BSA 106

Animations of 1965 - 1969

Look for the Bare necessities in life

Russia
Andrei Khrjanovsky
Made there Lived Kozyavin

Japan
Toei Doga
Cyborg 009 was a manga comic about a champion athlete
similar to astro boy it was adapted into animation.


Hiroshi Sasagawa

Based on a manga comic, Mach Go Go Go was sold in the West as Speed Racer

The Western version was toned down from the original series to have the characters stunned instead of killed

After Astro Boy, the market opened up in the West for under animated, effects heavy style of Japanese anime

USA/Japan

Jules Bass

MOM Productions in Japan made stop-motion film Mad Monster Party 1967 for US Producer Jules Bass

Influenced later work of Tim Burton

Cast of famous monsters included King Kong, but due to copyright issues, the character was referred to as “it” 

USA

Disney – The Jungle Book (1967)

Notable for being the first time the animated characters movements were based on the filmed performances of the voice actors (which has since become the standard)

Also the last animated feature that Walt Disney was involved in (died on December 15th 1966 of lung cancer)

Belgium

Belvision Studios

Asterix the Gaul 1967 was adapted from the first volume of comics and graphic novels created by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo and 12 films have been made

First film was created without consent or knowledge of Goscinny and Uderzo and by the time they found out, it was to late to stop the release.

They forced production of the sequel to be stopped, stating that the first film was cheaply made and did the comics a disservice.

Croatia

Ziatko Grgic

Created Professor Balthazar when working at Zagreb Film Studio in 1967

52 episodes about the eccentric old inventor were made over a seven year period

Pavao Stalter & Branko Ranitovic

Directed an adaption of Edgar Allen Poe’s classic horror tale The Masque of the Red Death in 1969

Canada 

Eva Szasz

Based on the 1957 book Cosmic View by Kees Boeke, the film Cosmic Zoom was directed by Eva Szasz for the National Film Board of Canada in 1968

Film starts with live action of a boy on a lake, zooms out to space then zooms back in down to subatomic level, and back out to the boy.

Coincidentally, designers Ray and Charles Earnes released their film Powers of Ten in 1968, also based on Cosmic View

Ryan Larkin

Produced a sequence of award winning films in the 1960’s in a free flowing, psychedelic, figurative style

Made Walking in 1969 which was nominated for best animated short Oscar in 1970

UK/USA

Terry Gilliam

Creator of Storytime 1968 and Monty Pythons Flying Circus

Storytime was influenced by Death Breath 1964

Gilliam came up with trademark anarchic animation style by using a mixture of cutout photo’s, Victorian imagery, surreal machines and strange illustrations 

UK 

Oliver Postgate & Peter Firmin

Formed the company Smallfilms and produced many animated children’s series including Ivor the Engine, Bagpuss and Noggin the Dog

Worked out of a converted cow shed, their animated was basic, using handmade models.

The Clangers 1969 - 

George Dunning – Yellow Submarine (1968)

The Beatles agree to travel in a yellow submarine to rescue the inhabitants of a land where music and happiness are banned by the meanies

Each song was animated in a different visual style, making full use of the technology at the time

Italy 

Osvaldo Cavandoli

Created an advertising film for the Italian TV show Carosello called The Line in 1969

Was then turned into comics and a TV series with 90 episodes being produced between 1972 and 1991

USA

Bambi meets Godzilla- By Marv Newland.

From early to still early in the existence or beginning  of film and or animations.
Thank you Vaughn Millar