I'll always admire Ralph Bakshi because in the '70s, when Disney was on the verge of being stripped for parts and televised cartoons were viewed as bottom of the barrel fare, this guy decides "I'm gonna make animated films and I'm gonna try to do it on my terms."
Character design work by Yasuhiro Nakura for Moomin (1990–1991), dir. Hiroshi Saito, Telescreen
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This extends to the animated movies of that year. 2002 is the year where traditional 2D animation looked the most polished it had ever been and studios would never allow that to happen again.
This dropping on the same day James Whales’ Frankenstein released in 1931… hell yea #filmsky
agreed on all counts, but i’d like to add that classic ranma is host to some fabulous cartooniness—much superior to anything i've seen from the remake i'd reckon. it's relatively low-key and infrequent, tomomi mochizuki sets a very nice slice of life template that makes the funny stuff even funnier
