The coolest thing you're likely to see today isn't the snowstorm hitting the eastern United States or clips from last night's SNL 40 special, but rather "Retrowave," a 1980s-inspired animated short film by Florian Renner.

While our headline name-checks Tron and Back to the Future, the '80s influences seem to go well beyond those; I feel as if I should be watching it while wearing a pink Sonny Crockett sports coat and sitting beneath a Patrick Nagal painting ...

(via Airows)