Links
I am an avid web surfer and know that for every good site out there, there are thousands of not so good sites, so here are some of the sites that I recommend related to Anime and the art of ANIMEtion as well as online animation in general, broken down into relevant sections. If you know of any sites that I may have missed but should be listed, just
General Links
The Anime Turnpike - The largest and most comprehensive collection of anime links, if you are looking for information on a specific anime series, check here
EX.org - Monthly Anime online 'zine, very well done but updated enough
Anime On DVD - Premiere site for news about Anime on the digital format
Anime News Network - Sporadically updated anime news site
Akadot - "Where anime news is read. Anime reviews, fun features, witty columns and interesting articles all in one place."
The Anime/Manga Web Essay Archive - Very well organized collection of both fan and professional essays about anime and manga and fandom
Anime Studios
GAINAX - My idols, who are not only self professed otakus but also push the cutting edge of stylized ANIMEtion
GONZO - The leaders in digital CG animetion (both full 3DGC and hybrid digital cel and 3DCG)
Production I.G. - They create the highest quality anime like Ghost in the Shell, Blood - the Last Vampire, and Jin-Roh
Studio ArtFX - Excellent one man effort to produce high quality 3DCG anime style using Lightwave and the celshader renderer
White Radish - The first American animetor I ever saw, although I wasn't too impressed
Dimentia7 - American Anime studio out of Austin, Tx whose first work is D7PEACEMAKER::STAGE 1
Other Animetion References and Tutorials
How to Draw Manga - The best books for drawing manga/anime style writing by Japenese Pros and translated into english
PolyKarbon - A fairly comprehensive and well done guide to drawing anime/manga style artwork
How to Draw Comics - Tutorials on drawing both American comicbook and manga styles by forum regular Edgar Tadeo
Flash Kit - Art & Anime - Discussion board for anime and animation in Flash
Anime Artist Forum - Discussion board for anime artists (mostly 2D CG anime artwork)
American Animation References and Tutorials
Idleworm - Basic primer to cartoon animation using Flash examples
Animation Meat! - Resource for American stlye cartoon animation like Hanna Barbera and neo-Hanna Barbera Styles
Online Animation Sites and Internet Animation Studios
ANIMEtion.com - *shameless plug* My very own site for Original Internet ANIMEtion which showcases my anime projects, like my online anime series Fisticuffs
Wild Brain - The best web animation company that also works on several anime inspired animated projects
Othervision - They have an online anime called Battleseed among their many other flash shows...the design work looked promising but I wasn't too impressed with the actual show
Super Pope - Well done Flash Anime done by a huge fan of Dragonball Z (and it shows)
Shock Anime - "Shockwave Anime Entertainment" Well animated trailer for Genyu's Blade that is very Matrix-ish, be sure to check it out
CyAnime - Forum regular Edgar Tadeo's showcase of personal anime works
World Premiere Toons - original shows and shorts for CartoonNetwork.com in that neo-Hanna Barbera style
Gotham Girls - Original Flash Animated series in the style of the Bruce Timm Batman: The Animated Series, very well done
Spumco - High quality neo-Hanna Barbera Flash animation with that sick and twisted humor, set the standard that most net animators seemingly try to follow
Mondo Media - Another high profile web animation portal/studio with typical gross and satirical humor...they recently hired Anime Character Designer extraordinaire Toshihiro Kawamoto to work on a project!
Flinch Studio - Another high profile web animation and design studio that produces high quality american style Flash based cartoons and websites, most notable is the Tim Burton Stainboy series
Stanlee Returns - Tribute site to the defunct online animation venture from the man behind Marvel Comics, features awful stories and concepts but well done American style superhero animation
Whirlgirl - The first high profile web animation show backed by the Showtime cable network but sooo awful for so many reasons and featuring ridiculously poor animation, I can't believe they paid money to make it ;(
Spunkytown - Even their name sounds like Spumco...they do typical Animerican style cartoons in Flash
Icebox - Yet another over hyped dot.com with typical gross and satirical humor and the blatantly racist and stupid Mr. Wong show among their many forgetable web cartoons
Camp Chaos - Best known for their "napster bad" napster vs. metallica spoof, they are another web cartoon company with that typical gross and satirical humor
The Joe Cartoon Co. - Best known for their "frog in the blender" cartoon they are (you guessed it) yet another web cartoon company with that typical gross and satirical humor although the were actually one of the originators!
There are a lot more of these types of american web cartoon sites with that typical gross and satirical humor that it doesn't seem too productive to continue listing them since they are so much like the others mentioned and I won't even touch the flash animation porn out there...but the sites listed above do represent the varying degrees of web animation out there today
