The Laputa Animation Film Festival Part II

Here are the next 25 (26-50) of the 150 best animated works voted by 140 animators from around the world. Since the list is so long, this will be the last post relating to it. For those interested, the complete list can be found here. (The remaining entrees include the likes of Tex Avery, more Miyazaki/Takahata, Pixar, Russian short films, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Ghost in a Shell, Lupin III, and some other classic anime.)

26. The Nightmare Before Christmas
(Henry Selick / Tim Burton, USA, 1993)

27. Fantastic Planet 

(René Laloux, FRANCE, 1973)

28. The Magic Ballad

(Tadanari Okamoto, JAPAN, 1982)

29. Spirited Away 

(Hayao Miyazaki, JAPAN, 2001)

30. Akira 

(Katsuhiro Otomo, JAPAN, 1988)

31. The Adventures of Gamba 

(Osamu Dezaki, JAPAN, 1975)

32. Tom and Jerry

(Joseph Barbera / William Hanna, USA, 1965-72)

33. Astro Boy

(Osamu Tezuka, JAPAN, 1963-66, 193 eps.)

34. Father and Daughter 

(Michaël Dudok de Wit, UK/BELGIUM/ NETHERLANDS, 2000)

35. Pinocchio 

(Hamilton Luske / Ben Sharpsteen / Disney, USA, 1940)

36. Mobile Suit Gundam 

(Yoshiyuki Tomino, JAPAN, 1979-80, 43 eps.)

37. Bambi 

(David Hand / Disney, USA, 1942)

38. Street of Crocodiles 

(Brothers Quay, UK, 1986)

39. Grave of the Fireflies 

(Isao Takahata, JAPAN, 1988)

40. Betty Boop 

(Max Fleischer, USA, 1930-9)

41. The Iron Giant 

(Brad Bird, USA, 1999)

42. The Cheburashka Films 

(Roman Kachanov, RUSSIA/USSR,1969-1974)

43. Prince Bayaya

(Jiří Trnka, CZECHOSLOVAKIA/USSR, 1950)

44. The Sand Castle / Le Château de sable

(Co Hoedeman, CANADA, 1977)

45. The Old Man and the Sea 

(Aleksandr Petrov, CANADA/JAPAN/RUSSIA, 1999)

46. Toy Story 

(1995, John Lasseter, USA, 1995)

47. The Old Mill 

(from Disney’s Silly Symphonies, Wilfred Jackson, USA, 1937)

48. Neon Genesis Evangelion 

 (Hideaki Anno, JAPAN, 1995-96, 26 eps.)

49. The Street 

(Caroline Leaf, CANADA, 1976)

50.The Snowman 

(Dianne Jackson, UK, 1982)