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Director: Mamoru Oshii    More Info
Starring: David Jarvis, Briony Glassco, Peter Marinker, Sharon Holm, Edward Glen, William Roberts, Blair Fairman, Mac McDougall, Martin McDougall, Don Fellows

 In this, the first of a Japanese animated series, giant Labor robots working on a massive reclamation project go on a rampage, and police investigators are assigned to find out what is going on. It seems that the software programmed into thousands of robots worldwide contain a virus that is about to cause major problems. But the genius who programmed the robots committed suicide, and the race is on to prevent the catastrophe. Excellent animation.

Director: Hendel Butoy    More Info
Starring: Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, John Candy, Tristan Rogers, George C. Scott, Wayne Robson, Frank Welker, Bernard Fox, Peter Firth, Billy Barty

 Disney succeeds in this well-made animated sequel to "The Rescuers." Once again, the Rescue Aid Society, led by the mice Bernard (voice of Bob Newhart) and Miss Bianca (voice of Eva Gabor), comes to the rescue. This time they thwart the efforts of the villainous Mc Leach (voice of George C. Scott) who is poaching native animals.

Director: Phil Nibbelink    More Info
Starring: Phillip Glasser, James Stewart, Erica Yohn, John Cleese, Dom DeLuise, Jon Lovitz, Amy Irving, Nehemiah Persoff, Cathy Cavadini, Jack Angel

 In this sequel about the Russian immigrant family of mice, Fievel Mousekewitz and his relatives move out to the West where fortune awaits.

Director: Gary Trousdale    More Info
Starring: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, David Ogden Stiers, Rex Everhart, Richard White, Jesse Corti, Jo Anne Worley, Mary Kay Bergman

 The animation of this popular fairy tale is a highlight of this Disney film. It is the story of beautiful young Belle (voice of Paige (O'Hara) who is forced to live with a Beast (voice of Robby Benson). She learns to look beneath the surface of another and discovers a gentle kindness hidden behind the beast's gruff exterior. The song "Beauty and the Beast" won an Academy Award as did the musical score. The film was also nominated for Best Picture.

Director: Don Bluth    More Info
Starring: Glen Campbell, Eddie Deezen, Sandy Duncan, Charles Nelson Reilly, Ellen Greene, Phil Harris, Christopher Plummer, Toby Scott Ganger, Kathryn Holcomb, Jason Marin

 In this animated adventure, rain and flood waters threaten the farm, so young farm boy Edmond (voice of Toby Scott Ganger)–who by now has been turned into a cat–gathers together a mouse Snipes (voice of Eddie Deezen), a magpie Peepers (voice of Sandy Duncan), and a dog Patou (voice of Phil Harris) for a trip to the city to bring back their rooster, Chanticleer (voice of Glen Campbell). They believe that Chanticleer's crowing will chase away the clouds and bring back the sun. When they do arrive in the city, the group discovers that because Chanticleer has become a rock star, it is almost impossible to get near him. Never fear, by story's end, Chanticleer is back on the farm, and happiness reigns.

Director: James L. George    More Info
Starring: Rodney Dangerfield, Susan Boyd, Ronnie Schell, Ned von Leuck, Shawn Southwick, Dana Hill, Sal Landi, Mel Blanc, Barbara Goodson, Bill Farmer

 Rover (voice of Rodney Dangerfield) is a dog that is also an ex-Las Vegas entertainer. Rover has problems adjusting to life away from the neon lights in this imaginative animated film.

Director: John Musker    More Info
Starring: Robin Williams, Scott Weinger, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker, Gilbert Gottfried, Douglas Seale, Lea Salonga, Bruce Adler, Brad Kane

 The voice of Robin Williams is the genie in the lamp that provides comic relief in this Disney animated tale of Aladdin and his magic carpet. A Best Song Academy Award went to "A Whole New World." Four nominations were also received.

Director: Bill Kroyer    More Info
Starring: Tim Curry, Samantha Mathis, Jonathan Ward, Robin Williams, Christian Slater, Grace Zabriskie, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Kathleen Freeman, Tone Loc

 This animated presentation tells the story of how one human, Zak (Christian Slater)–accidentally shrunk in size–helps the little creatures protect their Australian rainforest from intruding forces.

Director: Jon Acevski    More Info
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Jenny Agutter, Billie Whitelaw, Brian Blessed, John Sessions, Nigel Hawthorne, Michael Hordern, Jonathan Pryce, Prunella Scales, Phyllis Logan

 In this animated film, French secret agent Freddie (a human-sized frog) is called onto a case in England. His mission is to prevent an evil takeover of the world.

Director: Nick Park    More Info
Starring: Peter Sallis

 In this delightful animated short film, Wallace and Gromit discover their larder of cheese is empty. The solution–of course!–is a trip to the Moon, which we all know is made of cheese.

Director: Misami Hata    More Info
Starring: Gabriel Damon, Mickey Rooney, Rene Auberjonois, Danny Mann, Laura Mooney, Bernard Erhard, William E. Martin, Alan Oppenheimer, Michael Bell, Sidney Miller

 Jointly made by the U.S. and Japan (taking advantage of Japan's animation techniques), this is a good children's story based on an early 1900s' comic strip. Dreams take Nemo (voice of Gabriel Damon) and his flying squirrel friend (voice of Danny Mann) off to a magic land where he befriends the king (voice of Bernard Erhard) and receives the keys to the kingdom. One no-no: do not open the forbidden door. Of course Nemo does, and bad things happen as the forces from Nightmareland are unleashed. Nemo learns several lessons while saving Slumberland.

Director: Various Directors    More Info
Starring: Jonathan Winters, Edie McClurg, Frank Welker, Charles Adler, Don Messick, Joe Alaskey, Tress MacNeille, Cree Summer, Sorrell Booke, Rob Paulsen

 School vacation is beginning, and Plucky Duck, Hampton Pig, Babs and Buster Bunny, and Elmira go on their respective holidays in this animated made-for-video feature.

Director: Phil Roman    More Info
Starring: Richard Kind, Dana Hill, Anndi McAfee, Charlotte Rae, Henry Gibson, Rip Taylor, Sydney Lassick, Tony Jay, Michael Bell, Ed Gilbert

 Tom and Jerry are just as lovable in this full-length version as they are in their shorter cartoon stories. In this case, Tom and Jerry (voices of Richard Kind and Dana Hill) team up to rescue a young girl from her governess and lawyer.

Director: Eric Radomski    More Info
Starring: Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Mark Hamill, Stacy Keach, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Abe Vigoda, Dick Miller, John P. Ryan, Bob Hastings

 This animated version of Batman/Bruce Wayne (voice of Kevin Conroy) begins with the Phantasm, a vicious killer who has killed a crime lord in Gotham City. Police and gangsters suspect that the killer is Batman, and now it is up to Batman to find the real culprit. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne is entertaining Councilman Arthur Reeves (voice of Hart Bochner) who is responsible for the accusations about Batman, and he taunts Wayne about his long-lost love, college sweetheart Andrea (Dana Delany), who left him years before. Now, the story skips back-and-forth between the present and the past, and, in the process, Batman discovers a link between Andrea and the crime villain. The Joker (Mark Hamill) steps in and uncovers the fact that Andrea is the Phantasm, and she is out to avenge her father's (Stacey Keach) murder. Batman arrives on the scene, a battle ensues, and Batman's name is cleared.

Director: Mamoru Oshii    More Info
Starring: Peter Marinker, Sharon Holm, Edward Glen, William Roberts, Blair Fairman, David Jarvis, Briony Glassco, Alan Marsh, Martin McDougall

 The animated series continues as the giant Labor robots are now targeted for use as military weapons by disgruntled ex-military terrorists. After a major bridge is bombed, the Mobile Police–whose job it is to ensure proper use of the robots–are called in to save mankind. The animation continues to be impressive.

Director: Toby Shelton    More Info
Starring: Jason Alexander, Jonathan Freeman, Gilbert Gottfried, Liz Callaway, Brad Kane, Dan Castellaneta, Scott Weinger, Frank Welker, Linda Larkin, Jim Cummings

 This sequel to "Aladdin" relates the story of how the parrot Iago (voice of Gilbert Gottfried) tries to switch allies and befriend Aladdin (voice of Scott Weinger) and Princess Jasmine (voice of Linda Larkin).

Director: Don Bluth    More Info
Starring: Dom DeLuise, Cloris Leachman, Phillip Glasser, Tawny Sunshine Glover, Hayley Mills, Jonathan Pryce, Charles Nelson Reilly

 In this animated film, matters get rough for Stanley (voice of Dom DeLuise), a good troll in a land ruled by the evil queen (voice of Cloris Leachman) who expects all trolls to be mean. After growing too many flowers (that ruin the barren land), Stanley is banished to New York, where he lands in Central Park. When Stanley befriends two human children, the Queen heads to NYC to take care of the situation of Stanley's niceness to humans.

Director: Nick Park    More Info
Starring: Peter Sallis

 In this winner of the Academy Award for Short Animated Film, Wallace (voice of Peter Sallis) and Gromit foil an evil robbery plot being perpetrated by a penguin. This is enjoyable fare for young and old.

Director: Phil Nibbelink    More Info
Starring: John Goodman, Blaze Berdahl, Rhea Perlman, Jay Leno, Julia Child, Martin Short, Kenneth Mars, Walter Cronkite, Felicity Kendal, Charles Fleischer

 Make an animated cartoon, combine Walter Cronkite, dinosaurs, and a circus of stars' voices (John Goodman, Jay Leno, Rhea Perlman, and Julia Child, etc.), and the result is a so-so movie. It could have been so much better, but will probably be enjoyed by children.

Director: Jan Svankmajer    More Info
Starring: Petr Cepek, Jan Kraus, Vladimir Kudla, Antonin Zacpal, Jiri Suchy, Andrew Sachs, Viktorie Knotkova, Jana Mezlova, Josef Fiala, Miluse Strakova

 Faust–presented through the media of live action, stop-motion, animation, puppets, and claymation–does an admirable job of presenting Goethe's tale of Everyman/Faust (Petr Cepek). After Faust agrees to sell his soul to the Devil in exchange for 24 pleasure-filled years, he finds himself turned into a puppet and immediately regrets that he made the deal.

Director: Joanna Romersa    More Info
Starring: Henry Corden, Jean Vander Pyl, Frank Welker, John Rhys-Davies, B.J. Ward, Don Messick, Russi Taylor, John Stephenson, Marsha Clark, Will Ryan

 In this show-within-a-show, Fred Flintstone (voice of Henry Corden) has the lead role of Scrooge in a local Christmas play of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Fred's starring role goes to his head, and his arrogance leads to him forgetting to buy Christmas presents for his family. But, all ends happily after Fred receives a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Past and sees the error of his ways.

Director: Roy Allen Smith    More Info
Starring: Jeff Bennett, Heather Hogan, Kenneth Mars, John Ingle, Linda Gray, Scott McAfee, Candace Hutson, Rob Paulsen

 Littlefoot and his gang of dinosaurs accidentally create an opening into their valley. When the Sharptooths invade, all the dinosaurs must work together to ward off the enemy.

Director: Roger Allers    More Info
Starring: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Moira Kelly, Niketa Calamed, Rowan Atkinson, Robert Guillaume, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin

 This is Disney at its best, and this film is sure to become a classic. Simba is a lion cub driven away from his family, but he returns when grown to win his place on the African plains. The song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" won an Academy Award. The musical score also won an Oscar and two other songs ("Hakuna Matata" and "Circle of Life") were nominated. Songs are by Elton John and Tim Rice.

Director: Joe Johnston    More Info
Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr., Mel Harris, Whoopi Goldberg, Leonard Nimoy, Frank Welker, Phil Hartman, Patrick Stewart, Jim Cummings

 Richard Tyler (Macaulay Culkin) is a wimp who is teased by the other kids. One day, he falls and loses consciousness at the library. As a result, he slides into the animated world between the covers of books. In his attempt to get back to the real world, Richard encounters adventures with pirates and dragons. The message of this movie: READ BOOKS.

Director: Richard Rich    More Info
Starring: Jack Palance, John Cleese, Steven Wright, Sandy Duncan, Liz Callaway, Dakin Matthews, Steve Vinovich, Howard McGillin, Michelle Nicastro, Mark Harelik

 This animated film tells the story of a princess who is turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer. The princess must await her prince to come to her rescue.