South Korea’s Giant Robot

Mitsuteru Yokoyama’s 1956 manga Tetsujin 28-go (and subsequent anime series — known in the West as Gigantor) may have started the whole giant-robot mecha genre (though many consider it was defined by Mazinger Z, created by Go Nagai in manga and on TV in 1972), but politically South Korea wasn’t content to let the Japanese [...]

Reach

Here’s a great little animated film by Luke Randall. It uses the idea of a newly “born” robot to create a brief, poignant mediation on ambition, desire and “in-built” limitations. Reach (Australia-2009; short [3:50 min]; dir. Luke Randall)

The Evolution of Robots

This is a commercial for SATURN, a German electronics retailer. It was directed by Carl Erik Rinsch for advertising agency Scholz&Friends. In case you think the evolution of robots into sexy humanoid form is unlikely, check out this real-world one:

A (Defective) Robot War

Two defective robots in a robot factory fight over a loose hand. It’s cute. And rather poignant. The animator is Rani Naamani. Source: AniBoom