John Lasseter
3 toy titles, 63rd in points with 12,806
John Lasseter's main claim to fame (and we're all grateful) was as basically the idea behind, and the co-founder of Pixar Studios, with dollar help from Steve Jobs of Apple Computer. Lasseter was working as an animator at his dream job, for Disney (he also once operated the adventureland boat ride at Disneyland!), when he was told to
Hayao Miyazaki
6 titles, 39th in points with 18,021
All titles are 'anime' films
These are all the films of Miyazaki’s that made the top 1000 in our 2011 update of the Top Ranked 1000 Films on the Net, all polls.
1. Spirited Away (2001) #78
2. Mononoke-hime (1997) #355
3. My Neighbour Totoro (1988) #382
4. Howl's Moving Castle (2004) #352
5. Ponyo (anime, 2008) #569
6. Castle in the Sky (
© 2009, William L. Sinclair
From our survey of Top Ranked Films on the Internet, these are the top animated films, regardless of the films age level or genre itself. Obviously, most are comedies and G-rated as well. Waltz With Bashir is actually a war film, Trip to the Moon one of the earliest films made, a fantasy comedy, but the rest appear aimed at family audiences.
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