Cuphead E3 Trailer for Xbox One (2015)
Filed under: animation,
Little Tora: The Abandoned Cat (1947)
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Anime, Japan
Producer(s): Nihon Doga and Toho Kyoiku Eiga
15 mil dibujos/15 Thousand Drawings
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Chile
Producer(s): Carlos Trupp Jaime Escudero
Release Date: 24/12/1942
A Little Soap and Water
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Betty Boop, Betty Boop series, Dave Fleischer, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Max Fleischer, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Max FleischerAdolph Zukor
Release Date: 21/06/1935
"Betty Boop tries to give Pudgy a bath, but Pudgy has other ideas."
A Wild Hare
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Leon Schlesinger Studios, Looney Tunes, Warner Bros.
Producer(s): Leon Schlesinger
Release Date: 27/07/1940
"The first Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd cartoon. Elmer is hunting rabbits, and Bugs is no simple target. The cartoon would be often imitated."
Acrobatty Bunny
Filed under: animation, Animation Series, Bugs Bunny, Color, Looney Tunes, U.S.A., Warner Bros.
Anatole
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Czech Republic, U.S.A.
Producer(s): William L. Snyder
Release Date: 01/09/1962
Andy Panda’s Victory Garden
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Color, Technicolor, U.S.A., Universal Studios, Walter Lantz, Walter Lantz Productions
Producer(s): Walter Lantz
Release Date: 09/09/1942
"Andy Panda and Balmer try to plant a spring garden, but Charlie Chicken and a naughty worm have other ideas!"
Astro Boy S1/E1: The Birth of Astro Boy
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Anime, Japan
Producer(s): Osamu Tezuka
Release Date: 01/01/1963
"Grief-stricken by the death of his son, Tobio, Dr. Tenma vows to create a new, robotic son in his image. The experiment is a success, but Dr. Tenma doesn't find the happiness he expected. He grows angry at the robot, that he cannot grow or act like a..."
Ballot Box Bunny
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Bugs Bunny, Merrie Melodies, Technicolor, U.S.A., Warner Bros.
Producer(s): Edward Selzer
Release Date: 06/10/1951
"A political Warner Bros. cartoon in which Yosemite Sam runs a violent campaign for mayor against his challenger Bugs Bunny."
Bedtime
Filed under: animation, 1920s, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Koko the Clown, Silent, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Max Fleischer, Alfred Weiss
Release Date: 01/12/1923
"Max Fleischer leaves his creation Koko the Clown stranded on a mountain top so he can get some sleep. Koko gets off the mountain and searches for Fleischer, terrorizing New York (he's grown in size at this point) in the process. The very interesting ..."
Begone Dull Care
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Canada, Evelyn Lambart, Jazz, Music, National Film Board of Canada, Norman McLaren, Painted Animation
Producer(s): Norman McLaren
Release Date: 1949
"This short film by Canadian animators Evelyn Lambart and Norman McLaren offers an interpretation of jazz music by the Oscar Peterson Trio by a unique style of painting colours, shapes, and transformations directly onto filmstrip. It reflects the cont..."
Betty Boop for President
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Betty Boop, Betty Boop series, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Max Fleischer, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Max Fleischer
Release Date: 04/11/1932
"Betty Boop runs a wildly popular presidential campaign against the despised Mr. Nobody."
Blackboard Revue – A Color Rhapsody
Filed under: animation,
Bosko Shipwrecked!
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Early Sound, U.S.A., Vitagraph Studios
Producer(s): Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising
Release Date: 19/09/1931
"Bosko attempts to steer a boat through a storm to no avail. He then washes ashore only to be hassled by the local wildlife.Bosko and the lion's alternation between movement towards and away from the spectator deserves particular note for its innovati..."
Broken Toys
Filed under: animation, Silly Symphonies
Broken Toys
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Ben Sharpsteen, Grim Natwick, Technicolor, U.S.A., Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 14/12/1935
Candy Town (1933)
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Aesop's Fables, U.S.A., Van Beuren Corporation
Release Date: 01/13/1933
Chilly Willy – Half Baked Alaska
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Color, Technicolor, U.S.A., Universal Studios, Walter Lantz, Walter Lantz Productions
Producer(s): Walter Lantz
Release Date: 01/04/1965
"Hungry and cold with a failing shoe-shine business, Chilly Willy struggles to get enough money to buy himself a stack of hotcakes."
Crowing Pains
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Technicolor, U.S.A., Warner Bros.
Producer(s): Edward Selzer
Release Date: 12/07/1947
"Foghorn Leghorn fools a young determined chicken hawk into going after Sylvester instead of himself. But when Sylvester gets wise to him, confusion ensues!"
Daffy the Commando
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Daffy Duck, Leon Schlesinger Studios, Looney Tunes, Propaganda, U.S.A., Warner Bros., World War 2 ( WW2 )
Producer(s): Leon Schlesinger
Release Date: 20/11/1943
"Daffy Duck parachutes onto a German base in WW2 and torments some Nazis. As he is shot by a cannon, he flies over (whilst holding two American flags, none the less) to a Nazi rally, and smacks Hitler with a hammer. Elements of propaganda abound, but ..."
Dinner Time
Filed under: animation, 1920s, Early Sound, Pathe, U.S.A., Van Beuren Corporation
Producer(s): Paul Terry
Release Date: 17/12/1928 (copyright date, possibly not release date)
"An early example of sound animation. In it, animals square off against each other and then join forces against a Butcher (Farmer Alfalfa)."
Disney’s Education for Death: The Making of a Nazi
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Technicolor, U.S.A., Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios, World War 2 ( WW2 )
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 15/01/1943
"“Education for Death: The Making of a Nazi” (1943) is one of 32 animated short propaganda film that the United States government commissioned Disney to produce. Nearing bankruptcy after the financial failure of Fantasia (1940), Disney entered a c..."
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Color, Hanna-Barbera Studios, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Tom and Jerry, Tom and Jerry, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Fred Quimby
Release Date: 14/06/1947
"A Tom and Jerry cartoon, riffing off of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, in which Tom concocts a deadly potion but finds that it only makes Jerry stronger."
Egyptian Melodies
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Jazz, Musical, U.S.A., Walt Disney Studios
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 21/06/1931
"A spider enters the Sphinx in Egypt. Inside he falls down stairs, hides from dancing mummies and witnesses murals come to life. He then runs away, afraid."
Excerpt from Destination Moon
Filed under: animation, 1950s, George Pal, Technicolor, U.S.A., Woody Woodpecker
Producer(s): George Pal
Release Date: 27/06/1950
"In this excerpt from the film Destination Moon (1950), the physics of rockets and space travel are explained with the iconic cartoon character Woody Woodpecker. "
Fantasmagorie
Filed under: animation, 1900s, France, Silent
Producer(s): Émile Cohl
Release Date: 17/08/1908
"A spectacle driven early silent era animation which depicted morphing stick figures and objects. Though sometimes attributed to be the first completely animated film, the animators hands are clearly visible at one point."
Feed the Kitty
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Merrie Melodies, Technicolor, U.S.A., Warner Bros.
Producer(s): Edward Selzer
Release Date: 02/02/1952
"Marc Antony meets an adorable kitten, but his mistress says he can't bring anything else into the house. He struggles to hide the kitten from her. "
Feline Follies
Filed under: animation, 1910s, Pat Sullivan Cartoons, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Pat Sullivan
Release Date: 01/09/1919
"Master Tom (who would later be renamed Felix the Cat) falls in love with Miss Kitty White. While he is out romancing her, mice create a mess. Master Tom is thrown out due to his ineffective pest control. When he returns to Miss Kitty White he finds a..."
Felix Goes to Hollywood
Filed under: animation, 1920s, Pat Sullivan Cartoons
Ferdinand the Bull
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Color, Early Sound, Painted Animation, Technicolor, U.S.A., Walt Disney Studios
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 25/11/1938
"Ferdinand is a quiet, peaceful young bull who only wants to stop and smell the flowers. But, when he is stung by a bee, the townspeople believe he is ferocious and take him to the bullfight ring."
Fiddlesticks
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Celebrity Productions, Musical, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Ub Iwerks, Pat Powers
Release Date: 16/08/1930
"A straight forward narrative following flip and assorted animals making music."
Flip the Frog – Spooks
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Animated film history and criticism, Early Sound, Flip the Frog, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, U.S.A., Ub Iwerks
Producer(s): Ub Iwerks, Pat Powers
Release Date: 21/12/1931
"Seeking shelter from a storm, Flip and his horse arrive at a house which, unbeknownst to them, is inhabited entirely by skeletons. Flip sits through a ghoulish dinner with the head of the house before enjoying a bout of dancing with a lady skeleton. ..."
Flip the Frog: Soda Squirt
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Flip the Frog, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, U.S.A., Ub Iwerks
Producer(s): Ub Iwerks, Pat Powers
Release Date: 12/10/1933
Foghorn Leghorn, “A Broken Leghorn”
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Animation Series, Color, Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, U.S.A., Warner Bros.
Producer(s): John Burton Sr.
Release Date: 26/09/1959
"The cartoon opens with three hens gossiping about Miss Prissy, who has failed to produce any eggs. Foghorn Leghorn decides to help her out by placing another hen’s egg in her nest. When the egg hatches, Foghorn Leghorn is affronted when he discover..."
Gertie the Dinosaur
Filed under: animation, 1910s, Silent, U.S.A.
Release Date: 1914
"This silent B&W film, comprised of live action and animation, follows Windsor McCay's bet that he can return a dinosaur to life through the spectacle of animation."
Gumby Episode Three: The Little Lost Pony
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Color, Stop Motion, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Art Clokey
Release Date: 23/03/1957
"Gumby is watching television when he hears of a pony escaped from a nearby storybook. He finds the lost pony stuck to a train track while he's out playing, and learns that the pony, whose name is Pokey, is not really lost at all, just bored. Pokey ta..."
Health for the Americas: Cleanliness Brings Health
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Color, James Algar, U.S.A., Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios
Producer(s): The Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
Release Date: 30/06/1945
Hell-Bent for Election
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Color, Cultural Industries, Propaganda, U.S.A., United Productions of America (UPA), World War 2 ( WW2 )
Producer(s): Stephen Bosustow
Release Date: 1944
"It's just a normal day for Joe, a railway worker, until he realizes that two trains - the Win the War Special and the Defeatist Limited - are on their way to the same tracks. While Joe is stuck deciding which one to let pass first, a wealthy-looking ..."
Hell’s Bells (1929)
Filed under: animation, 1920s, Silly Symphonies, U.S.A., Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 30/10/1929
"In this Silly Symphony, we are introduced to the many creatures of Hell. Satan sits while creatures entertain him and feed him firemilk. When Satan tries to feed a little demon to his hound Cerberus, it runs away and kicks him off the cliff of Hell."
Hollywood Steps Out
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Cultural Industries, Merrie Melodies, U.S.A., Warner Bros.
Homeless Hare
Filed under: animation,
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
Filed under: animation, 1900s, Silent, U.S.A., Vitagraph Studios
Release Date: 06/04/1906
"Often considered to be the earliest surviving U.S. animated film. The film follows chalkboard sketches that seemingly come to life."
I Love to Singa (1936)
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Animation Series, Color, Merrie Melodies, Musical, Technicolor, U.S.A., Warner Bros.
Producer(s): Leon Schlesinger
Interplanetary Revolution
Filed under: animation, 1920s, Cultural Industries, Russia, Stop Motion
Release Date: 08/18/1924
"Comrade Kominterov undertakes an intergalactic mission to defeat the capitalists and fascists of Mars, and beyond, in this experimental parody of Aelita (Protazanov, 1924)."
Ko-Ko Trains ‘Em
Filed under: animation, 1920s, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Koko the Clown, Silent, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Max Fleischer, Alfred Weiss
Release Date: 09/05/1925
"Ko-Ko becomes jealous of Max's attention to his young ward and her dog, and tries to create a circus by training animals, then fleas."
Koko’s Earth Control
Filed under: animation, Koko the Clown
Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse at the Circus
Filed under: animation, 1910s, Animated film history and criticism, Krazy Kat, Silent, U.S.A.
Producer(s): William Randolph Hearst
Release Date: 17/03/1916
"While at the circus, Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse enter into a rivalry over whether cats or mice are braver."
Krazy Kat Goes A-Wooing (1916)
Filed under: animation, 1910s, Early Sound, Krazy Kat, U.S.A., Vitagraph Studios
Lambert the Sheepish Lion
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Color, Technicolor, U.S.A., Walt Disney Studios
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 08/02/1952
"Lambert, a lion cub mistakenly delivered to a lonely ewe by a stork, struggles to fit in with a flock of sheep. Despite his ferocious appearance, the other lambs bully him, and he grows up shy, sensitive, and easily frightened. But his temperament is..."
Little School Mouse
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Technicolor, Tom and Jerry
Producer(s): Fred Quimby
Release Date: 29/05/1954
"With a diploma in outwitting cats in his arsenal, Jerry attempts to teach a younger mouse who keeps finding other means to achieve the tasks he is given."
Making ‘Em Move
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Early Sound, U.S.A., Van Beuren Corporation
Release Date: 1931
"A classic 1931's cartoon from Van Beuren Studios, Make 'Em Move depicts a mischievous female character whom stumbles in onto the scene of a cartoon factory bursting with drawings and jazz music. The animals depicted create animation much like themsel..."
Making ‘Em Move (1931)
Filed under: animation, U.S.A., Van Beuren Corporation
Midnight Frolics
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Columbia Pictures, Technicolor, U.S.A., Ub Iwerks
Producer(s): Charles Mintz
Release Date: 24/11/1938
Minnie the Moocher
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Betty Boop series, Dave Fleischer, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Jazz, Max Fleischer, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Max Fleischer
Release Date: 11/03/1932
"“Minnie the Moocher” begins with a live action performance by Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Cab Calloway of “St. James Infirmary Blues,” which segues into the Betty Boop cartoon. The cartoon begins with a typical mealtime setting i..."
Motor Mania
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Goofy, U.S.A., Walt Disney Studios
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 30/06/1950
"In this Goofy cartoon from the 50's, a Jekyll and Hyde dynamic illustrates how Mr. Walker, who is friendly and normally mild tempered turns into Mr. Wheeler, a crazed maniac who experiences road rage when behind the wheel of an automobile. An intere..."