First Look At Animated "Lava"

Los Angeles Times brings us a first look on the new animated short from Pixar, Lava. Take a look at the character Uku, the lava.

Lava, 2015

I don't know, to me it looks like a cartoon, but then again, it is a cartoon! I'm gauging it will be following the same stream as 2009's Partly Cloudy short.