Pop Culture Cuisinart

I'd like to take a moment to fully express my admiration for the Taiwanese animators at Next Media Animation who create news segments like the one below, but I’ve been captivated by their work since they made a splash last year with their reportage of Tiger Woods. Using the most basic CG models and animation style, they’ve developed a take no prisoners series of animated political cartoons with a sharp outsider’s point of view on American and global politics. The joy of tea partying as seen by NMA: (note the O'Donnell character stopping the young man from literally choking the chicken, classic)



Looking beyond the simplistic, crudely rendered animation, there is plenty of creativity evident in their work. They pepper their films with such imagery as to make them gloriously funny in any tongue, and they take storytelling liberties that are possible only in a graphic medium like animation. Their ability to stay timely and funny makes their video's a must see for those who wish to stay informed on world events.

See also the Tiger Woods video that first piqued my interest: