3 minutes 54 seconds of total psychedelic. Although, it would seem, nothing bodes well: the birds just find a certain amount of tasty food and make an informed decision to get to it.
FRU-89
Every Soviet child is simply obliged to know what frustration is. Because there is no other word to explain what is happening on the screen.
the contract
A space saga about the confrontation between a man and his contract with absolutely irresistible jazz compositions. There is an advertising stoned robot, punishing spheres, Mr. brutality and incorruptibility flying Rubik's Cube. It all looks so stylish that it is better for modern hipsters not to look in order to avoid an aesthetic shock.
Spoiler alert: In the end, it turns out that everything happened in a giant flower.
Last year's snow fell
Yes, it's trite, but without it, nowhere. To begin with, the narration is conducted from the perspective of a person with an advanced stage of the scattered attention syndrome - the narrator constantly jumps from one storyline to another and forgets where he left off. What does not spoil the overall picture- rather, it even helps to completely immerse oneself in the atmosphere of surrealism that reigns in the minds of the creators.
It will not be enough!
Bear
It was easier with frustration - they immediately made it clear that it was not worth striving to understand what was happening. Here you are trying to grasp the plot to the last, and sometimes it even seems to you that you begin to understand. But this is not for long.
You can calm yourself down by the fact that these are just dreams that the bear sees in its warm, cozy bed.
Wow talking fish
Each creation of the "Armenfilm" studio - cultural monument absurdity, done so well that you completely do not notice your own spiritual growth.
Contact
"Solaris" for children in summary: alien intelligence tries to interact with terrestrial organisms, taking the form of objects they understand. Drawing in the style of The Beatles fully complements the picture.
Blue puppy
We do not know if there is a subtext here that the cartoon acquired 40 years after its creation. But now it touches on the deepest issues of discrimination and oppression.
Blue, blue, we don't want to play with you!
Ferocious Bambra
A film about anger management and the complexities of social adaptation of an aggressive introvert in the world of ordinary people.
Rubik's Cube
A collection of absolutely insane short films, as beautiful in content as in art. A hare with a navel tail looking for itself and two virtuoso friends giving unforgettable performances. We bet you remember them, even if you saw them only once, and you were then very few years old.
Icarus and the wise men
A magical and cute cartoon about a dream. About the fact that no matter what anyone says, everything is achievable, you just have to not give up. And funny sayings in Latin that you can learn with his characters.
Monster
The one-eyed monster lives in a communal apartment with all sorts of different neighbors and litters with its scales all the time. A terribly touching and sad cartoon about tolerance and tolerance, and in childhood it was just sad, which we then understood, fish are stupid.
Kele
Chukchi fairy tale with Chukchi music about how a mythical creature kidnapped two girls. Scary and weird.
Bang bang, oh-oh-oh
What will happen if "Bunny went out for a walk" is staged at the opera? This cartoon.
Conflict
The parable about the war, which was shown on fingers (crossed out) matches. Naturally, with all the horror of the war, whichever side turns out to be cooler.
Direct hit
About slot machines, virtual reality (what it was) and the fact that real reality is better. Bright, dynamic, musical, psychedelic to the brim.
Pass
After watching this cartoon, not everyone dared to read the original story of Kir Bulychev. And she is gorgeous, one of best works the author.
There will be gentle rain
A dark and impressive film adaptation of Ray Bradbury. Showing the decay of life "in the west", the director turned around in a very high quality.
Caliph Stork
Scary, scary tale. We are still afraid of her!
Box
"Now in a hole, then in a crack, then in a strange hole for small bugs!" Freaky funny cartoon with a song. Our sincere recommendations.
December 32
This cartoon was somehow played on the central channel on December 31. And now this extravaganza that the products sang is in our heads forever. Thank you, comrades animators.
Box with a secret
A bright and colorful cartoon, which was drawn in the style of the famous "Yellow Submarine", but about a mechanical music box, it was scary and frightening to this day. Unbeknownst to extreme elegance. Especially frightening are the texts that are sung even where God forbid them to sing.
Hedgehog in the fog
This list is unthinkable without Yuri Norstein's amazing "Hedgehog in the Fog". A short film with an almost monochrome picture conquers with a unique, mysterious atmosphere. Each viewer interprets the images of the heroes and the plot in his own way, but everyone adores him. "Hedgehog in the Fog" has collected more than 35 international and all-Union awards, and in 2003 it was named best cartoon of all times according to the results of a survey of 140 film critics and cartoonists from different countries.
"Is love forever, and South Park is not just a cartoon, but also a great social commentary. But what if the soul is not asking for Homer Simpson, but for some other smart and funny animated series? We recommend the best cartoons with childish humor over the past few years.
BoJack Horseman
BoJack is a former legendary horse actor who has sunk to the bottom by now. He lives with some unshaven guy, periodically sleeps with his ex, uses all the substances that his nose or mouth can reach, but all this does not bring him happiness. A brilliant piece about what despair really looks like and - and how to get out of them. Moreover, the animated series with each season (this summer the 4th will be released) only gets better and rises to some unthinkable peaks.
Rick and Morty
This cartoon, reminiscent of an absurd parody of the good old film trilogy "Back to the Future", should not be judged by the very first episode. At first, the scholarly old alcoholic with constant belching and his underdeveloped grandson, traveling to other worlds, seem to be some kind of misunderstanding.
But after some time (after about three or four episodes) you will not be able to live without them. It should be noted that the author of the cartoon is Dan Harmon himself, who invented the legendary sitcom "Community".
C means "family" / F is for Family
At first glance, the ups and downs of one American family have squeezed everything out of the plot. What is fundamentally new in this genre occupied by The Simpsons and Family Guy? Nevertheless, the six-part cartoon from Netflix "C for" family "is quite pulling for itself a" new word. " Judge for yourself: Frank, the head of the Murphy family, is a Korean War veteran who lives in the suburbs of Pennsylvania and works at the local airport in the luggage section. He speaks with children exclusively with obscenities, has big problems with anger management, and his only joy is a daily can of beer in front of the TV with a vulgar detective series.
Sue, Frank's wife, runs the house and distributes some plastic junk from Plast-a-Ware in her neighborhood: dishes, boxes and other kitchen utensils. She seems to love her family, but at the same time, the woman is noticeably burdened by the role of a housewife. Sue wants to realize herself not only in the context of culinary masterpieces, but on this basis she meets strong resistance from Frank, who thinks in old-school stereotypes about the "man-earner" and "the woman-keeper of the hearth."
It is worth adding that the action of the animated series takes place in the 1970s and all the signs of that time serve as a background to the events in the Murphy family: a racial problem (Frank is panicky about African Americans), a class gap in society, rebellious youth (Frank's eldest son is a notorious nonconformist Kevin, who hates his narrow-minded and stereotyped father, smokes shmallow with his pimply friends in protest against the system and is obsessed with psychedelic rock).
And if in similar cartoons about the family their mutual love and unity is understood as a prerequisite, then in “C” means “family”, which is more similar to reality, the household is not exactly delighted with each other. Children beat each other, get into unpleasant situations, constantly disappoint their ancestors. Parents are constantly dogging each other, getting nervous, bearing the burden of "adult life" heavily. But nevertheless, they try to overcome these difficulties: and even if the Murphy family have few good moments together, they really appreciate them. Because these moments cost them a difficult joint struggle - with themselves and the world around them.
Mr. Pickles / Mr. Pickles
The Goodman family, the owners of a seemingly good-natured and intelligent dog named Mr. Pickles, do not even suspect what kind of devil is hiding behind his furry guise. Mr. Pickles is a real Mephistopheles, who at night, while everyone is asleep, conducts satanic rituals, chops off heads and indulges in all sorts of perverted pleasures. Nevertheless, Pickles at the same time seeks to eradicate Real Evil, a cancerous tumor on the body of society in the person of pedophiles, traffickers in human organs, mafiosi and so on. In general, an extremely tough cartoon about the state of our sick society with many metaphors and interpretations. Well, that is, it is not worth watching while drinking in your hipster quarter.
Bob's Burgers
Another non-trivial cartoon "family" theme, which, having passed the test of ratings, was extended for the 8th season. Despite the standard setting, Bob's Diner wins due to its urbanization - here family and work are tightly tied together, the characters are not dispersed collective images who are pitted together in some situations. Everything is at the same time here. Bob is not the most successful, but a diligent private entrepreneur, he has his own called "Bob's Burgers". So the family helps (prevents) him from running the business: his hysterical wife Linda, three disorderly children (Louise, Jean and Tina) spoil something all the time. However, they stick together, and this saves them from everything, even from the visits of a strict medical inspection, intending to close "Bob's Burgers".
Archer / Archer
This cartoon - "James Bond" on the contrary: in it the super-agent is not as the savior of the universe, but a more human version of it. The version is called Archer, and he has many shortcomings: unrestrained alcoholism, obsession with money, irresponsibility, cynicism and so on. He works for the cool spy agency ISIS (its director is Archer's mother), and is surrounded by the same imperfect people - from the pervert accountant Cyril, who is in love with a female hologram, to the nymphomaniac Cheryl. And all this rabble, in addition to solving a heap of personal problems, must somehow carry out super-secret tasks and secret missions. Perhaps one of the funniest animated series of recent times.
Brickleberry
Ecotema and Greenpeace people who protect the environment have suddenly turned from new heroes and saviors of the planet into nerds losing their sanity. This idea is perfectly illustrated in the satirical "Brickleberry", the main characters of which are the silly rangers of one park-reserve, from whom there is more harm than good. By the way, the coolest character in Brickleberry is not a man, but a lustful bear cub (and don't think of comparing him to Ted!).
Dr. Katz / Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
An old school animated series with a curious animation technique. The characters and space of "Dr. Katz" are drawn using a style called Squigglevision - everything around constantly shakes and floats a little from side to side. This solution fits the plot very well: "Dr. Katz" is a story about a quiet and (unnecessarily) polite balding psychoanalyst. Complete madmen come to the doctor for sessions and famous actors or comedians and pour their crazy stories into his head. This series, which started back in the 90s, is a good harbinger of the future era of kidals and general infantilism: a good example of this is the son of Dr. Katz, 25-year-old bum Ben, who can not find a job and always does rash and stupid things. For example, he is trying to breed expensive dwarf pigs in an apartment in order to make a fortune on this.
Ax Cop
Imagine if the outrageous absurdity and flight of imagination of the creators of South Park combined with the noir talent of a man like Frank Miller, who painted Sin City. A similar explosive mixture is the "Cop with an ax". An important point: this cartoon was originally invented by a five-year-old child - Malachi Nicholl, and his older brother Ethan helped him to bring the inventions to life. There is no evil humor of "Robot Chicken" in it, but there is a lot of childish naivety and stunning plot twists and turns - it is simply impossible to predict what a Cop with an ax will take in the next minute.
Adventure time
Of course, first of all, this cartoon is loved for the crazy fantasy and endless optimism of the Finn the boy and his wise partner - the dog Jake with the body stretching to infinity, who save Princess Bubblegum, fight the insidious Ice King, and so on. But if you look at it from a different angle, it becomes clear that Adventure Time is a possible version of the post-apocalyptic future. In one of the episodes (it seems, in the third season) we are shown some mutants living in underground ruins - feral inadequate creatures. It is possible that we ourselves are a bunch of survivors after the end of the world. And the magical land of Ooo, in which the boy, the dog and all their friends live, is a fictional world that, nevertheless, exists and overshadows the apocalypse that happened. And it turns out that the method of salvation that we are offered in the cartoon is to develop the power of our imagination, not to allow obstacles that arise in the head. In general, take an example from Finn and Jake.
Gravity Falls
A few years ago, the whole world was deeply obsessed with the aforementioned "Adventure Time" by Pendleton Ward. There were good reasons for that. First of all, the power of stupid and insane fantasy, with the help of which Ward distorted reality and matter and endowed children's heroes with adult imagination. So, "Gravity Falls" successfully continues this trend: in what other cartoon can you see the gnomes who are sick of the rainbow? Or funny jokes about biogenetics? The plot in it, perhaps, is uncomplicated, but here is the embodiment ...
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
The brainchild of Cartoon Network's experimental Adult Swim nightclub. Imagine the most mediocre law firm: boring court hearings, hysterical clients, dim prospects. Now, instead of the usual lawyers in tailored suits, add colorful superheroes in masks from the 60s to this set. A lot of absurdity, awkward pauses, and in general - good irony over the office monotony, leading to madness, broken hopes and failures.
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It doesn't matter if you are 8 or 208. We, your personal grade of British scientists, believe: everyone needs cartoons... Without the right dose of cartoons in the blood, a person shrinks, loses his inner child and thus becomes a penguin from Kinder Surprise. Do not do like this.
Such things are especially needed on cold autumn evenings, when apathy is overwhelming and Zemfira and Radiohead become the soundtrack of a lifetime. In case of an urgent need to feel like for all 7 years, we have collected a selection of non-trivial and beautiful, which will bring incredible pleasure to the eyes and soul.
Song of the Sea
Anbelivable beautiful animated film that will work like a high-end Altai plantain after all these soulless 3D action games. "Song of the Sea" is delightful in everything - from music and plot to art (dazzling, excellent, God-let-there-be-more-such-films). Brother Ben and his sister Saoirse discover the world of ancient magic and legends, and viewers on their journey suddenly realize that cartoons are still capable of work magic and surprise... In fact, it is cannot be described in words, it must be seen."Mary and Max" / Mary and Max
Adult animated film about two loneliness(one - 8 years old, the second - 44), who found each other, despite the difference in 36 years and 2 continents. Mary is growing, Max is getting old, their worlds are filled with sadness and depression, as if all the chocolate has suddenly disappeared from the planet. The cartoon will provoke a wild stream of thoughts, will tell what is adult life, and will teach you one important thing: any decay can be dealt with if you find a source of strength to overcome the sludge.The Iron Giant
Before director Brad Bird went mainstream and started working on The Simpsons, he created timeless masterpieces type "Steel Giant". The most ordinary guy accidentally stumbles upon a giant robot that flew to Earth from distant space. Naturally, friendship is struck between them, but the bigwigs from the government have not the most peaceful plans for the giant. The cartoon is obliged (and has not yet failed with this mission) to call an overwhelming amount of emotions and inspire great deeds."Keeper of the Moon" / Mune, le gardien de la lune
There is such a profession - to hang the moon in the sky. On some distant planet, day and night do not automatically replace each other, and this has to be done by the keepers - local servants of the people. Main character Myun accidentally receives this title, but on the very first working day fuck the moon... It would seem that everything is stupidly trite: there is a good guy, there is a bad guy, there is a girl who needs to make a choice, and there is a thing that needs to be returned to heaven in order to save humanity. But along the way, it turns out that there are much more heroes here, but the story is much deeper... Bold plus - brave new world, in which you want, if not to live, then at least a couple of days to relax.Ernest et Celestine
A breath of fresh air in the realm of prim, soulless cartoons about cockroaches. Perfect watercolorhello from childhood... She is a small mouse, he is a huge bear. She must become a dentist, although she wants to be an artist, and he is a musician and poet, whose talent is worth just enough so as not to starve to death. Suddenly these two are out different worlds they get closer and begin to stubbornly make friends, despite the colossal differences and total non-recognition of society. As for the animation - yes, the cartoon is not particularly spectacular, there are no explosions, no monsters, no Michael Bay, but from drawing you relax your soul and think: "Damn, but life is good".Fantastic Mr. Fox Fox
Tucking up jeans, loving plaid shirts and growing a beard for your deer? Congratulations, the blood that flows in you is the color of Instagram's hipster filter. A wonderful film from the equally wonderful Wes Anderson, who has each frame pulls to the splash screen your MacBook / iPhone. it non-standard fairy tale, where the main character- an incomparable thief, asking questions like "am I trembling or have the right." Enchantingly beautiful, atmospheric, it is felt that it is made with feeling, really and soul."Persipolis" / Persepolis
The case when the synopsis of the film has every chance of discouraging you from watching, which will be a fatal mistake. Let's say right away: there is a lot of politics, but the essence is not at all in it. "Persipolis" is a cartoon about the laws of society, about the value of freedom, about life in general... Sincere and sometimes witty in a good way, infects with faith in good, eternal and bright... A main character is a fan of Bruce Lee and wears a Punks Not Dead biker jacket, for which we respect the entire channel."Waking Life"
The animation is very mature, strictly 16+ and for those who like to wiggle their brains and think about the eternal (because anything, just not to work). Everything is really complicated here: heroes live in their own atmosphere, the logic of their world defies any explanation, and the animation is so trippy that it seems as if the entire film was passed through Prisma. But in terms of meaning, this is such a good slap in the face to your frozen consciousness, which does not understand, how does this life work... In the end, the "Venice Film Festival" does not give statuettes to just anyone."Under cover of the night" / Nocturna
Highly touching cartoon which will remove about 3 layers of moss and callousness from your heart. The world of "Nocturnes" is shaking, absolutely anything can happen here... When little orphan Tim's favorite star falls from the sky, he sets out on a journey to save her. Our mimi meters went off scale and broke. What do you like the most - any madness is presented here as the apogee of consistency and correctness... Like, do specially trained creatures control the creak of lanterns at night? Well, what are you, all my life it has been like that."Paprika" / Paprika
Yes, this is an anime, but this is the same anime that will change your idea of Japanese animation, even if now you want to make hara-kiri from just one kind of inhuman big eyes... After the screening of Paprika at the Venice Film Festival the crowded audience stood and greeted the director with a thunderous ovation that did not subside for five minutes... According to the plot, the genius inventor creates a device capable of penetrating other people's dreams. Included - atmosphere of madness that tightens your head, gorgeous drawing, original characters.Bonus: World of Tomorrow
Since such a thing has gone, a little bonus: an abstract short film, which consists of 70 percent philosophy and 30 from selected beauty... "World of the Future" was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Film. More in these 17 minutes thoughts and ideas than the three-hour Interstellar.
Cartoons, the letters in the title of which can be counted on one hand. But it happens quite differently. Today we will tell you about the longest cartoon titles. Mostly unknown, but no less amusing.
Note that representatives of Japanese animation were not included in the top: there are a lot of strange and cumbersome names, but they need a separate selection.
8th place: Song of Wolfgang the Undaunted, the glorious dragon slayer (65 characters)
Such an eloquent title went to the short animated film of the Pilot studio. Carefully, the title will spoil the plot: the story of how the fearless Wolfgang goes to battle with the dragon to the applause of his fellow citizens.
But the brave young man will win the fire-breathing (and fire-coughing) monster? For the sake of a spectacular denouement, you should definitely watch this sweet and ironic parody of old knightly ballads.
7th place: Incredible Journeys with Jules Verne: Journey to the Center of the Earth (66 signs)
A little awkward 2D art, extremely careful attitude to the book's original source and Pierre Richard voiced by Otto Liedenbrock: this tape is an original and noteworthy example of French animation, created straight for fans of the legendary author of adventure books.
The original title of this cartoon ("Les voyages extraordinaires de Jules Verne - Voyage au center de la terre") is as long as the list of works by the famous Monsieur Jules Verne. And there, too, two times "trip", so everything is fair.
6th place: LEGO DC Comics Superheroes - Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom (69 characters)
And here is the multi-stage name of the LEGO superhero that came out immediately on the video. In the original, it looks no less epic, as befits the title of the battle of the Justice League with the Legion of Doom (Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom!). In general, everything is extremely serious here - Lex Luthor has assembled a super-strong super-team of supervillains and is going to restore his destructive order in Metropolis for the one hundred and thirty-fifth time, and he will have to win unexpectedly.
All this - in the fashionable style of LEGO, the DC Comics Superheroes series, look for corresponding sets of constructors on the shelves in children's stores.
5th Place: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Legends of the Evergreen Forest (69 characters)
The fourth part of the series about humanized versions in a similar top in English would hardly have gotten - there their name looks shorter (“My Little pony: Equestria Girls - Legend of Everfree "). But not with us, well at least they didn’t write “part four” in words yet. This is the fate of the spin-offs (offshoots of the original film): after all, it is necessary to designate belonging to the cult franchise, and to cram your own, and about legends, too, to be different from the other three parts.
But this cartoon is now very relevant - about a trip to a summer camp, followed by an indispensable rock concert and a demonstration of the total magic of friendship. What could be better than a magical summer vacation adventure?
4th place: Is a tall person happy? Animated conversation with Noam Chomsky (72 characters)
Of course, we understand that this is not really a cartoon, but a philosophical conversation with the famous linguist Naom Chomsky (Chomsky). But it is so beautiful, psychedelic and atmospheric drawn, and even with such a strange name that it was decidedly impossible to pass by.
A film from the creator of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" Michel Gondry and with an overwhelming percentage of thoughts about life, translated into a visual format using pencils, paper and a 60mm camera. Unique and very “thing in itself”.
3rd place: Wizard of the Emerald City. Film Five: Exposing the Great and Terrible (75 characters)
Bronze goes to the puppet Soviet cartoon... Volkov's books then lasted for a long time, and other parts of the film adaptation can also boast extremely impressive tailed titles. For example, “The Wizard of the Emerald City. Film ten: Ellie meets friends. "
But we chose the longest one. Tellingly, it does not at all prevent the cartoon from being beautiful, kind and wise.