20 years ago, animated features were widely perceived as cartoons for children. Today they encompass an astonishing range of films, styles and techniques. There is the powerful adult drama of Waltz with Bashir; the Gallic sophistication of Belleville Rendez-Vous; the eye-popping violence of Japan's Akira; and the stop-motion whimsy of Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Andrew Osmond provides an entertaining and illuminating guide to the endlessly diverse world of animated features, with entries on 100 of the most interesting and important animated films from around the world, from the 1920s to the present day.
Blending in-depth history and criticism, 100 Animated Feature Films balances the blockbusters with local success stories from Eastern Europe to Hong Kong. This revised and updated new edition addresses films that have been released since publication of the first edition, such as the mainstream hits Frozen, The Lego Movie and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, as well as updated entries on franchises such as the Toy Story movies. It also covers bittersweet indie visions such as Michael Dudok de Wit's The Red Turtle, Charlie Kaufman's Anomalisa, Isao Takahata's Tale of the Princess Kaguya, the family saga The Wolf Children and the popular blockbuster Your Name. Osmond's wide-ranging selection also takes in the Irish fantasy Song of the Sea, France's I Lost My Body and Brazil's Boy and the World. Osmond's authoritative and entertaining entries combine with a contextualising introduction and key filmographic information to provide an essential guide to animated film.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1.The Adventures of Prince Achmed
2.Akira
3.Aladdin
4.Alice
5.Allegro non troppo
6.Animal Farm
7.Anomolisa
8.April and the Extraordinary World
9.Bambi
10.Beauty and the Beast
11.Belladonna of Sadness
12.Belleville Rendez-vous
13.Boy and the World
14.The Breadwinner
15.Cinderella
16.Coco
17.The Congress
18.Coraline
19.Dumbo
20.Fantasia
21.Fantastic Planet
22.Finding Nemo
23.Fritz the Cat
24.Frozen
25.The Garden of Words
26.Ghost in the Shell
27.Grave of the Fireflies
28.Hoppity Goes to Town
29.How To Train Your Dragon
30.I Lost My Body
31.Ice Age
32.Idiots and Angels
33.The Illusionist
34.The Incredibles
35.Inside Out
36.Invention for Destruction
37.The Iron Giant
38.Ivan and His Magic Pony
39.The Jungle Book
40.The King and the Mockingbird
41.Kiki's Delivery Service
42.Klaus
43.Kung Fu Panda
44.Laputa: Castle in the Sky
45.The Lego Movie
46.Lilo and Stitch
47.The Lion King
48.The Little Mermaid
49.Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
50.A Midsummer Night's Dream
51.Mind Game
52.Moana
53.Monsters Inc
54.My Life as McDull
55.My Neighbour Totoro
56.Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
57.Nezha Conquers the Dragon King
58.Night on the Galactic Railroad
59.The Nightmare Before Christmas
60.One Hundred and One Dalamatians
61.Only Yesterday
62.Perfect Blue
63.Persepolis
64.Pinocchio
65.Porco Rosso
66.Princess Mononoke
67.Rango
68.The Red Turtle
69.Rocks in My Pockets
70.Le Roman de Renard
71.The Secret of NIMH
72.Shrek
73.A Silent Voice
74.Sita Sings the Blues
75.The Snow Queen
76.Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
77.Son of White Mare
78.Song of the Sea
79.Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse
80.Spirited Away
81.Summer Wars
82.The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
83.The Thief and the Cobbler
84.Tokyo Godfathers
85.Tower
86.Toy Story
87.Toys in the Attic
88.Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit
89.Wall-E
90.Waltz with Bashir
91.Watership Down
92.When Marnie was There
93.Whisper of the Heart
94.Who Framed Roger Rabbit
95.The Wolf Children
96.Wolfwalkers
97.Wreck-it Ralph
98.Yellow Submarine
99.Your Name
100.Zootropolis