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.
Superman Animated: A Little Piece of Home (1996)
Starring: Voices Of, Timothy Daly, Dana Delany, Clancy Brown
The man of steel gets the animation treatment from the same gifted team that brought us the Batman Animated series. This DVD includes four episodes f... Read more
Superman: Doomsday (2007)
7/10
Director: Bruce W Timm, Lauren Montgomery, Brandon Vietti
Starring: Adam Baldwin, Anne Heche, James Marsters, John DiMaggio, Tom Kenny, Swoosie Kurt...
When Lexcorp accidentally unearths the intergalactic serial killer Doomsday, Superman battles the creature head-on in the fight of his life...literall... Read more
Superman: Unbound (2013)
6.7/10
Director: James Tucker
Starring: John Noble, Stana Katic, Matt Bomer, Molly Quinn
An unstoppable android on the horizon. A mysterious fireball hurtling toward Earth. A fearless - and beautiful - reporter who'll stop at nothing to ge... Read more
Surf's Up (2007)
6.7/10
Director: Chris Buck, Ash Brannon
Starring: Diedrich Bader, James Woods, Jeff Bridges, Kelly Slater, Zooey Deschanel, Shia L...
An animated mockumentary following surfer penguin Cody Maverick (Shia LaBeouf) from his Antarctic hometown of Shiverpool to the 'Big Z Memorial Surf-O... Read more
Tales from Earthsea (2006)
6.5/10
Director: Goro Miyazaki
The son of legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki makes his directing debut with this adapatation of the third and fourth books in Ursula K. LeGuin's belov... Read more
Tangled (2010)
7.8/10
Director: Byron Howard, Nathan Greno
Starring: Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Mandy Moore
Disney returns to the Brothers Grimm for inspiration in this enchanting animated feature about Rapunzel (voiced by Mandy Moore), she of the long hair... Read more
Tarzan (Disney) (1999)
7.2/10
Director: Chris Buck, Kevin Lima
Starring: Glenn Close, Minnie Driver, Tony Goldwyn
A vibrant animated Disney production of Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic about the ape-raised orphan. With its thrilling treetop action and groundbreakin... Read more
Tarzan 2 (2005)
5.6/10
Before he was King of the Jungle, Tarzan was an awkward young kid just trying to fit in. When one of his missteps puts his family in jeopardy, Tarzan... Read more
Tarzan and Jane (2002)
5.4/10
Director: Victor Cook
Return to Africa for all new thrills, laughs and songs with this feature length follow-up to the 1999 Disney hit "Tarzan." To mark the one y... Read more
Team America: World Police (2004)
7.2/10
Director: Trey Parker
Starring: Trey Parker, Matt Stone
Team America, an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability (mostly by blowing things up), learns that a power-hungry dictat... Read more