WHO DREW THAT?
The horse from Adventure Time--you know the one!
Who is James Baxter?
Released in 2023: Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
What is "The Boy and the Heron?"
This director of "The Nightmare Before Christmas" isn't here because he normally directs live action--it's because he's often forgotten about in favor of another big director!
Who is Henry Selick?
E.C. Segar's spinach-obsessed boatsman would probably get into a very interesting duel with a blonde-haired magical girl over a legendary silver crystal.
What is "Popeye the Sailor Moon?"
Wes Anderson returned to directed animated films in 2018 with "Isle of Dogs." His first venture into animation, released in 2009, also starred talking animals!
What is "Fantastic Mr. Fox?"
Tarzan, or maybe Ariel, or maybe the Beast, or maybe Long John Silver, or maybe...
Who is Glen Keane?
Released in 2009: Directed by Pete Doctor
What is "Up?"
Andrew Adamson directed the whimsical "Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe," but he's better known for having directed this Dreamworks smash-hit first!
What is Shrek?
(Shrek 2 is acceptable)
Imagine, if you will, an adopted animated mouse voiced by Michael J. Fox reading Winsor McCay's famous comic strip in the newspaper. How absurd!
What is Stuart Little Nemo?
Megumi Hayashibara, the Japanese voice of Rei from Evangelion, also played the part of a famous female pilot in another 90s sci-fi anime--though this character was likely gambling instead of flying any Units.
Who is Faye Valentine?
Many of the fight scenes in "My Hero Academia;" if you don't know him as a Studio Bones animator, maybe you'll know him for drawing the ground shattering into perfect cubes!
Who is Yutaka Nakamura?
Released in 2005: Directed by Nick Park and Steve Box
What is "Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit?"
This director, in a surprising fashion, outsourced a studio that animated the backstory of the villain in his bloody, graphic action flick with Uma Thurman.
Who is Quentin Tarantino?
Key and Peele's stop-motion horror comedy followed by a show with Nigel saying "Smashing!"
What is "Wendell and Wild Thornberrys?"
Meditate on this one: the first film to be rated PG by the MPAA was this trippy French cut-out animated film about Draags and Oms fighting for dominance on a distant planet.
What is "Fantastic Planet?"
The Bewilderbeast from How To Train Your Dragon 2
Who is Jalil Sadool?
Released in 2011: Directed by Gore Verbinski
What is "Rango?"
Steven Spielberg surprised everybody by directing this animated adaption of a classic Belgian comic series...remember, motion capture is animation, too.
What is "The Adventures of Tintin?"
Gerald Scarfe did the animated sequences in this cult film inspired by a British album, all while a box-shaped robot is trying to return a boot to his lover.
What is "Pink Floyd-The Wall-E?"
This early 2000s anime series was animated by legendary studios Gainax and Production I.G...only to release six episodes in its original airing? Oh well, didn't stop it from being one of Gus's favorites!
What is "FLCL?"
The German Queen of Cutout Animation: notably, Prince Achmed and Cinderella!
Who is Lotte Reiniger?
Released in 2019: Directed by Josh Cooley
What is "Toy Story 4?"
This director of "Brazil" and "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" began as an animator on "Do Not Adjust Your Set." There, he would meet many funny men and form the Monty Python troupe with them.
Who is Terry Gilliam?
One of the Nine Old Men from Disney, he animated Madame Medusa and Shere Khan...though he probably would've raised an eyebrow at the catchy last line of the Kim Possible theme!
The last name of German-American Oskar, who did the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor sequence in Fantasia, is known for his colorful and abstract animation.
What is "Fischinger?"