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.
Richard Scarry's Best Imagination Collection (1990)
Director: Tony Eastman
Join Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm, and all the other delightful Richard Scarry characters in the Busytown playground as they take turns answering every chil... Read more
Richard Scarry's Best Learning Collection (1990)
Join Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm, and all their friends for Alphabet Day at the Busytown School! Huckle and his classmates present the alphabet in the cont... Read more
The Simpsons: Season 2 (1990)
8.7/10
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, H...
"Woo-Hoo!" Season Two! The politically incorrect Simpsons are back for their second installment, featuring all 22 episodes of the second season. Episo... Read more
Duck Tales The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990)
Starring: Scrooge McDuck
In this feature-length animated tale, Donald Duck and his nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie, have a series of adventures after receiving a magic lantern... Read more
The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
6.9/10
Director: Hendel Butoy, Mike Gabriel
Starring: Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, Voices Of, George C Scott
A thrilling animated feature about an intrepid pair of mouse adventurers, Bernard and Miss Bianca, who journey via 'Albatross Express' to Australia to... Read more
Rock-A-Doodle (1990)
6/10
Director: Don Bluth
Starring: Glen Campbell, Christopher Plummer
Chanticleer's a rockin' rooster who leaves the barnyard behind him for a taste of life singing in the big city. A song-filled cartoon from the Don Blu... Read more
The Little Mermaid ( Blu-ray ) (1989)
7.6/10
Director: John Musker, Ron Clements
Starring: Jodi Benson
This delightful Disney animated feature is loosely based on Hans Christian Anderson's story about a young mermaid named Ariel who longs to know what i... Read more
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
7.9/10
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Rarely does a film touch so many hearts or reach such artistic heights as the highly accliamed 'Kiki's Delivery Service', the magical adventure of an... Read more
The Little Mermaid (1989)
7.6/10
Director: John Musker, Ron Clements
Starring: Jodi Benson
This delightful Disney animated feature is loosely based on Hans Christian Anderson's story about a young mermaid named Ariel who longs to know what i... Read more
The Simpsons: Season 1 (1989)
8.7/10
Starring: Voices Of, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner, Kelsey Gr...
Join the satiric adventures of "The Simpsons" in all their depraved glory in this wonderful DVD compilation of their show's groundbreaking first seaso... Read more