ANIMATION MEME
- X what you saw
- O what you haven't finished or saw sizable portions
- Bold what you loved
- Italize what you disliked/hated
- Leave unchanged if neutral

CLASSIC DISNEY

[x] 101 Dalmatians (1961) - Haven't seen it in ages. Same goes for a lot of the Disney stuff, actually.
[x] Alice in Wonderland (1951)
[x] Bambi (1942)
[x] Cinderella (1950)
[x] Dumbo (1941)
[o] Fantasia (1940)
[x] Lady and the Tramp (1955)
[o] Mary Poppins (1964)
[x] Peter Pan (1953)
[x] Pinocchio (1940)
[x] Sleeping Beauty (1959)
[x] Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
[ ] Song of the South (1946)


DISNEY'S DARK AGE

[o] The Aristocats (1970) - Can't quite believe I've never seen this one all the way through...
[ ] The Black Cauldron (1985)
[o] The Fox and the Hound (1981)
[ ] The Great Mouse Detective (1986) Really, really want to see this one.
[x] The Jungle Book (1967)
[ ] The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
[x] Oliver and Company (1986)
[ ] Pete's Dragon (1977)
[x] The Rescuers (1977) Fun fact: Bianca is the reason I became stangely fascinated by Eastern Europe.
[o] Robin Hood (1973) I'm not sure if I've watched this in its entirety or not. If it was, it was a loooooong time ago.
[o] The Sword In The Stone (1963)


THE DISNEY RENAISSANCE

[x] Aladdin (1992)
[x] Beauty and the Beast (1991)
[o] A Goofy Movie (1995)
[x] Hercules (1997)
[o] The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
[x] The Lion King (1994) If you don't like this, you don't like cinema.
[x] The Little Mermaid (1989)
[x] Mulan (1998) SOMEHOW I'LL MAKE A MAAAAN OUT OF YOOOOOOOOU
[x] Pocahontas (1995) Underwhelming. Put a dampener on my 10th birthday.
[x] The Rescuers Down Under (1990) One of my earliest childhood memories of animated film on the big screen. Still visually stunning with a great, if simple story to boot.
[o] Tarzan (1999)

Thinking about it, between these films and the Spielberg stint at Warner Bros Animation... I grew up at exactly the right time.


DISNEY'S MODERN AGE

[ ] Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) Saw a teeny bit: definitely want to see it in full.
[ ] Bolt (2008)
[ ] Brother Bear (2003) Fabi insists this (...and the sequel) are amazing. I think he has a secret PHIL COLLINS FETISH.
[ ] Chicken Little (2005)
[x] Dinosaur (2000) I saw it once on a bus... I have completely forgotten it, however.
[ ] The Emperor's New Groove (2000) I keep hearing it's brilliant, but I've never gotten around to sitting down with it.
[ ] Fantasia 2000 (2000)
[o] Home on the Range (2004)
[ ] Lilo & Stitch (2002)
[ ] Meet the Robinsons (2007)
[ ] Treasure Planet (2002) I also hear this one is great...


PIXAR

[x] A Bug's Life (1998)
[x] Cars (2006)
[x] Finding Nemo (2003) Ubiquitous, but still a classic.
[x] The Incredibles (2004) My least favourite Pixar film, probably. Something about it was... charmless. Maybe you needed to be a Silver Age nut to really get it...
[x] Monsters Inc. (2001)
[x] Ratatouille (2007) The quality of the script makes this one of Pixar's best. It's so high-brow I can barely believe they tried to market it to children at all.
[x] Toy Story (1995)
[x] Toy Story 2 (1999)
[ ] Toy Story 3 (2010) Still haven't seen it, shamefully.
[x] Wall-E (2008) Profoundly brilliant.
[x] Up (2009) I may have cried a bit.

The genius of Pixar is that 3D isn't a 'gimmick' that defines them. Their films could be scribbled on the back of a series of beer-mats and they'd still be amazing to watch, because they rarely, if ever compromise their writing, or their creative vision. They've sort of earned the right not to have to, which is incredibly rare in this day and age.


DON BLUTH

[ ] All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
[x] An American Tail (1986)
[x] An American Tail: Fieval Goes West (1991)
[ ] Anastasia (1997)
[ ] The Land Before Time (1988)
[ ] The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
[ ] Rock-a-Doodle (1991)
[o] The Secret of NIMH (1982)
[ ] Thumbelina (1994)
[x] Titan AE (2000) I enjoyed this one. A bit rough-looking, but the story was quite well-paced.
[ ] A Troll in Central Park (1994)

...I've never understood the reverance Don Bluth is given. He's an okay animator - better than, say, me. But that's all he is.


CLAYMATION

[ ] The Adventures of Mark Twain (1986)
[x] Chicken Run (2000)
[x] Corpse Bride (2005) I'm not overly keen on Burton's work, but this was a big slice of alright.
[o] James and the Giant Peach (1996)
[ ] The Nightmare Before Christmas
[x] Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) The best W&G of them all. A minor miracle.
[ ] Coraline (2009)


CGI GLUT

[o] Antz (1998)
[ ] Happy Feet (2006)
[x] Kung Fu Panda (2008) Far, far better than it had any right to be. So good, in fact, that I forgot Jack Black was in it. High praise indeed!
[x] Madagascar (2005)
[ ] Monster House (2006)
[x] Over the Hedge (2006) Wasn't overly charmed. I rarely am by Dreamworks' fare, though.
[ ] The Polar Express (2004)
[x] Shrek (2001)
[o] Shrek 2 (2004)
[ ] Shrek The Third (2007)
[ ] Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) I want to see it because Hugh Laurie's in it. That is all.
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[x] Surf's Up (2006) Added this one in because, surprisingly, it's absolutely amazing. Well, barring some of the soundtrack, anyway.


IMPORTS

[ ] Arabian Knight (aka The Thief and the Cobbler) (1995)
[ ] The Last Unicorn (1982)
[ ] Light Years (1988)
[x] The Triplets of Belleville (2003) Maturely-paced, delightfully cynical. A quiet riot with some stunning scenes.
[x] Persepolis (2007) A harsh, but brilliant tale about a walk of life you're likely not familiar with. Broadens the mind!
[ ] Waltz With Bashir (2008) I have this lying around, somewhere. Really want to see it.
[ ] Watership Down (1978) A little shameful, but: I am British and I haven't seen Watership Down. That's why I'm in Germany: I was deported as punishment.
[ ] When the Wind Blows (1988)
[ ] Yellow Submarine (1968) ACIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID.
[o] The Plague Dogs (1982) Not for the faint of heart... I must get around to watching it in full. It's British, so I'm sort of obliged.
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[x]Peter No-Tail/Pelle Svanslös (1981) Oddly political Swedish film about a cat with no tail. Curiously beguiling: my grandmother had a copy on VHS when I was a kid, for some reason.


STUDIO GHIBLI/MIYAZAKI

[x] Grave of the Fireflies (1988) I cried. You will too.
[x] Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
[x] Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
[x] Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986)
[ ] Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
[x] My Neighbors The Yamadas (1999) It's entertaining, but you can't help but feel the humour is largely lost in translation.
[x] My Neighbor Totoro (1993)
[x] Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
[ ] Only Yesterday (1991)
[x] Pom Poko (1994) Indescribably brilliant.
[x] Porco Rosso (1992)
[x] Princess Mononoke (1999) At least as important to animation as The Lion King, I can't stress enough how much you need this in your life. It's astonishing, and overall it's probably Ghibli's greatest achievement.
[x] Spirited Away (2002) Fabi hates this film because he has to think about it, bless him. I adore it, on the other hand.
[x] Whisper of the Heart (1995) There's a deeply personal resonance, here. It's not an extravaganza: Whisper of The Heart is an intimate sort of film that really gets to the heart of the human condition. I'm not being a twat: it really is that profound.
[x] Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea (2009) Childishly beguiling.
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[x] The Cat Returns (2002) This? Missing? On a furry survey? Unpossible! Love this film: it's a real charmer, if a little too short.

Japan has the dubious honour of making the very best, and the very worst animation in the world. Studio Ghibli is the sole reason for the former accolade, in my humble opinion.


SATOSHI KON

[ ] Millennium Actress (2001)
[ ] Paprika (2006) File under 'do want'.
[ ] Perfect Blue (1999)
[ ] Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
[ ] Memories - "Magnetic Rose" part (1995)


SHINKAI MAKOTO

[ ] She and Her Cat (1999)
[ ] Voices of a Distant Star (2001)
[ ] The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
[ ] 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)

No idea who these two are. But then, I'm just ignorant. I'll do my reading and watch a few of these, I daresay.


OTHER ANIME FILMS

[x] Akira (1989) I fucking hated Akira. The art-style, the nonsensical plot... I have no idea why this is held in the regard it is.
[ ] Appleseed (2004)
[ ] Appleseed: Ex Machina (2007)
[ ] Arcadia of My Youth (U.S. Title - Vengeance of the Space Pirate) (1982)
[ ] Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2003) I hear it's great. I'll see it eventually.
[ ] The Dagger of Kamui (U.S. Title - Revenge of the Ninja Warrior) (1985)
[ ] Dirty Pair: Project Eden (1987)
[ ] End of Evangelion (1997)
[ ] Fist of the North Star (1986)
[ ] Galaxy Express 999 (1979)
[o] Ghost in the Shell (1996)
[ ] The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) I just got a hold of this, in HD no less! It looks a lot like The Cat Returns, actually...
[ ] Lensman (1984)
[ ] Macross: Do You Remember Love (U.S. Title - Clash of the Bionoids) (1984)
[x] Metropolis (2001) Stone-cold genius, and the reason I love Ray Charles. Watch it.
[ ] Neo-Tokyo (1986)
[ ] Ninja Scroll (1993)
[ ] Patlabor the Movie (1989)
[ ] The Professional: Golgo 13 (1983)
[ ] Project A-ko (1986)
[ ] Robot Carnival (1987)
[ ] Robotech: The Shadow Chronicle (2006)
[ ] Silent Möbius (1991)
[ ] Space Adventure Cobra (1982)
[x] Steamboy (2004) ...meh. Visually interesting, zero plot. But then, it's by the Akira director, right? I expected as much...
[ ] Sword of the Stranger (2007)
[ ] Unico and the Island of Magic (1983)
[ ] Urotsukidoji: The Movie (1987)
[ ] Vampire Hunter D (1985)
[ ] Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust (2000)
[ ] Wings of Honneamise: Royal Space Force (1987)

CARTOONS FOR GROWN-UPS

[ ] American Pop (1981)
[ ] The Animatrix (2003)
[ ] Beavis & Butthead Do America (1996)
[ ] Cool World (1992) I'll pass, thanks.
[ ] Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) This actually looks like a decent film...
[ ] Final Fantasy: Advent Children (2005) I lack sufficient ovaries to withstand this cynical piece of cinema.
[ ] Fire & Ice (1983)
[ ] Fritz the Cat (1972)
[ ] Heavy Metal (1981)
[ ] Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)
[ ] Hey Good Lookin' (1982)
[ ] Lady Death (2004)
[ ] A Scanner Darkly (2006) Looks intriguing...
[x] South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
[ ] Street Fight (Coonskin) (1975)
[ ] Waking Life (2001)

OTHER ANIMATED MOVIES

[ ] Animal Farm (1954)
[ ] Animalympics (1980) lol furries
[ ] Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon The Movie (2007)
[ ] Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
[x] The Brave Little Toaster (1988) Does it count if I watched it in German and didn't fully understand?
[ ] Bravestarr: The Movie (1988)
[ ] Cats Don't Dance (1997) I don't care if it's bad: I want to see it. It's got cats in it!
[ ] Care Bears: The Movie (1985)
[ ] Charlotte's Web (1973)
[ ] Fern Gully (1992)
[ ] G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)
[ ] Gobots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986)
[ ] He-Man & She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword (1985)
[ ] The Hobbit (1977)
[o] The Iron Giant (1999) Criminally, I haven't seen it to the end. I'll rectify that in due course, mind.
[x] Ice Age (2002) Feh. Cheap, nasty, charmless.
[ ] Justice League: The New Frontier (2008)
[ ] Lord of the Rings (1978)
[ ] Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1992)


through the whole thing
[ ] My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)
[ ] Pink Floyd's The Wall (1982)
[ ] The Prince of Egypt (1998)
[ ] Powerpuff Girls: The Movie (2002)
[ ] Quest For Camelot (1999)
[ ] Ringing Bell (1978)
[ ] The Road to El Dorado (2000)
[x] Space Jam (1996) I'm not proud of it, but Lola Bunny sort of... yeah. Film was crap, though.
[ ] Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)
[ ] Superman: Doomsday (2007)
[ ] The Swan Princess (1994)
[ ] Transformers: The Movie (1986)
[ ] Wizards (1977)
[x] Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) I'd actually kill for a sequel to this film, so long as it wasn't CGI... or if the CGI was used 'ironically'.
[ ] Wonder Woman (2009)
[ ] Balto (1995) lol furries
[ ] Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
[ ] The Seventh Brother (1995)
[ ] Willy the Sparrow (1988)
[ ] Scamper the Penguin (1988)



WOO FILMS.