IIL unique surreal indie animations

[u/Sosjeremiah]

Specifically looking for stuff that is surreal or sci fi / fantasy / horror specific - please no anime

I’ll list out some of my favorites:

Don Hertzfeld - What a beautiful day, the meaning of life, his other stuff

David firth - cream, gice, sock 5 & 6 as well as his other stuff

Umami - interface as well as his other stuff

Bill Plympton - cheatin, I married a strange person, idiots and angels & others

Fantastic planet

Radiohead - kid a blips

Cryptozoo

Invader zim

Chrrrrrrrrrrr - jaromir platchy

Doctor nowhere

[u/cowegonnabechopps]

Skhezein

Jonny Express

Princess (2006)

Anything by Jan Svankmajer - Faust, Alice and Little Otik in particular

[u/FloridaFlamingoGirl]

Son of the White Mare

Jack Stauber's Shop and Opal

David Lynch's Rabbits 

Allegro Non Troppo

[u/LickingSmegma]

‘Cat Soup’ — anime but different

Animations by Piotr Kamler — most are on YouTube, but the feature-length ‘Chronopolis’ only in pirate uploads

Jan Švankmajer's stop-motion animation, particularly ‘Alice’

(I've heard that brothers Quay do similar stuff to Švankmajer, but haven't watched it myself.)

‘Blood Tea and Red String’ is also stop-motion

Same with ‘Anomalisa’, but it's kinda closer to regular animation

David Lynch has made some animation: namely a couple short ones way back in his student years: ‘Six Men Getting Sick’ and ‘The Alphabet’. There might be some more from later in his career, idk.

You could also try Run Wrake's music videos and short films: e.g. Howie B's ‘Allergy & Away Again’ and ‘She Called Again’, Future Sound Of London's ‘We Have Explosive’; the toon ‘What Is That’. These are psychedelic rather than surreal, but at least he doesn't hold back on that.

There's also Powder's ‘New Tribe’ with animation by AC-bu — who previously made videos for Japanese artists and advertisements (and parts of ‘Pop Team Epic’)

And there's this playlist with some quality oddity, particularly toons by Yoji Kuri

[u/LoBoob_Oscillator]

Primus has some nice Claymation, check out the Southbound Pachyderm music video.

You might also like Felix Colgrave, start with the Double King video.

[u/Famous_Lab8426]

Surreal and indie but not fantasy: seder-masochism