What is your favorite animated short ever?

**Jason Manley** · July 28th, 2012, 04:03 AM

It would be awesome to see what everyone thinks are the greatest animated shorts. Gotta link?

I am still deciding what one to choose! So many! What do you think yours is?

**Lewis** · July 28th, 2012, 05:43 AM

Favorite ever? That's really tough!

I know I like these two a lot, but I'm probably missing out on a few great ones I've seen in the past years.

Love this new section by the way.

Skhizein
Visually nice with a brilliant but bizarre storyline and concept

Frankie Rulez!!!
Amazing colors in an inventive world with nice and playful animation

**Psychotime** · July 28th, 2012, 12:00 PM

I can never say one thing is my favorite, but off the top of my head:

**FightingSeraph** · July 28th, 2012, 10:37 PM

Combat Instinct: Unregulated
I've always been a fan of McFretN since the original Combat Instinct was released twelve years ago, and would love to see something new from this guy.
Metropolis Circuit
As much as I love this cartoon for the animation and music; the creator, Rtil, is not someone that people should look up to. (Long, sordid story that I'm not in the mood to tell.)
The Jam by Matt Begneaud
Great animation and music with no pretense from Lafayette, La.

**Farvus** · July 29th, 2012, 05:37 PM

Dimension bomb by Koji Morimoto. I watched this animation so many times and it still mesmerizes me.

**KatieJAdam** · July 30th, 2012, 04:42 AM

Duck!Rabbit!Duck! by Chuck Jones was my favorite animated short. Personality of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck were well-exposed in that Animated Video Production. It was one of the most amazing animated shorts ever made.

**Panupat** · July 30th, 2012, 04:45 AM

Would this count?

http://vimeo.com/24069938

**amymist** · August 20th, 2012, 03:59 PM

There are so many amazing shorts out there, it's hard to choose!
But at the end of the day, there's one that always stands out to me.

**Elwell** · August 20th, 2012, 04:21 PM

Feed the Kitty isn't just my favorite cartoon, it's one of my favorite films, period.

**Velocity Kendall** · August 21st, 2012, 10:23 AM

This is part of a longer animation called Minnie the Moocher which is well worth a watch, but its the striking modernity and coolness of this part which stands out in my memory.
This is about 85 years old.

**egerie** · August 21st, 2012, 11:08 AM

Oh Elwell, this is my all time favorite too and I love how they hinted to that in Monsters Inc! Oh man there are so many genius ones from Merrie Melodies...

"What's Opera, Doc?" Merry Melodies, directed by Chuck Jones

(not the best version but the most complete I could find)
Here it is, better framed and better quality.

I think these cartoons made me appreciate classical music at an early age.

It's really hard to settle just to one Jason...

I'll just whisper some of my more recent ones picks... tee-hee!

"The Saga of Biorn" by Animation Workshop

"Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty" by Brown Bag Films. The voice acting of Kathleen O'Rourke just slayed me in this one.

check out the past years oscar short animation nominees and winners too!

**Talis** · August 29th, 2012, 10:10 AM

This one made a big big impression on me. I saw it this summer when I was travelling trough east-europe on the animation festival in Krakov. I can`t seem to find it in the complete version. If anybody finds the link and posts it here, i would be very grateful.

http://www.therenter.net

A brilliant and emotional animation

Another very stylish one.

**revelarts** · October 6th, 2012, 09:27 PM

SO many great comedy shorts it's hard to pick, Warner bros Directors Jones and Avery nailed so many.

Not sure if this counts as a short but
"The Man who planted Trees" is 1 of my all time favorites animated films
https://vimeo.com/32542316

**revelarts** · October 6th, 2012, 09:27 PM

double post

**Marcky Marq** · October 21st, 2012, 02:26 PM

Le Royaume
from Sébastien Hary 2 years ago "Le Royaume" (The king and the Beaver), Student graduating film 2010 at Gobelins, L'école de l'image.

Written, directed and animated by Nuno Alves Rodrigues, Oussama Bouachéria, Julien Chheng, Sébastien Hary, Aymeric Kevin, Ulysse Malassagne & Franck Monier.
Music by Mathieu Alvado.

**roogoo** · December 19th, 2012, 01:23 PM

i cant believe nobody said pixar birds on wire short

**TsuriaDragon** · February 24th, 2013, 12:10 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHLwG...D699E9A8C07BE4 I love this animated short film XD

**Gibi** · February 25th, 2013, 04:36 PM

**Spellsword95** · February 25th, 2013, 04:54 PM

(Embedded vids I posted are not showing up in post preview, hope you can see them...)

The Backwater Gospel
3D short. Style is awesome.

The Reward
Probably my all time favourite. Found this few days ago. Brilliant, just brilliant. I love everything about this animation.

The Reward from The Animation Workshop on Vimeo.