Over on Youtube, an animator named Rihito Ue is showing fans how Gundam can be brought to life. The fans has taken his stop-motion skills and done up several shorts which all feature Gundam suits.

This week, the pioneering studio Laika returns with “Missing Link,” the stop-motion animated family film starring Hugh Jackman and Zach Galifianakis. With “Missing Link” landing in theaters on Friday, ...