Your favourite non-disney animated films?

[Jenny-Toons]

I dunno why I used to think Anastasia was Disney as a kid. I think because I had seen all of the other "Disney Princesses", it sorta stuck.

But Scooby Doo on Zombie Island was the stuff. I loved that movie so much! And it was on a VHS my mom had recorded for me (I had the official but lost it), and it was recorded with Scooby Doo and the Alien Invaders and Scooby Doo meet the Ghoul School. So I got to see all the 1990s/early 2000 commercials that I really loved too. It felt like watching tv (we had tv, but you know the saying XD). God I know I've lost that tape by now, but I still had it well into my teens and still watched it to death XD

Now I just downloaded all the movies to watch. Much easier XD

[Mari]

@Jenny-Toons
I think it's because it's very disney-esque by it's plot (as it follows a traditional fairytale arch & is a musical).A lot of people think How to train your dragon is disney too, which is like the ultimate insult to dreamworks. It'd be funny if disney wasn't such a shitty company hell bent on destroying all competitors...

I had it on VHS too! I used to watch it all the time. I never saw any of the other scooby doo films though, my brothers or I weren't really into scooby doo as a whole. I don't think I've ever even seen a full episode. We loved that film though!

[Mari]

Oh hey, I forgot to include this Don Bluth film. The end was so scary. Actually most of it was super scary.

(I'd include secret of nimh but I'm one of those infidels who actually doesn't like secret of nimh)

[Jenny-Toons]

Oh my gosh, I know. Like, there are so many other good films aside from Disney. Don't get it wrong, they had some good ones, but like....if I have to look back on the old ones to say "they're good", that's not good. Moana was pretty good, but I'm...just not a Disney kid.

Grew up on Looney Tunes, Ed Edd n Eddy, Scooby Doo, and the rest of them back on Cartoon Cartoon.

Speaking of Scooby Doo, I can totally get that. Like, even now, I don't watch any of the new movies or the new series. I cut it off after I watched "What's New Scooby Doo?" and the movie "Scooby Doo in Cyberchase". Everything else is just...over the top XD

[Mari]

@Jenny-Toons
Yeah for sure. Like I do love a choice of disney films(espes renessaince) but my all my favourite animated films are like exclusively dreamworks.

Okay so I haven't seen Moana, but I do have a thing I feel I need to say about it. After I saw the trailer I felt there was something really familiar about her design, but this song highlighted it for me

She has the exact same rig that rapunzel has. Her facial deformations are the same (Rig means the "skeleton" of a 3D model. Facial deformations are preset expressions made for the model). How lazy can you be. That's the third movie they've recycled the rigs for.

Also as a side note like idk what sort of bribery is going on with the academy awards but the best animated feature went to FUCKING FRANKENWEENIE instead of ParaNorman, or even Wreck-it-ralph, in 2014 and like frankenweenie was some next level garbage. But then again the year that frozen won they all but admitted that they don't even watch the films... Just slap it on either disney or tim burton and done.

[anim8or2000]

here's mine:

mostly i like shorts:

[Mari]

I had Iron Giant in my head when I was compiling my list, but then I forgot it after all... Dang. Glad someone remembered it x) Iron giant has some really good looking 3D-that-tries-to-look-like-2D.

[TheThoughtfulBoxful]

1 . Zarafa
Great characterization, breathtaking animation, and a bittersweet story of friendship. And it's loosely based on true events.

2 . Once Upon a Forest
just look at those cheeks This is such a cute movie..

3 . The Iron Giant
Already been listed, but I did enjoy this movie, too!

4 . Balto
Basically the Alaskan Simba as far as I'm concerned.

5 . Curious George
SO. MUCH. COLOR. I loved the color palette for this film and still do today! This movie is a big inspiration to how I color (or want to color) things.

[punkarsenic]

ok so you guys have already mentioned a lot of my favourites, so lets see....

obviously. im surprised nobodys mentioned this one yet, its gorgeous, and such a great story. laika is always gorgeous

unpopular opinion? idk if itll live up to my standards now, but it was a favourite as a kid

so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i think i watched this dvd to death as kids

[TheThoughtfulBoxful]

how in the world did i forget flushed away and robots? those movies were great

[punkarsenic]

CURIOUS GEORGE. HOW COULD I FORGET???

(body seems unclear? let me post this tapas!)

[TheThoughtfulBoxful]

honestly universal studios needs to revive their *traditional animation division

[punkarsenic]

rip traditional animation i love some of the graphics that come from 3D animation but nothing beats the beautiful flow you get from good handdrawn stuff

[DiegoPalacios]

Shrek, but only the first and the second one........after that.....it lost it`s magic. They should have stopped after doing the second. Then we would have better memories of this franchise.

[DiegoPalacios]

I dunno why I used to think Anastasia was Disney as a kid

The art style looks "disneyesque". I made the same mistake.

[craicin]

people give shrek such grief, its actually really good. Like I liked the first two, and the fourth one.

i only liked the fourth one because of Rumpelstiltskin.

[spadesart]

where tf is road to el dorado here that movie is the best

[Louistrations]

Thank you, I was just about to post the same! XD

[punkarsenic]

i think thats one ppl always assume is disney despite it not being, prolly bc of the era, but either way its such a bloody gem

[fakey]

First one that comes to mind would probably be Kubo and the Two Strings. It's really fascinating how much effort went into making that film and it's a pretty enjoyable watch. I also loved one of the reveals that came about halfway into the film. Thought it was done very well.

Also special shout out to the animated Resident Evil movie, "RE: Damnation." That is some good dumb fun that I can get behind.