Monster Inside commercial for iQOO by Somei Sun | STASH MAGAZINE

Somei Sun Unleashes the “Monster Inside” for iQOO

New work from director Somei Sun and his team of CG artists is always a treat and this spot for Chinese consumer electronics brand iQOO – a hardcore action ballet about the evil of lagging frame rates – is the latest proof. [Watch]

Major Grom The Game feature film animated segment by Petrick | STASH MAGAZINE

Petrick Draws on Chaos for “Major Grom: The Game”

Petrick Animation Studio, whose many styles of character work we track here, lets loose with a deranged sequence for Oleg Trofim’s superhero feature film Major Grom: The Game, “bringing to life the psychologically unstable narrator-hero.” [Watch]

Derek Lau Wanderer animated short film | STASH MAGAZINE

Derek Lau Worships Wuxia in New “Wanderer” Short Film

Derek Lau, a designer/animator currently working at BUCK in Sydney, takes time out from client work to transform his love of historical Chinese martial arts films into a painterly and carefully choreographed short film called Wanderer. [Watch]

Secret Level series on Amazon Prime by Blur Studios | STASH MAGAZINE

Blur and Prime Video Will Drop “Secret Level” Animated Anthology Series This December

Tim Miller and Blur Studio are following up Love, Death & Robots with Secret Level, a new Prime Video adult anthology series of 15 animated short films based on some of the planet’s most-played video games. [Watch]

Popo Short film by Electric Studio | STASH MAGAZINE

Electric Studios Launches In-house Animated Series With Badass Action Fantasy “Popo”

Electric Studios, the creative crew housed within London VFX powerhouse Electric Theatre Collective, just dropped us the first in their series of original animated projects, an action fantasy about an aging but fearless cephalopod hunter. [Watch]

Johnnie Walker Civilization Spec Spot by Brent Bonacorso | STASH MAGAZINE

Brent Bonacorso Discovers Miniature Civilizations in New Johnnie Walker Spec Spot

Drawing on visual references including vintage museum dioramas and the pioneering stop-motion of Ray Harryhausen, LA director Brent Bonacorso leverages a happy accident in Midjourney into a rousing spec spot for Johnnie Walker. [Watch]