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- Type:
fully animated - Release Year: 2000
- Country: Japan
- Source Status: seen
- Style: anime
- Language: Japanese, English Dub/Subtitles
- Collection Issues: almost not collection-worthy (weak dated animation), but kept since still good movie
- Collection Section: CG - General
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Blur
- Release Year: 2004
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Primarily Motion Capture: yes
- Video Availability: (dvd) stash DVD Magazine #01
- Video Resolution: 720 x 480
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Commercials
- Type:
partially animated (backgrounds | effects) - Shop: Jakub Grygier
- Release Year: 2010
- Country: Poland
- Source Status: future release
- Upcoming Release:
__-___-2011 - Style: realistic
- Language: Polish, English Dub/Subtitles
- Synopsis: Strangers decide the fate of humanity during an interplanetary war
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Type:
partially animated (secondary) (effects) - Release Year: tbd
- Source Status: future release
- Upcoming Release:
- Style: realistic
- Collection Section: Visual - Superheroes
- Site Classification: secondary (not ranked)
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Pixar
- Release Year: 1984
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Video Availability: (bd) Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1
- Synopsis: A clever forest dweller unwisely draws the ire of a fast-flying bee.
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts - Pixar
- Review:
good design | animation, average concept | writing
[Note] Innovative work for its time (dated animation)
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: DNA
- Release Year: 2002 to 2006
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Collection Section: CG - DNA
- Type:
partially animated (characters) - Shop: ILM
- Release Year: 2000
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Collection Section: Characters - Cartoon
- a.k.a.: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Weta
- Release Year: 2011
- Source Status: future release
- Upcoming Release:
21-Dec-2011 - Style: cartoony
- Primarily Motion Capture: yes
- Source Special Presentation: IMAX 3D
- Source Notes: 1 of 3 Jackson/Spielberg 3-D films
- Collection Section: CG - General
- Review:
great design | animation, weak concept | writing
[Note] Great mo-cap animation (although some weak key frame animation for dog) with weak slapstick comedy, unexciting action sequences, and a boring, old-school, simplistic mystery plot that is not compelling for contemporary audiences
- Type:
partially animated (secondary) (extensions | effects) - Shop: Digital Domain
- Release Year: 2005
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Collection Section: Visual - Superheroes
- Site Classification: secondary (not ranked)
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Blur
- Release Year: 2005
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Primarily Motion Capture: yes
- Video Availability: (dvd) stash DVD Magazine #17
- Video Resolution: 720 x 448
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Cinematics - Blur
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Creative Light Worldwide
- Release Year: 2004
- Source Status: seen
- Style: stylized
- Special Medium: direct-to-video movie
- Collection Issues: almost not collection-worthy (semi-dated CG), but kept for interesting visuals
- Collection Section: CG - General
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Ringling College
- Release Year: 2006
- Source Status: seen
- Style: stylized
- Video Availability: (dvd) SIGGRAPH Video Review - Issue 154
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
good design | animation, weak concept | writing
- Type:
partially animated (secondary) (extensions | effects) - Release Year: 2012
- Source Status: future release
- Upcoming Release:
__-___-2012 - Style: realistic
- Collection Section: Visual - Superheroes
- Site Classification: secondary (not ranked)
- Type:
fully animated - Release Year: 2007
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Video Availability: (download) GameTrailers
- Video Resolution: 960 x 540
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Cinematics
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Supinfocom
- Release Year: 2007
- Country: France
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Video Availability: (dvd) SIGGRAPH Video Review - Issue 161
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
good design, weak animation | concept | writing
[Note] Nice visuals
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: MESAI (Moo Hyun Jang)
- Release Year: 2009
- Country: Korea
- Source Status: seen
- Style: stylized
- Video Availability: (dvd) SIGGRAPH Video Review - Issue 164; (download) Vimeo (author link - for higher-res version)
- Video Resolution: 1280 x 720
- Synopsis: A young man trusts in his many alarms to keep him from missing work.
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
great design, good animation, average concept | writing
[Note] Nice visuals with clarity and realism
- Type:
partially animated (characters | backgrounds | extensions | effects) - Release Year: 2010
- Source Status: seen
- Style: stylized
- Source Special Presentation: IMAX 3D, Real D 3D
- Collection Section: Characters - Cartoon
- Review:
great design | animation, weak concept | writing
[Note] Unlike with the animated Disney movie and countless other fantasy movies, I did not find this world, story, or its characters compelling nor endearing
- Type:
partially animated (characters | backgrounds) - Release Year: tbd
- Source Status: future release
- Upcoming Release:
- Style: realistic
- Source Special Presentation: 3D
- Source Notes: prequel to the first "Alien" directed by Ridley Scott
- Collection Section: Characters - Creatures
- Type:
fully animated - Release Year: 2005
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Special Medium: TV special
- Collection Issues: not collection-worthy; bored after a few minutes
- Collection Section: CG - Non-feature
- Type:
partially animated (characters) - Shop: The Moving Picture Company
- Release Year: 2004
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Collection Section: Characters - Creatures
- Type:
partially animated (characters | effects) - Release Year: 2009
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Collection Section: Characters - Creatures
- Review:
good design | animation, average concept | writing
[Note] While it is clearly written for kids, there is enough fun action and cool alien animation to make it enjoyable
- a.k.a.: AVPR
- Type:
partially animated (characters | backgrounds) - Release Year: 2007
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Collection Section: Characters - Creatures
- a.k.a.: The Ballad of Big Al
- Type:
fully animated - Release Year: 2001
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Special Medium: TV special
- Collection Issues: not collection-worthy; bored after a few minutes
- Collection Section: CG - Non-feature
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Rodrigo Blaas
- Release Year: 2009
- Country: Spain
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Video Availability: (dvd) SIGGRAPH Video Review - Issue 163; (download) author website (for higher-res version; temporarily available)
- Video Resolution: 1280 x 720
- Synopsis: A little girl enters an antique toy shop after a strange doll in the window captures her attention.
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
great design | animation | concept | writing
[Note] Beautiful, touching visuals with a good dose of eeriness
- Type:
partially animated (characters) - Shop: Toybox
- Release Year: 2005
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Collection Issues: almost not collection-worthy (dark CG)
- Collection Section: Characters - Creatures
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Crest
- Release Year: 2010
- Country: India
- Source Status: seen
- Source Special Presentation: Real D 3D
- Collection Section: CG - General
- Review:
good concept, average design | animation, weak writing
[Note] Underwhelming animation (lacking emotion, bad run cycles, etc.) with amateurish writing (perhaps geared just to young kids) that are not saved by the many cool visual landscapes
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Kuba Gryglicki
- Release Year: 2007
- Country: Poland
- Source Status: seen
- Style: stylized
- Video Availability: (dvd) SIGGRAPH Video Review - Issue 158
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
good design, weak animation | concept | writing
[Note] Environment designs are nice
- Type:
partially animated (characters) - Shop: Rhythm & Hues
- Release Year: 2007
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Collection Section: Characters - Cartoon
- Type:
partially animated (characters) - Shop: Rhythm & Hues
- Release Year: 2009
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Collection Section: Characters - Cartoon
- Review:
great design | animation, average concept | writing
[Note] Stunning animation with live-action integration really brings the characters to life. While it arguably is catered almost totally to kids, there are more than a few good laughs with the very endearing characters
- a.k.a.: Spider-Man 4
- Type:
partially animated (characters | extensions | effects) - Shop: Imageworks
- Release Year: 2012
- Source Status: future release
- Upcoming Release:
03-Jul-2012 - Style: realistic
- Source Special Presentation: IMAX 3D
- Collection Section: Visual - Superheroes
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Premium Films
- Release Year: 2003
- Country: France
- Source Status: seen
- Style: stylized
- Video Availability: (dvd) SIGGRAPH Video Review - Issue 151
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
weak design | animation | concept | writing
- Type:
partially animated (characters) - Shop: Santa Barbara Studios
- Release Year: 1997
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Major Use of Animatronic Puppets: yes
- Collection Section: Characters - Creatures
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Ringling College (Lindsey Olivares)
- Release Year: 2009
- Source Status: seen
- Style: stylized | cel-shading
- Video Availability: (download) Vimeo (author link)
- Video Resolution: 1280 x 720
- Synopsis: A desolate man adrift finds inspiration in a hopeful love.
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
good design | animation | concept | writing
[Note] Nice, interesting visuals filled with tenderness
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Backyard Digital
- Release Year: 2004
- Source Status: seen
- Style: stylized
- Special Medium: direct-to-video series
- Collection Section: CG - Series
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Supinfocom
- Release Year: 2008
- Country: France
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Video Availability: (dvd) SIGGRAPH Video Review - Issue 163
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
good design | animation, weak concept | writing
[Note] Nice design and animation limited by a quirky concept
- Type:
fully animated - Release Year: 2008
- Source Status: seen
- Style: stylized
- Collection Section: CG - Series
- a.k.a.: Konferenz der Tiere
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Ambient
- Release Year: 2010
- Country: Germany
- Source Status: release not seen
- Upcoming Release:
__-___-2011 - Style: stylized
- Language: German, English Subtitles
- Source Special Presentation: 3D
- Collection Section: CG - General
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Ringling College (Eric Drobile)
- Release Year: 2007
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Video Availability: (dvd) SIGGRAPH Video Review - Issue 158
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
good design | concept, weak animation | writing
- a.k.a.: Triton Force
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Shanghai Hippo
- Release Year: 2010
- Country: China
- Source Status: release not seen
- Upcoming Release:
__-___-2011 - Style: stylized
- Primarily Motion Capture: yes
- Language: Mandarin, English Dub/Subtitles
- Source Notes: first fully CG animated 3-D feature film to be released in China
- Collection Section: CG - General
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Johannes Weiland
- Release Year: 2003
- Country: Germany
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Language: German, English Dub/Subtitles
- Video Availability: (download) iTunes
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
good design | animation, weak concept | writing
[Note] Environments and creature animation is good, but human animation and writing/characters are weak
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: DNA
- Release Year: 2006
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Source Special Presentation: IMAX 3D
- Collection Section: CG - DNA
- Type:
partially animated (characters) - Release Year: 2012
- Source Status: future release
- Upcoming Release:
__-___-2012 - Style: realistic
- Collection Section: Visual - Superheroes
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: DreamWorks
- Release Year: 1998
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Collection Section: CG - DreamWorks
- a.k.a.: Appurushîdo
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Digital Frontier
- Release Year: 2004
- Country: Japan
- Source Status: seen
- Style: anime | cel-shading
- Primarily Motion Capture: yes
- Language: Japanese, English Dub/Subtitles
- Collection Section: CG - General
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Digital Frontier
- Release Year: 2007
- Country: Japan
- Source Status: seen
- Style: anime | cel-shading
- Primarily Motion Capture: yes
- Language: Japanese, English Dub/Subtitles
- Collection Section: CG - General
- Type:
partially animated (secondary) (extensions | effects) - Release Year: 2004
- Country: Korea
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Language: Korean, English Subtitles
- Collection Issues: almost not collection-worthy (first half was boring), but kept for interesting visuals and fighting
- Collection Section: Asian - Fantasy
- Site Classification: secondary (not ranked)
- Type:
fully animated - Release Year: 2006
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Video Availability: (download) GameTrailers
- Video Resolution: 720 x 320
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Cinematics
- Type:
fully animated - Release Year: 2006
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Video Availability: (download) GameTrailers
- Video Resolution: 640 x 288
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Cinematics
- 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 240
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Cinematics - Blur
- a.k.a.: Arka
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Grzegorz Jonkajtys
- Release Year: 2007
- Country: Poland
- Source Status: seen
- Style: stylized
- Video Availability: (dvd) SIGGRAPH Video Review - Issue 156; (download) author website (for higher-res version)
- Video Resolution: 1280 x 720
- Synopsis: A scientist is at the end of his line with an incurable virus that has destroyed almost the entire population.
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
good design | animation | concept | writing
[Note] Great visuals (some clunky animation)
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Digital Rim
- Release Year: 2004
- Country: Korea
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Collection Section: CG - General
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Digic
- Release Year: 2002
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Video Availability: (download) author website
- Video Resolution: 720 x 400
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Cinematics - Digic
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Digic
- Release Year: 2002
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Video Availability: (download) author website
- Video Resolution: 720 x 390
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Cinematics - Digic
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Digic
- Release Year: 2002
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Video Availability: (download) author website
- Video Resolution: 720 x 390
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Cinematics - Digic
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Digic
- Release Year: 2002
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Video Availability: (download) author website
- Video Resolution: 720 x 390
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Cinematics - Digic
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Digic
- Release Year: 2002
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Video Availability: (download) author website
- Video Resolution: 720 x 390
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Cinematics - Digic
- Type:
fully animated - Release Year: 2006
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Video Availability: (download) GameTrailers
- Video Resolution: 640 x 272
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Cinematics
- a.k.a.: Arthur and the Minimoys
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: BUF
- Release Year: 2006
- Country: France
- Source Status: seen
- Live-action Segments: yes
- Style: cartoony
- Primarily Motion Capture: yes
- Language: French, English Dub
- Collection Section: CG - General
- a.k.a.: Arthur et la vengeance de Maltazard
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: BUF
- Release Year: 2009
- Country: France
- Source Status: seen
- Live-action Segments: yes
- Style: cartoony
- Primarily Motion Capture: yes
- Collection Section: CG - General
- Review:
good design | animation, average concept | writing
[Note] Decent sequel with creative (although a bit disjointed) story
- a.k.a.: Arthur et la guerre des deux mondes
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: BUF
- Release Year: 2010
- Country: France
- Source Status: seen
- Live-action Segments: yes
- Style: cartoony
- Primarily Motion Capture: yes
- Collection Section: CG - General
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Aardman
- Release Year: 2011
- Source Status: future release
- Upcoming Release:
23-Dec-2011 - Style: cartoony
- Source Special Presentation: Real D 3D
- Collection Section: CG - General
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Passion Pictures
- Release Year: 2005
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Video Availability: (dvd) stash DVD Magazine #17
- Video Resolution: 720 x 416
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Commercials
- Type:
partially animated (characters | extensions | effects) - Release Year: 2001
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Major Use of Animatronic Puppets: yes
- Collection Section: Characters - Robots
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Digic
- Release Year: 2009
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Video Availability: (download) GameTrailers
- Video Resolution: 960 x 408
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Cinematics - Digic
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Imagi
- Release Year: 2009
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Collection Section: CG - General
- Review:
good design | animation, average concept | writing
[Note] While the plot was pretty simple and mostly for children, the animation was nice, the main character was compelling, and the robot fighting action was fun
- Type:
partially animated (characters | backgrounds | extensions | effects) - Release Year: tbd
- Source Status: future release
- Upcoming Release:
- Style: realistic
- Collection Section: Visual - Superheroes
- Type:
fully animated - Release Year: 2006
- Country: Japan
- Source Status: release not seen
- Upcoming Release:
- Style: anime
- Language: Japanese, English Subtitles
- Collection Section: CG - General
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Alligatoon Studio
- Release Year: 2004
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Source Notes: Was designed to be a pilot for a series (which never was realized)
- Video Availability: (dvd) The Shorts Drawer: 2005 Edition
- Video Resolution: 720 x 400
- Synopsis: A dog is on a mission to rid the universe of a super annoying extra-terrestrial flea.
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
good design | animation, average writing, weak concept
[Note] Nice character animation
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Blue Sky
- Release Year: 2005
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Video Availability: (dvd) Robots
- Synopsis: [Spin-off of Robots] Aunt Fanny gives a tour of the Robot City Train Station to a motley collection of robots.
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
good design | animation, average concept | writing
[Note] Good movie spin-off short offering little new stuff over the original movie
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Blur
- Release Year: 2002
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Video Availability: (dvd) The Shorts Drawer: 2005 Edition
- Video Resolution: 720 x 400
- Synopsis: An old woman thinks that Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians are performing in her house.
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts - Blur
- Review:
good design | animation | concept | writing
- Type:
fully animated - Release Year: 2005
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Video Availability: (download) GameTrailers
- Video Resolution: 560 x 320
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Cinematics
- Type:
partially animated (characters | backgrounds | extensions) - Release Year: 2009
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Source Special Presentation: IMAX 3D, Real D 3D
- Source Notes: James Cameron movie
- Collection Section: Characters - Creatures
- Review:
great design | animation | concept, good writing
[Note] Awesome animation, characters, creatures, landscapes, live-action integration, and action
- Type:
partially animated (characters) - Release Year: 2012
- Source Status: future release
- Upcoming Release:
04-May-2012 - Style: realistic
- Collection Section: Visual - Superheroes
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Pratt Institute
- Release Year: 2004
- Source Status: seen
- Style: cartoony
- Video Availability: (dvd) SIGGRAPH Video Review - Issue 152
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
weak design | animation | concept | writing
- Type:
partially animated (secondary) (effects) - Release Year: 2005
- Country: Japan
- Source Status: seen
- Style: realistic
- Language: Japanese, English Subtitles
- Collection Section: Fighting - Ninja
- Site Classification: secondary (not ranked)
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Mac Guff
- Release Year: 2006
- Country: France
- Source Status: seen
- Style: stylized | cel-shading
- Primarily Motion Capture: yes
- Language: French, English Subtitles
- Collection Issues: not collection-worthy (not compelling); [Exception] interesting visuals
- Collection Section: CG - General
- Review:
good design | animation, weak concept | writing
[Note] Very interesting visuals and stylized animation (except for sword fighting), although I did not find the fairy tale story very compelling
- Type:
fully animated - Shop: Black Sun
- Release Year: 2010
- Source Status: seen
- Style: stylized
- Source Notes: proof-of-concept short for potential movie trilogy
- Video Availability: (download) YouTube (author link)
- Video Resolution: 1280 x 720
- Synopsis: A teenage freedom fighter kicks some butt!
- Collection Section: Short Videos - CG Shorts
- Review:
good design | animation, average concept | writing
[Note] A cool action vignette with lots of shooting and sword fighting