Tuesday 28 December 2010

The Animation Countdown Ends

A few days ago the countdown of my top 100 animated works (film or television) came to an end at Wonders in the Dark. I wrote reviews for the top 50. Here is the final list :


1 My Neighbour Totoro
2 The Simpsons
3 Cinderella (1922 - Lotte Reiniger)
4 Paranoia Agent
5 Whisper of the Heart
6 Spirited Away
7 Yokohama Shopping Log
8 The Hand
9 The Mascot
10 Patlabor 2 The Movie
11 Inspirace
12 Feeling from Mountain and Water
13 The Plague Dogs
14 Hedgehog in the Fog
15 Perfect Blue
16 The Adventures of Mark Twain
17 Le Nez
18 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
19 Early Abstractions
20 The Snow Queen
21 Porco Rosso
22 Triangle
23 The Battle of Kerzhenets
24 Pleasures of War
25 Allegro Non Troppo
26 Story of a Street Corner
27 La Joie de Vivre
28 Only Yesterday
29 Firing Range
30 Space Ghost Coast to Coast
31 The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia
32 Batman Mask of the Phantasm
33 Sinking of the Lusitania
34 The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh
35 Crac
36 Serial Experiments Lain
37 Destino
38 Le Roi et L’Oiseau
39 Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
40 Stoppit and Tidyup
41 The Metamorphosis of Mr Samsa
42 Street of Crocodiles
43 Swinging the Lambeth Walk
44 House of Flame
45 The Old Lady and the Pigeons
46 Valhalla
47 Sky Blue
48 Sleeping Beauty
49 A Picture
50 Yellow Submarine
51 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
52 Balance
53 Kamichu!
54 Monsters Inc.
55 Princess Mononoke
56 I Love to Singa
57 Ren and Stimpy
58 Millennium Actress
59 Adventures of Prince Achmed
60 Wolf and Calf
61 Laputa : Castle in the Sky
62 1895
63 Jumping
64 Ai
65 Anne of Green Gables
66 Punch and Judy
67 Cat Concerto
68 Angel's Egg
69 Muto
70 Nightangel
71 The Humpbacked Horse
72 Dumbo
73 Little Nemo
74 Belleville Rendez-Vous
75 Le Roman de Renard
76 Ulysses 31
77 Urusei Yatsura
78 The Comb
79 The Hasher's Delirium
80 Ponyo
81 Haibane Renmei
82 Pinocchio
83 Dangermouse
84 Watership Down
85 Who Framed Roger Rabbit
86 Mindscape
87 A Short History
88 Kirikou et La Sorciere
89 Epilogue
90 A Charlie Brown Christmas
91 Monster
92 Tyger
93 Avatar : The Last Airbender
94 The Tale of How
95 Animal Farm
96 Dougal and the Blue Cat
97 Creature Comforts
98 My Neighbours the Yamadas
99 Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
100 Harpya

9 comments:

  1. Oh, was that your countdown? I was wondering who the person with such awful taste was.

    Well, I'm guessing, anyway. Past the age of 10 I don't think I've seen more than parts of any of those. The only animated film from my childhood that I went back to watch recently was The Secret of NIMH - and it's not on the list!?! Blasphemy.

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  2. "I was wondering who the person with such awful taste was."

    Haha!

    "The only animated film from my childhood that I went back to watch recently was The Secret of NIMH - and it's not on the list!?!"

    No. Maybe I should go back to it - I haven't seen it for a long while.

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  3. Boy, Leaves is really on the warpath these days! He recently went after Allan Fish, who has probably seen about a hundred times as many films as he has on the international scene and overall. Leaves's game is always to try and impress with foreign-language cinema, but he's barking up the wrong tree at WitD, as that is the cinema that prevails there.

    Your taste Stephen was exquisite, and you provided a course in the form that has inspired many to seek out a number of films, particularly Russian and Eastern European gems. Your writing was magnificent, and your diversity undeniable.

    It was definitely a high watermark at Wonders in the Dark, and we were truly honored to have your kind of singular expertise there! Many thanks!

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  4. Thanks again Sam. I wish a Happy New Year to you and your family.

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  5. Hey Stephen. This is one for the generations. I'm bookmarking it for reference. Again, I run out of adjectives to describe how useful this countdown is for those venturing out into the genre. Will keep coming back.

    Haven't been able to read blogs of late. Will try to mend that this year.

    And yes, wish you and your family and friends a very joyful new year.

    Cheers!

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  6. Thanks JAFB!

    "Haven't been able to read blogs of late. Will try to mend that this year."

    Now that I've completed the countdown I too can go back to looking over the blogs I used to frequent. When it comes to using a blog as a guide for venturing into the world of Cinema, THE SEVENTH ART is unbeatable.

    A happy new year to you too.

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  8. 'Boy, Leaves is really on the warpath these days! He recently went after Allan Fish, who has probably seen about a hundred times as many films as he has on the international scene and overall. Leaves's game is always to try and impress with foreign-language cinema, but he's barking up the wrong tree at WitD, as that is the cinema that prevails there.'

    I... I don't understand. Why would anyone want to try to impress anyone with the amount of films they've seen? I would never try, and have never tried, so this accusation seems rather specious and is surely a result of poor reading comprehension.

    Speaking of poor reading comprehension, did you notice that what I said was a joke, completely and utterly and unambiguously? Because everyone else did...

    Speaking of poor reading comprehension, again, this attack of yours is based on a reading of a post of mine on your site that I feel is completely ludicrous, stemming from this same absurd premise that I am trying to 'impress with the amount of films I have seen'. I can't apologize for something I'm not guilty of doing, I'm afraid. I hold no ill will toward you for misreading my post, but extending that misreading into a mission to attack me wherever possible is a bit ridiculous. Maybe you should take a step back, realize that your accusation is absolutely ludicrous, and we can move forward.

    Sorry for the hubbub, Stephen, but somebody needs to put something in context.

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  9. No problem, LEAVES.

    Happy New Year.

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