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Julian @minikinetic.bsky.social · 13h

The Phantom of the Opera.

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

From: Grimm's Fairy Tales - The Golden Bird (1987), dir. Toshio Hirata, Toei Doga/Madhouse

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ginadotexe @ginadotexe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I love how @ani-obsessive.bsky.social was able to document the films at OIAF. In an age of AI use, it’s always good to know that there are people pouring their hearts and talents into the animation medium. Check out some of the films mentioned in this article! open.substack.com/pub/animatio...

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The Films Proving That Animation Is Alive

Plus: news.

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Concept paintings by Christophe Vacher for Treasure Planet (2002), dir. Ron Clements and John Musker, Walt Disney Feature Animation

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Character designs by Steve Purcell for The Curse of Monkey Island (canceled), dir. David Carson, Lucasfilm

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A Norio Hikone commercial for Curl snacks (1976)

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In the '80s, some of the world's most fascinating animation was made in Uzbekistan. It was a time of "absolute creative freedom with full funding." We're looking at the story behind the scene, and at the gems it produced: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/visions-in...

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

From: Little Mole and the Green Star (1969), dir. Zdeněk Miler, Trick Brothers

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Concept art by Leonid Shvartsman for A Kitten Named Woof (1976–1982), created by Lev Atamanov, Soyuzmultfilm

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

From: Polygon (1977), dir. Anatoly Petrov, Soyuzmultfilm

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Disney renaissance movies used to look different. They were planned to be printed on 35 mm film -- that's how they were first released. Modern editions skip that last step in the process. It was a highly developed, overlooked craft, as we explore: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/disneys-fi...

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

From: Ballerina on a Boat (1969), dir. Lev Atamanov, Soyuzmultfilm

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Drawings by Craig McCracken that led to Wander Over Yonder (2013–2016), created by Craig McCracken, Disney Television Animation

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

From: Big Underground Ball (1987), dir. Stanislav Sokolov, Soyuzmultfilm

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

From: Zima Blue (2019), dir. Robert Valley, Passion Animation Studios

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Scott Wills paints a background for the first run of Samurai Jack (2001–2004), created by Genndy Tartakovsky, Cartoon Network Studios

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

From: Winnie-the-Pooh Goes Visiting (1971), dir. Fyodor Khitruk, Soyuzmultfilm

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Concept art by Glen Murakami for Teen Titans (2003–2006), developed by Glen Murakami and Sam Register, Warner Bros. Animation

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

What's Opera, Doc? looks fantastic. Chuck Jones credited that to his artist Maurice Noble. Noble experimented with this cartoon and took big risks. "You will never do anything interesting if you don’t take chances," he argued. We explore what he did: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/why-whats-...

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Storyboards by Shinji Kimura for Tekkonkinkreet (2006), dir. Michael Arias, Studio 4°C

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Concept art by Leonid Shvartsman for The Mitten (1967), dir. Roman Kachanov, Soyuzmultfilm

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Three shots from Gulliver's Travels (1939), dir. Dave Fleischer, Fleischer Studios A young Hayao Miyazaki saw this film when it screened in Japan, and these moments with the cake left a long-lasting impression on him

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Early TV ads were a lifeline for Japanese animators. This stuff allowed for amazing creativity, even when other avenues didn't. Japan had world-class animated ads from the '50s onward. We're looking into a few of them today: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/japans-oth...

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

From: The Idea (1932), dir. Berthold Bartosch

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Concept art by Carter Goodrich for Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003), dir. Tim Johnson and Patrick Gilmore, DreamWorks Animation

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

From: Stop Motion Sabotage (2026), dir. Corduroy Frames Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgXS...

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

From: The Bremen Town Musicians (1969), dir. Inessa Kovalevskaya, Soyuzmultfilm A major hit that caused controversy in the USSR -- one critic supposedly called it "marijuana for children"

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Early Cartoon Network was hugely inspired by the UPA animator Bobe Cannon. Artists like Genndy Tartakovsky loved his style of movement, studied it and put it in their work. We're looking into Cannon's methods and how they shaped these shows: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-animat...

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

From: Hello Dad, I'm in Jail (1987), dir. Christopher Simon Best known for its appearance on Liquid Television

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Character design work by Yoichi Kotabe for Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974), dir. Isao Takahata, Zuiyo Eizo

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

From: The Hobbit (1977), dir. Arthur Rankin & Jules Bass, Rankin/Bass This film was created mostly by Topcraft, the Japanese studio that later produced Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

From: Film Noir (2006), dir. Osbert Parker

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Our new issue is a collection of resources for artists, from James Baxter animation notes to making-of videos for those Nickelodeon India bumpers: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/artist-res...

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Andrew Hinton 😷🧡 @andrewhinton.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I’ve never seen this Harryhausen quote about why stop motion animation is its own aesthetic form & trying to make it feel like smooth live-action is a category error. ❤️

As Harryhausen summed it up in 1981:

To me, the ultimate aim in making our films has never been the smoothing out of stop-motion animation. To try to duplicate live action in every way seems to me like asking a painter to paint a landscape so it will appear like a photograph. Our pictures are more of a surrealistic experience rather than an excursion into technical perfection. I’m certain technical perfection has its place and its advantages, but could you really make a sequence such as the skeleton swordfight in Jason and the Argonauts … with a computer?

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Concept art by Nizo Yamamoto for Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989), dir. Masami Hata and William Hurtz, TMS

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

From: The Little Soldier (1948), dir. Paul Grimault, Les Gémeaux

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

From: Panache the Squirrel (1978), dir. Tadanari Okamoto, Echo

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing even now. He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

From: The Lion and the Song (1959), dir. Břetislav Pojar, Kreslený a Loutkový Film Praha

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Concept art by Mary Blair for Cinderella (1950), dir. Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi and Wilfred Jackson, Walt Disney Productions

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Concept art for Ernest & Celestine (2012), dir. Benjamin Renner, Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar, La Parti Productions Art by Benjamin Renner, Zaza and Zyk

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

She was Hayao Miyazaki's "right-hand" collaborator from the '70s onward. Her name was Michiyo Yasuda -- the best color designer in animation. Yasuda's eye for color gave Ghibli's work a totally different look. We explore her methods: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-artist...

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Background paintings from The Secret of NIMH (1982), dir. Don Bluth, Don Bluth Productions

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Some of Stephane Chung's effects animation reel for Calamity: A Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary (2020), dir. Rémi Chayé, Maybe Movies

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

From: Doctor De Soto (1984), dir. Michael Sporn, Michael Sporn Animation An Oscar-nominated gem of a film

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

From: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters (2006), dir. Mamoru Oshii, Production I.G

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

From: Allegro non Troppo (1976), dir. Bruno Bozzetto, Bruno Bozzetto Film

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Concept art by Maurice Noble for What's Opera, Doc? (1957), dir. Chuck Jones, Warner Bros. Cartoons

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

From: Heroic Times (1984), dir. József Gémes, Pannonia Film Studio

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