Once again, in this time when mainstream animation is getting more and more alike and less imaginative, I want to shout out some wonderfully unique independent animations, which are sure to appeal to those of the Furry persuasion - especially to those of us who love bears. One of them is stop-motion, one is hand-drawn, and these deserve extra support now under the AI blitzkrieg we're living through.

The first - and watch it ASAP because it will be taken off Youtube soon - is Forevergreen, directed by Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears -

https://youtu.be/B4EPW7JUMTM

The second is Snow Bear, directed by Aaron Blaise, who some of you may know as the director of Brother Bear - my own Furry gateway film.

https://youtu.be/xOXolSQcEb4

The fact that two movies that show so much of what I love about bears should come out around the same time amazes me. I also want to mention that Mushka, a wonderful hand-drawn animated story about an orphaned Siberian tiger, directed by another Disney vet Andreas Deja, is available to watch on Apple TV and Amazon Prime - for purchase and not rental, but I say it's worth it. Leave it to Deja to make a movie that feels truer to the spirit of Disney than most of what Disney itself is doing now. I urge everyone to check these films out and show support for independent artists and unique films.

That's it - sermon over. Enjoy the movies.