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What Went Into 'The Wind in the Willows'
A still from the Wind in the Willows feature
Welcome! This is another Thursday edition of the Animation Obsessive newsletter — about The Wind in the Willows (1983), a stop-motion classic from Britain.
This story is a little unusual for us...
How Ray Harryhausen Conjured the Skeletons
Detail of a Harryhausen concept drawing for the skeleton sequence in Jason and the Argonauts, courtesy of Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life
Welcome! It’s another Sunday edition of the Animation Obsessive newsletter, and this is the lineup...
Tolkien in Japan
On the Rankin-Bass 'Hobbit' from the 1970s.
Welcome! This is a new Thursday edition of the Animation Obsessive newsletter, and our topic today is The Hobbit (1977).
The Artist Who Colored Ghibli
A still from My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
We’re back! With the mid-year break over, the Animation Obsessive newsletter returns with a new issue. We’ve done a ton of prep over the past few weeks to get ready for the rest of our 2026, which beg...
It Always Amazes Us
Welcome! Glad you could join us for a new issue: a wrap-up of our first half of 2026.
Back in February, the Animation Obsessive newsletter reached its five-year anniversary. Running a publication for so long (with 73,000-plus readers signe...
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