Can anyone recommend any Soviet cartoons?
Can anyone recommend any Soviet cartoons?
Been on a nostalgic cartoon kick lately re-watching some of the old both Chinese and Western ones I enjoyed. But I never watched any Soviet cartoons having not grown up in the USSR, but I want to! Can anyone make any recommendations? Especially if it has animal characters because that's kind of my jam.
Technically a full-length animated film, but Бременские музыканты (Bremen Town Musicians) is good.
AMBA is a pretty good sci fi cartoon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMBA_(animated_film)
Isn't that technically post-soviet?
Oh you're right, misremembered when it came out. Does have a soviet feel to it though.
Kuzya the little domovoy. I sadly don't know if it has subtitles (in case of a language barrier). It has multiple animal characters and even a couple sentient trees
Secret of The Third Planet is one of my favorites! Very strange with fantastic animation and visuals!
Gena the Crocodile
An extremely wholesome and heartwarming series about an anthropomorphic alligator who works at the zoo and wants nothing more then to make some friends. The humor is very well done.
The songs are also beyond catchy.
I remember someone from a post-soviet country showing me Hedgehog in the Fog and being like "That's what a Soviet childhood looked like! We only had depressive entertainment! Traumatic!" (they were born many years after the USSR collapsed lol) I personally think it's interesting, albeit dark in some places, though the artistic medium is definitely worth a shot, as it had many interesting effects such as the segment with the tree.
Thank you!
Hedgehog in the Fog is so good!
It (and other Soviet cartoons) helped inspired Hayao Miyazaki, if you're interested in Studio Ghibli films.