Animation
Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model, and then photographing the result. When the frames are strung together and the resulting film is viewed at a speed of 16 or more frames per second, there is an illusion of continuous movement (due to the persistence of vision). Generating such a film is very labour intensive and tedious, though the development of computer animation has greatly sped up the process.
Here Alice has assembled all the very best of this craft; scroll below alphabetically or search using the sub-categories in green on the left. 'Family Animation', 'Classic Animation', 'Cult Animation' or 'JapanAnime'.
Right: Nick Park's endearing Wallace and Gromit.
Babes in Toyland (1997)
4.6/10
Director: Charles Grosvenor, Paul Sabella, Toby Bluth
Starring: James Belushi, Voices Of, Catherine Cavadini
Everyone's favourite nursery rhyme characters come magically and musically to life in this delightful animated adventure based on the holiday tale.. Read more
Back to Gaya (2004)
Director: Lenard Fritz Krawinke, Holger Tappe
Starring: Voices Of, Patrick Stewart, Emily Watson
This stunning all-CG family adventure features brilliant inventor, Boo and not-so-brilliant but heroic Zino who have been battling the Snurks for as l... Read more
Badjelly the Witch (2001)
Starring: Narrated by, Spike Milligan
This family favourite classic tale, written by Spike Milligan for his own children in 1973, has now been brought to life in an exciting new style of a... Read more
Balto (1995)
7.1/10
Director: Simon Wells
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Bridget Fonda, Bob Hoskins
A thrilling animated adventure, based on the true story of a half-husky, half-wolf dog named Balto who overcame many dangers to deliver vital medicine... Read more
Bambi (1942)
7.3/10
Director: David Hand
Starring: Bambi, Thumper
The Disney crew worked for four years to animate Felix Salten's woodland tale, resulting in some of the studio's most memorable characters (young fawn... Read more
Bambi 2 (2006)
Director: Brian Pimenthal
One of Disney's most cherished characters makes a welcome return in the long-awaited sequel to the 1942 classic. Bambi reunites with his father who m... Read more
Bananaman - The Ultimate Collection (1983)
Starring: Voices Of, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden
Back in the '80s, the adventures of Bananaman were brought to life with a tad of animation and a decent dollop of voice acting from The Goodies. The... Read more
Bananas in Pyjamas: Wish Fairies / Birthday Special (1995)
5.6/10
B1, B2 and their friends from Cuddles Avenue are back with more mischievous fun than ever before with two favourite videos now on one very special dvd... Read more
Barbie as Rapunzel (2002)
6.3/10
Director: Owen Hurley
Long, long ago, in a time of magic and dragons, there lived a girl named Rapunzel who had the most beautiful, radiant hair the world had ever seen. Bu... Read more
Barefoot Gen / Barefoot Gen 2 (1983)
Director: Kazuo Oga
The powerful and tragic autobiographical story of manga artist Keiji Nakazawa, just six years old when an atomic bomb was dropped on his hometown of H... Read more