Awesome Animations

I can't imagine how much effort was put into this but I think it's one of the best animations/videos I've ever seen, it's like everything is synced with some part of the music, really great stuff.


 
The above animation is like an interactive comic book, it has a really unique way of telling the narrative to the audience, it's very enticing and makes you want to watch the rest.

Here is a great example of something like a zoetrope, done using a camera attached to a bicycle wheel.

I almost forgot about Jamie Hewlett and the Gorillaz, a fictitious band who have animations running throughout their music videos, recently these have become 3d model animations but here is a classic example of their 2d animation/illustrations.