Ralph Bakshi | Animation's New Wave

[@kayleighbrown459]

"I'm not ahead of my time. Everyone else is behind." I dunno why but I love that

[@mamaluigisixtytwelve5179]

confidence is key

[@jimfish3241]

His telling the truth after all

[@goblincomic4522]

Adult swim and Rick and Morty prove him right

[@kayleighbrown459]

@@goblincomic4522 What do you mean?

[@kitohhh]

@@kayleighbrown459 My guess is he's saying that Ralph's work was "edgy" before edgy became this negative connotation or became a common term and he was covering topics that were considered controversial. In the same way that Rick & Morty fans will praise it's adult content, intellectual references and dark humor, Ralph was doing that at a time where that wasn't even considered an option to be successful

[@SifGreyfang]

In my opinion Ralph has to be one of if not the MOST underappreciated animators and directors in history

[@badassbillyb]

not an opinion but a fact

[@IanFindly-iv1nl]

He is certainly and undeniably a pioneer and innovator. For example, creators and fans of things like Heavy Metal, Ren and Stimpy, South Park, and Futurama all owe him a debt.

[@dovahkiinhowey]

Just wanna say how important it was for me to see Shrek in the reflection of a Samurai's Katana.

[@goatbone]

I too found what i have always been searching for.

[@MacCionnaith]

Qué?

[@ProfessorToadstool]

@@MacCionnaith Shrek is... not our favorite character or movie franchise. Lets just leave it at that.

[@hrhensley]

You put some god damn respect on Jack's name

[@scottmantooth8785]

that was rather cool

[@SobiTheRobot]

I don't like some of his work. I don't agree with all of his arguments. But damn if I don't have respect for a man who fights for the right to be artistically challenging.

[@KawaiiBootyBoy9000]

I feel exactly the same

[@tomfoolery7797]

I read that last part as artistically challenged, would be a quality burn if it was.

[@poopikins]

My doctor always said I was artistic

[@CorbCorbin]

Momma said I was God’s special little artistic challenge....

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

Same here. Having watched his whole library of films, I've only gravitated towards one (or maybe two) of them. The rest never seemed to click with me - it felt like he was more interested in making his films explicitly shocking and subversive than telling an engaging story that made better use of the more mature rating. But when it comes to his ambition and position that animation shouldn't be limited by an audience, I wholeheartedly agree with him. A medium cannot and shouldn't be defined by a particular demographic. I mean, not all live-action films are for adults, so why should animation be limited to kids? Sadly, Hollywood is a machine that only regurgitates what it's already been fed. As much as Bakshi tried opposing the mainstream animation industry and succeeded, his contributions have also attributed to the bad stigma that most adult animation created in the US still suffers from today - from pointless shock-value to excessive amounts of adult content just to drive the point across that it's for an older audience. It isn't his fault, I should stress, but he did have a hand in shaping that mentality.

[@DavidTSmith-jn5bs]

I wonder how many people here recognized "Cowboy Bebop's Theme?" The strange thing is that it blended perfectly with Mr. Bakshi's animation!

[@princessthyemis]

i did!

[@JukeHighwalker]

Everyone moron!

[@Space.Ghost.]

What's cowboy bebop?

[@DavidTSmith-jn5bs]

@@Space.Ghost. Cowboy Bebop is a Japanese anime series. If you want to know more about it, here's a link to the Wikipedia entry for the series: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Bebop

[@Space.Ghost.]

@@DavidTSmith-jn5bs thank you. I am familiar with Bebop, I couldnt resist the urge to be "that guy" I understand if you want to flog me.

[@Hylebos75]

Seeing this and thinking about how Disney treated animation studios/artists like easily replaceable cogs in a Model T factory is frustrating. But beyond that is how TODAY in Japan animation studios pay their massive pools of artists crap. Utter poverty level wages, below poverty. I don't know how the poor buggers survive. Not to mention the same shitty (and worse) expectations and treatment in the games industry. They want the quality product an artist provides, but oh no they aren't willing to pay for it.

[@amayyaduvanshi2706]

That hit hard, really hard

[@JazLyte]

I love this man, and this was extremely uplifting to watch after feeling really drained and jaded from working in the industry. Such an inspiration to my work, and damn near everything he says makes me wanna drop everything and make movies. Ralph is fucking priceless, thanks so much for this.

[@Any-mation]

Thank you so much for this, your comment is very uplifting! Your work is awesome by the way, don't give up :)

[@JazLyte]

@@Any-mation Thanks dude

[@Zalinki]

Another fantastic watch

[@Any-mation]

Thank you very much my man!

[@posadistpossum]

it you

[@nialldempsey7742]

@@Any-mation I was honestly surprised to discover that Fritz the Cat wasn't banned in Ireland. According to IMDb it was released here in March 1974; two years after its American release. If it wasn't banned could the same be said for Heavy Traffic and Coonskin?

[@geoffreychauvin1474]

I feel like Frank Herbert’s Dune would have been an amazing animated film is the Bakshi style

[@pLanetstarBerry]

Geoffrey, my dude, I'm gonna picture this in my head next time I crack open Dune to read. I dunno why, but I always picture the scenes I read from stories as animated. Bakshi's style is a perfect fit for that story.

[@carlcat]

Geoffrey: If only Alejandro Jodorowsky could have finished his version of Dune. Just the documentary on his attempt to make the film is impressive.

[@n.ranier684]

Thank you for this mental image. Now I want to pick the book up again myself.

[@carlcat]

@@n.ranier684 A classic Sci Fi story that had the potential to make a classic movie like 2001 a space odyssey or the original Blade Runner, but didn't.

[@geoffreychauvin1474]

carlcat i have a hard time wrapping my head around jodo’s dune. On the one hand it would have been amazingly surreal but on the other it wouldn’t have been Dune it would have been dune only tangentially.

[@NeonPixels81]

Damn dude headlines were brutal back then "DEATH TAKES WALT DISNEY", whoof.

[@juan.zabala]

Thank you Cole. I am a history of animation professor in college and this documentary is so very necessary. I am literally moved to tears because you chose to introduce a new generation to the world of Ralph Bakshi. Underground will always be the truest form of art.

[@Any-mation]

Thank you so much, these kinds of comments mean the world to me

[@jaydee15]

I had one of his sons, Eddie Bakshi, as a teacher for animations. Small world.

[@drmilkweed]

Bakshi's films are art and I love each and every one. There's something inspiring about living in a world where Disney the man defined animation and being like Bakshi. People deride his work as being pure shock value or intentionally disturbing and like, yeah! That's the point! That's what makes him so brilliant and what makes his films so noteworthy. He obviously really loves the medium of animation and he took it from a toy for babies and made it something that could tell serious stories, dirty jokes, tender moments, brutal inhumanity. He saw something nobody else did and fought like hell to let us see it the way he did, and for that I'm grateful to him.

[@lucamckenn5932]

I never knew that the man who did Fritz the Kat was this capable. I just thought he had one obscure underground adult film and that's it. Way back when when I first watched heavy metal it definitely gave me a familiar feeling. Controversy be damned this guys a legend. Top notch video, edutainment at its finest.

[@LE0NSKA]

"ahead of the time? no! they're all just behind" LOL

[@BaMAnimation]

Nice work bro!

[@Any-mation]

eagerly waiting you boyos' next video!

[@michaelcraig9449]

I dont know of his other movies. I loved that movie "Wizards"! I remember it came out when I was 14. It showed at our local old movie theater on Main st. There was excitement and talk about it shortly before it arrived, maybe a few weeks or so. It definitely was considered a serious stoner movie and event, like laser light shows, a big concert like Zeppelin or Pink Floyd or something. So almost everyone went very stoned. Me and this one girl I was hanging out with, we went and smoked 2 joints behind the theater right before the movie started, then went in to see it. FUN TIMES!! I am sure this same scene played out in towns both small and large all around the world. That movie was awesome, I still feel real nostalgic about it!!

[@tangentyes3323]

Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings shaped my childhood. Like it's decent at it's best, but that broke ass animation was mind blowing.

[@IanFindly-iv1nl]

Bakshi is certainly and undeniably a pioneer and innovator. For example, creators and fans of things like Heavy Metal, Ren and Stimpy, South Park, and Futurama all owe him a debt.

[@Any-mation]

A huge depth. A lot of animation today owes him

[@Grim2]

Funny how rotoscope got frowned upon but no one sez a single bad word against motion capture which is essentially the same bloody thing.

[@The_Jovian]

For one, that's a whole generation later. Secondly, people talk shit about it all the time, especially in the early days when it was super uncanny

[@alexanderkeltz1596]

My issue with rotoscoping is that it often leaves the rotoscoped subjects without a sense of existing with the space of the background image, or in other words they often feel like they are floating above the background image. Ruins any sense of depth. Motion Capture avoids this if done right.

[@exister4959]

The Jovian what does love death robots have to do with heavy metal if I may ask? I’ve seen both! heavy metal was a trip!

[@The_Jovian]

@@exister4959 I think you're replying to the wrong comment, friend

[@user-jv7gr1jb3r]

@@The_Jovian No, no. Let the comment be. The comment isn't untrue.

[@TheSuperQuail]

Seriously, how come there are so many softly spoken Irish lads talking about film on KZbin lately? This is not a complaint.

[@user-jv7gr1jb3r]

$$$$

[@NMahon]

Theres not enough jobs in film for how many people do degrees in it I reckon

[@DisgruntledPigumon]

My only complaint is adults mispronouncing words. Tree? De? Come on, TH is not a difficult thing to say.

[@xaosbob]

Accents and dialects are real things. I guarantee that English speakers from literally any other country (and a lot of parts of your own) think you sound strange, uncultured, uneducated, or just plain lazy. Doesn't mean you are.

[@NMahon]

@@DisgruntledPigumon the reason for this is because in Irish there is not really a th sound. That sound is rather German I think. We have lost so much being forced to speak English, why should we lose our accent also?

[@51lodb]

Thank you for finally giving Ralph the attention he deserves. You hit it right on the nose about how Ralph viewed animation ( and probably still does) He's a true innovator. We are truly so caught up in the how of animation instead of want we want to say( or if we have some thing TO say) Never was a problem for Ralph.

[@JackOfen]

I absolutely loooooove rotoscoping. It just looks so appealing to me

[@hahahahaha288]

@james sc ???

[@biohazard3554]

I recently found an interest in his works and im mind blown of the impact this man has on animation and how underrated as an animator he is. He wanted to bring his vision to life regardless of how well it will be received or liked. The amount of artist and animators that had their start thanks to Bakshi is astounding. Absolute legend and inspiration!

[@loremipsum2408]

I saw Wizards in the early 2000s and it changed my perspective on what Western animation could be. Bakshi is a total legend.

[@vinnart]

"American Pop" is still my favorite animated film of all time. Salute Ralph for exciting this artist's mind as a teen in the early 1980's.

[@babyslide]

Great video, but the cowboy beebop theme is way too good, haha. It was distracting from what you said.

[@Any-mation]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3ykgWR4oremac0 😉

[@jasonblalock4429]

Yep, I can't hear Tank! without humming/whistling along.

[@ghates]

You know it was perfect for this Doc, and i waslike, where did i hear this from? Then i heard the horns and yupppp thats it!

[@johnnybelle2686]

hahaha i screamed when i heard it xD

[@sparklinggrey3]

So pleased to see someone talking about Bakshi, I watched LORT when I was a kid and that forever gave me the perspective to see animation as an art form. Can't wait to follow up on more of his works thanks to this video. Thank you!

[@alacajun007]

Wow! Great feature! Bakshi is a genius. I can reme seeing Wizards at the theater in my hometown. A very small town that you wouldn't expect to see such edgy fare. After that, I was a fan. Also, I think Rotoscoping is one of my favorite aspects of his filmmaking. Thanks for this!

[@thecryogenicdrummer1110]

Fire and Ice.. Ralph Bakshi and Frank Frazetta... What a combo... I will forever cherish that movie, if for nothing else introducing me to my favorite artist and painter of all time. It's totally worth a nostalgic trip, but could have been so much more with a little more time and polish. The scene where Lord Nekron manipulates Princess Teegra's brother into slaying his own personal guard and then impaling himself, all the while his eyes bulging from their sockets, his body trembling as he fights the ice lord's dark magic, will forever haunt me. Or when Darkwolf roars *_NEEEKKRROOONNN!!!_* Overcoming the scrawny wizard's magic and sticking a dual-headed axe deep into his guts! No flashy CGI particle effects, no five minutes of slow motion. The great ice wizard falls over in chunks, like a torn open grocery sack! I need to watch this movie again...

[@richardrobbin2731]

The Cryogenic Drummer Darkwolf: You go get the girl, I'll take on the dogs. Lorn: There must be 50 of them!? Darkwolf: That Sounds about right. 🤘😆🤘

[@slappy8941]

It's because of Frazetta that I got down with the thiccness.

[@swahiliranger1022]

I just watch that movie for all the sexy lady butts.

[@liamwilson7549]

swahili ranger lmao 😂

[@DVDandFilmBloke]

Ralph Bakshi is one of my all time favourite directors (along with Kubrick and Ken Russell) because like those directors his finger prints were all over his films and he actually opened up the doors and broke the rules (not just for animation but for filmmaking in general). But unlike someone like Kubrick who is well known and had clout (and a lot of there films are readily available on all sides of the globe) Bakshi's work is sadly only known within animation and cult film circles, and those outside those groups who happen to stumble across his work dismiss it from the surface level as p*rnographic, or mediocre or even racist, (to those who haven't seen Coonskin outside the poster) (and to anyone who say's Bakshi is a racist or his films are racist, I will fight you tooth and nail). Even though I'm one of the five people on earth who hasn't seen any version of Lord of the Rings, to those Peter Jackson fanatics who say the Bakshi film is crap, you are entitled to your opinion but you can't deny, if that film didn't exist you wouldn't have the Jackson films so give it the credit it deserves.

[@darthmaul7434]

I appreciate the Clockwork Orange profile and your opinion sir.

[@DVDandFilmBloke]

@@darthmaul7434 Cheers, also I should update my comment because Tarantino isn't in my top 5 favourite directors anymore.

[@darthmaul7434]

@@DVDandFilmBloke There four japanese directors i recommend you giving a try if you haven't heard of them, 3 are animation directors, Akira Kurosawa, one of the best japanese directors, having been praised by Martin Scorcese, Stephen Spielberg and others. Masaaki Yuasa who has a very unique approach to his story telling and animation, Satoshi Kon and Mamoru Oshii.

[@magnavoxbox]

Going through the time I am right now, this video was so important to watch as I make my way into animation. Ralph taught me it's ok to express myself. The End.

[@theatorium]

Can't believe I only discovered this wonderful channel today. Fantastic!

[@Any-mation]

Thank you very much 🙏🏻 glad you found it

[@Melissa-tw2gp]

I love that he said he doesn’t make movies for everyone. That’s the ideal of art for me. Many different kinds of people each making art from their perspective. Accepting all the quirks and flaws and subjectivity that emerges with the artistry.

[@jimmyjimjims7483]

I had the lucky opportunity of meeting Mr Bakshi in Las Cruces NM a few years ago at NMSU, I couldn't even believe it when I saw him just standing there in the food pavilion. Very nice man, he'll talk about Fritz the cat for hours so if you see him ask him lol

[@lokeyartist]

Ralph Breaks The Animation Industry

[@davidsonnow]

“Am I ahead of my time? No! Everyone else is behind! I’m doing what’s RIGHT.”

[@monikaradzaj7407]

13:11 Eyy Heavy Metal is my favourite animated film! :D So kicka$$!

[@David0gden]

Yeah Heavy Metal is amazing. first time I watched it they played it back to back with Ralph Bakshi's American Pop. It changed my life forever. Have you watched Love Death Robots yet?

[@VonVahn]

David Ogden “I love” death robots.. it’s cutting edge stuff .. shows the power of independent artists

[@monikaradzaj7407]

@@David0gden Agreed! I actually haven't seen Love Death and Robots yet since I don't have Netflix. :( I've been dying to watch it though! I have read some of the original Heavy Metal comic though! Awesome stuff!

[@OfficialAnimeCitizen]

Heavy Metal in four words: BAD ASS SEXUAL AWAKENING!

[@hellhammerCCCP]

He was ahead of time. Wizards is a masterpiece.

[@kamuelalee]

Watched that right after Star Wars came out...1977. Great flick!!

[@robertmcquillan7823]

True😉

[@thebossbaby7402]

We need another creative movement in animation. Things are getting stagnant again, and big companies like Disney have all the sway. Everything has to be sanitized to appeal to a mass audience, and make the most money. There’s good stuff there, but you have to look for it.

[@Claymann71]

Iwerks. Jones. Henson. Bakshi. Calkins. Moore. Kirby. Disney. Williams. Tezuka. Ishinomori. Miyazaki. Takahata. Gaiman. Caniff. Foster. Raymond. Sykes. I probably forgot some other Legends. Ralph having earned his 4th Spot of Greatest of All Animators is amazing as hell.

[@MGSBigBoss77]

*I probably forgot some other Legends.* Tex Avery, Brian Cosgrove, Max and Dave Fleischer, Don Bluth, Gerry Anderson and Ray Harryhausen!

[@evan_dood]

Excellent video. As a very casual animation fan I have honestly never heard of this person, but now I plan on going back and watching a few of his movies.

[@groovstoov4717]

Watch Fire and Ice

[@igodreamer7096]

Love his works, he really is a true artist ahead of his time

[@j.hartley8844]

To be honest I never think too deeply about the time and research that goes into videos like these. So it’s nice you reminded me at the end there, thank you for making this.

[@yum8666]

Yoooo i remember watching wizards on KZbin back when I was like 11 and being so confused also good job sneaking the cow boy Bebop intro in there

[@G.r.e.g.g.l.e.s]

Ralph Bakshi's voice sounds like something between Bender Rodriguez and Danny DeVito

[@troycannon100]

He sounds exactly like Roger Rabbit

[@dadoctah]

With just a touch of Harvey Pekar.

[@loremipsum2408]

Roger Rabbit

[@LaGuerre19]

good ole Bender Bending Rodriguez

[@salvatornado]

And mama from "throw mama from the train"

[@justjulia1720]

While I might not fully agree with him,I have to admire what he has done.

[@Any-mation]

I've heard this a lot hahaha, he fought a good fight and I hope people realise this more and more

[@gonaye1]

This style of analysis feels so fresh and so digestible. Keep it up. 👍🏽

[@someasiandude4797]

this man is an absolute inspiration

[@notsure5425]

Loved the addition of the seatbelts with the introduction of animation!

[@ricardolabate4984]

Amazing video, sir! Great job as tribute and almost a mini-doc for Bakshi's body of work.

[@Valhalla13375]

The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse was always some of the funniest shit on Saturday mornings. Especially when Bat-Bat made appearances.

[@csonweedagain5054]

I found Wizards on a disc (no case ☹️) a long time ago and to be such an old film it's actually really inspiring when you also get to see a little bit of Ralph's process and how he'd deal with issues like budget. It's making me want to learn more about animation, especially the way his team did it. Modern movies need variety sooooo badly it's disgusting

[@gordonladdo4428]

i like the gasp of the woman when Ralph Bakshi said " I work very hard to change the bussiness, break that Disneys bullsh*t.... " 😃

[@kamuelalee]

Wizards and Lord of the Rings...the one, two punch for me in the Post-Star Wars 1977 era.

[@Rudenbehr]

God this makes me think of what if America had an anime industry still.

[@tj843]

Frederator studios. They did all of the animation for Castlevania on netflix.

[@sonata7204]

Ewww furry

[@QuackingDragon]

@@tj843 that was Frederator? I had no clue, but they did a beautiful job with the animation

[@rodney2x48]

Justin Y. It was Powerhouse animation in Texas, but Frederator did help and they do cool stuff, too.

[@tj843]

@@rodney2x48 ack! Yes I actually meant Powerhouse, Frederator was the publisher I think. They put up a lot of concept art online

[@osmiphos9061]

Great vid pitty it was recommended 6 months later

[@Used__Napkin]

Same here

[@queeffairy]

I love when I stumble across a Channel with quality content especially around a subject I enjoy.

[@lexc1560]

Great video! I enjoy his work. And although I’m not always a fan of the story lines you have to respect the dedication. He has a love of craft that is tangible when viewing.

[@JosephDutra]

Ralph Bakshi should definitely be apart of the group of filmmakers that were categorized in the American New Wave Cinema, he changed the perception of how animation could be use and how to use it to portray society.

[@JukeHighwalker]

Ralph Bakshi is a God! I love all of his works for the visceral raw emotions they pull out of the viewer. Pure thought provoking content put through the lens of Saturday morning cartoons. Genius!

[@francescomanzo3939]

BLASPHEMOUS!!!!!

[@gregbeaudry]

Absolutely love the use of Tank! In this! God your editing is a work of art form of its own👌🏻

[@jhstatts888]

Very well done. Wizards changed my World when it came to animated films. It was the first adult animation I’d seen, and I loved it. Ralph Bakshi should receive some kind of lifetime achievement award, but he would probably give it back. Thanks for making this.

[@lucamckenn5932]

I must've been too young to appreciate either Fritz or Wizards because I remember watching parts of them. No full scenes, just know bits and pieces, certain characters looked familiar, and that they weren't for little babies. When I was 16 I watched heavy metal and loved it so I'm certain Ralph's films will tickle my twisted fancy at 23 lol.

[@jhstatts888]

I think you will enjoy his films immensely. Have fun!

[@zamb4010]

Holy shit, you showed me rocket Robin hood and you bring back memories of when I was a kid falling asleep at 11 with the tv on teletoon.

[@davidekstrand8544]

When you talked about how Bakshi was honestly credited for his films, that reminded me of what James Coburn said when he was talking about the times he worked with director Sam Peckinpah: “When Sam was going to do a movie, he was doing to do a SAM PECKINPAH film. He wasn’t going to do an MGM film or a Jerry Bressler film. He was going to make a film by SAM PECKINPAH, which is why you hired him in the first place.”

[@chrisbullock6477]

I remember Fire and Ice coming on Cable TV back in the 80's and Heavy Metal...

[@michaelcraig9449]

Yellow Submarine!! I was raised on all that cool 50's-60's-70's stuff! My family went to see Yellow Submarine at the movie theater when I was a little kid. I still love this movie. It is so amazing, for so many reasons, everyone must go see it.

[@yarharyar]

Hmmmm subbed, Thank you for this great labour of love!

[@georgemcmillan9172]

Wizards, Heavy Metal, Lord of the rings, Fritz the cat, American Pop, Fire and Ice, Heavy Traffic, and my alltime favorite, The Secret of Nihm,Ralph Bakshi is one of the masters of animation!!!

[@floydharper1216]

Heavy metal and secret of nimh aren't Bakshi

[@lurelover7065]

Always loved Raph Bakshi. I saw Fritz the Cat at a sleazy movie theater in Times Square in the '70s

[@liamwilson7549]

8:39 if you haven’t seen fire and ice then you’re missing out. Highly recommend it!

[@Kuffkuff62]

Unrelated but Ralph's accent is addictive

[@RX552VBK]

This was a wonderful tribute to not just one of the greatest American animators--but imo one of the great filmmakers of the latter 20th century. Thank you.

[@zoidsfan12]

I adore Bakshi, his style just speaks to me. To me underground artists that aren't trying to court an audience are the real visionaries and have the most to say. It's people like Bakshi that have really inspired me as an amateur artist, that there really is no requirements, just make what you want and express yourself.

[@mechajay3358]

While I can't full agree with his opinion of Disney in their early years. No doubt Bakshi paved way for Adult Animation in the Medium.

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

For better and for worse.

[@lofianimation]

This essay is gorgeous and insparing. Thanks for it

[@Any-mation]

High praise, thank you very much for watching!

[@NouryKhamis]

This video helped me so much for class! Thank youuuuu

[@mamonamon3610]

how do you only have 2.4k? ive seen people with millions not even hitting close to the quality your uploading.

[@Any-mation]

Thank you very much, I really appreciate that :) It's really my own fault for taking so long to make a video!

[@midshipman8654]

Any-Mation Definitely. I just got this in my recommendation, so hopefully you’ll get a flood of new viewers soon. If the KZbin recommendation Gods smile upon you!

[@世紀的地獄错觉]

Humble beginnings, man. Keep liking and the algorithm will recommend it like it just did with me. I’m enthralled

[@jasonblalock4429]

Six months later, I discover him via recommendation, and I'm seeing 7.9K subs. That's more than 300% growth in half a year! Good on him! (And yes, I'm among them now. :->)

[@vampansy93]

Orr The best stuff is underground / unpopular.

[@kyzr666]

I know Bakshi cartoons are for adults, at least that's what they say, but I watched many of his cartoons when I was around 8 or 10 years old. And I love them. I must say, I'm the youngest brother, so my older brother was 7 years older and he never told me not to watch the movies. So I can say they are not just for adults. Kids can enjoy them too, and not just enjoy them but understand them too. Never underestimate a child. I never knew who Bakshi was until much older, never knew all those great cartoons I watched as a kid were from the same guy. And when I find out, I was so surprised about it. Thank god Bakshi existed, because he is a great influence in my life.

[@MercenaryCamp]

Great work! Thanks for your videos. They are magnificent and inspiring. And Ralph is the most underrated artist I've ever known.

[@Any-mation]

Thank you again :)

[@riffwizardsupreme]

I knew he voiced one of the pig cops, I never realised that was his voice.

[@SirRaccon]

Amazing video! Thanks man, really

[@depressedtv]

American Pop is one of my favorite movies.

[@EPICSOUNDTRAX]

Saw fire and ice as a child and I was absolutely shocked at the quality if the production . I wanted to be an animator . Today we have so many technologies that can help you to become an animator.back in communist poor Bulgaria I had no idea where to start and are there any schools teaching this art. I still dreaming to become an animator.

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

Bakshi's LOTR and Wizards are two of best fantasy films ever created.

[@darktetsuya]

I've seen Wizards and Fire & Ice.... definitely really want to see some of his other films like American Pop... (and unrelated but I did see belladonna of sadness, it was advertised on one of the movie channels randomly and looking into it I loved the animation style so I recorded it.... it was quite the trip!) the animation is just so... gritty? raw? I don't really know how to describe it but there's realy nothing else like it out there! (I think stuff like Heavy Metal and Rock and Rude comes close, but not exactly like it)

[@saintjimmy2244]

He had some great work.

[@Krystalmyth]

Hell yeah, found myself another hidden gem. Thank goodness. Hope to see a piece on cyberpunk animation, or 1970s and 80s styling for anime, and Japanese drawn European and American media of the era.

[@Hylebos75]

Came for the cinema/animation history, stayed for the Tank! soundtrack.

[@sol1184]

KZbin recommendations finally working right!

[@degosaurus9798]

A lot of Pioneering Film Directors who explored disability and various other problems with society passed away in 2010.

[@chrisbullock6477]

And that's why the Japanese and Korean animators have always been sooooo fare ahead in pushing animation theatrical and otherwise because they pushed and respected the media in the same like as live action from the beginning.

[@Riddlemewalker]

I remember seeing Wizards at Roth’s Tyson’s Corner in Vienna, VA USA. Amazing impression on my young self.

[@brightgreenfuzzyball3000]

Thanks much Sir, you nailed the history of this quite well

[@The1WARMACHINE]

Learned something new about animation thanks

[@WindiChilliwack]

Wizards was my childhood. it made me think that it's more realistic and mature on how fantasy is like.

[@Viraqua]

So..Ralph Bakshi, the man that corrupted my childhood with Cool World.

[@morgansparhawk8410]

Glad I stumbled up on your channel. Very well done vid Also great use of the Cowboy Beebop theme music 🤗

[@Any-mation]

Thank you :) It was the only choice for me

[@EyesHoleMedia]

Seeing "American Pop" as a tween affected me in a way that went beyond simple entertainment ... the piano playing scene (that you included here) I remember to be a sad shock ... and then later in the film I was 180-degree inspired and energized by the "Night Moves"- scored, cool-as-fuck, street-walking scene. While I'm a fan of both Disney and Pixar studios, I've certainly never been moved by anything they've produced in such a profound way. Maybe it was just my age ... but more likely it was the gritty reality that Bakshi infused ...it communicated his story straight into the vein. To this day, I've never heard that song without that scene flashing in from memory. In my book, that's an impressive piece of art!

[@blackshard641]

2:24 - TANK!!! LOL. Someone's a Cowboy Bebop fan.

[@madmau]

Who isn't?