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.
The Complete Works of Yuri Norstein ( Tale of Tales, Hedgehog in the Fog, Heron and the Crane, Fox and Rabbit ) (1978)
Director: Yuri Norstein
Yuri Norstein is a world renowned Russian animator, whose painstaking attention of detail and craft have become legendary. On this Disc are collected... Read more
The Lord Of The Rings ( Blu-ray ) (1978)
6.2/10
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Starring: Christopher Guard, John Hurt, William Squire
A young Hobbit named Frodo is thrown on an amazing adventure, when he is appointed the job of destroying the one ring which was created by the dark lo... Read more
The Muppet Show: Season 3 (1978)
8.4/10
Starring: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear
Wocka! Wocka! Wocka! Grab a seat and spend some time with characters that have kept the world laughing for over 50 years. Join the hardest working mup... Read more
Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons (1978)
4.8/10
Director: Henri Gruel, Rene Goscinny
The villainous Dalton brothers are a few days into their 2,400 year-long prison sentence when they learn of the death of their Uncle Henry. Before he... Read more
Lupin the Third: The Secret of Mamo (1978)
7.9/10
Director: Yasuo Otsuka, Soji Yoshikawa
In this prequel to classic anime 'The Castle of Cagliostro', iconic anime character and master thief, Lupin III, is dead, though the skeptical Inspect... Read more
Battle of the Planets: Volume 1 (1978)
7.6/10
Director: David E Hanson
Starring: Animation
In these two "Battle of the Planets" Cult television Episodes, the G-Force team battle against Zoltar and his aliens as they try to take over Centre N... Read more
Battle of the Planets: Volume 2 (1978)
7.6/10
Director: David E Hanson
Starring: Animation
With the continuation of the 'Battle of the Planets' Cult Animation series, we are lead on more adventures, with the G-Force team. In the 'The Space M... Read more
The Lord Of The Rings (1978)
6.2/10
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Starring: William Squire, John Hurt, Christopher Guard
J. R. R. Tolkien's classic tale of Middle- Earth comes to life through the imaginative art of animator Ralph Bakshi. Frodo the hobbit, Gandalf the wiz... Read more
Watership Down (1978)
7.7/10
Director: Martin Rosen
Starring: Voices Of, John Hurt, Richard Briers, Ralph Richardson, Simon Cadell, Terence Ri...
Director Martin Rosen's acclaimed animated version of the Richard Adam's novel about a family of rabbits seeking a safe place to live as developers mo... Read more
The Rescuers (1977)
6.9/10
Director: Art Stevens, John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman
Starring: Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, Voices Of, Geraldine Page
A wonderfully animated feature about Bernard and Bianca, members of the all-mouse Rescue Aid Society and their efforts to save a little girl who's bee... Read more