Ralph Bakshi is one of those artists who will stop at nothing to bring his art into reality. His films are very underrated and very deep being that they are adult movies. His legacy went to inspire many other filmmakers like spike lee or Quentin Tarantino, which explains some trademarks about their own movies. I hope he makes a comeback with another animated movie or show.
has there ever been a biopic made of bakshi? i think it'd be really interesting to have a bakshi-style animated biopic about him, the guy is so interesting and he really was and is a pioneer in his field. anyways, great series!!! bakshi's works have been a major interest of mine for years now and i love seeing people recognize his art and talent.
I was inspired by him as a teen starting to discover my artistic talent, and was so excited as a kid seeing "American Pop" which I can't recall how many times I've watched. I dreamed of getting into animation someday at that age because Bakshi, and that movie as well as "Fire and Ice". I never did, and got into making trippy surreal blacklight painting instead. I hope more people discover those films as they stand out as innovative in the field of animation, plus they have great story, music, and imagery. "American Pop" especially just has so much feeling. I still watch it from time to time especially when feeling stressed, and it always brings me back to those days being a carefree teenager again. Salute to Ralph, and thank you for the inspiration to pursue being an artist.
For your next animation lookback, i have the perfect subject: Osamu Tezuka A.K.A. the god of manga. He was basically the Walt Disney of Japan creating such classic manga and anime stories such as Mighty Atom (Astro boy in America), Jungle emperor Leo ( Kimba the white lion in America), Black Jack, Phoenix, Princess knight, etc. He worked on more manga then anime, but what anime he did work on was very influential, as the original 60s Astro boy cartoon was the first Japanese cartoon to be shown and broadcast in America, so basically, he kinda created anime. Please consider him for your next animation lookback.
No, the original Astro boy 60s cartoon came out in america in 1963, 4 years before Speed racer came out. There was also Kimba the white lion in 1965, which was the first anime in color.
Ralph Bakshi was an epiphany to me - i only knew happy disney-like animations in my country, and then studies came and i stumbled upon Cool World and American Pop. I fell in love-hate relationship with Bakshis movies, because they were so unique, brave, controvercial and most of the time heart breaking. When he was gathering money for Last Days of Coney Island, i was bonkers! Then when it came i finally subscribed to netflix (lol thx Bakshi) and the animation left me stunned and heartbroken and wow man... this was something. My fav book in my collection is Bakshis Unfiltered. LOVE IT! THANKS for making this long-ass tribute to one of my fav film creators
3:47 That was one of my favorite scenes in the movie. It speaks about so much like the character's passion for music and how it can cross boarders, oceans and language barriers and, sadly, how war can cut down young lives and end someone's life and gift to the rest of the world before it can be shared. I saw that movie when I was younger, but as a lover of music, I can still appreciate its message and stories
Man I wish adult animated films like Ralph Bakshi's could be a thing today, looking at Wikipedia's article on adult animated films it's mostly just adapations of anime, comic books and such. Nothing like these movies.
American Pop’s my favorite movie of Bakshi’s lineup. The way he uses rotoscope to tell a story is genius. The settin of a separate generations inna family tree tryna be successful doin what they love and the obstacles and struggles they have to face in order to pursue that passion feel real cause the story is incredibly relatable when it comes to many modern day artists that deal wit the randomness of music industry and life on the regular, doesn’t matter what genre they do. C00nsk1n’s *(I have to spell it this way cause the PC asshats that run UA-cam have their bots deletin it)* a close second to me cause it shows the issues of racism and violence through the usage of satire and offensive dark humor while also sendin a message to the audience to think of, but American Pop to me is his magnum opus. All in all, Ralph Bakshi’s a bonafide legend and we should never take any of his work for granted
My dad sat me down when i was 7 years old to watch American pop, and still to this day 20 years later i have the VHS and still think its a masterpiece and i credit that movie and my grandfather with my musical interests which i live by something my grandfather said, and he said "if music speaks to you, love it, if you cant hear it, listen, if music is silence, you have gone deaf" and i listen to everything from The Ink Spots, to Brenda lee, Elvis presley, to creedance clearwater revival, mushroomhead to Suffokate
Aw man, American Pop is one of my favorite movies ever. It has beautiful animation, a great story, great characters and a great soundtrack. It's easily one of Ralph Bakshi's best works.
American Pop is probably my favorite film, period. Great music, animation, and history. For any who haven't seen it, you should give it a watch. It's a great film.
I love this series. I am a total film and animation history nerd! I’m trying to think up of something I can create and maybe start making UA-cam videos that are video essays or reviews, since I really admire the community here
My only problem is that animat hasn’t had an English class in a while. My brain will hear a sentence like 3 times in a video and go “AH WHY DOESNT THAT SOUND RIGHT?” And id figure out he fudged the English :P
@@preachymink9468 And so the Courier who had cheated death in the cemetery outside Goodsprings cheated death once again, and the Mojave wasteland was forever changed
American pop was one of my favorite bakshi films, and one of my favorite animated films. I always loved the animation and the historical theme of the movie.
Bakshi's story is more inspiring and interesting than his movies themselves. His imagination was ever exceeding the budgets and resources he's been given and he has always been way ahead of his time. But boy, oh boy, ain't rotoscope one hell of an ugly thing. I have the same problem with it as with Zemeckis' mocap use.
If you're looking for an amazing example of rotoscoping, watch Loving Vincent. It's a movie that was filmed and then HAND PAINTED to look like artwork of Vincent Van Gogh. It's a loving tribute to Van Gogh and it's a beautiful work.
Hey I just finished watching your 3 part video series on Bakshi. Thank you for creating such an excellent summary of his works and history. Really fascinating and groundbreaking stuff!
Have you ever thought of updating older lookbacks? Like saying what has happened to Disney since 2010, or the history of what happened at Pixar after 2013?
Thank you for this series. I love Bakshi's works and have been curious what else he has done compared to what I have seen. So you opened my eyes to at least 3 new ones for me.
I remember as a kid being blown away by the trailer for Fire and Ice in a cinema, but then being bummed that I couldn't get to one of the few regional screenings to see the movie.
Hey, once you're done doing these great videos on Ralph Bakshi career. Can we also have a separate video documentary done on the animated 80's film; "Starchaser The Legend Of Orin". Given it too is a rotoscoped animated gem of a sci-fi fantasy film?! Love all the behind the scenes B&W look at the filming process of the rotoscope process but wish it had more of the camera work seen behind it per se y'know!
I had the same problem with filming. I wanted the actor to just act natural and for some reason he just refused. However, I did eventually get the shot when the actor started interacting with the people around him instead of on me and the camera.
Well done! I love the research that you do and was very entertained by it's presentation. Now I am looking toward a part 4 about Cool World and Sin City.
American Pop is one of my favorite films. When its animation is unsettling, it's so in the right places in the right ways, and DAMN if I don't consider its version of "Somebody To Love" isn't one of the greatest animated film songs of all time.
If memory serves me well, Fire and Ice was also an early project to involve the comic artist and character designer Steven E. Gordon, who is remembered or appreciated for character designs at Nest Animation- features about historical figures, Bible stories and religious admiration to adapt animations based on the book of Mormon... But most will likely think of The Swan Princess, which Steve did the designs for. I personally believe and find people appreciating his character designs in X-Men Evolution and the Ultimate Avengers animated features (straight to DVD)
JamesTheBrony/JTB. This so much better then dark age animates don bluth and disney every back since then walt disney of death company their back in roughly Days.
American Pop was my first introduction to Ralph Bakshi (even before Fritz the Cat), and remains one of my favorite movies ever. It's so frustrating how few people know what I'm referring to when I mention it
OK OK NOW THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE!!! I was with a buddy of mine at his house about a week ago and we got absolutely fucked after hitting a few dabs of this rosin ball of weed and we watched Fire and Ice. Now, I was left with a lot of questions about the movie after watching it and I never understood it up until now. Finding out it was a Bakshi film now makes sense of the movie even if I was high as hell.
The one problem with AMERICAN POP--it's too abridged. They have to get through four generations too quickly, so it's very Cliff-Noted. A movie like this deserved to be a serial film.
I remember watching The Hobbit when I was a child. Didn't know who made it, but loves it a lot. Might try to find more of his movies on DVD or digital.
I think I just found my new inspiration. I really need to get some free time and watch his animated movies there so fascinating and he's just a very unique and interesting person!
Also you forgot to mention bob segar the song night moves in this movie towards the end with pete forming his own band becoming a legend otherwise i agree with you
My guesses for the next animation lookbacks could be these Peanuts/Charlie Brown The Fleischer Bros Osamu Tezuka Disney TV Animation The animated shows of MTV
Ralph Bakshi is one of those artists who will stop at nothing to bring his art into reality. His films are very underrated and very deep being that they are adult movies. His legacy went to inspire many other filmmakers like spike lee or Quentin Tarantino, which explains some trademarks about their own movies. I hope he makes a comeback with another animated movie or show.
Last time I checked he sadly died a year ago, but I completely agree with you
Mallard Duck Uh he’s still alive... his 80th birthday is coming up in nine days actually.
Moxiegirlsophie never mind then
Last Days of Coney Island is his latest movie, from 2015.
I'm glad they are
has there ever been a biopic made of bakshi? i think it'd be really interesting to have a bakshi-style animated biopic about him, the guy is so interesting and he really was and is a pioneer in his field. anyways, great series!!! bakshi's works have been a major interest of mine for years now and i love seeing people recognize his art and talent.
I was inspired by him as a teen starting to discover my artistic talent, and was so excited as a kid seeing "American Pop" which I can't recall how many times I've watched. I dreamed of getting into animation someday at that age because Bakshi, and that movie as well as "Fire and Ice". I never did, and got into making trippy surreal blacklight painting instead. I hope more people discover those films as they stand out as innovative in the field of animation, plus they have great story, music, and imagery. "American Pop" especially just has so much feeling. I still watch it from time to time especially when feeling stressed, and it always brings me back to those days being a carefree teenager again. Salute to Ralph, and thank you for the inspiration to pursue being an artist.
For your next animation lookback, i have the perfect subject:
Osamu Tezuka A.K.A. the god of manga.
He was basically the Walt Disney of Japan creating such classic manga and anime stories such as Mighty Atom (Astro boy in America), Jungle emperor Leo ( Kimba the white lion in America), Black Jack, Phoenix, Princess knight, etc.
He worked on more manga then anime, but what anime he did work on was very influential, as the original 60s Astro boy cartoon was the first Japanese cartoon to be shown and broadcast in America, so basically, he kinda created anime. Please consider him for your next animation lookback.
Don't forget The Amazing 3/W3
I know he didn't really create anime, but he was sort of the one that made it mainstream to americans.
No, the original Astro boy 60s cartoon came out in america in 1963, 4 years before Speed racer came out.
There was also Kimba the white lion in 1965, which was the first anime in color.
atomic fox 64 Or he could do Nicktoons.
He didn’t create anime just because that anime series came to America lmao 🤦🏽♀️
Bakshi's work fuels my creativity.
He's my favorite American animator the man's a legend
Bryan Egelhoff's Animation Tech Nation samee
Same here.
He inspired one of my favorite shows Ren and Stimpy.
I'm the same way
Ralph Bakshi was an epiphany to me - i only knew happy disney-like animations in my country, and then studies came and i stumbled upon Cool World and American Pop. I fell in love-hate relationship with Bakshis movies, because they were so unique, brave, controvercial and most of the time heart breaking. When he was gathering money for Last Days of Coney Island, i was bonkers! Then when it came i finally subscribed to netflix (lol thx Bakshi) and the animation left me stunned and heartbroken and wow man... this was something. My fav book in my collection is Bakshis Unfiltered. LOVE IT!
THANKS for making this long-ass tribute to one of my fav film creators
What country do you hail from?
Have you ever seen Sarah and the Squirrel?
Its an early 80s Yoram Gross film about a preteen jewish gal during the Nazi holocaust.
It’s not on Netflix tho?
Can't wait to the next part where he goes over the History of Cool World.
Nyanpire The Cat He also gonna talk about Mighty Mouse and his 80s shows he did.
3:47
That was one of my favorite scenes in the movie. It speaks about so much like the character's passion for music and how it can cross boarders, oceans and language barriers and, sadly, how war can cut down young lives and end someone's life and gift to the rest of the world before it can be shared. I saw that movie when I was younger, but as a lover of music, I can still appreciate its message and stories
Absolutely loved the film American Pop. I kind of got the feeling at the end that it only took 4 generations for Pete to become an overnight hit.
I really liked how experimental Ralph Bakshi gets from working with rotoscoping, live action elements, and even fantasy elements.
Whatever one thinks about Ralph Bakshi, he sure is unique and his movies very much captures the 70's aesthetic and mentality.
Man I wish adult animated films like Ralph Bakshi's could be a thing today, looking at Wikipedia's article on adult animated films it's mostly just adapations of anime, comic books and such. Nothing like these movies.
Just one Bakshi is enough for me. Theres plenty of off the wall animated filmmakers- unfettered from the hollywood influence, you just gotta look.
American Pop’s my favorite movie of Bakshi’s lineup. The way he uses rotoscope to tell a story is genius. The settin of a separate generations inna family tree tryna be successful doin what they love and the obstacles and struggles they have to face in order to pursue that passion feel real cause the story is incredibly relatable when it comes to many modern day artists that deal wit the randomness of music industry and life on the regular, doesn’t matter what genre they do. C00nsk1n’s *(I have to spell it this way cause the PC asshats that run UA-cam have their bots deletin it)* a close second to me cause it shows the issues of racism and violence through the usage of satire and offensive dark humor while also sendin a message to the audience to think of, but American Pop to me is his magnum opus. All in all, Ralph Bakshi’s a bonafide legend and we should never take any of his work for granted
My dad sat me down when i was 7 years old to watch American pop, and still to this day 20 years later i have the VHS and still think its a masterpiece and i credit that movie and my grandfather with my musical interests which i live by something my grandfather said, and he said "if music speaks to you, love it, if you cant hear it, listen, if music is silence, you have gone deaf" and i listen to everything from The Ink Spots, to Brenda lee, Elvis presley, to creedance clearwater revival, mushroomhead to Suffokate
Ralph Bakshi + Frank Frazetta (RIP) = Pure Awesomeness!!
Aw man, American Pop is one of my favorite movies ever. It has beautiful animation, a great story, great characters and a great soundtrack.
It's easily one of Ralph Bakshi's best works.
American Pop is probably my favorite film, period. Great music, animation, and history. For any who haven't seen it, you should give it a watch. It's a great film.
The Similar To All That Jazz Fame and Kramer Vs Kramer
Fire and Ice is such an under rated movie. I wish it could get a blue ray release. Right now, the best we have is on VHS and some digital releases.
It is already ond Blu-ray
@3:25 "But that's not Ralph's problem." I'm really sensing a theme in how he deals with issues lol
Yes thank you ! American pop is probably my favorite Bakshi movie.
I love this series. I am a total film and animation history nerd! I’m trying to think up of something I can create and maybe start making UA-cam videos that are video essays or reviews, since I really admire the community here
My only problem is that animat hasn’t had an English class in a while. My brain will hear a sentence like 3 times in a video and go “AH WHY DOESNT THAT SOUND RIGHT?” And id figure out he fudged the English :P
Benny before he got shot by a nazi
"What in the god damn?"
Danke
Dr Gabe “thank you”
The only thing keeping the nazi was the music. There’s a message in that, somewhere
"Truth is, the game was rigged from the start"
@@preachymink9468 And so the Courier who had cheated death in the cemetery outside Goodsprings cheated death once again, and the Mojave wasteland was forever changed
American pop was one of my favorite bakshi films, and one of my favorite animated films. I always loved the animation and the historical theme of the movie.
Bakshi's story is more inspiring and interesting than his movies themselves. His imagination was ever exceeding the budgets and resources he's been given and he has always been way ahead of his time. But boy, oh boy, ain't rotoscope one hell of an ugly thing. I have the same problem with it as with Zemeckis' mocap use.
If you're looking for an amazing example of rotoscoping, watch Loving Vincent. It's a movie that was filmed and then HAND PAINTED to look like artwork of Vincent Van Gogh. It's a loving tribute to Van Gogh and it's a beautiful work.
Just finished the 3 part history series you've made about Bakshi. Ralph Bakshi is one of my artistic heroes and for that you got a sub.
Honestly, I completely adore American Pop. Thanks for these videos. It's always great to remember how influential Bakshi was and stil is.
Awww! Fire and Ice! That movie was my childhood!! ^_^
Hey I just finished watching your 3 part video series on Bakshi. Thank you for creating such an excellent summary of his works and history. Really fascinating and groundbreaking stuff!
THIS IS AWESOME! I like Ralph Bakshi's works
Sir, your videos have encouraged me to look for all of his works an give them a watch myself. Thank you.
Bakshi is amazing, I hope we get more from him in the near future.
Have you ever thought of updating older lookbacks? Like saying what has happened to Disney since 2010, or the history of what happened at Pixar after 2013?
Coming Soon...
I am not sure if he still has the idea of Walt Disney Animated Studios+. If he does, than he is doing it.
How about a lookback for Disneytoon Studios, since Disney closed it down?
I think he'll do that when he runs out of new animation deliverers to discuss
tripp cory he could do the history of amblimation, all in one video
Thank you for this series. I love Bakshi's works and have been curious what else he has done compared to what I have seen. So you opened my eyes to at least 3 new ones for me.
Warner Bros.: A live-action/animation hybrid film will not do good at the box office
Touchstone: Hold my beer (releases Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
The animation was flawless. Back in the days where they drew more than 2-3 images per second.
I remember as a kid being blown away by the trailer for Fire and Ice in a cinema, but then being bummed that I couldn't get to one of the few regional screenings to see the movie.
This an Electric Documentary! I’m a Ralph Bakshi fan and saw all his films 🎥 please keep up the Fantastic content!!
Hey, once you're done doing these great videos on Ralph Bakshi career. Can we also have a separate video documentary done on the animated 80's film; "Starchaser The Legend Of Orin". Given it too is a rotoscoped animated gem of a sci-fi fantasy film?! Love all the behind the scenes B&W look at the filming process of the rotoscope process but wish it had more of the camera work seen behind it per se y'know!
I had the same problem with filming. I wanted the actor to just act natural and for some reason he just refused. However, I did eventually get the shot when the actor started interacting with the people around him instead of on me and the camera.
UA-cam recommended a good video of animation history.
Well done! I love the research that you do and was very entertained by it's presentation. Now I am looking toward a part 4 about Cool World and Sin City.
American Pop is one of my favorite films. When its animation is unsettling, it's so in the right places in the right ways, and DAMN if I don't consider its version of "Somebody To Love" isn't one of the greatest animated film songs of all time.
Fucking LOVED and ADMIRED Ralph Bakshi!!!!!!
Frank Frazetta, that explains the Orc-looking guys in Fire and Ice.
If memory serves me well, Fire and Ice was also an early project to involve the comic artist and character designer Steven E. Gordon, who is remembered or appreciated for character designs at Nest Animation- features about historical figures, Bible stories and religious admiration to adapt animations based on the book of Mormon... But most will likely think of The Swan Princess, which Steve did the designs for. I personally believe and find people appreciating his character designs in X-Men Evolution and the Ultimate Avengers animated features (straight to DVD)
Damn, I wish a lot of animators were like Ralph Bakshi, he made a lot of awesome movies!📽📽
LOVE it! 👍🏻👍🏻 Looking forward to Part 4 to see how you present Ralph's post-"Fire and Ice" works.
Can't wait for part 4. I've always loved Cool World.
Wow, I never thought that Frank Frezetta would make his own animated movie with Fire and Ice.
If there was ever one thing I would want Ralph to have done, it would have been him doing a Dragon's Lair style laser-disc game.
Great series, man. Really appreciate someone going deep for Ralph.
Cool World next month and Honorable Mentions in December
Oscar95451 that was my favorite movie cool world
Yep. Cool World is the last movie of the series.
Yes I have been waiting for this
Coming very close to the end of this lookback.. Ralph’s last film will still be waiting to be talked about.
JamesTheBrony/JTB. This so much better then dark age animates don bluth and disney every back since then walt disney of death company their back in roughly Days.
Henry Brown OK but this isn’t the point I’m making.
Cool World?
Lisa Galvan You’re damn right.
Didn't he recently come back with Last Days On Coney Island?
This series was absolutely fascinating.
16:06 As he stated, James Gurney worked on Fire and Ice as a background painter and would later create the Dinotopia book series.
Great commentary... thanks for sharing this... learned things I did not previously know about RB and FF...
He/they sure knew how to draw the ladies.
American Pop was my first introduction to Ralph Bakshi (even before Fritz the Cat), and remains one of my favorite movies ever. It's so frustrating how few people know what I'm referring to when I mention it
I totally forgot about fire and ice. That was an awesome guilty pleasure flick.
OK OK NOW THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE!!! I was with a buddy of mine at his house about a week ago and we got absolutely fucked after hitting a few dabs of this rosin ball of weed and we watched Fire and Ice. Now, I was left with a lot of questions about the movie after watching it and I never understood it up until now. Finding out it was a Bakshi film now makes sense of the movie even if I was high as hell.
I waited ten thousands years for this video
Why this man sound like Billy from Grim adventures of Billy and Mandy 😂💀
Damn this animation style is amazing.
I came from that *THUMBNAIL!!*
Yeah, that barbarian its sexy
The one problem with AMERICAN POP--it's too abridged. They have to get through four generations too quickly, so it's very Cliff-Noted. A movie like this deserved to be a serial film.
* Guy in the mask on the right side of the thumbnail * Well, I see where Blizzard got the design of Rexxar from.
Your videos are absolutely
interesting and amazing !
I remember watching The Hobbit when I was a child. Didn't know who made it, but loves it a lot. Might try to find more of his movies on DVD or digital.
@3:45 As a historian, seeing a depiction of that real life event hit hard
I think if they did do a remake of Fire and Ice, it should be CG motion capture & have it look like a painting come to life.
Fire and Ice is one of my favourite Ralph Bakshi films.
I hope one day they put American pop on any of the streaming channels so I can watch that movie looks so neat
Every time i see something from Ralph Bakshi my eyes and handle it so nice
Jesus christ you can really hit the high notes, guy.
Looking forward to part 4.. 😉
American Pop is by far my favorite Bakshi flick.
That guy in fire and ice looked like Rexxar from Warcraft
Sausage Party could have been a Ralph Bakshi film
Are you leaving your moustache grows?
That 18 minutes went by super fast!
Linkara sure changed over the years
Great animator and good artist
Yayyyyy love the content never even heard of fire and ice I'm excited to see it now. Can't wait for part 4
I think I just found my new inspiration. I really need to get some free time and watch his animated movies there so fascinating and he's just a very unique and interesting person!
The last guy look like Rexxar
Rexxar looks like that guy... look at the years, man.
are you John Lassester’s son? so many similarities
Hopefully not to much
They do look similar. ALEXA! Play X Files theme!
Thomas Meechan I thought he was talking about Sam Lasseter
Can't wait for part 4
You are the best
Nice way to end this school week
American Pop is brilliant, also I like Hey good lookin one day the 1974 version will be released, Fire and Ice should get some respect. 😀👍
Cool video
Fire and Ice was actually very good. Only ever saw it available on Betamax though.
I wonder if Ralph Bakshi can make an animated movie with Universal Pictures.
Also you forgot to mention bob segar the song night moves in this movie towards the end with pete forming his own band becoming a legend otherwise i agree with you
Loved the thumbnail the middle image that is 😜
Great video again! Nicely done!
MAN!
That He-man Conan movie sure was epic!
And also sexy for both men and women!
You know looking back, Kanye West's MV director being inspired by Ralph Bakshi is very ironic.
My guesses for the next animation lookbacks could be these
Peanuts/Charlie Brown
The Fleischer Bros
Osamu Tezuka
Disney TV Animation
The animated shows of MTV