The following is an article recently posted on the blog of director Michael Sporn, who copied it from the pages of ANIMAFILM #1, 1979 (original author: N. Venzher). I've fixed up some spelling errors and added links to the filmographies of the directors mentioned (I also changed the director spellings to this standard). Also, Michael Sporn ( Read more... )

Here's a very simple Flash-animated film made in 2001-2 by Oleg Kuvayev, part of the Masyanya series (Wikipedia article), which was akin to the silly Flash cartoons that were popular on the English-speaking part of the internet at the time (i.e. Joe CartoonThis one has the main character walking through some typical scenes in the city at night. ( Read more... )

Phew! While I've been busy during the past few weeks, several new translations of Russian animation have been finished. I'll start by listing the ones by julia2night"How Hedgehog Changed His Coat" was directed in 1970 by Leonid Zarubin at Kievnauchfilm studio in what is now Ukraine. julia2night says "It's for very small children, I suppose ( Read more... )

"Bobik Visits Barbos" (1977, directed by Vladimir Popov):

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#5 and #6 from the "Nu, pogodi" series (1972, 1973, directed by Vladislav Kotyonochkin):

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Two films from the famous Russian online animation series, Masyanya (2000s):

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julia2night has made subtitles for the first four episodes of the most famous Soviet-era animation series, "Nu, pogodi!". The films (of which 20 have been made since 1969, the last two just 4-5 years ago by the original director's son) are actually nearly wordless if you don't count the songs. You really only need to know that volk means "wolf", ( Read more... )