The 1970's and 1980's was a very fascinating and experimental era for animated films across the world. The UK brought us Watership Down, The Plague Dogs, and When The Wind Blows. France brought us Fantastic Planet, while Japan made Ringing Bell "Chirin no Suzu" (While a family film, it's a surprisingly mature film) Akira, and Grave of the Fireflies. And in the US, Ralph Bakshi took risks with animation, even when he did X and R rated animated films up till the mid 1980's. Heck there was a brief period in the 1970's where animated films gained an X rating due to the success of Fritz the Cat. You won't see another Animation era like the 1970's and 1980's anymore sadly since modern animated films are playing to safe. The day Ralph Bakshi passes away will be a HUGE loss in the animation industry. Bakshi was the only notable person who wasn't afraid of making adult animation and actually trying to make them be taken seriously. Way before The Simpsons and Family Guy did. It will seriously be a very sad day for animation fans.

@BigLightning4360

5 жыл бұрын

Speaking of "The Plague Dogs," he should review that.

@geoffreyrichards6079

5 жыл бұрын

Disney probably would've been among those if "The Black Cauldron" had proven to be a success. Unfortunately, experimental films and success never seem to work with Disney, so they rarely ever tried making another since.

@nyanpirethecat2257

5 жыл бұрын

I hope he reviews Ringing Bell (Chirin's Bell) in the future. It's a rare animated film that is surprisingly mature for a family animated feature film.

@autumnwyvern489

5 жыл бұрын

a bit later (releasing in the 90s) but can't forget Felidae on your list of mature and experimental films (most of which involving animals)

@shadows-sweet-embrace

5 жыл бұрын

How dare you not include Fantastic Planet in that list, for shame.

KZread: you can't watch this, it's age restricted Me: then why did you put it in my recommended?

@BrianD.Stringham1593

4 жыл бұрын

Scrambled 59 KZread:..........😐..........Who wants coffee and banana pancakes?! 😁☕️🍌🥞👍

@quickman2663

3 жыл бұрын

@@BrianD.Stringham1593 This is his 3rd (technically 2nd, since no. 1 & 2 were two-parters) most popular video on KZread. Let that sink in. EDIT: The bald kid from Canada took it's place. Likely due to the fact that you don't have to give your ID to KZread to watch it.

Bakshi is certainly and undeniably a pioneer and innovator. For example, creators and fans of things like Heavy Metal, Ren and Stimpy, South Park, and Futurama all owe him a debt.

Funny life story: My parents rented this thinking it was Felix the Cat. They had to cover our eyes during the entire time of the movie.

@trippcory

5 жыл бұрын

I bet that was awkward

@poweroffriendship2.0

5 жыл бұрын

Well, your parents were dumb enough to notice the cover and it's not even Felix the Cat.

@lonewolffang

5 жыл бұрын

@@poweroffriendship2.0 We weren't with them when they rented it. Either way the cover should have given them a clue.

@lonewolffang

5 жыл бұрын

@GenericSpeedruns it's not a fake story, it actually happened and they're not shit parents, they didn't pay attention to what they were renting, jackass

@lonewolffang

5 жыл бұрын

@GenericSpeedrunsSo let me get this straight, people let alone parents can't make mistakes. That's fake, right? Apparently shit can't happen to people in their early childhood but since you're god I'll let you dictate what really happened in my life since you know so much about me and I'm a liar. Tell me ,God, what happens next in my life?

I want a Ralph of the modern era. Bringing western animation back to insanity.

@JustCallMeHeavy

5 жыл бұрын

Bill Pymptoon?

@modusthestarseed2710

5 жыл бұрын

@XxxTheFuturexxX i feel that, i just changed my major to cartooning too 😂🙏🏼

@modusthestarseed2710

5 жыл бұрын

@XxxTheFuturexxX Yep yep, I believe in you, I think the world needs a change and I completely agree with darker, adult themes. Am looking forward to your future works! Good vibes your way dude~

@modusthestarseed2710

5 жыл бұрын

@XxxTheFuturexxX Thanks dude. Aim past the stars, there is no limit to the great things people can do.

@screamofsodak6562

5 жыл бұрын

Unicorn Bunny Even then, the humor is adult, sure. But the writing while it isn’t exactly kid friendly isn’t mature either. It’s very immature honestly. You look at Wizards or Fritz the Cat, it had a mature tone even with the ridiculous stuff going on. It handled real topics that meant something to actual people, like Fritz’ anti school speech, or the use of propaganda in Wizards. Wizards especially, even though it was a fantasy cartoon, it was “real”, you know? It had basis in reality, it felt rough and gritty at times, that’s what someone needs to go for today. Even when the humor is outrageously raunchy, the settings aren’t real, aren’t rough. You don’t see anything like those or Heavy Metal now, everything has to be toned down for modern audiences that can’t handle reality

Hearing Ralph Bakshi was at the company that created “Somebody Toucha Ma Spaghet”, is honestly such an amazing thing.

@DanzigFan-vq3zf

3 жыл бұрын

Endergamer 748 Joe Barbera. Art Babbit. And others were from Terrytoons

The real ignorance here is the idiocy of thinking that an animated movie has to have gore and nudity to qualify as "adult." That's the thinking of a juvenile. It's the writing that makes it mature.

@eroupopper

5 жыл бұрын

preach

@TheMilitantHorse

5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, the film industry doesn't think like you. An animated movie with mature writing and no real depiction of violent/nsfw themes, just won't make the M rating. It'll be PG or PG-13, and people will watch it, and probably pan it, because their kids don't like it. If people see a film that looks innocent and has a PG-13 rating, it won't be taken as adult in society today and the modern film industry.

@LungsOutJem

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheMilitantHorse I gather you've never heard of anime, an entire film industry that primarily focuses on adult themes yet often qualifies for the PG-13 rating.

@lyonsvalley4735

5 жыл бұрын

ok buddy, you’re so cool.

@SaraHouck461

5 жыл бұрын

@@eroupopper another reason why it truly was a blessing for me to be provided with English tutoring via Learning Resource blocks that were thrown into my schedule as a high school teenager, regardless of how risque the content on the curricular material I was assigned to learn from in those English classes was.

Person: cartoons are just for kids, man! Hentai: *exists*

@artalcoolique3341

5 жыл бұрын

cArtOoNs ArEnt AniMe.

@cremesthings9045

5 жыл бұрын

God damit >v

@Anipixelz

5 жыл бұрын

@@bleach.princess aye go watch euphoria and shoujo ramune and just try and tell me hentai is for kids

@toughtittypdiddy4634

5 жыл бұрын

One Sensitive Artist so you've never seen a 3d sfm porn? I will choose a Lara Croft or Samus Aran sfm porn over rl porn any day.

@HardDiskDog

5 жыл бұрын

Animated hentai is the biggest shitstain on the animation industry Manga hentai is fine though

I had the privilege of having a half-hour conversation with Ralph Bakshi at an animation festival about 10 years ago. Picked up a piece of signed Fire and Ice production art from him which graces the wall of my office to this day.

"I run a tourist trap in oregon" lol that Gravity falls Reference

Also for the 70s it IS very bold to have a interracial couple.

@JukeBoxDestroyer

Ай бұрын

now it's bold to have Straight White couples in anything

While I've never seen "Fritz the Cat", I did catch "Heavy Traffic" in the early 80's on ONTV, an early satellite service that was eventually replaced by cable TV. I also saw the anime "Galaxy Express" (the Roger Corman edited version). Both flicks blew me away...

It's interesting to note that "The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat" was the first animated film to be rated R.

@cooperminion825

4 жыл бұрын

I think it was actually X-rated

@noahbossier1131

3 жыл бұрын

@@cooperminion825 no actually it was r rated

@cooperminion825

3 жыл бұрын

@@noahbossier1131 but the poster for it said "We're not X-rated for nothing, baby."

@cooperminion825

3 жыл бұрын

@@iamtheplaygame ah. Ok

@mothcloth815

Жыл бұрын

@@noahbossier1131 the sequel is r rated, the original is x rated

Robert Crumb had no intention of selling Fritz, who had been one of his first successful comics. He refused to sign a contract with Bakshi, but Bakshi did an end-run around him and bought the rights for $50,000 from Crumb's wife, Dana, who had power of attorney. To this day, Crumb despises Bakshi and Krantz. It probably played a part in his eventual divorce from Dana, because it was right around the time that the film came out in 1972 that Crumb started a relationship with his eventual second wife, Aline.

I'm starting to get a respect for this Ralph Bakshi guy! I love adult animation and as an adult artist I aspire to be raunchy with my art!

This guy really inspired many creators to take animation into a different direction

Jim Tyer was one of Bakshis Mentors. He worked on Fritz the cat. But he wasn’t too pleased with it. (He Animated The Harlem crows). As after he got finished with his work. He Slammed down his papers down and quit

So let me get this straight, Ralph works best when he is the director, but he is at his worst when someone else is directing him?

@eroupopper

5 жыл бұрын

pretty much

@derekstronf1837

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's weird. It's like no one should have told him what to do.

@hahahahaha288

2 жыл бұрын

Probably most directors like that

That's what I love about Bakshi. His voice is unabashedly his. I do think his stuff tends to go off the rails a bit but that's why Heavy Traffic and American Pop are my favorites of his, they're the most balanced.

Ralph Bakshi is not only a Icon for animation but also a inspiration for anyone interested in animation and the arts especially for people who aren't kids and families like Disney does. I'm inspired by him and his work and interested in making a doc or movie based on his life and career, also gotta say Mat as Steve Krants in the look back reminds me of Marble and Dipper's uncle in Gravity falls. Nice performance from him.

Not going to lie Ralph Bakshi's style is influencing my own drawing style

@envynoson

5 жыл бұрын

If you ever get big, that sounds like a good fun fact to use.

@accidentalalicorn5323

5 жыл бұрын

@@envynoson right now its more of a hobby

@accidentalalicorn5323

5 жыл бұрын

@Shaman Xeed isn't that meme as dead as Harambe?

@umbilicalcreature1529

5 жыл бұрын

Warped my art as much as Ralph Steadman's illustration.

@studoc6143

5 жыл бұрын

His art style is rather adoring in a way

I watch Heavy Traffic at least once a year. Bakshi is one unique dude. Love his films and his later works like Spicy City

What I thought was funny is that the guy who voiced Fritz the cat (Skip Henson) was best known for his work on the children show 'the Electric Company ' playing several characters like Fargo North, Decoder.

I did recognized mighty mouse.

@Karmy.

5 жыл бұрын

Random Boy 3 m same

@RealFanOfSteel

5 жыл бұрын

Random Boy 3 m yup

@m.mproductions2461

5 жыл бұрын

Me too

@mp-lily7908

5 жыл бұрын

same

@akganimationstudioproducti3779

5 жыл бұрын

I remember hearing about it

I think mighty mouse was the only remotely Famous character made by Terrytoons

@Melvinshermen

5 жыл бұрын

christopher haas Andy kaufman

@littleprussian7985

5 жыл бұрын

And Spaghet Bear.

@StudioCONGO40

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty much

@Karmy.

5 жыл бұрын

ye

@MarcusDandridgeDee_Kae

5 жыл бұрын

What about Little Audrey?

"I run a tourist trap in Oregon." Gravity Falls reference. I love it.

If Bakshi could work with Tartakovsky, we could probably get some of the best animated content to exist.

When I first watched Heavy Traffic back in 2003, I fell in love with his style of animation

Who doesn't know about Mighty Mouse?

"You'll always encounter that one guy, that 'cartoons are just for kids'" yeah thats my dad >>

@veetee4852

4 жыл бұрын

Klensor is not for kids. Check it ....kzread.info/dash/bejne/hZqpza2DnsSfY84.html

Ralph Bakshi was a weird guy, we would not have adult animation without him.

Oh boy.. We’re finally here.. The master of mad animation.. Ralph Bakshi.. There’s just only one movie I’ll be waiting for Mat to talk about.. But that can wait.. Ohh it can wait.

@that1lizardjamie

5 жыл бұрын

Bad? PFFT! I've seen way worse animation.

@tgf2586

5 жыл бұрын

JamesTheBrony/JTB completely ignoring your comment, what the fuck is your profile photo

@SegaNintendoGuy64

5 жыл бұрын

The Gaming Frill Leave my profile pic out of this.

@YouaNumbahOneRacist

5 жыл бұрын

Just a pony doing a Nazi salute. nothing out of the ordinary, here.

@SegaNintendoGuy64

5 жыл бұрын

Youa Numbah Oneah Racist What does this have to do with my comment?

We need more people like Ralph in animation today

@TimeTellsNoLies90

5 жыл бұрын

That's easier said than done, considering that those that have tried, which even includes Ralph himself, had a crap ton of resistance going against them.

@PunkRocker-ts6bv

5 жыл бұрын

@@TimeTellsNoLies90 Sad but true

@Void_Sevrin

5 жыл бұрын

PunkRocker2001 I know right. He’s work is extremely inspirational

@yangfox1755

5 жыл бұрын

We have adult swim

@accidentalalicorn5323

5 жыл бұрын

@Shaman Xeed which is probably why mine sticks to being a hobby XD I don't get need to get sued

Heavy Traffic is definitely one of my absolute favourite movies! Watched it last year and fell in love with it.

8:56 tell me this guy doesn't look like Mr crocker

That transition from the picture, to the drawing to the watercolor to the technicolor is breathtaking. wow..

I must gotta say thank so much for bringing up this topic bc you are srsly the first person who actually did research and mention to my personal favorite animators in history. Not only just that but these films Ralph Bakshi made are nearly obscure since a lot of ppl never talked about it. I only found some fewer ppl who did talk about it but they have never made a full history video about his life and his career. Once again, thank you so much. I can't wait for your next video. :D ~

You gotta give it to Ralph, his animation is beautiful. Animators nowadays would never go through as much work as he did animating.

Ralph Bakshi got me into research hardcore animation, thus the start of Japanese animation adventure. Without Bakshi I would've never gotten into Ninja Scrolls, Ghost in the Shell, etc. We would also never have hardcore cartoons like Plague Dogs, Watership Down, Felidae.... Ralph Bakshi opened that door in the US. ^_^

@LadyCoyKoi

5 жыл бұрын

BTW I watched all of these adult cartoons as a kid. My mother watched them with me and would use them as educational tools. Made me a more philosophical person. Made me understand that most people at the end are cruel selfish beings and you should be careful. My life experience has proven this time after time too. Most people just simply suck ass!

Who wouldn't know Mighty Mouse?

@stephenholloway6893

5 жыл бұрын

Probably those who never saw his original Terrytoons shorts or either the Ralph Bakshi or Filmation series. Unless they stumbled upon either the episodes or any of his shorts online.

@D_McGeezacks

5 жыл бұрын

Or Heckyl and Jeckyl

@d-manthecaptain1382

5 жыл бұрын

Well, I understand not knowing them since they haven't had as much an influence on pop culture as MM did.

@poweroffriendship2.0

5 жыл бұрын

Mighty Mouse? My father grew up with the show back when I was'nt born yet. But at least I have an game app based on Mighty Mouse cartoons. But I wish I should have watched the Three Bears before that meme arrived.

@josephrowe849

5 жыл бұрын

That was the only cartoon I could recognize. The theme is also familiar thanks to Andy Kaufman. HERE I COME TO SAVE THE DAAAAAY!

Says cartoons aren’t for kids Wears Hawaiian shirt and Fedora Explain

@somekidkekasuars7881

5 жыл бұрын

no more needs to be said

@salsamancer

5 жыл бұрын

It's kind of refreshing to see KZreadrs that are actually passionate about something and don't care about some fake Hollywood image

@DillaWorld

5 жыл бұрын

thank you

@jimbo1722

5 жыл бұрын

Don’t even think about tha meme. Think about it. Joe cool was a dawg. And a artist. He made a famous Doggystyle cover for Snoop. He is my favorite homie

@electrofonickitty823

4 жыл бұрын

I am still a fan of Ralph's considering what he did and I am happy there are fellow fans.

Ralph bakski, Gene Deitch and Robert crumb are huge inspirations to me thank you for this video can't wait for the other parts

You Sir make a fantastic Grunkle Stan!

@GSSwordsmen

5 жыл бұрын

Seriously, I thought one of Ford's experiments went wrong and blasted Stan into the real world😂

Frizts the cat and Heavy Traffic, are movies in desperate need of collectors edition blu-ray!

@MultiSuperguy101

5 жыл бұрын

Kevin Clark Heavy Traffic has a US Blu-ray release.

@poweroffriendship2.0

5 жыл бұрын

Now, it's on Netflix. Oh wait! I don't have one. Just a guess.

While I can’t call myself a fan of Ralph Bakshi, only because it’s amazing how so many of his films would be hated by so many people today, I will say that in terms of animation, each and every single one of his movies are a masterpiece of art form in their own way. The closest that comes to being the best for me is his take on Lord of the Rings.

4:37 That joke doesn't work. Who doesn't know mighty mouse. "HERE I COME TO SAVE THE DAY!"

as someone who attends A&D. Seeing how successful he became with cartooning and going to this school. It actually gives me hope for the capabilities I can unlock from there

I was honestly excited for this lookback. And maybe in part 2 you'll mention the other adult American animated movies in the 70's after two of Bakshi's successes like Down and Dirty Duck (1974, Charles Swenson), Shame of The Jungle (1975, Picha) & Once Upon A Girl (1976, Don Jurich, an actual animated porn movie based off of fairytales. Talk about taking the X-rated animated movie for granted)

@nyanpirethecat2257

5 жыл бұрын

You forgot to mention "Il nano e la strega" (Called King Dick in english). Did I mention June Foray and Frank Welker voiced characters in Ounce Upon A Girl but were uncredited?

@tavvyprods1275

5 жыл бұрын

@@nyanpirethecat2257 I believe, by the time he completes this lookback, we should put an end to Hollywood's status quo for modern animation and try again at making PG-13/R rated animated movies regardless of quality just like how Bakshi and several others did it in the 70's and early 80's.

@akganimationstudioproducti3779

5 жыл бұрын

Did you know that Ralph Bakshi also did an animated TV special based on Dr Seuss’ The Butter Battle Book?

@nyanpirethecat2257

5 жыл бұрын

The Butter Battle TV Special by Bakshi is also Seuss's favorite animated adaptation of his works.

@akganimationstudioproducti3779

5 жыл бұрын

Nyanpire The Cat Yep. Even said it was the most faithful adaptation of his work

The animation style in Fritz is similar to the PBS show Arthur

@ryleeroo

5 жыл бұрын

Christopher Ospina i’ve never noticed that before, but you are so right! I wonder if Marc Brown drew inspiration from there.

@Michaelgabriel95

5 жыл бұрын

Wow your absolutely right

@geoffreyrichards6079

5 жыл бұрын

It's probably the water-colored backgrounds.

@bruninghouse4137

5 жыл бұрын

The difference is Arthur has a fan called pbg

@Michaelgabriel95

5 жыл бұрын

PBS?

American Pop is one of my favorite animated movies of all time. One of his best for sure.

"Wizards" is my all time favorite movie. I find it difficult when even the biggest "movie buff" hasn't heard of it.

@gloriatg100

4 жыл бұрын

I was in high school when Wizards came out in 1976 and saw it in a theater.

@Fortuna_716

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately animation is pretty niche, you either love it or don't even know it exists, seemingly.

@matthewallen445

Ай бұрын

​@@gloriatg100 The movie came out in 1977, not 76.

@gloriatg100

Ай бұрын

@@matthewallen445 I made that comment 4 years ago, but you`re right it was 1977. I still saw it in a movie theater.

I’m glad to see Ralph is starting to get more attention. Thanks for making this.

I love Ralph Bakshi's work.

Ralph Bakshi is one of my favorite artists. This video is really great and I am glad you made it!

I love all of Ralph’s work. Even the less provocative ones due to executive meddling (Cool World).

X rated animations in Alberta: banned Scorpions with stingers on a pizza in Alberta: perfectly fine. Smh

Gotta say, your skills have been improving over the years. As for your impersonation of that Steve guy, well it's much better to watch than Doug Walker's terrible impersonations

@jadedheartsz

3 жыл бұрын

Doug's impressions are actually pretty good.

I'm incredibly fascinated with this guy. His films are rough and difficult to watch at first, maybe in part due to their content, but also in part due to just production. Especially if one were to jump into them now. This isn't just low budget, its retro and old budget. Still, he has a charm in every fault. The animation and weird experimental quirks grow on your, the content and humor is often witty even if something is distracting for maybe a second, and there's just something good about just how different it is in being just.... different. I wish we really had more guys like this. The idea of mature animation now, is ironically quite immature. Quick cut away jokes in dull sitcoms, quick visuals to bait memes, and gross-out/shock value stuff (Ralph has his moments as well, but they still do more with the mature space than just shock), and if they're making commentary on something they just state they're doing it more so than actually making much of a meaning. There's more deeper and mature stuff within a lot of family friendly content honestly. South Park might be the exception that manages to be both smart, and rough, but I still feel like we just don't see enough guys like Ralph out there pushing things in interesting and thought-provoking ways that inspire such videos. Its so weird to, especially with hearing things like how he's the first to share a similar record with Walt Disney, only to be remembered by a an echo of cult following. ....still I got to admit I kind of get it to a degree. Animation is expensive, and adult movies won't sell like a tried and true family adventure flick where some underdog saves the way with friendship. Meanwhile where the adult stuff does come in, its just there to really pull in sophomoric ideas of "mature" interest most of the time.

Whenever I look at adult animation, I always look at the movies, rather than the TV shows. Oddly enough, a lot of the cartoon community reviews tv shows because animated movies are so formulaic.

This film is just as relevant today in many ways, especially with how extreme the behavior of college kids has become.

Fritz the Cat and Heavy Traffic are just pure awesome, thank you, Ralph Bakshi!🤘🏻🤘🏻

Thank you for giving Ralph the love he needs! Great work on this documentary!

The "cartoon are just for kids, man" attitude is why we got Hokuto no Ken, City hunter, Cat's Eye on morning cartoons show for kids in France ! because of the HnK violence, the voice actors went on strike and was allowed to make BS dubs. City Hunter turned dramatic moments into funny voices and HnK went nuts (and censored af).

@JustCallMeHeavy

5 жыл бұрын

HNK was a Shōnen.

Ralph bakshi is a fucking legend. Forever.

FYI, the didn't call them "anthropomorphic animals" back then. They called them "funny animals." And this is going to get me some angry replies, but yes, furries derived from the fans of the adult comics of funny animals. That means, furries came from a sexual and pornographic origin, regardless of what most furries try to say now days.

@HeilRay

5 жыл бұрын

Rotsuoy ....wat

@kanati1133

5 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU Fuckin christ The furry community today kept dribbling about how the communities origin was never sexual and I knew that was bullshit, granted since they've been on the news and kids we're around shits changed a lot but the origins of it was never sfw no matter how many times they say it wasn't. Which is why I've only been around it for the smut comics and the smut comics only.

@fathertime38

4 жыл бұрын

I brought some popcorn 🍿:D

I needed this inspiration - thanks for helping me feel better about my niche group.

It's sad that it literally took you saying "I also run a tourist trap in Oregon" for me to realize your portrayal of Steve Krantz is a Grunkle Stan parody

*VERY* well done introduction to a truly great man and his first outings on the road to making a name for himself (his way, that is). :)

THEY KILLED FRITZ

@isobelmiller7464

5 жыл бұрын

YOU BASTARDS!!!!!

@redflame300

5 жыл бұрын

Fritz killed itself

@frankstine1012

5 жыл бұрын

Read this when it was said on the video

@Pioxys

5 жыл бұрын

Fritz went out way of pepe. He was too big that the original creator hated it.

@merrittanimation7721

5 жыл бұрын

Pioxys Or didn't like how it was used in either case

Ya know, Electric Dragon, thanks for reminding me of that Terrytoons Papa Bear “spagett” scene so much, that we can no longer unwatch the vast majority of the Terrytoons output.

I got SO excited when I saw this video. Can't wait for the next one. I love your channel.

I like that he becomes Grunkle Stan for a minute

Why does your voice remind me of Scrappy Doo

@novanebula8004

5 жыл бұрын

LOL

@jimbo1722

4 жыл бұрын

nah. check his website matbrunetvo.com and you will hear his different voices as from there

@wafflekingdor5376

4 жыл бұрын

@@jimbo1722 nice

@jadedheartsz

3 жыл бұрын

his voice reminds me of Josh Scorcher

The censorship done with pictures Bakshi’s head is just genius

I remember watching Fritz the cat when i was a kid. Nostalgia

Adult. Adult, to me, means written well, delivered with genuine emotional force and care given to the medium, and with quality in mind - not to mention a dash of perfectionism. The content of Bakshi's work doesn't bother me. I am all about adult themes and I work in erotica occasionally. I am not afraid to hear the opinions of others on social ills. But I have to laugh when people tell me someone isn't an adult because they choose to emulate the demonstrable precision of Walt's animation works. Pixar makes 'adult' content - but just because it contains heart and whimsy, people feel the need to label it children's fare at times. Yes, it is family fare. I get that, but most of these films do not talk down to an adult audience. (There are exceptions, of course, in every studio.) I would love to see Pixar make an erotic subject, but because of public intolerance for this, and for fear of having the studio's 'family reputation' tarnished, it will never happen. Bakshi employed second rate animators and did not demand any kind of perfectionism from his team. Really, what he was selling was outrageousness and contrast - with which I have no problem. But he did not strike adult paydirt, unless the midnight college age circuit is what you are referring to as a mainstream audience. A large part of 'mainstream adult' is well-crafted work. I truly believe animation will finally be taken fully seriously by adults in a few more generations. Today's anime audience knows what good adult writing is, for example. Even the snobs in the motion picture academy will eventually have to award best picture to an animated feature. True, Bakshi started something. I like parts of his output, like many people. But he failed to advance, and to thrive. That is unfortunate for everyone involved, especially his audience. Respectfully submitted. ;-)

@Alondro77

5 жыл бұрын

I too do not feel that 'adult' means profanity and sex. That to me is simply animal-level thought. What I would think of as an 'adult' animated movie would be closer to "Watership Down", where was actual drama and storytelling, presenting the world from a unique perspective. Or perhaps "Princess Mononoke", which presents an ecological fantasy story without creating a one-dimensional villain and recognizing that society is more complicated and everyone has their own motivations and struggles.

@gnarthdarkanen7464

5 жыл бұрын

Terribly pretentious ramblings... Sucks to have to break this to both of you, BUT Bakshi actually did quite a bit more than what you saw in this vid'... probably the reason it's a "Part 1"... To my current knowledge, other than a possible short or two from the Terry Toon years, the ONLY Bakshi I haven't seen is Heavy Traffic... AND there was considerably more to most of his work than "animal level thought" as has been posited. Further, there are CLEARLY eras of quality differentiated from the 60's when Bakshi got started, and the later works of the 80's and 90's where his work rivaled Disney in practically every aspect. (and Disney decided to quit 2D and move into 3D modelling by BUYING Pixar rather than bothering to do the work for themselves)... You should ALSO consider the enormity of the work at hand. CONSISTENCY is the cornerstone of presentable "professional" animation... AND you have to drop some quality in order to get a small army of individual artists to draw the same characters, over and over, without shifting for "style"... It still HAS to be stylized, in order to get the work done at all, and out the door... AND on a budget that Disney would've scoffed at, even at the time, and even for a SHORT, Bakshi not only produced a FEATURE animated film, BUT TWO BOX OFFICE HITS, back to back... A feat, as noted in the vid' ONLY ever accomplished by DISNEY before him. Finally, there's a MONUMENTAL difference to be pointed out between a Quality and a Style question. Bakshi's early films were "gritty" and were MEANT to be expressed in a relatively "cheap and cheezy" cartoonish style. The themes were only REINFORCED therefore by working with slightly reduced qualities in character designs and animation principles adding to the atmosphere that this wasn't "Just another Disney classic and FUN for the whole family"... It was a darker, starker, and grittier look at Lower Class America, Warts and ALL... Check out "American Pop", "Street Fight", or "Wizards" BEFORE you get back to me... Bakshi could accept that it was going to be a niche market, and he most certainly grew and THRIVED as an artist and storyteller there. It's really the only way he probably COULD thrive as artist and storyteller. Those who liked his work at all, generally ABSOLUTELY LOVE it... AND the rest, probably simply have no idea what they're watching in the first place. ;o)

@rubyred2707

5 жыл бұрын

Nice man

@gnarthdarkanen7464

5 жыл бұрын

Denisse Gonzales, VERY succinctly put. ;o)

@1WEareBUFO1

5 жыл бұрын

@@gnarthdarkanen7464 uh oh hipster rant incoming.... ' those who do enjoy his work generally come in our drawers at the mention of his name, those who don't just probably don't understand the COMPLEXITY"

“I also run a tourist trap in Oregon” I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT HE SOUNDED AND LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE!

Unbelievably good documentary you've made here. I love that you snuck in a "Gravity Falls" allusion as well. Great job!! ^__^

I didn't properly comment on this, but all of them was well put together. . Thank you for giving me more insight one of my favourite animation directors. .

Anime: *exists*

10:48 Favorite parts of the movie

actually SO thankful for u making this video I have been admiring his work from afar via gifs and memes or clips I never thought to look into it, oooooooo I love it, and appreciate u. Can't wait to learn from his works.

"I also run a tourist trap in Oregon" lolol, nice lil Easter Egg there.

I haven't watched this channel in awhile, but damn production upgrade boi!

Raplh Bakshi is one of the first ppl to create yiff

Thank you for putting a spotlight on the greatest animator and artists of the modern age

HAHA! "They killed Fritz", love the extra background to that scene.

god your voice

@craigjikumlambo1333

5 жыл бұрын

I feel like such an asshole for having a problem with it but man . . .

@kostajovanovic3711

5 жыл бұрын

+Craig Jikumlambo don't, don't feel bad for an asshole

@dtg610420

5 жыл бұрын

SPEED WEED go to chills channel

@Vazerin

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a voice used for a young rambunctious sidekick

@onemetalhat

5 жыл бұрын

i toughed it out for the video, but from the voice and the skits i know I won't watch anymore videos

Heavy Traffic is my favorite:)

@veetee4852

4 жыл бұрын

Klensor's pretty good too kzread.info/dash/bejne/hZqpza2DnsSfY84.html

I'm so glad that KZread is giving you the "golden spike of opportunity", as I like to call it when small or niche channels get a massive traffic boost on one of their recent videos, thanks to KZread's random algorithm being all like it is. Keep it up!

Watching this for the second time, can’t wait for part two!

I believe the inception of television animation and Saturday morning cartoons during the 1950s -1970s is what actually lead to the mentality that "animation is for kids" in the first place. The saturation of TV animation with limited animation got started around that point. I've heard that both Hanna-Barabera and soccer moms during that time period were mostly accountable for that kind of stereotype to become associated with animation. Even other studios like Ruby-Sears and Filmation being their cheaper competitions in TV didn't exactly help out the reputation of the industry at the time either. The parental groups/soccer mom types in particular were the ones that started pressuring restrictions and censorship towards the industry to limit things like violence, frightening elements, or suggestive content... especially in TV animation. Because, you know, think of the children.

@virtualpellot933

5 жыл бұрын

This is why japanese were ahead of USA animation and sometimes superior due their more creative free mentality and less unnecersary censorship. They still have censorship but it is not usually ridiculous as in USA.

@virtualpellot933

5 жыл бұрын

Although nowadays USA animation sometimes has more freedom than it had (example: Star Wars Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, Samurai Jack which you can see death, sometimes blood and scary stuff off-screen and on-screen).

@sunspotmill1291

5 жыл бұрын

virtual pellot Speaking of early Japanese animation (anime) from that era, such as Astro Boy and Speed Racer, the US airing of those shows actually censored out the violence, death, and blood. I believe the original Astro Boy was actually considered a children's show in Japan that isn't afraid to explore dark themes.

@virtualpellot933

5 жыл бұрын

@@sunspotmill1291 Well it was a good thing that latin america (including the caribbean countries such as Puerto Rico where I live) when they used to make spanish dubs for anime they usually didnt censor 'em, I mean for example the Mazinger series and the Dragon Ball trilogy (original, Z and back then GT) and other anime were most of the time uncut including bloody scenes, nudity and some rude humor were not censored. It looks like in these countries arent or at least back in the day werent chicken at all.

@virtualpellot933

5 жыл бұрын

@@sunspotmill1291 Although I never saw the spanish dub for Speed Racer, the death scenes were somewhat implied or mentioned even if they were toned down which is...ok I guess.

My sona's personality definetly was shaped by bakshi's films, and even CoolWorld helped out the visual design

This is fucking needed. This man's art is so fucking important.

If this dude's voice goes any higher, I think all the glass in my house would shatter.

I love this series ! I’m so in love with old animation aesthetics . Since I am a millennium kid having difficulties figuring out the complete history of animation and dislike the cartoon nowadays ( im sooooory im just a Lone Ranger oAo) , these really help me out a lot ! Finally get clear about the history of these wonderful stuff 💖💖💖 ( My mother tongue is not English😖🙏

Ralph is one the biggest inspirations for me when it comes to animation.

The way Ralph Bakshi drawings of women reminds me of Robert Crumb's work.

Damn, just when I was about to look for part 2 I notice the upload date. Keep up the good work.

Have you ever watched Akira?

@jimbo1722

5 жыл бұрын

Anna Che I was in the middle of the right thang. And yes I know that

@thatguy8777

4 жыл бұрын

Have I watched Akira? The most revolutionary animated movie of all time, in the mainstream media and the anime community? Good question.

@veetee4852

4 жыл бұрын

or Klensor for that matter ....>>>>>>kzread.info/dash/bejne/hZqpza2DnsSfY84.html