Survivor Thread: Animated Fantasy Movies--Hobbit Wins!

[CleverNickName]

Flight of Dragons--19
The Last Unicorn--24
The Hobbit--21
The Lord of the Rings--20
The Return of the King--18
Black Cauldron--12-2=10 I *love* Lloyd Alexander, but this adaptation is so painful.
Wizards--24+1=25 "I'm glad you changed your name, you son of a bitch."
Princess Mononoke--24
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind--20
Spirited Away--23
Secret of Nimh--26
How to Train Your Dragon--17
Kubo and the Two Strings--22
Howl's Moving Castle--20
Fire and Ice--14
The Dark Crystal--18

 

[Nagol]

Flight of Dragons--19
The Last Unicorn--24
The Hobbit--21
The Lord of the Rings--20
The Return of the King--18
Black Cauldron--10
Wizards--25+1=26
Princess Mononoke--24
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind--20
Spirited Away--23
Secret of Nimh--26
How to Train Your Dragon--17=2=15
Kubo and the Two Strings--22
Howl's Moving Castle--20
Fire and Ice--14
The Dark Crystal--18

 

[rczarnec]

Flight of Dragons--19
The Last Unicorn--24
The Hobbit--21
The Lord of the Rings--20
The Return of the King--18
Black Cauldron--10
Wizards--26
Princess Mononoke--25
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind--20
Spirited Away--23
Secret of Nimh--26
How to Train Your Dragon--15
Kubo and the Two Strings--22
Howl's Moving Castle--20
Fire and Ice--12
The Dark Crystal--18

 

[Charlaquin]

Flight of Dragons--19
The Last Unicorn--25
The Hobbit--21
The Lord of the Rings--20
The Return of the King--18
Black Cauldron--10
Wizards--24
Princess Mononoke--25
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind--20
Spirited Away--23
Secret of Nimh--26
How to Train Your Dragon--15
Kubo and the Two Strings--22
Howl's Moving Castle--20
Fire and Ice--12
The Dark Crystal--18

 

[tardigrade]

Flight of Dragons--19
The Last Unicorn--25
The Hobbit--21
The Lord of the Rings--20
The Return of the King--18
Black Cauldron--10
Wizards--24
Princess Mononoke--25
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind--20
Spirited Away--21
Secret of Nimh--26
How to Train Your Dragon--15
Kubo and the Two Strings--23
Howl's Moving Castle--20
Fire and Ice--12
The Dark Crystal--18

Until a few months ago I would have been torn between Flight of Dragons, Nausicaä, and The Dark Crystal, but I first saw Kubo recently and was blown away - if you haven't seen it, please do, it's superb (and recently appeared on Netflix - within a month of buying the DVD, but I'm not even mad). Amazing visuals, locations, characters, plot, just everything. Including technical skill: fun trivia fact of the day, the gashadokuro (giant skeleton warrior) was, at 16ft, reportedly the largest puppet ever used in the history of stop-motion animation.

I can't believe I'm the first one to spot the typo in the thread title though - it should read "second best animated fantasy movie, after Laputa"

Also:

Rapunzel grew from timid to bold over an appropriate timeline for a movie

At risk of diverting the thread a bit - I agree with your other points, but I thought she adjusted suspiciously quickly for someone who'd never left that tower in her life before. The breakdown montage was a nice touch, though.

 

[WayOfTheFourElements]

Flight of Dragons--19
The Last Unicorn--25
The Hobbit--21
The Lord of the Rings--20
The Return of the King--18
Black Cauldron--10
Wizards--24
Princess Mononoke--26
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind--20
Spirited Away--21
Secret of Nimh--26
How to Train Your Dragon--15
Kubo and the Two Strings--21
Howl's Moving Castle--20
Fire and Ice--12
The Dark Crystal--18

 

[Ed Laprade]

Flight of Dragons--19
The Last Unicorn--25
The Hobbit--21
The Lord of the Rings--20
The Return of the King--18
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Black Cauldron--10 -2 = 8​

Wizards--24
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Princess Mononoke--26

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind--20 +1 + 21​

Spirited Away--21
Secret of Nimh--26
How to Train Your Dragon--15
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Kubo and the Two Strings--21

Howl's Moving Castle--20
Fire and Ice--12
The Dark Crystal--18​

 

[chrisrtld]

Flight of Dragons--19

The Last Unicorn--25
The Hobbit--21
The Lord of the Rings--20
The Return of the King--18
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Black Cauldron--6​

Wizards--24
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Princess Mononoke--26

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind--21
Spirited Away--21
Secret of Nimh--27
How to Train Your Dragon--15
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Kubo and the Two Strings--21

Howl's Moving Castle--20
Fire and Ice--12
The Dark Crystal--18​

 

[Nadan]

Flight of Dragons--19
The Last Unicorn--25
The Hobbit--21
The Lord of the Rings--20
The Return of the King--18
Black Cauldron--4
Wizards--24
Princess Mononoke--26
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind--21
Spirited Away--21
Secret of Nimh--27
How to Train Your Dragon--16
Kubo and the Two Strings--21
Howl's Moving Castle--20
Fire and Ice--12
The Dark Crystal--18
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[77IM]

I'm going to start by just downvoting movies I never heard of.

Flight of Dragons--17
The Last Unicorn--25
The Hobbit--21
The Lord of the Rings--20
The Return of the King--18
Black Cauldron--5
Wizards--24
Princess Mononoke--26
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind--21
Spirited Away--21
Secret of Nimh--27
How to Train Your Dragon--16
Kubo and the Two Strings--21
Howl's Moving Castle--20
Fire and Ice--12
The Dark Crystal--18