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Animators
- AAA Production (French) Home of Jacques ROUXEL's Shadoks, and much else.
- Aardman Animations Doesn't warrant an introduction, though there is far more to them than only Wallace & Gromit.
- Frédéric BACK
- Ralph BAKSHI Enfant terrible of American feature animation.
- Christiane CEGAVSKE Creator extraordinaire.
- Sally CRUIKSHANK That other get exponent of '70s psychedelia.
- Walt Disney Animation Studios
- La Fabrique The studio behind the work of Jean-François LAGUIONIE and many more of the best short animations in France.
- Folimage Doing amazing things with cels for nigh on 20 years.
- The Hubley Studio
- ISHIZUKA Atsuko (Japanese) Another of my most favourite directors currently working in animation, though I would love to see more personal shorts from her and less assistant directing of comic adaptations.
- Lesley KEEN Creator of probably the most accomplished works in the technique of backlit pinholes used occasionally in Ciné si; a must for fans of that series.
- KONDÔ Akino
- NFB Animation A fantastic guide to animation, brought to you by one of the world's greatest producers of it.
- IKUHARA Kunihiko Director and co-creator of Shôjo Kakumei Utena.
- Smallfilms Makers of the Clangers, Bagpuss and more. Get their DVDs and books from Dragons' Friendly Society.
- Studio aka Currently the best animation in the UK, and some of the best advertisements in all the world.
- The Studio Ghibli Collection Optimum Releasing's Studio Ghibli site.
- Tezuka in English The site about Tezuka and Mushi Productions — en Français as well as in English.
- Jiří TRNKA Nice article on the godfather of stop-motion puppet animation.
- The UPA Legacy Project
- Will VINTON Godfather of animated clay.
- YAMAMURA Kôji His Karo to Piyobupt films in particular are some of the funniest, cutest and most bizarre in their technique that I've ever seen.
Distributors
- British Animation Awards Their DVDs are expensive and sold only by them and a few specialist retailers but the only way to legally experience many classic and relatively recent films in any decent quality, particularly British ones but not exclusively so.
- Cartoons on Film Many rarely seen but renowned early animation restored and made available on all-regions DVD-Video.
- CALF New label specialising in indie anime on English friendly, region-free DVD.
- Cuentamundos Web site of a modest but rather wonderful collection of family-friendly animation released in Spain by Animaula.
- Discotek Media Site not safe for work nor children due to the pinku they also deal in but highly recommended for their English-subbed DVDs of the classic Tôei and Sanrio features.
- De Filmfreak (Dutch) Dutch releaser of both relatively normal DVDs for its home market and English-friendly collections of short films and other more unusual fare.
- Les Films du paradoxe (French) Have released region 2-friendly DVD collections of many notable short films; not all are Anglais-friendly but those said to be version musicale or sonore sans paroles are language-independent.
- Ga-nime (Japanese) Tôei Animation's art house and kamishibai division; some intresting work but sadly not English-friendly.
- GKIDS Run year-round events in New York and distribute several notable animated and family films across the USA.
- HEEZA Shop specialising in DVDs of and books about animation and other optical illusions from across Europe.
- Horng En World Animation (Traditional Chinese) Fantastically elastic-brow collection of animation from throughout the world, including even collections of British filmmakers' work that isn't available here. Some releases have English subtitles and are region-free.
- The Masters of Cinema Series One of the few leading boutique labels to pay any attention to animated cinema.
- Milestone Films USA distributor of Prinzen Achmed and other classic animated and silent films.
- New Animation Animation (Japanese) Probably the ultimate label for animated short films on DVD. Their Kawamoto, Kuri and Yamamura collections (but not the Tezuka one) are largely English-friendly and reasonably priced.
- Rembrandt Films Western distributor of the animated films of Jiří TRNKA and of Zagreb Film.
- Thunderbean
- Toondra.com Legal downloads of films from a number of French producers; no subtitles for the French-language ones but most are without dialogue.
- Tricky Women (German) Dual-language German and English-subtitled DVDs of the highlights of this Austrian festival are sold internationally by them.
- The World According to Shorts North American distributor of cinema packages and DVDs of short films.
General animation fan sites
- Animateclay.com Nice site about stop-motion in general, not just clay.
- Animated Divots Loads of info (including filmographies) and links to even more.
- Animation Heaven & Hell Old but still interesting stop-motion site.
- Animatsiya in English Great blog about Russian animation; already one of my favourites.
- Anime-Myth.com A guide to references to mythology, both Japanese and otherwise, in chiefly shôjo Japanese animation; also home to the magical girl encyclopaedia Henshin.
- Animetion Refreshingly UK-centric, and good for beginners. Has some nice editorials as well.
- Cartoon Brew The hub of all cartoon and animation weblogs.
- Clear Black Lines A large and useful resource dedicated to the heroines of western (mostly American) animation.
- Catsuka (French) Beautifully indiscriminate. Useful in any language.
- Conversations on Ghibli Not just Ghibli, but also pre-Ghibli and similar.
- Nausicaa.net Studio Ghibli films are arguably the best in the world, but if it weren't for the influence of this one Web site, we might not be watching them today.
- Pelleas.net For once, an anime blog that's actually about the animation.
- Toonhound Surprisingly vast site about the UK animation scene.
- Topcraft/Studio Ghibli: The Complete History Sets straight the history of the studio's involvement with Rankin/Bass and its eventual transmogrification into Studio Ghibli.
- Twitch More about horror films than anything else, but with significant (and interesting) animation coverage.
Sites on specific titles
- Charlie and Lola As fan of Lauren Child's books, I was pleasantly surprised to discover just how well they can be animated.
- Andersen Dôwa Ningyo-Hime A small but well-deigned site all about Toei Dôga's Little Mermaid film.
- Arete-Hime no Mori A little site, in Japanese and English, about a little-known feature film from STUDIO4°C.
- The Book of Habidabad The bestest site about The Dark Crystal, and its upcoming sequel.
- The Book of the Dead Official site for the second feature film from KAWAMOTO Kihachirô; also includes information on his previous short films.
- Clow Legacy Covers all 3 series of CLAMP's Clow sequence, both anime and manga.
- Empty Movement Not the best introduction to Shôjo Kakumei Utena (Shadows in the Rose Garden is better in that respect) but the best-looking and most up-to-date.
- Gankutsuô Classic fiction reinterpreted with a fabulousness in the style of ZHANG Yimou and John GALLIANO.
- Gerald McBoing Boing A tribute to my most favourite cartoon franchise and the film whose abstraction of time knocked Princes et princesses from my № 1 spot.
- Halloween Town The greatest site about The Nightmare Before Christmas, one of the greatest stop-motion films.
- Howl's Moving Castle The official UK site, which just so happens to be the best one.
- A Little Snow Fairy Sugar One of the the best anime and manga series for young children after Totoro.
- Nocturna The most promising feature yet from Spain's Filmax Animation; also see Twitch's coverage of the film.
- Paprika The latest and most fantastical movie from KON "Mindf★★k" Satoshi.
- Pocoyo Delightfully insane Spanish computer animation.
- Rupert and the Frog Song A surprisingly fulfilled fansite about a single short film.
- Sarah's Black Cauldron Page A fan site for that little-known black sheep of Disney's animated features.
- The Secret Show Fluffy fluffy bunnies, bouncing in the wood; fluffy fluffy bunnies, bouncing as they should!
- Sekai no Hajimari A Haibane-Renmei fansite, with links to many others.
- Sita Sings the Blues Nina Paley's Annecy-winning feature, combining autobiography, '20s pop and ancient mythology.
- Sugar² Rune The anime is yet to see even a US release, but I've read that the manga is better anyway.
- Tenshi no Tamago The elegiac, Parajanov-esque masterpiece of OSHII Mamoru and AMANO Yoshitaka.
- The Thief and the Cobbler Links to all you need to know about would have been the greatest animated film.
- Träumwelt Not the prettiest of Princess Tutu sites, but the only one which is even vaguely up-to-date.
- 12 Kingdoms Fansite for Jûni Kokuki, the great grand fantasy of raito noberu, and also a great anime series.
- Unico in the Island of Magic Site about the second Unico movie, Mahô no Shima e, but contains some information on the whole series. Also see Fable and Legend of Syrius.
Fairy tales in other media
Illustration
- AMANO Yoshitaka
- Art Passions
- Jérôme CARON
- Colheres (quem não tem que fazer...)
- Dover Publications
- Erté
- Grandma's Graphics
- Joumana MEDLEJ
- KATÔ Aya
- KATAYAMA Wakako
- Destination Japon (French)
- INÔE Naohisa
- Liludori's World
- nocloo.com
- Templar Publishing
Interactive
- Amanita Design
- Atlas Games
- Drei Magier Spiele
- HABA
- Ferry HALIM
- Lexaloffle Games
- Libellud (French)
- Sky and Snow
- Tale of Tales
- Vanillaware
- Zeiva Inc.
Literature
- D. L. ASHLIMAN
- Conlan Press
- Madeleine L'ENGLE
- Golden
- The Gold Scales
- Patricia McKILLIP
- Kitsune.org
- The Moomin Trove
- SurLaLune Fairy Tales
Music
- BBC Radio 3
- Nekomatsuri-Hime
- Milky Moon
- Moomin Voices
- Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
- Petr Il'ich TCHAIKOVSKY
- Sergei PROKOFIEV
Theatre
Industry sites and databases
- Animation World Network
- Animemorial
- Anime News Network
- Animatsiya Wiki
- AnimWatch
- Association international du film d'animation
- BFI Film & TV Database
- DVDFr
- iFilm Animation
- Japan Media Arts Festival
- Leeds International Film Festival
- Russian Animation in Letters & Figures
- Screenbase
Silhouette animators and cutters
- Marissa DELBRESSINE
- Kathryn K. FLOCKEN
- Robin B. FULLER
- Reza Ben GAJRA
- Edward S. de LEON
- Anthony LUCAS
- Jossie MALIS
- Jan PIEŃKOWSKI
- ShadowLight Productions
- Simon WARNER
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