The Animation Show 4 (2008)

The Animation Show is back with an all new collection of incredible independent animation! This year Mike Judge has gathered together over two dozen of his favorite funny short films from ... See full summary »

Directors:

Stefan Müller, Luis Nieto,

Storyline

The Animation Show is back with an all new collection of incredible independent animation! This year Mike Judge has gathered together over two dozen of his favorite funny short films from around the world. It's a ground breaking program of eye-popping adult animation from tomorrow's next great animators. This isn't an "adults only" animation show but the program does skew towards a mature audience with some explicit language and adult subject matter. This year the Animation Show has gone out to four incredible artists for some truly amazing new commissioned work. Kicking things off is the uber talented Joel Trussell with an epic viking Animation Show Intro. Australian animator Dave Carter debuts three new commissioned shorts with the hilarious Psychotown. Dave continues his collaboration with the comedy team "The Nice Guy" here for a blend of cut out and stop-motion animation. Also featured is the stop-motion superstar PES who has been an Animation Show regular the last two tours and ...

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Plot Keywords:

judge | surrealism | animation series

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Taglines:

The world's greatest Animation Festival returns!

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Genres:

Animation

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 April 2008 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Animation Show

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

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I have to admit, I do so love the Animation Show, and all that it does. This year was a tad unfortunate because they seemed to take a bit more out of Spike and Mike's handbook, and so the styles of animation and the narratives didn't vary quite as much as previous years. Still, it was nice to see some regulars like Plympton and Schwizgebel return, as well as introducing others.

Stand out shorts from this year's lineup include "John and Karen", an absurdly sweet and heartfelt story about the relationship between a polar bear and a penguin; "Forgetfulness", a wonderful poem supported by equally wonderful imagery; and "Love Sport Paintball", an epic battle of miniature proportions. "Raymond" gets the prize, for me, for most unique and visually stunning animation, whereas the "Psychotown" shorts were the most hilarious. I really didn't like the "Yompi" shorts (most of the animations by that particular director ever only seem repetitive and infantile) and a lot of the Usavich and Gobelins shorts made it seem as if the Animation Show is aspiring to be more like Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted festivals (though not necessarily a bad thing, I like the Animation Show more because of its variety).

I think this festival should still be touring around, so keep an eye out. I eagerly await its DVD, like the other years, and I hope a lot more of these shorts get their individual IMDb listings (so far there's only about a half-dozen out of a 20+ feature show).

--PolarisDiB