The story of the Spanish animation really began with the many small films made between 1908 and 1916 by the Segundo Aragonese pioneer Chomón , a specialist in special effects and puppets – which is often compared to his contemporary Georges Méliès – and who, in fact, divided his time between France and Spain .
However, the first feature film of Spanish animation, Garbancito de la Mancha , is produced only in 1945 by Arturo Moreno , who will give him a sequel in 1948 with Alegres vacaciones . Their producer, José María Blay , will make a third (unfortunate) attempt with Los Sueños de Tay-Pi , a film that has now disappeared.
Feature films
- 1945: Garbancito de la Mancha by José María Blay and Arturo Moreno
- 1948: Alegres vacaciones of José Maria Blay , Guido Leoni and Arturo Moreno
- 1949: Adventures of Esparadrapo de Ángel de Echenique
- 1950: Cinderella ( Erase una vez ) by Antonio Cirici Pellicer
- 1968: Lady a poco of amooor … of José María Forqué
- 1971: El armario del tiempo by Rafael Vara
- 1997: Megasónicos of Javier González of Fuente and José Martínez Montero
- 1998: ¡Que animal vecinos tan! from Maite Ruiz from Austri
- 1998: Ahmed, the prince of the Alhambra ( Ahmed, the principle of the Alhambra ) by Juan Bautista Berasategi
- 1999: El Ladrón de sueños de Ángel Alonso
- 2000: The Isla del Cangrejo de Txabi Basterretxea and Joxan Muñoz
- 2000: Marco Antonio, Resident in Hong Kong of Manuel J. García and Carlos Varela
- 2001: The Enchanted Forest ( El bosque animado ) of Ángel de la Cruz and Manolo Gómez
- 2001: The Leyenda del unicornio of Maite Ruiz of Austri
- 2002: The Hill of the Dragon ( The colina del dragón ) of Ángel Izquierdo
- 2003: The Legend of Cid ( El Cid: The leyenda ) by Jose Pozo
- 2003: The Three Wise Men ( Los reyes magos ) by Antonio Navarro
- 2005: El sueño de una noche of San Juan de Ángel de la Cruz and Manolo Gómez
- 2005: Gisaku of Baltasar Pedrosa
- 2006: Cristóbal Molón from Aitor Arregi and Iñigo Berasategui
- 2007: Donkey Xote by Jose Pozo
- 2007: Nocturna, the magic night ( Nocturna ) of Adrià García and Víctor Maldonado
- 2007: De profundis de Miguelanxo Prado
- 2008: El lince perdido of Raul Garcia and Manuel Sicilia
- 2009: Planet 51 by Jorge Blanco , Javier Abad and Marcos Martínez
Short films
- 1908: Electric Hotel ( El hotel eléctrico ) of Segundo de Chomón
- 2004: Minotauromaquia by Juan Pablo Etcheverry
- 2005: The legend of the scarecrow ( The leyenda del espantapájaros ) of Marco Besas
- 2009: The dama and the muerte of Javier Recio Gracia (nominated for the 2010 Oscars )
- 2009: Alma of Rodrigo Blaas
TV series
- 1981: The 3 musketeers ( D’Artacan and los mosqueperros ) of Luis Ballester , Shigeo Koshi , Hidetaka Saito and Taku Sugiyama
- 1981: Around the world in 80 days ( The vuelta al mundo by Willy Fog ) by Luis Ballester and Fumio Kurokawa
- 1985: David the gnome ( David el gnomo ) of Ernest Reid
- 2005: Pocoyo by David Cantolla and Guillermo Garcia
- 2007: Muchachada nui of Raul Cimas , Julian Lopez , Joaquín Reyes , Ernesto Sevilla and Carlos Areces
See also
Bibliography
- ( es ) Jose Mª Candel, Historia del dibujo animado español , Filmoteca Regional de Murcia, 1993, 139 p.
- ( es ) Maria Manzanera, Cine de animación en España , Editorial University of Murcia , 1992
- ( es ) María Luisa Martínez Barnuevo, El cine de animación en España (1908-2001) , Fancy Ediciones, 2003. ( ISBN 84-95455-26-9 )
- ( es ) Emilio de la Rosa and Hipolito Vivar, Breve historia del animación en España , Editorial AnimaTeruel, 1993
- ( es ) Juan Gabriel Tharrats, Los 500 films of Segundo de Chomón , University of Zaragoza, Prensas Universitarias, 1988.
- ( es ) Juan Gabriel Tharrats, Inolvidable Chomón , Murcia Regional Filmoteca, 1990, 59 p.
- ( En ) Françoise Heitz, Animation Cinema in Spain (1942-1950) , Arras, Artois Presses University, 2007, 204 p. ( ISBN 2-84832-060-5 )