What tools in After Effects were used to animate these characters?

[jive]

Hi,

These are the charcters in question - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olPDt0d3ecM

How were the characters animated? I'm assuming After Effects but what aspect? I'm heading into 4th Year Graphic Design at Uni and have a few ideas one being a music video.

The video will feature a version of the attached character who I want to animate but at the moment I'm not too sure how to go about it.

 

[matteusclement]

i've seen this done in flash, but not sure if that's what you're looking for.
it just uses pivot points to move the limbs.