Element Animation
Element Animation

| Type |
Computer-generated animation studio |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | |
| Founded |
October 1, 2010 |
| Links |
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Element Animation is an animation studio and YouTube channel, known for creating Villager News and producing several cinematics for Mojang Studios.
Notable staff
Dan Lloyd
Dan Lloyd
| Occupation |
Animator, voice actor, YouTuber |
|---|---|
| Years active |
2010-present |
| Languages |
English |
| Minecraft roles | |
| X (Twitter) username |
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Dan Lloyd is an animator, voice actor, and co-founder of Element Animation. He is best known as the creator of Villager News, where he voices the majority of the villager characters, commonly being regarded as a definitive voice for them by fans. He has reprised his role as Villager No. 5 and 9 in various crossovers, typically presented at events such as Minecraft Live. Prior to those, he hosted a panel at MINECON 2016, and was interviewed on Minecraft.net.[1]
Portfolio
Personal
| Name | Image | Description | Playlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Crack |
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Element Animation's first show, focusing on the adventures of three eggs, Dan, Jason, and Chrisi. | Link |
| An Egg's Guide to Minecraft |
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A spin-off of The Crack, about Jason exploring Minecraft. | Link |
| Villager News |
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A series of farcical news reports hosted by Villager No. 4, and following his death, Villager No. 5. | Link |
| Everything Wrong with Our Videos |
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A self-deprecating behind-the-scenes analysis series, dissecting the company's own videos scene by scene. | |
| Terraria: The Animated Series |
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An animated series about Terraria. | Link |
Mojang Studios
| Name | Image | Description | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| MINECON 2015 Opening Ceremony Animation | ![]() |
The opening cinematic shown as part of MINECON 2015 |
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| MINECON 2016 - A Minecraft Adventure (Part 1) | ![]() |
The first part of a cinematic for MINECON 2016, involving two of the show's co-hosts, Tim and Ella, adventuring through the Minecraft world. In this part, the co-hosts learn how to survive. |
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| MINECON 2016 - A Minecraft Adventure (Part 2) | ![]() |
The second part of a cinematic for MINECON 2016, involving Tim and Ella adventuring through the Minecraft world. In this part, they battle and defeat the Ender Dragon. |
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| VILLAGER (and Pillager?) NEWS |
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A promotion for the Village & Pillage update, split between a Villager News episode and infomercial-like summary of the new features. |
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| The Nether Update Encore | ![]() |
A ballet about the adventures of a young piglin and hoglet. |
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| Caves & Cliffs: The Musical | ![]() |
A musical sequence explaining the features of the Caves & Cliffs update, particularly Part 1. |
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| Minecraft Live 2022: Announcement Trailer | ![]() |
A complex situation of a chain of various mobs getting agitated. |
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| A Warden's Song |
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A dark musical where Steve and Alex explore an ancient city. |
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| Minecraft Live is back for 2023! |
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A sequence of the Minecraft cast discovering Minecraft Live has returned via pink petals. |
|
| A Tale of Two Friends |
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A slapstick comedy about Efe's camel trying to save a newly hatched snifflet. |
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| The Monster in the Woods |
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Another Villager News episode, depicting a story where Villager No. 9 tries to disprove the reported existence of a monster. |
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| BREAKING NEWS: DANGEROUS NEW MOB! | ![]() |
Villager No. 5 reports on the creaking. | September 30, 2024 |
| HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW MOB?👀 | ![]() |
Two villagers debate whether they've seen the creaking. | October 5, 2024 |
| A Wandering Trader Springs to Life! |
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A wandering trader explores the Overworld as it springs to life. |
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| HAS IT HAPPENED TO YOU YET? | ![]() |
Villagers talk about new features from the Spring to Life update and dance behind a wandering trader. | April 6, 2025 |
| HAVE THEY BEEN TO YOUR VILLAGE YET? | ![]() |
A desert village is visited by three chicken jockeys, each one of the different chicken variants, who scare the villagers. | April 13, 2025 |
Trivia
- Following the first trailer for A Minecraft Movie, many people assumed or asked if Dan would be reprising his role as the villagers. Following this, he and the company confirmed that they had no involvement with the film.[2]
External links
References
- ↑ "It takes a Village" by Per Landin – Minecraft.net, August 4, 2021.
- ↑ "Answers to some of questions we keep being asked:
Nope, we're not playing the Villagers, we didn't help with the writing or anything like that, we're not involved in this movie. Yes, we'd have been up for it if we were asked. We think the movie looks fun!
There seems to be a lot of strong immediate reactions to the trailer, and of course there is!
Minecraft is personal for a lot of people, everyone has their own unique story in Minecraft and their own vision for how they imagine it. There would be no way to please everyone - and it'd be crazy to expect it to.
That being said, the whole point of this Movie is to be fun and entertaining, and it already is! This movie changes nothing about how you experience the game or your stories within it. It exists separately, it's the same with all the Youtubers and Streamers you might watch.
It looks bizarre - but how could it not? If the writing is good and respects the overall player base while also bring entertaining to people who haven't played Minecraft... it could be amazing. So we'll wait until we've seen it!
The realistic-style Minecraft world on this does look incredible. Mixing Minecraft with live action actors was always going to be difficult to pull off in any form, big well done to all the creative people involved." – @Element on X (formerly Twitter), September 4, 2024
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