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.
The Fox And The Hound (1981)
7.3/10
Director: Art Stevens, Richard Rich, Ted Berman
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Voices Of, Pearl Bailey
A charming Disney animated feature about the childhood friendship between two natural enemies, a fox cub and a hound pup, as they grow older their rel... Read more
The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006)
5.4/10
Director: Jim Kammerud
Starring: Jonah Bobo, Reba McEntire, Voices Of, Patrick Swayze, Jeff Foxworthy
In this colourful sequel, Tod and Copper still go together like an itch and a scratch, but when Copper gets a shot at the big time with a nutty group... Read more
The Garden of Words (2013)
7.6/10
Director: Makoto Shinkai
When Takao, a young high school student who dreams of becoming a shoe designer, decides to skip school one day in favour of sketching in a rainy garde... Read more
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
7.2/10
Director: Jim Henson
Starring: John Cleese, Muppets, Diana Rigg, Peter Ustinov, Charles Grodin, Robert Morley,...
The Muppets investigate the robbery of the fabulous Baseball Diamond, owned by fashion queen Lady Holiday (Diana Rigg) - and Miss Piggy is the prime s... Read more
The Gruffalo (2009)
7.5/10
Director: Jakob Schuh, Max Lang
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, John Hurt, Robbie Coltrane, Tom Wilkinson, James Corden, R...
The best-selling children's picture book, written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, is brought to life in this beautifully animate... Read more
The Hobbit (1977)
6.8/10
Director: Arthur Rankin Jr, Jules Bass
Starring: Orson Bean, Richard Boone, John Huston, Hans Conried, Otto Preminger, Cyril Ritc...
An animated interpretation of J. R. R. Tolkien's novel of the same name. The story follows Bilbo Baggins and his journeys in Middle Earth and encounte... Read more
The House of Magic (2013)
6.3/10
Director: Ben Stassen, Jeremie Degruson
An utterly charming and marvellously realised effort across the board, this action-packed fantasy adventure comes from the Belgian animation studio re... Read more
The Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume 1 (1958)
6.8/10
Director: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
That loveable hound with the Southern drawl is now available on DVD, along with mousy friends Pixie and Dixie, Yogi and Boo Boo (who got their start h... Read more
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (Disney) (1996)
6.9/10
Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
The Disney Studio's magnificently animated version of Victor Hugo's classic about Quasimodo, a deformed bellringer of the Paris Cathedral, who falls i... Read more
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II: The Secret of the Bell (2001)
4.8/10
Starring: Quasimodo, Sarousch, Zephyr
This made-for-video sequel to the Disney animated hit 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' reunites Quasimodo and his friends as they take on the evil circus... Read more