Overview

20 years ago, animated features were widely perceived as cartoons for children. Today they encompass an astonishing range of films, styles and techniques. There is the powerful adult drama of Waltz with Bashir; the Gallic sophistication of Belleville Rendez-Vous; the eye-popping violence of Japan's Akira; and the stop-motion whimsy of Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Andrew Osmond provides an entertaining and illuminating guide to the endlessly diverse world of animated features, with entries on 100 of the most interesting and important animated films from around the world, from the 1920s to the present day. Blending in-depth history and criticism, 100 Animated Feature Films balances the blockbusters with local success stories from Eastern Europe to Hong Kong. This revised and updated new edition addresses films that have been released since publication of the first edition, such as the mainstream hits Frozen, The Lego Movie and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, as well as updated entries on franchises such as the Toy Story movies. It also covers bittersweet indie visions such as Michael Dudok de Wit's The Red Turtle, Charlie Kaufman’s Anomalisa, Isao Takahata's Tale of the Princess Kaguya, the family saga The Wolf Children and the popular blockbuster Your Name. Osmond's wide-ranging selection also takes in the Irish fantasy Song of the Sea, France’s I Lost My Body and Brazil's Boy and the World. Osmond's authoritative and entertaining entries combine with a contextualising introduction and key filmographic information to provide an essential guide to animated film.

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Author:   Andrew Osmond (Writer and journalist, Berkshire, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   BFI Publishing
Edition:   2nd edition
ISBN:  

9781839024429

ISBN 10:   1839024429
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   14 July 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction 1.The Adventures of Prince Achmed 2.Akira 3.Aladdin 4.Alice 5.Allegro non troppo 6.Animal Farm 7.Anomolisa 8.April and the Extraordinary World 9.Bambi 10.Beauty and the Beast 11.Belladonna of Sadness 12.Belleville Rendez-vous 13.Boy and the World 14.The Breadwinner 15.Cinderella 16.Coco 17.The Congress 18.Coraline 19.Dumbo 20.Fantasia 21.Fantastic Planet 22.Finding Nemo 23.Fritz the Cat 24.Frozen 25.The Garden of Words 26.Ghost in the Shell 27.Grave of the Fireflies 28.Hoppity Goes to Town 29.How To Train Your Dragon 30.I Lost My Body 31.Ice Age 32.Idiots and Angels 33.The Illusionist 34.The Incredibles 35.Inside Out 36.Invention for Destruction 37.The Iron Giant 38.Ivan and His Magic Pony 39.The Jungle Book 40.The King and the Mockingbird 41.Kiki’s Delivery Service 42.Klaus 43.Kung Fu Panda 44.Laputa: Castle in the Sky 45.The Lego Movie 46.Lilo and Stitch 47.The Lion King 48.The Little Mermaid 49.Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted 50.A Midsummer Night’s Dream 51.Mind Game 52.Moana 53.Monsters Inc 54.My Life as McDull 55.My Neighbour Totoro 56.Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind 57.Nezha Conquers the Dragon King 58.Night on the Galactic Railroad 59.The Nightmare Before Christmas 60.One Hundred and One Dalamatians 61.Only Yesterday 62.Perfect Blue 63.Persepolis 64.Pinocchio 65.Porco Rosso 66.Princess Mononoke 67.Rango 68.The Red Turtle 69.Rocks in My Pockets 70.Le Roman de Renard 71.The Secret of NIMH 72.Shrek 73.A Silent Voice 74.Sita Sings the Blues 75.The Snow Queen 76.Snow White and the Seven Dwarves 77.Son of White Mare 78.Song of the Sea 79.Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse 80.Spirited Away 81.Summer Wars 82.The Tale of the Princess Kaguya 83.The Thief and the Cobbler 84.Tokyo Godfathers 85.Tower 86.Toy Story 87.Toys in the Attic 88.Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit 89.Wall-E 90.Waltz with Bashir 91.Watership Down 92.When Marnie was There 93.Whisper of the Heart 94.Who Framed Roger Rabbit 95.The Wolf Children 96.Wolfwalkers 97.Wreck-it Ralph 98.Yellow Submarine 99.Your Name 100.Zootropolis

Reviews

What makes this sampling of animated feature films unique and worthwhile is its range. Some excellent yet not well-known gems are included alongside the expected classics. Animated cinema is a worldwide art form and this book takes us on a well-written, very insightful tour. -- Walter Santucci, Chapman University, USA

Author Information

Andrew Osmond is a journalist and critic based in Berkshire, UK. He is the author of Spirited Away (BFI Film Classics, 2008, 2020), Kon: The Illusionist (2009) and Ghost in the Shell (2017). He has co-written two books with Jonathan Clements on two key Japanese animated films, Hakujaden and The Little Norse Prince. He was one of two main editors working for Giannalberto Bendazzi on his three-volume Animation: A World History, published in 2016. He frequently contributes to Sight & Sound magazine, SFX and Empire, as well as numerous other magazines in the UK, France and America. He writes regularly for Neo magazine and for the commercial blog All The Anime, which both specialise in Japanese animation. He has also had pieces on animation published in the Guardian.

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