Animation Challenge (Official, September 2023)

[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)

19. The Willoughbys (2020)



Having never the book that this is based on, this film felt to me like it had a few unanswered questions. Quite a bit of it felt generic and rushed too, most notably the race-against-time towards the end. The animation style was quite nice though and I liked how crazy the mansion looked. Same for the candy factory, though the ability of the candy factory to produce amazing near-magical inventions was something that I couldn't quite wrap my head around. I guess the whole thing was quite acceptable in a kids-adventure sort of way with children who prove themselves more resourceful than their parents.

[Lonewolf2003]

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

Belgian perspective, but yes.

In the Netherlands we do indeed.

[Lonewolf2003]

10. Happy Feet Two (2011, George Miller, Gary Eck & David Peers): 4.0
11. The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022, Bernard Derriman & Loren Bouchard): 6.5 - this was indeed perfectly watchable without having seen the series. Made me want to check that out.

Spoiler

1. Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam (2021, Peter Rida Michail): 4.8
2. Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021, Malcolm D. Lee): 4.8
3. The Monkey King (2023, Anthony Stacchi): 4.5
4. Vivo (2021, Kirk De Micco & Brandon Jeffords): 5.5
5. Promare (2019, Hiroyuki Imaishi): 7.2
6. Nimona (2023, Troy Quane & Nick Bruno): 7.8
7. Elemental (2023, Peter Sohn): 7.5
8. Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022, Rob Minkoff, Chris Bailey & Mark Koetsier): 4.5

[PUNQ]

24. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2022, Andy Suriano & Ant Ward) [*****]
--- I love TMNT, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie edition is closer to the roots than the arty-farty 2023 film. Still keeps the juvenile nature of the teens a little too much on the nonsense side of things, so it's not necessary better. But it's okay and provides a solid dose of action.


25. Baishe: Yuanqi [White Snake] (2019, Amp Wong & Ji Zhao) [*****]
--- I can't say I cared much for what was going on, but I got lost in it. More dreamy than anything else. Pleasant one filled with romance and action.


26. Bai She 2: Qing She jie qi [White Snake 2: The Tribulation of the Green Snake] (2021, Amp Wong) [******]
--- More ambitious than the 2019 film, but I'm not sure about the portions that took her out of her dreamy world. So it might be a case of being too ambitious for its own good. Visually, it's a step up. Still in that territory where what was going on wasn't that important.


27. Shanhai Jing: Zaijian Gaoshou [Goodbye Monster] (2022, Jianming Huang) [****]
--- Adventure with some adorable creatures and the type of polished action associated with big Chinese animation films. Okay time, but doesn't distinguish itself enough from the usual output.


28. Paw Patrol: Ready, Race, Rescue! (2019, Charles E. Bastien & Keith Chapman) [**]
--- Thought I'd try it on a soon-to-be 3-year-old. Failure. He acknowledged the race cars and then went on with his business barely giving it any attention at all. Regardless, this is the usual Paw Patrol style cartoon with racing as the gimmick. With the right audience it'll work, even if it didn't here.


29. Ruben Brandt, a gyujto [Ruben Brandt, Collector (2018, Milorad Krstic) [*****]
--- Art theft into a animated adventure. Has a lot of cool things going on. Sometimes a little off, sometimes it hits the mark. For the most part a interesting one.

Spoiler

1. Alice In Wonderland (1951, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske & Jack Kinney) [*********]
2. Elemental (2023, Peter Sohn) [******]
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023, Jeff Rowe & Kyler Spears) [*****]
4. The Monkey King (2023, Anthony Stacchi) [*****]
5. Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild (2021, Steve Yamamoto) [****]
6. Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017, Takanori Tsujimoto) [***]
7. Tenki no ko [Weathering with You] (2019, Makoto Shinkai) [******]
8. Ame o tsugeru hyôryû danchi [Drifting Home] (2022, Hiroyasu Ishida) [*****]
9. Night of the Animated Dead (2021, Jason Axinn) [***]
10. WolfWalkers (2020, Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart) [******]
11. 7 cartoon shorts
12. 14 cartoon shorts
13. 13 cartoon shorts
14. 11 cartoon shorts
15. 11 cartoon shorts
16. 11 cartoon shorts
17. 13 cartoon shorts
18. Baiorensu boijâ [Violence Voyager] (2018, Ujicha) [****]
19. Cvrcak i mravica [Cricket & Antoinette] (2023) [***]
20. Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar (2023, Brendon Small) [*****]
21. Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020, Matt Peters & Christina Sotta) [*****]
22. Mutafukaz (2017, Shôjirô Nishimi & Guillaume Renard) [****]
23. Miraculous - Le film [Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, the Movie] (2023, Jeremy Zag) [****]
24. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2022, Andy Suriano & Ant Ward) [*****]
25. Baishe: Yuanqi [White Snake] (2019, Amp Wong & Ji Zhao) [*****]
26. Bai She 2: Qing She jie qi [White Snake 2: The Tribulation of the Green Snake] (2021, Amp Wong) [******]
27. Shanhai Jing: Zaijian Gaoshou [Goodbye Monster] (2022, Jianming Huang) [****]
28. Paw Patrol: Ready, Race, Rescue! (2019, Charles E. Bastien & Keith Chapman) [**]
29. Ruben Brandt, a gyujto [Ruben Brandt, Collector (2018, Milorad Krstic) [*****]

[blocho]

3. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
I’m not sure why this got so much hype. It’s entirely rote. Certainly not a memorable movie.

4. The Illusionist (2010)
This movie is a tribute to Jacques Tati. Based on an unproduced Tati script, it features a protagonist who looks a lot like an elderly Monsieur Hulot and is actually named Tatischeff, which was Tati’s birth name. Tati even shows up himself briefly in a clip from Mon Oncle. The Tati character is a stage magician who goes on tour in the UK of the 1950s and acquires the company of a young woman along the way. She becomes a surrogate daughter as they make a home in Edinburgh. Though filled with moments of charm, this is ultimately a sad movie, even a tragic one, as the protagonist slowly realizes the world has passed him by. His relationship with the young woman is a temporary and illusory one. And its evanescent quality dovetails with the decline of his career, as the world of live performance gives way to the television age. My only quibble is that the characters are limited. They seem like people without a past, and we never learn what experiences have led them to such lonely lives.

[DudeLanez]

3. Wicked City (1987, Yoshiaki Kawajiri) 6,5/10 #adult
4. Short Peace (2013) 6,5/10 #Fantasy
5. Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure (2022, Richard Linklater) 6/10

Spoiler

1. Blood: The Last Vampire (2000, Hiroyuki Kitakubo) 6/10 #Japan #anime
2. The Peanuts Movie (2015, Steve Martino) 6/10 #Anglo-America #comedy
3. Wicked City (1987, Yoshiaki Kawajiri) 6,5/10 #adult
4. Short Peace (2013) 6,5/10 #Fantasy
5. Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure (2022, Richard Linklater) 6/10

[Torgo]

3. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
I’m not sure why this got so much hype. It’s entirely rote. Certainly not a memorable movie.

4. The Illusionist (2010)
(...)Though filled with moments of charm, this is ultimately a sad movie, even a tragic one, as the protagonist slowly realizes the world has passed him by.(...)

I'm continuing to hype PiB2 till death.

Illu: Another favorite. Can someone tell me why so many of the ICM comments have so many downvotes? Lol.
Let's see how long it takes until Away gets to 6300 checks!

[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

15. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (2010) episode 13
Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! (1989) episodes 1-2

[frbrown]

9. GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986)

Released into theatres, but it just looks like a cheap TV cartoon

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)
9. GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986)

[magnusbernhardsen]

3. Elemental (Sohn, 2023) comedy
Booring.

4. Whisper of the Heart (Kondo, 1995) drama
I enjoyed it, more library-centric stories please.

5. Isle of Dogs (Anderson, 2018) Western Europe stop motion
Very cute, I think it would have worked better as a shorter film. I really didn't think the story managed to hold interest for the whole film.

Shorts
b. Fanden i nøtten (Cornelius, 1917) Nordic 4 min.
Commercial, one of Norway's earliest animated films.

Spoiler

1. Wreck-It Ralph Breaks the Internet (Moore & Johnston, 2018) USA children
2. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Hosoda, 2006) Japan anime
3. Elemental (Sohn, 2023) comedy
4. Whisper of the Heart (Kondo, 1995) drama
5. Isle of Dogs (Anderson, 2018) Western Europe stop motion

Shorts: 12/80 min
a. I Love to Singa (Avery, 1936) USA
I have heard the "I Love to Singa"-song several times before but can't pinpoint exactly where. Fun little parody of Al Jolson - Owl Jolson.
b. Fanden i nøtten (Cornelius, 1917) Nordic 4 min.

[45MinuteZoom]

29. Meikyû monogatari (Neo Toyko, 1987) #Japan + China (Japan) #Anime #ICM Top 250 Animated
7/10

30. Psiconautas, los niños olvidados (Birdboy: The Forgotten Children, 2015) #Western Europe (Spain) #Scifi/ Fantasy #ICM Top 250 Animated #sacmersault personal favorites
Clever, but too dark for my tastes right now. 5/10

31. Blood Tea and Red String (2006) #Anglo-America + AuNZ (USA) #Stop motion
Cool style, didn't love the story. 5/10

32. Rocks in My Pockets (2014) #Eastern Europe (Latvia) #Directed by a Woman
6/10

33. Anina (2013) #LATAM + Caribbean (Uruguay) #Made for Children #sacmersault personal favorites
Was this something you grew up with sacmersault? Or something family had liked? The style is really cool. 6/10

34. Saving Sally (2016) #Rest of Asia + Oceania (Philippines) #Sci-fi/Fantasy
Animated similar to Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the main characters are human actors with the animation in the world/characters around them. Totally agree with one letterboxd review, the film showed potential halfway through when one character says "But—it's just too simple. I mean does this have to be too black and white? The monsters, do they all have to be bad?" and then the story does nothing with that, the characters are all too black and white. 2/10

35. Al Maht (All Eyes on Him, 2021) #Africa + Middle East (Kuwait) #Comedy
Had to slow this down to .75 speed to try and read the subtitles. Not my kind of humor. 3/10

36. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) #Anglo-America + AuNZ (UK) #Stop motion #ICM Top 250 Animated
7/10

37. Yoru wa mijikashi aruke yo otome (The Night is Short, Walk on Girl, 2017) #Japan + China (Japan) #Anime #ICM Top 250 Animated #sacmersault personal favorites
The style on this is amazing, but I really didn't like the senpai storyline. 6/10

Spoiler

1. Shorts (81 min total) – Suzan Pitt #Anglo-America + AuNZ (USA) #Directed by Women
1a. Asparagus (1979) (18 min) – 7/10
1b. Jefferson Circus Song (1975) (15 min) 4/10
1c. Joy Street (1995) (24 min) – 4/10
1d. El Doctor (2006) (24 min) – 4/10
2. Ce magnifique gâteau! (This Magnificent Cake!, 2018) – #Western Europe (Belgium) #Award Winning (Grand Prize Animafest Zagreb 2018)
3. Miniseries – Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire (2023) Ep 1-10 #Africa + Middle East (South Africa) #Sci Fi
4. The Legend of Shankhadhar (2016) #Rest of Asia + Oceania (Nepal) #Drama
5. Kurenai no buta (Porco Rosso, 1992) #Japan + China (Japan) #Anime ICM Top 250 Animated
6. Apstjärnan (The Ape Star, 2021) #Nordic (Sweden) #Made for Children 3/10
7. ¡Vampiros en La Habana! (Vampires in Havana, 1985) #LATAM + Caribbean (Cuba) #Made for Adults 2/10
8. Cesta do praveku (A Journey to the Beginning of Time, 1955) #Eastern Europe (Czechoslovakia) #Stop-motion
9. Tower (2016) #Anglo-America + AuNZ (USA) #Documentary #ICM Top 250
10. Shorts (83 min) – Wallace and Gromit #comedy
10a. A Grand Day Out (1989) (23 min) rewatch 7/10
10b. The Wrong Trousers (1993) (30 min) rewatch 8/10
10c. A Close Shave (1995) (30 min) rewatch 7/10
11. Shorts (83 min)- sacmersault favorite shorts, one Wallace and Gromit, Four Larry Jordan #sacmersault personal favorites
11a. Hasta los huesos (Down to the Bone, 2002) (10 min) 7/10
11b. El heroe (1994) (5 min) 6/10
11c. Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008) (30 min) 7/10
11d. Our Lady of the Sphere (1969) (10 min) 5/10
11e. Gymnopedies (1965) (6 min) 5/10
11f. Hamfat Asar (1965) (13 min) 5/10
11g. Duo Concertantes (1964) (9 min) 5/10
12. Seoulyeok (Seoul Station, 2016) #Rest of Asia + Oceania (South Korea) #Made for Adults
13. Snezhnaya koroleva (The Snow Queen, 1957) #Eastern Europe (USSR) #Made for Children 8/10
14. Vicenta (2020) #LATAM + Caribbean (Argentina) #Documentary 7/10
15. Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (2015) #Africa + Middle East (UAE) 4/10
16. Månelyst i Flåklypa (Louis & Luca: Mission to the Moon, 2018) #Nordic (Norway) #Stop Motion 4/10
17. Koto no ha no niwa (The Garden of Words, 2013) #China + Japan (Japan) #Drama #ICM Top 250 Animated 2/10
18. Avril et le monde truqué (April and the Extraordinary World, 2015) #Western Europe (France) #Award Winning (Annecy Best Feature 2015) #ICM Top 250 Animated
19. Tenshi no tamago (Angel's Egg, 1985) #Japan + China (Japan) #Anime #ICM Top 250 Animated
20. Ra: Path of the Sun God (1990) ##Anglo-America + AuNZ (Scotland) #Directed by a Woman #ICM Top 250 Animated
21. Panique au village (A Town Called Panic, 2009) #Western Europe (France) #Comedy #ICM Top 250 Animated
22. Krysar (The Pied Piper, 1986) #Eastern Europe (Czechoslovakia) #Fantasy and Sci Fi (Fantasy) #ICM Top 250 Animated
23. The Legend of the Sky Kingdom (2004) #Africa + Middle East (Zimbabwe) #Made for Children
24. Aachi & Ssipak (2006) #Rest of Asia + Oceania (South Korea) #Made for Adults #ICM Top 250 Animated
25. O Menino e o Mundo (Boy and the World, 2013) #LATAM + Caribbean (Brazil) #Award Winning (Annecy Best Feature 2014) #ICM Top 250 Animated
26. Beyond the Mind's Eye (1992) #Comedy #ICM Top 250 Animated
27. The Tower (2018) #Nordic (Norway) #Drama #sacmersault personal favorites
28. Flugt (Flee, 2021) #Nordic (Denmark) #Documentary #sacmersault personal favorites

[frbrown]

10a. Strojenie instrumentów (2000)
10b. Au bout du fil (1974)

Two dislikes, but they got me Gold on the Annecy list

And then some shorts from Geoff King's Comedy list

10c. Zid (1966)
10d. Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z (1956)
10e. Comicalamities (1928)
10f. Ceremonija (1965)
10g. Peti (1965)
10h. Happy-Go-Nutty (1944)
10i. Arie prerie (1949)

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)
9. GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986)
10a. Strojenie instrumentów (2000)
10b. Au bout du fil (1974)
10c. Zid (1966)
10d. Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z (1956)
10e. Comicalamities (1928)
10f. Ceremonija (1965)
10g. Peti (1965)
10h. Happy-Go-Nutty (1944)
10i. Arie prerie (1949)

[ororama]

8. Heaven and Earth Magic (1962) * 67 min.
The title and maybe the mummies at the beginning suggested the intent was metaphysical or spiritual, but the content seemed random, and the soundtrack was annoying.

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.
6. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) * 100 min.
7. The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) * 85 min.

* First time viewing

[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)
19. The Willoughbys (2020)

20. Finding Nemo (2003) REVISION



Watched for a fourth time (and the first time in more than a decade), it is easy to see why this is one of Pixar's best regarded films. Sure, not all of the jokes land when one knows they are coming, but the dentist office chaos (with stunned waiting room reactions) is one of the funniest scenes ever filmed, while the "Mine!" seagulls offer some great running gags. What really stands out about the film though is how much it has to say, from the grieving, controlling father learning to let go, the younger fish trying to express himself, to the dentist who actually believes that he did good by "rescuing" Nemo.

[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
15. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (2010) episode 13
Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! (1989) episodes 1-2

16. Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! (1989) episodes 3-5

I also watched episode 6 (the last episode), but I can't count it as an entry yet.

[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)
19. The Willoughbys (2020)
20. Finding Nemo (2003) REVISION

21. Finding Dory (2016)



More of a rehash of the original than anything else, this sequel involves Nemo and his father tracking down Dory who gets lost on a quest to find her parents. On the plus side we get great new characters in grumpy seals and an octopus with chameleon-like abilities and the filmmakers try to do something different in that most of the adventures occur on dry land rather than in the dangers of the sea. The plot dynamics are nevertheless so similar that this entry pales by comparison. The action set pieces also feel a little over-the-top, but the film has a cute after-credits scene and passes the time fine.

[flavo5000]

128-129. Classics from the Van Beuren Studio [ Hunting in 1950 (1926), Land o' Cotton (1929), The Fly's Bride (1929), Custard Pies (1929), The Office Boy (1930), Wot a Night (1931), Making 'Em Move (1931), The Wild Goose Chase (1932), Barking Dogs (1933), Silvery Moon (1933), Bully's End (1933), Sultan Pepper (1934), A Little Bird Told Me (1934), Pastry Town Wedding (1934), The Sunshine Makers (1935), The Picnic Panic (1935), Neptune Nonsense (1936), A Cat-Fish Romance (1932), Golden Goose (1932), Robin Hood Rides Again (1934), Toyland Adventure (1931), Croon Crazy (1933) ]


130-132. Gurîn gurîn a.k.a. Green Green E1-12 (Yuuji Mutou, 2003)


133. Afro Samurai: Resurrection (Fuminori Kizaki, 2009)


134. Bâsu a.k.a. Birth (Shin'ya Sadamitsu, 1984)


135. 30-sai no hoken taiiku a.k.a. A Thirty-Year Old's Health and Physical Education (Mankyuu, 2011)


136. Chronopolis (Piotr Kamler, 1982)


137-139. Koufuku Graffiti a.k.a. Gourmet Girl Graffiti E1-12 (Akiyuki Shinbou, 2015)


140. The Best of Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures (2013)


141. Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar (Brendon Small, 2023)


142-144. Shine Post E1-12 (Kei Oikawa, 2022)

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)
128-129. Classics from the Van Beuren Studio [ Hunting in 1950 (1926), Land o' Cotton (1929), The Fly's Bride (1929), Custard Pies (1929), The Office Boy (1930), Wot a Night (1931), Making 'Em Move (1931), The Wild Goose Chase (1932), Barking Dogs (1933), Silvery Moon (1933), Bully's End (1933), Sultan Pepper (1934), A Little Bird Told Me (1934), Pastry Town Wedding (1934), The Sunshine Makers (1935), The Picnic Panic (1935), Neptune Nonsense (1936), A Cat-Fish Romance (1932), Golden Goose (1932), Robin Hood Rides Again (1934), Toyland Adventure (1931), Croon Crazy (1933) ]
130-132. Gurîn gurîn a.k.a. Green Green E1-12 (Yuuji Mutou, 2003)
133. Afro Samurai: Resurrection (Fuminori Kizaki, 2009)
134. Bâsu a.k.a. Birth (Shin'ya Sadamitsu, 1984)
135. 30-sai no hoken taiiku a.k.a. A Thirty-Year Old's Health and Physical Education (Mankyuu, 2011)
136. Chronopolis (Piotr Kamler, 1982)
137-139. Koufuku Graffiti a.k.a. Gourmet Girl Graffiti E1-12 (Akiyuki Shinbou, 2015)
140. The Best of Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures (2013)
141. Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar (Brendon Small, 2023)
142-144. Shine Post E1-12 (Kei Oikawa, 2022)

[FilmWalrus]

Lap 5:

45. Tito and the Birds (2018), #LATAM, #MadeForChildren, 7.5

Great little Brazilian gem about a child inventor trying to stop an outbreak of paralyzing fear by... talking to birds. It's a solid sci-fi metaphor, that surely got garbled up in COVID pandemic readings. The art style is wonderfully weird: scratchy and horror-tinged, but not too scary. Could have been even better if it had stuck the landing.

46. The Pacification of the Wu (2020), #RestOfAsia, #Adult, 4.5

A violent account of a specific battle during the Lam Sơn uprising where the Vietnamese pushed out their Ming occupiers near the end of the 15th century. Unfortunately, it feels like all the cutscenes from a military strategy game strung together; nothing resembling character development or deeper themes. The art is Sin City style: black and white except for a single highlight color. Neat to see a Vietnamese animated feature and to learn historical details of a war I'd never heard of.

47. The Timekeepers of Eternity (2021), #WesternEurope, #SciFi/Fantasy, 8.0

Thanks to flavo5000 for this. Shocking how much better The Langoliers is when cut down and given an avant-garde treatment via crumpling and tearing printed-and-reassembled frames. The tearing is thematically appropriate: a key character rips papers to calm down, the plane travels through a tear in space-time, the Langoliers shred time, etc. and the director finds some brilliant visualizations.

48. Mirai (2018), #JapanChina, #Award-Winning, #Top250, 7.0

Not personally a favorite by Mamoru Hosoda, but this is nevertheless very well-crafted and original. Unusual to see a film about a very young child dealing with a young child problem (newborn sibling jealously), that is sure to be understood only by a much older audience.

49. The Cosmic Eye (1986), #Anglo-America, #DirectedByWomen, 5.0

Combines depictions of various indigenous mythologies with a light story about aliens observing Earth as it faces self-induced extinction. I was pretty into the trippy primitivist art and freeform hippy non-plot (might resonate with DIY-loving, new sincerity members of Gen-Z?), but it's severely damaged by the inclusion of excerpts from earlier Hubley shorts that don't fit in at all. These are also presumably why some sources credit Faith's husband, John Hubley, as codirector despite him dying 9 years earlier.

50. Grandma Lo-Fi (2011), #Nordic, #Documentary, 8.5

Quirky documentary about an Icelandic grandma turned outsider artist who, at the age of 70, started making music on a Casio and released 50+ albums, frequently employing found-sounds she recorded in her kitchen or with pets. Despite being classically untrained and decidedly niche, she influenced the Icelandic music scene. Accompanied by a short whimsical animated and stop-motion sequences, and music video covers set against the artist's own collages. Charming, unexpected, and perfect inspiration for anyone needing a nudge to start creating art.

51. Nayola (2022), #AfricaMiddleEast, #Drama, 8.5

Three generations of women across two time periods deal with the Angolan Civil War and its aftermath. Heavy, uncompromising, and unwilling to settle for easy answers or tidy narratives, but also beautiful and imaginative. Animated in Portugal, but with Angolan writer, cast, setting, and subject matter. Thank you, jdidaco, for this one!

52. In This Corner of the World (2016), #Anime, #Top250, 9.5

Gently devastating slice-of-life set in Hiroshima and neighboring Kure during the years and months leading up to the dropping of the atom bomb. Despite the pervasive tension hanging over our heads, you can't help getting attached to the down-to-earth carefully-realized characters. Exquisite animation and attention to detail.

53. Old Czech Legends (1953), #EasternEurope, #StopMotion, 5.5

Jaw-dropping stop-motion puppetry, especially for 1953. Puffs of breath when characters breath in winter, fireflies at night, clothes the rustle in the wind, dolls that mount horses and ride over hills, and I could go on-and-on. Too bad the legends themselves are such a slog.

54. Madagascar (2005), #Comedy, #Top250, 5.0

Road to El Dorado made me wonder if I'd been unfair to avoid Dreamworks so much over the years. Madagascar reminded me why they aren't my jam. Movies that throw every joke at the screen to see what sticks tend to annoy me. The zaniness can be obnoxious, but it also occasionally jolted things out of save-the-cat routine. Penguins were fun.

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
------------------ Lap 5
45. Tito and the Birds (2018), #LATAM, #MadeForChildren, 7.5
46. The Pacification of the Wu (2020), #RestOfAsia, #Adult, 4.5
47. The Timekeepers of Eternity (2021), #WesternEurope, #SciFi/Fantasy, 8.0
48. Mirai (2018), #JapanChina, #Award-Winning, #Top250, 7.0
49. The Cosmic Eye (1986), #Anglo-America, #DirectedByWomen, 5.0
50. Grandma Lo-Fi (2011), #Nordic, #Documentary, 8.5
51. Nayola (2022), #AfricaMiddleEast, #Drama, 8.5
52. In This Corner of the World (2016), #Anime, #Top250, 9.5
53. Old Czech Legends (1953), #EasternEurope, #StopMotion, 5.5
54. Madagascar (2005), #Comedy, #Top250, 5.0

[Torgo]

52. In This Corner of the World (2016), #Anime, #Top250, 9.5

[FilmWalrus]

34. Saving Sally (2016) #Rest of Asia + Oceania (Philippines) #Sci-fi/Fantasy
Animated similar to Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the main characters are human actors with the animation in the world/characters around them. Totally agree with one letterboxd review, the film showed potential halfway through when one character says "But—it's just too simple. I mean does this have to be too black and white? The monsters, do they all have to be bad?" and then the story does nothing with that, the characters are all too black and white. 2/10

I'm going to try Philippines for next lap! (You Animal / Hayop Ka)

35. Al Maht (All Eyes on Him, 2021) #Africa + Middle East (Kuwait) #Comedy
Had to slow this down to .75 speed to try and read the subtitles. Not my kind of humor. 3/10

An animated film from Kuwait is intriguing to me even if it isn't a masterpiece. Would it be worth it for animation tourism if I go in with low expectations?

[Onderhond]

11. 3.0* - No Dogs or Italians Allowed by Alain Ughetto

A cute European stop-motion animation. The film isn't all that ambitious and it treads familiar paths, but it is executed with plenty of charm and the runtime is quite short, so fans of stop-motion films will definitely find something to enjoy here. I just didn't find it all that memorable or significant. The film tells the history of an Italian family moving to France during the war. They start their story in a small mountain village in Italy, but the area is poor, and hoping to give his family a better life, the narrator's grandfather decides to move away. They cross the mountains to France, where they start over. The wartime setting feels familiar, the stop-motion animation is decent but never remarkable. The characters are pleasant, the pacing is slick and there are cute touches sprinkled throughout, but it all amounts to little. I was hoping for something that would make an actual impact, but if you don't mind a short, animated family chronicle, go for it.

One frame at a time

01. 1.5* - Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' by Tadayoshi Yamamuro
02. 1.5* - The Mitchells vs the Machines by Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe
03. 2.0* - Nimona by Nick Bruno, Troy Quane
04. 3.0* - Dragon Ball Super: Broly by Tatsuya Nagamine
05. 3.0* - The Summit of the Gods by Patrick Imbert
06. 1.5* - Elemental by Peter Sohn
07. 2.0* - Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus by Dalibor Baric
08. 2.0* - Aurora's Sunrise by Inna Sahakyan
09. 2.0* - Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero by Tetsuro Kodama
10. 3.0* - Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Pierre Földes

[45MinuteZoom]

34. Saving Sally (2016) #Rest of Asia + Oceania (Philippines) #Sci-fi/Fantasy
Animated similar to Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the main characters are human actors with the animation in the world/characters around them. Totally agree with one letterboxd review, the film showed potential halfway through when one character says "But—it's just too simple. I mean does this have to be too black and white? The monsters, do they all have to be bad?" and then the story does nothing with that, the characters are all too black and white. 2/10

I'm going to try Philippines for next lap! (You Animal / Hayop Ka)

35. Al Maht (All Eyes on Him, 2021) #Africa + Middle East (Kuwait) #Comedy
Had to slow this down to .75 speed to try and read the subtitles. Not my kind of humor. 3/10

An animated film from Kuwait is intriguing to me even if it isn't a masterpiece. Would it be worth it for animation tourism if I go in with low expectations?

Nice on Philippines! It’s very tempting to have all the rest of Asia come from South Korea, but it’s fun to look to the other countries too. I’m not sure there are any non Aus/NZ Oceania options at all.

I’ve definitely watched worse movies on my trip around the world. I think some of the humor may be lost in Kuwait culture references, and some of the humor is very gendered, the main character is often criticized for not acting enough like a man. But it’s only an hour long, you could do worse.

[mjf314]

I started watching Humanity Has Declined (2012), but I don't like it very much, so I think I'm going to drop it.

I feel like I'm running out of good short anime series to watch. I have about 10 left on my plan-to-watch list, but none of them really look very interesting to me.

[blocho]

5. My Old School (2022)
Comments in the UK/Ireland challenge.

6. Flee (2021)
I’m rather split on whether this was the right movie to watch during my second bout with Covid. On one hand, perhaps something lighter would have been better for the moment. On the other, I find myself more emotionally labile when I’m ill, so I felt this movie more than I would have otherwise. It’s an animated documentary about an Afghan refugee who flees his home as a child following the end of the Soviet occupation and eventually makes his way through Russia to Denmark. Early on, we learn two rather extraordinary aspects of the story. The protagonist has told his fiancé little about his painful background. And he has lied to the director (and on-screen interlocutor) about the death of his family in Afghanistan. Unraveling the reasons for these lies/omissions is part of the narrative appeal of one of the best movies I’ve seen this year.

[blocho]

35. Al Maht (All Eyes on Him, 2021) #Africa + Middle East (Kuwait) #Comedy
Had to slow this down to .75 speed to try and read the subtitles. Not my kind of humor. 3/10

An animated film from Kuwait is intriguing to me even if it isn't a masterpiece. Would it be worth it for animation tourism if I go in with low expectations?

I hated Al Maht. Make sure your expectations are very low.

[flavo5000]

145. Meitantei Conan: Seiki matsu no majutsushi a.k.a. Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century (Kenji Kodama, Yasuichiro Yamamoto, 1999)


146-147. George Pal Puppetoons Vol. 2 [ Dipsy Gypsy (1941), Radio Valve Revolution (1934), Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1935), A Hatful of Dreams (1944), Rescue Brigade (1937), In Lamplightland (1935), Jasper and the Choo-Choo (1943), Love on the Range (1939), The Gay Knighties (1941), Two Gun Rusty (1944), How an Advertising Poster Came About (1938), Jasper Goes Hunting (1944), Ship of the Ether (1934), Sky Pirates (1938), Jasper's Close Shave (1945), Good Night Rusty (1943), Wilbur the Lion (1947), Jasper Tell (1945), Prospecting for Petroleum (1946) ]


148. Pablo (Richard Goldgewicht, 2012)


149. Dusty Stacks of Mom: The Poster Project (Jodie Mack, 2013)

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)
128-129. Classics from the Van Beuren Studio [ Hunting in 1950 (1926), Land o' Cotton (1929), The Fly's Bride (1929), Custard Pies (1929), The Office Boy (1930), Wot a Night (1931), Making 'Em Move (1931), The Wild Goose Chase (1932), Barking Dogs (1933), Silvery Moon (1933), Bully's End (1933), Sultan Pepper (1934), A Little Bird Told Me (1934), Pastry Town Wedding (1934), The Sunshine Makers (1935), The Picnic Panic (1935), Neptune Nonsense (1936), A Cat-Fish Romance (1932), Golden Goose (1932), Robin Hood Rides Again (1934), Toyland Adventure (1931), Croon Crazy (1933) ]
130-132. Gurîn gurîn a.k.a. Green Green E1-12 (Yuuji Mutou, 2003)
133. Afro Samurai: Resurrection (Fuminori Kizaki, 2009)
134. Bâsu a.k.a. Birth (Shin'ya Sadamitsu, 1984)
135. 30-sai no hoken taiiku a.k.a. A Thirty-Year Old's Health and Physical Education (Mankyuu, 2011)
136. Chronopolis (Piotr Kamler, 1982)
137-139. Koufuku Graffiti a.k.a. Gourmet Girl Graffiti E1-12 (Akiyuki Shinbou, 2015)
140. The Best of Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures (2013)
141. Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar (Brendon Small, 2023)
142-144. Shine Post E1-12 (Kei Oikawa, 2022)
145. Meitantei Conan: Seiki matsu no majutsushi a.k.a. Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century (Kenji Kodama, Yasuichiro Yamamoto, 1999)
146-147. George Pal Puppetoons Vol. 2 [ Dipsy Gypsy (1941), Radio Valve Revolution (1934), Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1935), A Hatful of Dreams (1944), Rescue Brigade (1937), In Lamplightland (1935), Jasper and the Choo-Choo (1943), Love on the Range (1939), The Gay Knighties (1941), Two Gun Rusty (1944), How an Advertising Poster Came About (1938), Jasper Goes Hunting (1944), Ship of the Ether (1934), Sky Pirates (1938), Jasper's Close Shave (1945), Good Night Rusty (1943), Wilbur the Lion (1947), Jasper Tell (1945), Prospecting for Petroleum (1946) ]
148. Pablo (Richard Goldgewicht, 2012)
149. Dusty Stacks of Mom: The Poster Project (Jodie Mack, 2013)

[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)
19. The Willoughbys (2020)
20. Finding Nemo (2003) REVISION
21. Finding Dory (2016)

22. Agent Crush (2008)



On a mission to take down his arch nemesis, a secret agent discovers that he is a cybernetic organism and that his nemesis is too in this James Bond spoof. The humour is rather hit-and-miss with a lot of lame wordplay gags and the silliness of everyone mispronouncing Brian Blessed's character name (Goudphater) so that it sounds like "good farter". The sets and model work is amazing though and the puppet design are pretty great with Goudphater looking especially creepy with a grin that is way too wide. There are some decent action scenes and special effects (exploding glass windows) too.

[FilmWalrus]

Lap 6 complete! I'm going to try for one more lap before Sunday.


55. Moomins and the Comet Chase (2010), #Nordic, #DirectedByWomen, 3.5

The 2nd feature-length stop-motion adaptation of the beloved Tove Jansson children series about hippo-esque creatures on goofy adventures. They somehow got Bjork, Max von Sydow, Stellan and Alexander Skarsgard, Mads Mikkelsen, and Peter Stormare. The cast sets out to stop a comet, gets distracted, and survives due to pure luck. I didn't get it. Mildly cute, but stilted, random, and vacuous.

56. Heroic Times / Daliás idök (1983), #EasternEurope, #Award-Winning, #Top250, 8.0

A bleak and violent mediaeval story of a commoner turned knight, whose temper and personal chivalric code puts him at odds with the harsh class and political realities of the era. The reason to watch this is the oil-painting artwork, which is intense and fantastic, and I'm sure a royal pain to animate. Unfortunately the film recycles a lot of sequences and uses pans over stills to afford the fully animated scenes, which is forgivable, but a shame.

57. You Animal! / Hayop Ka! (2020), #RestOfAsia, #Comedy, 6.0

A breezy love triangle about a perfume saleswoman, her working class boyfriend, and a wealthy architect customer. Lots of sexual banter, but so much obvious innuendo it gets stale. All the characters are animals, so this will be a goldmine for furries. A crisp Cartoon Network style, local Filipino color, and frank discussions about sex and social climbing. I quite liked the twist ending.

58. 25 April (2015), #Anglo-American, #Documentary, 7.0

Kiwi documentary about the Gallipoli campaign in WWI, where Australians and New Zealanders suffered terrible losses in a series of grisly military operations. 6 diary accounts are combined with rotoscoped actors to reconstruct animated interviews, which were very well done but left me with mixed feelings (thinking about where we are going with AI and using people's likenesses after they die without permission). Good mix of perspectives and tons of little historical details that must have come straight from the journals.

59. One Thousand and One Nights (1969), #JapanChina, #Adult, 3.5

Having seen Belladonna of Sadness by the same director-writer pair a few years ago, this feels like a big step down. The animation is frequently energetic and frisky, but the story is a mess and the pacing erratic. Should have stuck to a couple of the source stories instead of stitching together dozens. Off the top of my head, cut the island of giants, treasure competition, and tower of Babel. Problematic sexism throughout; I think sexy adult animation has a valid niche, but this is so one-sidedly male wish-fulfillment that it didn't do much for me.

60. Fatih Sultan Mehmet (1983), #AfricaMiddleEast, #Drama, 1.5

I would never have guessed at the start of this challenge that I would be watching multiple films about 15th century wars! This Turkish-made movie is also supposedly the first feature-length animated Islamic movie and tackles the fall of Constantinople.

I'll lay out up front that I feel it is important to consider historical events from multiple angles and reject the popular Western romanticization of the Crusades as noble/righteous/etc. That said, this is propaganda of the worst sort just from the pro-Ottoman perspective. Long, pedantic, and egregiously biased. Jumps through hoops trying to get the audience rooting for an aggressor 10 times the size of the besieged city. The ending is beyond the pale, quoting the English dub: "The people greeted his magnificent procession with flowers and songs of joy. He guarantied safety, security, and well-being for the persons and their property. He commanded his troops not to treat anyone with injustice." Compare to surviving accounts that record Mehmet allowing a day of looting and rape in which thousands were murdered and the remainder enslaved.

The animation is competent, about at the level of Saturday morning cartoons from the era, but struggles with human figures in motion. The only redeeming quality is the play-by-play military history.

61. The Angel in the Clock (2017), #LATAM, #SciFi/Fantasy, 7.0

Charming Mexican fantasy about a little girl with leukemia who wishes she could stop time. She is tricked by an evil demon called The Timeless who feeds on people who live exclusively in their memories or dream only of the future. She teams up with airship pirates and feisty fairies for adventures that teach her to make the most of the present. Despite the dark themes, this is a vibrantly colorful and intricately patterned. If I'd seen it as a kid it would have been a favorite.

62. No Dogs or Italians Allowed (2022), #WesternEurope, #StopMotion, 6.5

A family history about Italian itinerant laborers. The big-eyed, derpy claymotion belies their endlessly hard lot, which only gradually improves across a century of privation, exploitation, and conscription. A nice innovation is that our human-sized interviewer occasionally interacts directly with the doll-sized world of the flashbacks, including his narrator-mother.

63. Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants (2013), #MadeForChildren, 6.5

Combines CG and live-action to show a cute, clever, and fully wordless adventure about a young ladybug who teams up with ants to carry picnic loot back to their nest. In the second half, the nest is attacked by a red ant army. Not terribly ambitious, which was the right call. Maybe better than Bugs Life, and certainly Antz. And if you only see one film from this post about siege warfare, prefer Minuscule to Mehmet.

64. Inu-Oh (2021), #Anime, #PersonalFavorites, 8.0

This was almost another ancient Asian war movie, but thankfully instead it was a revisionist musical about misfits-turned-rockstars singing unauthorized chapters of The Tale of Heike, particularly concerning the aftermath of the Dan-no-ura sea battle. Great music, wild staging, and a pair of very memorable stars.


I did some minor rejiggering of my bonus game tags from lap 2. No change to the point totals, but I've set a personal challenge to see how many region-category combinations I can hit.

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), 7.0
15. The Tinderbox (1946), #Nordic, #MadeForChildren, 1.5
16. The Humpbacked Horse (1947), 4.0
17. Treasure Planet (1982), #EasternEurope, #Comedy, 2.0
18. On Happiness Road (2017), #RestOfAsia, #DirectedByWomen, 7.5
19. Ruben Brandt, Collector (2018), #Top250, #PersonalFavorites, 9.0
20. The Girl Without Hands (2016), #WesternEurope, #Adult, #Top250, 8.0
21. The Knight and the Princess (2019), #AfricaMiddleEast, #Drama, 2.5
22. Tower (2016), #Anglo-America, #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
------------------ Lap 5
45. Tito and the Birds (2018), #LATAM, #MadeForChildren, 7.5
46. The Pacification of the Wu (2020), #RestOfAsia, #Adult, 4.5
47. The Timekeepers of Eternity (2021), #WesternEurope, #SciFi/Fantasy, 8.0
48. Mirai (2018), #JapanChina, #Award-Winning, #Top250, 7.0
49. The Cosmic Eye (1986), #Anglo-America, #DirectedByWomen, 5.0
50. Grandma Lo-Fi (2011), #Nordic, #Documentary, 8.5
51. Nayola (2022), #AfricaMiddleEast, #Drama, 8.5
52. In This Corner of the World (2016), #Anime, #Top250, 9.5
53. Old Czech Legends (1953), #EasternEurope, #StopMotion, 5.5
54. Madagascar (2005), #Comedy, #Top250, 5.0
------------------ Lap 6
55. Moomins and the Comet Chase (2010), #Nordic, #DirectedByWomen, 3.5
56. Heroic Times / Daliás idök (1983), #EasternEurope, #Award-Winning, #Top250, 8.0
57. You Animal! / Hayop Ka! (2020), #RestOfAsia, #Comedy, 6.0
58. 25 April (2015), #Anglo-American, #Documentary, 7.0
59. One Thousand and One Nights (1969), #JapanChina, #Adult, 3.5
60. Fatih Sultan Mehmet (1983), #AfricaMiddleEast, #Drama, 1.5
61. The Angel in the Clock (2017), #LATAM, #SciFi/Fantasy, 7.0
62. No Dogs or Italians Allowed (2022), #WesternEurope, #StopMotion, 6.5
63. Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants (2013), #MadeForChildren, 6.5
64. Inu-Oh (2021), #Anime, #PersonalFavorites, 8.0

[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
15. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (2010) episode 13
Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! (1989) episodes 1-2
16. Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! (1989) episodes 3-5

17. Lonely Castle in the Mirror (2022)

Not one of the better anime movies that I've seen. The script was poorly written and illogical, there was hardly any character development, and the twist was predictable.

[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)
19. The Willoughbys (2020)
20. Finding Nemo (2003) REVISION
21. Finding Dory (2016)
22. Agent Crush (2008)

23. Astro Boy (2009)



A robot boy is implanted with human memories and has to work who he is here; Blade Runner this is not though and with all personal identity dilemmas only ever hanging in the backdrop (and weird mood changes in his father), the film mostly just serves as a showcase of animated action and cutesy comedy. Some of the comedy really works with a delightful garbage can dog in the mix, but most of the action lacks genuine stakes since Astro Boy never seems vulnerable and is capable of doing pretty much anything. The character designs are not half-bad though and the climactic action is at least colourful.

[gunnar]

12 - Elemental (2023) - 8/10 - A fire family emigrates the Fire Lands to Element City where members of the various elemental races all live. Years later, they have built a home and shop for themselves with the father looking forward to the daughter taking over the shop. Then fate takes a hand in things. I enjoyed this one quite a bit. It has a good romance and very nice animation.

13-16 - Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy (326 minutes) - I bought this dvd set when it came out, but never got around to watching it until now. I'd seen some of the shorts before. I wouldn't rate these among my favorite Disney shorts, but there are some fun ones in there.

Goofy Shorts

1939: Goofy and Wilbur;
1940: Goofy's Glider; 
1941: Baggage Buster, The Art of Skiing, The Art of Self-Defense; 
1942: How to Play Baseball, The Olympic Champ, How to Swim, How to Fish; 
1943: Victory Vehicles;
1944: How to Be a Sailor, How to Play Golf, How to Play Football; 
1945: Tiger Trouble, African Diary, Californy 'er Bust; 
1946: Hockey Homicide, A Knight for a Day; 
1947: Double Dribble, Foul Hunting, Tennis Racquet;
1948: They're Off, The Big Wash, Goofy Gymnastics;
1950: Motor Mania, Hold That Pose!; 
1951: Lion Down, Home Made Home, Cold War, Tomorrow We Diet, Get Rich Quick, Fathers are People, No Smoking
1952: Father's Lion, Hello, Aloha, Man's Best Friend, Two-Gun Goofy, Teachers are People, Two Weeks Vacation, How to Be a Detective; 
1953: Father's Day Off, For Whom the Bull Tolls, Father's Week End, How to Dance, How to Sleep; 1961: Aquamania

Spoiler

1 - Heaven and Earth Magic (1962) - 5/10 - #United States - #Anglo-America + AuNZ
2 - The SuperVips (1968) - 7/10 - #Italy - #Western Europe - #comedy
3 - Old Czech legends (1953) - 6/10 - #Czechia - #Eastern Europe - #fantasy
4 - A Town Called Panic (2009) - 8/10 - #Belgium - #stop-motion
5 - Chicken Little (2005) - 5.5/10 - #United States - #children
6 - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) - 9/10
7 - A Christmas Carol (2009) - 7.5/10
8 - Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend (1989) - 3/10 - Japan - Adult
9 - Gandahar (1987) - 6.5/10
10 - The Bad Guys (2022) - 7.5/10
11 - Home (2015) - 7.5/10

[pitchorneirda]

Spoiler

1. Fantasia 2000 (1999, James Algar et al.) - 4/10
2. Coraline (2009, Henry Selick) - 5/10
3. The Secret of Kells (2009, Tomm Moore & Nora Twomey) - 5/10
4. Chicken Run (2000, Nick Park & Peter Lord) - 5.5/10
5. Majo no takkyûbin (1989, Hayao Miyazaki) - 6/10
6. Paddington (2014, Paul King) - 4/10
7. Paddington 2 (2017, Paul King) - 4/10

8. Pocahontas (1995, Mike Gabriel & Eric Goldberg) - 4/10

9. Song of the Sea (2014, Tomm Moore) - 7/10

[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)
19. The Willoughbys (2020)
20. Finding Nemo (2003) REVISION
21. Finding Dory (2016)
22. Agent Crush (2008)
23. Astro Boy (2009)

24. Nimona (2023)



Chloë Grace Moretz provides a spunky vocal performance here that channels Kick-Ass, and her character's initial shape-shifting is absolutely breathtaking as she keeps changing between various land and aquatic creatures while crashing through a palace. Rather than focus on her uncanny ability to transform on whim though, the film focuses more on its messages and the proving-innocence plot, the latter of which is never engaging. The messaging is certainly quite decent with many interpreting the film as a movie about minority persecution and being proud to be yourself, but I craved more transformation weirdness.

[flavo5000]

150. Flatland (Ladd Ehlinger Jr., 2007)


151. Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (Michael LaBash, Tony Leondis, 2005)


152. OVA Utawarerumono E1-3 (Kenichirô Katsura, 2010)


153-155. Uchi no Shishou wa Shippo ga Nai a.k.a. My Master Has No Tail E1-12 (Hideyo Yamamoto, 2022)


156-157. Zettai shôgeki: Puratonikku hâto - Hashiridasu shukumei a.k.a. Master of Martial Hearts E1-6 (Yoshitaka Fujimoto, 2008)


158a. Piccolo (Dusan Vukotic, 1959)
158b. Prometheus' Garden (Bruce Bickford, 2008)
158c. Beginnings (Suzanne Gervais, Lina Gagnon, 1980)
158d. Fun with Mr. Future (Darrell Van Citters, 1982)
158e. Aldrig som första gången! a.k.a. Never Like the First Time (Jonas Odell, 2006)
158f. La voix du rossignol a.k.a. Voice of a Nightingale (Wladyslaw Starewicz, 1025)


159-161. Soredemo Ayumu wa yosetekuru a.k.a. When Will Ayumu Make His Move E1-12 (Mirai Minato, 2022)


162. An Extremely Goofy Movie (Douglas McCarthy, 2000)


163. Eiken (Aransumi, Kiyotaka Ohata, 2003)

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)
128-129. Classics from the Van Beuren Studio [ Hunting in 1950 (1926), Land o' Cotton (1929), The Fly's Bride (1929), Custard Pies (1929), The Office Boy (1930), Wot a Night (1931), Making 'Em Move (1931), The Wild Goose Chase (1932), Barking Dogs (1933), Silvery Moon (1933), Bully's End (1933), Sultan Pepper (1934), A Little Bird Told Me (1934), Pastry Town Wedding (1934), The Sunshine Makers (1935), The Picnic Panic (1935), Neptune Nonsense (1936), A Cat-Fish Romance (1932), Golden Goose (1932), Robin Hood Rides Again (1934), Toyland Adventure (1931), Croon Crazy (1933) ]
130-132. Gurîn gurîn a.k.a. Green Green E1-12 (Yuuji Mutou, 2003)
133. Afro Samurai: Resurrection (Fuminori Kizaki, 2009)
134. Bâsu a.k.a. Birth (Shin'ya Sadamitsu, 1984)
135. 30-sai no hoken taiiku a.k.a. A Thirty-Year Old's Health and Physical Education (Mankyuu, 2011)
136. Chronopolis (Piotr Kamler, 1982)
137-139. Koufuku Graffiti a.k.a. Gourmet Girl Graffiti E1-12 (Akiyuki Shinbou, 2015)
140. The Best of Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures (2013)
141. Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar (Brendon Small, 2023)
142-144. Shine Post E1-12 (Kei Oikawa, 2022)
145. Meitantei Conan: Seiki matsu no majutsushi a.k.a. Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century (Kenji Kodama, Yasuichiro Yamamoto, 1999)
146-147. George Pal Puppetoons Vol. 2 [ Dipsy Gypsy (1941), Radio Valve Revolution (1934), Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1935), A Hatful of Dreams (1944), Rescue Brigade (1937), In Lamplightland (1935), Jasper and the Choo-Choo (1943), Love on the Range (1939), The Gay Knighties (1941), Two Gun Rusty (1944), How an Advertising Poster Came About (1938), Jasper Goes Hunting (1944), Ship of the Ether (1934), Sky Pirates (1938), Jasper's Close Shave (1945), Good Night Rusty (1943), Wilbur the Lion (1947), Jasper Tell (1945), Prospecting for Petroleum (1946) ]
148. Pablo (Richard Goldgewicht, 2012)
149. Dusty Stacks of Mom: The Poster Project (Jodie Mack, 2013)
150. Flatland (Ladd Ehlinger Jr., 2007)
151. Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (Michael LaBash, Tony Leondis, 2005)
152. OVA Utawarerumono E1-3 (Kenichirô Katsura, 2010)
153-155. Uchi no Shishou wa Shippo ga Nai a.k.a. My Master Has No Tail E1-12 (Hideyo Yamamoto, 2022)
156-157. Zettai shôgeki: Puratonikku hâto - Hashiridasu shukumei a.k.a. Master of Martial Hearts E1-6 (Yoshitaka Fujimoto, 2008)
158a. Piccolo (Dusan Vukotic, 1959)
158b. Prometheus' Garden (Bruce Bickford, 2008)
158c. Beginnings (Suzanne Gervais, Lina Gagnon, 1980)
158d. Fun with Mr. Future (Darrell Van Citters, 1982)
158e. Aldrig som första gången! a.k.a. Never Like the First Time (Jonas Odell, 2006)
158f. La voix du rossignol a.k.a. Voice of a Nightingale (Wladyslaw Starewicz, 1025)
159-161. Soredemo Ayumu wa yosetekuru a.k.a. When Will Ayumu Make His Move E1-12 (Mirai Minato, 2022)
162. An Extremely Goofy Movie (Douglas McCarthy, 2000)
163. Eiken (Aransumi, Kiyotaka Ohata, 2003)

[DudeLanez]

6. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006, Mamoru Hosoda) 6,5/10
7. Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008, Mamoru Oshii) 5/10
8. Wolf Children (2012, Mamoru Hosoda) 6,5/10 #drama
9. In This Corner of the World (2016, Sunao Katabuchi) 6,5/10 #award-winning

Spoiler

1. Blood: The Last Vampire (2000, Hiroyuki Kitakubo) 6/10 #Japan #anime
2. The Peanuts Movie (2015, Steve Martino) 6/10 #Anglo-America #comedy
3. Wicked City (1987, Yoshiaki Kawajiri) 6,5/10 #adult
4. Short Peace (2013) 6,5/10 #Fantasy
5. Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure (2022, Richard Linklater) 6/10
6. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006, Mamoru Hosoda) 6,5/10
7. Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008, Mamoru Oshii) 5/10
8. Wolf Children (2012, Mamoru Hosoda) 6,5/10 #drama
9. In This Corner of the World (2016, Sunao Katabuchi) 6,5/10 #award-winning

[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
15. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (2010) episode 13
Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! (1989) episodes 1-2
16. Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! (1989) episodes 3-5
17. Lonely Castle in the Mirror (2022)

18. Suzume (2022)

[Torgo]

6. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006, Mamoru Hosoda) 6,5/10
7. Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008, Mamoru Oshii) 5/10
8. Wolf Children (2012, Mamoru Hosoda) 6,5/10 #drama
9. In This Corner of the World (2016, Sunao Katabuchi) 6,5/10 #award-winning

DudeLanez' Watching the most-acclaimed anime of the past two decades and not rating it above 7/10 Challenge

One could almost start to wonder if it's not your favorite part of Japanese film culture .. oh nevermind.

[magnusbernhardsen]

6. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (Timm & Radomski, 1993)

Spoiler

1. Wreck-It Ralph Breaks the Internet (Moore & Johnston, 2018) USA children
2. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Hosoda, 2006) Japan anime
3. Elemental (Sohn, 2023) comedy
4. Whisper of the Heart (Kondo, 1995) drama
5. Isle of Dogs (Anderson, 2018) Western Europe stop motion

Shorts: 12/80 min
a. I Love to Singa (Avery, 1936) USA
I have heard the "I Love to Singa"-song several times before but can't pinpoint exactly where. Fun little parody of Al Jolson - Owl Jolson.
b. Fanden i nøtten (Cornelius, 1917) Nordic 4 min.

[flavo5000]

164-166. Yofukashi no uta a.k.a. Call of the Night E1-13 (Tomoyuki Itamura, Tetsuya Miyanishi, 2022)


167. Cats Don't Dance (Mark Dindal, 1997)


168. Gekijouban Re: cycle of the Penguindrum - Movie 1 (Kunihiko Ikuhara, 2022)
169. Gekijouban Re: cycle of the Penguindrum - Kouhen Boku wa Kimi o Aishiteru (Kunihiko Ikuhara, 2022)


170. The Ballad of Smokey the Bear (Larry Roemer, 1966)


171. Sureiyâzu return a.k.a. Slayers Return (Kunihiko Yuyama, Hiroshi Watanabe, 1996)

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)
128-129. Classics from the Van Beuren Studio [ Hunting in 1950 (1926), Land o' Cotton (1929), The Fly's Bride (1929), Custard Pies (1929), The Office Boy (1930), Wot a Night (1931), Making 'Em Move (1931), The Wild Goose Chase (1932), Barking Dogs (1933), Silvery Moon (1933), Bully's End (1933), Sultan Pepper (1934), A Little Bird Told Me (1934), Pastry Town Wedding (1934), The Sunshine Makers (1935), The Picnic Panic (1935), Neptune Nonsense (1936), A Cat-Fish Romance (1932), Golden Goose (1932), Robin Hood Rides Again (1934), Toyland Adventure (1931), Croon Crazy (1933) ]
130-132. Gurîn gurîn a.k.a. Green Green E1-12 (Yuuji Mutou, 2003)
133. Afro Samurai: Resurrection (Fuminori Kizaki, 2009)
134. Bâsu a.k.a. Birth (Shin'ya Sadamitsu, 1984)
135. 30-sai no hoken taiiku a.k.a. A Thirty-Year Old's Health and Physical Education (Mankyuu, 2011)
136. Chronopolis (Piotr Kamler, 1982)
137-139. Koufuku Graffiti a.k.a. Gourmet Girl Graffiti E1-12 (Akiyuki Shinbou, 2015)
140. The Best of Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures (2013)
141. Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar (Brendon Small, 2023)
142-144. Shine Post E1-12 (Kei Oikawa, 2022)
145. Meitantei Conan: Seiki matsu no majutsushi a.k.a. Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century (Kenji Kodama, Yasuichiro Yamamoto, 1999)
146-147. George Pal Puppetoons Vol. 2 [ Dipsy Gypsy (1941), Radio Valve Revolution (1934), Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1935), A Hatful of Dreams (1944), Rescue Brigade (1937), In Lamplightland (1935), Jasper and the Choo-Choo (1943), Love on the Range (1939), The Gay Knighties (1941), Two Gun Rusty (1944), How an Advertising Poster Came About (1938), Jasper Goes Hunting (1944), Ship of the Ether (1934), Sky Pirates (1938), Jasper's Close Shave (1945), Good Night Rusty (1943), Wilbur the Lion (1947), Jasper Tell (1945), Prospecting for Petroleum (1946) ]
148. Pablo (Richard Goldgewicht, 2012)
149. Dusty Stacks of Mom: The Poster Project (Jodie Mack, 2013)
150. Flatland (Ladd Ehlinger Jr., 2007)
151. Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (Michael LaBash, Tony Leondis, 2005)
152. OVA Utawarerumono E1-3 (Kenichirô Katsura, 2010)
153-155. Uchi no Shishou wa Shippo ga Nai a.k.a. My Master Has No Tail E1-12 (Hideyo Yamamoto, 2022)
156-157. Zettai shôgeki: Puratonikku hâto - Hashiridasu shukumei a.k.a. Master of Martial Hearts E1-6 (Yoshitaka Fujimoto, 2008)
158a. Piccolo (Dusan Vukotic, 1959)
158b. Prometheus' Garden (Bruce Bickford, 2008)
158c. Beginnings (Suzanne Gervais, Lina Gagnon, 1980)
158d. Fun with Mr. Future (Darrell Van Citters, 1982)
158e. Aldrig som första gången! a.k.a. Never Like the First Time (Jonas Odell, 2006)
158f. La voix du rossignol a.k.a. Voice of a Nightingale (Wladyslaw Starewicz, 1025)
159-161. Soredemo Ayumu wa yosetekuru a.k.a. When Will Ayumu Make His Move E1-12 (Mirai Minato, 2022)
162. An Extremely Goofy Movie (Douglas McCarthy, 2000)
163. Eiken (Aransumi, Kiyotaka Ohata, 2003)
164-166. Yofukashi no uta a.k.a. Call of the Night E1-13 (Tomoyuki Itamura, Tetsuya Miyanishi, 2022)
167. Cats Don't Dance (Mark Dindal, 1997)
168. Gekijouban Re: cycle of the Penguindrum - Movie 1 (Kunihiko Ikuhara, 2022)
169. Gekijouban Re: cycle of the Penguindrum - Kouhen Boku wa Kimi o Aishiteru (Kunihiko Ikuhara, 2022)
170. The Ballad of Smokey the Bear (Larry Roemer, 1966)
171. Sureiyâzu return a.k.a. Slayers Return (Kunihiko Yuyama, Hiroshi Watanabe, 1996)

[Onderhond]

12. 4.0* - The Simpsons Movie by David Silverman

Being a pretty big Simpsons fan when I was younger, I caught this one in theaters when it was just released. In a sense, it's little more than an elongated TV episode, but they did make a real effort to create something a tad more cinematic. The animation was given a proper upgrade, the plot feels less rushed and the film is every bit as punny and silly as I remembered it to be. Revisiting the film was pleasant and comfortable, and considerably easier to tackle than going back to the series. In the end, it's just another Simpsons adventure though, there's nothing particularly grand or singular about this film, but for once I'm okay with that.

One frame at a time

01. 1.5* - Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' by Tadayoshi Yamamuro
02. 1.5* - The Mitchells vs the Machines by Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe
03. 2.0* - Nimona by Nick Bruno, Troy Quane
04. 3.0* - Dragon Ball Super: Broly by Tatsuya Nagamine
05. 3.0* - The Summit of the Gods by Patrick Imbert
06. 1.5* - Elemental by Peter Sohn
07. 2.0* - Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus by Dalibor Baric
08. 2.0* - Aurora's Sunrise by Inna Sahakyan
09. 2.0* - Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero by Tetsuro Kodama
10. 3.0* - Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Pierre Földes
11. 3.0* - No Dogs or Italians Allowed by Alain Ughetto