2nd Annual August Animation Challenge - Discussion Thread
 

Challenge Starts August 1st at 12am EST

Challenge ends September 1st at dawn

Rules

Movies/TV shows should be labeled Animation from either imdb.com or allmovie.com. Other labels don't matter as long as there is at least a Animation label from one of those sites. Action/Animation would be fine.

This is the challenge where any and all types of animation is welcome, omputer, hand drawn, puppetry, stop motion, etc. The entire movie/show does not need to be completely animated. Something like Roger Rabbit or a Ray Harryhausen film would generally be allowed.

If anyone has a problem with something someone watches or just wants an opinion on if it's animation or not, ask here.

Animation documentaries are allowed but not DVD featurettes/interviews that are just fluff promo pieces.

As with the other challenges, the lists must be numbered or it won't count.

Movies count as 1 entry each.

TV shows count according to length as they are aired on TV(including commercials):

• 30 minute shows count as 1/4 an entry
• 1 hour shows count as 1/2 an entry
• 2 hour shows count as 1 entry

So you need 4, 30 minute shows for 1 entry or 2 60 minute shows or any combination that gets you to 1 entry. While the Family Guy parodies of Star Wars has a runtime of around 43 minutes, on-air it's an hour show.

If it's short films that are 10 minutes or less, once you hit 23 minutes of watching them, you've reached one 30 minute show. This is based on the theory that the run time for a 30 minute show is between 22-24 minutes.

For mini series, do count each "day" that it aired (assuming that each day was a 2 hour block). For example, Animated Dune: The Mini Series, would it be:

63. Animated Dune: The Mini Series - Part I
64. Animated Dune: The Mini Series - Part II
65. Animated Dune: The Mini Seriies - Part III

This is based on the assumption that each episode is movie length aka 2+ hours with commercials. If it's shorter than that, just count each part as a regular TV show.

When listing TV shows, keep them together for one entry.
Example: How do I list TV shows and other short stuff if I don't have enough for an entry?

At the bottom of your post/list, keep a Temp TV section. Add stuff there until you get enough for an entry.

Watching the movie/show with the commentary will count as an entry.

Watching multiple versions(theatrical and director's cut) of the same movie/show will also count.

Number your lists and if you want, show what days you watched whatever it was you watched

Example
How to win

I'm stealing the prize determination from the exploitation challenge. Names will be randomly selected from http://www.random.org/lists/ The top people, one prize per person, get something.

There's 4 ways to get an entry:

1. Participate by watching at least 1 item
2. Watch 100 items
3. Start the checklist
4. Complete the checklist

The List Thread will be a couple weeks before the challenge begins.

3 wild cards for all. Use for those shows you want to watch but know they really don't count but they're pretty close or borderline to counting.

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2010 Animation - Discussion Thread, Anime Talk Thread

2010 Animation - List Thread

2010 Animation - Results Thread

2011 Animation - Planning Thread



http://forum.dvdtalk.com/anime-talk/...ster-list.html

There's also websites like:
www.hulu.com
www.youtube.com
www.archive.org

Cartoons based from comic strips


Heck, you could even spend a month watching nothing but animation at www.newgrounds.com

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--- Title from your favorite genre(out of what's in your collection)
--- Title from your least favorite genre(out of what's in your collection)
--- Title with a favorite character - length doesn't matter
--- Title with a loathed character - length doesn't matter
--- Special feature
--- Commentary track
--- Title from the hardest to reach part of your collection - length doesn't matter
--- Title starting with ABC
--- Title starting with DEF
--- Title starting with GHI
--- Title starting with JKLM
--- Title starting with NOP
--- Title starting with QRS
--- Title starting with TUV
--- Title starting with WXYZ
--- First item alphabetically in your collection - length doesn't matter
--- Last item alphabetically in your collection - length doesn't matter
--- Oldest title(as in year made) - length doesn't matter
--- Oldest qualifying title you've bought. If you have old VHS tapes, don't forget to look there too. Format doesn't matter. - length doesn't matter
--- Newest title(as in year made) - length doesn't matter
--- Newest title you've bought - length doesn't matter
--- Finish a season or volume of a series - length doesn't matter
--- Pick an item at random. Make sure those crappy ones get an equal chance to get picked
--- Have a friend/spouse/child/dog/fish pick an item for you. No helping - length doesn't matter

Watch one item from every decade, starting with the 1900s.
--- 1900 (optional)-
--- 1910 (optional) -
--- 1920 (optional) -
--- 1930 -
--- 1940 -
--- 1950 -
--- 1960 -
--- 1970 -
--- 1980 -
--- 1990 -
--- 2000 -
--- 2010 -

Watch films in at least two languages other than English.
--- First language -
--- Second language -

Watch a film for each rating:
--- G -
--- PG -
--- PG-13 -
--- R -
--- NC-17 -
--- X -
--- Unrated -

--- Watch and anime movie or series -
--- Watch a US kid's show that originally aired on Sat mornings -
--- Puppet show -
--- Mostly or all CGI -
--- Watch 90+ minutes worth of shorts (i.e Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny) -
--- Cartoon based on a newspaper comic strip -
--- Motion Comic -

These genres:
--- Superhero cartoon -
--- Comedy -
--- Adventure -
--- Fantasy -
--- SF -

Watch a movie/show made by:
--- Walt Disney -
--- Chuck Jones -
--- Ub Iwerks -
--- Ralph Bakshi -
--- Fleischer Brothers -
--- Paul Dini -
--- Tex Avery -
--- Hayao Miyazaki -

Need help with cartoons from a newspaper comic strip?

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I'm looking forward to this one again, hoping to attack my unwatched pile better then last year. I will be gone the first week but visiting someone with kids, so maybe I will get a few things in :)

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Does the mini series rule only count for parts that are feature length? I ask because I have the first two GI Joe mini series, and they were in 5 parts, but each part was only a run time of 30 minutes.

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I'd count it as 5 separate episodes. I'll clear up the mini-series a little more to explain that it's for more of the episodes that are 2+ hours.

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What about movies like Avatar that are partially CGI? I saw the rule about the whole movie not needing to be animated, and that is why I am asking. Just in case I don't get to it in the sci fi/fantasy challenge

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I'd be surprised if the majority of the film wasn't comprised of computer animation, so I'd easily allow it.

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Earlier threads for thoroughness:

2010 Animation - Discussion Thread, Anime Talk Thread

2010 Animation - List Thread

2010 Animation - Results Thread

2011 Animation - Planning Thread

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Last year, I believe I just counted G.I. Joe: The M.A.S.S. Effect as one entry. The DVD I have of it presents it as a singular story with only one opening title sequence and one end credits, so it plays like a feature. I could have counted the fifth part toward a second grouping of TV content, but figured it made more sense that way.

Anyway, I'm in. In all likelihood I'll focus more on TV than feature films. Last year, I won two volumes of ThunderCats I still haven't opened. (They were both halves of Season Two and I only recently acquired the first half of Season One.) For the TV on DVD* Challenge in January, I watched She-Ra, Princess of Power Season One, Volume One and am thinking about making my way through Season One, Volume Two for the Animation Challenge, and then tentatively finishing off the series with Season Two in January.

One question: is there consideration for something like The Pixar Story documentary to count for this challenge? Or would that be more appropriate as a wild card selection?

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I'd count it under the documentary rule.

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I'm browsing through the list thread from last year and I see Godzilla movies on someone's list. Are Godzilla, Gamera, Ultraman, etc considered animation under suitmation? Just curious how they would count as animation.

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Yeah, I wouldn't have counted that if asked, or at least for this year if I did approve it but I don't see why I would have. Wearing a rubber suit isn't really what I had in mind in terms of animation.

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List thread should be up tomorrow for this insanely popular challenge.

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Is there any interest in starting the animation challenge a day early so you can count titles that are animated sci-fi/fantasy?

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A similar question can be posed at the end of every month, as there are always titles that could count for both Challenges.

Personally, I think the ~7 hour coverage of midnight to dawn is enough.

Starting every Challenge on the 31st seems overkill.

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Whoah, I just got deja vu from reading the same questions and answers in the sci-fi thread then the animation thread :lol:

I was scrolling through Netflix's streaming stuff to see whether I wanted to keep it and found a lot of the superhero stuff I've been missing out on (watched Black Panther and Astonishing X-Men). I might dig into some more for this challenge before I decide.

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I could go either way, really. Part of me thinks a deadline should be a deadline, and part me of thinks that it's kind of nice to segue from one challenge to the next like that. Last year, I went from the Criterion Challenge to the Horror Challenge with Bram Stoker's Dracula and really enjoyed the break in tone from foreign art house movies. With this, though, I think there's enough overlap between the two challenges as it is that maybe an official "double points" day is superfluous.

I got the first chapter of Astonishing X-Men free from iTunes last year or the year before and I enjoyed it. I've got both those motion comics in my streaming queue, and I'm planning on getting to them during this challenge. By the way, there's also a Spider-Woman motion comic that you can stream. I got the first chapter of that free from iTunes and enjoyed it, too.

In fact, I wonder if Motion Comic might not eventually be worth adding to the Checklist. It's still to soon now, I think, but they're becoming more prolific and accessible. Which reminds me, there are also a few Batman Motion Comics that you can order as Made-on-Demand DVDs from the Warner Archive Collection. There's Batgirl: Year One, Batman: Mad Love and Batman: Black and White. I think the first two might be on the same DVD. If not, then one of them is on a DVD with another Motion Comic that I can't think of right now. Warner is also having a $5 off sale on superhero themed MOD DVDs through the weekend so anyone who might want to try to get those in time for this challenge might consider checking it out.

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Works for me.

Motion comic added to quite possibly the easiest checklist in existence.

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I got an old Japanese Golgo 13 VHS tape that appears to be a motion comic based on shots of color drawings from the manga. Now I have a good excuse to watch it.

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im actually seperating my netflix watch now que on what to save for this challenge.

with cgi would power rangers count for this challenge?

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Funny that I posted this last year; thankfully I have the job I was hoping to get and while it will mean less TV and DVD watching, it's nice to have secured a job, especially in this economy. I should still be able to watch a decent amount after work and on the weekends though.

But yeah, a Matt Groening Marathon is off, since I did that during May's "Make Your Own Challenge" Challenge, and I dunno if I'm up for a month of nothing but Disney like I contemplated a year ago. I definitely think I'll get around to revisiting Batman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond, and might tackle some of the Rocky & Bullwinkle: The Complete Series set, as well as some Walt Disney Treasures Sets. I'm actually about to reorganize my collection at the start of August, so I'm sure I'll find some things I hadn't thought of and pop them in instead, lol.

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If anyone is looking for recommendations as to what to watch, here's a few recommendations of things I've watched lately and that are coming out on DVD soon:

• Rango - It's fairly predictable, but is really more of an homage to different genres than anything, so that's to be expected. The animation was beautiful though and it had great voice acting along with a lot of heart and humor. If you've contemplated watching it, now would be a great time.
• The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes - This is one of Marvel's newest comic adaptations and it is a great series. If you enjoyed the X-Men and Spider-Man series from the '90s I have no doubt you'd enjoy this; the animation is cleaner, the voice acting is just as good, and the stories are engaging. Even though I watched it not too long ago I might pop in Volumes 1 & 2 and revisit them.
• Rocko's Modern Life and The Wild Thornberrys are out on DVD now from Shout! Factory and if you're a fan of Nickelodeon animation you should pick them up since you can usually find them them for very reasonable prices. Also, Hey Arnold! is coming out on August 9th and The Angry Beavers is coming out on August 23rd, so if keep an eye out for them. Along those same lines, Nickelodeon will be airing '90s shows beginning July 25th, so you could probably catch stuff on-the-air as well.
• If you like The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh, do yourself a favor and go see Winnie The Pooh in theaters. If you have Disney Movie Rewards I think you can actually get a free ticket through there. Even if I didn't have the free ticket I would have seen it though since it was one of my favorite movies as a child. The "sequel" did a fantastic job of catching the charm of the original and it was just a delight to see it in theaters. If you're on the fence, check out Brian's great review of the movie here.

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Does it depend on the series? I don't remember a whole lot in the original one.

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:up:

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i know most of the villians are in costume, but with cheesy ass fx like asylum style and the whole robot fighting thing

i never really watched it growing up..so was just interested in seeing what all the hype was about