Anyone have recommendations for more films like Heavy Metal, or the stuff Ralph Bakshi made? There’s a kind of sleaze to those low-budget animated movies that I find fun, but the art is also really compelling.

It doesn’t have to be 70s/80s

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝MEnglish
    8•1 month ago

    IMDb now has an “adult animation” tag that is worth looking into.

    I’d suggest:

    • Fritz the Cat (1972)
    • Fantastic Planet (1973)
    • Heavy Traffic (1973)
    • Wizards (1977)
    • Son of the White Mare (1981)
    • Time Masters (1982)
    • Fire and Ice (1983)
    • Rock & Rule (1983)
    • Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)
    • Gandahar (1987)
    • The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009)
    • The Spine of Night (2021)

    Series:

    • Spicy City (1977)
    • Æon Flux (1991)
    • The Maxx (1995)
    • Love, Death & Robots (2019) - an anthology series so a collection of shorts
    • Primal (2019)
    • Too many on Adult Swim to make a complete list of but Metalpocalypse and Mr Pickles stand out in this context
  • J-BoneEnglish
    5•1 month ago

    Some Japanese animation that may fit the bill:

    • Dallos (1983) - A scifi/political OVA from the creator of Ghost in the Shell.
    • Kite (1998) - Action/revenge movie. Includes porn scenes, but IMO this is not a typical “hentai” movie.
    • Ninja Scroll (1993) - Action movie set in pre-Meiji era.
    • Megazone 23 (1985 to 1989) - Series of scifi/cyberpunk movies. The concept and especially the first movie likely served as an inspiration for the Matrix series.
    • Perfect Blue (1998) - An exploitation/thriller that IMO easily beats most Hollywood fare. Was originally supposed to a live-action movie, but they switched to animation because they couldn’t get the budget for a live-action movie.
    • Vampire Hunter D (1985) - Solid vampire themed action movie.
    • Wicked City (1987) - Action/horror with gothic themes and nudity.