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Ghibli Museum Library
The is the collection of classic and non-Japanese animated films which have been dubbed or subtitled and released in Japan by Studio Ghibli under the ''Ghibli ga Ippai'' label, in collaboration with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (with the partnership of Pony Canyon) anCinema ANGELIKAThree of the current titles were previously released as part of the now mostly defunct . The collection is named after the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka. Films As of 2023, the following films are known to have been or will be released under the Ghibli Museum Library label: * ''Le Roi et l'Oiseau'' (1980) – Cinema 2006.7.29, DVD 2007.4.4 * '' Kirikou et la Sorcière'' (1998) – DVD 2007.7.18 * ''Princes et Princesses'' (2000) – DVD 2007.7.18 * '' Les Triplettes de Belleville'' (2003) – DVD 2007.7.18 * '' Moya lyubov'' (2006) – Cinema 2007.3.17, DVD 2007.7.18 * '' Azur et Asmar'' (2006) – Cinema 2007.7.21, DVD and Blu-ray Disc 2007.12.19 * '' Przygody Myszki'' (1985) - DVD 2007.12.1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animation
Animation is a method by which image, still figures are manipulated to appear as Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent cel, celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most animations are made with computer-generated imagery (CGI). Computer animation can be very detailed Computer animation#Animation methods, 3D animation, while Traditional animation#Computers and traditional animation, 2D computer animation (which may have the look of traditional animation) can be used for stylistic reasons, low bandwidth, or faster real-time renderings. Other common animation methods apply a stop motion technique to two- and three-dimensional objects like cutout animation, paper cutouts, puppets, or Clay animation, clay figures. A cartoon is an animated film, usually a short film, featuring an cartoon, exaggerated visual style. The style takes inspiration from comic strips, often featuring anthropomorphi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margo The Mouse (film)
''Margo the Mouse'' ( pl, Przygody Myszki) is a Polish compilation movie from original TV animated series ''Margo the Mouse'', created and directed by Eugeniusz Kotowski. It was produced as a feature-length film in 1985 and released in several countries since 1986. The movie was produced in 1985 and released that year in the former Soviet Union. In 1986, a year later, it was released in the former East Germany directly to video. Due to the good reception of the compilation movie, the film was released in its native Poland in 1987. Subsequently, this version was released to other countries. The movie consists of eight episodes of the 1976 Polish animation television series ''Margo the Mouse''. Plot The movie is a selection of several episodes of the original television series ''Margo the Mouse'' and it has no dialogue. The film narrates the life of the beloved Margo, a little mouse that she lives in a tree located in a beautiful countryside. Other animals live in the tree, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Illusionist (2010 Film)
''The Illusionist'' (french: L'Illusionniste) is a 2010 animated film directed by Sylvain Chomet. The film is based on an unproduced script written by French mime, director and actor Jacques Tati in 1956. Controversy surrounds Tati's motivation for the script, which was written as a personal letter to his estranged eldest daughter, Helga Marie-Jeanne Schiel, in collaboration with his long-term writing partner Henri Marquet, between writing for the films ''Mon Oncle'' and ''Play Time''. The main character is an elderly version of Tati, with hints of his character Monsieur Hulot. The plot revolves around a struggling illusionist who visits an isolated community and meets a young lady who is convinced that he is a real magician. Chomet relocated the film, originally intended by Tati to be set in Czechoslovakia, to Scotland in the late 1950s.Pendreigh, Brian (22 June 2007)Chomet's Magic Touch" ''The Guardian''. According to the director, "It's not a romance, it's more the relationship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Close Shave
''Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave'' is a 1995 British stop-motion animated short film co-written and directed by Nick Park and produced by Aardman Animations with Wallace and Gromit Ltd., BBC Bristol and BBC Children's International. It is the third film featuring Wallace and Gromit, following '' A Grand Day Out'' (1989) and ''The Wrong Trousers'' (1993). In ''A Close Shave'', Wallace and Gromit uncover a plot to rustle sheep by a sinister dog. Like ''The Wrong Trousers'', ''A Close Shave'' won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. ''A Close Shave'' saw the first appearance of Shaun, who became the protagonist of the ''Shaun the Sheep'' spin-off series. Plot The inventor Wallace and his dog Gromit operate a window cleaning business. Wallace falls for the wool shopkeeper Wendolene Ramsbottom. Her sinister dog, Preston, rustles sheep to supply the shop. After a lost sheep wanders into the house, Wallace places him in his Knit-o-Matic, which shears sheep and kni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wrong Trousers
''The Wrong Trousers'' is a 1993 British stop-motion animated short film co-written and directed by Nick Park, featuring his characters Wallace and Gromit, and was produced by Aardman Animations in association with Wallace and Gromit Ltd., BBC Bristol, Lionheart Television and BBC Children's International. It is the second film featuring the eccentric inventor Wallace (voiced by Peter Sallis) and his dog Gromit, following '' A Grand Day Out'' (1989)''.'' In the film, a villainous penguin named Feathers McGraw uses Wallace and Gromit's robotic "Techno-Trousers" to steal a diamond from the city museum. This was the last Wallace and Gromit film to have Wallace as the only spoken character. ''The Wrong Trousers'' premiered in the United States on 17 December 1993, and the United Kingdom on 26 December 1993 on BBC Two. It was commercially successful, and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1994. It also inspired a charity fundraising day, known as "Wrong Trousers Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Grand Day Out
''A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit'', later marketed as ''A Grand Day Out'', is a 1989 British stop-motion animated short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ... starring Wallace and Gromit. It was directed, co-written, and animated by Nick Park at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield and Aardman Animations in Bristol. The short premiered on 4 November 1989, at an animation festival at the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol. It was first broadcast on 24 December 1990, Christmas Eve, on Channel 4. ''A Grand Day Out'' is followed in the series by 1993's ''The Wrong Trousers'', 1995's ''A Close Shave'', 2005's ''Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'' and 2008's ''A Matter of Loaf and Death''. The short was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaun The Sheep
''Shaun the Sheep'' is a British stop-motion television series and a spin-off of the ''Wallace and Gromit'' franchise. The title character is Shaun (previously featured as the sheep named "Shaun" in the 1995 short film ''A Close Shave'' and the ''Shopper 13'' short film from the 2002 ''Wallace and Gromit's Cracking Contraptions'' series). The series focuses on his adventures on a northern English farm as the leader of his flock. The series first aired in the UK on the CBBC channel on 5 March 2007 and has been broadcast in 180 countries. It consists of 170 seven-minute episodes. The fifth series has 20 episodes and was first aired in the Netherlands from 1 December 2015 to 1 January 2016 and in Australia on ABC Kids from 16 January 2016 to 1 May 2016. In the United States, a series of ''Shaun the Sheep'' shorts aired between commercial breaks on Disney Channel starting on 8 July 2007. The series inspired the spin-off ''Timmy Time'', a show aimed at younger viewers that foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Of Green Gables (1979 TV Series)
is a Japanese animated television series and the fifth entry in Nippon Animation's ''World Masterpiece Theater'' (which has been known by several different names). It was adapted from the 1908 novel ''Anne of Green Gables'' by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Produced by Nippon Animation in 1979, it was first broadcast on Fuji TV from January 7, 1979, to December 30, 1979. Fifty episodes were produced in total.河出書房新社編集部 (2005). 世界名作劇場「赤毛のアン」メモリアル・アルバム. 河出書房新社. The first six episodes were later edited into a compilation film released in 2010. The series has been exported to neighbouring Asian countries and also to Europe and French Canada ( it, Anna dai capelli rossi; french: Anne… la maison aux pignons verts; es, Ana de las Tejas Verdes; pt, Ana dos Cabelos Ruivos; german: Anne mit den roten Haaren). An English dub produced by Leephy Studios aired on SABC and Japan Entertainment Television. As with the nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Humpbacked Horse (1947 Film)
''The Humpbacked Horse'' (russian: Конёк-Горбуно́к; tr.:''Konyok Gorbunok'', that is ''The Little Horse - Little Humpback''), is a 1947 Soviet/Russian traditionally animated feature film directed by I. Ivanov-Vano and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. The film is based on the poem by Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, and because of this, it is spoken in rhyme. The English dub has few rhymes and is not an overall feature. A remake also by Ivanov-Vano and Soyuzmultfilm was released in 1975. This version, translated in English by George Molko, was released on October 25, 1977 as ''The Magic Pony''. Plot An old man has three sons: the elder two are considered fairly smart, while the youngest, Ivan, is considered a "fool." One day the father sends the three to find out who's been taking the hay in their fields at night. The elder brothers decide to lie hidden in a haystack, where they promptly fall asleep. Ivan, meanwhile, sits beside a birch tree and plays on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Matter Of Loaf And Death
''A Matter of Loaf and Death'' is a 2008 British stop-motion animated short film produced by Aardman Animations, created by Nick Park, and is the fourth short to star his characters ''Wallace and Gromit'', the first one since ''A Close Shave'' in 1995. ''A Matter of Loaf and Death'' is a murder mystery, with Wallace and Gromit starting a new bakery business. With an unknown assailant murdering bakers, Gromit tries to solve the case before Wallace ends up a victim himself. It was the last ''Wallace and Gromit'' film before the retirement of Wallace's voice actor Peter Sallis in 2010. The short was also one of most watched television specials in the United Kingdom in 2008 and received critical acclaim. It received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 82nd Academy Awards, losing to ''Logorama'', and won a BAFTA and an Annie Award for Best Short Animation and Best Animated Short Subject respectively in 2009. Plot A serial killer has murdered twelve bakers. Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Classic Adventures Episodes
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Farm (1954 Film)
''Animal Farm'' is a 1954 animated film directed by animators John Halas and Joy Batchelor. It was produced by Halas and Batchelor and funded in part by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), who also made changes to the original movie script. It was based on the 1945 novel of the same name by George Orwell. Although the film was a financial failure and took 15 years to generate a profit, it quickly became a staple in classrooms across the United Kingdom, the United States and other English-speaking countries like Australia, Canada, and New Zealand into the 1980s. The film rights for a film adaptation of ''Animal Farm'' were bought from Orwell's widow after she was approached by agents working for the Office of Policy Coordination (OPC), a branch of the CIA that dealt with the use of culture to combat communism. Maurice Denham provided the voice for all the animals in the film. Plot Manor Farm is mismanaged by its drunken owner, Mr. Jones. Prize pig Old Major encourages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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