Way back in 2007, we featured a Chinese animator’s short, titled Kungfu Bunny. The animator, named Vincent, mixed stop-motion animation of his work space with Flash animation to produce a highly enjoyable result. A few months ago, the third installment of this now wildly popular series has arrived, and Vincent is now producing with a crew of 10, including a producer, a cameraman and an assistant animator. Together they’ve really upped the ante – including all sorts of camera movement and far more elaborate animation. Here’s Kungfu Bunny 3 – Counterattack.

The making of that shows all the wiring they used to build the stop-motion plates.

via Fous d’anim

A new episode of the panda-chicken romance, BoBo&ToTo, has arrived. Rhapsody For Two is an elaborate, Flash-animated episode, produced by B&T Studios, which is based in China.

Just in time for opening ceremonies in Beijing, Cheerland Entertainment and Itscartoon Animation Studios have joined forces to deliver an Olympic themed animated series. Olympics Is In Our Family combines Flash animation with 3D environments to delivery a rich looking world. If your Mandarin is rusty, I recommend more Ni Hao, Kai-Lan.

I’ve always resisted the urge to post stick animation here. The exception occurs when someone transcends the format, like Alan Becker’s Animation vs. Animator. And 25-year old Chinese artist who goes by JustSolo just set the bar a notch higher with Ghostfight: Battle of the Swords, which could pass for high-end gameplay video.

The short is now in the #1 slot at Newgrounds, a site his government won’t even let him view. For screengrabs and project details, check out his blog.

In 2005, Hong Kong based artist Thomas Leung created a very personal animated short titled Sukki’s Story. It’s a touching, thoughtful piece, and Leung obviously crafted the short with a great deal of love and attention. He utilized a labyrinth of software to bring the film to life, including Flash, which was used to rotoscope live-action footage.

In this assembly, Leung illustrates the process he used in creating the film.

Thanks to Marco at mellart.com for the link.