List of animated feature films of the 1960s
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A list of animated feature films released in the 1960s.
Title | Country | Director | Studio | Animation technique | Format | Notes | Release date | Duration | |
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Alakazam the Great 西遊記 (Saiyūki) |
Japan | |
Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | The first animated feature release from American International Pictures, and the second anime feature film to have a theatrical release in the United States. | August 14, 1960 | 88 minutes | |
Donald Duck and his Companions | United States | Jack Cutting Jack King Dick Lundy |
Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Theatrical Compilation film |
Film compiled from Disney theatrical animated shorts; originally released theatrically for overseas markets and never in the United States. | 80 minutes | ||
It Was I Who Drew the Little Man Chelovechka narisoval ya |
Soviet Union | Valentina Brumberg Zinaida Brumberg |
Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | 56 minutes | ||||
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Cipollino Chipollino |
Soviet Union | Boris Dyozhkin | Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | [1][2][3][4] | ||||
United States | Charles August Nichols | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Episode of Disneyland TV-series | March 5, 1961 | ||||
The Key Ключ (Klyuch) |
Soviet Union | Lev Atamanov | Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | 57 minutes | ||||
釈迦の生涯 (Shaka no Shōgai) |
Japan | Noburō Ōfuji | Traditional | ||||||
One Hundred and One Dalmatians | United States | Clyde Geronimi Hamilton Luske Wolfgang Reitherman |
Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Theatrical | First animated feature to use the Xerography process, which replaces hand-inking. | January 25, 1961 | 79 minutes | |
The Orphan Brother 安寿と厨子王丸 (Anju to zushio-maru) |
Japan | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | July 19, 1961 | ||||
East Germany | Stop motion | First animated feature to be made in East Germany. | |||||||
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Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad アラビアンナイト・シンドバッドの冒険 (Arabian naito: Shindobaddo no bôken) |
Japan | |
Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | June 16, 1962 | 81 minutes | ||
Banya |
Soviet Union | Sergei Yutkevich | Soyuzmultfilm | Stop motion | [5][6] | ||||
Gay Purr-ee | United States | Abe Levitow | UPA | Traditional | Theatrical | UPA's second and final feature film. | December 17, 1962 | 85 minutes | |
Heaven and Earth Magic | United States | Harry Everett Smith | Cutout | Experimental film | 66 minutes | ||||
Joseph and the Dreamer בעל החלומות (Ba'al Hahalomot) |
Israel | Yoram Gross |
Stop motion | First animated feature to be made in Israel. | 60 minutes | ||||
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol | United States | Abe Levitow | UPA | Traditional | Television special | December 18, 1962 | 53 minutes | ||
Otogi's Voyage Around the World おとぎの世界旅行 (Otogi no Sekai Ryoko) |
Japan | Traditional | Theatrical | August 25, 1962 | 76 minutes | ||||
The Pig Boy and The Princess and the Pea Svinedrengen og prinsessen på ærten |
Denmark | Bent Christensen |
Traditional | Theatrical Anthology film |
November 23, 1962 | 49 minutes | |||
The Wild Swans Дикие лебеди (Dikiye lebedi) |
Soviet Union | Vera Tsekhanovskaya Mikhail Tsekhanovsky |
Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | Theatrical | The first Soviet full-length animated film released in widescreen. | 1962 | 60 minutes | |
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Vnimaniye! V gorode volshebnik! |
Soviet Union | Belarusfilm Soyuzmultfilm |
Stop motion/Live action | [7][8] | |||||
Bolshoy fitil |
Soviet Union | Alexander Mitta Vladimir Fetin Vladimir Rapoport |
Gorky Film Studio Mosfilm Lenfilm Soyuzmultfilm |
Traditional/Live action | [9] | ||||
Argentina | Edgardo Togni | Documentary | |||||||
Doggie March わんわん忠臣蔵 (Wanwan Chūshingura) |
Japan | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | December 21, 1963 | 82 minutes | |||
The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon わんぱく王子の大蛇退治 (Wanpaku Ōji no Orochi Taiji) |
Japan | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | March 24, 1963 | 86 minutes | |||
孔雀公主 (Kongque gongzhu) |
China | Stop motion | |||||||
The Sword in the Stone | United States | Wolfgang Reitherman | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Theatrical | Last Disney animated feature to be released in Walt Disney's lifetime. | December 25, 1963 | 79 minutes | |
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Havoc in Heaven 大鬧天宮 (Dà nào tiān gōng) |
China | Wan Laiming | Shanghai Animation Film Studio | Traditional | Theatrical | 114 minutes | |||
The Heroic Sisters from the Grassland 草原英雄小姐妹 (Caoyuan Yingxiong Xiao Jiemei) |
China | Traditional | Theatrical | ||||||
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! | United States | Joseph Barbera William Hanna |
Columbia Pictures Hanna-Barbera Productions |
Traditional | Theatrical | The first feature film by Hanna-Barbera and the first feature that is based on the animated television series. | June 3, 1964 | 89 minutes | |
The Incredible Mr. Limpet | United States | Arthur Lubin | Warner Bros. | Traditional/Live action | Theatrical Live-action animated film |
March 28, 1964 | 99 minutes | ||
United Kingdom | John Halas (animation) Ralph Alswang (stage play) |
Traditional/Live action | Theatrical | ||||||
Lefty Levsha |
Soviet Union | Ivan Ivanov-Vano Vladimir Danilevich |
Soyuzmultfilm | Cutout | Theatrical | First Soviet full-length animated film in equipment of cutout. | July 22, 1964 | 42 minutes | |
Mary Poppins | United States | Robert Stevenson | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Theatrical Live-action animated film |
August 27, 1964 | 139 minutes | ||
Mighty Atom: The Brave in Space 鉄腕アトム 宇宙の勇者 (Tetsuwan Atomu: Uchū no yūsha) |
Japan | Rintaro Yoshitake Suzuki Eiichi Yamamoto |
Mushi Production | Traditional | Theatrical Compilation film |
Film compiled from episodes 46 ("The Robot Spaceship"), 56 ("Earth Defense Army") and 71 ("The Last Day of Earth") of the animated television series that ran from January 1, 1963, until December 31, 1966, for a total of 193 episodes. | July 26, 1964 | 87 minutes | |
Of Stars and Men | United States | John Hubley | Traditional | Theatrical | April 28, 1964 | 53 minutes | |||
Return to Oz | United States | F.R. Crawley |
Rankin/Bass Crawley Films |
Traditional | Television special | February 9, 1964 | 51 minutes | ||
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | United States Canada Japan |
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Rankin/Bass MOM Production Dentsu |
Stop motion | Television special | December 6, 1964 | 55 minutes | ||
少年忍者風のフジ丸 謎のアラビヤ人形 |
Japan | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | |||||
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Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs The Adventures of the Smurfs |
Belgium | Maurice Rosy |
Traditional | Theatrical Compilation film |
1965 | 90 minutes | |||
Donald Duck Goes West | United States | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Theatrical Compilation film |
Film compiled from Disney theatrical animated shorts; originally released theatrically for overseas markets and never in the United States until July 30, 1980. | November 23, 1965 | 57 minutes | ||
United States Japan |
Rankin/Bass MOM Production |
Stop motion | Television special | ||||||
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon ガリバーの宇宙旅行 (Garibā no Uchū Ryokō) |
Japan | |
Toei Animation | Traditional | March 20, 1965 | 80 minutes | |||
The Man from Button Willow | United States | Traditional/Live action | Theatrical | April 3, 1965 | 81 minutes | ||||
Pinocchio in Outer Space | Belgium United States |
Ray Goossens | Belvision Studios | Traditional | Theatrical | December 22, 1965 | 71 minutes | ||
少年忍者風のフジ丸 まぼろし魔術団 |
Japan | Toei Animation | Traditional | ||||||
少年忍者風のフジ丸 大猿退治 |
Japan | Toei Animation | Traditional | ||||||
Treasure Island Revisited 新宝島 (New Treasure Island) |
Japan | Osamu Tezuka | Mushi Production | Traditional | First anime television special; originally produced as an installment of the aborted animated anthology series Mushi Pro Land. | January 3, 1965 | 52 minutes | ||
West and Soda | Italy | Bruno Bozzetto | Traditional | Theatrical | October 1, 1965 | 86 minutes | |||
Willy McBean and His Magic Machine | United States Canada Japan |
Arthur Rankin, Jr. |
Videocraft International MOM Production Dentsu Motion Pictures |
Stop motion | Theatrical | June 23, 1965 | 94 minutes | ||
1966 | |||||||||
Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? | United States | Alex Lovy | Screen Gems Hanna-Barbera Productions |
Traditional | Television special | March 30, 1966 | 49 minutes | ||
Alice of Wonderland in Paris | United States Czechoslovakia |
Gene Deitch | Rembrandt Films | Traditional | Theatrical Anthology film |
February 5, 1966 | 52 minutes | ||
The Ballad of Smokey the Bear | United States Japan |
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Rankin/Bass MOM Production |
Stop motion | Television special | November 24, 1966 | 60 minutes | ||
Cyborg 009 サイボーグゼロゼロナイン (Saibōgu Zero-Zero-Nain) |
Japan | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | July 21, 1966 | 65 minutes | |||
The Daydreamer | United States Japan |
Jules Bass |
Videocraft International MOM Production |
Stop motion/Live action | Theatrical Live-action animated film |
June 1, 1966 | 101 minutes | ||
The Dream Wizard El mago de los sueños |
Spain | Francisco Macián | Estudios Macián | Traditional | Theatrical | December 16, 1966 | 70 minutes | ||
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! | United States | Chuck JonesBen Washam | Cat in the Hat Productions Sib Tower 12 Productions
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Traditional | Television special | On the original airing of the special, it was sponsored by The Foundation for Full-Service Banks. | December 18, 1966 | 25 minutes | |
Filippo the Cat: License to Record Gatto Filippo: licenza di incidere |
Italy | Pino Zac | Studio D.V.3 <be /> Telecinema 21 | Traditional | Theatrical | December 23, 1966 | 76 minutes | ||
Go There, Don't Know Where Поди туда, не знаю куда (Podi tuda, nye znayu kuda) |
Soviet Union | Ivan Ivanov-Vano Vladimir Danilevich |
Soyuzmultfilm | Cutout/Stop motion | Theatrical | First full-length animated film combining the stop-motion and cutout animation. | 52 minutes | ||
Jungle Emperor Leo 長編 ジャングル大帝 (Chōhen Jungle Taitei) |
Japan | Eiichi Yamamoto | Mushi Production | Traditional | Theatrical | Alternate retelling of the plot of the animated television series Kimba the White Lion, compiling the first two minutes of the first episode ("Go, Child of Panja") with the remaining 73 minutes of original material. | July 31, 1966 | 75 minutes | |
King of the World: The King Kong Show 世界の王者 キングコング大会 (Sekai no Ōja: Kingu Kongu Taikai) |
Japan | Toei Animation | Traditional | Pilot of the animated television series The King Kong Show (1966–1969) dubbed into Japanese. | December 31, 1966 | 56 minutes | |||
The Man Called Flintstone | United States | Joseph Barbera William Hanna |
Columbia Pictures Hanna-Barbera Productions |
Traditional | Theatrical | The second feature by Hanna-Barbera. | August 3, 1966 | 88 minutes | |
1967 | |||||||||
Asterix the Gaul Astérix le Gaulois |
France Belgium |
Ray Goossens | Belvision Studios Dargaud Films Les Productions René Goscinny Athos Films Ciné Vog Films |
Traditional | Theatrical | First installment in the Asterix film series; Plot adapted from volume 1 of the comic book series. | December 20, 1967 | 68 minutes | |
Band of Ninja 忍者武芸帳 (Ninja bugei-chō) |
Japan | Nagisa Oshima | Oshima Productions Sozosha Art Theatre Guild |
Motion comic | February 15, 1967 | 123 minutes | |||
Cricket on the Hearth | United States Japan |
Arthur Rankin, Jr. Jules Bass |
Videocraft International Television Corporation of Japan |
Traditional | Television special | December 18, 1967 | 49 minutes | ||
Cyborg 009: Monster Wars サイボーグゼロゼロナイン 怪獣戦争 (Saibōgu Zero-Zero-Nain: Kaijū Sensō) |
Japan | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | March 19, 1967 | 60 minutes | |||
The Halas & Batchelor Ruddigore | United Kingdom | Joy Batchelor | Halas and Batchelor | Traditional | Theatrical | 54 minutes | |||
Heungbu and Nolbu 흥부와 놀부 (Heungbuwa Nolbu) |
South Korea | Kang Tae-woong | Eunyoung Film Co., Ltd. | Stop motion | Theatrical | July 30, 1967 | 67 minutes | ||
호피와 차돌바위 (Hopiwa Chadolbawi) |
South Korea | Daeyeong Donghwa Film Studio Joint Film Co., Ltd. Kukdong Film Co., Ltd. |
Traditional | Theatrical | August 15, 1967 | 70 minutes | |||
Jack and the Beanstalk | United States | Gene Kelly | Hanna-Barbera Productions | Traditional/Live action | Television special Live-action animated film |
February 26, 1967 | 51 minutes | ||
Jack and the Witch 少年ジャックと魔法使い (Shōnen Jakku to Mahōtsukai) |
Japan | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | The tenth Toei Animation feature film overall. | March 19, 1967 | 80 minutes | ||
The Jungle Book | United States | Wolfgang Reitherman | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Theatrical | The film was the last Disney animated feature film to be produced by Walt Disney due to his death in 1966. | October 18, 1967 | 78 minutes | |
The Madcap Island ひょっこりひょうたん島 (Hyokkori Hyōtanjima) |
Japan | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | July 21, 1967 | ||||
Mad Monster Party? | United States Japan |
Jules Bass |
Videocraft International MOM Production |
Stop motion | Theatrical | March 8, 1967 | 95 minutes | ||
Mr. and Mrs. Kabal's Theatre Théâtre de M. et Mme. Kabal |
France | Walerian Borowczyk | Cutout/Traditional/Live action | Theatrical | December 6, 1967 | 80 minutes | |||
The Stolen Airship Ukradená vzducholod |
Czechoslovakia | Karel Zeman | Stop motion / Cutout / Live action | Theatrical | 88 minutes | ||||
A Story of Hong Gil-dong 홍길동 (Hong Gil-dongjeon) |
South Korea | Segi Trading Co., Ltd. | Traditional | Theatrical | First Korean animated feature. | January 21, 1967 | 70 minutes | ||
The Wacky World of Mother Goose | United States Japan |
Jules Bass |
Videocraft International Toei Animation |
Traditional | Theatrical | The first animated theatrical feature | September 27, 1967 | 81 minutes | |
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West Germany | Jan Lenica | Cutout | |||||||
Asterix and Cleopatra Astérix et Cléopâtre |
Belgium France |
René Goscinny Lee Payant Albert Uderzo |
Belvision Studios Dargaud Films Les Productions René Goscinny |
Traditional | Theatrical | Second installment in the Asterix film series; Plot adapted from volume 6 of the comic book series. | December 19, 1968 | 72 minutes | |
The Golden Iron Man 황금철인 (Hwanggeum Cheol-in) |
South Korea | Park Young-il | Segi Trading Co., Ltd. | Traditional | Theatrical | July 25, 1968 | 90 minutes | ||
The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun 太陽の王子 ホルスの大冒険 (Taiyō no Ōji Horusu no Daibōken) |
Japan | Isao Takahata | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | First anime feature directed by Isao Takahata. | July 21, 1968 | 82 minutes | |
The Magic Bird Putiferio va alla guerra (Putiferio Goes to War) |
Italy | Roberto Gavioli | Gamma Film Rizzoli Film Saba Cinematografica Cineriz |
Traditional | Theatrical | December 23, 1968 | 88 minutes | ||
The Mickey Mouse Anniversary Show | United States | William Beaudine Ward Kimball |
Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Film compiled from Disney theatrical animated shorts; originally first aired as the 11th episode of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color on its fifteenth season, and later released theatrically for overseas markets. | ||||
The Mouse on the Mayflower | United States Japan |
Arthur Rankin, Jr. Jules Bass |
Rankin/Bass Toei Animation |
Traditional | Television special | November 23, 1968 | 45 minutes | ||
Out of an Old Man's Head I huvet på en gammal gubbe |
Sweden | Per Åhlin (animation) Tage Danielsson (live action) |
Traditional/Live action | Theatrical | First Swedish animated feature. | December 6, 1968 | 77 minutes | ||
Sun Wukong 손오공 (Son Ogong) |
South Korea | Park Young-il | Segi Trading Co., Ltd. | Traditional | Theatrical | January 1, 1968 | 67 minutes | ||
The SuperVips Vip - Mio fratello superuomo |
Italy | Bruno Bozzetto | Traditional | Theatrical | October 31, 1968 | 82 minutes | |||
九尾の狐と飛丸 (Kyubi no kitsune to Tobimaru) |
Japan | Traditional | Theatrical | ||||||
The World of Hans Christian Andersen アンデルセン物語 (Andersen monogatari) |
Japan | Kimio Yabuki | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | March 19, 1968 | 80 minutes | ||
Yellow Submarine | United Kingdom | George Dunning Dennis Abey (live action) |
Apple Films King Features Syndicate |
Traditional/Live action | Theatrical | July 17, 1968 | 90 minutes | ||
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A Boy Named Charlie Brown | United States | Lee Mendelson Bill Melendez Charles M. Schulz |
United Feature Syndicate Mendelson/Melendez Productions Cinema Center Films National General Pictures |
Traditional | Theatrical | First feature film in the Peanuts franchise, and the first to be distributed by National General Pictures. | December 4, 1969 | 79 minutes | |
A Christmas Carol | Australia United States |
Air Programs International | Traditional | Television special | First Australian animated feature and the first American collaboration with another nation for an animated feature; later originally aired on December 13, 1970 as the third installment of the CBS anthology television series Famous Classic Tales (1970-1984). | ||||
Flying Phantom Ship 空飛ぶゆうれい船 (Soratobu Yūreisen) |
Japan | Hiroshi Ikeda | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | July 20, 1969 | 60 minutes | ||
General Hong Gil-dong 홍길동 장군 (Honggildong Janggun) |
South Korea | Yongyusu | Segi Trading Co., Ltd. | Traditional | Theatrical | July 21, 1967 | 72 minutes | ||
West Germany | Traditional | Theatrical | |||||||
Primer Festival de Mortadelo y Filemón, agencia de información |
Spain | Traditional | Theatrical | First compilation film of the Spanish animated television series Mortadelo y Filemón (1966-1971), that ran for 23 6-minute installments and was based on the comic strip of the same title by Francisco Ibáñez. | |||||
Segundo Festival de Mortadelo y Filemón, agencia de información |
Spain | Traditional | Theatrical | Second compilation film of the Spanish animated television series Mortadelo y Filemón (1966-1971), that ran for 23 6-minute installments and was based on the comic strip of the same title by Francisco Ibáñez. | |||||
Mystery-Bouffe Мистерия-Буфф (Misteriya-Buff) |
Soviet Union | Kievnauchfilm | Live action/Cutout/Traditional | Theatrical Live-action animated film |
First feature film combining at once three forms of pictorialism at cinema: cutout and traditional animation, and also live action.[10][11] | 60 minutes | |||
The Nonexistent Knight Il Cavaliere inesistente |
Italy | Pino Zac | Traditional/Live-action Cutout/Stop motion |
Theatrical | December 30, 1969 | 97 minutes | |||
A Thousand and One Nights 千夜一夜物語 (Senya Ichiya Monogatari) |
Japan | Eiichi Yamamoto Osamu Tezuka |
Mushi Production | Traditional | Theatrical | First film in the anthology film series Animerama. | June 14, 1969 | 128 minutes | |
Maruhi Gekiga, Ukiyoe Senichiya (秘)劇画 浮世絵千一夜 |
Japan | Leo Nishimura | Leo Production | Traditional | Theatrical | First animated film to receive the R-18 in Japan. | October 29, 1969 | 70 minutes | |
Star of the Giants: The Bloody Finals 巨人の星 血ぞめの決勝戦 (Kyojin no Hoshi: Chizome no Kesshōusen) |
Japan | TMS Entertainment | Traditional | Theatrical | Film compiled from episodes 1 ("Mezase Eikou no Hoshi") and 33 ("Koushien no V Sign") of the anime television series, which aired from March 30, 1968, until September 18, 1971, for a total of 182 episodes. | July 26, 1969 | 90 minutes | ||
Star of the Giants: Go Go Hyūma 巨人の星 行け行け飛雄馬 (Kyojin no Hoshi: Ike Ike Hyūma) |
Japan | TMS Entertainment | Traditional | Theatrical | Film compiled from episodes 38 ("Namida no Sutoraiku") and 52 ("Eikou no Sebangou 16") of the anime television series, which aired from March 30, 1968, until September 18, 1971, for a total of 182 episodes. | December 20, 1969 | 70 minutes | ||
海底都市の出来るまで (Kaitei Toshi no Dekiru Made) |
Japan | Eiichi Yamamoto | Mushi Production | Traditional | Television special | February 2, 1969 | |||
Tintin and the Temple of the Sun Tintin et le temple du soleil |
France Belgium Switzerland |
Belvision Studios | Traditional | Theatrical | First Swiss animated feature. | December 13, 1969 | 77 minutes | ||
보물섬 (Bomulseom) |
South Korea | Park Young-il | Segi Trading Co., Ltd. | Traditional | Theatrical | January 1, 1969 | |||
The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots 長靴をはいた猫 (Nagagutsu o Haita Neko) |
Japan | Kimio Yabuki | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | March 18, 1969 | 82 minutes |
References[]
- ^ Cartoon «Cipollino» on YouTube (English)
- ^ Cartoon «Cipollino» on YouTube (Russian with English subtitles)
- ^ Cartoon «Cipollino» on YouTube (Official Russian)
- ^ Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | ╚CIPOLLINO╩
- ^ Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | ╚THE BATH╩
- ^ Cartoon «The Bath» on YouTube (Official Russian)
- ^ Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | ╚ATTENTION! A MAGICIAN IS IN THE CITY╩
- ^ Cartoon «Attention! The Magician is in the City!» on YouTube (Russian)
- ^ Cartoon «The Big Wick» on YouTube (Russian)
- ^ Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | ╚BUFF'S MYSTERY╩
- ^ Cartoon «Mystery-Bouffe» on YouTube (Russian)
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