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The people in the walls

By: Lorc
18 October 2026 at 11:25
Mandelbrot Hall is a 20 minute animated pilot. Jackie is an art student whose friend Jimmy vanishes one day and only she remembers him. The style may lead you to expect something gentler than it is. By Studio Flimpo, guest-starring Weird Al Yankovic.

Previous Flimpo shorts, all worth your time: Jamie's Pond about a child and a naiad. Welcome To Natlan! for Genshin Impact. The Everything Is OK Show, a poignant short about the show you go on when you die. Sky Vandal, the pre-Studio Flimpo project of the core staff.

Horror Shows

17 October 2026 at 14:04
Crystal Lake has dropped to mixed reviews (spoilers; Fanfare), but many horror-themed shows began streaming in 2026, e.g. Widow's Bay (14 Emmys; Fanfare); Carrie (episode 1; Fanfare); The Boroughs; Something Very Bad is Going to Happen (Fanfare); The Beauty (Fanfare); Below (Fanfare); The Shards; and Coven Academy. Animation in English includes The Doomies, Among Us (based on the game; Fanfare), and Stranger Things: Tales from '85. Also streaming in the US in languages other than English: Human Vapor (Japan; based on the classic film), My Sad Dead (Argentina; based on stories by Mariana Enriquez), I Would Rather Die (Mexico), City of Blood (Germany), shows in Korean like Spooky in Love, The East Palace, & If Wishes Could Kill (Fanfare), and a lot of supernatural anime. See also 2025, 2024, and 2023 including Junji Ito shows (previously).

Tomato juice is as good as blood

By: Lorc
17 October 2026 at 11:36
The Bloody Mary is a playful 16 minute animated horror short about a witch, a demon and a ghost by Studio Wrong. Also available: New Style (0:45, Japanese with subtitles) and Beach Therapy (1:18, music video) for a glimpse of what they get up to next.

Selected gag shorts starring the same cast: Supernatural: Lights Outlaw, Summon, Catch. Hair: Damage, Revenge. Nature: Enemy, Trap, Forest Therapy, Safety. Chess: Checkmate, Chess Battle. Violence: Lost, The Bullet, Horizontal bar.

The Evolution of the United States Capitol

13 October 2026 at 10:05
Feel free to play Ramin Djawadi's theme to Game of Thrones as you watch the United States capitol build up from the first single building for the United States Congress through to the Capitol Visitor Center (2008) in this animation from the Capitol Visitor Center.

"The thing just got bigger and bigger and bigger"

26 September 2026 at 07:07
What's Opera, Doc? is a film of "angular settings, gargantuan shadows, rapid cuts, odd colors and dramatic camera angles," in the words of Charles Solomon. And every shot of it required Noble's touch. "Without Maurice Noble, who excited, moved and stimulated us all," Jones wrote, "that film could not have been made."

CARNAGEMAN:IKE

By: Lorc
22 September 2026 at 05:21
It is the future. The balance of wealth and power in America is at it's all time worst. An invincible man named Ike appears. CARNAGEMAN: IKE is a stylish and violent sixty-second animated short about why it's important not to be rushed into signing anything. By DOMROM.

Behind the scenes. A teaser for the full project, showcasing a few characters and suggesting the direction it might take. An update from the creator on how the short was made, and the happy reasons that the full thing is on hold. Other highlights from their channel: LUCKYBOY - the saga of a young sock in the big city. A fun medley of animation styles. Starbrry City - lo-fi synthwave animation. Chill and atmospheric.

Sleep, work, sleep, work, sleep, work, sleep, work....

By: Lorc
20 September 2026 at 05:28
Deep Space Discounts is an indie animated series by DeepBlueInk (of Drawfee, Game Changer, Dimension 20 and more). Imogen is the first human to join the indentured alien workforce of the titular intergalactic supermarket chain. It's a humane and economically effective alternative to incarceration! Season two has just wrapped up, wherein Plot intrudes upon cute & cosy capitalist comedy. Previously.

Well now, I wouldn't say that

14 September 2026 at 02:24
Anthony's Animation Talk demonstrates how catchphrases many attribute to Looney Tunes cartoons got their start in classic radio programs like Red Skelton and The Great Gildersleeve, and were popular references people at the time would have understood but are mostly forgotten today. (8 minutes)
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