Who says Chinese animation lacks creativity and ideas? It appears the indie scene is where its at to find original and compelling works from mainland China. As a way of killing two birds with one stone, I present to you two independent animated short I stumbled upon online that may support my assumption. Both have become a viral hit among the China social network, drawing widespread praise from the netizens there while giving hope to the local animation community.
Kungfu Bunny 3: Counter Attack (功夫兔第三集) is a hybrid of Flash animation and stop-motion created by Chinese animator/director simply known as Vincent. The short is about a man who trains his cartoon dog to hunt down a rascal rabbit. Think Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd mix in with Kung Fu.
See Through (饺克力：打，打个大西瓜, direct translation is "Hit, Hit the big watermelon") is a 16-minuted CG animated short with a satirical anti-war theme. The short was created by a self-taught animator who goes by the name of Jokelate. He spend over 3 years working on the short on his own. Man, that is what I call dedication.
As an advocate for the growth of domestic animation, it was a pleasure getting to see China turning in some quality works from places I never expected. May this creative spirit and energy continued to thrive.
You'll find both animated short embedded below.
Kungfu Bunny 3: Counter Attack (功夫兔第三集) is a hybrid of Flash animation and stop-motion created by Chinese animator/director simply known as Vincent. The short is about a man who trains his cartoon dog to hunt down a rascal rabbit. Think Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd mix in with Kung Fu.
See Through (饺克力：打，打个大西瓜, direct translation is "Hit, Hit the big watermelon") is a 16-minuted CG animated short with a satirical anti-war theme. The short was created by a self-taught animator who goes by the name of Jokelate. He spend over 3 years working on the short on his own. Man, that is what I call dedication.
As an advocate for the growth of domestic animation, it was a pleasure getting to see China turning in some quality works from places I never expected. May this creative spirit and energy continued to thrive.
You'll find both animated short embedded below.
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Kungfu Bunny 3
Kungfu Bunny 3 - Making-of video
See Through - Part 1
See Through - Part 2
I've played too many video games lately; I thought the first few minutes of See Through would be a kickass intro to a card-based action strategy game in the Battalion Wars/Valkyria Chronicles mold.
(Idols: Barack Obama AND Condoleeza Rice? Huh.)
To be fair, I thought China's animation industry was on the rise, so the question of whether or not it was dead had never occurred to me.
Amazing stuff, thanks Al.
See Through is spectacular, wow.