Now it's time to belatedly publish that list. I'd wanted to have a point system, but the points were in a notebook that was thrown away, so I can't remember all the points or how I'd scored everything. I remember that the scale was out of 40 points and that each film had to get at least 25 to qualify. The highest, The Cosmic Eye, got 38.
The general rules were:
1. Must be 45 minutes long
2. Must not be derivative of a television series
3. Must not tread too far on rotoscoping/live action
4. If it's just deliberately being strange for its own sake with no good reason, it didn't make the list.
The film must be 45 minutes long, meaning 45 minutes completed. One film on this list stretches the rule. Waltz with Bashir could be argued to stretch the rules on rotoscoping. I've discovered many films after the point system got screwed up, and will mention many of them at some point in the future. Many of the film's orders I'd reconsider, and the list is quite short on stop motion entries which would be fixed if I still had the numbers. Be forewarned that a very large number of these films are not suitable for children, and that this list was not made with druggies in mind. A couple films which you might like were originally on the end of the list but got knocked off when more suitable entries appeared. Enjoy the list, however patchy it is right now. Somebody will surely make a better one at some point in the future.
50. Little Nemo's Adventures in Slumberland
49. Puss 'n Boots
48. Sea Prince and the Fire Child
47. My Neighbors the Yamadas
46. Aladdin
45. Heavy Metal
44. Twice upon a Time
43. Yobi the Five Tailed Fox
42. Little Prince and the Eight Headed Dragon
41. Waltz with Bashir
40. The Triplets of Belleville
39. Wizards
38. The Tune
37. Alice in Wonderland
36. Everybody Rides the Carousel
35. Akira
34. Neo Tokyo
33. Hair High
32. Gwen the Book of Sand
31. Sita Sings the Blues
30. Fantasia
29. Johnny Corncob
28. A Soldier's Tale
27. Tekkon Kinreet
26. I Married a Strange Person
25. Robot Carnival
24. Uproar in Heaven
23. Night on the Galactic Railroad
22. Krysar
21. Hugo the Hippo
20. The District!
19. The Adventures of Mark Twain
18. Fantastic Planet
17. Nezha Conquers the Dragon King
16. Midori
No Footage Available
15. Of Stars and Men
No Footage Available
14. The Adventures of Prince Achmed
13. Angel's Egg
12. Dead Leaves
11. Time Masters
10. Yellow Submarine
9. The Thief and the Cobbler (recobbled)
8 Paprika
7. Beyond the Mind's Eye
6. Mind Game
5. Belladonna of Sadness
4. Son of the White Mare
3. The Cat who Walked by Herself
2. Chronopolis
1. The Cosmic Eye
No Footage Available
I'll see what I can find for these films, but for now I have to post this list because it's been so long. The next post will be about realistic character animation, and to a lesser extent, serious animation if anybody happens to stumble by this blog. I need to write a bit more about each one at some point, so I'll either edit this post or I'll describe them more in future posts.
edit-clip now available for Everybody Rides the Carousel
edit 2-Waltz with Bashir was not rotoscoped as I originally wrote.
edit 2-Waltz with Bashir was not rotoscoped as I originally wrote.
