Astronaut Chrish Hatfield sings the David Bowie song Space Oddity from the International Space Station

Little Witch academia is basically anime Harry Potter without boys, so in other words 100% improvement

This anime pilot may become a full series if enough people show an interest, so spread the word if you like it! This is an official posted video on the creator’s youtube channel, so be sure to link to this version if you do!

Act of Terror from Fat Rat Films on Vimeo.

The police in the UK abuse their powers to detain people and prevent them from filming them.

I’m not sure what the moral to the story is here.

A Russian paraglider has a close encounter with an eagle. Both learn important life lessons.

A contemplative afternoon stroll takes a turn for the worst when something unexpected happens.

A short film created by by Sam Taylor and Bjorn Aschim over two years in their spare time.

Smith was responsible for bringing creators like Masamune Shirow to the west, and many major titles such as Blade of the Immortal, Ah My Goddess, Lone Wolf and Cub, among many others. He was also a close friend with GAINAX studio creators, which resulted in them naming a character in Gunbuster after him. Hayao Miyazaki trusted only him to localize his manga Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.

I used to follow his livejournal and exchanged a few emails with him, I wish I had had the chance to know him in person.

Obituaries by James Hudnall and Jonathan Clements

Toren Smith’s wikipedia entry

A blender open source short film with a pixar feel to it. Made by Pablo Vazquez, Beorn Leonard, and Francesco Siddi. Music and Sound by Jan Morgenstern.

You may have seen this short playing at the cinema before Wreck it Ralph, and now it has been made available online.

Aside from being a very cute story, paperman is significant in that it’s entirely 3D but carefully rendered to look almost indistinguishable from 2d traditional animation. Excellent work!