Animation Challenge (Official, September 2023)

[FilmWalrus]

Today, some reviews!

27. Gauche the Cellist (1982), #JapanChina, #Anime, #Top250, 6.5

Relatively early Takahata. Simple, but with depth. So much more subtle and sedate than western films for kids.

28. Surviving Life (2010), #EasternEurope, #Drama, #Top250, 7.5

A man falls in love with a fully imaginary woman that appears in his dreams. Psychoanalysis shines a light onto just how awkward the romance is. I'm basically always up for Svankmajer's silly, weird shenanigans.

29. Tux and Fanny (2019), 4.0

Lo-fi CG in which two friends vacillate between stoner wisdom and internet humor. Episodic, but the plot points carry over and the surprisingly detailed lore accrues in interesting ways.

30. Oink / Knor (2022), #Award-Winning, 5.5

A by-the-number child-and-pet story that really could use a twist or two. Redeemed by the world's most adorable stop-motion piglet puppet. Watched with an unfortunate English dub.

31. Aachi and Ssipak (2006), #RestOfAsia, #Adult, #Top250, 7.0

It is fun how often 45MinuteZoom and I are on parallel tracks this month! A few times we've been pretty far apart in ratings. I'd rather defend April and the Extraordinary World; I'm not a good spokeperson to defend this extended exercise is juvenile excess, as it isn't my typical taste. But A&S has a very distinctive voice and fully commits to its vision. Admired the breakneck pacing, energy, and intensity. It is aggressively offensive, but so consistently so that I never took any particular instance serious, and a few times were so audacious they stole a laugh.

32. Long Way North (2015), #Nordic, #Top250, 8.0

Excellent adventure about a Russian debutante that goes searching for her grandfather, an explorer who never returned from the North Pole. Compelling characters and animation. The structure and story beats are sometimes a little too clean and predictable. I liked that villains were absent, temporary, or background figures to the main events. Danish co-production.

33. The Green Wave (2010), #AfricaMiddleEast, #Documentary, 6.0

Documentary about the 2009 Iranian election, the excitement leading up to it, the voter fraud, and the violent crackdown on reformists and protestors afterwards. Very colorful high-contrast animation, but the imagery sometimes crosses into sensationalism. A worthy cause, but wobbles trying to assemble blog quotes into a multi-faceted narrative.

34. The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Italy (2019), #WesternEurope, #SciFi/Fantasy, #PersonalFavorites, 8.5

All-around wonderful! The character designs and the Sicilian landscapes are instantly captivating and extremely memorable. Fun story, that covers a lot of ground, and obeys its own logic while not taking itself too seriously.

This complete lap 3! Starting lap 4 next...

[45MinuteZoom]

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31. Aachi and Ssipak (2006), #RestOfAsia, #Adult, #Top250, 7.0

It is fun how often 45MinuteZoom and I are on parallel tracks this month! A few times we've been pretty far apart in ratings. I'd rather defend April and the Extraordinary World; I'm not a good spokeperson to defend this extended exercise is juvenile excess, as it isn't my typical taste. But A&S has a very distinctive voice and fully commits to its vision. Admired the breakneck pacing, energy, and intensity. It is aggressively offensive, but so consistently so that I never took any particular instance serious, and a few times were so audacious they stole a laugh.

They certainly were committed to being offensive and committed to the bit.

[Torgo]

I enjoy the showdown between FilmWalrus & 45MinuteZoom a lot Very cool watchlists, you two!


Since I don't want to appear as that very weird guy who only comments on other people's challenges but doesn't actually participate in any of them, here I come with my adventurous September deep dive into the fantastic world of animation (of all kinds):

1. The Emperor's Nightingale [Cisaruv slavík] (1949) (6/10)

[FilmWalrus]

I enjoy the showdown between FilmWalrus & 45MinuteZoom a lot Very cool watchlists, you two!

Since I don't want to appear as that very weird guy who only comments on other people's challenges but doesn't actually participate in any of them, here I come with my adventurous September deep dive into the fantastic world of animation (of all kinds):

1. The Emperor's Nightingale [Cisaruv slavík] (1949) (6/10)

A new challenger approaches!

45MinuteZoom, you approach from the front. I'll circle around behind. And then...

Group hug welcome to the challenge!

[45MinuteZoom]

[sol]

Spoiler

1. The Breadwinner (2017)
2. My Old School (2022)
3. Aurora’s Sunrise (2022)
4. The Secret of Kells (2009)
5. Tux and Fanny (2019)
6. Sausage Party (2016) REVISION
7. My Father’s Dragon (2022)
8. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) REVISION
9. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
10. Chico & Rita (2010)
11. Chicken Run (2000) REVISION
12. Elemental (2023)
13. Hair High (2004) REVISION
14. DC League of Super-Pets (2022)

15. The Angry Birds Movie (2016) REVISION



The sequel is meant to be better than the original (at least from what I have heard) so I decided to revisit this before watching the second film later this week. Guess what? I liked this a lot more the second time round. Yes, it relies too heavily on gross-out gags and lame wordplay gags, and sure, the film could have built up more ambiguity over whether or not the pigs are hostile. For all its flaws though, the film paints an acute look at how at how anger can build in an individual and negatively impact on one's life to point that others lose trust in you. The film is also pretty creative for a video game adaptation.

[mjf314]

Spoiler

1. Black Jack (1993) episodes 1-2
2. Black Jack (1993) episodes 3-4
3. Black Jack (1993) episodes 5-6
4. Black Jack (1993) episodes 7-8
5. Black Jack (1993) episodes 9-10
6. Black Jack (1993) episodes 11-12
7. Inu-Oh (2021)
8. No Game No Life (2014) episodes 1-4
9. No Game No Life (2014) episodes 5-8
10. No Game No Life (2014) episodes 9-12
11. No Game No Life: Zero (2017)

12. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (2010) episodes 1-4

[frbrown]

4-7. Ranma 1/2 OVA (1993) #Japan #Comedy

13 episodes

Spoiler

1. Anomalisa (2015) #Anglo-America #Stop-motion #ForumTop250
2. Robotix (1985) #Children
3. Robotech II: The Sentinels (1988) #Sci-fi
4-7. Ranma 1/2 OVA (1993) #Japan #Comedy

[flavo5000]

107-108a. Tex Avery Shorts [ Red Hot Riding Hood (1943), Who Killed Who? (1943), What's Buzzin' Buzzard? (1943), Batty Baseball (1944), The Hick Chick (1946), Bad Luck Blackie (1949), Garden Gopher (1950), The Peachy Cobbler (1950), Symphony in Slang (1951), Screwball Squirrel (1944), The Screwy Truant (1945), Big Heel-Watha (1944), Lonesome Lenny (1946), Hound Hunters (1947), Red Hot Rangers (1947), Dumb-Hounded (1943), Wags to Riches (1949), The Chump Champ (1950), Daredevil Droopy (1951) ]
108b. Kojin toshi a.k.a. Personal City (Keita Kurosaka, 1990)


109. Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (Bradley Raymond, Tom Ellery, 1998)


110. The BFG (Brian Cosgrove, 1989)


111. Gekijouban Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works (Ken'ichi Takeshita, 2010)


112. Gigigoegoe seonghyeongsu a.k.a. Beauty Water (Cho Kyung-hun, 2020)


113. Madonna OVA E1-2 (Akinori Nagaoka, 1988)

cel away into the sunset...

1. Kôkaku kidôtai: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual eleven a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell Stand-Alone Complex: Individual Eleven (Kenji Kamiyama, 2005)
2. Inspector Gadget's Last Case: Claw's Revenge (Michael Maliani, 2002)
3. To Your Last Death (Jason Axinn, 2019)
4-5a. Papiyon rôze: Nyû shîjin a.k.a. Papillion Rose E1-6 (2006)
5b. Lingerie Senshi Papillon Rose (2003)
5c. Morita-san wa Mukuchi a.k.a. Miss Morita is Taciturn (Naotaka Hayashi, 2011)
6. I Am Nightmare (M. dot Strange, 2014)
7-8. Popeye Theatrical Shorts [Little Swee'pea (1936), Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936), I Never Changes My Altitude (1937), Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937), The Paneless Window Washer (1937), A Date to Skate (1938), Me Musical Nephews (1942), Taxi-Turvy (1954), Insect to Injury (1956), Popeye for President (1956), A Haul in One (1956), Nearlyweds (1957), Barbecue for Two (1960), Plumbing Is a 'Pipe' (1938), Customers Wanted (1939), Let's Sing with Popeye (1934), W'ere on Our Way to Rio (1944), Puppet Love (1944), Beach Peach (1950), Punch and Judo (1951), Baby Wants a Battle (1953), Toreadorable (1953)]
9-10a. Blood Lad E1-11 (Shigeyuki Miya, 2013)
10b. Dantalian no Shoka: Ibarahime (Yutaka Uemura, 2012)
11. Princes et princesses (Michel Ocelot, 2000)
12. Doragon bôru Z - Kami to Kami a.k.a. Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Gods (Masahiro Hosoda, 2013)
13. Dennis the Menace in Cruise Control (Patrick A. Ventura, 2002)
14. Willy McBean and His Magic Machine (Arthur Rankin Jr., 1965)
15. The Amazing Maurice (Toby Genkel, Florian Westermann, 2022)
16. Astérix chez les Bretons a.k.a. Asterix in Britain (Pino Van Lamsweerde, 1986)
17. Entergalactic (Fletcher Moules, 2022)
18a. Chipollino (Boris Dyozhkin, 1961)
18b. KJFG No 5 (Aleksey Alekseev, 2008)
18c. Kontakt (Vladimir Tarasov, 1978)
18d. Gora samotsvetov: Zhikharka (Oleg Uzhinov, 2006)
18e. Evstifeyka-volk (Oleg Uzhinov, Elena Uzhinova, 2001)
18f. Brek! (Garri Bardin, 1985)
19. Night of the Animated Dead (Jason Axinn, 2021)
20-22. Shinkyoku sôkai Porifonika a.k.a. Polyphonica E1-12 (Junichi Watanabe and Masami Shimoda, 2007)
23. Konyok-gorbunok a.k.a. The Magic Pony (Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Boris Butakov, 1975)
24. Groove Squad (Patrick A. Ventura, 2002)
25. Das Sandmännchen - Abenteuer im Traumland a.k.a. The Sandman and the Lost Sand of Dreams (Jesper Møller, Sinem Sakaoglu, 2010)
26. Inuyasha - Kagami no naka no mugenjou a.k.a. InuYasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (Toshiya Shinohara, 2002)
27. Daliás idök a.k.a. Heroic Times (József Gémes, 1983)
28. Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (Darrell Rooney, Jeannine Roussel, 2001)
29-31. Netoge no yome wa onnanoko ja nai to omotta? a.k.a. And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online? E1-12 (Yasuto Nishikata and Shinsuke Yanagi, 2016)
32. The Archies in Jug Man (Scott Heming, 2003)
33. Shorts [Koncertisszimo (József Gémes, 1968), Díszlépés (József Gémes, 1970), Temetés (József Gémes, 1970), Afterlife (Ishu Patel, 1978), My ne mozhem zhit bez kosmosa (Konstantin Bronzit, 2014), Oh Willy... (Emma De Swaef, Marc James Roels, 2012), C. K. strelnice (Miroslav Stepánek, 1969), Hídavatás (Marcell Jankovics, 1969), The Junky's Christmas (Nick Donkin, Melodie McDaniel, 1993) ]
34. Deemo (Junichi Fujisaku, Shûhei Matsushita, 2021)
35. Oliver and the Artful Dodger (Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, 1972)
36. Heathcliff: The Movie (Bruno Bianchi, 1986)
37. Fleischer Shorts [ Poor Cinderella (1934), Little Dutch Mill (1934), An Elephant Never Forgets (1935), Dancing on the Moon (1935), The Song of the Birds (1935), Somewhere in Dreamland (1936), The Little Stranger (1936), The Cobweb Hotel (1936), Greedy Humpty Dumpty (1936), Hawaiian Birds 1936) ]
38. Dragon Knight: Wheel of Time (Hiromichi Matano, 1998)
39. Jetsons: The Movie (Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, 1990)
40. Inuyasha - Tenka hadou no ken a.k.a. InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (Toshiya Shinohara, 2003)
41. Inuyasha - Guren no Houraijima a.k.a. Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island (Toshiya Shinohara, 2004)
42. The Spine of Night (Philip Gelatt, Morgan Galen King, 2021)
43-44. More Fleischer Shorts [ Play Safe (1936), Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936), Bunny Mooning (1937), Chicken a La King (1937), A Car-Tune Portrait (1937), Peeping Penguins (1937), Honest Love and True (1938), Musical Memories (1935), Educated Fish (1937), Little Lamby (1937), Hunky and Spunky (1938), Hold It (1938), All's Fair at the Fair (1938), The Playful Polar Bears (1938), Always Kickin' (1939), Small Fry (1938), The Barnyard Brat (1939), The Fresh Vegetable Mystery (1939), Little Lambkin (1940), Ants in the Plants (1940), A Kick in Time (1940), Snubbed by a Snob (1940), You Can't Shoe a Horsefly (1940) ]
45-47. BNA E1-12 (You Yoshinari, 2020)
48. The Amazing Zorro (Scott Heming, 2002)
49. Xin shen bang: Yang Jian a.k.a. New Gods: Yang Jian (Ji Zhao, 2022)
50. On Happiness Road (Hsin Yin Sung, 2017)
51. Ronal the Barbarian (Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen, Philip Einstein Lipski, 2011)
52-53a. How the Cossacks Did Stuff Ukrainian Shorts [ Kak kazaki kulesh varili (1967), Kak kazaki sol pokupali (1975), Kak kazaki v futbol igrali (1970), Kak kazaki olimpitsami stali (1978), Kak kazaki mushketeram pomogali (1979), Kak kazaki na svadbe gulyali (1989), Kak kazaki inoplanetyan vstrechali (1987), Yak kazaki u hokey grali (1995) ]
53b. Bubblegum Crisis: Hurricane Live! 2032 & Hurricane Live! 2033 (1988-1990)
54. Thunderbean Animation Grotesqueries Bonus Disc [ The Wizard's Apprentice (1930), Woos Whoopee (1928), Une nuit sur le mont chauve (1938), Wot a Night (1931), The Magic Mummy (1933) + other assorted trailers, clips, etc. ]
55-57. Dansu in za vanpaia bando a.k.a. Dance in the Vampire Bund (Akiyuki Shinbou, 2010)
58. Doragon bôru chô: Burorî a.k.a. Dragon Ball Super: Broly (Tatsuya Nagamine, 2018)
59-61. Hanaukyô meido-tai: La Verite a.k.a. Hanaukyo Maid Team: La Verite E1-12 (Takuya Nonaka, 2004)
62. Rupan sansei: Hemingway paper no nazo a.k.a. Lupin III: The Hemingway Papers (Osamu Dezaki, 1990)
63. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears, 2023)
64. Sophie's Place (Larry Jordan, 1988)
65. Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (Andy Knight, 1997)
66. Pink Panther shorts [ Pinkologist (1978), Pink Press (1978), Pink in the Drink (1978), Pink Bananas (1978), Pinktails for Two (1978), Pink Z-Z-Z (1978), Star Pink (1978), Pink Breakfast (1979), Pink Quackers (1979), Toro Pink (1979), String Along in Pink (1979), Pink in the Woods (1979) ]
67. The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (Darrell Rooney, Rob LaDuca, 1998)
68. Hansel and Gretel (John Paul, 1954)
69-71. Shinrei tantei Yakumo a.k.a. Psychic Detective Yakumo E1-13 (Tomoyuki Kurokawa, 2010)
72. Street Fighter Alpha: Generations (Ikuo Kuwana, 2005)
73. Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman (Bob Doucette, 2006)
74. Danguard Ace (William Winckler, 2010)
75. Danguard Ace 2 (William Winckler, 2010)
76. Danguard Ace 3 (William Winckler, 2010)
77a. More Pink Panther Shorts [ Pink Pull (1979), Spark Plug Pink (1979), Doctor Pink (1979), Pink Suds (1979), Supermarket Pink (1980) ]
77b. Walerian Borowczyk shorts [ Le dictionnaire de Joachim (1966), Le phonographe (1969), Scherzo infernal (1984), L'encyclopedie de grand-maman en 13 volumes (1963), Sztandar mlodych (1957), Jouet joyeux (1979) ]
77c. Morgan Galen King shorts [ Exordium (2013), Mongrel & the Wrath of the Ape King (2012) ]
78. Madangeul naon amtak a.k.a. Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild (Seong-yun Oh, 2011)
79. Il nano e la strega a.k.a. King Dick (Gioacchino Libratti, 1973)
80. Batman: Black and White (2008)
81-83. Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai a.k.a. A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepherd (Yuu Nobuta, 2014)
84-85. Thunderbean Animation Presents Stop Motion Marvels (Various, 1910-1952)
86. Takanashi Rikka Kai: Gekijouban Chuunibyou demo koi ga shitai! a.k.a. Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions: Rikka's Version (Tatsuya Ishihara, 2013)
87. Fiul Stelelor a.k.a. Son of the Stars (Mircea Toia, Calin Cazan, Dan Chisovski, 1985)
88-89a. Top wo Nerae 2! a.k.a. Gunbuster 2! E1-6 (Kazuya Tsurumaki, 2004)
89b. Bikini Woriaazu a.k.a. Bikini Warriors E1-12 (Naoyuki Kuzuya, 2015)
90. $9.99 (Tatia Rosenthal, 2008)
91. Pastacolypse (Jason Shwartz, 2023)
92. Thumbelina (Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, 1994)
93. Laughing Under the Clouds Gaiden (Tetsuya Wakano, 2017)
94. Laughing Under the Clouds Gaiden 2: Shukumei, Soutou no Fuuma (Tetsuya Wakano, 2017)
95. Laughing Under the Clouds: Gaiden Part 3 (Tetsuya Wakano, 2017)
96. Jackboots on Whitehall (Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry, 2010)
97. War of the Worlds: Goliath (Joe Pearson, 2012)
98-100a. Kokoro Connect E1-13 (Shinya Kawatsura, 2012)
100b. To Love Ru Darkness OVA6
100c. Natsuki Crisis (Kôichi Chigira, 1994)
101. Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (Steve Loter, 2014)
102. Ostrov sokrovishch a.k.a. Treasure Island (David Cherkasskiy, 1988)
103. Gegege no Kitarô a.k.a. Spooky Kitaro (Hiroshi Shidara, 1968)
104. Live Freaky Die Freaky (John Roecker, 2006)
105. Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (Frank Nissen, 2007)
106. My Little Pony: The Movie (Jayson Thiessen, 2017)
107-108a. Tex Avery Shorts [ Red Hot Riding Hood (1943), Who Killed Who? (1943), What's Buzzin' Buzzard? (1943), Batty Baseball (1944), The Hick Chick (1946), Bad Luck Blackie (1949), Garden Gopher (1950), The Peachy Cobbler (1950), Symphony in Slang (1951), Screwball Squirrel (1944), The Screwy Truant (1945), Big Heel-Watha (1944), Lonesome Lenny (1946), Hound Hunters (1947), Red Hot Rangers (1947), Dumb-Hounded (1943), Wags to Riches (1949), The Chump Champ (1950), Daredevil Droopy (1951) ]
108b. Kojin toshi a.k.a. Personal City (Keita Kurosaka, 1990)
109. Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (Bradley Raymond, Tom Ellery, 1998)
110. The BFG (Brian Cosgrove, 1989)
111. Gekijouban Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works (Ken'ichi Takeshita, 2010)
112. Gigigoegoe seonghyeongsu a.k.a. Beauty Water (Cho Kyung-hun, 2020)
113. Madonna OVA E1-2 (Akinori Nagaoka, 1988)

[sol]

Spoiler

1. The Breadwinner (2017)
2. My Old School (2022)
3. Aurora’s Sunrise (2022)
4. The Secret of Kells (2009)
5. Tux and Fanny (2019)
6. Sausage Party (2016) REVISION
7. My Father’s Dragon (2022)
8. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) REVISION
9. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
10. Chico & Rita (2010)
11. Chicken Run (2000) REVISION
12. Elemental (2023)
13. Hair High (2004) REVISION
14. DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
15. The Angry Birds Movie (2016) REVISION

16. Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)



The basic story has some promise here as a grasshopper ventures into a dangerous human city. For the most part though, this quest takes a backseat to a side romance and bizarre attempts by a couple of other bugs to stop him romancing his girlfriend. Most disappointing of all though is just how far removed stylistically the film is from the Fleischers' animated shorts. The Fleischers' surreal Betty Boop and Koko the Clown b&w shorts are among the greatest things ever committed to film; working with a story that offers limited surrealism and second-rate colour processing, the charm here simply isn't the same.

[frwnk]

Droopy, a Looney Tunes character dog.It is a dog that is always sullen and unruly, and often sad. This is a character that I cannot understand why they put such a strange character in front of children in a cartoon. I watched his filmography total of 169 minutes run. Also there is a good Dailymotion channel for Looney Toons cartons (HD) named "MK Toons", I mostly watched there.

5-6.
1943-1955
Dumb-Hounded, The Shooting of Dan McGoo, Wild and Woolfy, Northwest Hounded Police, Señor Droopy, Wags to Riches, Out-Foxed, The Chump Champ, Daredevil Droopy, Droopy's Good Deed, Droopy's Double Trouble, Caballero Droopy, The Three Little Pups, Drag-a-Long Droopy, Homesteader Droopy, Dixieland Droopy, Deputy Droopy
1956-1958
Millionaire Droopy, Grin and Share It, Blackboard Jumble, One Droopy Knight, Sheep Wrecked, Mutts About Racing, Droopy Leprechaun

[sol]

Spoiler

1. The Breadwinner (2017)
2. My Old School (2022)
3. Aurora’s Sunrise (2022)
4. The Secret of Kells (2009)
5. Tux and Fanny (2019)
6. Sausage Party (2016) REVISION
7. My Father’s Dragon (2022)
8. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) REVISION
9. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
10. Chico & Rita (2010)
11. Chicken Run (2000) REVISION
12. Elemental (2023)
13. Hair High (2004) REVISION
14. DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
15. The Angry Birds Movie (2016) REVISION
16. Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)

17. The Bob’s Burgers Movie (2022)



As one might expect, this mostly feels liked an overlong episode of the show with unappealing songs and questionable subplots bloating out the length. There is a lot about the film that works though. Most notably the banter and chemistry between the siblings is as great as ever with a particularly funny and suspenseful part as they stake out and sneak into an insane tree house mansion. The story is also framed around Louise trying to prove to herself that she is not a "baby" despite constantly wearing her bunny ears, which is a wise choice since she was always the most dynamic character in the show.

[Lonewolf2003]

Spoiler

1. The Breadwinner (2017)
2. My Old School (2022)
3. Aurora’s Sunrise (2022)
4. The Secret of Kells (2009)
5. Tux and Fanny (2019)
6. Sausage Party (2016) REVISION
7. My Father’s Dragon (2022)
8. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) REVISION
9. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
10. Chico & Rita (2010)
11. Chicken Run (2000) REVISION
12. Elemental (2023)
13. Hair High (2004) REVISION
14. DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
15. The Angry Birds Movie (2016) REVISION
16. Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)

17. The Bob’s Burgers Movie (2022)



As one might expect, this mostly feels liked an overlong episode of the show with unappealing songs and questionable subplots bloating out the length. There is a lot about the film that works though. Most notably the banter and chemistry between the siblings is as great as ever with a particularly funny and suspenseful part as they stake out and sneak into an insane tree house mansion. The story is also framed around Louise trying to prove to herself that she is not a "baby" despite constantly wearing her bunny ears, which is a wise choice since she was always the most dynamic character in the show.

I assume from your review you also watch the show, but is the movie also watchable if you don’t? The show always seemed fun, but I never seen it but now there are so many seasons it became a daunting task to watch it. So maybe the movie could be a fun way to get acquainted with it, or isn’t it?

[gunnar]

17. The Bob’s Burgers Movie (2022)

I assume from your review you also watch the show, but is the movie also watchable if you don’t? The show always seemed fun, but I never seen it but now there are so many seasons it became a daunting task to watch it. So maybe the movie could be a fun way to get acquainted with it, or isn’t it?

I've never seen the tv show, but I watched the movie back in February and enjoyed it. I think it could definitely serve as a good introduction. I planned to watch the first 2 or 3 seasons for this challenge until tv series were disallowed, but will watch them sooner or later.

[flavo5000]

114-116. Onii-chan Dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankei Nai yo ne! E1-12 (Keiichirou Kawaguchi, 2012)


117-118. Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks E1-6 (Christopher Barry, 2016)


119. Inu-oh (Masaaki Yuasa, 2021)


120. Toxic Crusaders (Tony Love, Bill Hutton, 1997)


121. The Timekeepers of Eternity (Aristotelis Maragkos, 2021)


122. The Amazing Mister Bickford (Frank Zappa, 1987)

cel away into the sunset...

1. Kôkaku kidôtai: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual eleven a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell Stand-Alone Complex: Individual Eleven (Kenji Kamiyama, 2005)
2. Inspector Gadget's Last Case: Claw's Revenge (Michael Maliani, 2002)
3. To Your Last Death (Jason Axinn, 2019)
4-5a. Papiyon rôze: Nyû shîjin a.k.a. Papillion Rose E1-6 (2006)
5b. Lingerie Senshi Papillon Rose (2003)
5c. Morita-san wa Mukuchi a.k.a. Miss Morita is Taciturn (Naotaka Hayashi, 2011)
6. I Am Nightmare (M. dot Strange, 2014)
7-8. Popeye Theatrical Shorts [Little Swee'pea (1936), Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936), I Never Changes My Altitude (1937), Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937), The Paneless Window Washer (1937), A Date to Skate (1938), Me Musical Nephews (1942), Taxi-Turvy (1954), Insect to Injury (1956), Popeye for President (1956), A Haul in One (1956), Nearlyweds (1957), Barbecue for Two (1960), Plumbing Is a 'Pipe' (1938), Customers Wanted (1939), Let's Sing with Popeye (1934), W'ere on Our Way to Rio (1944), Puppet Love (1944), Beach Peach (1950), Punch and Judo (1951), Baby Wants a Battle (1953), Toreadorable (1953)]
9-10a. Blood Lad E1-11 (Shigeyuki Miya, 2013)
10b. Dantalian no Shoka: Ibarahime (Yutaka Uemura, 2012)
11. Princes et princesses (Michel Ocelot, 2000)
12. Doragon bôru Z - Kami to Kami a.k.a. Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Gods (Masahiro Hosoda, 2013)
13. Dennis the Menace in Cruise Control (Patrick A. Ventura, 2002)
14. Willy McBean and His Magic Machine (Arthur Rankin Jr., 1965)
15. The Amazing Maurice (Toby Genkel, Florian Westermann, 2022)
16. Astérix chez les Bretons a.k.a. Asterix in Britain (Pino Van Lamsweerde, 1986)
17. Entergalactic (Fletcher Moules, 2022)
18a. Chipollino (Boris Dyozhkin, 1961)
18b. KJFG No 5 (Aleksey Alekseev, 2008)
18c. Kontakt (Vladimir Tarasov, 1978)
18d. Gora samotsvetov: Zhikharka (Oleg Uzhinov, 2006)
18e. Evstifeyka-volk (Oleg Uzhinov, Elena Uzhinova, 2001)
18f. Brek! (Garri Bardin, 1985)
19. Night of the Animated Dead (Jason Axinn, 2021)
20-22. Shinkyoku sôkai Porifonika a.k.a. Polyphonica E1-12 (Junichi Watanabe and Masami Shimoda, 2007)
23. Konyok-gorbunok a.k.a. The Magic Pony (Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Boris Butakov, 1975)
24. Groove Squad (Patrick A. Ventura, 2002)
25. Das Sandmännchen - Abenteuer im Traumland a.k.a. The Sandman and the Lost Sand of Dreams (Jesper Møller, Sinem Sakaoglu, 2010)
26. Inuyasha - Kagami no naka no mugenjou a.k.a. InuYasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (Toshiya Shinohara, 2002)
27. Daliás idök a.k.a. Heroic Times (József Gémes, 1983)
28. Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (Darrell Rooney, Jeannine Roussel, 2001)
29-31. Netoge no yome wa onnanoko ja nai to omotta? a.k.a. And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online? E1-12 (Yasuto Nishikata and Shinsuke Yanagi, 2016)
32. The Archies in Jug Man (Scott Heming, 2003)
33. Shorts [Koncertisszimo (József Gémes, 1968), Díszlépés (József Gémes, 1970), Temetés (József Gémes, 1970), Afterlife (Ishu Patel, 1978), My ne mozhem zhit bez kosmosa (Konstantin Bronzit, 2014), Oh Willy... (Emma De Swaef, Marc James Roels, 2012), C. K. strelnice (Miroslav Stepánek, 1969), Hídavatás (Marcell Jankovics, 1969), The Junky's Christmas (Nick Donkin, Melodie McDaniel, 1993) ]
34. Deemo (Junichi Fujisaku, Shûhei Matsushita, 2021)
35. Oliver and the Artful Dodger (Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, 1972)
36. Heathcliff: The Movie (Bruno Bianchi, 1986)
37. Fleischer Shorts [ Poor Cinderella (1934), Little Dutch Mill (1934), An Elephant Never Forgets (1935), Dancing on the Moon (1935), The Song of the Birds (1935), Somewhere in Dreamland (1936), The Little Stranger (1936), The Cobweb Hotel (1936), Greedy Humpty Dumpty (1936), Hawaiian Birds 1936) ]
38. Dragon Knight: Wheel of Time (Hiromichi Matano, 1998)
39. Jetsons: The Movie (Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, 1990)
40. Inuyasha - Tenka hadou no ken a.k.a. InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (Toshiya Shinohara, 2003)
41. Inuyasha - Guren no Houraijima a.k.a. Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island (Toshiya Shinohara, 2004)
42. The Spine of Night (Philip Gelatt, Morgan Galen King, 2021)
43-44. More Fleischer Shorts [ Play Safe (1936), Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936), Bunny Mooning (1937), Chicken a La King (1937), A Car-Tune Portrait (1937), Peeping Penguins (1937), Honest Love and True (1938), Musical Memories (1935), Educated Fish (1937), Little Lamby (1937), Hunky and Spunky (1938), Hold It (1938), All's Fair at the Fair (1938), The Playful Polar Bears (1938), Always Kickin' (1939), Small Fry (1938), The Barnyard Brat (1939), The Fresh Vegetable Mystery (1939), Little Lambkin (1940), Ants in the Plants (1940), A Kick in Time (1940), Snubbed by a Snob (1940), You Can't Shoe a Horsefly (1940) ]
45-47. BNA E1-12 (You Yoshinari, 2020)
48. The Amazing Zorro (Scott Heming, 2002)
49. Xin shen bang: Yang Jian a.k.a. New Gods: Yang Jian (Ji Zhao, 2022)
50. On Happiness Road (Hsin Yin Sung, 2017)
51. Ronal the Barbarian (Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen, Philip Einstein Lipski, 2011)
52-53a. How the Cossacks Did Stuff Ukrainian Shorts [ Kak kazaki kulesh varili (1967), Kak kazaki sol pokupali (1975), Kak kazaki v futbol igrali (1970), Kak kazaki olimpitsami stali (1978), Kak kazaki mushketeram pomogali (1979), Kak kazaki na svadbe gulyali (1989), Kak kazaki inoplanetyan vstrechali (1987), Yak kazaki u hokey grali (1995) ]
53b. Bubblegum Crisis: Hurricane Live! 2032 & Hurricane Live! 2033 (1988-1990)
54. Thunderbean Animation Grotesqueries Bonus Disc [ The Wizard's Apprentice (1930), Woos Whoopee (1928), Une nuit sur le mont chauve (1938), Wot a Night (1931), The Magic Mummy (1933) + other assorted trailers, clips, etc. ]
55-57. Dansu in za vanpaia bando a.k.a. Dance in the Vampire Bund (Akiyuki Shinbou, 2010)
58. Doragon bôru chô: Burorî a.k.a. Dragon Ball Super: Broly (Tatsuya Nagamine, 2018)
59-61. Hanaukyô meido-tai: La Verite a.k.a. Hanaukyo Maid Team: La Verite E1-12 (Takuya Nonaka, 2004)
62. Rupan sansei: Hemingway paper no nazo a.k.a. Lupin III: The Hemingway Papers (Osamu Dezaki, 1990)
63. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears, 2023)
64. Sophie's Place (Larry Jordan, 1988)
65. Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (Andy Knight, 1997)
66. Pink Panther shorts [ Pinkologist (1978), Pink Press (1978), Pink in the Drink (1978), Pink Bananas (1978), Pinktails for Two (1978), Pink Z-Z-Z (1978), Star Pink (1978), Pink Breakfast (1979), Pink Quackers (1979), Toro Pink (1979), String Along in Pink (1979), Pink in the Woods (1979) ]
67. The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (Darrell Rooney, Rob LaDuca, 1998)
68. Hansel and Gretel (John Paul, 1954)
69-71. Shinrei tantei Yakumo a.k.a. Psychic Detective Yakumo E1-13 (Tomoyuki Kurokawa, 2010)
72. Street Fighter Alpha: Generations (Ikuo Kuwana, 2005)
73. Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman (Bob Doucette, 2006)
74. Danguard Ace (William Winckler, 2010)
75. Danguard Ace 2 (William Winckler, 2010)
76. Danguard Ace 3 (William Winckler, 2010)
77a. More Pink Panther Shorts [ Pink Pull (1979), Spark Plug Pink (1979), Doctor Pink (1979), Pink Suds (1979), Supermarket Pink (1980) ]
77b. Walerian Borowczyk shorts [ Le dictionnaire de Joachim (1966), Le phonographe (1969), Scherzo infernal (1984), L'encyclopedie de grand-maman en 13 volumes (1963), Sztandar mlodych (1957), Jouet joyeux (1979) ]
77c. Morgan Galen King shorts [ Exordium (2013), Mongrel & the Wrath of the Ape King (2012) ]
78. Madangeul naon amtak a.k.a. Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild (Seong-yun Oh, 2011)
79. Il nano e la strega a.k.a. King Dick (Gioacchino Libratti, 1973)
80. Batman: Black and White (2008)
81-83. Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai a.k.a. A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepherd (Yuu Nobuta, 2014)
84-85. Thunderbean Animation Presents Stop Motion Marvels (Various, 1910-1952)
86. Takanashi Rikka Kai: Gekijouban Chuunibyou demo koi ga shitai! a.k.a. Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions: Rikka's Version (Tatsuya Ishihara, 2013)
87. Fiul Stelelor a.k.a. Son of the Stars (Mircea Toia, Calin Cazan, Dan Chisovski, 1985)
88-89a. Top wo Nerae 2! a.k.a. Gunbuster 2! E1-6 (Kazuya Tsurumaki, 2004)
89b. Bikini Woriaazu a.k.a. Bikini Warriors E1-12 (Naoyuki Kuzuya, 2015)
90. $9.99 (Tatia Rosenthal, 2008)
91. Pastacolypse (Jason Shwartz, 2023)
92. Thumbelina (Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, 1994)
93. Laughing Under the Clouds Gaiden (Tetsuya Wakano, 2017)
94. Laughing Under the Clouds Gaiden 2: Shukumei, Soutou no Fuuma (Tetsuya Wakano, 2017)
95. Laughing Under the Clouds: Gaiden Part 3 (Tetsuya Wakano, 2017)
96. Jackboots on Whitehall (Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry, 2010)
97. War of the Worlds: Goliath (Joe Pearson, 2012)
98-100a. Kokoro Connect E1-13 (Shinya Kawatsura, 2012)
100b. To Love Ru Darkness OVA6
100c. Natsuki Crisis (Kôichi Chigira, 1994)
101. Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (Steve Loter, 2014)
102. Ostrov sokrovishch a.k.a. Treasure Island (David Cherkasskiy, 1988)
103. Gegege no Kitarô a.k.a. Spooky Kitaro (Hiroshi Shidara, 1968)
104. Live Freaky Die Freaky (John Roecker, 2006)
105. Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (Frank Nissen, 2007)
106. My Little Pony: The Movie (Jayson Thiessen, 2017)
107-108a. Tex Avery Shorts [ Red Hot Riding Hood (1943), Who Killed Who? (1943), What's Buzzin' Buzzard? (1943), Batty Baseball (1944), The Hick Chick (1946), Bad Luck Blackie (1949), Garden Gopher (1950), The Peachy Cobbler (1950), Symphony in Slang (1951), Screwball Squirrel (1944), The Screwy Truant (1945), Big Heel-Watha (1944), Lonesome Lenny (1946), Hound Hunters (1947), Red Hot Rangers (1947), Dumb-Hounded (1943), Wags to Riches (1949), The Chump Champ (1950), Daredevil Droopy (1951) ]
108b. Kojin toshi a.k.a. Personal City (Keita Kurosaka, 1990)
109. Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (Bradley Raymond, Tom Ellery, 1998)
110. The BFG (Brian Cosgrove, 1989)
111. Gekijouban Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works (Ken'ichi Takeshita, 2010)
112. Gigigoegoe seonghyeongsu a.k.a. Beauty Water (Cho Kyung-hun, 2020)
113. Madonna OVA E1-2 (Akinori Nagaoka, 1988)
114-116. Onii-chan Dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankei Nai yo ne! E1-12 (Keiichirou Kawaguchi, 2012)
117-118. Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks E1-6 (Christopher Barry, 2016)
119. Inu-oh (Masaaki Yuasa, 2021)
120. Toxic Crusaders (Tony Love, Bill Hutton, 1997)
121. The Timekeepers of Eternity (Aristotelis Maragkos, 2021)
122. The Amazing Mister Bickford (Frank Zappa, 1987)

[jdidaco]

(Gif from 'Sayônara, ginga tetsudô Surî-Nain: Andromeda shûchakueki'),



21. Ginga tetsudô Three-Nine (Galaxy Express 999, Rintarô, 1979) 9/10 (RV)
22. Sayônara, ginga tetsudô Surî-Nain: Andromeda shûchakueki (Adieu, Galaxy Express 999: Last Stop Andromeda, Rintarô, 1981) 8.5/10
23. Natsu e no tobira (The Door Into Summer, Toshio Hirata & Mori Masaki, 1981) 8/10
24. Petto shoppu obu horazu (Pet Shop of Horrors, Toshio Hirata, 1999) 8/10 (Total: 92 min)
25. From Inside (John Bergin, 2008) 7.5/10
26. Goodbye Mr. Christie (Phil Mulloy, 2011) 7.5/10
27. Jìyuántái qihào (No.7 Cherry Lane, Yonfan, 2019) 10/10
28. Shen hai (Deep Sea, Tian Xiaopeng, 2023) 6/10

If you declare your film Proustian, as Yonfan explicity does, you better make it live up to it - gorgeous, bewildering, stunningly erotic, stimulating on all senses,



it reminded me the immense pleasures of little things, including watching, with sensual admiration and a little bit of sadness, the many times Simone Signoret smoked on screen,



(69 min carried over)

Spoiler

1. Il flauto magico (The Magic Flute, Emanuele Luzzati & Giulio Gianini, 1978) 8.5/10
2. Méliès 1988 (Alain Nahum, Zbigniew Rybczynski, Gérard Krawczyk, Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Aline Issermann, Philippe Gautier, Pierre Étaix, Jean-Louis Bertuccelli and Maurizio Nichetti, 1988) 8/10 (58 min) + (23 min) (Total: 81 min)
3-4. Operavox (1995) : Carmen (Mario Cavalli) 7.5/10, The Magic Flute (Valeriy Ugarov) 9/10, Rhinegold (Graham Ralph) 7.5/10, Rigoletto (Barry Purves) 10/10 (RV), The Barber of Seville (Nataliya Dabizha) 9.5/10, Turandot (Gary Hurst) 8/0 (Total: 183 min) (23 minutes carried above)
5. Archipel (Archipelago, Félix Dufour-Laperrière, 2021) 7.5/10
6. Saules aveugles, femme endormie (Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, Pierre Földes, 2022) 8.5/10
7. Unicorn Wars (Alberto Vázquez, 2022) 8.5/10
8. Nayola (José Miguel Ribeiro, 2022) 9/10
9-11. Animation pioneer Émile Cohl program : Fantasmagorie (A Fantasy, Émile Cohl, 1908) (RV), L'hôtel du silence (Émile Cohl & Étienne Arnaud, 1908), Le cauchemar de Fantoche (The Puppet's Nightmare, Émile Cohl, 1908), Un drame chez les fantoches (A Love Affair in Toyland, Émile Cohl, 1908), Le cerceau magique (Magic Hoop, Émile Cohl, 1908), Le petit soldat qui devient Dieu (The Little Soldier Who Became a God, Émile Cohl, 1908), Les frères Boutdebois (Acrobatic Toys, Émile Cohl, 1908), Les transfigurations (Émile Cohl, 1909), Soyons donc sportifs (A Sportive Puppet, Émile Cohl & Étienne Arnaud, 1909), Japon de fantaisie (Japanese Magic, Émile Cohl, 1908), Les joyeux microbes (The Jolly Germs, Émile Cohl, 1909), Moderne école (Modern Education, Émile Cohl & Étienne Arnaud, 1909), L'éventail animé (Historical Fan, Émile Cohl & Étienne Arnaud, 1909), Clair de lune espagnol (The Man in the Moon, Émile Cohl & Étienne Arnaud, 1909), Les locataires d'à côté (Next Door Neighbors, Émile Cohl, 1909), Les couronnes (Laurels, Émile Cohl, 1909), Monsieur Clown ches les Lilliputiens (Émile Cohl, 1909), Porcelaines tendres (Delicate Porcelains, Émile Cohl, 1909), Les chapeaux des belles dames (Émile Cohl, 1909), Les générations comiques (Magic Cartoons, Émile Cohl, 1909), Les chaussures matrimoniales (1909), Les lunettes féeriques (X-Ray Glasses, 1908), Affaires de cœur (Affairs of Hearts, 1909), Le binetoscope (The Comedy-Graph, Émile Cohl, 1910), Rêves enfantins (The Child's Dream, Émile Cohl, 1910), En route (Émile Cohl, 1910), Le songe du garçon de café (The Hasher's Delirium, Émile Cohl, 1910) (RV), Le champion du jeu à la mode (Solving the Puzzle, Émile Cohl, 1910), Mobilier fidèle (The Automatic Moving Company, Émile Cohl & Romeo Bosetti, 1910), Le petit Chantecler (Émile Cohl, 1910), Les douze travaux d'Hercule (Hercules and the Big Stick, Émile Cohl, 1910), Le tout petit Faust (The Beautiful Margaret, Émile Cohl, 1910), Le peintre néo-impressioniste (The Neo-Impressionist Painter, Émile Cohl, 1910), Les quatre petits tailleurs (The Four Little Tailors, Émile Cohl, 1910), L'enfance de l'art (Émile Cohl, 1910), Cadres fleuris (Floral Studies, Émile Cohl, 1910), Les beaux-arts mystérieux (The Mysterious Fine Arts, Émile Cohl, 1910), Le placier est tenace (Émile Cohl, 1910), Histoire de chapeaux (Headdresses of Different Periods, Émile Cohl, 1910), Rien n'est impossible à l'homme (Émile Cohl, 1910), Les chefs-d'œuvre de Bébé (Émile Cohl, 1910), La musicomanie (Émile Cohl, 1910), Le retapeur de cervelles (Brains Repaired, Émile Cohl, 1910) (RV), Le musée des grotesques (Émile Cohl, 1911), Les fantaisies d'Agénor Maltracé (Émile Cohl, 1911), Le cheveu délateur (Émile Cohl, 1911), Les exploits de Feu-Follet (Émile Cohl, 1912), Les métamorphoses comiques (Émile Cohl, 1912), He Ruins His Family's Reputation/Zozor ruine la réputation de sa famille (Émile Cohl, 1913), Bewitched Matches/Les allumettes ensorcelées (Émile Cohl, 1913), He Poses for His Portrait/Le portrait de Zozor (Émile Cohl, 1993), L'avenir dévoilé par les lignes du pied (Future Revealed by the Lines of the Feet, Émile Cohl, 1914), Les exploits de Farfadet (Émile Cohl, 1916), Les aventures des Pieds-Nickelés (Émile Cohl, 1917/18), La maison du Fantoche (The Puppet Looks for Lodgement, Émile Cohl, 1921) (RV) (Rating the whole Gaumont boxset; excluded the few that couldn't be counted as animated in any form, 9.5/10) (Total: 290 min)
12. El mago de los sueños (The Wizard of Dreams, Francisco Macián, 1966) 8/10
13. Fiul Stelelor (The Son of the Stars, Mircea Toia & Calin Cazan & Dan Chisovski, 1988) 8/10
14. Barry Purves program : Next (Barry Purves, 1990) 9/10 (RV) (5 min), Screen Play (Barry Purves, 1993) 9.5/10 (RV) (11 min), Achilles (Barry Purves, 1995) 10/10 (RV) (11 min), Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models (Barry Purves, 1998) 8.5/10 (16 min), Hamilton Mattress (Barry Purves, 2001) 8/10 (30 min), Tchaikovsky - An Elegy (Barry Purves, 2011) 8.5/10 (RV) (13 min) (Total: 86 min)
15. Meres orgis, ena requiem gia tin Evropi (Days of Rage: A Requiem for Europe, Vasilis Mazomenos, 1995) 8.5/10
16. The Canterbury Tales (Jonathan Myerson, Aida Zyablikova, Ashley Potter & Dave Antrobus & Mic Graves, Joanna Quinn, Iain Gardner, Deiniol Morris, Valeriy Ugarov, Sergey Olifirenko and Damian Gascoigne, 1998/2000) 8/10 (Total: 83 min)
17. De Profundis (From the Sea, Miguelanxo Prado, 2007) 7.5/10
18. Umbilical World (David Firth, 2018) 8/10
19. Where Is Anne Frank (Ari Folman, 2021) 7.5/10
20. My Love Affair with Marriage (Signe Baumane, 2022) 8/10

[FilmWalrus]

So many fun leads for me to follow-up!

121. The Timekeepers of Eternity (Aristotelis Maragkos, 2021)

Looks really interesting, and I've never seen an animated film from Greece. I'm adding it to my to-see list unless you advise against.

27. Jìyuántái qihào (No.7 Cherry Lane, Yonfan, 2019) 10/10
it reminded me the immense pleasures of little things, including watching, with sensual admiration and a little bit of sadness, the many times Simone Signoret smoked on screen,

Sounds great! The screenshots on the film's webpage were also really impressive. Any hints on where to find it?

Also glad to see From Inside getting watched! I remember seeing it at the St. Louis film festival years ago and being blown away. The theater was basically empty because the festival scheduled it on the same timeslot as Waltz with Bashir, and the latter had all the animation buzz at the time.

[ororama]

6. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) * 100 min.
I generally like sequels that aren't imitations of the first movie, and this meets the test: more elaborate and more beautiful animation, probably due to technological advances, and a story that moves a top supporting character into the new lead and provides a more complex plot. After rewatching Ghost in the Shell I realized how easy it would have been to successfully churn out sequel after sequel with minimal plot variations, so the filmmakers deserve credit for aiming higher.
7. The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) * 85 min.
Funny and fun.

Spoiler

1.Your Name./Kimi no na wa. (2016) * 106 min.
2. Angel's Egg/Tenshi no tamago (1985) * 71 min.
3. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time/Toki o kakeru shôjo (2006) * 99 min.
4. The Boy and the Beast/Bakemono no ko (2015) * 119 min.
5. Ghost in the Shell/Kôkaku kidôtai (1995) 83 min.

* First time viewing

[sacmersault]

12. Blood Tea and Red String (2006) USA Stop-motion


Do you recommend this one? The look is interesting

It is super trippy and surreal. There's no dialogue, but it's not hard to follow. The story is very easy to follow and the animation nothing amazing. The interesting thing about the movie is that it took, something like, 13 years to make by a visual artist. Some images are supper fun, and it looks like what I imagine being on drugs is like.

[sacmersault]

13. Elemental (2023) comedy REWATCH

Spoiler

1. Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023) USA directed by woman
2. Pequeñas voces (2010) Colombia Documentary
3. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) children
4. Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941) drama
5. Unicorn Wars (2022) Spain fantasy
6. The Journey (2021) Saudi Arabia adult
7. Mimi wo sumaseba (1995) Japan anime Top 250
8. My Sunny Maad (2021) Czechia Award-winning
9. Kongjui & Patchui (1978) South Korea Stop-motion
10. Ternet ninja (Checkered Ninja) (2018) Denmark Comedy
11a. In the Shadow of the Cypress (2023) Iran Drama
11b-e Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire (2023)
12. Blood Tea and Red String (2006) USA Stop-motion

[ororama]

12. Blood Tea and Red String (2006) USA Stop-motion

Spoiler

1. Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023) USA directed by woman
2. Pequeñas voces (2010) Colombia Documentary
3. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) children
4. Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941) drama
5. Unicorn Wars (2022) Spain fantasy
6. The Journey (2021) Saudi Arabia adult
7. Mimi wo sumaseba (1995) Japan anime Top 250
8. My Sunny Maad (2021) Czechia Award-winning
9. Kongjui & Patchui (1978) South Korea Stop-motion
10. Ternet ninja (Checkered Ninja) (2018) Denmark Comedy
11a. In the Shadow of the Cypress (2023) Iran Drama
11b-e Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire (2023)

Do you recommend this one? The look is interesting

I've watched it twice and love it, and the image that sacmersault chose makes me want to watch it again. My kids and I were excited after I read that Christiane Cegavske was working on a new feature, but eventually I realized that it wouldn't be finished anytime soon. I'm sure that she's doing it for love, not money.

[sacmersault]

I've watched it twice and love it, and the image that sacmersault chose makes me want to watch it again. My kids and I were excited after I read that Christiane Cegavske was working on a new feature, but eventually I realized that it wouldn't be finished anytime soon. I'm sure that she's doing it for love, not money.

[sacmersault]

OP updated

We have 2 new participants. Welcome! We are now 23! The top 10 have seen at least 10 films. flavo5000 continues to destroy the rest of the field, at 122 films already. How do you do it??? CONGRATS!!! Our new no. 2 is FilmWalrus with 34 (nice jump), followed by jdidaco and 45MinuteZooom with 28. In 5th, not far behind, we have PUNQ with 23 films. Congratulations to you all! I think we are all loving the FilmWalrus vs 45MinuteZoom rivalry. I hope you both continue this way. We have all seen 355 films together. Let's keep it going!

Bonus Challenge:

FilmWalrus and 45MinuteZoom are fighting it out for 1st place, with FilmWalrus in the lead with 70 pts at the moment. Congrats! 45MinuteZoom is right behind with 65 pts. Congratulations, also! They're distantly followed by sacmersault with 24 pts.

[flavo5000]

So many fun leads for me to follow-up!

121. The Timekeepers of Eternity (Aristotelis Maragkos, 2021)

Looks really interesting, and I've never seen an animated film from Greece. I'm adding it to my to-see list unless you advise against.

So this isn't a traditionally animated film. It's essentially a re-edit/tightening of the '90s TV movie The Langoliers with bizarre and fairly innovative/interesting stop motion effects overlaying the film. Similar to rotoscoping but made to look like crinkling paper. It's actually very effective and improves on the original film quite a bit. I dug it.

[frwnk]

7-8.
1. Varezhka (1967)
2. Secha pri Kerzhentse (1971)
3. Tsaplya i zhuravl (1974)
4. Krokodil Gena (1969)
5. Plastilinovaya vorona (1981)
6. Nu, pogodi! (1969)
7. Rusalka (1997)
8. Cheburashka (1971)
9. Korova (1989)
10. Padal proshlogodniy sneg (1983)
11. Balerina na korable (1969)
12. 38 popugaev (1976)
13. Strekoza i muravey (1913)
14. Ego zhena kuritsa (1990)

from Golden 100 of Russian Animation list total of 170 min run

9. Sleeping Beauty (1959)

[mjf314]

Spoiler

1. Black Jack (1993) episodes 1-2
2. Black Jack (1993) episodes 3-4
3. Black Jack (1993) episodes 5-6
4. Black Jack (1993) episodes 7-8
5. Black Jack (1993) episodes 9-10
6. Black Jack (1993) episodes 11-12
7. Inu-Oh (2021)
8. No Game No Life (2014) episodes 1-4
9. No Game No Life (2014) episodes 5-8
10. No Game No Life (2014) episodes 9-12
11. No Game No Life: Zero (2017)
12. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (2010) episodes 1-4

13. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (2010) episodes 5-8

[sol]

17. The Bob’s Burgers Movie (2022)

As one might expect, this mostly feels liked an overlong episode of the show with unappealing songs and questionable subplots bloating out the length. There is a lot about the film that works though. Most notably the banter and chemistry between the siblings is as great as ever with a particularly funny and suspenseful part as they stake out and sneak into an insane tree house mansion. The story is also framed around Louise trying to prove to herself that she is not a "baby" despite constantly wearing her bunny ears, which is a wise choice since she was always the most dynamic character in the show.

I assume from your review you also watch the show, but is the movie also watchable if you don’t? The show always seemed fun, but I never seen it but now there are so many seasons it became a daunting task to watch it. So maybe the movie could be a fun way to get acquainted with it, or isn’t it?

I have seen a bunch of episode in my time (mostly from whenever it just happened to be on TV) but probably no more than 15 or 20 overall, and I certainly haven't seen all of the seasons. It might help to know a bit about the characters going in, but I imagine that watching two or three episodes would be a decent primer.

[sol]

Spoiler

1. The Breadwinner (2017)
2. My Old School (2022)
3. Aurora’s Sunrise (2022)
4. The Secret of Kells (2009)
5. Tux and Fanny (2019)
6. Sausage Party (2016) REVISION
7. My Father’s Dragon (2022)
8. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) REVISION
9. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
10. Chico & Rita (2010)
11. Chicken Run (2000) REVISION
12. Elemental (2023)
13. Hair High (2004) REVISION
14. DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
15. The Angry Birds Movie (2016) REVISION
16. Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)
17. The Bob’s Burgers Movie (2022)

18. The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)



This nicely re-jigs the formula of its predecessor as the pigs and birds must learn to put aside their differences to stop a common enemy who threatens both their islands. While the first film could be considered a study of anger, this follow-up could be considered as a look at relevance deprivation. The sequel is also downright hilarious at times, all depth aside, with some particularly funny moments involving a giant eagle costume, nicknamed "Harvey", with a gaping open mouth. A winking seal side character also offers rife amusement throughout and a Letterboxd avatar for shugs (never knew that before).

[shugs]

18. The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)


A winking seal side character also offers rife amusement throughout and a Letterboxd avatar for shugs (never knew that before).

The seal is the best part of the movie.

[frbrown]

8a. Invisible Ink (1921)
8b. Egged On (1926)
8c. När Kapten Grogg skulle porträtteras (1917)
8d. Rozhdestvo obitateley lesa (1913)
8e. El hotel eléctrico (1908)
8f. Pauvre Pierrot (1892)
8g. The Enchanted Drawing (1900)
8h. Autour d'une cabine (1894)
8i. The Sandman (1991)
8j. Ego zhena kuritsa (1990)

Spoiler

1. Anomalisa (2015) #Anglo-America #Stop-motion #ForumTop250
2. Robotix (1985) #Children
3. Robotech II: The Sentinels (1988) #Sci-fi
4-7. Ranma 1/2 OVA (1993) #Japan #Comedy
8a. Invisible Ink (1921)
8b. Egged On (1926)
8c. När Kapten Grogg skulle porträtteras (1917)
8d. Rozhdestvo obitateley lesa (1913)
8e. El hotel eléctrico (1908)
8f. Pauvre Pierrot (1892)
8g. The Enchanted Drawing (1900)
8h. Autour d'une cabine (1894)
8i. The Sandman (1991)
8j. Ego zhena kuritsa (1990)

[flavo5000]

123-125. Hagure Yusha no Aestetica a.k.a. Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero E1-12 (Rion Kujou, 2012)


126. Attack of the Demons (Eric Power, 2019)


127. To aru hikuushi e no tsuioku a.k.a. The Princess and the Pilot (Jun Shishido, 2011)

cel away into the sunset...

1. Kôkaku kidôtai: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual eleven a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell Stand-Alone Complex: Individual Eleven (Kenji Kamiyama, 2005)
2. Inspector Gadget's Last Case: Claw's Revenge (Michael Maliani, 2002)
3. To Your Last Death (Jason Axinn, 2019)
4-5a. Papiyon rôze: Nyû shîjin a.k.a. Papillion Rose E1-6 (2006)
5b. Lingerie Senshi Papillon Rose (2003)
5c. Morita-san wa Mukuchi a.k.a. Miss Morita is Taciturn (Naotaka Hayashi, 2011)
6. I Am Nightmare (M. dot Strange, 2014)
7-8. Popeye Theatrical Shorts [Little Swee'pea (1936), Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936), I Never Changes My Altitude (1937), Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937), The Paneless Window Washer (1937), A Date to Skate (1938), Me Musical Nephews (1942), Taxi-Turvy (1954), Insect to Injury (1956), Popeye for President (1956), A Haul in One (1956), Nearlyweds (1957), Barbecue for Two (1960), Plumbing Is a 'Pipe' (1938), Customers Wanted (1939), Let's Sing with Popeye (1934), W'ere on Our Way to Rio (1944), Puppet Love (1944), Beach Peach (1950), Punch and Judo (1951), Baby Wants a Battle (1953), Toreadorable (1953)]
9-10a. Blood Lad E1-11 (Shigeyuki Miya, 2013)
10b. Dantalian no Shoka: Ibarahime (Yutaka Uemura, 2012)
11. Princes et princesses (Michel Ocelot, 2000)
12. Doragon bôru Z - Kami to Kami a.k.a. Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Gods (Masahiro Hosoda, 2013)
13. Dennis the Menace in Cruise Control (Patrick A. Ventura, 2002)
14. Willy McBean and His Magic Machine (Arthur Rankin Jr., 1965)
15. The Amazing Maurice (Toby Genkel, Florian Westermann, 2022)
16. Astérix chez les Bretons a.k.a. Asterix in Britain (Pino Van Lamsweerde, 1986)
17. Entergalactic (Fletcher Moules, 2022)
18a. Chipollino (Boris Dyozhkin, 1961)
18b. KJFG No 5 (Aleksey Alekseev, 2008)
18c. Kontakt (Vladimir Tarasov, 1978)
18d. Gora samotsvetov: Zhikharka (Oleg Uzhinov, 2006)
18e. Evstifeyka-volk (Oleg Uzhinov, Elena Uzhinova, 2001)
18f. Brek! (Garri Bardin, 1985)
19. Night of the Animated Dead (Jason Axinn, 2021)
20-22. Shinkyoku sôkai Porifonika a.k.a. Polyphonica E1-12 (Junichi Watanabe and Masami Shimoda, 2007)
23. Konyok-gorbunok a.k.a. The Magic Pony (Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Boris Butakov, 1975)
24. Groove Squad (Patrick A. Ventura, 2002)
25. Das Sandmännchen - Abenteuer im Traumland a.k.a. The Sandman and the Lost Sand of Dreams (Jesper Møller, Sinem Sakaoglu, 2010)
26. Inuyasha - Kagami no naka no mugenjou a.k.a. InuYasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (Toshiya Shinohara, 2002)
27. Daliás idök a.k.a. Heroic Times (József Gémes, 1983)
28. Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (Darrell Rooney, Jeannine Roussel, 2001)
29-31. Netoge no yome wa onnanoko ja nai to omotta? a.k.a. And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online? E1-12 (Yasuto Nishikata and Shinsuke Yanagi, 2016)
32. The Archies in Jug Man (Scott Heming, 2003)
33. Shorts [Koncertisszimo (József Gémes, 1968), Díszlépés (József Gémes, 1970), Temetés (József Gémes, 1970), Afterlife (Ishu Patel, 1978), My ne mozhem zhit bez kosmosa (Konstantin Bronzit, 2014), Oh Willy... (Emma De Swaef, Marc James Roels, 2012), C. K. strelnice (Miroslav Stepánek, 1969), Hídavatás (Marcell Jankovics, 1969), The Junky's Christmas (Nick Donkin, Melodie McDaniel, 1993) ]
34. Deemo (Junichi Fujisaku, Shûhei Matsushita, 2021)
35. Oliver and the Artful Dodger (Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, 1972)
36. Heathcliff: The Movie (Bruno Bianchi, 1986)
37. Fleischer Shorts [ Poor Cinderella (1934), Little Dutch Mill (1934), An Elephant Never Forgets (1935), Dancing on the Moon (1935), The Song of the Birds (1935), Somewhere in Dreamland (1936), The Little Stranger (1936), The Cobweb Hotel (1936), Greedy Humpty Dumpty (1936), Hawaiian Birds 1936) ]
38. Dragon Knight: Wheel of Time (Hiromichi Matano, 1998)
39. Jetsons: The Movie (Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, 1990)
40. Inuyasha - Tenka hadou no ken a.k.a. InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (Toshiya Shinohara, 2003)
41. Inuyasha - Guren no Houraijima a.k.a. Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island (Toshiya Shinohara, 2004)
42. The Spine of Night (Philip Gelatt, Morgan Galen King, 2021)
43-44. More Fleischer Shorts [ Play Safe (1936), Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936), Bunny Mooning (1937), Chicken a La King (1937), A Car-Tune Portrait (1937), Peeping Penguins (1937), Honest Love and True (1938), Musical Memories (1935), Educated Fish (1937), Little Lamby (1937), Hunky and Spunky (1938), Hold It (1938), All's Fair at the Fair (1938), The Playful Polar Bears (1938), Always Kickin' (1939), Small Fry (1938), The Barnyard Brat (1939), The Fresh Vegetable Mystery (1939), Little Lambkin (1940), Ants in the Plants (1940), A Kick in Time (1940), Snubbed by a Snob (1940), You Can't Shoe a Horsefly (1940) ]
45-47. BNA E1-12 (You Yoshinari, 2020)
48. The Amazing Zorro (Scott Heming, 2002)
49. Xin shen bang: Yang Jian a.k.a. New Gods: Yang Jian (Ji Zhao, 2022)
50. On Happiness Road (Hsin Yin Sung, 2017)
51. Ronal the Barbarian (Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen, Philip Einstein Lipski, 2011)
52-53a. How the Cossacks Did Stuff Ukrainian Shorts [ Kak kazaki kulesh varili (1967), Kak kazaki sol pokupali (1975), Kak kazaki v futbol igrali (1970), Kak kazaki olimpitsami stali (1978), Kak kazaki mushketeram pomogali (1979), Kak kazaki na svadbe gulyali (1989), Kak kazaki inoplanetyan vstrechali (1987), Yak kazaki u hokey grali (1995) ]
53b. Bubblegum Crisis: Hurricane Live! 2032 & Hurricane Live! 2033 (1988-1990)
54. Thunderbean Animation Grotesqueries Bonus Disc [ The Wizard's Apprentice (1930), Woos Whoopee (1928), Une nuit sur le mont chauve (1938), Wot a Night (1931), The Magic Mummy (1933) + other assorted trailers, clips, etc. ]
55-57. Dansu in za vanpaia bando a.k.a. Dance in the Vampire Bund (Akiyuki Shinbou, 2010)
58. Doragon bôru chô: Burorî a.k.a. Dragon Ball Super: Broly (Tatsuya Nagamine, 2018)
59-61. Hanaukyô meido-tai: La Verite a.k.a. Hanaukyo Maid Team: La Verite E1-12 (Takuya Nonaka, 2004)
62. Rupan sansei: Hemingway paper no nazo a.k.a. Lupin III: The Hemingway Papers (Osamu Dezaki, 1990)
63. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears, 2023)
64. Sophie's Place (Larry Jordan, 1988)
65. Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (Andy Knight, 1997)
66. Pink Panther shorts [ Pinkologist (1978), Pink Press (1978), Pink in the Drink (1978), Pink Bananas (1978), Pinktails for Two (1978), Pink Z-Z-Z (1978), Star Pink (1978), Pink Breakfast (1979), Pink Quackers (1979), Toro Pink (1979), String Along in Pink (1979), Pink in the Woods (1979) ]
67. The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (Darrell Rooney, Rob LaDuca, 1998)
68. Hansel and Gretel (John Paul, 1954)
69-71. Shinrei tantei Yakumo a.k.a. Psychic Detective Yakumo E1-13 (Tomoyuki Kurokawa, 2010)
72. Street Fighter Alpha: Generations (Ikuo Kuwana, 2005)
73. Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman (Bob Doucette, 2006)
74. Danguard Ace (William Winckler, 2010)
75. Danguard Ace 2 (William Winckler, 2010)
76. Danguard Ace 3 (William Winckler, 2010)
77a. More Pink Panther Shorts [ Pink Pull (1979), Spark Plug Pink (1979), Doctor Pink (1979), Pink Suds (1979), Supermarket Pink (1980) ]
77b. Walerian Borowczyk shorts [ Le dictionnaire de Joachim (1966), Le phonographe (1969), Scherzo infernal (1984), L'encyclopedie de grand-maman en 13 volumes (1963), Sztandar mlodych (1957), Jouet joyeux (1979) ]
77c. Morgan Galen King shorts [ Exordium (2013), Mongrel & the Wrath of the Ape King (2012) ]
78. Madangeul naon amtak a.k.a. Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild (Seong-yun Oh, 2011)
79. Il nano e la strega a.k.a. King Dick (Gioacchino Libratti, 1973)
80. Batman: Black and White (2008)
81-83. Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai a.k.a. A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepherd (Yuu Nobuta, 2014)
84-85. Thunderbean Animation Presents Stop Motion Marvels (Various, 1910-1952)
86. Takanashi Rikka Kai: Gekijouban Chuunibyou demo koi ga shitai! a.k.a. Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions: Rikka's Version (Tatsuya Ishihara, 2013)
87. Fiul Stelelor a.k.a. Son of the Stars (Mircea Toia, Calin Cazan, Dan Chisovski, 1985)
88-89a. Top wo Nerae 2! a.k.a. Gunbuster 2! E1-6 (Kazuya Tsurumaki, 2004)
89b. Bikini Woriaazu a.k.a. Bikini Warriors E1-12 (Naoyuki Kuzuya, 2015)
90. $9.99 (Tatia Rosenthal, 2008)
91. Pastacolypse (Jason Shwartz, 2023)
92. Thumbelina (Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, 1994)
93. Laughing Under the Clouds Gaiden (Tetsuya Wakano, 2017)
94. Laughing Under the Clouds Gaiden 2: Shukumei, Soutou no Fuuma (Tetsuya Wakano, 2017)
95. Laughing Under the Clouds: Gaiden Part 3 (Tetsuya Wakano, 2017)
96. Jackboots on Whitehall (Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry, 2010)
97. War of the Worlds: Goliath (Joe Pearson, 2012)
98-100a. Kokoro Connect E1-13 (Shinya Kawatsura, 2012)
100b. To Love Ru Darkness OVA6
100c. Natsuki Crisis (Kôichi Chigira, 1994)
101. Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (Steve Loter, 2014)
102. Ostrov sokrovishch a.k.a. Treasure Island (David Cherkasskiy, 1988)
103. Gegege no Kitarô a.k.a. Spooky Kitaro (Hiroshi Shidara, 1968)
104. Live Freaky Die Freaky (John Roecker, 2006)
105. Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (Frank Nissen, 2007)
106. My Little Pony: The Movie (Jayson Thiessen, 2017)
107-108a. Tex Avery Shorts [ Red Hot Riding Hood (1943), Who Killed Who? (1943), What's Buzzin' Buzzard? (1943), Batty Baseball (1944), The Hick Chick (1946), Bad Luck Blackie (1949), Garden Gopher (1950), The Peachy Cobbler (1950), Symphony in Slang (1951), Screwball Squirrel (1944), The Screwy Truant (1945), Big Heel-Watha (1944), Lonesome Lenny (1946), Hound Hunters (1947), Red Hot Rangers (1947), Dumb-Hounded (1943), Wags to Riches (1949), The Chump Champ (1950), Daredevil Droopy (1951) ]
108b. Kojin toshi a.k.a. Personal City (Keita Kurosaka, 1990)
109. Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (Bradley Raymond, Tom Ellery, 1998)
110. The BFG (Brian Cosgrove, 1989)
111. Gekijouban Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works (Ken'ichi Takeshita, 2010)
112. Gigigoegoe seonghyeongsu a.k.a. Beauty Water (Cho Kyung-hun, 2020)
113. Madonna OVA E1-2 (Akinori Nagaoka, 1988)
114-116. Onii-chan Dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankei Nai yo ne! E1-12 (Keiichirou Kawaguchi, 2012)
117-118. Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks E1-6 (Christopher Barry, 2016)
119. Inu-oh (Masaaki Yuasa, 2021)
120. Toxic Crusaders (Tony Love, Bill Hutton, 1997)
121. The Timekeepers of Eternity (Aristotelis Maragkos, 2021)
122. The Amazing Mister Bickford (Frank Zappa, 1987)
123-125. Hagure Yusha no Aestetica a.k.a. Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero E1-12 (Rion Kujou, 2012)
126. Attack of the Demons (Eric Power, 2019)
127. To aru hikuushi e no tsuioku a.k.a. The Princess and the Pilot (Jun Shishido, 2011)

[FilmWalrus]

Lap 4 all in one post. The USA and France both tackle Japanese stories, and Japan tackles a British novel.

35. Bombay Rose (2019), #RestOfAsia, #Drama, 6.5

An Indian drama about the lives of poor street vendors with a painterly art style and patient pacing. Doesn't take the usual path of Bollywood romances.

36. Turning Red (2022), #Anglo-America, #DirectedByWomen, 8.0

Enjoyed this a lot. It was the first non-sequel from Pixar that I skipped in theaters, mostly due to the trailers, which made the fairly nuanced protagonist seem insufferable. Loved the specificness of the time + place + culture.

37. One Day I Saw 10,000 Elephants (2015), AfricaMiddleEast, #Documentary, 7.5

Longer take because this was more interesting then expected, has basically no reviews online, and I only found it searching for things to fulfill the bonus game.

In the 1940s a team of Western filmmakers came to Spanish Guinea – now Equatorial Guinea – and shot short reels depicting indigenous people and their activities, before obsessively hunting for a legendary lake said to be the home of 10,000 elephants. Their journals are preserved in archives along with thousands of their photos, but the only surviving member of the expedition is their Guinean porter, Angono Mba. In a series of interviews 70s years later, he describes his travels with vivid, poetic detail and moving humanity, in telling contrast to the narrow-minded colonial attitudes in the narrated diary entries of the Spaniards.

Living in humble exile and forgotten about for decades, yet still deeply reflective, Mba is a fascinating and complicated subject. The film climaxes with his river raft hallucination of the elephant herd, which his Western masters are too 'civilized' to see, and a series of revelations about his personal pains and enduring empathy. The film is visualized through a variety of animated mixed-media techniques that are crude and sometimes alienating, but capture the blend of documentary evidence and subjective memory from which history is made.

38. Away (2019), #EasternEurope, #SciFi/Fantasy, 7.0

Wordless, Latvian, solo-made CG film. Simple story and visuals, but well told. The music really adds to the emotional undercurrents. Well-modulated in terms of pacing. Hope this guy does more. (Thank you to icm forum members for bringing it to my attention)

39. When Marnie Was There (2014), #JapanChina, #Anime, #Top250, 8.0

An asthmatic girl is sent to distant relatives at a seaside marsh for fresh air. Their she discovers a mansion and Marnie, a mysterious blonde girl who becomes her first friend. It soon becomes clear, even to the protagonist, that Marnie is imaginary, but she also represents a much-needed connection to her family's past. Another great anime that captures the interior life of an introverted youth.

40. Boogie (2009), #LATAM, #Adult, 2.5

Jingoistic, misogynistic American assassin Boogie lives to indulge his bloodlust and narcissism, leaving a trail of violence and chaos in his wake. Adaptation of an Argentinian comic. It is satire, but indulges too deep in the material it supposedly vilifies. Only occasionally did the shock humor work for me. Not for most viewers.

41. Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), #StopMotion, #Top250, 8.5

Fantastic stop-motion visuals, a chain of creative set pieces, and a reasonably good fantasy/folklore story. The villains are actually scary, which reminded me of some of the films I loved growing up in the 80s.

42. The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear (2002), #Nordic, #Children, 5.5

Story of an Inuit boy raised by bears. This will sounds oddly specific, but I love the character outlines, which helped them pop in landscapes dominated by white. Someday I will watch this without the English dub and it will deserve a higher rating.

43. The Road to El Dorado (2000), #Comedy, #Top250, 7.5

I've never been a Dreamworks fan. I have a particular dislike for the Shrek movies. But I thought for this challenge I should tackle one I missed, and honestly this was a really good time. The Kline-Branaugh chemistry really crackles. Amused by the lack of language difficulty.

44. The Summit of the Gods, #WesternEurope, #Award-Winning, 9.0

Compelling French adaptation of a mountain-climbing manga. Great combination of adventure, sport, and mystery genres. Already covered by a lot of other participants here, and I agree with their sentiments.


Lap 5 up next. However, my in-laws are arriving tomorrow for a weekend of home improvement tasks so I'll be slowing down temporarily. Clearly a nefarious 45MinuteZoomian plot, and not a harmless family visit that's been on my calendar since July.

[45MinuteZoom]

Lap 5 up next. However, my in-laws are arriving tomorrow for a weekend of home improvement tasks so I'll be slowing down temporarily. Clearly a nefarious 45MinuteZoomian plot, and not a harmless family visit that's been on my calendar since July.

It took some doing, but I’m glad I pulled it off. Congrats to you for convincing my friends to have their wedding this weekend

Will have a small update later, you’re setting a hard pace

[sacmersault]

Lap 4 all in one post. The USA and France both tackle Japanese stories, and Japan tackles a British novel.


Lap 5 up next. However, my in-laws are arriving tomorrow for a weekend of home improvement tasks so I'll be slowing down temporarily. Clearly a nefarious 45MinuteZoomian plot, and not a harmless family visit that's been on my calendar since July.

Hey when I updated the OP yesterday, you only had 2 stop-motion films. Did you forget to label one?

[Torgo]

38. Away (2019), #EasternEurope, #SciFi/Fantasy, 7.0
Wordless, Latvian, solo-made CG film. Simple story and visuals, but well told. The music really adds to the emotional undercurrents. Well-modulated in terms of pacing. Hope this guy does more. (Thank you to icm forum members for bringing it to my attention)

41. Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), #StopMotion, #Top250, 8.5
Fantastic stop-motion visuals, a chain of creative set pieces, and a reasonably good fantasy/folklore story. The villains are actually scary, which reminded me of some of the films I loved growing up in the 80s.

So much good stuff in this thread

Wow, Away only has 69 (nicce) checks. This will likely become a forgotten obscurity in the 2030s

[FilmWalrus]

Lap 4 all in one post. The USA and France both tackle Japanese stories, and Japan tackles a British novel.


Lap 5 up next. However, my in-laws are arriving tomorrow for a weekend of home improvement tasks so I'll be slowing down temporarily. Clearly a nefarious 45MinuteZoomian plot, and not a harmless family visit that's been on my calendar since July.

Hey when I updated the OP yesterday, you only had 2 stop-motion films. Did you forget to label one?

I think I just plain messed up in Lap 3! Some of the red yarn between my cork board push pins must have unraveled!

If you'll allow me to patch things up, the simplest fix is if I put the #Award-Winning tag on "Long Way North" and then replace #Award-Winning with #StopMotion on "Oink / Knor". See spoiler for my laps so far, with this correction, and asterisk my upcoming victory

Spoiler

------------------ Lap 1
1. Aurora’s Sunrise (2022), #EasternEurope, #Documentary, 8.5
2. Marona's Fantastic Tale (2019), #DirectedByWomen, 8.0
3. Across the Spiderverse (2023), #Anglo-America, #SciFi/Fantasy, 10
4. A Silent Voice (2016), #JapanChina, #Anime, #Top250, 9.5
5. Seder-Masochism (2018), #Comedy, 7.0
6. The Tower (2018), #Nordic, #StopMotion, #PersonalFavorites, 7.5
7. Virus Tropical (2017), #LATAM, #Drama, 6.5
8. Jungle Beat (2020), #AfricaMiddleEast, #MadeForChildren, 5.5
9. April and the Extraordinary Worlds (2015), #WesternEurope, #Award-Winning, #Top250, 9.0
10. The King of Pigs (2011), #RestOfAsia, #Adult, #Top250, 7.5

------------------ Lap 2
11. The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl (2017), #JapanChina, #Award-Winning, #Top250, 7.5
12. The Flying Lunar Clipper (1987), #SciFi/Fantasy, #Top250, 6.0
13. The Garden of Words (2013), #Anime, #Top250, 8.0
14. Wasteland (2019), #Anglo-America, 7.0
15. The Tinderbox (1946), #Nordic, 1.5
16. The Humpbacked Horse (1947), #MadeForChildren, 4.0
17. Treasure Planet (1982), #Comedy, 2.0
18. On Happiness Road (2017), #RestOfAsia, #DirectedByWomen, 7.5
19. Ruben Brandt, Collector (2018), #EasternEurope, #Drama, #Top250, #PersonalFavorites, 9.0
20. The Girl Without Hands (2016), #WesternEurope, #Adult, #Top250, 8.0
21. The Knight and the Princess (2019), #AfricaMiddleEast, 2.5
22. Tower (2016), #Documentary, #Top250, 9.0
23. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, #LATAM, #StopMotion, 8.0

------------------ Lap 3
24. Anina (2013), #LATAM, #MadeForChildren, #PersonalFavorites, 5.0
25. Winnie the Pooh (2011), #Anglo-America, #Comedy, 6.0
26. The House (2022), #DirectedByWomen, 8.0
27. Gauche the Cellist (1982), #JapanChina, #Anime, #Top250, 6.5
28. Surviving Life (2010), #EasternEurope, #Drama, #Top250, 7.5
29. Tux and Fanny (2019), 4.0
30. Oink / Knor (2022), #StopMotion, 5.5
31. Aachi and Ssipak (2006), #RestOfAsia, #Adult, #Top250, 7.0
32. Long Way North (2015), #Nordic, #Award-Winning¸ #Top250, 8.0
33. The Green Wave (2010), #AfricaMiddleEast, #Documentary, 6.0
34. The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Italy (2019), #WesternEurope, #SciFi/Fantasy, #PersonalFavorites, 8.5

------------------ Lap 4
35. Bombay Rose (2019), #RestOfAsia, #Drama, 6.5
36. Turning Red (2022), #Anglo-America, #DirectedByWomen, 8.0
37. One Day I Saw 10,000 Elephants (2015), AfricaMiddleEast, #Documentary, 7.5
38. Away (2019), #EasternEurope, #SciFi/Fantasy, 7.0
39. When Marnie Was There (2014), #JapanChina, #Anime, #Top250, 8.0
40. Boogie (2009), #LATAM, #Adult, 2.5
41. Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), #StopMotion, #Top250, 8.5
42. The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear (2002), #Nordic, #MadeForChildren, 5.5
43. The Road to El Dorado (2000), #Comedy, #Top250, 7.5
44. The Summit of the Gods, #WesternEurope, #Award-Winning, 9.0

Does anyone from the Netherlands know if Knor is really considered the sound pigs make in Dutch?

[FilmWalrus]

Lap 5 up next. However, my in-laws are arriving tomorrow for a weekend of home improvement tasks so I'll be slowing down temporarily. Clearly a nefarious 45MinuteZoomian plot, and not a harmless family visit that's been on my calendar since July.

It took some doing, but I’m glad I pulled it off. Congrats to you for convincing my friends to have their wedding this weekend

Will have a small update later, you’re setting a hard pace

I had to use up so many Illuminati favors to manipulate your friends into falling in love just so that later they would marry at an inconvenient time in our competition, but it was all worth it!

[sacmersault]

Lap 4 all in one post. The USA and France both tackle Japanese stories, and Japan tackles a British novel.


Lap 5 up next. However, my in-laws are arriving tomorrow for a weekend of home improvement tasks so I'll be slowing down temporarily. Clearly a nefarious 45MinuteZoomian plot, and not a harmless family visit that's been on my calendar since July.

Hey when I updated the OP yesterday, you only had 2 stop-motion films. Did you forget to label one?

I think I just plain messed up in Lap 3! Some of the red yarn between my cork board push pins must have unraveled!

If you'll allow me to patch things up, the simplest fix is if I put the #Award-Winning tag on "Long Way North" and then replace #Award-Winning with #StopMotion on "Oink / Knor". See spoiler for my laps so far, with this correction, and asterisk my upcoming victory

Does anyone from the Netherlands know if Knor is really considered the sound pigs make in Dutch?

Sounds good to me

[Onderhond]

Does anyone from the Netherlands know if Knor is really considered the sound pigs make in Dutch?

Belgian perspective, but yes.

[mjf314]

Spoiler

1. Black Jack (1993) episodes 1-2
2. Black Jack (1993) episodes 3-4
3. Black Jack (1993) episodes 5-6
4. Black Jack (1993) episodes 7-8
5. Black Jack (1993) episodes 9-10
6. Black Jack (1993) episodes 11-12
7. Inu-Oh (2021)
8. No Game No Life (2014) episodes 1-4
9. No Game No Life (2014) episodes 5-8
10. No Game No Life (2014) episodes 9-12
11. No Game No Life: Zero (2017)
12. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (2010) episodes 1-4
13. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (2010) episodes 5-8

14. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (2010) episodes 9-12

I watched episode 13 as well (the last episode), but I can't count it as an entry yet.