Strange Obscure Animation
Ever get a certain feeling from obscure media no one has heard about? Things that make you feel you aren't in the mainstream anymore, but now in a weird cult-following? These things are both strange AND (at least somewhat) obscure, and as a guy who likes obscure animation, I feel obligated to share some strange, quirky animated media with you! Enjoy.
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- This show is about the daily lives of Popee the Clown and Kedomono, Popee's assistant at the circus.
- CreatorNaomi IwataStarsChafûrinAyana InoueMinako IchikiA series centered on a creepy hotel, called Gregory House, ran by an anthropomorphic mouse, named Gregory. The hotel has a list of strange guests all wanting to meet you.
- DirectorTakashi KimuraSayuri is a curious creature who lives on her husband with her equally surreal mother and father. With an antenna-like whip protruding from her head, she is a striking daughter, and her long-awaited time to strike has come. Her family and friends watch eagerly as Sayuri carries out this bizarre ceremony.
- StarsRomi ParkYumi SugimotoYûji MitsuyaMany patients with different problems visit the psychiatric ward of Irabu General Hospital; a trapeze artist suffering from insomnia after suddenly failing his jumps, a gangster afraid of knives and sharp objects and a business man who has an erection 24 hours a day. They undergo counseling by Dr. Ichiro Irabu, who is the child-like son of the hospital director. His assistant is the sullen faced sexy nurse Mayumi. With his mysterious injections, and advice that does not make sense, Dr. Irabu confuses his patients. But at the end of his unique treatments, the patients are lead to digging further into their souls to find peace of mind.
- DirectorPablo LlorensStarsMarina VinyalsBerna LlobellPablo LlorensSara is an orphan child in a world destroyed by an alien invasion. Leaving behind her innocence, Sara unleashes the power of her psychokinetic abilities to survive the attacks of the invaders and free the human survivors.
- Simba's father is shot and killed by hunters as part of Sher Khan's plot to vie for the throne. Simba feels something strange and becomes convinced that one day Sher Khan will become his biggest enemy.
- DirectorHiroyuki NakaoStarsLeni CharGreg DaleVicki GlassComputer-animated gag shorts about two female agents.
- CreatorRyuji MasudaThe crazy and unpredictable experiences of Mr. Stain.
- CreatorNaomi IwataThe Midnight Horror School is the mysterious school that teaches forgotten objects how to become "wonders". From old pencil stubs to broken pianos, if the forgotten items learn how to create wonders they will continue to exist forever.
- StarsKathleen BarrMark AchesonErin FitzgeraldThe very bizarre misadventures of a kid who aspires to be a superhero and his overweight dog companion
- DirectorBartek KulasStarsKatarzyna GroniecThis is a Polish short animation film about a 15-year-old girl named Lottie who lives in a town called Millhaven.
- DirectorTetsuji KurashigeA woman is a part of surreal experiment conducted by two rabbits.
- DirectorRamil BikmuhametovA hallucinatory tour through the house which keeps many evil secrets.
- DirectorDave BorthwickStarsNick UptonDeborah CollardFrank PassinghamA boy born the size of a small doll is kidnapped by a genetic lab and must find a way back to his father in this inventive adventure filmed using stop motion animation techniques. Tom meets a variety of strange creatures and eventually discovers a race of miniature humans like himself.
- DirectorClive A. SmithStarsDon FrancksPaul Le MatGreg SalataA malevolent rock star kidnaps a singer to force her to participate in the summoning of a demon, and her band must help her stop him.
- DirectorMarcell JankovicsStarsGyörgy CserhalmiVera PapGyula SzabóIn this dreamlike Hungarian folk myth, a horse goddess gives birth to three powerful brothers who set out into the Underworld to save three princesses from three evil dragons and reclaim their ancestors' lost kingdom.
- DirectorGunnar KarlssonStarsBjörkDamon AlbarnTerry JonesThere once was a girl named Anna Young. She was the perfect child. One day, Anna wakes up with a horrible illness. She looks like a sad version of Marilyn Manson and is terribly moody. When her parents take her to Dr. Artmanns' clinic for the unruly child, she is tested in the mad doctors' labyrinth. And the result is shocking.
- DirectorRalph BakshiStarsBob HoltJesse WellesRichard RomanusOn a post-apocalyptic Earth, a wizard and his faire folk comrades fight an evil wizard who's using technology in his bid for conquest.
- DirectorRalph BakshiStarsBarry WhiteCharles GordoneScatman CrothersRabbit, a country-born trickster, takes over the organized crime racket in Harlem, facing opposition from the institutionalized racism of the Mafia and corrupt police.
- DirectorRalph BakshiStarsOmar JonesRobert CostanzoTina RomanusIn the cheap glitter and glow of a fading Coney Island, a group of characters live out their sordid, strange lives trying to get somewhere fast - any way they can.
- DirectorEiichi YamamotoStarsAiko NagayamaChinatsu NakayamaMasaya TakahashiAfter being raped by an evil feudal lord and subsequently getting banished from her village, a peasant girl makes a pact with the Devil to gain magical powers and take her revenge.
- DirectorRené LalouxStarsGlenn CloseChristopher PlummerPierre-Marie EscourrouAn evil force begins to destroy the idyllic paradise of Gandahar, where the citizens are in perfect harmony with nature.
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaRobert TaylorStarsScatman CrothersA jukebox narrates the story of Laura who's searching for true love through the four decades of 20th century rock.
- DirectorBéla TernovszkyStarsMiklós BenedekGyula BodrogiIlona BéresAn agent delivers plans to save mice from a feline syndicate dedicated to eradicating rodents.
- DirectorRumen PetkovStarsRobert AxelrodRobert V. BarronRobin LevensonA villain wants to stop the crew from getting to a gem that will bring life back to earth
- DirectorYuri NorsteinAkikiy Akakievitch, a clerk scorned by his colleagues, tries to find an overcoat. He succeeds, but after a night out with his fellow office workers, he is attacked and his new coat is stolen. He falls ill with fever. After his death, an apparition haunts the city, forcing the rich and poor alike to give him their overcoats.
- DirectorIvo CaprinoStarsWenche FossPer Theodor HaugenHarald Heide-Steen Jr.Reodor Felgen decides that he will enter a car race to defeat his former friend who has stolen his plans for a car.
- DirectorKunio KatoStrange things happen to a traveller.
- DirectorAlfredo SoderguitStarsFederica LacañoMaría MendiveCésar TroncosoA fantastical journey into the world of a ten-year-old girl who, following a playground skirmish, is given the weirdest punishment in the history of weird punishments.
- DirectorJosé Antonio SistiagaA set of words without any meaning, forms the title of the first and only feature film in the history of Spanish cinema made entirely by hand-painting directly on celluloid.
- DirectorJung-Kuei ChangFrostlight is a naive girl who disregards a fortuneteller's warning, and her actions catch the attention of evil Asura. This extraordinary adventure into one's inner self, reveals that the beauty of imperfection is in itself the ultimate perfection.
- DirectorLadd Ehlinger Jr.StarsAshley BlackwellChris CarterDenise CarterFlatland is a two-dimensional universe occupied by living geometric figures - squares, triangles, circles, etc. A Square, Attorney At Law, finds himself in the middle of two upheavals: the rise of martial law by the circular leadership of Flatland, and the arrival of A Sphere, CEO Of Messiah, Incorporated, a creature from a hitherto-unknown third dimensional world.
- DirectorKyung Won LimStarsDee Bradley BakerBeau BillingsleaArdwight ChamberlainThe Land Of Toys is a world of pure imagination, ruled by the popular doll Princess Sherbet, but when the mysterious Dark One threatens Sherbet's toy kingdom, she turns to the real world in search of a heroic Warrior Prince...
- DirectorLeszek GalyszStarsMarek KondratWojciech MalajkatPiotr GasowskiThree title friends known from comic books by Papcio Chmiel fight against prince Saligia from planet Transformation and his weapon (virus) that steal dreams.
- DirectorMichael BoydstunStarsFlo McPhersonMichael BoydstunLinda SearsA collection of animated and CGI videos set to the music of Jan Hammer.
- DirectorClóvis VieiraStarsOsmar PradoJonas MelloAldo CésarFour little robots get together to defend their planet Atenéia, in Cassiopéia constellation, from villain Shadowseat.
- StarsEfim KatsirovOlga GromovaRoman Filippov"Boatswain and the Parrot" - a series of Soviet animated films from five issues about the incredible adventures of two main characters - the resilient boatswain Roma and his best faithful friend - a parrot, based on the fairy tales of Vadim Korostylev. Since its release, and to this day, it is the one of the most popular and favorite animated films for children in Russia and the territory of the former USSR.
- CreatorAbdulaziz AlmuzainiMalik NejerStarsIbrahim Al HajjajBelen EnguidanosAbdulbaset AbdulsamadA humorous view on a changing Saudi, this season includes stories about a global media war, a long-standing tribal feud and a health craze gone too far.
- DirectorSyd GaronEric HenryStarsDJ Q-BertD-StylesFlareA crew of heroes, cleverly disguised as a team of oral hygenists, is determined to save the lost arts of Hip Hop (B-boying, Graffiti, MCing, and of course, Skratching) from total extinction. The lost arts are being oppressed throughout inner-space by lord Ook and his evil minions the Chinheads. The dental commander and his team, armed with the ancient relic known as the Wave Twister (the only weapon powerful enough to defeat the enemies), travel to the far ends of inner-space for a final confrontation with the sinister army of oppressors.