story animation

single stories in one animated video (shorts, cartoon pilots, no-dialogue stories set to songs, etc).

  • The Little Poet: beautiful calarts film that takes you through art, narrated by a kid with a crush. so so lovely
  • Cockroach: cute little domestic video about a dog and cat couple dealing with a cockroach
  • Diamond Jack: a rollerskating thief – love the vintage sound of the song, and the animation is so fun!
  • 「プリンのうた」(Jigglypuff’s Song): my favorite poketoon! it makes me teary.
  • LOUISE: really beautifully done short film about the dark side of professional ballet
  • Mascot Prep: cartoon pilot about mascots learning how to be mascots lol. main character (voiced by mitchell musso!) is fucked because he has no product yet
  • NERVOUS: a nervous dog is left at a doggy day care
  • omelette: no talking, just music and a sweet little french bulldog (or boston terrier? can’t tell) who can cook
  • 떳다 그녀!! (There she is!!): a bunny falls in love with a cat in a world where interspecies romance is forbidden. extremely good; you get emotionally more invested with each installment (compiled here nicely in one video)
  • There’s a Man in the Woods: well-written, unsettling spoken word story, but the animation enhances it x10
  • Welcome to My Life: i watched this as a youth and loved it. love how the monsters look, love the mockumentary style and sweet tone, and love the commentary on asian americanism

standup

what it says on the tin. it’s kind of hard to find well-compiled lists of standup videos… this too will not be well-compiled.

  • john mulaney: New in Town, the Comeback Kid, Kid Gorgeous, Baby J, all on netflix i believe. (i really don’t care about his personal life atp, i just think he’s funny)
  • hari kondabolu: loveeee him. i’ve seen Warn Your Relatives (netflix) and Vacation Baby
  • sindhu vee: i have yet to see a full special by her (no access) but i like this performance of her live at the apollo, her delivery is everything lmao
  • gianmarco soresi: you should just follow him on any social media bc everything including his crowdwork is great - but here’s him on the late late show, comedy central, and don’t tell comedy
  • ashley gavin: she has a full special!!
  • sabrina wu: they’re so real to me…

video essays

i don’t watch a lot of these…


animated music videos

this category is for animation done or commissioned specifically by the person making the music.


animatics & fan animation

this category is for indie animation done or at least organized by one person and not a full professional team, usually set to a song they do not own.


musical scenes (cartoons)

i’m such a sucker for a well-boarded, well-characterized, fun to watch musical scene in a cartoon!!! sue me!!!


musical scenes (tv / film)

i’m such a sucker for a well-filmed, well-choreographed, fun to watch musical scene in a movie!!! sue me!!!


song recordings & performances

concerts, zoom performances, random other recordings/lives, etc

  • yes i am putting the The Eras Tour movie on this list
  • also Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
  • Straight to DVD (All Time Low) was a fun concert movie too
  • Red Wine Supernova, by chappell roan for vevo studios
  • ILYSB, performed by The Rose - woosung really kills it
  • Don’t Wanna Cry (Performance Version)… i just think the choreo for this SVT song is particularly good
  • 夜に駆ける, recorded by yoasobi for THE FIRST TAKE
  • Ultimate A Cappella Mashup: 25 Hits, 25 Years, performed by BYU vocal point (just a big ol’ group of alums of a university a cappella group)
  • this official performance of Sexy from mean girls on broadway
  • Love on Top, recorded by the barden bellas of pitch perfect
  • Ex-Wives, recorded by the worldwide cast of SIX
  • The Room Where It Happens, recorded by the cast of hamilton
  • extremely different from everything else on this list lol, but this performance of Scheherazade op. 35 by Sinfónica de Galicia. i found it the first time i looked up scheherazade and it bodied me.

vocaloid PVs

these guys just get their own section


kpop MVs

they also get their own section


other MVs

western artists, lol.


uncategorized

wild card videos that i’m not sure how to sort. they’re here now.


see also