Animation is nearly as old as cinema itselfand has continued to evolve alongside film.

There are thousands of animated films in existence, and more come out every year.

Fantastic Planetis a surreal andartistically mesmerizing filmthat succeeds in taking you to a truly alien world.

Chihiro in Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away

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Bambiis one of themost important films in Disney’s historyand remains a technical marvel all these years later.

Grave of the Firefliesis rightfully regarded as amasterpiece among World War II films.

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The Draag and Om together in Fantastic Planet.

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Ramses and Moses’s faces melding together in ‘The Prince of Egypt’

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The Prince of Egypt (1998)

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Bambi and Flower talking in a meadow in Bambi

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Seita and Setsuko walk in a field of flowers and fireflies in Grave of the Fireflies

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Princess Mononoke - 1997 - poster

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rafiki and an adult simmba are having a conversation at night.

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No-Face stands on a bridge in Spirited Away.

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Kaneda sliding to a stop on his bike in Akira

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The Prince about to kiss Snow White

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Robby Benson as the Beast and Paige O’Hara as Belle holding hands in Beauty and the Beast (1991)

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