100 Animated Feature Films: Revised Edition

by Andrew Osmond

20 years ago, animated features were widely perceived as cartoons for children. Today they encompass an astonishing range of films, styles and techniques. There is the powerful adult drama of Waltz with Bashir ; the Gallic sophistication of Belleville Rendez-Vous ; the eye-popping violence of Japan's Akira ; and the stop-motion whimsy of Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit . Andrew Osmond provides an entertaining and illuminating guide to the endlessly diverse world of animated features, with entries on 100 of the most interesting and important animated films from around the world, from the 1920s to the present day.

Blending in-depth history and criticism, 100 Animated Feature Films balances the blockbusters with local success stories from Eastern Europe to Hong Kong. This revised and updated new edition addresses films that have been released since publication of the first edition, such as the mainstream hits Frozen, The Lego Movie and Into the Spider-Verse, as well as updated entries on franchises such as the Toy Story movies. It also covers bittersweet indie visions such as Michael Dudok de Wit's The Red Turtle , Charlie Kaufman's Anomalisa, Isao Takahata's Tale of the Princess Kaguya, the family saga The Wolf Children and the popular blockbuster Your Name. Osmond's wide-ranging selection also takes in the Irish fantasy Song of the Sea, France's I Lost My Body and Brazil's Boy and the World . Osmond's authoritative and entertaining entries combine with a contextualising introduction and key filmographic information to provide an essential guide to animated film.

232 pages, Paperback

Published July 28, 2022

About the author

Andrew Osmond was a full-time writer and journalist and one of the founder members of Private Eye. Prior to that he had been an officer with the Gurkhas and a diplomat. He wrote four books with Douglas Hurd. Andrew Osmond died in 1999.

Reviews

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

This IS the Book for Family Movie Night!

This is an excellent book full of informative reviews of well known and less well known animated movies, all with well argued reasons for their inclusion. Full of fascinating insights from a very knowledgeable author. Highly Recommended :)

[Stephanie Molnar · Rating 3 out of 5]

A much more academic review of animated films than I was expecting and Coraline was the only Laika film listed, which was disappointing. Good for film students and an adult audience.

[Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good list of films. Besides the titles themselves, there isn’t much that the writing has to offer.