"Anthropomorphic animals" refers to animals that have human-like characteristics or behavior. It means that these animals are depicted or portrayed as if they can think, feel emotions, speak, or perform actions typically associated with humans, even though they are still animals.
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Using nothing but graphite, artist David Álvarez produces amazing black - and - white illustrations
of anthropomorphic animals interacting with or as humans.
It's also awkward and clunky,
with anthropomorphic animal characters that move exactly like the rigid dolls they are, down to their stiff, perpetually shifting fake fur.
Nintendo's main «Animal Crossing» series tasks players in managing their own village which is populated
by anthropomorphic animal characters.
Barnyard is yet another computer animated comedy
featuring anthropomorphic animals of different varieties goofing around and learning valuable life lessons while making loud noises and spazzing out in over-caffeinated fashion to give the semblance of humor without actually having to deliver anything truly funny.
His paintings pivot on narrative scenes: vivid menageries depicting well - dressed public figures and
anthropomorphic animals in an acerbic critique of political systems and disingenuous agendas.
In this world, guerilla ballerinas can be found both shooting and suckling orgiastic mystery cults, on the same page
as anthropomorphic animals and Bauhaus puppets arranged in ceremonial chaos.
And yet, for me at least, the film manages to be its own thing, to be more than just a noirish, postmodern Super Friends / Justice League
for anthropomorphic animal cartoon characters.
When I was a kid, I wrote little stories
about anthropomorphic animals living their daily lives - I'm sure their trips to the grocery store were ultra exciting!
Occasionally clever, Surf's Up will no doubt please the audience for which it is intended, namely, younger viewers, as well as those who never get tired of cute
animated anthropomorphic animal films that aim to entertain the whole family.
«He works with a mix of ink, colored pencil, paint and lacquer to create each artwork that can vary from
anthropomorphic animals playing instruments to portraits of men and women inspired by Weimar - era German expressionism.
UC Irvine's website features a nice look at Peter's transformation over the years — what I like about the current mascot is that he's got the «bicep - having, uniform -
wearing anthropomorphic animal» thing that 99.9 percent of college use, but also is an anteater with a silly neck and huge proboscis.
Some jokes fall flat, a few scenarios seem uninspired, and Arnett's horse does seem strikingly similar to his hilarious man - child / magician Gob in Arrested Development, but this bizarre dreamscape where humans and
anthropomorphic animals commingle and cohabitate is filled with promise, providing a fun, delightfully gonzo take on Hollyweird.
Their unusual - looking relationship was never explained, but in a cartoon filled with
anthropomorphic animals skilled in death - defying martial arts that hardly seemed like the biggest plot hole.
That's not to say that this breaks any new ground, as there are
still anthropomorphic animals of a wide (and cute) variety, celebrity voice work, plus the character of Po is the same hapless, well - meaning loner that must overcome his own fears and weaknesses to be the hero that will have everyone celebrating him — a staple of both animated family films and kung fu movies.
When you're an
innocent anthropomorphic animal accused of murder in 1840s France it doesn't matter if your defense attorney has an insatiable hunger for worms, as long as he also has a thirst... for justice.
The 3D action platformer has been having a bit of a resurgence in the past few years with collect - a-thons featuring
anthropomorphic animal protagonists once again finding favour with gamers.
Mayer's protagonists are young people and
anthropomorphic animals searching for a lodestar in an age when the glow of personal laptops and urban neon renders the night sky unreadable.
Three large models, intricate to the last detail, contain, among so many other miniature items, a model within a model and projected stop motion videos
depicting anthropomorphic animals romping inside, and next to, the models.
The Verge Animal Crossing is a dystopian hellscape Animal Crossing is a cute video game made by Nintendo where you, a human, live
amongst anthropomorphic animals and just, like, go about your life.
Zootopia (PG for action, rude humor and mature themes) Animated adventure about a rookie bunny cop (Ginnifer Goodwin) who grudgingly partners with a fast - talking fox (Jason Bateman) to solve a series of mysterious disappearances in a city populated
by anthropomorphic animals.
Another Kickstarter - funded indie game, Night in the Woods is a story - based adventure game
featuring anthropomorphic animals; you play as the cat Mae, returning home after dropping out of college and discovering that things are not as they seem, or as they were, in her hometown.
There are strange songs
about anthropomorphic animals («The Fox, the Crow and the Cookie» and «Fig with a Bellyache») and spiritual ruminations (most of the songs, but especially «Allah, Allah, Allah» and «The Angel of Death Came to David's Room»), but all of them are matched by whirling folk guitars, blaring horns, and interesting percussion.
The game is essentially about living in a village,
with anthropomorphic animals as the player's neighbors, which they can talk to, send letters to, give gifts to, and do a bunch more stuff.
His follow - up effort, reteaming with Baumbach to adapt Roald Dahl in Fantastic Mr. Fox, brought Anderson his best reviews to date, but even with a Thanksgiving Eve opening in over 2,000 theaters, the public did not care to see the director's signature quirk and detail applied to stop motion -
animated anthropomorphic animals.
Where she emerges is a place called Underland,
where anthropomorphic animals and some rather odd humans reside — a land she is convinced that is merely another one of her fanciful dreams.
Sure, its cast is a bunch of wayward,
anthropomorphic animals who spend their time breaking shit and having knife fights, but there's an authenticity to the way they interact with one another that's all too relatable.
Meanwhile, the film is full
of anthropomorphic animals and magical critters, some of whom work for witches» academy (including boar - like chefs who prepare elaborate meat dishes, seemingly oblivious to the cannibalistic connotations) while others are captives of Doctor Dee's dastardly experiments.
What saves this from feeling like it should have gone direct to video is the animation, which is breathtakingly beautiful: this fantasy ancient China is gorgeously designed, populated with
anthropomorphic animals that perfect capture in lovely stylizations their species - personalities (I love the bunnies!)
Biomutant is a 3rd - person, open - world action / RPG set in a futuristic world full of
anthropomorphic animals.
It kind of reminded me of Porco Rosso in a way - a comedy with
anthropomorphic animals / human merging in together in unusual ways.
The part tower defense, part action series with
anthropomorphic animals will let us do something new this time — include our Miis.
In a city of
anthropomorphic animals, a fugitive con artist fox and a rookie bunny cop must work together to uncover a conspiracy.
Your basic routine in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is pretty much the same as in previous Animal Crossing games: you wander around various natural areas, making friends with
anthropomorphic animals and gathering natural goods like fruit and fish.
Whimsy has no place in a self - important movie trying to sell the illusion of
anthropomorphic animals that hold grudges and exact revenge — including murder — like humans do.
The part tower defense, part action series with
anthropomorphic animals will let us do something new this time — ...
Voices for many of
the anthropomorphic animals in the story will be provided by Christopher Walken, Scarlett Johansson, Ben Kingsley, Lupita Nyong «o, Idris Elba, and Bill Murray, according to Rolling Stone.
Who knew that a sleepy town of
anthropomorphic animals could be so fulfilling?