Apart from the Disney features, all other animators of Hollywood had adapted to Television. Hannah and Barbera, after so many Tom and Jerry cartoons, had a smash hit with The Flintstones, an animated sitcom, which relied on a witty dialogue rather than animation, which was extremely limited. But the whole concept - a family of the stone age with family matters, watched by real families having tv-dinners by the tv-set - was a commercially brilliant.

 

 

 

The animations of Terry Gilliam in Monty Python are also ingenious for Television and was part of a new standard in animation. To get the maximum effect with a limited amount of work.

 

 

 

The same kind of "simple" animation was made in Japan. The films were based on the idea and the design rather than the animation. Like this one by Yoji Kuri...

 

 

 

Osamu Tezuka made this film "Mermaid" in 1964 and started Mushi Productions, made Astro Boy and initiated the whole era of anime animation.

 

 

 

 

Ray Harryhausen was probably the best puppet animator before computers made life easier for that genre. His accuracy and steady hand was far more convincing than ever before. He worked in the footsteps of his idol Willies O'Brien's King Kong - animated characters interacting with human actors.

 

 

In the wake of new liberties in the sixties and in animation the feature "Yellow Submarine" was made around some 15 songs by The Beatles. The film is actually a roadmovie and that plus the songs made it legitimate to change graphical styles over and over. It's a psychedelic time capsule from the innocent part of the sixties...