French Animation Part 5: 1976 – 1980
Continuing my survey of French animated features, this week we look at those from the mid-to-late 1970s. Le Tour du Monde de Colargol, directed by Tadeusz Wilkosz. 1974 on TV;…
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French Animation Part 4: Jump to 1970-1975
There were apparently no more French-language animated features besides Belvision’s up to 1970. During the 1970s, French animation exploded so much that this column covers the theatrical features from 1971…
French Animation. Part 3: Tintin, Lucky Luke and Asterix
The Belvision Years. Starting with prehistory, first there were the weekly French and Belgian comics, beginning in the 1910s. These weekly comics came in two forms; a weekly full page…
French Animation. Part 2: Early Features
Continuing my survey of French animation, I’ll first note that through 1950 isolated French-language animated short films, mostly theatrical animated commercials, began to appear immediately before and during World War…
French Animation. Part 1: The Beginning
It seems that it’s time to remind everyone that I am interested in more than just Japanese animation. There has been a fair bit of publicity in the last decade…
My Top Ten Anime Features – In Conclusion
For the last six columns, I have listed what I admit are my 15 favorite Japanese anime features, as distinct from trying to figure out what the 15 “Best” might…
My Top Ten Anime Features – Continued (Part 6)
My “Top Ten” anime choices have become a “Top 15” (ten, plus five runner-ups). Here are two more I have to add to the list: 14. Cowboy Bebop: Knockin’ At…
My Top Ten Anime Features – Continued (Part 5)
Fooled you! I am not through yet. Particularly since I have been encouraged to keep this topic going. Picking my Top Ten anime choices was a tough decision. I narrowed…
My Top Ten Anime Features (Part 4)
Continuing my list of favorite anime features with two from the best modern directors of anime, Satoshi Kon and Hiroyuki Okiura. 9. Perfect Blue. Produced by Studio Madhouse. Director: Satoshi…
My Top Ten Anime Features (Part 3)
Continuing my list of “Top Ten” favorite anime features with three from the modern masters of anime, Hayao Miyazaki, Katsuhiro Otomo and Mamoru Oshii. 6. My Neighbor Totoro. Tonari no…
