Best Animation movies of 1980s

Actors : John Clarke, Rawiri Paratene, Peter Rowley, Fiona Samuel,
Directors : Murray Ball,

Featuring the characters from Murray Ball's "Footrot Flats", (New Zealands most beloved local cartoon strip ). Questions to be answered include: Will Wal Footrot win the affections of ...

Actors : Hideyuki Hori, Tôru Furuya, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Ryô Horikawa,
Directors : Shigeyasu Yamauchi,

Abel the resurrected Sun-God has come to take her sister Athena with him and rule the world together, he plains to destroy humanity in the form of terrible natural disasters, Athena chooses...

Actors : Tôru Furuya, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Yô Inoue, Shûichi Ikeda,

Amuro Ray and the rest of the White Base crew, now denominated the 13th Autonomous Corps, return to outer space to support the rest of the Earth Federation forces for the decisive battle ...

Actors : Lisbet Dahl, Pernille Hansen, Vigga Bro, Sofie Bredesen,
Directors : Jannik Hastrup,

An owl, two sparrows, a dove and a pair of would-be aviator mice join forces to fight against an evil bird of prey who threatens the peace in their lovely forest.

Actors : Katsue Miwa, Junko Hori, Ryouko Kitamiya, Kazuko Sugiyama,

A story about how joy and happiness can be the most powerful weapon ever. A young unicorn is ordered to be taken from his home by the gods. They are envious of little Unico's power to bring...

Actors : Mats Åhlfeldt, Carl Billquist, Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Ewa Fröling,

Pelle is a cat who was born without a proper tail. He is taken care of by a family living in Uppsala. Without a tail, he becomes the talk of the town among the other cats, and especially ...

Actors : Lisa Jai, Gavin Magrath, Elizabeth Hanna, Gordon Pinsent,
Directors : Alan Bunce,

In his spectacular film debut, young Babar, King of the Elephants, must save his homeland from certain destruction by Rataxes and his band of invading rhinos.

Actors : Judit Halász, Ferenc Kállai, János Körmendi, Ilona Béres,
Directors : József Nepp,

A farcical retelling of Snow White. Disillusioned Snow White isn't all that pretty or cute, her friends dwarfs aren't all that hospitable, her evil stepmother is an alcoholic and prince charming likes the ladies too much.

Actors : Makio Inoue, Kei Tomiyama, Yûjirô Ishihara, Shûichi Ikeda,
Directors : Tomoharu Katsumata,

Space captain Harlock, the latest in a family of proud aerial warriors, begins his journey to free the oppressed Earth from the despotic Illumidas Command.

Actors : Issei Miyazaki, Takami Aoyama, Masaki Kôda, Kei Nakamura,
Directors : Toshio Hirata,

Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life.

Actors : Jirí Lábus, Michal Pavlícek, Vilém Cok, Oldrich Kaiser,
Directors : Jirí Barta,

The story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin with a twist.

Actors : Yôko Asagami, Keiko Takeshita, Tarô Shigaki, Asao Koike,
Directors : Kimio Yabuki,

A prince falls in love with a princess cursed to change into a swan by day, but their love is threatened by the sorcerer who keeps her imprisoned.

Actors : Klári Tolnay, Levente Igaz, Eszter Kárász, József Székhelyi,
Directors : József Gémes,

When young Vili starts shooting at birds, a fairy decides to teach him a lesson and turns him into a sparrow.

Actors : Tôru Furuya, Fuyumi Shiraishi, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Shûichi Ikeda,

After managing to survive attacks by Zeon's Char Aznable and Garma Zabi, the crew of Federation warship White Base and its mobile suits battle Zeon forces (Ramba Ral, Ma Kube, Tri-Stars, ...

Actors : Ion Popescu-Gopo, Gilda Manolescu, Ingrid Celia, Medeea Marinescu,
Directors : Ion Popescu-Gopo,

Two little girls - Maria and Mirabella - go to the woods for a walk and encounter several magical characters, among them a frog with his feet frozen in ice, a fireworm whose shoes keep ...

Actors : Dick Beals, Art Clokey, Dal McKennon, Paul Frees,
Directors : Arnold Leibovit,

Salute to the revolutionary Oscar winning stop motion animated Puppetoons created by sci-fi fantasy film legend George Pal. Gumby, Pokey and Arnie the Dinosaur host 12 of Pal's milestone ...

Actors : Ivo Rogulja, Emil Glad, Nada Rocco, Dragan Milivojevic,
Directors : Milan Blazekovic,

Thistle the magician and his forest friends (from _The Elm Chanted Forest (1986)_) take on an ice emperor, Mrazomor, and his horde.

Actors : Banjô Ginga, Toshio Furukawa, Kaneto Shiozawa, Mami Koyama,
Directors : Masayuki Ozeki,

Lupin and his gang are called to action when Goemon's fiancé is held hostage by a mysterious ninja clan.

Actors : Valeriy Bessarab, Boris Voznyuk, Viktor Andrienko, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan,
Directors : David Cherkasskiy,

A USSR-made violent farcical yet quite faithful adaptation of the famous Robert Louis Stevenson's book that combines animated sequences with live action parts. This movie covers the first half of the book. Part 2 came out in 1988.

Actors : Hiroyuki Sanada, Yuriko Yamamoto, Tarô Ishida, Mami Koyama,
Directors : Rintaro,

An orphan named Taro killed who Tein-Hei told her was the killer of his family. Taro found out, years later that Tein-Hei is the true killer and the man he killed was his father. Taro's ...