The best animated movies of all time

1. Fantasy – This Disney classic was ambitious and due to the outbreak of World War II during its production it lost the great European market essential for its breakeven point. It was on its relaunch in 1969 for a new generation of music lovers that it made a financial profit for the first time.

2. Pinocchio – Disney did their best for this one after they had prepared by producing Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. It is the film considered by most Disney animators to be Disney’s masterpiece.

3. Bambi – This smooth and lyrical film uses impressionistic background paintings and realistic animal characters. Realistic looking, they were still anamorphic and it is still a bit disturbing to hear the owl called “friendly owl” for its potential food source.

4. Allegro Non Troppo – This film was made in 1976 by Italian animator Bruno Bozzetto and is a parody of Fantasy. The animation sequences are sometimes a bit more modern, not only in theme, but also in the use of the photo collage and some live action images and animator sequences animating the film “live” while a cheesy orchestra of enslaved women plays the soundtrack. it’s way more fun than Deems Taylor.

5. Akira – Katsuhiro Otomo’s sci-fi fantasy is the opposite of the kind of fairy tale that American audiences were used to. It’s the kind of story that keeps you up at night, even if you’re an adult.

6. The iron Giant – This movie appears to use MAD magazine’s character design style and has a 1950s sci-fi vibe to it. Futuristic Retro is a term that could be applied to this underrated cult film directed by Brad Bird.

7. Rocktasia – This dark cult favorite was, like Allegro Non Troppo, a takeoff at Disney Fantasy but instead of animation done to classical music, its soundtrack featured hits from the classic rock era of the 1960s and early 1970s. The art style was based on the poster artists whose work was popular at the time and it ranged from Peter Max, Frank Frazetta, and Rick Griffen to Maxfield Parrish, MC Escher, and Hieronymus Bosch.

8. Howl’s Howl’s Moving Castle – A fantasy along the lines of The Wizard of Oz And directed by Hayao Miyazaki, this is an amazing movie. A little less head-scratching than some other great Japanese imports, it’s still from another land, if not the world.

9. The Lion King – This Disney masterpiece has the formula that makes it a successful animated film; Realistic animal designs acting like animals in a natural world devoid of humans. And great songs, this time from Elton John.

10. An American tale – This movie helped launch Don Bluth as Disney’s first real competitor since the Fleischer Brothers era. A poignant tale of prejudice and oppression, it’s a bit unsettling if the viewer is aware of the Nazi propaganda depicting Jews as vermin that should be exterminated.