The 12th Annual Animation Challenge! Discussion Thread
07-26-21, 03:04 PM
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The 12th Annual Animation Challenge! Discussion Thread
The 11th Annual Animation Challenge Discussion Thread
2021
List thread will be here.2021
The Details
Challenge starts July 31st at 12:01 am local time.
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, computer, 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.
Watching the movie/show with the commentary can counted as unique items.
Watching multiple versions(theatrical and director's cut) of the same movie/show will also count.
Lists
Since the general consensus seems to be for the easy counting method we will go with that. However, it is not required, so if you wish to count another way, feel free, as I will not be doing stats.
Checklist:
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Easy access links to the iCheckMovies part of the checklist. Thanks coyoteblue!
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Criterion Crossover: Since there are so few, I decided to post those movies that qualify for double credit for both challenges. They are: Akira, Fantastic Planet, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Watership Down, Jason And The Argonauts, King Kong, Robocop. Also, there is animation in the By Brakhage and Science is Fiction box sets. Also, Jellyfish Eyes, King of Jazz and the Eclipse set, Dusan Makavejev: Free Radical could count as well. Along with Journey to the Beginning of Time and Invention for Destruction.
Newer additions: The Fabulous Baron Munchausen, The Plague Dogs, The Triplets of Belleville, Watership Down
Along with these shorts: Asparagus, Begone Dull Care, Bluebeard, Coda, Edmond Was a Donkey, Hunger, Logorama, Madame Tutli-Putli, Monkey Love Experiments, Solar Walk, Yearbook, Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs).
2020's Thread
Suggestions for 2022:
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07-26-21, 03:07 PM
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Re: The 12th Annual Animation Challenge! Discussion Thread
Sorry this got up so late! Time flies when you're having fun... 
Please take a quick look at the checklist and let me know if you see anything to change/fix. Suggestions from last year: live action animation/anime adaptions, watch a season of an animated series while leaving watch an anime season.
Not sure what I meant by "watch a season of an animated series while leaving watch an anime season."
That might be 2 ideas? Watch a season of an animated series as one, watching an anime season? I know that watching a season of an animated series is already there so I'm not sure we need to add in a new one just for anime. I could add it to the original line if the clarification is needed though...
Please take a quick look at the checklist and let me know if you see anything to change/fix. Suggestions from last year: live action animation/anime adaptions, watch a season of an animated series while leaving watch an anime season.
Not sure what I meant by "watch a season of an animated series while leaving watch an anime season."
That might be 2 ideas? Watch a season of an animated series as one, watching an anime season? I know that watching a season of an animated series is already there so I'm not sure we need to add in a new one just for anime. I could add it to the original line if the clarification is needed though...
07-26-21, 03:14 PM
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--- Watch an anime movie or series
--- Watch an animated movie that spawned a TV spin-off OR an animated movie that was based on an animated TV show
--- Watch an animated movie that spawned a TV spin-off OR an animated movie that was based on an animated TV show
07-26-21, 03:40 PM
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The first one, I could add if people are interested. Disney especially are making a ton of live action movies based off an animated film right now. Mulan, Lion King, Aladdin, 101 Dalmatians/Cruella come to mind off hand.
The second part, I'm not sure what I really meant when I typed that. Okay...spent a few minutes and tracked down the original thought: It was to add as another checklist item, "watch an animated series." But they wanted to leave "watch an anime series" so there would be two different check marks since they were such different types of shows. I could definitely add that if people would be interested?
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07-27-21, 02:02 AM
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Heads up: the Criterion Channel currently has an Art-House Animation collection. August is still within the movies' 90 days so everything should still be up throughout the challenge. That group ought to be good for a slew of checks, especially things like award nominees. Here's the list:
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07-27-21, 12:47 PM
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Heads up: the Criterion Channel currently has an Art-House Animation collection. August is still within the movies' 90 days so everything should still be up throughout the challenge. That group ought to be good for a slew of checks, especially things like award nominees. Here's the list:
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07-27-21, 11:14 PM
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I’m actually having trouble staying away from animation until next month. I haven’t watched much yet, but I do love sci fi and fantasy animation. Maybe this year I will finally get the Dragonlance movie in. Bought it at Walmart a few years ago from the $5 bin, but haven’t been able to take the plunge and watch it yet. Widely panned by fans of the book
07-28-21, 12:12 AM
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I’m actually having trouble staying away from animation until next month. I haven’t watched much yet, but I do love sci fi and fantasy animation. Maybe this year I will finally get the Dragonlance movie in. Bought it at Walmart a few years ago from the $5 bin, but haven’t been able to take the plunge and watch it yet. Widely panned by fans of the book
07-28-21, 11:38 AM
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I've got three crossover animation/sci-fi watches myself to watch on Saturday. I've been watching the Howard Lovecraft series and have the last movie to watch (Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness). Then I'm going to watch Gen 13 and the first episode of Masters of the Universe: Revelation to round off my challenge and begin the Animation Challenge. It should be a good start.
07-28-21, 05:27 PM
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I've watched 3 episodes so far and will finish it up next month. I know it's got great reviews, but so far I think it's just okay. I bought Star Blazers 2199: Space Battleship Yamato a couple months ago just for this challenge.
07-28-21, 08:44 PM
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There's a lot on Netflix to watch. I finished off Tales of Arcadia for the SF/Fantasy Challenge, but I've been holding off Wish Dragon (2021), Godzilla: Singular Point, Nezhu Reborn (2021), Trese, Arolo - The Alligator Boy (2021), Pacific Rim: The Black and America: The Motion Picture (2021)...
Gonna finish off Orphen - Revenge, push on with Time Jam: Valerian and Laureline and Adventure Time, and finally get around to the latest season of Thunderbolt Fantasy, plus there's always room for two or three shorts a day.
Gonna finish off Orphen - Revenge, push on with Time Jam: Valerian and Laureline and Adventure Time, and finally get around to the latest season of Thunderbolt Fantasy, plus there's always room for two or three shorts a day.
07-29-21, 05:40 PM
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Here’s hoping that my internet is back up by Saturday at midnight. It’s been down since last night. Worse comes to worse, I can use my phone or iPad with cell internet, but when I do that, my battery power plummets.
07-30-21, 07:52 PM
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Suggestion for next time's checklist, add Robert McKimson under directors. His 40s/Early 50s cartoons are some of my favorites. His Bugs Bunny was such a loudmouth nuisance and he also created Foghorn Leghorn.
07-30-21, 07:57 PM
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As a reminder. If anyone gets MeTV, Saturday mornings, old cartoons are aired until 10 AM Eastern time, starting with Popeye and The Pink Panther.
07-30-21, 09:57 PM
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Challenge is starting soon! Don't forget that you can get double credit for the Sci-fi/Fantasy challenge too!
07-31-21, 04:29 PM
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Another friendly idea for a future checklist item (of o didn't miss it), a cartoon based on a video game. An ever expanding field. You could even have a cartoon based on a toy line or live-action tv show.
Did a binge of animated shorts today, starting with the MeTV cartoons on my DVR. Will stream the new Jellystone show over on HBO Max in the near future.
Did a binge of animated shorts today, starting with the MeTV cartoons on my DVR. Will stream the new Jellystone show over on HBO Max in the near future.
08-01-21, 09:17 AM
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08-01-21, 10:27 AM
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I re-watched Filmation's Disco Droopy from 1980. Its so bad, its like a kid-friendly Fritz the Cat. 😆 Just watched an episode of DePatie-Freling's Houndcats and it was boring, not very good.
08-01-21, 01:17 PM
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I’ve spent the last couple days gathering DVDs together to watch for the Challenge. I’ve also been browsing some of my streaming options. I know Disney+ will likely get a lot of use. I’ve also seen animated movies on YouTube Movies free movies. The past week, I’ve been getting in at least one or two episodes of Voltron a day. Making some good progress, as I think I am over halfway through Season 1 of Lion Voltron. Looking forward to other shows too. For one, I have both the Macross saga, and the Invid series of Robotech. Someday maybe I will also buy the Master’s saga.
08-01-21, 02:06 PM
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I admit, I kind of forgot the question was still out there and didn't follow through before the challenge started. Sorry! But, if you wanted to use a wildcard for it, that would totally work!
08-01-21, 07:10 PM
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I’ll use the wildcard. I enjoyed the film; Glen Close makes an excellent villain. They used a combination of real animals and animatronics for the film and it looked pretty good.
08-01-21, 10:44 PM
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Binged the rest of Pacific Rim: The Black today. I was happy to see that it is getting a second season. I think I'm going to leave any binging to the weekends (unless I totally get sucked into something on a week day), but maybe it's not so much the six or whatever episodes than the other eight items (tv/movies/shorts) on top of that. Pacing is key. Think I'm going to start Trese this week.
08-02-21, 12:46 AM
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I think my main goal for this month's challenge is going to be to get at least one watch in per day, even if it's just a short or two. I really didn't get much watching in in July, so here's hoping that changes for August!
Thinking about the live-action of an animated movie, is there really enough movies out there to make it a good checklist item? I can think of a few movies that were remade as live action, mainly Disney. 101 Dalmatians, Aladdin, Mulan, etc... but are there others by a non-Disney studio? Were the Garfield movies live action or all CGI? I don't think I ever watched them. Shrek has a Broadway play that was filmed. Alvin and the Chipmunks would count. Is that enough?
Thinking about the live-action of an animated movie, is there really enough movies out there to make it a good checklist item? I can think of a few movies that were remade as live action, mainly Disney. 101 Dalmatians, Aladdin, Mulan, etc... but are there others by a non-Disney studio? Were the Garfield movies live action or all CGI? I don't think I ever watched them. Shrek has a Broadway play that was filmed. Alvin and the Chipmunks would count. Is that enough?
