Favourite animated films of all time?

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Sunday, April 23, 2006 08:30
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NUCLEARDAY

Sunday, March 12, 2006 2:33 PM

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Originally posted by SamWibatt:
I've got a ton of favorites, but the only one I can think of that hasn't already been mentioned is Nelvana's 1983 sleeper "Rock and Rule". Way ahead of its time, nearly bankrupted the company. Finally available on DVD.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086203/

Oh my ;p Now on DVD, are you serious? (First off, I'm always suprised that anyone even knows that movie :) Saw that on like TV when I was a kid (I'm yet another product of the 80's), and it frelling blew my mind! :) Spent years trying to even find out what the name of it was later on in life ;p

Far as my other favorites: anything Bakshi. Also, the Hobbit. (Mostly for the songs. "Suchs tiny little birds..." :)

Saw a few references to Last Unicorn, which is another shiny bit of nostalgia ;p Batman: Mask of the Phantasm for all the stated reasons, and for getting the Joker right. Heavy Metal, which was always a big influence on my art in my formative years. Cowboy Bebop, lots of other Anime. (Tokyo Godfathers was awesome, and like many, Akira was my gateway.)

My only other favorite I don't believe I saw mentioned here is Watership Down. Another movie that really blew me away as a kid, and remains one of my favorite books of all time.

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AUNTYCHRIS

Sunday, March 12, 2006 3:30 PM

Wow, great thread! Some many fabulous 'toons mentioned already I won't bother relisting the ones I agree with, but will be checking out the ones I haven't seen yet.

Two that I haven't seen listed that I think qualify: Disney's "Hercules", mainly for the celebrity voices, especially James Woods' Hades. I even like to watch the series because of him.
And, does anyone remember "A wish for Wings That Work"? A Christmas special based on the Bloom County comics, with Opus and Bill the Cat, that was on lo so many years ago (taped it. Good thing too because I've never seen it aired since then). The therapy session for flightless birds was pure genius (especially when the cockroach showed up with milk duds as falsies "Is this the group for cross-dressing cockroaches?") They had a pig named Truffles, that thought he was a rhino. That's where I got the name for my new Shih-Tzu puppy. Hey, that's when it was one, 14 years ago, when we got Truffles.

SAMWIBATT

Sunday, March 12, 2006 4:08 PM

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Oh my ;p Now on DVD, are you serious? (First off, I'm always suprised that anyone even knows that movie :) Saw that on like TV when I was a kid (I'm yet another product of the 80's), and it frelling blew my mind! :) Spent years trying to even find out what the name of it was later on in life ;p

(This was about the Nelvana film "Rock & Rule")

Yup, two versions - special edition thing linked here, and a single-disc one you can find digging around a bit:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007YMV9W/qid=1142179415/sr=1-1/ref=
sr_1_1/002-4237811-1486460?s=dvd&v=glance&n=130

Enjoy!

RABBIT2

Sunday, March 19, 2006 1:55 PM

A lot of my favorites have already been mentioned but one that hasn`t is "Wings of Honneamise" by Hiroyuki Yamaga.
This is the story of another planet`s attempt to put their first man in space and has some incredible background work on depicting a different, but not entirely unfamilliar world.

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Flight Instructor: Son, know what the first rule of flying is?
Me: Don`t crash?

NEZZERUS

Monday, March 27, 2006 4:16 AM

Alright, I'm not sure if these count, seein as they were stop-motion, but they looked like CG.

The Nightmare Before Christmas- Kidnap the Sandy Claws!! Hahahahaha!!

Corpse Bride- you should have seen him with fur

I'm a Burton fan.

And as for Anime....
Trigun
Cowboy Bebop
TOTORO
Rayearth
naruto
Megatokyo
Anything Miyazaki (fav was probably Castle in the sky)
Spiral
Fushigi Yugi
Fruit's Basket
Ghost in the Shell
Ruroni Kenshin

JUBB3500

Saturday, April 22, 2006 8:07 PM

My compliments to you for bringing up "Wings of Honeamise".

A brilliant and unique piece of work.

One of a small number of non-Miyazki anime features that actually works as a story as well as incredible animation and imagery.

It almost goes off course with the religious cult girl subplot, but pulls it together for one of the greatest action set pieces in animation history at the big battle at the end, culminating in the launch of the first manned rocket into orbit and the beautifully transcendental speech/image montage at the end.

Heartfelt and truly Genuis.

I met the Executive Producer from Gianax Studios almost 20 years ago and had the opportunity then to render my effusive praise for Honeamise.

Is is available in DVD? Dubbed?

RABBIT2

Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:07 AM

There was an English dubbed version of "Wings of Honeamise" released in the UK on VCR a few years ago and a subtitled version turned up on TV some time back.
No DVD version as far as I know but with the Miyazaki/Ghibli studios back catalogue being released on DVD now perhaps we`ll get lucky with Gainax.

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Flight Instructor: Son, know what the first rule of flying is?
Me: Don`t crash?

REIGNPHORIA

Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:30 AM

I would be as bold as to say that:

nightmare Before Christmas, Hellsing and Vampire Hunter D(and VHD:Bloodlust) make up the top 3 of my animated feature "list."

I ain't signing anything without seein' the fine print!

-Reign.

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