Performance Animation Reference
177 curated performance animation reference clips for animators, game developers and motion designers. Open any clip for frame-by-frame playback to study the timing, spacing and posing of real performance motion — often studied together with character acting, dancing, smears.
Dancing: Character Acting (Episode 2 - Ghiblies)
Bs Kim: Creature Animation & VFX & Effects (OP - Chainsaw Man Reze-Hen)
Instruments: Character Acting & VFX & Effects (#10 - Kamiina Botan Yoeru Sugata Wa Yuri No Hana)
Dancing: Background Animation & Character Acting (#01 - Performance)
Akiko Kudo: Hair Motion (Cut #296025 - Chainsaw Man Reze-Hen)
Dancing: Character Acting & VFX & Effects (NCED2 (Solo SB/ED/KA) - Dandadan)
Dancing: Character Acting & Cloth & Fabric (#1136 - One Piece)
Cona Nitanda: Character Acting & VFX & Effects (MV (BD) - Dancing)
Dancing: Character Acting & Cloth & Fabric (NCED1 (Solo KA) - Instruments)
Dancing: Character Acting & VFX & Effects (#22 (BD) - Performance)
Animals: Character Acting & Creature Animation (OP - Astro Note)
Dancing: Character Acting & Cloth & Fabric (#15 - Instruments)
Blue Giant: Character Acting & VFX & Effects (BD - Performance)
Futoshi Nishiya: Character Acting (#26 (S1 #12) (DVD) - Haruhi Suzumiya Series)
Dancing: Character Acting & Cloth & Fabric (#06 (BD) - Performance)
Ayaka Tsuji: Character Acting & VFX & Effects (#01 - Crowd)
Dancing: Background Animation & Character Acting (NCOP1 - Hiroaki Otsuji)
Animals: Character Acting & Creature Animation (OP - Beck Mongolian Chop Squad)
Dancing: Character Acting & Hair Motion (#18 (BD) - Performance)
Jun Uemura: Character Acting & VFX & Effects (#25 (BD) - Miyuki Kuroki)
Animals: Character Acting & Creature Animation (NCED (Solo KA) (NC) - Dancing)
Bocchi The Rock!: Background Animation & Character Acting (#06 - Cgi)
Beams: Character Acting & VFX & Effects (#086 (S4 #23) (BD) - Dancing)
Akira Hamaguchi: Character Acting & Creature Animation (#04 - Animals)
Crowd: VFX & Effects & Combat (NCED - Dancing)
Crowd - Dancing (NCED)
Dancing: Character Acting & VFX & Effects (#09 (BD) - Masayuki)
Dancing: Character Acting & VFX & Effects (Cut #202153 - Instruments)
Dancing: Character Acting & VFX & Effects (Cut #202155 - Masami Mori)
Dancing: Cloth & Fabric & Running Locomotion (Cut #202156 - Masami Mori)
3d Background: Character Acting (Cut #19902 - Beauty And The Beast)
Dancing: Hair Motion (NCED - Highschool Dxd)
Dancing: Hair Motion & Smears (NCED - Highschool Dxd)
Beck Mongolian Chop Squad: Character Acting (OP (R2JDVD) - Performance)
Dancing: Character Acting (Cut #191790 - Performance)
Absolute Duo: VFX & Effects & Combat (NCOP (SB/ED/Solo KA: Ryouma Ebata) - Dancing)
Akebi-Chan No Sailor-Fuku: Background Animation & Character Acting (#07 (NC) - Instruments)
Instruments: Character Acting & VFX & Effects (MV (BD) (SB/ED/AD: Yasuomi Umetsu) - Performance)
Dancing: Character Acting & VFX & Effects (OP - Kouki Fujimoto)
Dancing: Character Acting & Hair Motion (NCOP (BD) - Kobayashi-San Chi No Maid Dragon S)
Instruments: Smears (NCOP2 (BD) - Jujutsu Kaisen)
Cgi: Background Animation & Character Acting (#0982 - Crowd)
Dancing: Character Acting & Cloth & Fabric (Cut #160177 - Hiroyuki Okiura)
Carole And Tuesday: Character Acting & Hair Motion (NCOP1 - Dancing)
A Letter To Momo: Character Acting & Creature Animation (Cut #116964 - Dancing)
Animals: Creature Animation & Smears (NCED - Dancing)
Animals: Background Animation & Character Acting (NCED5 (solo KA) - Crayon Shinchan)
