Animation Show - Volume 1 (2003)

... a welcome return to celebrating the engaging, unexpected and creative examples of contemporary animated short filmmaking.

For fans of ink and paint, we're talking nirvana.

Animation fans, no matter their stylistic preference (computer-generated, claymation, old-school hand-drawn), will find much to sate their appetites in this collection of award-winning and critically acclaimed work.

Boasting six Academy Award nominees for best animated short, the program richly rewarded its audience with comedy, kitsch, and wisdom.

It's hard to give much credit to a 'new' animation compilation that has highlights dating back 10, 20 and, yes, 45 years.

Judge and Hertzfeldt don’t seem to have any criteria in mind beyond selecting stuff they like.

Not everything Judge and Hertzfeldt have chosen is top-drawer, but their anthology contains enough gems to make it worth a look.