Popular Animation Movies - Page 369
Japan Sinks: 2020 Theatrical Edition
2020
star 5The Mutou family leads a peaceful life: Kouichirou works at a construction site and his wife Mari is returning from an overseas trip. Their daughter Ayumu has just finished her track practice while their son Gou is playing video games at home. However, life as they know it is flipped upside down when a calamitous earthquake strikes the entire Japanese archipelago—obliterating the face of the country in an instant. With society crumbling around them and their nation gradually sinking into the ocean, the Mutou family must band together to survive the catastrophe. Treading the near-apocalyptic setting, they struggle not only to stay alive, but also to learn the difficulty of coping with loss.Gallavants
1984
Gallavants
1984
star 4.8"In life you have to work fo what you want," Shando's wise old teacher tells him. Shando wants to become a music ant but first he must earn the kabump that all working adult ants have. However, Shando spends his time daydreaming and instead of earning his kabump, he acquires a fake one. He soon learns that true success comes only with hard work and honesty.Fimfarum - To the good of all
2011
star 6.8The film contains three Jan Werich's fairy tales, each directed by one artist. The first story sets out to the Sumava mountains in Southern Bohemia to find out whether Ogres ever lived there. The middle tale The Hat and the Little Jay Feather concerns a king who sends his three sons to bring back a hat he left at a tavern when he was young. The third and longest fairy tale Reason and Luck is about the two virtues of the title try to prove their importance by changing the life of a pig herder named Louis. Written byCipollino
1961
Cipollino
1961
star 6.9In a world inhabited by anthropomorphic produce, "Cipollino, the Onion Boy" fights the unjust treatment of his fellow vegetable townsfolk by the fruit royalty (Prince Lemon and the overly proud Lord Tomato) in the garden kingdom.The Golden West
1939
The Golden West
1939
A western bad guy kidnaps a girl stage singer, and a Hairbreadth Harry-type hero with a small Indian companion rescue her after a shootout involving using a hoop skirt for cover and a runaway stage coach that goes over a cliff. Most of this cartoon was remade almost shot for shot with Mighty Mouse for Davis's "Bad Bill Bunion" six years later.Band of Ninja
1967
Band of Ninja
1967
star 4.6The son of an assassinated feudal lord, in the Muromachi period, attempts to avenge his father's death and meets Kagemaru, a renegade ninja helping peasants and farmers rebel against Oda Nobunaga's regime, all depicted through an experimental form of filming pages from the original manga set to sound.Allegro non troppo
1976
Allegro non troppo
1976
star 7.1The film is a parody of Disney's Fantasia, though possibly more of a challenge to Fantasia than parody status would imply. In the context of this film, "Allegro non Troppo" means Not So Fast!, an interjection meaning "slow down" or "think before you act" and refers to the film's pessimistic view of Western progress (as opposed to the optimism of Disney's original).Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
2021
star 6.3Coded tells the story of illustrator J.C. Leyendecker, whose legacy laid the foundation for today's out-and-proud LGBTQ advertisements.A Hollow Life
2022
Tango Schmango
1990
Tango Schmango
1990
A haunting tango song inspires a dancing couple to try steps and moves that Fred and Ginger never imagined.Abu and the Poisoned Well
1943
Ever seen a snake with a moustache? The Middle East was as much an ideological as a physical battleground in the Second World War. In the midst of the conflict Halas & Batchelor were commissioned by the British Government to make four cartoons featuring a young boy Abu and his mule. They were intended to demonstrate in simple visual terms that Britain was a stout friend and the Axis powers a pernicious evil.The Mouse on 57th Street
1961
star 6An inebriated mouse with a throbbing head takes a priceless diamond, thinking it's a soothing piece of ice. Two policemen, one of them a lunkhead, are assigned to recover the missing jewel.Dorami-chan: Wow, The Kid Gang of Bandits
1991
star 8.7A Doraemon anime film. It premiered in theatres on March 9, 1991 on a bill with Doraemon: Nobita in Dorabian Nights. The movie's original plot was written by Hiroshi Fujimoto and Motoo Abiko.The Toy Warrior
2006
The Toy Warrior
2006
star 8Young Jinoo finds himself in a world where the toys are real living beings. However, not everything is peaceful here either. A dark force threatens the world of toys! Will Jinoo, together with Princess Sherbert, be able to face the powerful opponent?Beyond Freedom
2006
Beyond Freedom
2006
An animated documentary celebrating the end of Apartheid and a unique cultural collaboration between artists and animators in South Africa.Garrano
2024
Garrano
2024
A Garrano horse is forced to pull a heavy load under the sun's blazing heat. The young boy, Joel, discovers a man who is about to set the forest on fire.The World's Middlest Fish
2017
A young girl becomes instantly famous after she catches the most average-sized fish in the world.Darling Betty - Demon Story
1986
star 1A devil-girl with the face of an angel and a heart of gold, blond Betty falls in love with an earthbound gangster, Danpei Kimogawa, when they meet in a rainstorm. They end up living together in a Tokyo highrise apartment, though Danpei has trouble coping with his new witch and demon in-laws dropping in at inopportune moments. Betty has actually been sent to the human world on a mission to defeat the demon Lutan. While Betty continues her task, her skeletal grandmother sends nubile nymphs to tempt Danpei and see if he is suitable husband material. Based on the manga Mamonogatari itoshi no beti.Vampiyan Kids
1999
Vampiyan Kids
1999
Have you ever heard of the Vampiyans? One noble family of such vegetarian vampires have been banished from Monster Land for their inability to scare humans. To lift the exile set on the family, Papa, the head of the household, must scare 1000 humans. To this end, he attempts to use his magnificent skills in making new inventions, but always and inevitably fails. To complicate things further, Papa's daughter Suh falls in love with a young human boy and no longer wants to return to Monster Land. Will Papa ever get his family back home?
