Must see obscurities?

[Old Mouse]

Can people recommend non-mainstream items of quality? Features or shorts with either overall quality or even moments of spectacular interest? We all must have hidden favorites?

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (Karel Zeman 1963 - NOT the Gilliam version)
Hedgehog in the Fog (Yuri Norstein 1975 Heck, anything by Norstein)
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (I like it, anyway... Richard Williams 1977)
Twice Upon a Time (Charles Swenson, John Korty 1983)
Cats Don't Dance (Mark Dindal 1997)
Mighty Orbots (Saturday Morning TV series circa 1984)
A Goofy Movie (Kevin Lima 1995)

I don't list anime, because I don't know of any that is obscure... I have lots of favorites, but all seem so well known in this area...

[Zhade]

1. Holy Jesus on a stick - you mentioned the Mighty Orbots!

I thought NO ONE but me remembered it (I don't recall the quality, just its existence).

I always dug the Alf cartoon way more than the sitcom. As far as "hidden favorites", I can't think of any - I doubt I'm so discriminating I could name something obscure.

If you want obscure internet shorts, there I can help you. I like to seek the stuff out, because it's always cool to see what individuals can do in their spare time. Seen some amazing stuff, too.

[Old Mouse]

2. Orbots was amazing for its day

vibrant colors, hidden adult humor...

If you know of excellent Internet shorts, fire away!

[Zhade]

3. Here's just a fraction of stuff I've seen.

This guy did the infamous Star Wars Gangsta Rap: http://pyropymp.zed.cbc.ca/

This one's audio is obviously amateur, but the animation is professional level: http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/211982

The above guy's demo reel (he's a pro): http://www.artstooge.com/artists/hayk/

Can't decide yet if I like this one: http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/211796

This one is bloody and violent, but impressive both in style and in terms of the amount of work put into it: http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/212095

Most impressive, with fluid motion and a fair amount of humor in a fantasy setting: http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/158417

The above guy's website: http://www.biteycastle.com/html.shtml

Final Fantasy fans: http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/164193 and http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/58184

Legendary Frog: http://www.legendaryfrog.com/

Mega Man fans: http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/188383 and http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/183276

Mario fans: http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/157388 and especially http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/113889 (all three parts, excellent, but DO NOT VISIT THIS GUY'S SITE! It tries to get you to download spyware. Dick.)

They Might Be Giants fans: http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/210440

Weird Al Yankovic fans: http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/132035

Pretty decent: http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/183386

Of course, the obvious HomestarRunner.com


Hope some of those are new to you.

[Old Mouse]

4. Does anyone know "Popee the Performer"

from japan?

[7th_Sephiroth]

5. BOTS master (tv series)

Sonic Underground(tv series)
The Triplets of Bevelle (movie)

[Old Mouse]

7. I know "triplets"

what are the other two about?

[7th_Sephiroth]

8. BOTS master

is about a teenage genoius who creates concious, self aware robots and is hiding from the big global corporation who wants to make them for evil, it was a really good cartoon show

And Sonic underground is a rare somic the hedgehog cartoon show that i loved

Also the starship troopers cartoon show (cg animated, alot closer to the book than the movie)

And the hour long Mortal Kombat TV series are good

[TheMightyFavog]

19. BOTS Master kicked ass!

IIRC, it was a French series.

[TheMightyFavog]

20. EXO Squad

An American series from the early-mid 90s with a mecha anime like storyline. Was a decent series for an American cartoon, but would have been so much better if they would have targetted it towards a younger audience.

Link to an EXO Squad archive:

http://www.myspace.com/exo_squad

[Paul Hood]

6. Fantastic Planet

A Czech/French sci-fi movie.

A lot of info here http://www.scifilm.org/reviews2/fantasticplanet.html

[Old Mouse]

13. I saw this once

non-dubbed or subbed. Hard to finish that way...

[Az]

14. Showing my age: I saw this one on the big screen when it first came out

Great movie.

[0rganism]

18. Rene Laloux did a couple others worth seeing

Light Years/Gandahar: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095525/ (collaboration with Isaac Asimov, 1988)
Time Masters: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084315/ (collaboration with Jean Giraud aka Moebius, 1982)

They were pretty edgy in their day -- not so phenomenal now, but still worth seeing for a pre-Akira perspective on how things have changed on the "serious" animation scene.

[Az]

9. Gankutsuoh

Imagine The Count of Monte Cristo told by Japanese Anime artists with a access to CGI and a surreal furturistic setting. If you can find or catch this it is a visual kalidescope of settings.

[Old Mouse]

10. I heard there was a new Monte Cristo

Is it like Appleseed or Samurai Champloo?

[Az]

11. More like Ghost in the Shell first movie

Though far more psychedelic. Still have a buzz from when I saw a couple episodes.

[Old Mouse]

12. Sounds great!

Is is out on DVD? I'll hunt for it...

[Lisa]

15. "The Forbidden Quest" (1993)

The tale of a doomed Antarctic expedition. I found the story more memorable and frightening than films done with far larger budgets. (And to think that they accomplished this using mainly archival footage and one actor in a darkened room.)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106945/

[Lydia Leftcoast]

16. The Snow Queen

A Russian version of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale that somehow managed to find a U.S. distributor at the height of the Cold War in the late 1950s.

[sakabatou]

17. I remember a series

I think it was called "Red Planet."

[YOY]

21. "Raggedy Ann & Andy" WOW!

I remember the teacher let us watch that in 4th or 5th grade for a break (Catholic School.)

I still remember the two dancing dolls that sang in unison and the Camel.

[RiDuvessa]

22. I loved "The Last Unicorn"

Not great animation, and a little dark for kids. The book is better, but I loved the movie.