Last year, we saw some clever folks turn the Xbox Kinect game device into a motion capture tool. Now, the Swedish team at X-Com are using connect along with Flash to render some rudimentary character animation. I’ve never been a big fan of the results of motion-capture, and I don’t see that changing anytime soon, but it’s an interesting application of the technology.

Six years after our interview with Joey So and Todd Kauffman about their series Sidekick, it’s set to arrive on Cartoon Network in the US. Starting on June 13th, the Flash-animated series will begin airing at 3:30pm. Below you can get a sneak peek at what the show now looks like:

Rachel Stolberg’s 15-second intro to her demo reel goes by in a blink, but it’s full of imaginative and well-executed Flash animation.

Check out this trailer for Mt. Feathertop, a new, Flash-animated short from Happy Pappy, a multi-platform design agency. The short, which was created by Nath Milburn and Patrick Gilmore, is currently being submitted to festivals and competitions.

Back in February, we featured the teaser for a new, Flash-animated TV series out of Russia, titled Qumi-Qumi. In this first, 13-minute episode below, you’ll see that it’s full of world-class design, both in characters and environments. The look is also quite unique, especially the characters. The series was created at Moscow-based Toonbox Studio, and in each episode you’ll visit a world inhabited by creatures divided into three nations who all speak one completely made-up language. This episode was directed by Vladimir Ponomarev and produced by Pavel Muntyan.