mr. wonderbird

This is the best film you have never seen. To put it simply. This film was ignored but is considered by many an important animated film. how did i see it. well it was in the dollar dvd section of a local variety store and kinda bought it on a lark thinking it would be so bad it's good.
Man this blew all my expectations out of the water. The sets are amazing the animation is amazing. This is just an awesome film. probably the only french animated film i've ever seen.
This film also is a major influence on Hayao Miyazaki and espically his film spirited away. The feel of it is very simlair and castle in this film is alot like the one in spirited away.
Honestly this is one of those films i will have to see again to really write about. I can tell you if you see mr.wonderbird in a dollar dvd section just get it. It's a dollar if you spent ten one anything this year it's not as worth it as this.

Granted yes the print could be better and there is a better dvd in Japan made by Hayao Miyazaki but i can't speak japanesse. so i will seatle for this but it's still one of the best animated films ever and you need to see it.

also here's stuff about the production from wikipedia.

"Originally called La Bergère et le Ramoneur (The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep). Grimault began it in 1948 and it was highly anticipated, but Grimault’s partner André Sarrut showed the film unfinished in 1952, against Grimault’s wishes. This caused a rift between partners and a stop in production. In 1967, Grimault got possession of the film and slowly worked at completing it as he had envisioned. In 1980 the finished film was finally released under a new title, Le Roi et l'Oiseau. In English, the film has been released under many names. The official international English name is The King and the Mockingbird. Others include: The King and the Bird, The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird, The King and Mr. Bird, Mr Bird to the Rescue and Adventures of Mr. Wonderful."