The History of Ralph Bakshi 1/5 - Animation Lookback 

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

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.

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.

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)

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

I bet that was awkward

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

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

@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

@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?

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

@@BrianD.Stringham1593 This is his 3rd (technically 2nd, since no. 1 & 2 were two-parters) most popular video on RU-vid. 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 RU-vid to watch it.

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

Bill Pymptoon?

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

@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~

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

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

I think it was actually X-rated

@@cooperminion825 no actually it was r rated

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

@@iamtheplaygame ah. Ok

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

preach

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.

@@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.

ok buddy, you’re so cool.

@@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.

cArtOoNs ArEnt AniMe.

God damit >v

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

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.

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

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

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

@@envynoson right now its more of a hobby

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

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

His art style is rather adoring in a way

pretty much

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

Probably most directors like that

christopher haas Andy kaufman

And Spaghet Bear.

Pretty much

ye

What about Little Audrey?

Random Boy 3 m same

Random Boy 3 m yup

Me too

same

I remember hearing about it

Klensor is not for kids. Check it ....ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SfukKJna93k.html

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

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

The Gaming Frill Leave my profile pic out of this.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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?

@@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.

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

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

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

Doug's impressions are actually pretty good.

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.

Or Heckyl and Jeckyl

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

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.

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

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

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.

@@TimeTellsNoLies90 Sad but true

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

We have adult swim

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

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

Wow your absolutely right

It's probably the water-colored backgrounds.

The difference is Arthur has a fan called pbg

PBS?

no more needs to be said

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

thank you

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

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

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.

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).

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.

@@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.

@@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.

HNK was a Shōnen.

Klensor's pretty good too ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SfukKJna93k.html

Rotsuoy ....wat

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.

I brought some popcorn 🍿:D

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.

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)

Nice man

Denisse Gonzales, VERY succinctly put. ;o)

@@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"

LOL

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

@@jimbo1722 nice

his voice reminds me of Josh Scorcher

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

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

or Klensor for that matter ....>>>>>>ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SfukKJna93k.html

YOU BASTARDS!!!!!

Fritz killed itself

Read this when it was said on the video

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

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