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.
Sesame Street: Old School - Volume 2 (1974)
8.2/10
Starring: Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Ernie, Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Lily Tomlin, Madeline Ka...
Can you dig it? The retro Volume 2 picks up right where Volume 1 left off, including all the grooviest Sesame Street memories from 1974 to 1979! You'l... Read more
The Nine Lives Of Fritz The Cat (1974)
5.4/10
Director: Robert Taylor
Starring: Skip Hinnant, Reva Rose, Voices Of, Bob Holt
This sequel to the notorious original finds the hippie feline in the '70s. Now on welfare with a nagging wife, he smokes dope for escape, and fantasiz... Read more
Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973)
7.6/10
Starring: James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner,...
After the cancellation of the original live-action series, 'Star Trek' launched an animated spinoff that continued to chart the intergalactic adventur... Read more
Fantastic Planet (1973)
7.8/10
Director: Rene Laloux
Starring: Oms, Draags
A winner at the Cannes Film Festival 1973, 'Fantastic Planet' is a full length animated fantasy set on the planet of the Draags in a far-off solar sys... Read more
Robin Hood (Disney) (1973)
6.7/10
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Starring: Voices Of, Brian Bedford, Phil Harris, Peter Ustinov, Terry-Thomas
Disney's animated version of the legend casts Robin as a fox battling the evil wolf sheriff of Nottingham for freedom in Sherwood Forest. Peter Ustin... Read more
Snoopy, Come Home (1972)
7.5/10
Director: Bill Melendez
Small Dogs. Big Secrets. When America's most beloved beagle suddenly goes missing, the whole Peanuts gang bands together to bring him back home in thi... Read more
Charlotte's Web (1972)
6.3/10
Director: Charles Nichols, Iwao Takamoto
Starring: Agnes Moorehead, Debbie Reynolds, Henry Gibson, Paul Lynde
One of the enduring children's films, this is a story of friendship and salvation, with Charlotte the spider trying to save her friend Wilbur the pig... Read more
Fritz The Cat (1972)
6.3/10
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Starring: Skip Hinnant, Rosetta Le Noire, Judy Engles
This x-rated cartoon by Ralph Bakshi hit a responsive chord with the counterculture audience of the seventies. This now classic cult rendition of Robe... Read more
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
7.1/10
Director: Robert Stevenson
Starring: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall
An elaborate Disney musical fantasy about an amateur witch who helps the British cause during WWII. Oscar winning special effects and delightful anima... Read more
The Point (1971)
8/10
Director: Fred Wolf
Starring: Ringo Starr
Delightful animated fable about a land where all things and people have points, except for young Oblio. Because of his "pointlessness," he and his dog... Read more