Cartoons, the letters in the name of which can be counted on one hand. But it happens completely differently. Today we will talk about the longest cartoon titles. Mostly unknown, but no less interesting for that.
Note that the top did not include representatives of Japanese animation: there are a lot of strange and cumbersome names, but they need a separate selection.
8th place: Song of Wolfgang the undaunted, the illustrious slayer of dragons (65 characters)
Such an eloquent title went to the short cartoon from the Pilot studio. Beware, the title spoils the plot: the story of how the undaunted Wolfgang goes to battle the dragon to the applause of his fellow citizens.
But will the brave young man defeat the fire-breathing (and fire-coughing) monster? For the sake of a spectacular ending, you should definitely watch this sweet and ironic parody of ancient knightly ballads.
7th place: Incredible Journeys with Jules Verne: Journey to the Center of the Earth (66 characters)
Slightly clumsy 2D drawing, extremely careful attitude to the book source and Pierre Richard's voice acting by Otto Lidenbrock: this film is an original and noteworthy example of French animation, created directly 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 of the illustrious Monsieur Jules Verne. And there is also a “journey” twice, so everything is fair.
6th place: LEGO Superheroes DC Comics - Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom (69 characters)
And here is the multi-stage name of the LEGO superhero movie released straight to video. In the original it looks no less epic, as befits the title of the battle between the Justice League and the Legion of Doom (Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom!). In general, everything here is extremely serious - Lex Luthor has assembled a super-powerful super-team of super-villains and is going to bring his destructive order to Metropolis for the one hundred and thirty-fifth time, and he is about to win completely unexpectedly.
All this is in the fashionable style of LEGO, the DC Comics Superheroes series; look for the corresponding construction sets on the shelves in children's stores.
5th place: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Legends of the Everfree Forest (69 characters)
The fourth part of the series about humanized versions would hardly have made it into a similar top in English - there their name looks shorter (“My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Legend of Everfree"). But not here, it’s good that “part four” hasn’t been spelled out yet. This is the fate of spin-offs (branches from the original film): after all, it is necessary to indicate that they belong to a cult franchise, and to cram in something of their own, and it is also necessary to talk about legends - so that it differs from the other three parts.
But this cartoon is very relevant now - about a trip to a summer camp, followed by the inevitable rock concert and a demonstration of the total magic of friendship. What could be better than magical adventures during the summer holidays?
4th place: Is a tall person happy? Animated conversation with Noam Chomsky (72 characters)
Of course, we understand that this is not exactly a cartoon, but a philosophical conversation with the famous linguist Naom Chomsky (Chomsky). But it was so beautiful, psychedelic and atmospherically drawn, and even with such a strange name that it was absolutely impossible to pass by.
A film from the creator of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Michel Gondry, with an overwhelming percentage of thoughts about life translated into visual format using pencils, paper and a 60mm camera. Unique and very “thing in itself”.
3rd place: The Wizard of the Emerald City. Film Five: Unmasking the Great and the Terrible (75 characters)
Bronze goes to the puppet Soviet cartoon. Volkov’s books then lasted 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. What is characteristic is that it does not at all prevent the cartoon from being beautiful, kind and wise.
"is love forever, and South Park is not just a cartoon, but also a great social commentary. But what to do if your soul asks not for Homer Simpson, but for some other smart and funny animated series? We recommend the best cartoons with childish humor from the last few years.
BoJack Horseman
BoJack is a former legendary horse actor who has now sunk to the bottom. He lives with some unshaven guy, periodically sleeps with his ex, uses every substance his nose or mouth can reach, but all this does not bring him happiness. A brilliant piece about what despair and - and how to get out of them - really look like. Moreover, the animated series only gets better with each season (the 4th will be released this summer) and rises to some unimaginable heights.
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, an old, alcoholic scientist with a constant burp and his underdeveloped grandson traveling to other worlds seem like some kind of misunderstanding.
But after some time (after about three or four episodes) you won’t 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, everything that can be squeezed out of the plot “the ups and downs of one American family” has already been squeezed out. What fundamentally new can be said in this genre, occupied by “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy”? Nevertheless, the six-episode cartoon from Netflix “F is for Family” is quite a “new word”. Consider for yourself: Frank, the head of the Murphy family, is a Korean War veteran who lives in the suburbs in Pennsylvania and works at the local airport in the baggage section. He speaks exclusively to children using obscenities, has serious 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, manages the house and distributes some plastic junk from the company Plast-a-Ware in her area: bowls, 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 encounters strong resistance from Frank, who thinks in old-school stereotypes about the “male breadwinner” and the “female keeper of the hearth.”
It is worth adding that the animated series takes place in the 1970s and the background to the events in the Murphy family is all the signs of that time: the racial problem (Frank is terribly afraid of African Americans), the class gap in society, rebellious youth (Frank’s eldest son is a notorious nonconformist Kevin, who hates his narrow-minded and stereotyped father, smokes schmaltz with his pimply friends as a sign of protest against the system and is obsessed with psychedelic rock).
And if in such animated series about a family, their mutual love and unity are understood as a prerequisite, then in “F is for Family,” which is more similar to reality, the household members are not exactly delighted with each other. Children beat each other up, get into unpleasant situations, and constantly disappoint their ancestors. Parents constantly fight with each other, are nervous, and carry the burden of “adult life” heavily. But nevertheless, they try to overcome these difficulties: and even if the Murphy family has few good moments together, they truly 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, does not even know what kind of devil is hiding behind his furry appearance. Mr. Pickles is a real Mephistopheles, who at night, while everyone is sleeping, conducts satanic rituals, chops off heads and indulges in all sorts of perverted pleasures. Nevertheless, Pickles strives to eradicate the Real Evil, a cancer 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, I mean, you shouldn't watch it while drinking in your hipster neighborhood.
Bob's Burgers
Another unusual cartoon with a “family” theme, which, having stood the test of ratings, was renewed for the 8th season. Despite the standard premise, "Bob's Burger" benefits from its urbanity - here family and work are tightly tied together, the characters are not dispersed collective images, who are pitted together in some situations. Everything is together here. Bob is not the luckiest, but a diligent private entrepreneur, he has his own called “Bob's Burgers”. So his family helps (prevents) him from running his business: his hysterical wife Linda, three careless children (Louise, Jean and Tina) always spoil something. However, they stick together, and this saves them from everything, even from visits from a strict health inspector who intends to close Bob's Burgers.
Archer
This cartoon is “James Bond” in reverse: in it the superspy is not the savior of the universe, but a more humane version of him. The version is called Archer, and he has many shortcomings: unrestrained alcoholism, obsession with money, irresponsibility, complete cynicism, and so on. He works in the cool spy agency ISIS (its director is Archer's mother), and he is surrounded by the same imperfect people - from the perverted accountant Cyril, who is in love with a female hologram, to Cheryl, who suffers from nymphomania. And all this rabble, in addition to solving a bunch of personal problems, must also somehow carry out super-secret tasks and secret missions. Perhaps one of the funniest animated series of recent times.
Brickleberry / Brickleberry
Ecotema and Greenpeace members defending environment, from new heroes and saviors of the planet suddenly turned into bores losing their sanity. This idea is perfectly illustrated by the satirical "Brickleberry", the main characters of which are the idiotic rangers of a park-reserve, who do more harm than good. By the way, the coolest character in Brickleberry is not a man, but a lustful bear cub (and don’t even think about comparing him to Ted!).
Dr. Katz / Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
An old-school animated series with interesting animation techniques. The characters and space of Dr. Katz are drawn using a style called Squigglevision - everything around them constantly shakes and floats a little from side to side. This solution suits the plot very well: “Dr. Katz” is a story about a quiet and (overly) 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 scams and general infantilism: a good example of this is Dr. Katz’s son, 25-year-old slacker Ben, who cannot find a job and constantly commits rash and stupid actions. For example, he is trying to breed expensive dwarf pigs in his apartment in order to make a fortune from it.
Ax Cop
Imagine if the extreme absurdity and flight of fancy of the creators of South Park were combined with the noir talent of a man of the level of Frank Miller, who drew Sin City. “Cop with an Ax” is such an explosive mixture. An important point: this cartoon was originally invented by a five-year-old child, Malachi Nicoll, and his older brother Ethan helped him bring his imagination to life. It does not have the evil humor of Robot Chicken, but there is a lot of childish naivety and stunning plot twists - it is simply impossible to predict what Cop with an Ax will do in the next minute.
Adventure time
Of course, first of all, this cartoon is loved for the crazy imagination and endless optimism of Finn the boy and his wise partner - the dog Jake with a body that stretches to infinity, who save Princess Bubblegum, fight the treacherous Ice King, and so on. But if you look at it from a different perspective, it becomes clear that Adventure Time is a possible post-apocalyptic future. In one of the episodes (I think in the third season) we are shown some mutants living in underground ruins - wild, 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, where the boy, the dog and all their friends live, is a fictional world that, nevertheless, exists and overshadows the apocalypse that has 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, to avoid obstacles that arise in our heads. In general, follow the example of Finn and Jake.
Gravity Falls / Gravity Falls
A few years ago, the whole world became deeply obsessed with the aforementioned Adventure Time by Pendleton Ward. There were good reasons for this. First of all, the power of stupid and crazy imagination, 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 gnomes vomiting rainbows? Or funny jokes about biogenetics? The plot in it may be simple, but the execution...
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
The brainchild of the experimental late-night block Adult Swim on Cartoon Network. Imagine the most ordinary law office: boring court hearings, hysterical clients, vague prospects. Now add to this scenery, instead of the usual lawyers in formal suits, motley superheroes in masks from the 60s. There is a lot of absurdity, awkward pauses, and in general - good irony over office monotony, leading to madness, dashed hopes and failures.
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3 minutes 54 seconds of total psychedelia. Although it would seem that there are no signs: the birds simply find a certain amount of something tasty 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.
Contract
A space saga about the confrontation between a man and his contract, accompanied by absolutely irresistible jazz compositions. There is an advertising stubborn robot, punishing spheres, Mr. Brutality and Incorruptibility, a flying Rubik's Cube. It all looks so stylish that modern hipsters are better off not looking at it to avoid aesthetic shock.
Spoiler: in the end it turns out that everything happened in a giant flower.
Last year's snow fell
Yes, it’s banal, but you can’t live without it. Let's start with the fact that the story is told from the perspective of a person with an advanced stage of absent-mindedness syndrome - the narrator constantly jumps from one storyline to another and forgets where he stopped. What doesn't spoil big picture– rather, it even helps to completely immerse yourself in the atmosphere of surrealism that reigns in the minds of the creators.
It won't be enough!
Bear
With frustration it was easier - they immediately made it clear that there was no point in striving to understand what was happening. Here you try to understand the plot until the last moment, and sometimes it even seems to you that you are beginning to understand. But it won't last long.
You can reassure yourself that these are just dreams that a bear sees in his warm, cozy crib.
Wow, talking fish
Each creation of the film studio "Armenfilm" - cultural monument absurdity, done so well that you completely do not notice your own spiritual growth.
Contact
"Solaris" for children in summary: alien intelligence is trying to interact with terrestrial organisms, taking the form of objects that they understand. Painting in the style of The Beatles fully complements the picture.
Blue puppy
We don’t know if there is the subtext here that the cartoon acquired 40 years after its creation. But now it touches on deep issues of discrimination and oppression.
Blue, blue, we don't want to play with you!
Fierce Bambre
A film about anger management and the difficulties of social adaptation of an aggressive introvert in the world of ordinary people.
Rubik's Cube
A collection of absolutely crazy short films, as beautiful in content as they are in drawing. A hare with a belly button looking for himself, and two virtuoso friends giving unforgettable performances. We bet you remember them, even if you saw them only once, and you were very young then.
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 cool sayings in Latin that you can learn along with its characters.
Monster
The one-eyed monster lives in a communal apartment with all sorts of different neighbors and litters all the time with its scales. A terribly touching and sad cartoon about tolerance and tolerance, but in childhood it was just sad, which we understood then, fish are stupid.
Kele
Chukotka fairy tale with Chukotka music about how mythical creature kidnapped two girls. Scary and weird.
Bang-bang, oh-oh-oh
What would happen if “The Bunny Went Out for a Walk” was staged in an opera? This cartoon.
Conflict
A parable about the war, which was shown on the fingers (crossed out) with matches. Naturally, with all the horror of war, whichever side turns out to be cooler.
Direct hit
About slot machines, virtual reality(what it was) and that the real reality is better. Bright, dynamic, musical, psychedelic to the brim.
Pass
After watching this cartoon, not everyone decided to read the original story by Kir Bulychev. And she is magnificent, one of best works author.
There will be gentle rain
A dark and impressive adaptation by Ray Bradbury. Showing the decay of life “in the West”, the director did a very good job.
Caliph Stork
A terrible, terrible fairy tale. We are still afraid of her!
Box
“Now in a hole, now in a crack, now in a strange hole for little bugs!” A crazy funny cartoon with a song. Our sincere recommendations.
December 32
This cartoon was once shown on some central channel on December 31st. And now this extravaganza that the products sang is in our heads forever. Thank you, fellow 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 scared and still scares. Unfazed by extreme elegance. Particularly frightening are the lyrics that are sung even where God forbid they should be sung.
Hedgehog in the fog
This list is unthinkable without the stunning “Hedgehog in the Fog” by Yuri Norshtein. The short film with an almost monochrome picture captivates with its unique, mysterious atmosphere. Each viewer interprets the images of the characters and the plot in their own way, but everyone adores it. “Hedgehog in the Fog” collected more than 35 international and all-Union awards, and in 2003 it was named best cartoon of all time, based on the results of a survey of 140 film critics and animators from different countries.
It doesn't matter whether you're 8 or 208. We, your very own breed of British scientists, are confident: everyone needs cartoons. Without the required dose of cartoons in the blood, a person shrinks, loses his inner child and becomes that same penguin from Kinder Surprise. Do not do it this way.
Such things are especially needed on cold autumn evenings, when apathy takes over and Zemfira and Radiohead become the soundtrack of your whole life. In case of urgent need to feel yourself for all 7 years, we have collected a selection of unusual and beautiful things that will bring incredible pleasure to the eyes and soul.
"Song of the Sea" / Song of the Sea
Anbelivable beautiful animated film, which will work like a high-end Altai plantain after all those soulless 3D action films. "Song of the Sea" is amazing in everything - from the music and plot to the art (dazzling, excellent, God-let-there-be-more-movies like this). Brother Ben and his sister Saoirse discover a world of ancient magic and legend, and as viewers on their journey suddenly realize that cartoons can still create magic and surprise. In fact, this is can't be described in words, you have to see it."Mary and Max" / Mary and Max
Adult animated film about two loneliness(one is 8 years old, the second is 44), who found each other, despite the difference of 36 years and 2 continents. Mary is growing up, Max is getting old, their worlds are filled with sadness and depression, as if all the chocolate had suddenly disappeared from the planet. The cartoon will provoke a wild flow of thoughts, tell what is adult life, and will teach one important thing: any decay can be dealt with, if you find a source of strength to overcome sludge."The Iron Giant"
Before director Brad Bird went mainstream and started working on The Simpsons, he created masterpieces are timeless like "The Steel Giant". An ordinary guy accidentally stumbles upon a giant robot that has flown to Earth from deep space. Naturally, a friendship develops between them, but government bigwigs have less than peaceful plans for the giant. The cartoon is obliged (and has not yet failed with this mission) to cause an overwhelming amount of emotions and inspire great things."Guardian of the Moon" / Mune, le gardien de la lune
There is such a profession - hanging the moon in the sky. On some distant planet, day and night do not automatically follow each other, and this has to be done by guardians - local servants of the people. Main character Mune accidentally gets this title, but on the first working day fucks the moon. It would seem that everything is stupidly banal: 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 as things progress, it turns out that there are a lot more heroes here, and the story is much deeper. Bold plus - brave new world, in which you want, if not to live, then at least to relax for a couple of days."Ernest and Celestine" / 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 should become a dentist, although she wants to be an artist, and he is a musician and poet, whose talent is worth just enough not to die of hunger. Suddenly these two different worlds They get closer and begin to stubbornly become friends, despite the colossal differences and total lack of recognition by society. As for the animation - yes, the cartoon is not particularly spectacular, there are no explosions, no monsters, no Michael Bay, but from drawings you relax your soul and think: “Damn, life is good”."Fantastic Mr. Fox" / Fantastic Mr. Fox
Do you roll up your jeans, love plaid shirts and grow a beard for your deer? Congratulations, the blood that flows through you is the color of the hipster Instagram filter. A wonderful film from the equally wonderful Wes Anderson, who every frame looks like a splash screen your MacBook/iPhone. This non-standard fairy tale, Where main character- an incomparable thief asking questions like “am I a trembling creature or do I have the right.” Enchantingly beautiful, atmospheric, it feels like it was made with feeling, sense and soul."Persipolis" / Persepolis
This is when the film's synopsis has the potential to put you off watching it, which would be a fatal mistake. Let’s say right away: there is a lot of politics here, but that’s not the point. "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 the good, eternal and bright. A main character is a fan of Bruce Lee and wears a Punks Not Dead leather jacket, for which we respect the entire channel."Waking Life"
The animation is very adult, strictly 16+ and for those who like to use 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 run through Prisma. But in meaning, this is such a good slap in the face to your frozen consciousness, which does not understand, how does this life work. After all, the Venice Film Festival doesn’t give statuettes to just anyone."Nocturnal Animals" / Nocturna
Very touching cartoon, which will remove about 3 layers of moss and callousness from your heart. The world of "Nocturnes" is amazing, 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 most - any madness here is presented as the apogee of logic and correctness. Like, the creaking of lanterns at night is controlled by specially trained creatures? Come on, it’s been like this all my life."Paprika" / Paprika
Yes, this is an anime, but this is the same anime that will change your understanding of Japanese animation, even if now you want to do hara-kiri from the mere sight of inhuman big eyes. After the screening of "Paprika" at the Venice Film Festival the crowded hall greeted the director with a standing ovation that did not subside for five minutes. According to the plot, a genius inventor creates a device that can penetrate other people's dreams. Included - atmosphere of madness, which is addictive, gorgeous drawing, original characters.Bonus: "World of Tomorrow"
Since this is the case, a little bonus: an abstract short film, which is 70 percent philosophy and at 30 - from selected beauty. "Tomorrow World" was nominated for an Oscar as best short film. There's more packed into those 17 minutes. thoughts and ideas than in the three-hour "Interstellar".