Heavy Metal

Canada, 1981
Director: Gerald Potterton
Starring: John Candy, Eugene Levy

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Fantasia

USA, 1940
Director: Norman Ferguson
Starring: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, Corey Burton

1981 release

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Miss Hokusai

Japan, 2015
Director: Keiichi Hara
Starring: Kumiko Aso, Anne Watanabe, Kengo Kora

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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Kaze no tani no Naushika
Japan, 1984
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, Hisako Kyoda

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Fantasia

USA, 1940
Director: Norman Ferguson
Starring: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, Corey Burton

Poster for the 50th anniversary release in 1990

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Great Conquest: The Romance of 3 Kingdoms

Sangokushi
Japan, 1993
Director: Tomoharu Katsumata
Starring: Tetsuya Watari, Teruhiko Aoi

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The Book of the Dead

Shisha no sho
Japan, 2005
Director: Kihachiro Kawamoto
Starring: Kyoko Kishida, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Rie Miyazawa

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Midori-ko

Japan, 2011
Director: Keita Kurosaka

Poster for the 2013 release

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Midori-ko (Ver:A)

Japan, 2011
Director: Keita Kurosaka

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Supie & Goo

Japan, 2011

Great retro art by Rockin' Jellybean.

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Midori-ko

Japan, 2011
Director: Keita Kurosaka

A unique animated feature from Keita Kurosaka.

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Karel Zeman Festival

Country: Czech Republic
Director: Karel Zeman

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Fantastic Planet

France, 1973
Director: Rene Laloux
Starring: Jennifer Drake, Eric Baugin, Jean Topart

Poster for the 1985 release.

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Afro Samurai: Resurrection

USA, 2009
Director: Fuminori Kizaki
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Lucy Liu, Mark Hamill

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Belladonna of Sadness

Japan, 1973
Director: Eiichi Yamamoto
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Katsuyuki Ito, Aiko Nagayama

One of my favourite Japanese movie posters is this one for the 1973 animated film. The poster does justice to the amazing art in the film, and is printed using metallic inks. This poster was created for the 2003 re-release.

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