http://www.anapoda.info A world of animation goodness Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:07:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en show_69f2c4db822084(425, 350); Written by Rich Hogan and directed by Tex Avery. Description: A funny variation on the Three little pigs story told as WW2 anti-german propaganda, as the US had just entered the war. It's interesting how at times of war a nations culture could turn to influence even those so innocent ... http://www.anapoda.info/the-blitz-wolf show_262e231f826140(425, 350); Directed by Georges Schwizgebel. Description (JHailey): The circle of life. A child sits alone on a playground merry-go-round. All around are images of life: a woman reclining, a couple standing. These images revolve as accordion music fills the air. Circular images - the rim of a coffee cup, the merry-go-round, ... http://www.anapoda.info/78-tours Sorry about the absence. Work love hate life, etc. You know. Stay tuned for goodies. http://www.anapoda.info/aaaaaand-were-back show_67fe9cfffc4ffd(425, 350); Directed by Nick Park, written by Nick Park and Bob Baker. Description (Rob Hartill): Plasticine animation of the loveable duo of Wallace and Gromit; inventors of all manner of useful devices. In this Oscar winning story, Gromit (a dog) finds himself being pushed out of his room and home by ... http://www.anapoda.info/the-wrong-trousers show_8ac0081c1695d6(425, 350); Directed by Paul Berry. Description (jhailey at hotmail dot com): On a dark night, as the clock strikes eight, a mother sends her child upstairs to bed with only a candle for light. The child is wary, then frightened. The child hears something climbing the stairs. We see a birdlike ... http://www.anapoda.info/the-sandman show_136c6921a6c74b(425, 350); Directed by Yuriy Norshteyn and written by Lyudmila Petrushevskaya and Yuriy Norshteyn. Description: To my shame I have to admit I've been so busy lately I haven't gotten around to watching this fully, just skipped through a few scenes, was impressed, so I'm just going to throw in a comment ... http://www.anapoda.info/shazka-skazok-tale-of-tales show_80610ae0fbb845(425, 350); Directed by Tex Avery. Description (Reidar Lyng): Most of you probably know this classic cartoon already. Instead of the usual bit, the characters of the fairy-tale absolutely refuse to do the tale in the same old way. Little Red Riding Hood turns herself into the hottest singer in town, the ... http://www.anapoda.info/red-hot-riding-hood show_65d49196a875a2(425, 350); Directed and written by Adam Elliot. Description (Jon Reeves): The sad, strange life of Harvie, who is born into an impoverished Middle European existence, and whose one constant is the book of "fakts" he keeps adding to, worn around his neck. After a childhood tragedy, he emigrates to Australia, where ... http://www.anapoda.info/harvie-krumpet show_41f23e452384b1(425, 350); Directed by Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby, written by Wendy Tilby. Description: This Oscar nominee will seem strange at first seeing as it's about people, but represented as animals, in a daily human environment, performing typical human actions. The point of the animation, as far as I can tell is ... http://www.anapoda.info/when-the-day-breaks show_aba627859ecde3(425, 350); Directed by Yuriy Norshteyn, written by Sergei Kozlov . Description: This is yet another wonderful piece of russian animation, and it has that specific feel to it too. It is the story of a little hedgehog that embarks on a journey to see his friend, the bear, but gets lost ... http://www.anapoda.info/yozhik-v-tumane-hedgehog-in-the-fog