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I didn't even know it existed until a few night ago after a desultory link-hop through Wikipedia, but now that I know there is such a thing as an animated Dante's Inferno made from hand-drawn paper puppets and miniature sets starring Dermot Mulroney as Dante and James Cromwell as Virgil, I have never wanted anything more.

This is the greatest thing of all time

Sporting a hoodie and a hang-over from the previous night’s debauchery, Dante (voiced by Dermot Mulroney) wakes to find he is lost — physically and metaphorically — in a strange part of town. He asks the first guy he sees for some help: The ancient Roman poet Virgil (voiced by James Cromwell), wearing a mullet and what looks like a brown bathrobe. Having no one else to turn to, Dante’s quickly convinced that his only means for survival is to follow Virgil voyage down, down through the depths of Hell.

You can see the trailer here.