Animation Archives

The Secret of NIMH

In 1979, legendary animator Don Bluth made the decision to leave Disney and set up his own animation studio, along with a batch of former Disney employees. The newly established Don Bluth

December 11, 2024

DVD/Blu-ray

The London International Animation Festival

NOVEMBER 22 – DECEMBER 1 SCREENING IN CINEMAS AND ONLINE www.liaf.org.uk The London International Animation Festival (LIAF 2024), the UK’s largest, longest-running and most eclectic animation festival returns for its 21st year

November 13, 2024

Festivals & Events

The Boy and the Heron

Strip away the familiar, and The Boy and the Heron isn’t your typical Studio Ghibli film. Set in Japan during World War II, this is a film with a distinctly dark colour

September 9, 2024

DVD/Blu-ray

Chorlton and the Wheelies

There’s only one reason why you should buy Chorlton and the Wheelies: it’s joy incarnate. No matter what the world throws at you, no matter how bone-achingly tired you feel, I guarantee

June 30, 2024

DVD/Blu-ray

Count Duckula: The Complete Collection

There are only two acceptable answers to the question: who’s your favourite vampire. If you’re American, it has to be Sesame Street’s Count von Count. If you’re a Brit, it’s Count Duckula.

May 31, 2024

DVD/Blu-ray

The Wind In The Willows: Complete Collection

There was a time when children’s TV was Cosgrove Hall. From Dangermouse, to Count Duckula, to Chorlton and the Wheelies, every kid knew, as soon as they saw the Cosgrove Hall logo,

May 13, 2024

DVD/Blu-ray

The BFG

It may be fashionable to make live-action versions of much-loved animations, but I’d defy anyone to capture the magic of Cosgrove Hall’s superb The BFG. Roald Dahl’s tale of the Big Friendly

March 8, 2024

DVD/Blu-ray

Roobarb and Custard: the Complete Collection

Has there ever been a British animation that better summed up the anarchic soul of the 1970s than Roobarb and Custard? From Johnny Hawksworth’s jangly theme music, to Bob Godfrey’s wobbly animation

February 7, 2024

DVD/Blu-ray

Son of the White Mare and Other Early Works by Marcel Jankovics

Laika (Kubo) and Cartoon Salon (Book of Kells) may have made animated folk tales de rigueur again, but cartoons have been used to tell myths and legends for as almost as long

November 7, 2022

DVD/Blu-ray

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

There’s a secret that fans of anime have known for a long time: it’s not just for kids. While anime is a medium that often celebrates the weird and fantastical, it’s long

August 5, 2022

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