While Disney was largely synonymous with animation in the West for decades until Pixar came along, there were other studios and folks producing things as well – and especially outside of the United States. For this challenge, we’re expanding things a good bit but also putting a touch of a limiter on it. We want to talk about animation projects from Europe and Russia while also allowing for Chinese and other Asian countries excluding Japan since we’ve had a bunch of big anime challenge questions before.

For me, this still comes back to the Watership Down film that Isaw at a young age which really just hit me squarely and leaves me gutted most times I end up coming across it again and taking it in. Just everything about it is hugely evocative with its atmosphere and sound design that it pulls me in.

Bonus Question: Which one works the least for you?