Greatest Animated Movie Ever

[LumRanmaYasha]

Match 24:

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Wreck-It Ralph
Ponyo
An American Tail

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Phineas and Ferb: Across the Second Dimension- 2
Watership Down- 6
Lupin III: Plot of the Fuma Clan- 4
Ghost in the Shell- 8

Wreck-It Ralph- 11
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind- 10
An American Tail- 5
Ponyo- 4

Watership Down, Ghost in the Shell, Wreck-It Ralph, and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind all move onto the next round.

Round 1:

Match 25:


Howl's Moving Castle

vs.


Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

vs.


Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure

vs.


Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge


Match 26:


Turtles Forever

vs.


Shrek

vs.


Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!

vs.


Up


My Picks:

Match 25:
Snow White (Kind of archaic by today's standards, but still classic stuff)
Billy and Mandy (I haven't seen this special in ages, but I remember liking it well enough)
DBZ (Admittedly I have the TFS abridged version stuck in my head, which is the only reason it's not last in this round)
Howl (Fun Fact: This was the first every Miyazaki movie that I saw....yeah, I didn't get what all of the hype was about)

Match 26:

Turtles Forever (Personally, I like it much better than the 2007 CG movie)
Up (I tend to think Pixar is a tad overrated, but this is my favorite film that they made, so they've done good, here)
Digimon Adventure: Our War Game (While not on par with Hosoda's feature-length films, it was still great stuff for a fan)
Shrek (I like it, but it was the least memorable film for me in this match)

[LumRanmaYasha]

It took 4 months, but we're finally at the half-way point for the first round! Yay! 

Match 25

Billy and Mandy's Big Boogie Adventure - I love this movie so, so much. It's easily my favorite thing to come out of B&M, and I never tire of watching it. It's so dang funny to me. It's not a better film than Snow White, I suppose, but I always enjoy watching this and regularly have ever since I first saw it way back when.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves - I just rewatched this on Thursday, actually, and it's pretty damn underrated. Some of the animation is dated, but mostly it's brilliantly executed with many strong scenes that make modern productions blush with how effective they are and is just greatly entertaining as a whole.

Howl's Moving Castle - This...is honestly my least favorite Miyazaki/Ghibli movie that I've seen, though I haven't watched it in a long time so I dunno how if I'd feel any different if I saw it again. I don't think it's a bad movie, by any means, though, just not as good as many others Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli have done.

Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge - Ugh. Like, even as a kid, most DBZ movies did little for me and Cooler's Revenge is no exception. It's a neat idea to have the brother of Freeza come and get revenge for his death, and all, but it's basically a 50 minute excuse for fight scenes, and that is just not interesting or entertaining to me. It's better than it's sequel, though. That one makes my head hurt, especially the original english dub with that god awful rock music score that would just never, ever, stop (shudders).

Match 26 

Up - I think this is Pixar's best film to date. A well written, interesting protagonist and likable sidekicks, with strong emotional bits and riotous humor. And of course, those first ten minutes are sheer perfection.

Shrek - I by far prefer Shrek 2, but the original is pretty fun and clever, though it does feel somewhat dated now.

Turtles Forever - I've never been much of a Turtles fan (just never got around to watching enough of 2K3, I'm afraid), but I quite liked this film.

Digimon: Our War Game - I really like this film too, though more for the effort of what it tried to do than as a story overall. I think it's most interesting to me in seeing the way Hosada was able to expand on concepts and ideas he used in this film and refine them with a stronger story in Summer Wars.

[gunswordfist]

Match 25:
Cooler
Snow White
Howl
Billy

Match 26:
Turtles Forever
Shrek
Digimon
Up

[The Shadow Gentleman]

Match 25:
Same as EK

Match 26:
Same as CX

[Avaitor]

Snow White
Billy & Mandy
Howl
DBZ

Turtles Forever
Up
Shrek
Digimon

[Rynnec]

Howl's Moving Castle
Billy & Mandy
Cooler's Revenge (if only for the dub soundtrack)
Snow White

Up
Turtles Forever
Our War Game
Shrek

[gunswordfist]

Dat dub soundtrack.

[VLordGTZ]

Match 25:
Same as CX

Match 26:
Same as CX

[gunswordfist]

Match 25:
Same as CX

Match 26:
Same as CX

this confirms that CX just has two accounts here.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Howl?s Moving Castle- 14
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves- 22
Billy and Mandy?s Big Boogy Adventure- 21
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler?s Revenge- 13

Turtles Forever- 21
Shrek- 16
Digimon Adventure: Our War Game- 10
Up- 23

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Billy and Mandy's Big Boogy Adventure, Turtles Forever, and Up all move onto the next round.

Round 1:

Match 27:


Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

vs.


Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

vs.


The Black Cauldron

vs.


The Three Caballeros


Match 28:


Beauty and the Beast

vs.


Coraline

vs.


Mulan

vs.


The Spongebob Squarepants Movie


My Picks:

Match 27:
Pass

Match 28:
Coraline (Effectively nightmare-inducing for children...and myself)
Mulan (Because "BE A MAN!" is catchy as fuck)
Beauty and the Beast (Disney promotes bestiality....but other than that it's a pretty good film)
The Spongebob Squarepants Movie (Could've done without the David Hasselhoff cameo)

[Avaitor]

Same as EK for the second match, but as for the first

The Three Caballeros (inconsistent and widely imperfect, but damn if I don't find it fun to watch, even the weaker aspects)
The Black Cauldron (more or less the same as Caballeros, but the more I read up on the book series it's inspired by, this does seem like an inferior adaptation. I still like the movie, though)
Rugrats in Paris (like most of the later episodes, there are some really stupid, gawdy parts all around, but unlike said episodes, I do think that the emotional core of the film holds up, and I still laugh here and there)
Jimmy Neutron (I haven't seen this in years, but I do remember liking it, although it took no time for me to prefer the show. Maybe I'd like it better now, maybe not, but last place seems like a good choice for the time being)

[The Shadow Gentleman]

Match 27:
Same as Avaitor

Match 28:
Same as EK

[gunswordfist]

Match 27: Same as EK.

Match 28:
Opposite of EK.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Match 27: Same as Avaitor

Match 28: Same as gunswordfist