'Fantastic Planet' is the strangest animated movie ever made

[@rickr.mortis4821]

The best animated movie hands down. I love everything about this movie and the soundtrack is mind blowing. I watched this when it was first released back in '73 and never forgot it. :)

[@DaleGribble1]

Does anyone know of an old animated short or movie that shows a spaceman strolling around a planet and then laughing at Jesus? I saw it at the end of videotape as a kid and I've never figured out what it was.

[@only257]

Rick R. Mortis agreed 🤯

[@rangerrossnnn82]

damnnn. i wished i saw this at the cinemas. too bad i was born in '99. haha

[@rickr.mortis4821]

@@rangerrossnnn82 It was great!! I saw it right when it first came out and I'm 61 years old and still think of this movie often. It really left a well ingrained impression on me. There never was or never will be an animated movie that will top this one. It gets to your soul. :)

[@IFHorus]

I agree, it's just too cool. I even have the original vinyl soundtrack. Well, I guess we're just two wild savage ohms.

[@Bocchi-the-Rock_]

I only saw this as a child, and never realized it was a real thing and not just some bizarre fever dream

[@SagaciousNJ]

Same. Anytime I tried to describe it to someone else they looked at me like I was insane.

[@antoniusdaivap7759]

@@SagaciousNJ my reaction would be the same if I hadnt known this film

[@littleredpony6868]

I had seen this movie as a kid and I had forgotten about it until KZbin recommend this video

[@annak7895]

Yo Same. I discovered it again 2 years ago and realized I still remembered every detail of it

[@GeekedOutNeckbeard]

For me it was Ferngully or Furngully? I forget how to spell it lmfao. But I remember it, but every time I talked about it NONE of my family remembered, NONE of my friends either! Like WTF!? I had the VHS and I knew I did... Thanks to KZbin I learned.. I just fucking suck at trying to describe a movie lmaoooo

[@arikadoartindustries8938]

Fun fact: Jamie Hewlett, the creator of Tank Girl and Gorillaz is a fan of this film. This film showed him that animation can be for adults.

[@saturatedneowax]

yooooo

[@gosuboo]

I love tank girl

[@srbrant5391]

Wooooo, yeah!

[@oltedders]

@@gosuboo Just watched Tank Girl again after a couple of decades. Not quite as impressive as I remembered it, but then, I was pretty stoned the 1st time.

[@snaveevans8784]

Jamie Hewlett is one of my favourite artists love his style!

[@thrashfan17]

How you jump to South Park, and not Monty Python, when comparing the art style is beyond me.

[@Fakan]

I immediately thought Monty Python when he mentioned paper cutouts. Can't imagine why they didn't point out the similarities.

[@mr.pendleton7121]

more specifically the work of Terry Gilliam, which was the primary inspiration behind South Park’s paper cutout style.

[@letitbegin1012]

he said it was popularized by south park, he wasn't JUST making comparisons

[@MrRoskoPeko]

Probably because the reference to Monty Python excludes a couple of generations still.

[@only257]

Fakan agreed but it’s a good movie though🙃

[@misty734]

When I was a little girl .. my babysitter would make me watch this movie as a form of punishment.

[@gmschaabaryakal5169]

Nani_boo that’s fucked up

[@BeeHatGuy]

That's horrible

[@blulemon7481]

That's great ngl

[@CausticSpace]

Based baby sitter

[@saulgoodmanKAZAKH]

Just close your eyes or walk away lmao

[@francisdedumo3323]

This movie is either like having LSD intake, or Dali's surrealism art

[@Crazylom]

"Why not both?"

[@masterzoroark6664]

@@Crazylom I wanted to ask that

[@CountingStars333]

Nah lsd ain't like this.

[@chewy99.]

Or just being creative

[@JazzFlop212]

The grammar makes me so uneasy

[@explorelifefilms]

You have just solved a life long mystery for me. You have no idea. When I was about two or three years old I saw a scene from an animation, where these women strip down a man and then these strange slug creatures changes his clothing while they laugh. That is all I could remember. This memory continued to come back over the last 30+ years. I tried to look for any animation created in the decades -riot to being aged two. I could never find it. Maybe because at age two or three our brains develop and what we see then has an effect. but until today I have never found out what this scene was or what animation it was from. And I have absolutely tried for over 30 years. I even thought if I went to heaven and God said he would answer just one question for me, that I would not ask for the answers to why we exist. But instead, I would just ask him what that freaking animation was. He would say, ”You don’t want to know the meaning of life?” “No” I would say. “What was that animation that has been in my head since I was two or three years old?” Well, as of today, you solved this one fundamental question I have had all my life. It sounds strange. But, thank you. Now I will ask for the meaning of life

[@rickardjones4908]

Wow

[@WhiteBird338]

This is incredible and must've been incredibly gratifying too! Like an epiphany.

[@yes7855]

Tell me what you find out. When you ask.

[@mixerD1-]

The meaning of life is to live your life in a way you find rewarding, enjoyable and meaningful for you, whether its driving, playing chess, living for the good of others, family, listening to music, even religious passtimes.

[@user-dl5uh9fq7g]

B!!!!

[@AGhostintheHouse]

The Cell, starring Jennifer Lopez had a scene where she was watching tv and it was showing a strange cartoon, this was the cartoon.

[@BenBlackwoodBooks]

Holy crap. I've seen The Cell several times, but all before I first saw Fantastic Planet, so I never made the connection.

[@AGhostintheHouse]

I saw this on tv while staying in a hotel in St. Augustine in 1986, I thought it was very weird yet interesting and kind of forgot about it. 16 years later while watching The Cell it was like, that's that weird film I saw in 86! 16 years after that I saw your video!

[@BenBlackwoodBooks]

In another 16 years, you'll see our video on The Cell while staying in a hotel room in Augusta, GA.

[@ewicher01]

That scene drew my curiosity about the movie.

[@Fakan]

That's how I got here. Watching The Cell now on Netflix (having not seen it in ages), and I see this movie playing on Lopez's TV and I wonder, "What the everloving f--- is that???" Jumping down the Google rabbit hole, and now... I don't know if I need to see this movie or stay far away from it. D=

[@martial_matt]

One of the most bizarre, macabre, and in certain ways disturbing movies I've seen. And I mean that in a good way. There are many moral lessons that can be taken from it, it shows how cruel life can be, and the animation was cool and had a weird ending.

[@pinkraven4402]

Actually I think that the ending is the worst part of tge movie because is way too fast and chaotic - I think that the creators didn't have time or concept or something like that - the whole film shows humans struggling to survive and last 10 minutes is like "So we built a city, made rockets, made it to the other planet, yeah, peace with draags" - I'm like, "wtf just happened" xD

[@kazenriq]

The end pissed me off! I'd like to see the extermination of those blue fuckers. Also, would be cool to see them return to Earth and to know Ygam's location in relation to the Solar System or to know how do the blue giants invaded Earth and for which purpose.

[@irishcream9004]

The ending is idealic, but its real world counterpart is not going to have such a peaceful resolution

[@manuelhernandez87]

@@pinkraven4402 I completely agree with you. I was also let down by the ending. I felt as if the story could have been expanded and the climax improved.

[@raveballs]

The Russians invading Czechoslovakia in '68 rushed the production and hence, the ending.

[@tovarysh]

As someone who grew up watching soviet cartoons I felt nostalgia while whatching this. The animation, sound choice and audacity of scenarists made me expierence this contradictory mix of emotions I used to have as a child

[@vivsavage13]

I remember seeing bits and pieces of this when I was a very young kid. I never knew what it was called. I never even knew how to describe it to anyone. Now I have found it. Thanks KZbin.

[@johnkaltine9788]

While it’s not a movie but a mini-show, my favourite is over the garden wall.

[@athleticdonut5677]

count me in

[@emreyldrm8550]

Yaaa dude that cartoon is awesome

[@iknowyouarebutiamnot]

Ain't that just the way!

[@ellar736]

same i went to the library just to check it out because i couldn’t find it anywhere else

[@retrogang6326]

Love that series 🥺♥️

[@yu5016]

I remembered watching this movie when I was 6. Man this is some of the weirdest and most disturbing movie in existence.

[@somebodyonce2186]

yeah, my mom had this disk at home and i also saw it very young. it still gives off a very depressing feeling every time i see it, even a small part.

[@dallyinghualian]

@@somebodyonce2186 exactly how i felt when i saw a snippet of it

[@DanielCaedmon]

Weird? Yes. Disturbing? No.

[@insertname7504]

its funny, this film is super nostalgic for me and not in a good way, i watched this all the time when i was super young because my weirdly eccentric parents had it on dvd and let me watch whatever i want with zero censorship

[@seife41]

Huh really, I watched it yesterday for the first time at 25 and because of the music I think it was pretty chill and calming beside the weirdness ofc.

[@justinandmaxgames5472]

Along with Heavy Metal (1981), and the works of Jan Svankmajer, this film defines the extraordinary artistic expression that breathtaking animation can achieve.

[@justinandmaxgames5472]

@Queen Doris of the 8th Dimension Watching as I write this! Thanks so much for the heads-up!

[@Muffintree14]

I also compared this with Jan Svankmajer’s work!

[@only257]

Justin and Max Games love this movie and loved heavy metal from1981😎

[@ShubhamKumar-sj6dp]

I have seen svankmajer and Valerie and her weeks of wonder , dont u feel that avant garde color Czech cinema that kind of represent dreams makes one nauseous ?

[@julesjma]

Saw Heavy Metal in high school on Hashish and Mad Dog. One of the best experiences of my life.

[@Hannahgs]

Reminds me of a Bosch painting

[@ianfindly3257]

Yeah, except ones medieval and the other is futuristic.

[@DrWhom]

that is not a coincidence

[@intestinalclouds-kfpobitua5342]

Definitely the first impression I got when watching it

[@kotelypiesely1268]

Bosch the company?

[@Hannahgs]

@@kotelypiesely1268 obviously not

[@adamsplendens]

My dad actually saw this in theatres when it came out. He said it was full of oddballs and art lovers, so it was a really cool experience. Wish I could have seen it like that!

[@shallendor]

This is one of the most beautiful films ever!

[@Quadrenaro]

Baby Thrawn in the thumbnail is adorable. It looks like he is playing a board game and has just found your next seven moves and is ready to exploit it.

[@TiegonBerry]

I had this on VHS when I was a kid. I found it disturbing and it didn't make much sense, honestly. However the animation was nice and I did find it very interesting even back then. I'm glad you made a video about this and now that I am an adult I happened to think about it and will watch it again with fresh eyes. Thumbs up!

[@tollieman5750]

Juno was mad, He knew he'd been had. So he shot at the sun with a gun...

[@vukcurovic2770]

Shot at his wiley one only friend....

[@MisfiringSystemKing]

@@vukcurovic2770 In the gallows or the ghetto

[@Stitchu27]

@@MisfiringSystemKing in the town, or the meadow

[@anonymoususer3477]

@@Stitchu27 in the billows, even over the sun

[@Grandpa-insect]

@@anonymoususer3477 Every end of the time is another begun

[@ohianaw]

The fact there was someone who came up with something so abstract, surreal, otherworldly, disturbing but also something truly magical and its all in film form with some truly bizaare but amazing animation, a beautiful soundtrack, the characters, creatures, landscape, atmosphere and powerful themes is truly mesmerizing. I can go on and on on why this movie is so good and it's legacy is also why it carries a lot of merit. Truly one of those films that is literally timeless and will probably never be replicated ever again. Amazing film and video

[@itskevinjustkevin]

The animation reminds me of a Monty Python Flying Circus animated sketch, if Terry Gilliam was on LSD at that time

[@DrWhom]

who says he wasn't

[@JMD533]

This film is a pinnacle of creativity. It’s hard for me to even conceptualize how the artists came up with these ideas

[@avayamm]

I just absolutely love surrealist fantasy

[@robertcartier5088]

In the mid seventies, as I lazed in front of the TV after the last movie had shown it's credits and the National Anthem had played... I expected to have to get up and turn the TV off to avoid the blaring white-noise static of a dead channel... (Yeah, they used to shut down TV every night back then.) But instead of the expected snowy image, I got to have my mind blown by this film! I had never seen that happen before, or since... another film AFTER the anthem was unheard of! I suspect some late night employee at the station decided to break the rules that one time. Very glad they did. What a trip! We had no internet to look anything up, at the time, so I wrote down the title for when that ability came along, decades later. Found the film again 20 yrs ago and have watched it countless times... It never gets old! ;-]

[@woodenthomas]

I saw this when I was a kid in the movie theatre in Madison New Jeresy! La Planète sauvage translates from French as "Savage Planet".

[@torvicbaer1446]

More like “wild planet”

[@piretiris8223]

It is

[@adamburkhart4046]

There used to be a 30-minute foreign animation show at 11:00 PM on Friday nights on public TV in the early to mid-1970s that showed this cartoon and others like it. I made a point to stay up late to watch the show every week and was mesmerized by the strange styles and themes of the cartoons. As a child I was a prolific artist and wound up majoring in art and design; I'm sure some of the aesthetics from the cartoons filtered into my own work. Thanks for bringing this back from the cobwebs of my childhood memories.

[@guitaraobscura8802]

I remember showing this to my friend and all they said after it ended was "well that was a movie"

[@bicyclist2]

I had absolutely no idea that this movie even existed. Thank KZbin algorithms. And Thank you for making it.

[@ct4074]

Saw this as a little child and never forgot it. It burns an impression in a child's mind. I believe the art is more reminiscent of Bosch in the Garden of Delights, than Dalí.

[@jennifergardner3155]

This is one of my favorite animated films and I don’t know a single person who has seen it. Thank you for talking about it!

[@nikitamayday]

Still remember the trippy feeling of first seeing this work of art.

[@Macieks300]

Thanks for recommending the movie. I'm so glad I watched it.

[@annamayle5425]

I loved Fantastic Planet when I was a kid! About 10 years ago I found a VHS of it in a second hand shop and got to experience it as an adult. It's still wonderful and amazing. The concept, music and art work seamlessly together to create a viewing experience that is more than just a cartoon.

[@cindydott452]

I watched this film when I was around 7 years old. It freaked me out a bit. Very surreal and frightening. I bought it on DVD, but have never actually watched it again.

[@PaTaroU]

The thumbnail was like “Shit” as in the character litterally saying that

[@SSRBno1297]

"when you flush the toilet, but the water is rising"

[@robynsegg]

I will never forget the first two times I saw this. The first time I was a kid & I saw like the last few minutes on public TV. The second time, was about a decade later when I was in the hospital (again on public TV). I was in so long, all my professors were telling my family that I should either withdrawl from college or take an incomplete. (I didn't. I still passed, thanks to my sister who took time from her job to audit my classes.) I woke in the middle of the night to see THIS on my hospital's TV. I immediately thought that the nurse must gave given me some powerful painkillers to treat my having Sickle Cell Disease, because I had no idea WHAT I was looking at. All I knew was that it was trippy to look at... and the drugs made it even weirder. And then I saw the ending and finally made the connection back when I was a kid. Fast forward another 10 years and this was on Showetime Beyond. (Thank you cable!) I finally taped this & this became one of my all time favorites! Now if only I could get my hands on a english copy of the book!

[@MermaidAlertnessCourse]

This title is quite the overstatement given the sheer amount of strangeness on display in the world of animation.

[@pedrofuster9161]

True, but a beautiful overstatement

[@calx]

yeah truly - I mean this even has a story to follow lol

[@pauloketch4635]

this should be watched under LSD conditions.

[@Angelo4772]

Shut the fuck up

[@tallaganda83]

Weed will suffice if LSD not available

[@fordhemi789]

Well Paul Oketch, I believe that watching psychedelia while under the influence of psychedelia is quite simply, completely, and utterly redundant (Sensible chuckle).

[@joewillis546]

It made more sense on LSD than it did sober, but boy was it an experience 😂

[@HefestoLuna]

Madagascar and dreamworks movies, when you whatch em on lsd super fuck , you notice that their 3 perspectice of the movie is a Porno.... we've been watching porno in kids movies all long... if you dont bealive try it yourself, get sum LSD and a blunt and start watching this movies... we've are being controlled especially all media... the devil more realer than God but i still dont put my hopes down in God ... 🙇‍♂️

[@wilwad]

Watching this for the first time in 2019. Wow, wow amazing. The Draags remind me of the Prometheus aliens

[@justiceofbook]

Dang they predicted them 30 years in advance

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

They are also almost the same as the Aliens in the Manga Gantz, final arc... ^^;

[@annak7895]

This was the earliest movie I remember, full plot and everything, and I was completely convinced it was a trippy dream for the longest time, until I found it by accident two years ago.

[@Zsokorad]

I don't know why, but this movie's animation makes me feel physically ill every time I see it. It's so uncomfortable and weird.

[@houghoug2777]

me too!!! it’s so realistic in a memory of a memory sort of way. the vibes are just really off

[@squinies3628]

Lol

[@toomuchsugarush7821]

i haven't even seen this and this is my first time seeing it from this video and it's creeping me out like it's staring into your soul :{

[@444.nyokabi]

I threw up and got a panic attack after I watched it.

[@patrickmcdaniel8123]

Me too. I think if the world the movie depicts is real in another place in time. I'm pretty sure it isn't heaven. It's something worse than earth.

[@hiimryan2388]

I remember watching this st 8 (or seven) being traumatized at the fighting scenes but too fascinated to look away.

[@monikaradzaj7407]

Such an underrated movie! I definitely recommended it for the art style alone! Also, my favourite animated movie is 1981's Heavy Metal! You should also make a video on that film too! :D

[@dwaneanderson8039]

"What's your favorite animated movie?" Me: Heavy Metal. "If you're like most people..." Me: Apparently, I'm not.

[@kxlot79]

This animation was definitely of an order that had me thinking the creators were tapping into some alternate dimension. It’s always been eerily fascinating even upon multiple trippy viewings. With cartoons like this, who’d ever need drugs?🤣🛸🙃

[@ToneTunez]

3:20 Mac Miller Sampled this for his song Insomniac

[@bhs6252]

You sure did your homework on this movie I saw this film back in 1973 at the age of seven I must say it had a major impact on the outlook of life.

[@boje9308]

My god. It's 5 30am, and my mind is blown away by this video on my recommended list. Why? Because this film has been a fleeting memory in my mind for more or less 20 years. The distinct visuals and tonality stuck with me, albeit, vaguely. I've searched for this film many times to no avail. To think I'd randomly be reuitnited with it in this manner. Thank you and I will rewatch this film tonight. Edit: reading the comments... wow, there are many that were in my situation. A testament to the film's originality.

[@reesemalo]

I watched this movie several times as a child but it feels like a little bit like a repressed memory lmao I remember being scared at first but I ended up loving it?

[@toditron]

This has been one of my favorite animated films of all time for many decades now.

[@tomatoblast3465]

"This shit is lit." -Someone on LSD

[@TheBeteljuice]

Everything about this film is exceptional. Doing sound effects for an animated feature is quite difficult to do right. One bad sound wrecks the atmosphere. The sound and music in this one are so unique an perfect. Obviously the animation is outstanding, as in: The film stands out as one of the very best. Thanks for the post!

[@1Trollcat]

This movie is a metaphor for how we treat animals more so than how we dehumanize other humans. Animals have been scientifically proven to have our level of consciousness and emotional ability and this is a great movie for pointing out our callousness towards them.

[@delgryphon6633]

OMG thank you for covering this film! It's a classic. 👍👍

[@yes7855]

I watched it many years ago as a 13 year old. Hasn’t left my mind since. What a weird, weird, WEIRD movie. But memorable.

[@edp2260]

I was fortunate enough to see this film on the big screen in the 1970s. Our local 'art' theater often featured movies outside the mainstream. This one was certainly memorable.

[@samcawood2037]

That song “ten et tiwa dormant” is sampled in the song “Chrysalis” by The Underachievers....that tripped me up big time

[@dalegreer3095]

This is one of my favorite films of all time. I first saw it when I was 17 or 18, shortly after its release, and rewatch it every few years. Every element in this film seems to have a backstory that's been thought out and considered thoroughly. All the strange creatures seem not just frivolously strange, but the logical result of a different evolution. And even the popular styles of the Traags seem to have developed out of an entire imagined culture. The educational voiceover from the Traag headset has a hypnotic quality, and the music is simultaneously anachronistic and other worldly.

[@EdMcStinko]

The aliens and landscapes are truly, astoundingly, creative. Humans are insects being consumed by flying ant(human?)eaters and being sucked up and shredded by giant vacuums, and you can't help but imagine what it would be like to be subjected to that kind of thing.

[@Bacopa68]

Well, it's early 2021 now. I think we know. Isolation, intubation, death.

[@craigkdillon]

I saw Fantastic Planet at the Biograph when it came out. It was Amazing. Glad to see it is finally getting recognition. I have never discussed it with anyone, since I never met anyone who has seen it, or even heard of it.

[@Delta0001-y]

Best animated film I’ve seen to date, it’s the kind of thing you’d be really eager to share with the kind of person that would truly appreciate it.

[@dread-cthulu]

I was about 12 or 13 the first time I saw it and was completely blown away by it. Then I forgot about it and couldn't remember the title of it. I had the imagery of it in my mind but couldn't remember the title. I searched and searched and couldn't find it (pre-internet). Then it was aired on USA network, I was super excited that I got to watch it again. It's been in the back of my mind since the first day I saw it. Just an absolutely amazing piece of art! The soundtrack is genius.

[@mikepaulus4766]

I've seen it a few times. In the late 1980s TBS used to show it on Friday or Saturday nights.

[@narutosfreind]

Thanks for being the only review I could find

[@theothertonydutch]

Porco Rosso is my favorite animated movie I think. It has a talking animal.

[@bonatoc]

Have you seen The Castle Of Castroglio? Another underrated Miyazaki.

[@theothertonydutch]

@@bonatoc I have watched even watched Sherlock Hound.

[@punkman115]

this movie is a prime example of a specific style of animation to its most ambiguous craft. the shading and color contrast makes such a gritty yet vibrantly colorful film.

[@SailorBarsoom]

I saw this when I was eight. Why? Because the teacher thought, "Why, we should take all the kiddos to see that new cartoon movie. Kids love cartoons!" May be why I got into anime when I grew up: because I learned at an early age that animation doesn't have to be "kid stuff."

[@kubotheinconsideratefool4208]

bad teacher

[@jamescorvus6709]

I saw this movie back in high school and it creeps the hell out of me but it is one of the most well done films to come out of France. A Masterpiece hands down.

[@locochavo4560]

I watched this movie on VRV since I’ve seen it on KZbin and my god this is one of my favorite movies

[@IladRodavlas]

A friend played the soundtrack for this in the college radio station, I absolutely love the dark funk inspired jazz combined with the beautiful hand drawn art style.

[@happyfreeky]

More like Hieronymous Bosch than Dali, I’d say

[@PompeySomerstown]

Distrurbed as hell when watching as a child but loved it when rediscovering it as an adult. A great recommendation!

[@FreshTillDeath56]

This reminds me of a very specific episode of "Space Dandy" : "Plants are Living Things Too, Baby!"

[@Chellojello]

Just watched this the other day for the first time. What an amazing and beautiful film. The art, the story, just wow.

[@minemaster1337]

I first heard about this film in a "Ruler of Everything" amv that was pretty good and it gives off a sort of "Dark Side of the Rainbow" type deal

[@AnthonyDoesYouTube]

This was my absolute favorite movie to watch whilst tripping balls or just on some good ol Mj, back when it was free on KZbin… Ahhh, the days!

[@Nemmy72]

As a person who has a soft spot for creatures like Dogs, or even Insects This looks like something I'd get into

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

Watched it randomly, still very memorable and probably somewhere in top 30-40 favorite films, its so imaginitive, the score is astounding and the animation is phenomenal. It also is so perfect for different interpretations or allegories or metaphors.

[@potatowarrior747]

Every time I see something such as this animated movie...I feel like I've seen it somewhere before and get nauseous. Just the thought of this movie is making me nauseous for some reason.

[@potatowarrior747]

@@PTV69420 I thought I was the only one...but bizarre things really get at me

[@S_blackfire_S.4003]

I find the story so meaningful,with this supposedly superior forms of life treating other beings that are not advanced as them but are intelligent enough as animals,however,at the same time,the animation just comes from my worst nightmares and I can't stand the idea of watching the scenes of this movie again

[@potatowarrior747]

@@S_blackfire_S.4003 I agree The story and meaning are really fascinating but the art style is trippy.

[@theist_peacefrog]

I first saw Fantastic Planet on the early HBO cable ch.I never understood it,but never forgot it!

[@123benyb]

The art style looks like you told someone "draw your own Dr seuss book" but they never actually read one just have seen some of the illustrations

[@glennelson8017]

Although also bizarre in general I'd say with upmost art snobbery that it's just a little different innit?

[@joosoo]

Tbh my favorite film is actually Belladonna of Sadness. Beautiful visuals and metaphors in that film. It influenced a lot of my screen prints I did in college.

[@izaiah476]

Where are your subscribers? You're too good

[@kentclark6420]

I was so overwhelmed by the animation and surreal aspects of the movie when it caught me by surprise, in a cinematic theater with amazing graphics, 1977, in Seattle. Sitting in front of a huge screen, this movie put me into another reality. I loved it! I'd never seen anything like it, at all. Overwhelmed enough that I didn't notice too much the more sordid aspects of the characters and plot.

[@DadaPoopoo]

Very good content, man. I imagine your channel will be growing quickly if you keep it up.

[@ProduccionsTv]

70's and 80's french scyfi animated movies and comic magazines like metal hurlant are a good inspiration

[@rocknrollkid90]

I have seen a “Criterion Collection,” release, of the movie, at one of the “Barnes & Noble,” stores.

[@paralentor]

Back in the days of mom and pop video stores my parents mistakenly chose Beta format. So we were relegated to a smaller section of the store a third the size of the VHS segment shopped. One time this woman was upset that this movie wasn't on VHS and only Beta. As she set it down she said something like how amazing the movie was and for lack of a selection we added this to the checkout. Years later it's so gratifying to see this movie surviving the test of time and having a following. Great video and if you have that soundtrack you have pictured I'm jealous.

[@milou66]

Thanks for this! Love this movie. Just came back this minute from seeing it on the big screen at my local rep cinema. You say it's dissimilar to other animation at the time, but doesn't it remind you of Terry Gilliam's work that was on TV right around then?

[@GeorgeCowsert]

I've been on my own little journey because of this movie. First I saw the memes using the song "Ruler of Everything." Then I listened to the song in full. Then I watched the music video using Fantastic Planet for background visuals. And now, this video popped up to tell me that it's not just some random background video, but a full on movie. Thank you, memes. I never would've discovered this without you.

[@user-mv9tt4st9k]

I saw "Fantastic Planet" when I was a child and several times as a teenager/young adult. I agree that it is one of the best animated films ever made.

[@univrsciara]

i wish we got to see more of Tiwa. her voice is exceptionally soothing for me and i strangely feel comforted when she's onscreen

[@smackpointgsps1476]

I remember watching this when I was 5 or 6. I'm still messed up!

[@kaspark8887]

I watched it when I was like 5, so thank you for reviewing it!

[@josephgarcia7030]

I remember watching this movie a very long time ago when I was young. but for some reason I VIVIDLY remember it having a vastly different art style (and it being in English). does anyone know if there where other adaptations of the original book that I don't know about? this one was the only one I could find. Edit: damn how many people saw this as a young child? I thought that was a unique thing my parents did because they where hippies, but I guess I was wrong.

[@Chach-fm5nh]

I'm from Belarus (which is mostly Russian-speaking) and discovered Fantastic planet a few months ago. After that I have started showing it to my friends and almost everyone has told me he or she does remember these blue creatures from the childhood though they never watched the movie when grown up. It seems that here (and in Russia as well) it was regularly shown on prime-time TV somewhere in the end of 90s - beginning of 00s as a kids cartoon. I think that the situation can be the same in the West.

[@mixtlillness9825]

I remember seeing this a long time ago. I don’t remember when, or where, or how old I was, but I’ve never forgotten this movie. Now that I know it’s title, I can add it to my Amazon wish list.

[@paulbouffard3449]

I saw it when I was very young as well and always loved it for the music and illustrations and it's still one of my favorite movies today. I've actually got a fantastic planet tattoo!

[@KabochaOu]

THIS SOUNDTRACK IS SAMPLED IN AN UNDERACHIEVERS SONG OMG I JUST RECOGNIZED IT

[@jestermindcrime1773]

I saw this movie i don't member when but I was really young, this has always been floating in my sub conscious teasing me with one blip flash memories till NOW I finally know what it was called

[@HunterMayer]

Scavenger's Reign brought this to my feed.

[@wuznab5109]

He shot at the sun with a gun.