Tuesday, May 25, 2010

50 Most Intriguingly Bizarre Animated Films I've Seen

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

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15. Of Stars and Men

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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

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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.