Animation
Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model, and then photographing the result. When the frames are strung together and the resulting film is viewed at a speed of 16 or more frames per second, there is an illusion of continuous movement (due to the persistence of vision). Generating such a film is very labour intensive and tedious, though the development of computer animation has greatly sped up the process.
Here Alice has assembled all the very best of this craft; scroll below alphabetically or search using the sub-categories in green on the left. 'Family Animation', 'Classic Animation', 'Cult Animation' or 'JapanAnime'.
Right: Nick Park's endearing Wallace and Gromit.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 ( Blu-ray ) (2014)
7.8/10
Director: Dean DeBlois
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Djimon Hounsou, Craig Ferguson, Gerard Butler, America Ferrera,...
Five years have passed and Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) is on a different sort of journey, one where he is literally charting a new world astride his dragon... Read more
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019)
7.5/10
Director: Tim Johnson
Starring: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, Craig Ferguson, F Murray Abraham,...
Hiccup and Toothless reunite to remind both their kinds of the inseparable bond between vikings and dragons. It's the festival of Snoggletog on New Be... Read more
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
7.9/10
Director: Dean DeBlois
Starring: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, Craig Ferguson, F Murray Abraham,...
Now chief and ruler of Berk alongside Astrid, Hiccup has created a gloriously chaotic dragon utopia. When the sudden appearance of female Light Fury c... Read more
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Blu-Ray) (2019)
7.9/10
Director: Dean DeBlois
Starring: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, Craig Ferguson, F Murray Abraham,...
Now chief and ruler of Berk alongside Astrid, Hiccup has created a gloriously chaotic dragon utopia. When the sudden appearance of female Light Fury c... Read more
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
8.2/10
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Voices Of, Christian Bale, Emily Mortimer, Jean Simmons, Blythe Danner, Billy Cr...
With its otherworldly beauty and charm Miyazaki's magical tale of adventure and self-discovery is testament to his limiltiless imagination. 18-year-ol... Read more
Howl's Moving Castle ( Blu-ray ) (2004)
8.2/10
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
With its otherworldly beauty and charm Miyazaki's magical tale of adventure and self-discovery is testament to his limiltiless imagination. 18-year-ol... Read more
Human Lost (Blu-ray) (2019)
5.2/10
Director: Fuminori Kizaki
Starring: Takahiro Sakurai
In a future where disease has been conquered but economic disparity has grown, a young biker discovers that he has superhuman powers. Read more
I Am Not An Animal (2004)
7.9/10
Director: Peter Baynham
Starring: Voices Of, Steve Coogan, Julia Davis, Simon Pegg, Amelia Bullmore, Kevin Eldon,...
In the year 2000, a top-secret vivisection laboratory embarked on the most audacious experiment ever attempted - Project S - the creation of talking a... Read more
Ice Age (2002)
7.5/10
Director: Chris Wedge
Starring: Voice Of, Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary
The coolest computer animated comedy to come along in over 50,000 years, this prehistoric spin on "Three Godfathers" follows a trio of mismatched mamm... Read more
Ice Age ( Blu-ray ) (2002)
7.5/10
Director: Chris Wedge
Starring: Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Ray Romano
The coolest computer animated comedy to come along in over 50,000 years, this prehistoric spin on "Three Godfathers" follows a trio of mismatched mamm... Read more