Subgenre Sampler
Animation: 947 Films to Buy & Rent
Dink the Little Dinosaur (1989)
- A recent creation from the Hanna–Barbera stable. Dink and his prehistoric pals brave it against the perils of Mother Nature over five episodes.
Little Mermaid, The (1989)
- Dir. Ron Clements, John Musker
- A modern Disney animated musical blessed with a wonderful score and a touching story.
Based loosely on Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale, a…
Magical World of Margaret Mahy, The (1989)
- Dir. Euan Frizzell
- Five stories from New Zealand’s premier children’s writer gets nicely animated – “Keeping House”, “The Three–Legged Cat”, “The…
Simpsons, The (TV Series) (1989)
- Dir. Various
- Fun at home with Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson – the definitve animated American family, in the iconic TV series of the 1990s has…
Wallace and Gromit Collection (Grand Day Out, The Wrong Tousers, A Close Shave, A Matter of Loaf and Death) (1989-1995)
- Dir. Nick Park
Feat. Peter Sallis
- Four classic "Wallace and Gromit" short films on two discs disc. Cracking.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1989)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy…
- A staggering blend of live–action and brillaint animation conjures up a believable world where people and cartoons…
Count Duckula (TV Series) (1988-1993)
- Feat. David Jason
- A DANGER MOUSE spinoff, this childrens' animation about a vegetarian vampire duck, developed its own minor cult. The humour is alternately black or…
Gandahar (Light Years) (1988)
- Dir. Rene Laloux
- Typically vibrant animation from Laloux has an evil force from a 1000 years in the future threatening an idyllic paradise, where the citizens are in…
Land Before Time, The (1988)
- Dir. Don Bluth
- A young dinousaur named Littlefoot ventures in search of a lush sanctuary of vegetation and tranquility.
An animated charmer particularly…
My Neighbour Totoro (Tonari no Totoro) (1988)
- Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
- Dir. Miyazaki’s first huge hit in Japan is a model family film: realistic characters responding to realistic crises in a realistic way, though…