Bill Fagerbakke, Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Ron Perlman, Andrea Martin, Paul Frees, Daws Butler, Tara Strong, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried, Nancy Cartwright

Oh, and the link for the Annecy Festival isn't working. Remove the 'mjf314/' from the url string.

Arclight Bethesda is showing the DCP of this later in the month - hope I can make it since it's on their largest screen (!)

Mark Hamill

Doh!

I finished Cowboy Bebop and it was certainly a satisfying conclusion. A well done series and I look forward to revisiting it again. I watched a few episodes of Blue Seed, a DVD I got for $5, to finish the night.

I still have a lot of unwatched titles to get through for this challenge.

for those in the DC area - AFI Silver is screening the 1986 animated 'Transformer's movie next week in 35mm

Tomorrow being the 70th anniversary of Hiroshima, might I suggest BAREFOOT GEN, a 1983 anime movie based on a manga written and drawn by a survivor of Hiroshima?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barefoot_Gen_(1983_film)

The only way you could consider it in my area is if a twelve hour drive is considered my area

I am watching some Hasbro now myself. Decided to watch some GI Joe this morning. I just finished part 3 of 'The MASS Device', the very first miniseries, before it became a series. There were two of them, a year apart, before the show became a regular series.

The National Film Board of Canada has made many short films available on their YouTube channel. I noticed that some of my favorites animated shorts are included: Wild Life, The Danish Poet, Madame Tutli-Putli, among others.

Also, Cinefix put out a video highlighting their picks for the Top 10 Most Beautiful Animated Movies. While the video is formatted as a top ten list, they seem more interesting in exploring the different ways that animated films achieve "beauty" and how different that can look. It's well worth watching and discussing. I will say that I took umbrage (modest umbrage) right off the bat when they "got Disney out of the way" at #10 with The Lion King. Obviously, Sleeping Beauty is the most beautiful Disney film; that's not a matter of opinion but a statement of fact.

I got Sleeping Beauty as one of my monthly titles from the Disney Movie Club. Will probably watch it this month.

Hope you can make it. It really is a movie that would look great on the big screen.

Ten most beautiful?

BAMBI
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
FANTASIA
THE SNOW QUEEN
ANJU TO ZUSHIOMARU (THE LITTLEST WARRIOR)
PHOENIX 2772
LAPUTA: CASTLE IN THE SKY
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
WHISPER OF THE HEART

+ 1 more I'm forgetting...

This is from ANJU TO ZUSHIOMARU (1961):

even movies on the Arclight's 'widescreen' screen (that has vertically masking) 1.85 presentions look really tall - this should look epic!

Awesome list! Anju to Zushiomaru looks gorgeous; I'll have to seek out a copy. I was inspired to make my own list. Since I'm not well versed in older, non-Disney animated films, mine skews newer.

Beauty and the Beast
Castle in the Sky
Coraline
Feral
Millennium Actress
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Sleeping Beauty
The Land Before Time
The Painting
The Triplets of Belleville

I questioned my initial impulse to put The Land Before Time on the list, figuring it was a purely nostalgic pick. However, I looked at stills and watched some clips, and it looks amazing, despite the murky, monochromatic palette. Unfortunately, it spawned so many subpar, juvenile sequels.

Shaun the Sheep: The Movie opened today. It's got a 99% on rottentomatoes. If you're a fan of Aardman (Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, Flushed Away, The Pirates! Band of Misfits) or have seen any Shaun the Sheep tv episodes, seeing it is a no brainer. Here's the trailer:

Added! Also, I fixed the link. They worked last year, not sure what happened! Thanks for letting me know!

Added. I was coming to add him myself, though I was going to look to see if he had done anything other than the Joker. (Watching Batman: Mask of the Phantasm right now.)

I know someone who would love to see this! Unfortunately, they don't live near DC. Is it being screened anywhere else?
I haven't heard of this one before, I have watched Grave of the Fireflies which is quite good as well. Hard to watch though.

I have to admit, I agree with them about The Boxtrolls. I didn't enjoy the movie that much, but I loved the visuals. And The Lion King is pretty, but I do agree with you that there are others that are better or equally as beautiful.

I watched Prince Achmed last year I think and I thought it was cool, so I agree with that one. Think how long that had to take to do!

Waltz with Bashir is a bit stark and dark for my tastes but after hearing how it was animated, it does rate a mention on the list.

I kind of agreed about Fantastic Mr. Fox, as well. Maybe it's because I'm a Roald Dahl fan, maybe it's because when you look at it, you know exactly who the director is (and I'm not a huge Wes Anderson fan by any means, but he has a very distinct style!)

The one I think is missing, and yes, they mention Pixar but not Brave. That is one of the most beautiful movies I've watched. Ignoring Merida's hair, which is amazing, the backgrounds look real. It was one of the first times I saw an animated movie and had to look twice to see if they used real backgrounds along with animated. The rocks/mountains...awesome looking.
I'll agree with Millennium Actress (were you the one who turned me onto this a year or two ago?) but I've never really enjoyed The Triplets of Belleville- I've never really liked that one and don't really enjoy the animation style.

I was trying to think of any others that need a shout out for most beautiful...but other than the the usual suspects (Miyazaki, Disney), none are coming to mind right now. I have definitely seen some beautiful animation out there. I just wished there were more that had more of a combination of great story AND great visuals. I know that's part of the problem of me remembering titles. I look and something and go, that's pretty! and then forget about it because the story was dull and forgettable...

Classic Russian animation is quite beautiful. I put THE SNOW QUEEN (1956) on my list, but here's another one, THE FISHERMAN AND THE GOLDFISH (1950):

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And THE GOLDEN ANTELOPE (1954):
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I was in the mood for MASK to start my animation for the day, so began Volume 4. I expect to finish the series sometime this month.

watched my bluray (region B locked) of this in June it really is a fun movie.

there's a Studio Ghibli Festival happening this month over at the Angelika Mosaic in Fairfax Virginia

SUMMER WARS is over at the Pop-Up Angelika intown too next Monday.

DRAGON BALL Z: RESURRECTION 'F' is also out nationally

While I'll be watching other things tonight too, I started my TV watching for the evening with more cartoons. Just finished another episode of MASK. VENOM was trying to destroy the dikes in Holland.

Hey guys, just wanted to let you all know that I'll be out of touch this weekend, Saturday afternoon through Monday afternoon, with last minute plans. Friends are flying in from out of state and I'm going to go visit them. I most likely won't have access to a computer, so I've asked shadokitty to keep an eye out here! If you have questions for any reason, he'll be able to help out.

Thanks again, shadokitty!

I didn't get a chance to watch anything major today, I'm not tired yet, so I may watch a movie or at least part of one before bed...

Since I was depressed earlier today, I got a late start to the challenge today. I tried play games earlier, and then took a nap. When I woke up, I felt better and decided on some cartoons. I just finished the Ayers Rock episode of MASK.

Wow, first time viewing Akira. I do not get the love for this movie. I don't know why it's on the 1001 Movies list, either. If they just wanted an example of anime, both Vampire Hunter D and Ninja Scroll are far better than this in both animation quality and story.

I watched "Pink Floyd The Wall" tonight. This was chosen more for the fact I'm down to 10 watches or so on the animation list at icheckmovies.com than that I actually wanted to watch it. Not a huge fan of the band or anything, by any means. That being said, I actually enjoyed it, sort of. I wouldn't say this was my favorite movie ever, but it definitely kept my attention. I also thought the music was pretty good, better than I was expecting. I thought that the director paired up the action on the screen with the soundtrack very well. I wasn't hoping for more (or any) dialog.

I don't think this film is for everyone though; there are quite a few disturbing images that I could have done without, but they did fit well. I don't think the director used them overmuch. It's just that type of movie.

My one major con was I was watching this because, well, it's for the animation challenge. The movie is in many animation lists, on IMDb.com, icheckmovies...the whole shebang. So, I went into it knowing nothing about it, expecting that the movie was going to be...well, animated. Not so much. There are a few really detailed animated segments, but it takes quite awhile before the first one even shows up on screen. I'm not sure I would have classified this myself as an "animated" movie. I was actually a bit disappointed that more of it wasn't animated, to be honest. Oh well. It's off my to watch list and time to move on! I plan on watching another movie before bed tonight and that will probably be the last until Monday which I'm oddly a bit disappointed about. I figured I'd be ready for a break by now coming off the Sci-fi/Fantasy challenge and right into animation, but nope, still wanting to watch!