# What is your favorite animated short? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [December 5, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248 "2020-12-05T00:51:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/21 "2020-12-05T13:10:20Z")
Absolute classic, one of my other choices. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/22 "2020-12-05T14:22:24Z")
What’s the name of that short where a woman falls in love with a young monk, and later returns as a spirit to harry him and he has to hide under a large bell? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/23 "2020-12-05T17:36:42Z")
DPRK, can you tell us more about it? When did you see it? Do you know what year it came out? Do you know what language was spoken in it? Do you know what country it was made in? Do you know what country it was set in? Can you describe the kind of animation more precisely? Did you see it in a movie theater, and do you remember what film was it shown with? Did you see it on TV? Did you stream it? ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/24 "2020-12-05T19:44:40Z")
As far as I know it’s now legal to watch this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BBgghnQF6E4/hqdefault.jpg "Walt Disney Animation Studios' Steamboat Willie") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBgghnQF6E4) ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/25 "2020-12-05T20:14:58Z")
Partially animated and just a bit creepy The Cat With Hands: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/n4PR9NZlAB4/hqdefault.jpg "THE CAT WITH HANDS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4PR9NZlAB4) ---
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/26 "2020-12-05T20:24:26Z")
Skywhales [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qQ6qw1nh0tA/hqdefault.jpg "Skywhales") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ6qw1nh0tA) A tale of alien ecology, with artwork reminiscent of Roger Dean’s classic 70’s album covers. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/27 "2020-12-05T20:33:52Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > DPRK, can you tell us more about it? When did you see it? Do you know what year it came out? Do you know what language was spoken in it? Do you know what country it was made in? Do you know what country it was set in? Can you describe the kind of animation more precisely? Did you see it in a movie theater, and do you remember what film was it shown with? Did you see it on TV? Did you stream it? Fair enough questions. I don’t know when it came out. I saw it about 10-15 years ago when it was screened at a university as part of a trio of animations with some kind of common elements (another short featured a novice monk who is sent on an errand but gets drunk and has pranks pulled on him). There were no spoken words. The film _may_ have been Japanese, unless I am confusing it with one of the others in the feature. I seem to remember it was stop-motion, unless, again, that was a different one. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/28 "2020-12-05T20:56:24Z")
Steve Cutts makes my favorites, although sometimes grim. Are you Lost in the World Like Me? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VASywEuqFd8/maxresdefault.jpg "Moby & The Void Pacific Choir - 'Are You Lost In The World Like Me?' (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VASywEuqFd8) And [Happiness](https://vimeo.com/244405542) Had to link this one, wouldn’t embed. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/29 "2020-12-05T20:57:45Z")
Doubt it’s the same, but I recall seeing a stop-motion short - one of several (i.e., possibly three) - on PBS many years ago. I have always thought it was part of a student film collection, but I’m really not sure. The characters and story I all-too-vaguely recall were Japanese in origin, and there were definite elements of romance and eroticism; I don’t think there was any dialogue (though there may have been narration in English). The most distinguishing feature was that the “stage” for the action consisted of two concentric wheels which could spin independently of one another. This allowed for blurring, which was used for transitions, and I believe it was also somehow linked to the theme of the story being told. It was a powerful piece and well-executed. I wish I knew what it was… ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/30 "2020-12-05T21:26:46Z")
I think this is the story, it is about Kiyohime, a female snake demon that falls in love with the monk Anchin. It is a popular tale in Japan and IIUC there had been several animated versions of the tale, here is one of them, stop motion too, But with no animation set on wheel based scenery that I noticed, so your short was a different one, but the same or similar tale if not the short that [DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK) was looking for. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xprfFZI9GjI) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/31 "2020-12-05T21:38:37Z")
Here’s a couple good ones: “In a Heartbeat”, about a boy who has intense feelings for another boy: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2REkk9SCRn0/maxresdefault.jpg "In a Heartbeat - Animated Short Film") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2REkk9SCRn0) And “Fox Fires”, about the creation of the Celtic zodiac: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sN5goxeTfjc/maxresdefault.jpg "Fox Fires - Animated Short Film") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN5goxeTfjc) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/32 "2020-12-05T21:49:29Z")
I sure can’t find it anywhere, but I think it was on Liquid TV back in the day. A very strange little short story about Pablo Picasso fighting a lion and I think there was a condescending pinguin involved somehow. Perhaps his cheoffeur? Why doesn’t spell check _ever_ work for me??? Really? Is it that hard to guess what I mean??? Anyway, it was damn funny in a surreal kind of way. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/33 "2020-12-05T21:51:03Z")
And since its the season, [tv funhouse christmas tension - Bing video](https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=tv+funhouse+christmas+tension&docid=608016822305623586&mid=91A454095BF45D594D2B91A454095BF45D594D2B&view=detail&FORM=VIRE) ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/34 "2020-12-05T23:12:43Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I sure can’t find it anywhere, but I think it was on Liquid TV back in the day. A very strange little short story about Pablo Picasso fighting a lion I remember a one-page comic strip in Heavy Metal decades ago with Pablo Picasso battling a lion and threatening to break him down … “into the little cubes.” I wonder if that was the inspiration? As for the thread, I’m a big fan of Archer and, as fans of both shows would know, Jon Benjamin is also the voice of Bob Belcher on Bob’s Burgers. Never mind the season 4 opener for Archer, here’s Simon Chong’s [“I Had Something for This Burger.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jinBlY9BpJ0) ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/35 "2020-12-05T23:21:58Z")
That has got to be the version I saw! [According to the link, it came out in 1976.] And now it is posted here, like I wanted. Thanks! The thing with the wheels sounds vaguely familiar (not sure though), but I cannot place it. ETA it seems a little harsh to call Kiyo-Hime a demon, even if some others saw her that way… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/36 "2020-12-05T23:26:17Z")
> [@psiekier](#): > > I remember a one-page comic strip in Heavy Metal decades ago with Pablo Picasso battling a lion and threatening to break him down … “into the little cubes.” I wonder if that was the inspiration? Undoubtably! That’s the funny. _“Oh, you Stupid-a Cat! I will knock, break, you down…into leetle cubes!”_ ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/37 "2020-12-06T01:10:27Z")
> [@Hoops](#): > > A tale of alien ecology, with artwork reminiscent of Roger Dean’s classic 70’s album covers. I loved this when I saw it at an animation festival over 30 years ago. I’ve been looking for it ever since. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/38 "2020-12-06T01:18:00Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > (Back before anyone knew who he was. This is before **The Producers** , before **Get Smart** , even before he publicly performed **The Thousand Year Old Man** with Carl Reiner) OK, I am now thoroughly convinced you are my English teacher (Motion Picture class) from high school. Deny it all you like! 🤪 BIP: [Pixar’s, “Presto.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Dnm6dkOVI&ab_channel=ViceGaming) The way they play around with spatial relationships is very Escher-esque. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/39 "2020-12-06T02:10:32Z")
Yuri Norstein’s 1975 [Hedgehog in the Fog](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo-RGX1A2hU) is lovely. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248/40 "2020-12-06T02:24:55Z")
The Bugs Bunny at the bull fight one. “Stop steamin’ up my tail!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-animated-short/927248.md?page=3)