What is 'Animash'?[]
The term "Animash" is derived from from three words: "animation", "animal" and "mashup". Animash videos are sometimes known as Animash Music Videos (AMVs), which are not to be confused with Anime Music Videos (which are also AMVs), although there is a small amount of overlap between the two. An Animash video is a type of fan-made music video (FMV), edited together using clips from various pre-existing sources, although most "Animashers" (Animash MV Editors) prefer using footage from animated movies about talking animals made by companies such as Disney, DreamWorks and more. 2D animated sources are usually preferred, but 3D (generally CGI; occasionally stop-motion) sources may also be used at times.
When watching an Animash video, you'll find various clips of animal characters from animated movies played along with a track of audio, usually music. But there are also Animashers that do not just use animals, but also use movies about human characters as source footage. The emphasis is typically on animals even when humans are present, however. Imagery from TV shows and other miscellaneous sources may occasionally be used, but movies are usually preferred. Anime may or may not be included; the art styles of Japanese animation tend to be different enough from those of Western animated works such as Disney movies they they are often considered very jarring.
Some Animashers like to make crossovers. With these, they take two or more characters from different footage sources and edit it to make it look like as if they are in the scene at the same time. This typically involves masking and/or chroma key effects, which are used to take a character from one scene and place them into another scene. This can turn out to be something original and creative, which often tells a completely different story from the plots of both sources.
When characters are placed into new environments and situations, types of imagery which would otherwise not be included in the video may be utilized as backgrounds; for instance, the animated characters may be put into live action footage or photographs.
A lot of Animashers likes to edit Animashes with a wide range of different kinds of audio in their videos. These include Pop, Rock, Jazz, Rap and any other musical genre. There are Animashers who like to edit using songs in foreign languages or even instrumentals. Some might even edit with other kinds of audio, like quotes only.
Some people may interpret Animash as meaning a video with anything animal-related from any source, regardless of whether it's live-action or animated. This is technically not an Animash. If it is an FMV with live-action footage edited together with animated footage, it is referred to as a "multifandom" FMV. Videos using exclusively animated sources with very few or no animal-related clips are usually called "Non/Disney" (or simply "multifandom") and are rarely considered to count as Animashes. A video using nothing but anime is called an "Anime Music Video" (often abbreviated as "AMV") and can also be considered a multifandom video if multiple sources are used, and can even be Animash if the sources are mostly or entirely animal-related ones such as Kimba the White Lion, One Stormy Night, and Ginga Densetsu Weed. Sources featuring live-action humans interacting with animated animals, such as Alvin and the Chipmunks, Pete's Dragon and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, are a bit of a grey area, but are usually considered to be viable sources for Animashes or other videos focusing on animation if the clips focus heavily on the animated characters and these sources are used sparingly.
Some Animashes are MEPs. This stands for Multiple Editor Project. In those cases, several Animashers get together to make individual segments which are then put together to make one video. One person, the "host", sets the rules that everyone follows, as well as providing the audio and dividing it up into several different segments which other people choose from. Common rules include finishing your part by a certain day, making every segment a crossover between different sources, banning certain sources such as My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, being an experienced editor, putting text on screen, or using certain color schemes or effects. The people participating may be anyone who finds out about the project or only the host's friends or people in a certain group (often called a "studio"). MEPs occur both in and out of the Animash community, and the term "MEP" is also sometimes used by artists to refer to videos made using original artwork drawn by the participants, which are otherwise made in roughly the same way.
Footages (Movies) Used[]
Disney / Pixar[]
- The Lion King 1994
The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride 1998
The Lion King 1½ 2004
The Lion King (live action) 2019
Bambi 1942
Bambi II 2006
Cars 2006
Cars 2 2011
Cars 3 2017
Toy Story 1995
Toy Story 2 1999
Toy Story 3 2010
The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993
Pete's Dragon 1977
Pete's Dragon (live action) 2016
The Sword in the Stone 1963
Roadside Romeo 2008
The Incredibles 2004
Bolt 2008
Brave 2012
Peter Pan 1953
Peter Pan: Return to Neverland 2002
The Fox and the Hound 1981
The Fox and the Hound 2 2006
Alice in Wonderland 1951
The Princess and the Frog 2009
Sleeping Beauty 1959
The Three Caballeros 1944
Fun and Fancy Free 1947
Melody Time 1948
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 1949
Cinderella 1950
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True 2002
Cinderella III: A Twist In Time 2007
Cinderella (live action) 2015
Lady and the Tramp 1955
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure 2001
The Rescuers 1977
The Rescuers Down Under 1990
The Great Mouse Detective 1986
The Aristocats 1970
Dumbo 1941
Oliver and Company 1988
Home on the Range 2004
Brother Bear 2003
Brother Bear 2 2006
Beauty and the Beast 1991
Beauty and the Beast (live action) 2017
Aladdin 1992
The Return of Jafar 1994
Aladdin and the King of Thieves 1996
Aladdin (live action) 2019
The Little Mermaid 1989
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea 2000
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning 2008
The Emperor's New Groove 2000
Kronk's New Groove 2005
Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs 1937
Lilo and Stitch 2002
Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch 2005
Stitch: The Movie 2003
Leroy and Stitch 2006
Atlantis: The Lost Empire 2001
Atlantis: Milo's Return 2003
Treasure Planet 2002
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey 1993
Homeward Bound 2: Lost In San Francisco 1996
Robin Hood 1958
The Jungle Book 1967
The Jungle Book 2 2003
The Jungle Book (live action) 2016
Pocahontas 1995
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World 1998
- The Shaggy Dog 2006
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II 2002
Hercules 1997
Hercules: Zero to Hero 1998
Mulan 1998
Mulan ll 2004
Chicken Little 2005
Tarzan 1999
Tarzan II 2005
The Wild 2006
Frankenweenie 2012
Tangled 2010
Wreck-It-Ralph 2012
Frozen 2013
Frozen 2 2019
Big Hero 6 2014
Inside Out 2015
The Good Dinosaur 2015
Zootopia 2016
Moana 2016
Coco 2017
The Big Friendly Giant (original title: The BFG) 2016
Ratatouille 2007
WALL-E 2008
Up 2009
Monsters Inc. 2001
Monsters University 2013
101 Dalmatians 1961
101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure 2003
101 Dalmatians (live action) 1996
102 Dalmatians 2000
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 1977
The Tigger Movie 2000
Piglet's Big Movie 2003
Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo 2004
Pooh's Heffalump Movie 2005
Pooh's Grand Adventure 1997
Winnie the Pooh 2011
High School Musical 2006
High School Musical 2 2007
High School Musical 3: Senior Year 2008
A Bug's Life 1998
Finding Nemo 2003
Finding Dory 2016
Dinosaur 2000
A Goofy Movie 1995
An Extremely Goofy Movie 2000
Mickey, Donald and Goofy: The Three Musketeers 2004
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time 2003
Kim Possible: So the Drama 2005
Teacher's Pet 2004
Recess: School's Out 2001
Incredibles 2 (2018)
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
Toy Story 4 (2019)
Universal / Amblimation[]
- Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein 1999
- Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman 2000
- The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle 2000
Balto 1995
Balto 2: Wolf Quest 2002
Balto 3: Wings of Change 2004
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West 1991
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story 1993
A Dog's Purpose 2017
A Dog's Journey 2019
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax 2012
Despicable Me 2010
Despicable Me 2 2013
Despicable Me 3 2017
- Curious George 2006
- Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey 2009
- Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle 2015
- Minions 2015
- The Secret Life of Pets 2016
- The Secret Life of Pets 2 2019
- Sing 2016
- The Grinch 2018
Don Bluth / MGM[]
- All Dogs Go to Heaven 1989
- All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 1996
- Rock-a-Doodle 1991
- A Troll in Central Park 1994
- The Pebble and the Penguin 1995
- The Land Before Time (movies & TV Series) 2007
- An American Tail 1986
- The Secret of NIMH 1982
- Banjo the Woodpile Cat (short film) 1979
- Thumbelina 1994
- Anastasia 1997
- Fluke 1995
- The Black Stallion 1979
- The Black Stallion Returns 1983
20th Century Fox / Blue Sky Studios[]
- Dr. Dolittle 2 2001
- Rio 2011
- Rio 2 2014
- Robots 2005
- Hop 2011
- Epic 2013
- Space Chimps 2008
- The Simpsons Movie 2007
- Ice Age 2002
- Ice Age 2: The Meltdown 2006
- Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 2009
- Ice Age 4: Continental Drift 2012
- Ice Age 5: Collision Course 2016
- Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears A Who! 2008
- Walking with Dinosaurs 2013
- Marmaduke 2010
- The Book of Life 2014
- Garfield: The Movie 2004
- Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties 2006
- The Peanuts Movie 2015
- Ferdinand 2017
- Dragonball Evolution 2009
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Original Movie (original title: Alvin and the Chipmunks) 2007
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel 2009
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked 2011
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip 2015
- O Grilo Feliz e Os Insetos Gigantes 2001
DreamWorks[]
- Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas 2003
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron 2002
The Prince of Egypt 1998
Antz 1997
The Road to El Dorado 2000
Chicken Run 2000
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005
Shawn the Sheep: The Movie 2015
Flushed Away 2006
Shrek 2001
Shrek 2 2004
Shrek the Third 2007
Shrek Forever After 2010
Puss In Boots 2011
Madagascar 2005
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 2008
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted 2012
The Penguins of Madagascar (Spin-Off of Madagascar) 2014
How to Train Your Dragon 2010
How to Train Your Dragon 2 2014
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 2019
Kung Fu Panda 2008
Kung Fu Panda 2 2011
Kung Fu Panda 3 2016
Bee Movie 2007
Shark Tale 2004
Over The Hedge 2006
Monsters vs. Aliens 2009
Megamind 2010
The Croods 2013
- Rise of The Guardians 2012
- Mr. Peabody and Sherman 2014
- Home 2015
- Trolls 2016
- The Boss Baby 2017
- Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie 2017
Warner Bros. / DC[]
Happy Feet 2006
Happy Feet 2 2011
The Ant Bully 2006
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride 2005
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole 2010
TMNT 2007
Cats Don't Dance 1997
Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish 1999
Gay Purr-ee 1962
Quest For Camelot 1998
The Iron Giant 1999
Pokémon: The First Movie 1999
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu 2019
The Lego Movie 2014
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part 2019
The Lego Batman Movie 2017
The Lego Ninjago Movie 2017
Space Jam 1996
Tom and Jerry: The Movie 1992
Scooby-Doo 2002
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed 2004
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone 2001
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2016
Batman Begins 2005
The Dark Knight 2008
The Dark Knight Rises 2012
Superman Returns 2006
Man of Steel 2013
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice 2016
The Powerpuff Girls Movie 2002
Max 2015
Max 2: White House Hero 2017
Storks 2016
It 2017
Osmosis Jones 2001
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: The Pyramid Of Light 2004
Teen Titans: The Trouble in Tokyo 2006
Cats and Dogs 2001
Cats and Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore 2010
Paddington 2014
Paddington 2 2017
Rankin Bass
- The Hobbit 1977
- The Return of The King 1980
- The Last Unicorn 1982
- The Flight of Dragons 1982
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1964
Others[]
Alpha and Omega Film Series (Lionsgate)
Watership Down (original movie & TV series) (Nepenthe Productions Ltd.)
Astro Boy (Summit Entertainment)
Coraline (Laika/Focus Features)
FernGully: The Last Rainforest (Kroyer Films)
ParaNorman (Laika/Focus Features)
The Boxtrolls (Laika/Focus Features)
- The Thief and the Cobbler (Richard Williams)
Pound Puppies And The Legend Of Big Paw (Tristar / Carolco Pictures)
Clifford's Really Big Movie (Warner Bros. / Scholastic)
The Plague Dogs (Nepenthe Productions Ltd)
Felidae (TFC Trickompany)
Lucky and Zorba (Lanterna Magica)
The Swan Princess (Nest Family Entertainment/Rich Animation Studios)
The Nut Job (Toonbox/Redrover)
Khumba (Triggerfish Animation Studios)
Justin and the Knights of Valour (Kandor Graphics)
The House of Magic (nWave)
The Tibetan Dog (Madhouse)
One Stormy Night (Arashi No Yori Ni)
Khun Thong Daeng: The Inspirations ( The Monk Studio)
- Animal Farm (Halas and Batchelor)
- Ringing Bell (Sanrio Co. ltd.)
- The First Snow of Winter (Silver Fox Films)
- Isle Of Dogs ( Fox Searchlight Pictures / Indian Paintbrush)
- Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero (Fox Searchlight Pictures / Fun Academy Motion Pictures)
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Chipmunk Adventure (Bagdasarian Productions)
- My Little Pony (Hasbro Studios/DHX Media/Vancouver)
- My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (Hasbro Studios/DHX Media/Vancouver)
- The Transformers: The Movie (Hasbro Studios / Sunbow Productions)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel Studios)
- Leafie: A Hen Into Wild (Lottie Entertainment)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Touchstone Pictures)
- Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie ( Goodtimes Entertainment)
Sony and Colombia Pictures[]
Theatrical[]
- Monster House 2006
- Open Season 2006
- Surf's Up 2007
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2009
- The Smurfs 2011
- Arthur Christmas 2011
- Hotel Transylvania 2012
- The Smurfs 2 2013
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 2013
- Hotel Transylvania 2 2015
- Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation 2018
- The Angry Birds Movie 2016
- The Emoji Movie 2017
- The Adventures Of Milo and Otis 1986
- Stuart Little 1999
- Stuart Little 2 2002
- The Star 2017
- Peter Rabbit 2018
- A Dog's Way Home 2019
Direct-to-video[]
- Open Season 2 2008
- Open Season 3 2011
- Open Season: Scared Silly 2016
- Surf's Up 2: WaveMania 2017
- Stuart Little 3: Call Of The Wild 2005
Paramount \ Nickelodeon
- Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius 2001
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2004
- Barnyard 2006
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water 2015
- Lassie 1994
- Cool World 1992
- Charlotte's Web 1973
- Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure 2003
- Charlotte's Web 2006
- Transformers 2007
- Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen 2009
- Transformers: Dark Of The Moon 2011
- Transformers: Age Of Extinction 2014
- Transformers: The Last Knight 2017
- The Rugrats Movie 1998
- Rugrats in Paris: The Movie 2000
- Rugrats Go Wild 2003
- The Wild Thornberrys Movie 2002
- Hey Arnold!: The Movie 2002
- Rango 2011
- Monster Trucks 2016
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2020
TV Shows Used
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- Code Lyoko
- Littlest Pet Shop
- Clifford the Big Red Dog
- Clifford's Puppy Days
- Brady's Beasts
- Pound Puppies
- Goldie and Bear
- Kate and Mim Mim
- Shireff Callie's Wild West
- Doc McStuffins
- Sofia the First
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
- PAW Patrol
- PJ Masks
- Puppy Dog Pals
- Ginga Nargareboshi Gin
- Ginga Densetsu Weed
- Wolf's Rain
- Willy Fog
- The Big Bang Theory
- The Fruitties
- Dragon Ball
- Dragon Ball Z
- Dragon Ball GT
- Sailor Moon
- Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Pokémon
- Tokyo Mew Mew
- Shugo Chara
- Mermaid Melody
- Supernatural
- Doctor Who
- Stranger Thins
- Just For Laughs Gags
- How It’s Made
- Mythbusters
- Man vs Wild
- Planet Earth
- Batman
- Superman
- One Piece
- Ozzy & Drix
- Totally Spies
- W.I.T.C.H.
- Naruto
- Fullmetal Alchemist
- Cardcaptor Sakura
- Winx Club
- Teen Titans
- Justice League
- Bleach
- The Animals of Farthing Wood
- South Park
- Happy Tree Friends
- Gravity Falls
- Digimon
- 101 Dalmatians: The Series
- The Legend of White Fang
- Spirit Riding Free
- All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
- Pretty Cure
- Simsala Grimm
- Spider-Man
- Super Mario Bros
- Sonic The Hedgehog
- Animaniacs
- Pinky and the Brain
- The Simpsons
- Back at the Barnyard
- The Penguins of Madagascar
- Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
- Monsters vs. Aliens Series
- Dreamworks Dragons
- Wallace and Gromit Series
- Scooby-Doo Series
- Shawn the Sheep Series
- Talking Tom and Friends
- Angry Birds Toons
- Garfield and Friends
- The Garfield Show
- Adventure Time
- Regular Show
- Transformers Prime
- Transformers Animated
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise
- The Amazing World of Gumball
- Looney Tunes
- Tom and Jerry
- The Powerpuff Girls
- Harvey Beaks
- Sanjay and Craig
- Pig Goat Banana Cricket
- The Fairly OddParents
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir
- El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
- My Life as a Teenage Robot
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
- Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
- Martha Speaks
- Mona the Vampire
- Nature Cat
- Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies
- Peep and The Big Wide World
- Disney's Recess
- Disney's Pepper-Ann
- Disney's House of Mouse
- The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa
- The Lion Guard
- Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
- Sagwa: The Chinese Siamese Cat
- We Bare Bears
- Steven Universe
- Teen Titans Go!