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.
Beijing-based Hutoon Animation is producing Blow Up The Schools, a mixed-media series focusing on school violence. The character animation is produced in Flash, while the sets appear to be collage.
The Chinese animation studio b&t Animation created this short for the recent holiday season. This Flash-animated piece features BoBo&ToTo, the stars of Swallowtail Butterfly. Okay, it’s a little late, but it came all the way from China, for crying out loud!
Machine Age is a Flash-animated short from a Chinese studio called Seven. I couldn’t find much more information about these guys - can anyone else?
BoBo&ToTo, the Flash-animated series created by B&T Studio in China, has released their 9th episode, titled Springboard. It’s not as elaborately designed as the multi-episode mini-series Swallowtail Butterfly, but it’s surely strong work, containing a great deal of traditional animation.
