Some Animated Films That You Might Not Have Heard Of

Animation fans i'm not going to lie i've been sat here racking my brain for a good few hours trying to think of something at least semi decent to give you guys and I think i've come up with it. It's something that's a little bit different and will hopefully expose you guys to some more animation which can only be a good thing so here we go so yeah i'm going to be looking at a lot of animated films that you guys might not have heard of and I hope that you guys go and check these films out.

Ethel And Ernest

Boys and girls i;m not going to go into to much detail about this one since I do plan on reviewing it very soon but I can say that this film is so little known that until I began writing this post I didn't know about it and that's a shame given that the cast is full of great British actors. The reason i'd say you might not have heard of it is because it's British and aired on British TV and as much as I hate this fact but British shows don't get as much attention as American ones unless it's Doctor Who or Downton Abby.

When The Wind Blows

This is on here for the exact same reason that Ethel And Ernest is on here and like that film I do plan on reviewing this one very soon. As far as I can tell this did get a theatrical release at least here in the UK but I might be wrong another reason why I think that this film isn't that well known is because it came out in 1986 so it could just be because of the passage of time that people have forgotten about the film.

Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero

Last year was one of the best years for animated films that we've had in a long long time yes there was one or two bad films but the overall majority of them were good if not great. That's where this film comes in because while people were focused on the major animated films there was this small little indie animated film doing the rounds and it was really good it's a film that I will continue to talk about because it deserves to be talked about and it deserves to be seen.

A Silent Voice

I was really freaking tempted to put Your Name here but I get the feeling that even if you don't watch anime on a weekly basis you've at least heard of that film and that's not what this post is about. I went with this film and the next film on this post because they both got overshadowed by Your Name and that's a shame because all three films deserve to be talked about heck when people were saying that Your Name should have been nominated for an OSCAR I was making the case for these two films they are that good.

In This Corner Of The World

While A Silent Voice was about a death girl and her former bully learning to be friends this film is about the struggles and hardships of surviving Hiroshima. When I say surviving I don't mean you see the military trying to get by you see the average people just struggling to get by day to day and that right there makes this movie ten times more heartbreaking then Your Name ever will be and this will most likely be the final anime you see on this list but we'll see.

Ballerina

I'm sort of cheating with this one since it did get a wide American release under the name Leap! but I still want to talk about it because of the fact that not that many people do talk about it. In fairness I can see why since it is a very forgettable film heck even right now i'm struggling to think of anything from this film but that doesn't mean that it shouldn't be forgotten since even the bad films should be talked about so we know what to look for when spotting a bad film.

Mary and the Witch's Flower

We're heading back to the land of the rising sun for this film because it seems that the only anime that people in the animation community will talk about are either really popular films like Your Name or anything by Studio Ghibli. Which to me isn't fair because not everyone can be Studio Ghibli and films from smaller and this case newer studios should be talked about as well infact alot of ex Ghibli employees worked on this film. From just this film alone I can say that Studio Ponoc have a bright future ahead of them.

Mary And Max

Now i've not seen this film myself yet I do have it downloaded tho and I hope to be watching it sometime within the next week. This was a film that someone on Cartoon Amino told me about and after seeing the trailer that they provided I went and downloaded the film because it looks freaking fantastic and for the life of me I have no idea why this film didn't get much attention when it came out in 2009.

The Breadwinner

It still shocks me to this very day that not alot of people know about this film and this is one of the few times were I agree with the OSCAR nomination. This film is everything you want from a great film it's funny , it's tragic and most importantly of all not only does it have great animation done by Cartoon Saloon but it comes from a place of pure passion. So I urge you guys to go and check this film out because you won't forget it one bit.

So there we go guys I want you guys to know that you shouldn't feel obligated to check these films out like I say a few times early on in the post i've not seen them yet but I plan of doing soon. All of these films should be seen for one reason or another and the reason why I chose to stick with small indie animated films is because whenever a big name animation studio announced a new film people start talking about it but no one bats an eye lid when one of these smaller studios do.