This might be what Toy Story would look like if it were made by Japanese nerds: amazing, fluid animation, incomprehensible story line. There’s even an appearance by Hentai Woody
Check the video, called “The Worst Thing”, below:
The videos above and below were shot frame-by-frame using plastic figures and uploaded to YouTube and Niconico by a mysterious animator who goes by the handle Ugo-Ore Power Plant.
You can check out his (her!?) homepage here, but virtually no information is given about who Ugo-Ore is or why he (SHE!?) made these videos.
Take a look at the rest of Ugo-Ore’s work below.
▼ “Marriage Quarrel”
▼ “Invitation Whistle Bazooka”
▼ “One Day”
Source: Ugo-ore Power Plant, Kotaku Japan
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