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.
Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World (1997)
8/10
Director: Bob Kline
Starring: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Voices Of, Jerry Orbach
Inspired by Disney's beloved classic 'Beauty and the Beast', this video contains three charming adventures never before told. Favourite animated resid... Read more
Puss in Boots (2011)
6.7/10
Director: Christopher Miller
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Billy Bob Thornton, Salma Hayek, Amy Sedaris, Zach Galifianaki...
Everyone knows Puss in Boots (voiced by Antonio Banderas) from the "Shrek" films, but years before meeting the green ogre, the swashbuckling feline ha... Read more
Wolf Children (2012)
8.2/10
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
From award-winning director Mamoru Hosoda ("Summer Wars", "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time"), an elegiac animated fantasy which follows the growth and... Read more
Pom Poko (1994)
7.4/10
Director: Isao Takahata
From director Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies) comes a clash between modern civilization and the natural world, the Raccoons of the Tama Hills a... Read more
Family Guy: Season 5 (2005)
6.3/10
Starring: Voices Of, Seth MacFarlane, Seth Green, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis
The fabulously dysfunctional Griffins are back. Though sold as 'Season Five', this is in fact the last half of the huge fourth season - too big to fi... Read more
From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
7.5/10
Director: Goro Miyazaki
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Anton Yelchin, Sarah Bolger, Christina Hendricks
Goro Miyazaki directs this nostalgic coming-of-age animation from Japan's Studio Ghibli. As Japan readies itself for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, fatherle... Read more
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (Disney) (1996)
6.9/10
Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
The Disney Studio's magnificently animated version of Victor Hugo's classic about Quasimodo, a deformed bellringer of the Paris Cathedral, who falls i... Read more
101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure (2002)
5.8/10
Director: Jim Kammerud, Brian Smith
Starring: Voices Of, Barry Bostwick, Jason Alexander, Martin Short
This follow-up to the animated classic '101 Dalmatians' finds little Patch longing to stand out from the other puppies and dreaming of being like his... Read more
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008)
6.4/10
Director: Peggy Holmes
Venture "Under the Sea" once more with the next delightful adventure of little mermaid Ariel (voiced by Jodi Benson)! This song-filled prequel to the... Read more
Hotel Transylvania (2012)
7.1/10
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Starring: Adam Sandler, David Spade, Fran Drescher, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, Kevin Ja...
Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, a lavish resort owned by Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) that serves as a no humans allowed vacation spot for werewolv... Read more