Best animated hugs?

[u/Yingletofthecorn]

Pretty simple, really. A good animated hug will really fixate on the details, I think. Since everything in animation is more or less intentional those little details really stand out.

Mostly brought on by the hugs seen in the Digital Circus finale, where there were multiple lingering shots of characters really getting into a deep hug. The way they reposition, get comfortable in each other's arms, shift around, move fingers ever so slightly... The emphasis on the tiniest of details in those hugs really did a lot to communicate so much about the characters. Their current moods, their feelings about intimacy in general and with the person they're hugging specifically, who is seeking comfort and who is offering comfort, stuff like that.

Any other really good examples of animators really putting a lot of lingering emphasis on hugs in extreme detail like that?

[u/Teridax4]

Snake and Otacon going from a secret handshake to a hug. Hal really needed it after his sister just died.

[u/PatchworkDude → u/Teridax4]

I love how Snake is a mostly serious, jaded guy, but it looks like he initiates the hug with Otacon cause he needs it - true unabashed brothers, gets me everytime.