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
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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
I thank you
I really need to rewatch AEon flux and the Maxx
…good memories
Oh and South Park season 12, episode 3: Major Boobage.
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.
