Animation Favorites

[Therm0s]

Saturday morning cartoons ate my childhood. I seem to have struck a nostalgic nerve with an aside in another board and thought I'd continue the discussion of "formative animation" in a more communal setting. This thread is intended to catalog the impact of "art as motion" as it's impacted your life. There've been some genuine acts of genius in animation of the past - and new ground is continually broken in the present. Help open some minds to things less permanent than canvas, but no less influential.

I'll start:
The members of this forum have offered a wealth of support an inspiration, as well as some unexpected insight into long-forgotten bits of my childhood. Thanks to Gita, Selby, SweenyMini, Enchanter, et al. for the nostalgia! Hilights (in no particular order):

Steamboat Willie (no-brainer - along with all early Disney)
He Man (Orko rulez)
Smurs ("Surprise! - "BOOM"")
Scooby Doo (Death to Scrappy)
Care Bears
Shirt Tales (Boooooiinnnnngggg!)
Gummy Bears (Disney again)
Cities of Gold (I'd forgotten how much I loved this one too, Enchanter - good call)
Belle and Sebastian (related to the above, I think)
Danger Mouse (am I the only one who owns the DVDs? - Crumbs!)
Silverhawks/Thundercats (might as well be interchangeable)
GI Joe (Storm Shadow vs. Snake Eyes . . . COBRAAAAA!)
Looney Tunes (Obvious)

etc. . .etc. . .

People on the forefront (imho):

Ren and Stimpy (iiiidiots)
Fairly Oddparents (concept + writing = brilliant)
Wallace and Grommit (He likes cheese, I live in Wisconsin, perfect!)
Pixar - (begin flame war below).
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - Vectors are finally done justice.
Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island - (tell me you've seen anything like this).
Batman (recent various series)
Powerpuff/Samurai Jack/high-style vector extravoganza (Thanks Art Deco!).
Dragonball Z (blondes do have more fun)
FLCL (Richenbacher + Vespa + Nurse = um . . . action!)
Anything Miyazaki touches.

Okay, I'm done for now. For the record, none of these have touched on the kinds of things I think ArtRage is capable of. There's an untapped "new style" out there and the tools are now available to make something truly unique.
I'd love to hear what "moving art" moves you.

All the best:

Therm0s

[sweeneymini]

Ok doke, (I'll skip the previously mentioned ones) heres some more that I remember foundly:

Count Duckula (linked totally with Danegr Mouse)
Tushay Turtle
Droopy Dog
Crazy Crane
Pigeon Street
Teenage Mutant Ninja/Hero Turtles
Wacky Races
Rockos Modern Life

Other good ones:
Willow The Wispy
Charlton & The Wheelies
Moomins (when they were felt. They were totally bizarre though)
TerraHawks (I was right scared of the witch at the time :oops: )
Lonestar

Contemporary:
Shreik
SpongeBob
Mr Bean
Simpsons/Futurama
The Janitor (the clay anim one with Eddie Murphy)

[cym]

Here's my trip down cartoon/kid show memory lane

Mighty Mouse
Romper Room
Captain Kangaroo

and then there were the stacks and stack of comic books I wish I still had.
Archie
Millie the Model
Casper

[NewCube]

OK, OK, this has been driving me mad for the last 22 years :cry: I once saw a cartoon, I think it was a one off, and I've been trying to recall what it was. The only real thing I remember from it is the theme tune with had the lyrics something like:

"Mr Rossy what you want..." something something blah blah then the chorus:
"He's a lucky luck man, a very lucky man" (or words to that effect)

Can ANYONE help me out?!? Granted, it's not much to go on, but Google have banned me for looking up "Cartoon + Rossy" :wink:

Thanks fellas,
NC

[ENCHANTER]

ooh i remember a cartoon called........or it could have been just the song title...anyway it was called 'Mr Rossy and his Dog'........I think! :?

[ENCHANTER]

a few others i just thought of.....

ulysees 31
jayce and the wheeled warriors
the real ghostbusters
............hmmmm

[Sethren]

Can't get enough of Miyazaki... his films are so deep!

The Tick has to be the most amusing cartoon i had ever seen......

Watching Wolf's Rain every now and then... kind of wierd anime......

Cowboy Bebop... clever anime......

Pixar films are great... never get bored of them......

Big time Robotech/Macross fan... still waiting for the Shadow Chronicles!

[justG]

- Disney's (2D) animated films (The Jungle Book, Bambi, Dumbo, The Lion King [yes, especially 1.5, the story of Timon and Pumbaa], Aladdin)

- Combination live action/animation (Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Monkeybone [Yes, I liked it. Never mind.])

- Geri's Game (http://www.pixar.com/shorts/gg/index.html) and anything else by Pixar

- Disney/Pixar (3D) animated films (Finding Nemo is currently my favourite film in any genre)

- I'm pretty studio-agnostic, really. Pixar is tops, but I enjoyed Antz and Ice Age, too.

- Killer Bean (http://www.jefflew.com/animation.html)

- Dexter's Laboratory

Therm0s started with a lot of my favourites, so I'm done for now. =]

- Gita

[Aged P]

Playing the age card!

Any WW2 Walt Disney! The time of "correct politicalness"!

Also Fantasia, what a range of emotions.

Picking just one. The Oscar Winning Tom and Jerry cartoon involving a grand piano.


I have tried to like Tin-Tin, also Bambi, Brocolli, Chicken wingers and Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins. But somethings you just have to give up on!

[Aged P]

Hi Newcube,

Presents for you!

http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Other_Studios/B/Bruno_Bozzetto_Productions/Mister_Rossi/index.html

http://www.jedisparadise.co.uk/index.htm?childrenstv/Mister%20Rossi/Mister%20Rossi.htm&1

[Tiznaught]

Miyazaki films- once I watched Totoro and Mononoke, I could never go back to Disney. And it seems that Miyazaki will be doing another film next year!

Rocky and Bullwinkle- I've liked it for as long as I can remember, its just too randomly funny!

Aardman productions- I've loved Wallace and Gromit for a long time, and I really admire their originality.

Nightmare Before Christmas- My sister and i used to get that movie from the library all the time :lol:

Yuri Norstein- amazing stop-motion cut-out animator, some of the most beautiful films I've ever seen!

Wolf's Rain and Cowboy Bebop- I like the styles, atmospheres, and characters of both of these (they were done by mostly the same people). It's interesting to compare the visual and non-visual looks of both, to see how they differ yet share a unique creative license.

Katsuhiro Otomo- I like his thought-provoking themes and aesthetic style.

I used to be a big fan of Disney as a child, but not since four years ago. Frankly, I felt as though I had been talked down to by most of the messages and stories, although I still have a soft spot for Mouse Detective and Rescuers Down Under, which are my favorites. :D

[NewCube]

AgedP,

Thank. You. Very. Much.

Prickles up my neck listening to theme tune right now.

I can finally relax.

[evaperrin]

I would have to say my Studio Ghibli Collection, not all of them mind you, just the ones that really touched me. I think someone mentioned Miyazaki. His movie animations are very deep, with a very humane message in them.

My favourites:

Spirited Away
KiKi's Delivery Service
Laputa Castle in the Sky
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Grave of the Fireflies (I couldn't stop crying for days after watching this one!)
My Neighbour Totoro
Whisper of the Heart
The Cat Returns

Like someone else mentioned, once I watched Miyazaki, I never went back to watching Disney Films again. There's just something touches the human core in Miyazaki's films that make them really stand out for me. I don't have all the Studio Ghibli but I have most of them. The only one I have and didn't like so much was Princess Monoko. It just didn't do it for me.