Review of the Year 2018: Top 25 Animation

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Date: 19 December 2018
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Animation’s in our blood at It’s Nice That. Ever since we first crawled into virtual being all those years ago, we’ve never stopped looking for the brightest and best of the animated world. If you’re looking for a fun way to soak up some creative juices over the Christmas period, why not peruse the top 25 animation articles we’ve published this year? You won’t regret it.

Review of the Year 2018: Top 25 Animation

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Will Anderson’s Bafta-nominated animation Have Heart follows a gif stuck in an infinite loop

"Football's Bayeux Tapestry": behind the scenes of the embroidered BBC World Cup trailer animation

Steve Smith's slick yet absurd animations induce uncomfortable laughs and ASMR

The Art of Shinkansen animated gif series celebrates the Japanese bullet train

Xavier Monney continually enacts awe with his typographic animations

Ingo Raschka’s hand-painted cel animation explores the expectations of a Tinder date

Sacha Beeley makes toast, eggs and bacon sexy with her brilliant character design

Animator John McLaughlin’s fuzzy world of big-eyed, triangular fuzzy dudes

You know that great feeling of popping a spot? You'll get that from Sophie Koko Gate's new animation

Jun Seo Hahm’s animated characters straddle the terrifying line of cute and icky

Self-taught animator Emanuele Kabu references psychedelia, abstract art and minimalism

Animator Lana Simanenkova is inspired by the weird ways people move

From Venus de Milo to Kim Kardashian: Anna Ginsburg and CNN examine beauty through the ages

Raman Djafari’s unpredictable approach to animation makes for a hypnotic and emotive film

Behind the making of NxWorries’ sexy, summery Lyk Dis video with Andy Baker and Robin Velghe

Anna Malin Mantzaris’ new film animates the feeling of when you've just had enough

Meet Caitlin McCarthy and her cute (and sometimes gross) animations

Fuck boys beware: this animation tells a cautionary tale

Designer Chrissie Abbott's Aftershock lyric video draws inspiration from 80s film credits

Unconventional love stories from animator Sawako Kabuki

The animated short giving Isle of Dogs a run for its money

Ann Arbor animator and illustrator James Noellert's space age short is out of this world

Greg Sharp animates a video that builds in momentum for the catchiest song of the year

Opposites attract in Harry Butt and Nicole Ginelli's collaborative video, animated in two halves

Step into animator Russ Murphy’s raw, expressive, loose, and playful world

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