Anime & Animated Films

Screen Archive • Animation & Anime

Animation has always been one of fantasy and speculative fiction’s most flexible forms: it can make dragons convincing, cities impossible, machines expressive and folklore feel immediate. This archive brings together the animated films already covered on the site, from hand-drawn fantasy and early cult experiments to anime landmarks and modern family epics.

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• Akira (1988) — a landmark of cyberpunk animation and urban apocalypse.
• Princess Mononoke (1997) — myth, wilderness and industrial conflict.
• Spirited Away (2001) — a modern otherworld tale built from spirits, bargains and transformation.
• The Iron Giant (1999) — science fiction, friendship and the fear of the unknown.
• Coraline (2009) — a dark portal fantasy with a memorable false world.

Chronological Archive

1970s

• 1976 — Once Upon a Girl
• 1977 — The Hobbit
• 1978 — The Lord of the Rings
• 1978 — The Water Babies

1980s

• 1982 — The Last Unicorn
• 1985 — The Black Cauldron
• 1985 — The Hobbit
• 1985 — Wizards of the Lost Kingdom
• 1986 — The Transformers: The Movie
• 1987 — Lily C.A.T.
• 1987 — Wicked City
• 1988 — Akira
• 1989 — The Little Mermaid

1990s

• 1990 — The Princess and the Goblin
• 1992 — Aladdin
• 1997 — Princess Mononoke
• 1998 — Mulan
• 1999 — The Iron Giant

2000s

• 2001 — Shrek
• 2001 — Spirited Away
• 2004 — Shrek 2
• 2007 — Beowulf
• 2008 — Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight
• 2009 — Coraline

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