GET READY TO CRUMBLE: Obscured’s Wild Animated Short ‘Endless Cookie’ Is Premiering in New York and L.A.

Forget your big-budget sequels and your studio tentpoles. The real action in animation always happens when the independent maniacs decide to break the mold and unleash something utterly, beautifully bizarre. And right now, the spotlight is firmly aimed at Obscured, who are finally unleashing their highly anticipated animated short, “Endless Cookie,” with premiere screenings in both New York and Los Angeles!

Obscured, the experimental animation label founded by industry vet Chris McDonnell, has always been about pushing the envelope and making you question whether you just watched something profound or whether you need to check your smoke alarm. And with a title like “Endless Cookie,” you know we are firmly planted in the latter category—and we absolutely love it.

What is an ‘Endless Cookie’ and Should We Be Scared?

Details about the plot of “Endless Cookie” are, fittingly, shrouded in delicious mystery, but let’s be real: this is not going to be a simple, saccharine story about baking. McDonnell and the Obscured crew thrive on the kind of surreal, non-sequitur comedy and mind-bending visual absurdity that makes your brain feel like it’s doing the Macarena. We’re expecting something that jumps from abstract expressionism to Saturday morning cartoon violence in the span of 30 seconds. In short, it’s adult animation that treats your attention span like a pinball machine.

If you’re looking for the kind of deeply funny, visually inventive work that proves that animation isn’t just about IP recycling, this is it. These shorts are the lifeblood of the industry, and they’re exactly why we still believe in the magic of the medium.

The Bi-Coastal Dough Drop

The fact that “Endless Cookie” is getting a simultaneous bi-coastal premiere is a huge nod to the commitment Obscured has to the experience of animation.

This isn’t just a YouTube upload (which will surely follow, for the weak-willed among us). This is a call to action for fans to gather in actual theaters—likely the kind of indie venues that smell faintly of popcorn and broken dreams—to witness this beautiful absurdity on the big screen, surrounded by other people who understand that a story about an endless cookie is probably a metaphor for something terrible.

So, get your tickets, put on your best ironic t-shirt, and prepare to have your expectations subverted. If history is any guide, “Endless Cookie” is going to be the most delicious, and possibly most disturbing, thing you watch all year.

We’re ready for the sugar rush, Obscured. Bring on the endless existential dread!