Animation

A long time ago in a faraway land, there lived a boy named Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) and he trained a dragon. Raising it as a friend, instead of fighting it as his fellow villagers expected, we witness the transformation of our protagonist from…

Character arcs are very important within a narrative. Characters start in one place and the best of them go through a metamorphosis of growth throughout the length of the story. Often the best growth is when a character becomes redeemed.…

Welcome to Animation Globe where Headstuff’s animation expert Joseph Learoyd analyses films of the form from around the world. This entry does not focus on a particular movie but the Japanese concept of Ma. Frequently we get films that…

Many consider animation to be a waste of time, something for young children and nothing more. This couldn’t be further from the truth. The so called one dimensionalism that many consider animation to be is actually often a deeply complex…

As part of the famous Disney Renaissance the 1989 release of The Little Mermaid took the world by storm and is still one of the most easily recognisable animation films to this day. It told the story of Ariel and her undersea adventures as…

All Dogs Go to Heaven follows the exploits of Charlie B Barkin, the dog, a casino owner who is killed by his former partner, Carface. He returns to the land of the living in order to right what was wrong. Along the way, he meets a young…

Welcome to Animation Globe, where Headstuff's animation expert Joseph Learoyd analyses films of the form from around the world. This entry is on 2003 French movie The Triplets of Belleville. Created by French comic writer and animator…

To mark this year’s Halloween, Headstuff animation expert Joseph Learoyd is starting a new three-part column titled Cartoon Pumpkins, delving into the spooky side of animation. His second entry is on 1987 anime horror Lily C.A.T.. After…

To mark this year’s Halloween, Headstuff animation expert Joseph Learoyd is starting a new three-part column titled Cartoon Pumpkins, delving into the spooky side of animation. His first entry is on 1929 Disney short The Skeleton Dance.…

Welcome to Animation Globe where we analyse animated films from around the world. Today’s entry is 2008 Israeli movie Waltz with Bashir. The first feature length Israeli animated film, written and directed by Ari Folman, it tells the story…