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Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise is a weird one. SciFi yet very grounded. Hope you like it when you eventually get a chance to see it
Whats the pinnacle of animated film?
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Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise is a weird one. SciFi yet very grounded. Hope you like it when you eventually get a chance to see it
ZehDon
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Excellent picks. Ghost in the Shell is probably my favourite animated film. Period. Watching it today, it's easy to forget that it released in 1995. "Ahead of its time" is too small a phrase. It looks and sounds incredible, has a deeply philosophical musing at its core, and it's esoterical plot is expertly told to an almost impossible degree. It uses the animated form to tell a story difficult to practically tell in its time, and yet, the fact that's animated almost feels more consistent with the film's themes. For me, it's the height of animated film making.
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Not my #1 pick but I can see why.
For me the spider tank scene where the music stops (?) And you hear the rain and the auditory and visual feedback of the tank's bullets where/are so fucking visceral.
And I agree about the underlying psychological/philosophical theme.
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My vote goes to Akira. The animation is mindblowing.
LimanimaPT
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Akira or Ghost in the Shell.
My favorite? Future Boy Conan
My favorite? Future Boy Conan
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Tams
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If we're counting claymation as animated, then this is my choice too.
And not the earlier Wallace and Gromit shorts. As great as they are, they really show their age. The Wrong Trousers holds up much better.
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INC
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No GitS, no matrix and countless other sci fi
Trogdor1123
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What is wrong with you people? It is always Transformers!
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What is wrong with you people? It is always Transformers!
Trogdor1123
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I love Robotech too! But, transformers is the bestest!
Jet fire is the hybrid that brings them together!
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LimanimaPT
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If we are counting stop motion, then The Nightmare Before Christmas should also be mentioned.
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Disney's 1940 Pinocchio is an incredible achievement. Eighty years later the dynamic animation is still unequaled. It completely boggles the mind how the studio that made that masterpiece thought it was a good idea to remake it as a live-action/CGI movie and then remove all the charm. It looks like they didn't even finish the CGI but released a work-in-progress version that needed at least another year of work. The first time I saw this clip I thought it was a joke video, something some guy on the internet created in a couple of days but this is a scene from the actual movie.
The difference in quality between both versions is so big the Milky Way would fit between them quite easily.
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DragoonWalker
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Even excluding Ghibli, Disney, and Akira, the wealth of incredible animated films that exists means it's impossible to pinpoint just one. Many have been listed here, but there are so many out there:
Walt Disney really cared more about the art than making money at the start, and it really shows.
Happosai
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I'll say it again. There's no way to narrow it down to a single film if you follow animation timelines back to their peak work starting in the late 1930's.
Akira has been stated several times but it's not the greatest work. Kobayashi worked on Akira but his film Dragon's Heaven was the best. The reason it's not talked about like Akira was the fact that it never had Western licensing.
Akira has been stated several times but it's not the greatest work. Kobayashi worked on Akira but his film Dragon's Heaven was the best. The reason it's not talked about like Akira was the fact that it never had Western licensing.
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There's no way to deny the visual craftsmanship of Akira. The story is a jumbled mess thanks to it being a cliffnotes of the manga, but the visuals are second to none. The amount of time and talent that went into it is insanity. I love Dragon's Heaven because it's Mobieus come to life, very charming, and totally unique, but in terms of technical showmanship it's not even close. It comes much closer to early Ghibli, like Nausicaa or Castle in the Sky.
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Cliche. Semi popular etc but this scene sends shivers down my spine
Style. Scale. Quality. Context. Visceral impact (!!!!!!) Short version.
Edit this clip touches me lmao
The fight (not flight) trigger that evokes a primal survival mindset resulting in all or nothing violence combined with it's OST. Come one.. FFS there's so much going on <3
Style. Scale. Quality. Context. Visceral impact (!!!!!!) Short version.
Edit this clip touches me lmao
The fight (not flight) trigger that evokes a primal survival mindset resulting in all or nothing violence combined with it's OST. Come one.. FFS there's so much going on <3
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This is up there for me, personally.
I liked it (and own it) but I guess It didn't resonate and a certain level
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Here you go my dude.Hope I'll find a DVD or BLURAY with Jap dub. Looks great.
Not getting enough love.
Happosai wow man... is it that hard to find? Looks amazing friend ... damn... Thanks so much
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Ulysses 31 is nowhere near the pinnacle of animation but I wanted to mention it. It’s concept and execution of its themes blew my mind as a 4 year old child and has always stayed with me. It’s animation like this that truly activates a child’s mind not current consumer trash like Peppa Pig and Paw Patrol.
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Ulysses 31 is nowhere near the pinnacle of animation but I wanted to mention it. It’s concept and execution of its themes blew my mind as a 4 year old child and has always stayed with me. It’s animation like this that truly activates a child’s mind not current consumer trash like Peppa Pig and Paw Patrol.
We need a Ulysses 31 - God of War game for the ultimate take on the greek mythos
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I remember this so vividly, as well as
Ulysses 31 is nowhere near the pinnacle of animation but I wanted to mention it. It’s concept and execution of its themes blew my mind as a 4 year old child and has always stayed with me. It’s animation like this that truly activates a child’s mind not current consumer trash like Peppa Pig and Paw Patrol.
Happosai
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Dragon's Heaven was on DVD in JP and I want to say France or somewhere in Europe too. Never given a wide release and Kobayashi has good reason not to allow it to get digital touch up on blu-ray...it'd ruin the art. But, I wish North America had at least been given the DVD release. Anyway, the full movie's on YouTube.Hope I'll find a DVD or BLURAY with Jap dub. Looks great.
Not getting enough love.
I can't deny it either. But, I feel there's a place for more in that top tier. I agree with you posting Perfect Blue. Satoshi Kon was anothet great one we lost. Wicked City has some incredible animation too. Background paintings in some scenes are like Victorian art if you know where to look.
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I'll try to provide a few modern examples to balance out the thread:
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This is certainly up there for me. Get it on BluRay then thank me later.
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As a piece of Art -> The Old man and the sea by Aleksandr Petrov
As a piece of Awe -> Summit of the Gods by Patrick Imbert
As a Thriller / Noir -> Perfect Blue by Satoshi Kon
As a thought piece -> World of Tomorrow by Don Hertzfeldt
As psychedelic fever dream -> Mind Game by Masaaki Yuasa
As pure trauma -> Grave of the Fireflies by Isao Takahata
As a musical experience -> Interstella 5555 by Kazuhisa Takenouchi & Leiji Matsumoto
As a piece of Awe -> Summit of the Gods by Patrick Imbert
As a Thriller / Noir -> Perfect Blue by Satoshi Kon
As a thought piece -> World of Tomorrow by Don Hertzfeldt
As psychedelic fever dream -> Mind Game by Masaaki Yuasa
As pure trauma -> Grave of the Fireflies by Isao Takahata
As a musical experience -> Interstella 5555 by Kazuhisa Takenouchi & Leiji Matsumoto
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I can't say its objectively the best, but I'll always love the Transformers animated film. Probably my most rewatched animated film. I even have the 4k copy.
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Used to air on Sky Movies multiple times when I was a kid. Its never had a proper Blu-Ray remaster and that's a fucking shame. It's a Rintaro movie so it's probably a 10 same with everything else he's directed.
This is up there for me, personally.
Happosai
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I consider good qualifiers for Western animation the amount of technique, method and really using the money toward the full process qualifiers.
Multi-paned backgrounds was something riveting and still looks impressive today. This can be seen in a number of Disney films and later on I believe 80's/90's animators had tried recreating this effect using cels (cost less but still worked).
Rotoscoping as seen here in Ralph Bakshi's 'Fire & Ice'
Short staffed, low paid and yet incredibly ambitious were the animators in the West during the 20th century.
I've already contributed to my Japanese examples about which I have more of...I'd post the spider scene from Wicked City as it's great animation...but...it's NSFW
Multi-paned backgrounds was something riveting and still looks impressive today. This can be seen in a number of Disney films and later on I believe 80's/90's animators had tried recreating this effect using cels (cost less but still worked).
Rotoscoping as seen here in Ralph Bakshi's 'Fire & Ice'
Short staffed, low paid and yet incredibly ambitious were the animators in the West during the 20th century.
I've already contributed to my Japanese examples about which I have more of...I'd post the spider scene from Wicked City as it's great animation...but...it's NSFW
8bitpill
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Their succesor movie Wolfwatchers is even better. It's one of my favourite animated movies in recent times. It's Irish too like myself
The Wolfwatchers is a very good animated film. I found out about the Cartoon Saloon that animated this from Song of the Sea and Secret of the Kells. It peaked my interest since it was an Irish Animation studio and most of their animated films have to do with Irish mythology. We've had our daughter watch all of these and there wasn't one she didn't like. I started to refer to them as the "Irish Studio Ghibli".
As most have posted, Akria hands down. Watch the behind the scenes and you will be amazed at how that animated film was made.
Also you should check out, Ninja Scroll,
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thanksDragon's Heaven was on DVD in JP and I want to say France or somewhere in Europe too. Never given a wide release and Kobayashi has good reason not to allow it to get digital touch up on blu-ray...it'd ruin the art. But, I wish North America had at least been given the DVD release. Anyway, the full movie's on YouTube.
Anyway, the full movie's on YouTube
Do you remember love as well ;3)
This made as much if not more impact than seeing/playing SMB/Duckhunt for the first time. Hard to explain
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Watership Down, Fire and Ice, Peter Pan, Mulan.
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