Been on a nostalgic cartoon kick lately re-watching some of the old both Chinese and Western ones I enjoyed. But I never watched any Soviet cartoons having not grown up in the USSR, but I want to! Can anyone make any recommendations? Especially if it has animal characters because that's kind of my jam.

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[–] 13 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Nu, Pogodi!

its kinda like Soviet tom and jerry with a wolf and rabbit

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I remember someone from a post-soviet country showing me Hedgehog in the Fog and being like "That's what a Soviet childhood looked like! We only had depressive entertainment! Traumatic!" (they were born many years after the USSR collapsed lol) I personally think it's interesting, albeit dark in some places, though the artistic medium is definitely worth a shot, as it had many interesting effects such as the segment with the tree.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    i gotta ask, is it dark dark or simply doesn't have exploding colors to trigger all them dopamines in our brain and steal our attention?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Ah ha, well both really. It has a dark atmosphere visually and the storyline is about getting lost, some existential questions iirc, etc.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Ah ha, well both really. It has a dark atmosphere visually and the storyline is about getting lost, some existential questions iirc, etc.

    Such is life in the Zone, and that's nooo good! no-copyright

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)
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    And speaking of recommendations, I heard the Soviet Treasure Island cartoon from 1988 is pretty good. Didn't watch it myself yet.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    Gena the Crocodile

    An extremely wholesome and heartwarming series about an anthropomorphic alligator who works at the zoo and wants nothing more then to make some friends. The humor is very well done.

    The songs are also beyond catchy.

    https://youtu.be/q_-OR5HmGso

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    i grew up on gena the crocodile and cheburashka. i still think its the best and cutest.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Same here, Ну, погоди! and Крокодил Гена were a massive part of my childhood, and they are absolutely incredible.

    I still go back and listen to his birthday song each year on my birthday.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Secret of The Third Planet is one of my favorites! Very strange with fantastic animation and visuals!

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    Interplanetary Revolution The grandaddy of Soviet animation from 1924.

    Hedgehog in the Fog I've always found this one oddly beautiful.

    The Millionaire Kind of includes a dog, from 1963.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    This movie is excellent, we watched it recently on one of the Hexbear movie nights. There's also some live action scenes mixed in that are hilarious, no animal characters though.

    https://youtu.be/LDpMad20EvI

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Damn I need to join in on one of those movie nights!

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    Umka is a pretty popular one. I think every Russian kid has watched it at some point.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Винни Пух is the Eastern European Winnie the Pooh, I forget which country produced it, but when my grandma first got internet, she would show me old episodes of it, cool art style, I think it’s from the late 50s or 60s, I highly recommend it

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    A number of good ones is already mentioned, but one is oddly missing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_from_Prostokvashino There are 3 soviet movies, and one post-Soviet. Ignore the latter. Obligatory animal characters included.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    Russian Winnie the Pooh is pretty great.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    That Dr. Livesey meme comes from a Soviet adaptation of treasure island, the whole thing is bonkers, it's great.

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    Technically a full-length animated film, but Бременские музыканты (Bremen Town Musicians) is good.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Kuzya the little domovoy. I sadly don't know if it has subtitles (in case of a language barrier). It has multiple animal characters and even a couple sentient trees

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    Ah im gonna have to think real hard to even have a chance of remembering, but one of my exes loved this old Soviet cartoon about a mouse that goes to New York and is surrounded by giant rats and bad people. It was great, I’ll see what I can dig up.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Bolek and lolek - Polish

    Pat and Mat - czechoslovakian

    Professor Balthazar - Yugoslavian

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