Survivor Thread: Animated Fantasy Movies--Hobbit Wins!

[Ralif Redhammer]

Super-excited for this, though living up to the original is going to be a tall order. But hearing that they’re going mostly practical gives me hope. Especially for the sets – I miss the days when you had to have something physically there for the actors to act upon.

I’d recommend the recent Power of the Dark Crystal comics. As far as I can tell, it’s based on the script of what was supposed to have been the Tartakovsky-directed movie that never happened. It’s quite good.

Upvote for the Dark Crystal. Downvote for Kubo. I liked it quite a bit, but again, CGI animation doesn’t hold up amidst this company.

Flight of Dragons--17The Last Unicorn--24
The Hobbit--23
The Lord of the Rings--20
The Return of the King--12
Wizards--26
Princess Mononoke--27
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind--21
Spirited Away--21
Secret of Nimh--27
Kubo and the Two Strings--20
Howl's Moving Castle--20
The Dark Crystal--20

Somewhat related. Neflix is

almost done filming The Dark Crystal series.

 

[chrisrtld]

Flight of Dragons--15
The Last Unicorn--24
The Hobbit--23
The Lord of the Rings--20
The Return of the King--12
Wizards--26
Princess Mononoke--27
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind--21
Spirited Away--21
Secret of Nimh--28
Kubo and the Two Strings--20
Howl's Moving Castle--20
The Dark Crystal--20

 

[Gradine]

Flight of Dragons--13
The Last Unicorn--24
The Hobbit--23
The Lord of the Rings--20
The Return of the King--12
Wizards--26
Princess Mononoke--27
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind--21
Spirited Away--21
Secret of Nimh--28
Kubo and the Two Strings--20
Howl's Moving Castle--20
The Dark Crystal--21

 

[Charlaquin]

Flight of Dragons--13
The Last Unicorn--25
The Hobbit--23
The Lord of the Rings--20
The Return of the King--12
Wizards--26
Princess Mononoke--27
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind--21
Spirited Away--21
Secret of Nimh--26
Kubo and the Two Strings--20
Howl's Moving Castle--20
The Dark Crystal--21

 

[Prakriti]

Flight of Dragons--13
The Last Unicorn--26
The Hobbit--23
The Lord of the Rings--20
The Return of the King--12
Wizards--26
Princess Mononoke--25
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind--21
Spirited Away--21
Secret of Nimh--26
Kubo and the Two Strings--20
Howl's Moving Castle--20
The Dark Crystal--21

 

[Laurefindel]

Flight of Dragons--13 + 1 = 14 (Another animation film that really influenced my gaming. Back in high school during my first DMing days, I had NPCs named after the characters of this movie).
The Last Unicorn--26
The Hobbit--23
The Lord of the Rings--20
The Return of the King--12 - 2 = 10 (as much as Bakshi's Lord of the Ring is memorable (for its best as for its worse), I have very few memories of the Return of the King)
Wizards--26
Princess Mononoke--25
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind--21
Spirited Away--21Secret of Nimh--26
Kubo and the Two Strings--20
Howl's Moving Castle--20
The Dark Crystal--21

Since it has not been brought up, i'm bringing an honorable mention to WALL-E as an animation film that greatly influenced my gaming, especially for solo or "no dialogue" play.

 

[Ed Laprade]

Flight of Dragons--14

The Last Unicorn--26
The Hobbit--23
The Lord of the Rings--20
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The Return of the King--10 -2 = 8​

Wizards--26
Princess Mononoke--25
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind--21 +1 = 22​

Spirited Away--21
Secret of Nimh--26
Kubo and the Two Strings--20
Howl's Moving Castle--20
The Dark Crystal--21
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[77IM]

Flight of Dragons--14
The Last Unicorn--26
The Hobbit--23
The Lord of the Rings--20
The Return of the King--8
Wizards--24
Princess Mononoke--25
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind--22
Spirited Away--21
Secret of Nimh--26
Kubo and the Two Strings--20
Howl's Moving Castle--20
The Dark Crystal--22

 

[Tonguez]

Flight of Dragons--15
The Last Unicorn--26
The Hobbit--23
The Lord of the Rings--20
The Return of the King--8
Wizards--22
Princess Mononoke--25
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind--22
Spirited Away--21
Secret of Nimh--26
Kubo and the Two Strings--20
Howl's Moving Castle--20
The Dark Crystal--22

 

[Nagol]

Flight of Dragons--15
The Last Unicorn--26
The Hobbit--23
The Lord of the Rings--20
The Return of the King--8
Wizards--22+1=23
Princess Mononoke--25
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind--22
Spirited Away--21
Secret of Nimh--26
Kubo and the Two Strings--20
Howl's Moving Castle--20
The Dark Crystal--22-2=20