It’s a bit hard to find nowadays, though it appears to be up in its entirety on YouTube, cut into many parts. Still, I have to give the show kudos for not talking down to its audience. Perfect time to learn about “growing old gracefully.”

Main characters suffer and die, and there’s even some blood.

It detailed the trials and tribulations of a group of animals forced out of their homes by humans hell-bent on “progress,” and didn’t bother shying away from its darker themes in spite of being developed with a younger audience in mind.

The Animals of Farthing Wood was a 90’s European television show based on a series of books by Colin Dann. Also, some of the text and clips will be spoilery, since they’re showing the sad stuff. Note: this list is purposely Pixar and DreamWorks free since I want to throw the attention towards older films and smaller, less well-known studios, but rest assured: I saw the first 10 minutes of Up. Here are six animated films or shows that made me feel like dying. So almost always the heroes win, the main characters learn a valuable lesson, and everyone is alright in the end.Įvery so often though, an animated feature will refuse to remain in the happy ending camp and just thoroughly eviscerate the viewer, whether it’s intended for kids or not. Even then, however, the younger demographic is the major focus. That assumption is starting to change, of course, with major studios like Pixar and DreamWorks producing animated fare that can just as easily appeal to adults as well as their children. Many times, especially here in the West, we consider animation to be something for kids.

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