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BSA106 Animation 1965-1970

Image result for there lived kozyavinAndrei Khrjanovsky made There lived Kozyavin (1966). Which poked fun at the absurdity of faceless communist bureaucracy.
His later film, The Glass Harmonica (1969) was the first animation to be banned in Russia.

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Cyborg 009 was a manga comic that was adapted into an animation in 1966 by Toei Doga.

Image result for mach gogogoHiroshi Sasagawa's Mach Go Go Go was based on a manga comic, and was sold in the west as Speed Racer. However, the Western version was toned down with characters being stunned rather than killed.

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MOM productions in Japan made a stop motion film called Mad Monster Party (1967) for the US producer Jules Bass. There was a cast of famous monsters including King Kong who had to be referred to as "it" for copyright issues. The style heavily influenced Tim Burton.

Image result for the jungle book 1967The Jungle Book (1967) was the first time the animated characters' movements were based on the filmed performances of the voice actors (which has now become standard). It was the last animated feature that Walt Disney was involved in before his death.

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In Belgium, Asterix the Gaul (1967) was adapted from the comic novels, with 12 films made. The first film was made without the consent of the copyright holders.



Image result for professor balthazarZiatko Grgic created Professor Balthazar in 1967 which resulted in 52 episodes made over a seven year period.
Edgar Allen Poe's The Masque of the Red Death was also made in Croatia in 1969.

Cosmic Zoom was made in 1968 for the National Film Board of Canada, based on the book Cosmic View by Kees Boeke.
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Also in Canada, Ryan Larkin produced a sequence of award winning films in the 1960's. He made Walking in 1969, which was nominated for best animated short at the 1970 Oscar awards.

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Terry Gilliam was the creator of Storytime (1968) and Monty Pythons flying circus, with Storytime being influenced by Death Breath (1964). Gilliam came up with his own animation style that uses a mixture of cutout photos, Victorian imagery, surreal machines and strange illustrations.

Image result for the clangersOliver Postgate and Peter Firmin formed the company Smallfilms that produced Ivor the Engine. Bagpuss and Noggin the Dog. They worked out of a converted cow shed, and the animation was basic and made with handmade models.
They made The Clangers in 1969.
In 1968 George Dunning animated the Yellow Submarine. Each song was animated in a different visual style, using all of the technology that was available at the time.

Image result for bambi meets godzillaOsvaldo Cavandoli created an advertising film called The Line in 1969, Italy. This was then turned into comics and a Tv series with 90 episodes produced between 1972 and 1991.

In 1969 Bambi Meets Godzilla was made by Marv Newland in the USA.

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