
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Language: Cantonese+, English Subtitles
- Collection Issues: not collection-worthy
- Collection Section: Asian - Fantasy
- Site Classification: secondary (not ranked)
- a.k.a.: ¡Ataque de Pánico!
- Type:
partially animated (characters | backgrounds) - Shop: Federico Alvarez
- Release Year: 2009
- Country: Uruguay
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Language: Spanish, English Subtitles
- Video Availability: (download) YouTube (author page)
- Video Resolution: 852 x 480
- Synopsis: Giant robots invade Montevideo.
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
good design | animation, average concept | writing
[Note] A lot of this work feels real
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Pixar
- Release Year: 2009
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Source Special Presentation: Real D 3D
- Video Availability: (bd) Up
- Video Resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Synopsis: A cloud frustrates his partner stork by providing the most difficult babies to deliver.
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts - Pixar
- Review:
good design | animation | concept | writing
[Note] Nice character animation
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Chris Jones
- Release Year: 2009
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Video Availability: (download) YouTube (author page)
- Synopsis: A haunting comedic tale of a strange passenger on a bus.
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
great design | animation, weak concept | writing
[Note] Very nice design and high quality animation, lacking a better concept and stronger comedic writing
- Type:
partially animated (characters) - Release Year: 2011
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Collection Section: Characters - Creatures
- Review:
good animation, average design, weak concept | writing
[Note] Mostly good animation and live-action integration, good voice acting, and some funny bits do not make up for the overall weak comedic writing
- Type:
fully animated - Release Year: 2009
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Collection Section: CG - Series
- Review:
- Type:
partially animated (characters | backgrounds | extensions | effects) - Shop: Digital Domain
- Release Year: 2010
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Collection Section: Visual - Fantasy
- Review:
good design | animation | concept, weak writing
[Note] While the characters and writing are too simplistic for adult movies, the creatures (mostly cool design and animation) and action were entertaining
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Silverspace Animation Studios
- Release Year: 2006
- Country: Spain
- Source Status: seen
- Style: stylized
- Video Availability: (dvd) SIGGRAPH Video Review - Issue 157
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
weak design | animation | concept | writing
- Type:
fully animated - Release Year: 2005 to 2005
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Collection Section: CG - Series
- Review:
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Brigham Young University
- Release Year: 2004
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Video Availability: (dvd) SIGGRAPH Video Review - Issue 154
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
average design, weak animation | concept | writing
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Lucas Martell
- Release Year: 2009
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Video Availability: (dvd) Pigeon: Impossible; (download) author website (for higher-res version)
- Video Resolution: 1280 x 720
- Synopsis: A rookie secret agent faces a curious pigeon getting trapped inside his multi-million dollar, government-issued nuclear briefcase.
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
great design | animation | concept | writing
[Note] Top-notch studio-quality character design, pigeon animation, and comedy done by an independent!
- Type:
partially animated (characters) - Shop: Iloura
- Release Year: 2004
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Video Availability: (dvd) stash DVD Magazine #04
- Video Resolution: 720 x 400
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Commercials
- Review:
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Act3animation
- Release Year: 2004
- Country: Australia
- Source Status: seen
- Style: stylized
- Video Availability: (dvd) SIGGRAPH Video Review - Issue 152
- Video Resolution: 718 x 310
- Synopsis: A piñata donkey comes to realize his difficult purpose.
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
great design | animation, good concept | writing
[Note] Great character animation
- Type:
partially animated (characters) - Shop: ILM
- Release Year: 2007
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Collection Section: Characters - Creatures
- Review:
- Type:
partially animated (characters) - Shop: ILM
- Release Year: 2006
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Collection Section: Characters - Creatures
- Review:
- Type:
partially animated (characters) - Shop: ILM
- Release Year: 2011
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Source Special Presentation: IMAX 3D
- Collection Section: Characters - Creatures
- Review:
good design | animation, weak concept | writing
[Note] Nothing impressive about the limited effects, weak action, and weak comedy
- Type:
partially animated (characters) - Shop: ILM
- Release Year: 2003
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Collection Section: Characters - Creatures
- Review:
- Type:
partially animated (characters | backgrounds) - Shop: Patrick Jean
- Release Year: 2010
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Video Availability: (download) Dailymotion (author page)
- Video Resolution: 1024 x 576
- Synopsis: Classic video game characters attack New York!
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
good design | animation | concept, average writing
[Note] Cool implementation of a wild nostalgic concept
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Ilion
- Release Year: 2009
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Collection Issues: not collection-worthy (not compelling, weak comedy); [Exception] nice visuals
- Collection Section: CG - General
- Review:
great design | animation, good concept, weak writing
[Note] Nice visuals with great animation (especially the character animation of the dog-like probe "Rover" and the Alien-like dog) could not make up for the weak comedic writing (mostly for kids)
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: DNA
- Release Year: 2010
- Source Status: release not seen
- Style: cartoony
- Collection Section: CG - DNA
- a.k.a.: Grindhouse Presents Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror
- Type:
partially animated (secondary) (extensions | effects) - Release Year: 2007
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Collection Section: Drama - Violence
- Site Classification: secondary (not ranked)
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Red Rover
- Release Year: 2003
- Source Status: seen
- Style: stylized
- Video Availability: (dvd) The Shorts Drawer: 2005 Edition
- Video Resolution: 720 x 540
- Synopsis: A frustrated man unsuccessfully tries to fix his own plumbing leak.
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
good design | animation | concept | writing
[Note] Good character design, environment design, and comedy only suffering a little from the weak water animation
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: ImageMovers
- Release Year: 2004
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Primarily Motion Capture: yes
- Source Special Presentation: IMAX 3D
- Collection Section: CG - ImageMovers
- Review:
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Rainmaker
- Release Year: 2004
- Country: Canada
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Special Medium: direct-to-video movie
- Collection Issues: not collection-worthy (not compelling, weak animation)
- Collection Section: CG - Non-feature
- Review:
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Josh Burton
- Release Year: 2005
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Video Availability: (download) Vimeo (author page - not truly HD)
- Video Resolution: 1280 x 704
- Synopsis: A young apprentice learns the mystical arts under the tutelage of an ancient potter.
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
good design | animation | concept | writing
[Note] Tender lead character
- Type:
partially animated (secondary) (extensions | effects) - Release Year: tbd
- Source Status: future release
- Upcoming Release:
- Style: realistic
- Collection Section: Visual - Superheroes
- Site Classification: secondary (not ranked)
- Type:
partially animated (secondary) (characters | effects) - Shop: Troublemaker
- Release Year: 2010
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Source Notes: produced and script originally written by Robert Rodrígüez
- Collection Issues: not collection-worthy (not compelling, weak characters/story); [Exception] some pretty cool CG Predator dogs and some interesting situations
- Collection Section: Characters - Creatures
- Site Classification: secondary (not ranked)
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Disney
- Release Year: 2009
- Source Status: seen
- Upcoming Release:
__-___-2012 - Style: cartoony
- Special Medium: TV special
- Collection Section: CG - Disney
- Review:
- Type:
fully animated - Release Year: 2011
- Source Status: seen
- Upcoming Release:
__-___-2012 - Style: cartoony
- Special Medium: TV special
- Collection Section: CG - General
- Review:
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Pixar
- Release Year: 2008
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Video Availability: (bd) WALL-E
- Video Resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Synopsis: A stage magician's rabbit gets into a magical onstage brawl against his neglectful guardian with two magic hats.
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts - Pixar
- Review:
great design | animation, good concept | writing
[Note] Nice character animation
- Type:
partially animated (characters | extensions) - Release Year: 2011
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Source Special Presentation: Real D 3D
- Collection Section: Characters - Vampires
- Review:
good design | animation | concept, weak writing
[Note] Good animation with some nice action scenes did not make it entertaining enough
- Type:
partially animated (characters | backgrounds | effects) - Shop: Framestore
- Release Year: 2007
- Country: UK
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Major Use of Animatronic Puppets: yes
- Collection Section: Characters - Creatures
- Review:
great design, good animation | concept | writing
[Note] Interesting characters/story with nice creature design/animation/live-integration (inconsistently mixed with some weak work); improves with each season. However, Seasons 4 and 5 lose their appeal with weak writing and limited creatures
- Type:
partially animated (characters | backgrounds | effects) - Release Year: 2010
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Collection Section: Visual - Fantasy
- a.k.a.: La Nuit des enfants rois
- Type:
fully animated - Release Year: 2011
- Country: France
- Source Status: release not seen
- Upcoming Release:
__-___-2012 - Style: stylized
- Language: French, English Subtitles
- Collection Section: CG - General
- Type:
fully animated - Release Year: 2009
- Source Status: release not seen
- Style: cartoony
- Special Medium: direct-to-video movie
- Collection Section: CG - General
- Review:
weak design | animation | concept | writing
[Note] Only observed the extremely poor quality animation (and ripoff concept) from the promos
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: The Animation Workshop
- Release Year: 2009
- Country: Denmark
- Source Status: seen
- Style: stylized
- Video Availability: (dvd) SIGGRAPH Video Review - Issue 163
- Video Resolution: 849 x 478
- Synopsis: A single chimpanzee has been recruited for the space program.
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
good design | animation | concept, average writing
[Note] Could have benefitted from a funnier ending
- Type:
partially animated (characters | backgrounds | effects) - Release Year: 2012
- Source Status: future release
- Upcoming Release:
08-Jun-2012 - Style: realistic
- Source Special Presentation: 3D
- Collection Section: Characters - Creatures
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Blur
- Release Year: 2009
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Primarily Motion Capture: yes
- Video Availability: (download) GameTrailers
- Video Resolution: 960 x 416
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Cinematics - Blur
- Review:
- Type:
fully animated - Release Year: 2011
- Source Status: seen
- Upcoming Release:
__-___-2012 - Style: cartoony
- Source Special Presentation: IMAX 3D
- Source Notes: shown before "Happy Feet Two"
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Blur
- Release Year: 2005
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Primarily Motion Capture: yes
- Video Availability: (download) author website
- Video Resolution: 320 x 208
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Cinematics - Blur
- Type:
partially animated (secondary) (extensions | effects) - Release Year: 2009
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Collection Section: Visual - Superheroes
- Site Classification: secondary (not ranked)
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: DreamWorks
- Release Year: 2011
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Source Special Presentation: IMAX 3D
- Source Notes: spin-off from Shrek franchise
- Collection Section: CG - DreamWorks
- Review:
great design | animation, good concept | writing
[Note] A great character with some great scenes (mostly in the first third of the movie)
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: DreamWorks
- Release Year: 2012
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Video Availability: (bd) Puss in Boots
- Video Resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Synopsis: [Spin-off of Puss in Boots] Puss goes on a heroic adventure with a mischievous trio.
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
great design | animation, good concept | writing
[Note] Great animation like the original film with a tender and funny little story