Subgenre Sampler
Animation: 950 Films to Buy & Rent
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
- Dir. Peter Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich
Feat. John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Jennifer Tilly…
- Discovering that children’s screams can be converted into an energy source (‘Scream Heat’), monsters lurk in their closets to feed the…
Osmosis Jones (2001)
- Dir. Pete Farrelly, Bob Farrelly
Feat. Bill Murray, Chris Rock, Laurence Fishburne…
- The Farrelly Bros (KINGPIN) take their comic fixation with bodily functions to extremes by setting this icky animation within the bowels of Bill…
Pokemon 2000 (2001)
- Feature–length delve through the world of those cute, sometimes lethal Japanese balls of coloured fuzz. Ash Ketchum must save the world from…
Reboot (TV Series) (2001)
- Dir. Steve Ball, Gavin Blair
Feat. Michael Benyaer, Sharon Alexander, Kathleen Barr
- Popular Canadian CGI series set in a computer system where a group of sprites must defend their territory known as the 'Mainframe' from viruses and…
Recess: School's Out (2001)
- Dir. Chuck Sheetz
- Disney cartoon which follows the shenanigans of several cocky schoolkids.
Most importantly they try to foil the plans of their former…
Ripping Friends, The (TV Series) (2001)
- Feat. Eric Bauza, Mark Dailey, Dwayne Hill
- Animated series from John Kricfalusi (REN & STIMPY) where four muscleheaded superheroes humourously flub their assigned roles.
Not quite on a par…
Samurai Jack (2001)
- The first three episodes (as a 'pilot movie') of the animated TV series concerning a silent and angular warrior who defends a quasi–ancient…
Samurai Jack (TV Series) (2001)
- Cartoon Network's zen warrior in series mode, broadening the pilot's movie–length setup of a young samurai thrust into the future by evil…
Sealab 2021 (TV Series) (2001)
- Savvy Adult Swim comedy is another redux of a dead–and–buried Hanna Barbara cartoon: an undersea–themed adventure series now…
Shrek (2001)
- Dir. Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
Feat. Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, John Lithgow…
- Flipping the rules of fairy–tales (and especially the Walt Disney incarnations) on their head, the ‘hero’ of this animation is in fact…