Mojang cinematics

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Mojang cinematics are animated videos or rendered images taken from official Mojang social media platforms or official releases. Many different studios are commissioned to work on them, but the most prevalent are Element Animation and Brikk Animation.

Noor is eating a glow berry while relaxing on a boat chest in a mangrove swamp, when suddenly an army of tadpoles appear. Taking a liking to one tadpole, Noor decides to put it in a bucket, before reaching into the chest and pulling out a spyglass. With it, Noor spies an allay playing near a Nether portal, which Alex, Steve, and a frog then emerge out of. Noor takes another liking to the allay, and decides to hand it a glow berry. The allay decides to lead Noor somewhere, passing by Steve and Alex digging a hole, before arriving at a beautiful lush cave where many frogs are playing on big dripleaves. Amazed by its beauty, Noor decides to depart with the tadpole, releasing it into the spring.

Steve and Alex are mining sculk near an ancient city, accidentally setting off a sculk shrieker to Steve's horror. Later, Alex and Steve are fighting a horde of piglins, as an accompanying frog barfs out a froglight. After escaping through a Nether portal, the duo begin digging a hole; the same one seen in Where Will You Wander. The scene transitions into a campsite, where Steve, Alex, Sunny, Noor, and Efe are relaying stories around a campfire. An allay arrives and drops a glow berry below Noor's feet. Inspired, Noor pulls out a second glow berry and recounts the events of Where Will You Wander, eating the berry after finishing.

Sunny and Efe begin reciting a story themselves, Sunny mimicking the Warden to set the mood. The trailer then fades into footage of What Will You Uncover, before Sunny pulls out an egg, presumably the one that ratted them out. Sunny then tosses it away, to the chicken's dismay. Irritated, the chicken then startles Efe and Sunny.

Name	Image	Description	Producer	Release dates
Armored Paws drop - Official Trailer		Noor goes on an adventure in a badland, with a pack of armored wolves.	Filmic Art	April 23, 2024
Bundles of Bravery - Official Trailer		Ari runs several errands across the land, discovering the many uses of bundles.	Brikk Animation	October 22, 2024
The Garden Awakens - Official Trailer		Kai and Efe venture into a pale garden as it awakens, discovering unforeseen consequences.	Filmic Art	December 3, 2024
Spring to Life - Official Minecraft Trailer		Zuri leads an adventure across many biomes full of life, but things turn south.	Brikk Animation	March 25, 2025
CHASE THE SKIES WITH VIBRANT VISUALS – Official Minecraft Trailer		Players ride happy ghasts around the Overworld.	Brikk Animation	June 17, 2025
The Copper Age - Official Minecraft Trailer		Sunny constructs and then befriends a copper golem.	Filmic Art	October 1, 2025
Mounts of Mayhem - Official Minecraft Trailer		The heroes of Minecraft use spears and mounts to battle the threat of zombie horsemen.	Brikk Animation	December 9, 2025
Tiny Takeover		An inexplicable hoard of tiny mobs try to take over the Overworld, to the chagrin of Steve and the gang.	Brikk Animation	March 24, 2026

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Title	Image	Description	Producer	Release dates
The Super Duper Minecraft Musical		A musical telling the story of Melissa Benoist exploring the Super Duper Graphics Pack.	Psyop	November 18, 2017
Caves & Cliffs Explorers		A prequel to Caves & Cliffs Explorers, telling the story of the Collapse.	Spark Universe	July 17, 2022[verify]
Start a New Minecraft Story – Official Trailer		Several characters explore the wonders of the Minecraft Marketplace.	Brokendoll	January 12, 2023
SpongeBob SquarePants – Musical		The cast of SpongeBob SquarePants perform a musical number.	Spark Universe	Twitter: May 4, 2023 Vimeo: May 10, 2023
Minecraft x Marketplace Pass		Efe, Zuri, and Kai explore Marketplace Pass.		March 13, 2024
Change your game, your way!		Steve and the gang discover add-ons, going on several adventures with their new powers.	Brokendoll	May 21, 2024
Dragon Ball Z Tease		Efe summons Shenron and becomes Goku .		October 3, 2025

Title	Image	Description	Producer	Release date
Minecraft Live: Announcement Trailer		A baby zombie tries to jockey a chicken while running past several announcements for Minecraft Live 2020.	brokendoll	September 3, 2020
Minecraft Marketplace 5 Year Celebration Trailer
Explore the Minecraft Marketplace 5 Year Celebration Sale!
Minecraft Live 2021: Announcement Trailer		A faux-production video of various nonexistent technologies.	Brikk Animation	September 2, 2021
Minecraft Live 2022: Announcement Trailer		A trio of frogs march through a multiverse of Overworlds, unwittingly causing several conflicts that agitate many characters.	Element Animation	September 8, 2022
Minecraft Live is back for 2023!		The mysterious appearance of pink petals invites the gang to work on construction of a Minecraft Live 2023 sign.	Element Animation	September 13, 2023
Minecraft is turning 15		The mobs and cast of Minecraft celebrate the 15 Days of Minecraft event in their own varied ways.	Rabbit's Foot Studios	May 14, 2024
Minecraft Live is Coming Soon!		Several mobs bop their heads to music.	Element Animation[citation needed]	September 18, 2024
Minecraft Live 2025: Announcement Trailer		An elaborate musical number dedicated to Spring to Life	Brikk Animation	March 5, 2025
Minecraft LIVE Official Trailer – September 2025		Copper golems embark on a journey to Minecraft Live – September 2025.	Element Animation	September 10, 2025
Minecraft Live Official Trailer – March 2026		The annual commute to Minecraft Live, now with baby mobs overrunning the process.	Brikk Animation	March 10, 2026

Name	Image	Description	Producer(s)	Release date
Mojang Presents... An Update Aquatic		A parody of nature documentaries to promote the Update Aquatic.	Brikk Animation	October 3, 2018
Village & Pillage: A Wanderous Journey		A wandering trader tries, fails, fails again, and then succeeds at finding someone to trade with.	Brikk Animation	April 17, 2019
Villager (and Pillager?) News		A crossover with Villager News made to explain the Village & Pillage update.	Element Animation	October 2, 2019
The Nether Update Encore		A ballet revolving around the friendship of a baby piglin and hoglin.	Element Animation	October 6, 2020
Caves & Cliffs: The Musical		A musical about the Caves & Cliffs update of which Steve and Alex are forced to participate.	Element Animation	October 20, 2021
One Trillion Minecraft Views on YouTube and Counting		A celebration of Minecraft culture on YouTube, to commemorate a trillion views being amassed.	Spark Universe	December 14, 2021
Minecraft Celebrates the Community! (Yes, that means you!)		A time traveler brings an olden player to 2021 to teach them of Minecraft's evolution.	Rabbit's Foot Studios	December 15, 2021
A Warden's Song		A balled devoted to the warden and its situations.	Element Animation Bram Stout Productions	October 20, 2022
A Tale of Two Friends		A slapstick comedy about a camel trying to protect Efe's snifflet.	Element Animation	October 21, 2023
The Monster in the Woods		A horror themed episode of Villager News, where Villager No. 9 and friends investigate a monster in the woods.	Element Animation	September 28, 2024
A Wandering Trader Springs to Life!		An absurdist character piece on a wandering trader as they see the world spring to life.	Element Animation	March 22, 2025
Happy Ghast Music Video		A music video about Efe and a happy ghast.	Element Animation	September 27, 2025

• Something stirs in the pale garden...
  
• Fireworks and friends: The perfect get-together!
  
• Adventure out safely aboard a camel!
  
• At Mojang Studios we believe in building an inclusive and equal world through the power of play. So be who you are and wear what you want. Happy Pride!
  
• Someone’s going to have to change!
  
• The camels are waiting for you… find them June 7 with the Trails & Tales Update!
  
• Oh the possibilities to come with cherry wood! What are you dreaming up for the new pink wood type?
  
• How would you react if you walked into a lush cave and saw this?
  
• Where is that buried treasure…?!
  
• Happy #WorldFrogDay! Get out there and make a new amphibian friend.
  
• How the tables have turned, phantom!
  
• An all-star team of allays can get things done!
  
• POV: You’re a busy bee
  
• Something relaxing about the daily life of a village.
  
• Those sneaky chickens, keep trying fox!
  
• The good boi waits and waits for your return…
  
• Explore a mysterious mansion in this year’s free #HourOfCode lesson - Escape Estate!
  
• Oh no, Steve went looking for treats in the wrong neighborhood!
  
• Adventures are more fun when you bring a friend along!
  
• Your friend is in need!
  
• Run Steve and Alex, Run!
  
• Hot, cold, or temperate? How do you like your frogs?
  
• ...if it wasn't for that meddling Steve!
  
• Ah spring! Time to marvel at the blossoms and trees, and tell us what you’ve been building in Flower Forest biomes?
  
• Not all that glows is a squid, but these shimmering cephalopods can certainly put on a dazzling dance!
  
• There ain’t no party like a piglin party!
  
• Need to feel light as a feather, don’t forget to craft with leather! Marching fast or strolling slow, you’ll need it to cross the powder snow!
  
• Splish, splash! A true miracle of nature, the splendid waterfall nourishes lush caves, marine life and children-at-heart alike!
  
• Any minute now! That pickaxe may be nice and shiny, but it’s that unyielding miner’s resolve that's the true tool of the trade!
  
• Wololo! Even the most fang-summoning of foes occasionally need some time to unwind – and what better pastime than the ancient art of large-scale collaborative sheep-dyeing?
  
• Ah, that most marvellous of mazes! Though danger may be lurking around every corner, it does have an oddly familiar comfort to it, doesn't it?
  
• Some say schools of frozen fish sticks scurry freely underneath the ice. We say: let’s build a hut, carve a hole, and find out!
  
• Whether it’s a tower, a castle, or your very own personal realm, this is certainly a place you can proudly call home!
  
• As the old saying goes: you don’t truly appreciate what you have until you’re being ruthlessly hunted down by a vicious phantom! A soft bed; an even softer cat – solid ground, even!
  
• Building a house? Pah! In the Mushroom Fields, your next lodging might just sprout from the soil - and nobody will notice if you smell a little fungi!
  
• Crawl, baby turtle, crawl! That ravenous army of drowned will stop at nothing in their quest for a tasty midnight snack – except for an early sunrise, that is!
  
• Gather, gather, all together! In just 4 short days, you’ll have more blocks than ever to build a welcoming home for your dearest of friends – animal or otherwise!
  
• Up and up the goats do race, For high up lie their glory days, They climb, ever braver, Resolves never waver, To boop someone from a high place
  
• With great reward comes great risk! Alex may have grabbed herself a Totem of the Undying, but she wasn’t exactly planning on using it anytime soon!
  
• Uncurl your tail, treat yourself to a mud bath, and oink your single-most blissful oink: the wonderous desert lakes are the perfect biome to build your own personal oasis!
  
• Ah, one of these days! Human determination knows no greater triumph than that sacred, not-at-all-delusional pursuit: turning the enderman into a pin cushion!
  
• Yee-haw! The badlands may be mostly drought and dead bushes, but there’s nothing quite like the local saloon to put your spurs up at the end of the day. Don’t let the doors hit you on the way in!
  
• Home sweet home! There’s nothing quite like relaxing on your very own porch; bathing in the golden rays of glowstone; taking in the sweet smell of fresh sulphur. What a life!
  

• Although they were not formally introduced until Minecraft Live 2022, Sunny, Noor, and Efe made several appearances in trailers for the Wild Update.
• In several trailers, Steve's beard is treated as a smile, emoting in various ways.
• A common running gag is a chicken appearing in various underground locations, such as The Wild Update: What Will You Uncover? and Tricky Trials Update Official Trailer.

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  A storyboard of Craft Your Own Path.
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  A second storyboard of Craft Your Own Path, featuring a mangrove swamp.
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  A storyboard of Craft Your Own Path, featuring placeholders of Steve, Alex, and Noor labeled S, A, and F.
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  Another storyboard of Craft Your Own Path, with Sunny and Efe labeled as R and T.
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  An allay in a storyboard of Craft Your Own Path.
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  "Noor" holding an undecided object in a storyboard of Craft Your Own Path.
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  Ditto., now shaded like an in-game glow berry sprite.
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  Steve and Alex being spooked by a chicken instead of Sunny and Efe.
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  Another storyboard of Craft Your Own Path.
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  A storyboard of Where Will You Wander?
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  Steve in a Where Will You Wander? storyboard in place of Noor.
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  A spyglass in a storyboard of Where Will You Wander?
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  Steve, Alex, and an allay near a nether portal in a storyboard of Where Will You Wander?
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  Another storyboard of Where Will You Wander?
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  "Noor" handing an allay a noticeably round glow berry in a storyboard of Where Will You Wander?
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  "Noor" following the allay, storyboarded.
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  A storyboard of Where Will You Wander?
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  "Steve" releasing a tadpole into a lush cave, storyboarded.
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  Ditto, from the perspective of water.

• Minecraft Mini-Series
• Minecraft Animated Series