Research Guides: Movies (fiction) by Category: Animated Films

Animated Films DVDs

Akira 2001

Katsuhiro Otomo, Ryohei Suzuki, Shunzo Kato, Izo Hashimoto, Mitsuo Iwata, Nozumo Sasaki, Mami Koyami, Katsuhiro Otomo, Pioneer Entertainment (USA), and Akira Committee (Firm)

A powerful psychic force known only as Akira resurfaces in Neo-Tokyo in the 21st century. Tetsuo, a young, inexperienced motorcycle biker driven beyond the boundaries of sanity by the power of Akira, is forced to conjure up demons laying dormant within his subconscious. 1 videodiscs (124 min.)

MEDIA 10-251

Alice Darkness light darkness 1999?

Jan Svankmajer, Peter-Christian Fueter, Kristýna Kohoutová, Lewis Carroll, Condor Features, Film Four International, Hessischer Rundfunk, and First-Run Features (Firm)

Alice: A little girl follows an elusive White Rabbit and so begins this dream expedition into the landscape of childhood, combining techniques of animation, puppet theatre and live action in Svankmajer's surreal version of Alice's adventures in Wonderland. Darkness light darkness: A man literally constructs himself within the confines of a very small room--a potent allegory of Svankmajer's life in Eastern Europe. 1 videodisc (84, 7 min.)

MEDIA 10-2239

Animated Soviet propaganda from the October Revolution to Perestroika c2006

From the 1920s to the 1980s, the Soviet regime ordered the production of dozens of animated propaganda films. Their target audience was the Soviet Union itself, and their goal was to win the hearts and minds of the Soviet people. Commentary by leading Soviet film scholars. 4 videodiscs (ca. 430 min.)

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Botchan, parts 1&2 ; Student days Animated classics of Japanese literature: c2002

Shoji Sato, Soseki Natsume, Masao Kume, Eisuke Kondo, Akira Miyazaki, Akiko Matsushima, Shozo Matsuda, Nippon Animation Co, and Central Park Media (Firm)

Student days: Determine to enter a prestigious school, young Kenkichi sacrifices every waking hour to his studies, but at what cost? Botchan: A Tokyo teacher moves to an isolated town and is tormented by students and faculty. He struggles to adapt while learning a few lessons about himself. 1 videodisc (78 min.)

MEDIA 10-956

Chaos 2000

Preston Maigetter, Eileen O'Meara, David Birdsell, George Lucas, Peter Sollett, Ferenc Rófusz, Tahsin Özgür, Sienna McLean, Andrew Busti, Sebastian Castillo, Paul Bonner, Greg Pak, Gav Barbey, QuickBand Networks (Firm), and Warner Home Video (Firm)

"Chaos [Maigetter]: Skateboarding footage. Chaos [O'Meara]: A hand-drawn ride through space, scale and chaos theory. Chaos [Birdsell]: A brief film about bad animals. THX 1138:4EB : electronic labyrinth: Portrays a futurisatic world in which a man races for freedom while being tracked by elaborate surveillance systems. Five feet high and rising: Using non-professional actors, this New York-based film takes a cinema verité-inspired look at sexual innocence. A légy: Chronicles the journey of a common housefly. Kebabaluba: Anything can happen at a Turkish doner kebab stand. Still revolutionaries: Takes a very personal look at the lives of two women in the Black Panther Party. Deleriouspink: An experiment with Xerox machine animation. The bottomless cup: A young man takes a break from his road trip for a jolt of caffeine only to find he's stumbled into a diner where a bottomless cup of coffee takes on a new meaning. Po mo knock knock: Who says experimental films can't have a sense of humor? Burnout: A dilapidated Australian truck stop diner is the setting for a whisky-voiced rumination on life and love."--Container. 1 videodisc (140 min.)

MEDIA 10-605

Cowboy bebop the movie 2003

Masuo Ueda, Masahiko Minami, Minoru Takanashi, Shinichiro Watanabe, Koichi Yamadera, Unsho Ishizuka, Megumi Hayashibara, Aoi Tada, Al Kobayashi, Tsutomu Isobestaff, Hajime Yadate, Destination Films, Sunrise Illustration and Computer Animation, Bones (Firm), Bandai Visual Corporation, and Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)

A terrorist explosion releases a deadly virus on the masses, and it's up the bounty-hunting Bebop crew to catch the cold-blooded culprit. 1 videodisc (115 min.)

MEDIA 10-601

Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009

The story of a clever, quick, nimble, and exceptionally well-dressed wild animal. A compulsive chicken thief turned newspaper reporter, Mr. Fox settles down with his family at a new foxhole in a beautiful tree directly adjacent to three enormous poultry farms owned by three ferociously vicious farmers: Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. Mr. Fox simply cannot resist. Based on the beloved, best selling book by Roald Dahl. 3 videodiscs (87 min.)

MEDIA 10-5082

The harp of Burma, parts 1 & 2 ; Season of the sun Animated classics of Japanese literature: c2002

Shoji Sato, Noboru Ishiguro, Michio Takeyama, Shintaro Ishihara, Kenji Yoshida, Shuichi Nagahara, Nippon Animation Co, and Central Park Media (Firm)

The harp of Burma / "Near the end of World War II, a soldier is missing and presumed dead by his captured comrades. A mysterious monk may hold the key to his disappearance, but the monk hides painful secrets, the revelation of which will forever change the lives of the prisoners"--Container.
Season of the sun / "A boxer and a beautiful woman share a tumultuous relationship in post WWII Japan. Will love guarantee them a happy life, or will pride tear them apart"--Container. 1 videodisc (78 min.)

MEDIA 10-951

The Izu dancer ; The dancing girl ; A ghost story Animated classics of Japanese literature: c1994

Yasunari Kawabata, Ogai Mori, Lafcadio Hearn, Shoji Sato, Kenji Yoshida, Katsumi Takasuka, Noboru Ishiguro, Isamu Kumada, Nippon Animation Co, and Central Park Media (Firm)

The Izu dancer / "A young student falls in love with a traveling dancer. Their love is sincere, but social differences may tear them apart"--Container. The dancing girl / "A Japanese man working in turn of the century Berlin fathers a child with an impoverished dancer. Together, they strive to build a home and family, but political difficulties force the father to choose between his career and the women he loves"--Container. A ghost story / "A blind lute player chants the old legend of a great battle between the Genji and Heiki families. His music attracts the attention of the Heiki dead, whose ghosts request a performance."--Container. 1 videodisc (73 min.)

MEDIA 10-953

Kaze no tani no Naushika Nausicaä of the valley of the wind 2005

Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Uma Thurman , Patrick Stewart, Alison Lohman, Edward James Olmos, Tokuma Shoten, Hakuhodo, Sutajio Jiburi, Kabushiki Kaisha, Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm), and Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)

Nausicaä is the princess of a rural valley that lives at peace on the edge of a deadly fungal wasteland, until a ship carrying a weapon from a bygone industrial age crashes nearby. When warriors from a far country come to retrieve the artifact, their invasion draws Nausicaä and her people into a sprawling political conflict. Set 1,000 years after a global war that nearly destroyed all life on Earth. 2 videodiscs (117 min.)

MEDIA 10-600

Ladislaw Starewicz (1913-1915) c2008

Erich Sargeant, Ivan Il ich Mozzhukhin, Ol ga Obolenskaia, Lidiia Tridenskaia, Irina Starewicz, Wladyslaw Starewicz, Ivan Andreevich Krylov, Nikolai Vasil evich Gogol , Gosfil mofond Rossii, and British Film Institute

1 videodisc (58 min.)

MEDIA 10-2223

Looney tunes golden collection Celebrate the talents and zaniness of Warner Bros.' Terminte Terrace. Whoop it up with an all-star array of 'toons featuring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and more immortal Looneytics. Then see our heroes in wartime readiness. Legends Bosko and Buddy get their own long-overdue Warner compilation. Out of the mailbag comes a much-requested line-up of previously unavailable favorites. 4 videodiscs (413 min.)

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LVampiros en la Habana! Vampires in Havana c2002

Professor Von Dracula, a vampire scientist, leaves Transylvania for Cuba, and invents "Vampisol," a potion that allows vampires to survive in sunlight. When the Professor announces his intention to donate the formula free of charge to vampires all over the world, the Vampire Mafia from Chicago and the European Group of Vampires from Dusseldorf Germany try to muscle in and steal the formula. The action escalates crazily as an assortment of bad guys, police, vampires and other monsters and our hero with his girlfriend are all caught up in the chase. 1 videodisc (80 min.)

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Masters of Russian animation: Vol. 1 c2000

Fyodor Khitruk, Andrei Khrzjanovskii, Vadim Kurchevsky, Rasa Strautmane, Yefim Gamburg, Nikolai Serebriakov, Anatoly Petrov, Kino-studiia "Soiuzmul tfil m" (Soviet Union), Jove Films (Firm), and Image Entertainment (Firm)

A collection of award-winning animated short films by Russia's world-renowned directors and artists produced between 1962 and 1968. 1 videodisc (133 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2544

Masters of Russian animation: Vol. 3 c2000

eIiUri i Norshte?in, cEduard Nazarov, Alexander Karavayev, Fyodor Khitruk, Mikhail Kamenetskiy, I Garanina, Aleksandr Gorlenko, Andrey Khrzhanovskiy, Kino-studieiia "Soeiiuzmul?tfil?m" (Soviet Union), Jove Films (Firm), and Image Entertainment (Firm)

A collection of award-winning animated short films by Russia's world-renowned directors and artists made between 1979 and 1985. 1 videodisc (140 min.)

MEDIA 10-1643

Masters of Russian animation, vol. 4, 1986-1990 1997

1 videodisc (141 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2545

Masters of Russian animation: Volume 2 c1997

Kino-studiia "Soiuzmul tfil m" (Soviet Union) and Jove Films (Firm)

A collection of award-winning animated short films by Russia's world-renowned directors and artist's from 1969 to 1978. 1 videodisc (125 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2546

Millennium actress 2003

Sadayuki Murai, Satoshi Kon, Taro Maki, Miyoko Shoji, Mami Koyama, Fumiko Orikasa, Shozo Izuka, Shoko Tsuda, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Hisako Kyoda, Koichi Yamadera, Masatane Tsukayama, Susumu Hirasawa, Klockworx Co, Go Fish Pictures (Firm), Chiyoko Committee (Firm), Genco Inc, and DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm)

Past and present collide as a film director discovers a mysterious key that unlocks the secrets of a legendary actress who vanished at the height of her career. 1 videodisc (87 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2453

My neighbor Totoro c2006

Hayao Miyazaki, Toru Hara, Rick Dempsey, Ned Lott, Elle Fanning, Dakota Fanning, Pat Carroll, Tim Daly, Sutajio Jiburi, Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokuma Shoten, Nikariki (Firm), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm), and Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)

Deep inside a tree trunk, two children discover a fascinating new world inhabited by Totoros, amazing, charming creatures who become their friends. 2 videodisc (ca. 87 min.)

MEDIA 10-922

Now let us praise American leftists c2000

Paul Chan, Art Institute of Chicago, and Video Data Bank

Now Let Us Praise American Leftists is an experimental video animation that seeks to eulogize and ridicule the American leftist movement of the past century. Foregrounding the exclusionary nature of American leftist politics, and its persistent refusal to allow more diversity in terms of race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation to enter into the larger political daialogue, the video presents representations of American leftists as they are: men with mustaches. Over sixty leftist groups in the history of American leftist politics are represented with different types of mustaches, created using FACES, a computer application used by North American law enforcement agencies to create composite pictures of criminals and suspects for wanted posters. 1 videodisc (216 min.)

MEDIA 10-2065

Paprika 2007

Seishi Minakami, Satoshi Kon, Megumi Hayashibara, Toru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Toru Furuya, Masashi Ando, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc, Paprika Filmpartners, Madhouse, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

"Centers on a revolutionary machine that allows scientists to enter and record a subject's dream. After it is stolen, a fearless detective and a brilliant therapist join forces to recover the device before it falls into the hands of a 'dream terrorist'" -- Container. 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2445

Persepolis 2008

Marc-Antoine Robert, Xavier Rigault, Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud, Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Marjane Satrapi, 2.4.7. Films, France 3 cinaema (Firm), Kennedy/Marshall Company, Franche Connection Animations (Firm), Diaphana (Firm), Celluloid Dreams (Firm), Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), Sofica Soficinema (Firm), Sofica Europacorp (Firm), Centre national de la cinaematographie (France), and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

In 1970s Iran, Marjane "Marji" Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family. Their long dream is realized when the hated Shah is defeated in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, Marji grows up to witness first hand how the new Iran has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study. This change proves an equally difficult trial for Marji as she finds herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and her homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. 1 videodisc (95 min.)

MEDIA 10-1619

Pinocchio 2009, 1940

Ted Sears, Fred Moore, Hamilton S Luske, Ben Sharpsteen, Mel Blanc, Walter Catlett , Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Charles Judels, Christian Rub, Evelyn Venable, Carlo Collodi, RKO Radio Pictures, Walt Disney Productions, and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)

Woodcarver Geppetto has pets Figaro the cat and Cleo the fish. He has just made a little wooden puppet called Pinocchio. Wishing upon a star before he goes to bed, Geppetto wishes that Pinocchio would become a real boy. As Geppetto sleeps, the Blue Fairy arrives and partially grants his wish. Pinocchio can come to life, but he must prove himself worthy before becoming a real boy. He will require some guidance, and Jiminy Cricket agrees to act as his conscience. After some unfortunate incidents, Pinocchio finds himself in trouble. The Blue Fairy appears. Pinocchio lies to her and his nose grows. He is forgiven, but warned not to lie again. 1 videodisc (88 min.) :

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Red cartoons animated films from East Germany 2007

Otto Sacher, Klaus Georgi, Sieglinde Hamacher, Marion Rasche, Peter Missbach, Hans Moser, Thomas Rosiae, Lutz Steutzner, DEFA, Studio feur Trickfilme, and First-Run Features (Firm)

"East Germany's DEFA Studio for Animation Film produced more than 800 films. Included here are sixteen of the best - an astonishing array of animation featuring a wide variety of styles and techniques, filled with social and political satire that would have never been allowed in live action films."--Container. 1 videodisc (57 min.)

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Ryan c2005

Chris Landreth, Laurence Green, Steven Hoban, Marcy Page, Mark Smith, Adam Symansky, Chris Landreth, Greg Kotis, National Film Board of Canada, Copper Heart Entertainment, and Rhino Home Video (Firm)

Ryan uses a hand-animated three-dimensional world to explore the life of Ryan Larkin, a pioneer in Canadian animation who now lives on welfare and panhandles for spare change. The documentary Alter egos explores the paths of animators Ryan Larkin and Chris Landreth and the relationship that developed between the two men. Syrinx uses animated charcoal sketches to retell the Greek legend of how Pan made his pipes. Walking examines the way people walk. Street musique creates a visual improvisation from the music performed by sidewalk entertainers. In The end an animator discovers that he's a character in his own work. Bingo answers the question, "What if a lie is told long enough and loud enough?". 1 videodisc (94 min.)

MEDIA 10-1071

Sita sings the blues c2009, 2008

An animated reinterpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana blends the stories of Sita, a goddess separated from her husband Rama, and Nina, an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Set to the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw. 1 videodisc (82 min.)

MEDIA 10-3848

The sound of waves, parts 1&2 ; Growing up Animated classics of Japanese literature: c1994

Yukio Mishima, Ichiyo Higuchi, Shoji Sato, Hidehito Ueda, Isamu Kumada, Ryuzo Nakanish, Chisako Kuki, Nippon Animation Co, and Central Park Media (Firm)

The sound of waves / A poor fisherman falls in love with the daughter of the most powerful man in his village. To win her he must provehis bravery at sea. Growing up / Two friends are torn apart when one joins a gang. 1 videodisc (ca. 75 min.)

MEDIA 10-955

Suck meh soucouyant, suck meh 2009

"A love story laced with sorcery and intrigue as Mayaro soucouyants Matilda and Loretta shed their skins and take off for England as balls of fire to steal a golden spoon from Queen Victoria's royal cutlery. That night, the lives of these two old hags are changed forever when their obeah fails. Lionel, Matilda's lecherous lover, plots to get the diamond-studded golden spoon using his charm."--Container. 1 videodisc (8 min.)

MEDIA 10-4966

Tokyo godfathers 2004

Satoshi Kon, Keiko Nobumoto, Toru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto, Shozo Izuka, Seizo Kato, Hiroya Ishimaru, Ry uji Saikachi, Yusaku Yara, Kyoko Terase, Katsutoshi Sugai, Kenichi Konishi, Nobutaka Ike, Keiichi Suzuki, Mad House Inc, and Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)

The story takes place on Christmas Eve in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Middle-aged has-been Gin, aging transvestite Hana, and teenage runaway Miyuki are homeless friends who have formed a makeshift family structure bond. That bond is tested when they find an abandoned baby while searching for food in a trash dumpster. They try to care for the infant themselves, and travel throughout the city in search of the baby's parents. 1 videodisc (91 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2464

WALL-E c2008

After hundreds of lonely years, a waste management robot finds a new purpose in life. With only a cockroach for a friend, he finds true love in another robot sent on a mission to Earth to see if it is safe for human life. 1 videodisc (98 min.)

MEDIA 10-5114

Waltz with Bashir 2009

Ari Folman, Serge Lalou, Bridgit Folman Film Gang (Firm), Films d'ici (Firm), Razor Filmproduktion, ARTE France, Independent Television Service, Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), and Noga Communications

An animated motion picture based on events in the director's own life, involving his attempts to both remember and verify his wartime experiences. After not being able to recall the time he spent on an Israeli Army mission during the Lebanon War, Ari attempts to unravel the mystery by traveling around the world to interview old friends and comrades. As the pieces of the puzzle begin to come together, his memory begins to return in illustrations that are surreal. At the end of the animated film is a very short part of the film that shows real people dead and alive. 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.)

MEDIA 10-1724

Who framed Roger Rabbit? 1999, 1988

Tale of a detective, an unstable rabbit and his sexy wife in a world where cartoons and people live side by side. 1 videodisc (104 min.)

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The wind rises 2014

Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the world's most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship with his colleague Honjo. The film chronicles much of his life, depicting key historical events. 2 videodiscs (127 min.)

MEDIA 10-5526

Animated Films

Akira 2001

Katsuhiro Otomo, Ryohei Suzuki, Shunzo Kato, Izo Hashimoto, Mitsuo Iwata, Nozumo Sasaki, Mami Koyami, Katsuhiro Otomo, Pioneer Entertainment (USA), and Akira Committee (Firm)

MEDIA 10-251

Alice Darkness light darkness 1999?

Jan Svankmajer, Peter-Christian Fueter, Kristýna Kohoutová, Lewis Carroll, Condor Features, Film Four International, Hessischer Rundfunk, and First-Run Features (Firm)

MEDIA 10-2239

Animal farm 1999, 1955

George Orwell, John Halas, Joy Batchelor, and Louis De Rochemont

1 videocassette (73 minutes)

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Art and jazz in animation The cosmic eye 1999, 1995

Faith Hubley, John Hubley, Dizzy Gillespie , Maureen Stapleton, Linda Atkinson, Jack Warden, Quincy Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, and Lionel Hampton

The cosmic eye (1985, 71 min.) -- Voyage to next (1974, 10 min.) -- The tender game (1958, 6 min.) -- Eggs (1970, 10 min.) -- Urbanissimo (1966, 6 min.) -- Harlem Wednesday (1958, 10 min.) -- The adventures of an * (1957, 10 min.) -- Of men and demons (1969, 10 min.) -- Of stars and men (1961, 53 min.) -- The hole (1962, 15 min.) -- The hat (1965, 18 min.) -- Dig (1972, 10 min.)Animated films featuring jazz musicians made by Faith & John Hubley. 1 videodisc (245 min.)

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Betty Boop 1985

Max Fleischer and Cab Calloway

Vol. 1 Betty Boop's rise to fame (with Max Fleischer) -- I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal you (with Louis Armstrong) -- Snow White (with Cab Calloway) -- Bamboo Isle (with the Royal Samoans) -- Morning noon and night -- Chess nuts -- Old man of the mountain (with Cab Calloway) -- I heard (with Don Redman) -- Bimbo's iniation -- Boop-oop-a-doop -- Silly scandals -- Dizzy red riding hood -- Betty Boop's May party -- Vol. 2, Betty in Blunderland -- Be human -- Betty Boop's big boss -- Parade of the wooden soldiers -- Not now -- She wronged him right -- Betty Boop and Grampy -- Minnie the moocher (with Cab Calloway) -- There's something about a soldier -- Betty Boop in Mother Goose Land -- Betty Boop's bizzy bee -- Impractical jokerA collection of twelve vintage cartoons, animated by Max Fleisher, originally produced in the 1930's. Includes special guest appearance by Cab Calloway and his band, Louis Armstrong, Max Fleischer and others. 2 videocassettes (174 min.)

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Betty Boop, the definitive collection Pre-code 1996

Max Fleischer, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Rudy Vallée, and Ethel Merman

Pre-code: Boop-oop-a-doop ; S.O.S. ; Chess-nuts ; A-hunting we will go ; Betty Boop's bizzy bee ; Betty Boop's bamboo isle ; Betty Boop for President -- Jazzy guest stars: Minnie the Moocher ; I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal you ; Snow-White ; The old man of the mountain ; Kitty from Kansas City ; Rudy Vallee melodies ; You try somebody elseA collection of fourteen original Betty Boop cartoons. 1 videocassette (108 min.)

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Beyond the mind's eye a computer animation odyssey 1992

Michael Boydstun, Steven Churchill, and Jan Hammer

Virtual reality -- Seed of life -- Afternoon adventure -- Brave new world -- Transformers -- Too far -- Windows -- Nothing but love -- The pyramid -- Theater of magic -- Voyage homeIntegrates the latest in computer animation technology and artistry with original music. Explores worlds that may exist in alternate dimensions--or only in the minds of the world's leading computer animators. 1 videocassette (45 min.)

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Botchan, parts 1&2 ; Student days Animated classics of Japanese literature: c2002

Shoji Sato, Soseki Natsume, Masao Kume, Eisuke Kondo, Akira Miyazaki, Akiko Matsushima, Shozo Matsuda, Nippon Animation Co, and Central Park Media (Firm)

Contents: Botchan, parts 1&2 -- Student daysStudent days: Determine to enter a prestigious school, young Kenkichi sacrifices every waking hour to his studies, but at what cost? Botchan: A Tokyo teacher moves to an isolated town and is tormented by students and faculty. He struggles to adapt while learning a few lessons about himself. 1 videodisc (78 min.)

MEDIA 10-956

Cartoon noir 2000?

Paul Vester, Julie Zammarchi, Jirí Bárta, Piotr Dumala, Suzan Pitt, and First-Run Features (Firm)

Art Contents: Abductees / Paul Vester -- Ape / Julie Zammarchi -- Club of the discarded / Jiri Barta -- Gentle spirit / Piotr Dumala -- Joy Street / Suzan Pitt -- The story of the cat and the moon / Pedro SerrazinaDramatic animated shorts from around the world. 1 videocassette (ca. 83 min.)

MEDIA 2-7042

Chaos 2000

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Computer animation festival 1993

Steven Churchill

Locomotion -- Particle dreams -- The mouse -- Tuber's two step -- Flying logos -- Sextone for president -- Grinning evil death -- Jumpin' Jacques splash -- Burning love -- Styro -- BDA opening -- The dolphin -- Mars the movie -- More bells & whistles -- Continuum 1. Initiation -- Don't touch me -- Anniversary -- The fly -- Embryo -- The invisible man in blind love -- Change myself1 videocassette (55 min.)

DOUGLASS 162

The Cosmic eye a film 1986, 1993

Faith Hubley, John Hubley, Dizzy Gillespie , Maureen Stapleton, Linda Atkinson, Sam Hubley, Benny Carter, Conrad Cummings, William Russo, and Elizabeth Swados

Three musicians from outer space bring a message of peace to our planet. In the process they observe, from a variety of cultural perspectives, ideas about the origins and destiny of planet Earth. 1 videocassette (71 min.)

MEDIA 2-5045

Cowboy bebop the movie 2003

A terrorist explosion releases a deadly virus on the masses, and it's up the bounty-hunting Bebop crew to catch the cold-blooded culprit. 1 videodisc (115 min.)

MEDIA 10-601

Dragon Ball Z Frieza - Transformation (uncut) c1999

Daniel Cocanougher, Barry Watson, and FUNimation Productions, Ltd

Piccolo almost has Frieza defeated, but he transforms again! 1 videodisc (ca. 78 min.)

DANA 217

Dragon Drive: vol. 1: Amazing transformation c2004

Bandai Entertainment, Inc and Terebi Tokyo, Kabushiki Kaisha

Contents: The sleeping dragon -- Promised dive -- Revenge -- Shocking awakeningReiji Ozora is no longer another junior high loser after he meets Chibi, a dragon living in a virtual world called D-Zone, who helps him battle against other players with their dragons. 1 videodisc (100 min.)

DANA 216

Ducktators 1998

Guus van Waveren, Wolter Braamhorst, Sody Clampett, Bob Clampett, Chuck Jones, Eric Loren Smoodin, Elfriede Fischinger, Thomas Andrea, Mike Glad, and Karl F Cohen

A unique look at the use of cartoons during World War II which proved to be an excellent way to deliver propagandistic ideas in a seemingly innocuous manner. The film blends documentary war footage with animated material and music from the period to reveal insights about the psyche of the public at that time. Also includes interviews with Sody and Bob Clampett, the wife and son of animator Bob Clampett, and animator Chuck Jones. 1 videocassette (46 min.)

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Fantasia 1940, 1991

Walt Disney, Leopold Stokowski, and Deems Taylor

Feature film US, 1940s// Toccata and fugue in D minor / J.S. Bach -- The nutcracker suite / P.I. Tchaikovsky -- The sorcerer's apprentice / P. Dukas -- Rite of spring / I. Stravinsky -- The Pastoral symphony (The sixth) / L. Beethoven -- Dance of the hours / A. Ponchielli -- Night on Bald Mountain / M. Moussorgsky -- Ave Maria / F. SchubertAn extraordinary blend of magnificent music and classic Disney animation, featuring a host of unforgettable images, including Mickey Mouse as the sorcerer's apprentice. 1 videocassette (120 min.)

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Felix 1993

Otto Messmer

Feline follies -- Felix saves the day -- Felix in Hollywood -- Felix dopes it out -- Futuritzy -- Comicalamities -- Woos whoopee -- Otto Messmer at workA selection of seven original Felix the Cat cartoons, followed by rare film footage of Felix's creator, Otto Messmer, at work. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-2569

Food 1993, 1992

Jan Svankmajer and Jaromir Kallista

In a series of vignettes, Svankmajer animates grey-suited men as human vending machines, shows a pair of men at dinner devouring the contents of a restaurant, and takes us on a tour of a cannibalistic banquet. 1 videocassette (14 min.)

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Fruits basket: A great transformation? 2003, c2002

Noriko Kobayashi, Tatsuji Yamazsaki, Kazunori Noguchi, Mamiko Ikeda, Akitaroh Daichi, Laura Bailey, Eric Vale, Jerry Jewell, John Burgmeier, Parisa Fakhri, Daphne Gere, Terebi Tokyo, Kabushiki Kaisha, NAS/Fruba Project (Firm), and FUNimation Productions, Ltd

The Sohma family is cursed. When a member of the family is embraced by a person of the opposite gender, they transform into an animal of the Chinese Zodiak. The Sohma family has kept this curse private for generations, but when a young girl stumbles upon their secret, life at the Sohma house changes forever. 1 videodisc (143 min.)

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Gorgeous starring Hermoine the modern girl 1994

Kaz Cooke, Sharon Connolly, and Maurice Giacomini

Undermined by her evil inner voice, Hermoine the modern girl tries exercise, plastic surgery, beauty therapy and bulimia to look gorgeous for a job interview. Eventually, she rebels against her inner voice and her obsession with beauty. 1 videocassette (11 min.)

MEDIA 2-3077

Hair piece a film for nappy-headed people 1985

Ayoka Chenzira, Carol Jean Wheeler, and Women Make Movies (Firm)

An animated satire on Black consciousness from the perspective of hair styling. 1 videocassette (10 min.)

MEDIA 2-7811

The harp of Burma, parts 1 & 2 ; Season of the sun Animated classics of Japanese literature: c2002

Shoji Sato, Noboru Ishiguro, Michio Takeyama, Shintaro Ishihara, Kenji Yoshida, Shuichi Nagahara, Nippon Animation Co, and Central Park Media (Firm)

Contents: Harp of Burna: parts 1 &2 -- Season of the sunThe harp of Burma / "Near the end of World War II, a soldier is missing and presumed dead by his captured comrades. A mysterious monk may hold the key to his disappearance, but the monk hides painful secrets, the revelation of which will forever change the lives of the prisoners"--Container.
Season of the sun / "A boxer and a beautiful woman share a tumultuous relationship in post WWII Japan. Will love guarantee them a happy life, or will pride tear them apart"--Container. 1 videodisc (78 min.)

MEDIA 10-951

The Izu dancer ; The dancing girl ; A ghost story Animated classics of Japanese literature: c1994

Yasunari Kawabata, Ogai Mori, Lafcadio Hearn, Shoji Sato, Kenji Yoshida, Katsumi Takasuka, Noboru Ishiguro, Isamu Kumada, Nippon Animation Co, and Central Park Media (Firm)

Contents: The Izu dancer -- The dancing girl -- A ghost storyThe Izu dancer / "A young student falls in love with a traveling dancer. Their love is sincere, but social differences may tear them apart"--Container. The dancing girl / "A Japanese man working in turn of the century Berlin fathers a child with an impoverished dancer. Together, they strive to build a home and family, but political difficulties force the father to choose between his career and the women he loves"--Container. A ghost story / "A blind lute player chants the old legend of a great battle between the Genji and Heiki families. His music attracts the attention of the Heiki dead, whose ghosts request a performance."--Container. 1 videodisc (73 min.)

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Kaze no tani no Naushika Nausicaä of the valley of the wind 2005

MEDIA 10-600

Ladislaw Starewicz (1913-1915) c2008

1 videodisc (58 min.)

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Leonard Maltin's animation favorites from the National Film Board of Canada 1994

Leonard Maltin, Sally Roy, Kris Slava, Mary Jane Terrell, Norman McLaren, Jacques Drouin, John Weldon, Cordell Barker, Richard Condie, Sheldon Cohen, Caroline Leaf, Marc Aubry, and Michel Hébert

Begone dull care / Norman McLaren -- Mindscape / Jacques Drouin -- The log driver's waltz / John Weldon -- The cat came back / Cordell Barker -- Getting started / Richard Condie -- The sweater / Sheldon Cohen -- The street / Caroline Leaf -- Pas de deux / Norman McLaren -- Anniversary / Marc Aubry & Michel HebertA selection of some of the finest Canadian animated films produced over the past 50 years from the library of the National Film Board of Canada. 1 videocassette (95 min.)

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Lord of the sky 1992

Ludmila Zeman Spaleny, Eugen Spaleny, Eunice Macaulay, and Marcy Page

Based on the legends of the native people of the Pacific Northwest, this animated film reflects the natural environment and cultural heritage of this region. 1 videocassette (ca. 13 min.)

MEDIA 2-1778

Masters of Russian animation: Vol. 3 c2000

A collection of award-winning animated short films by Russia's world-renowned directors and artists made between 1979 and 1985. 1 videodisc (140 min.)

MEDIA 10-1643

Millennium actress 2003

Past and present collide as a film director discovers a mysterious key that unlocks the secrets of a legendary actress who vanished at the height of her career. 1 videodisc (87 min.) :

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The Mind's eye a computer animation odyssey 1990

Jan C Nickman, Steven Churchill, and James Reynolds

Creation -- Civilization rising -- Heart of the machine -- Technodance -- Post modern -- Love found -- Leaving the bonds of Earth -- The temple1 videocassette (40 min.)

DOUGLASS 161

Mirrors of time 1991

Robert Forget and Jean-Jacques Leduc

Using computer animation, looks at the history of the measurement of time. Discusses how our calendar came to be, why the seasons change, how the days of the week were named and why the year is divided into days, weeks and months. 1 videocassette (23:09 min.)

DANA 260

My neighbor Totoro c2006

Contents: Disc 1. Feature -- disc 2. Bonus features
Performer Note: Elle Fanning, Dakota Fanning, Pat Carroll, Timothy DalyDeep inside a tree trunk, two children discover a fascinating new world inhabited by Totoros, amazing, charming creatures who become their friends. 2 videodisc (ca. 87 min.)

MEDIA 10-922

The National Film Board of Canada a history 199-?

Tape 1. Animation: Neighbors -- Begone dull care -- The romance of transportation in Canada -- Universe -- Pas de deux -- The street -- The Bead game -- The Sand castle -- George and Rosemary -- Strings -- tape 2. Documentary I: Paul Tomkowicz, street-railway switchman -- City of Gold -- Lonely boy -- waiting for Fidel -- tape 3. Documentary II: VTR St-Jacques -- Not a love story, a film about pornography -- If you love this planet -- tape 4. French film production at the NFB: Les raquetteurs -- La paysagiste/mindscape -- Mon oncle Antoine -- tape 5. Yesterday, today and tomorrow: the NFB at 50 plus: The Magical eye -- Strangers in good company -- Forbidden love, unashamed stories of lesbian lives -- Minoru, memory of exilePresents an array of documentaries, animation films and fiction features which are offered as a sample of the films the Film Board has produced over the years. 5 videocassettes (582 min.)

DANA. DANA. DANA. DANA. DANA 253 cassette 1 253 cassette 2 253 cassette 3 253 cassette 4 253 cassette 5

Now let us praise American leftists c2000

Paul Chan, Art Institute of Chicago, and Video Data Bank

MEDIA 10-2065

Origins of American animation 1900-1921 1993

The enchanted drawing -- Fun in a bakery shop -- Humorous phases of funny faces -- Keeping up with the Joneses (women's styles) -- Keeping up with the Joneses (men's styles) -- Dreamy dud: "He resolves not to smoke" -- Bobby bumps starts a lodge -- Krazy Kat goes a-wooing -- Krazy Kat - bugologist -- Krazy Kat and Ignatz mouse at the circus -- The phable of a busted romance -- The phable of a phat woman -- Never again! "The story of a speeder cop" -- Mr. Nobady Holme: "He buys a jitney" -- Mary and Gretel -- The dinosaur and the missing link: a prehistoric tragedy -- W.S.S. Thriftettes -- AWAL; or, All wrong old laddiebuck -- The Katzenjammer kids: "policy and pie" -- Fragment from Gertie on tour -- Fragment from The centaurs -- Tony Sarg's almanac: "The first circus"This collection, 21 complete films and two fragments, showscases the best of the Library of Congress's animated cartoons from the first decades of this century, an era full of surprises and experimentation. 1 videocassette (84 min.)

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Paprika 2007

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Persepolis 2008

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Popol Vuh sacred book of the Quiché Maya 1989

Patricia Amlin and Larry George

Portrays the creation myth of the Quiché Maya of ancient Guatemala through animation. This myth and the story of the hero twins survived the Spanish Conquest in the Maya's sacred book known as the Popol Vuh. 1 videocassette (59 min.)

MEDIA 2-3269

Animated Films Cont'd

The Red balloon ; The Pincushion man 1986

Albert Lamorisse, Pascal Lamorisse, and Sabine Lamorisse

Two magical views of balloons -- The Red Balloon is a fantasy about a boy who makes friends with a balloon, "tames" it, plays with it in the streets of Ménilmontant and Montmartre, and tries unsuccessfully to elude the gang of urchins who endeavor to destroy it. In the Pincushion Man, the balloon people successfully repulse an attack by the villanous Pincushion Man. 1 videocassette (41 min.)

MEDIA 2-1261

Red cartoons animated films from East Germany 2007

Otto Sacher, Klaus Georgi, Sieglinde Hamacher, Marion Rasche, Peter Missbach, Hans Moser, Thomas Rosiae, Lutz Steutzner, DEFA, Studio feur Trickfilme, and First-Run Features (Firm)

MEDIA 10-2148

Ryan c2005

Chris Landreth, Laurence Green, Steven Hoban, Marcy Page, Mark Smith, Adam Symansky, Chris Landreth, Greg Kotis, National Film Board of Canada, Copper Heart Entertainment, and Rhino Home Video (Firm)

MEDIA 10-1071

The sound of waves, parts 1&2 ; Growing up Animated classics of Japanese literature: c1994

Yukio Mishima, Ichiyo Higuchi, Shoji Sato, Hidehito Ueda, Isamu Kumada, Ryuzo Nakanish, Chisako Kuki, Nippon Animation Co, and Central Park Media (Firm)

Contents: The sound of waves: parts 1 & 2 -- Growing upThe sound of waves / A poor fisherman falls in love with the daughter of the most powerful man in his village. To win her he must provehis bravery at sea. Growing up / Two friends are torn apart when one joins a gang. 1 videodisc (ca. 75 min.)

MEDIA 10-955

Spheres 1969

National Film Board of Canada and International Film Bureau

An animated film in which a ball dances to the music of Bach. 1 videocassette (8 min.)

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Spirited away 2003

Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki

A young girl gets trapped in a strange new world of spirits, must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and rescue her parents. 1 videocassette (124 min.)

DANA 1892

The three caballeros 2000

Aurora Miranda, Dora Luz, Carmen Molina, and Norm Ferguson

Donald Duck celebrates his birthday on a musical tour with his friends from South of the border. Donald Duck celebrates his birthday on a musical tour with his friends from south of the border. 1 videocassette (72 min.)

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Tokyo godfathers 2004

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Uncle Sam Magoo 1983

Lee Orgel, Abe Levitow, and Jim Backus

Cartoon character Mr. Magoo outlines America's history from the founding of the New World to the landing on the moon. Listen to some of history's golden legends and heroes: Columbus, Washington, Davy Crocket, Mark Twain, Ben Franklin, Carl Sandberg, Woodrow Wilson, John Kennedy and Martin Luther King. 1 videocassette (53 min.)

MEDIA 2-1508

Vampiros en la Habana 1987

Juan Padrón, Ernesto Padrón, José Reyes, Mario Garcia Monte, Noel Lima, Irela Bravo, Manuel Marín, and Carlos González

Hilarious spoof of vampire and ganster movies presented in outrageously caricatured bawdy style. 1 videocassette (75 min.)

MEDIA 2-5187

Voyage to next 1993

Faith Hubley, Maureen Stapleton, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Quincy Jones, Benny Carter, and Lionel Hampton

JAZZ (Do NOT Add To Lists)Six short films demonstrate art and jazz in animation. In the first film, Voyage to the next, Mother Earth (Maureen Stapleton) and Father Time (Dizzy Gillespie) observe the state of life on our planet. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

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Waking life 2002, 2001

Anne Walker-McBay, Tommy Pallotta, Palmer West, Jonah Smith, Richard Linklater, Trevor Jack Brooks, Lorelei Linklater, Wiley Wiggins, Glover Gill, Lara Hicks, Ames Asbell, Leigh Mahoney, Sara Bell, Jeanine Attaway, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy

Join Wiley Wiggins as he searches for answers to the question of whether we are sleepwalking through our waking state or wake-walking through our dreams. 1 videodisc (101 min.)

DANA 6

Waltz with Bashir 2009

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Who framed Roger Rabbit? 1989

Gary K Wolf, Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Robert Zemeckis, Kathleen Turner, and Stubby Kaye

A tale of a man, a woman and a rabbit in a triangle of trouble (partial animation). 1 videocassette (104 min.)

MEDIA 2-811

Who moved my cheese? the movie! c2003

Spencer Johnson, L. Dee Johnson, and LDJ Productions

Dr. Spencer Johnson assists people in seeing and doing the few things that make the biggest difference. 1 videocassette (ca. 16 min.)

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Yellow submarine 1968, 1987

George Dunning

The adventure begins in Pepperland, where the despicable Blue Meanies have declared war on all that's good, especially music. The Fab Four vow to save the day with some tuneful ammunition of their own, including such Beatles classics as "Nowhere man," "All you need is love," and "Yellow submarine.". 1 videocassette (87 min.)

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