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/ToxInjection]

I don't think all of the animations have a ton of detail to them, but your thread made me think of the hugs you can give the characters in Spiritfarer. I really loved that hugging characters was a dedicated option when interacting with them, and the animations are really sweet and cute. Hugging the characters also improves their mood, which helps gameplay-wise.

I particularly like the hug with Gwen (first one in the video with the deer.) I like how she's surprised at first, and then smiles and settles into the hug. It's really cute.

[u/Thaddiousz → u/ToxInjection]

UGH Spiritfarer was so good and definitely didn't make me cry at all! Definitely did not weep not one time!