The Laputa International Animation Festival's 150 favourite cartoons

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This list was compiled in 2003 and I've been hearing about it for a while. But I've only just dug the thing up, courtesy of this Russian fellow. It's easily the best top cartoons evar list I've found thus far:

1. Hedgehog in the Fog (1975, Yuri Norstein)
2. Tale of Tales (1979, Yuri Norstein)
3. Fantasia (1940, Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske)
4. The Man who Planted Trees (1987, Fr?d?ric Back)
5. The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep (1952, Paul Grimault)
6. Future Boy Conan (Hayao Miyazaki)
7. My Neighbor Totoro (1988, Hayao Miyazaki)
8. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937, David Hand)
9. Yellow Submarine (1968, George Dunning)
10. Prince Wanpaku Slays the Great Serpent (1963, Yugo Serikawa)
11. Little Norse Prince (1968, Isao Takahata)
12. Crac (1981, Fr?d?ric Back)
13. Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941, Dave Fleischer)
14. Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (1993, Nick Park)
15. Spider and Tulip (1943, Kenz? Masaoka)
16. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984, Hayao Miyazaki)
17. The Snow Queen (1957, Lev Atamanov)
18. Blinkity Blank (1955, Norman McLaren)
19. Laputa Castle in the Sky (1986, Hayao Miyazaki)
20. The Castle of Cagliostro (1979, Hayao Miyazaki)
21. Dimensions of Dialogue (1982, Jan Svankmajer)
22. The Hand (1965, Jir? Trnka)
23. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959, Jir? Trnka)
24. Night on the Bare Mountain (1933, Alexander Alexeieff & Claire Parker)
25. Dojoji Temple (1976, Kihachiro Kawamoto)
26. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993, Tim Burton)
27. Fantastic Planet (1973, Ren? Laloux)
28. The Magic Fox (1982, Okon Joruri)
29. Spirited Away (2001 Hayao Miyazaki)
30. AKIRA (1988 Katsuhiro Otomo)
31. Adventures of Ganba (1975. Osamu Dezaki)
31. Tom and Jerry (1965-1972, Joseph Barbera, William Hanna)
33. Astro Boy (TV) (1966 . Osamu Tezuka)
34. Father and Daughter (2000, Michael Dudok de Wit)
35. Pinocchio (1940, Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen)
36. Mobile Suit Gundam (TV) (1979. Yoshiyuki Tomino)
37. Bambi (1942, David Hand)
38. Street of Crocodiles (1986, Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay)
39. Grave of the Fireflies (1988, Isao Takahata)
40. Betty Boop (1930-1939, Max Fleischer)
41. The Iron Giant (1999, Brad Bird)
42. Cheburashka (1971, Roman Kachanov)
43. Bajaja (1950, Jir? Trnka)
44. The Sand Castle (1977, Co Hoedeman)
45. The Old Man and the Sea (1999, Alexander Petrov)
45. Toy Story (1995, John Lasseter)
45. The Old Mill (1937, Wilfred Jackson) (from the "Silly Symphonies" series)
48. Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995-1996, Hideaki Anno)
48. The Street (1976, Caroline Leaf)
48. The Snowman (1982, Diane Jackson)
51. Jumping (1984, Osamu Tezuka)
52. Heron and Crane (1974, Yuri Norstein)
53. The Emperor's Nightinggale (1949, Jir? Trnka)
54. Monsters, Inc. (2001, Pete Docter)
55. When the Day Breaks (1999, Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis)
56. Heidi, Girl of the Alps (TV) (1974. Isao Takahata)
57. Inspirace (1948, Karel Zeman)
58. Creature Comforts (1989, 2003-????, Nick Park)
58. Puss in Boots (1969. Kimio Yabuki)
60. Lupin III (1971-1972, Masaaki Osumi, Hayao Miyazaki & Isao Takahata)
61. Oni (1972, Kihachiro Kawamoto)
62. Gertie the Dinosaur (1914, Windsor McCay)
63. Superman (1941-1943, Dave Fleischer)
64. Jin-Roh. (2000, Hiroyuki Okiura)
65. Once There was a Dog (1982, Eduard Nazarov)
66. House of Flame (1979, Kihachiro Kawamoto)
67. Wallace and Gromit (1989, 1993, 1995, Nick Park)
68. The Cowboy's Flute (1963, Te Wei, Qian Jiajun)
69. Broken Down Film (1985, Osamu Tezuka)
70. Fox and the Hare (1973, Yuri Norstein)
71. Luxo Jr. (1986, John Lasseter)
72. The Nose (1963, Alexandre Alexeieff)
73. The Tale of the White Serpent / Legend of the White Snake (1958, Kazuhiko Okabe, Taiji Yabushita)
73. Allegro non Troppo (1977, Bruno Bozzetto)
75. Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise (1987, Hiroyuki Yamaga)
76. 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (TV) (1976, Isao Takahata)
77. Tales of a Street Corner (1962, Eiichi Yamamoto, Yusaku Sakamoto)
78. A Grand Day Out (1989, Nick Park)
79. Bad Luck Blackie (1949, Tex Avery)
80. Anne of Green Gables (TV) (1979. Isao Takahata)
81. Good Night Kids (2000, Yuri Norstein, TV)
81. Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993, Mamoru Oshii)
81. Breakfast On The Grass (1987, Priit P?rn)
82. Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993. Mamoru Oshii)
84. Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985, Gisabur? Sugii)
85. The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1958, Karel Zeman)
86. Mickey Mouse (1928-present?, Walt Disney)
87. Coffee Break (1977, Taku Furukawa)
88. Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner (1949-present?, Chuck Jones)
89. Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom (1953, Ward Kimball)
90. Mt. Head (2002, Koji Yamamura)
91. Popeye (1933-1957, Dave Fleischer)
92. The Overcoat (2 parts) (unfinished, Yuri Norstein)
93. Polychrome Fantasy (1935, Norman McLaren)
94. Panda, Go Panda! (1972, Isao Takahata)
95. Alice (1988, Jan ?vankmajer)
96. The Humpbacked Horse (1947/1975, Ivan Ivanov-Vano)
97. Space Battleship Yamato (1977, Toshio Masuda)
98. Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (1984, Mamoru Oshii)
99. Mitten (1967, Roman Kachanov)
99. Deputy Droopy (1955, Tex Avery, Michael Lah)
101. The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (TV) (1983. Noboru Ishiguro)
102. Heavy Metal (1981, Gerald Potterton)
103. Cow (1989, Аlexander Petrov)
104. Flower-Fold (1968, Kihachiro Kawamoto)
105. Virile Games (1988, Jan ?vankmajer)
105. A Thousand and One Nights (1969, Eiichi Yamamoto)
105. Harpya (1979, Raoul Servais)
106. Ghost in the Shell (1995. Mamoru Oshii)
107. A Thousand and One Nights (1969. Eiichi Yamamoto)
109. The Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa (1977, Caroline Leaf)
110. Powers of Ten (1977, Charles Eames, Ray Eames)
110. Revolver (1993, Jonas Odell, Stig Bergqvist, Martti Ekstrand, Lars Ohlson)
110. Neighbours (1952, Norman McLaren)
113. Le petit soldat (1947, Paul Grimault)
114. F?tiche (1934, Ladislas Starewitch)
115. The Hill Farm (1989, Mark Baker)
116. Tango (1981, Zbigniew Rybczynski)
117. A Well-Ordered Restaurant (1991. Tadanari Okamoto)
118. Papillons de nuit (1997, Raoul Servais, Paul Delvaux)
119. Ashita no Joe 2 (Tomorrow's Joe 2) (TV) (1980, Osamu Dezaki)
119. Street Musique (1972, Ryan Larkin)
121. Lupin III: The Secret of Mamo (Soji Yoshikawa)
122. Adieu Galaxy Express 999 (Rintaro)
123. Shijin no Shougai (1974. Kihachiro Kawamoto)
124. Studie (1929-1933, Oskar Fischinger)
125. The Bead Game (1977, Ishu Patel)
126. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, Richard Williams, (Robert Zemeckis))
127. The Mighty River (1993, Fr?d?ric Back)
128. Dumbo (1941, Ben Sharpsteen)
129. Rainbow Squadron Robin (1966. Takeshi Tamiya)
130. Old Czech Legends (1953, Jir? Trnka)
131. Praise be to Small Ills (1973, Tadanari Okamoto)
132. Princess Mononoke (1997. Hayao Miyazaki)
133. Asparagus (1979, Susan Pitt)
134. Al? Bab? (1970, Giulio Giannini, Emanuele Luzzati) (?)
135. Walking (1969, Ryan Larkin)
136. 8 Man (1963. Haruyuki Kawajima)
137. Canon (1964, Norman McLaren)
138. Porco Rosso (1992. Hayao Miyazaki)
139. Au Fou! (1968, Yoji Kuri)
140. Jabberwocky (1971, Jan ?vankmajer)
141. SPACY (1981, Takashi Ito)
142. The Angel (1982, Patrick Bokanowski)
143. Frog With Guts! (1974, Eiji Okabe, Tadao Nagahama)
144. The Big Snit (1985, Richard Condie)
145. Magical Maestro (1952, Tex Avery)
146. MEMORIES (1995. Morimoto Koji, Okamura Tensai, Otomo Katsuhiro)
147. The Mochimochi Tree (1972, Tadanari Okamoto)
148. ヤクルト「ミルミル」CM / ???? (????, PMBB)
149. Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" (1986, Brothers Quay, others)
150. Bonifas' Holidays (1965, Fyodor Khitruk)

There are some anomalies (Heavy Metal!?) but otherwise it's good stuff.
 
Its a decent list, one you'd likely expect to see come out of a group of scholars so it tends to lean towards the obscure. I don't particularly care for Yuri Norshtein's works so its very annoying that he has the top two slots.


Yeah the only DC anything that you would find on any list of this sort is the Fleischer Superman shorts. Everything in the Timm-verse or whatever is largely derivative of these old shorts.
 
It's also missing #32, #46, #47, #49, #50, #59, #74, #83, #108, #111, #112, and #120. And it also has two #31s, three #45s, three #48s, two #58s, three #81s, two #99s, three #105s, and three #110s. :)
 
There are some pretty weird "ties" on the list though. Like this section:



You have three 81s, an 82, then it skips 83 and goes to 84? How does that make any sense?
 
I also can't help but notice that Patlabor 2 is listed twice. I think the fellow who posted the list on his livejournal might have mistranscribed it.

But still - this is the most complete version of the list I've found. Best not be too picky.
 
I'll admit, it is a pretty good list, but it's weird how they put cartoon characters and animated movies on the same list. Take Mickey Mouse, for example. He's been in a ton of movies and shorts. Is his place on the list determined by the character himself or by the material he stars in?
 
I'm a little devastated Pokemon 2000: The Power of One didn't make the list. Not only is it considered the best pokemon movie of all time but I thought it's animation was lovely, characters were inspiring and story was compelling. It really was a remarkable animation. At least more so than a chunk of these animations that made it onto the list. (out of the 60 or so I actually recognize)

I'm also a little heartbroken not that many Disney animations made the list either.
 
Snap with Evangelion getting 48th.

I was disappointed at the lack of Disney/Pixar material on the list. Then again, Finding Nemo probably wasn't out when this list was complied and The Incredibles and WALL-E are too new. I am disappointed that Waking Life seems to be missing as well.

The Festival should probably update the list in a few years to fit in a lot of the new material.
 
Personally, I'm pleasantly surprised that "Wallace & Gromit" got into the top 20. Congratulations, Mr Park. Here, have a slice of Wensleydale.
 
I am SO glad that Fantasia is in the top 10; it always seems to get overshadowed by other Disney films. Some of the positionings are a bit surprising to me, though. Yellow Submarine is ranked higher than Princess Mononoke? I mean, don't get me wrong, I love Yellow Submarine, but I probably wouldn't have put it in the top 10.

In any case, it is very refreshing to see a list that contains a lot of obscure stuff. Most "greatest animation" lists that I see online are just popularity contests (especially the Yahoo one, which ranked Finding Nemo as the greatest animated film of all time, and Kung Fu Panda as the second greatest).
 
I'm not surprised that a Pokemon film isn't on this list. I love Pokemon and all, but I'm not sure that would make a list like that, considering the people in its fanbase and the people making this list. Not to get personal or anything, but I haven't heard anyone consider Pokemon 2000: The Power of One to be the best Pokemon movie of all time. That's a good movie and its definitely in my top five, but I've heard far more people considering that Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, which happens to be my favorite Pokemon movie too, or Pokemon Heroes to be the best Pokemon movie yet. The second movie is good, but I don't think that it's as good as either one of the other two movies I mentioned.

Anyway, it looks like a pretty good list. I am also confused with the number system and why some are just listed as characters, like Mickey Mouse, and others as movies, such as Bambi. I am glad that Fantasia is in the top ten. It's also nice to see that a lot of these movies aren't made by Disney, which is quite refreshing after reading other Interent articles claiming that Toy Story is the greatest animated movie made and that Shrek is ranked third, even though that film belongs no where near the top ten rank of great animation lists.
 
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