Best Fantasy Cartoons: Dive into Magical Worlds
Movies about magical worlds familiar to many, be it Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter. We invite you to plunge a little into childhood and watch fantasy cartoons, as well as TV shows in this genre. All of them are filled with kindness, light, light humor and good mood.
How to Train Your Dragon / How to Train Your Dragon
Year: 2010
Country: USA
You will learn the story of a teenager, Hiccup, who is not too close to the traditions of his heroic tribe, who have been waging war with dragons for many years. Hiccup's world is turned upside down when he unexpectedly meets the dragon Toothless, who will help him and other Vikings see the familiar world from a completely different perspective...
In 2014, the second part of the cartoon appeared - How to Train Your Dragon, and from 2012 to 2014 the series Dragons and the Riders of Berk was released. There are also several short cartoons about the adventures of the main fantasy characters.
Song of the Sea / Song of the Sea
Year: 2014
Country: Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg, France
The plot of the film is based on an ancient legend of the Irish and Scottish peoples, according to which there are certain creatures in the world - Selkies, who have the unique ability to turn from seals into people using a magic skin for this. One day, a Selkie girl fell in love with an earthly man, with whom she created a real family. Soon they had a blue-eyed boy who looked like his father, whom they named Ben. A couple of years after that, he had a younger sister, Saoirse, who not only looks like her mother, but is also a real selkie.
For six years of her life, the girl never learned to talk, but she developed an irresistible craving for the sea. One day, she finds her mother's magical skin and goes to sea, which causes fear in her family, after which they decide to leave the coast and move to live in the city. However, even here, far from the sea, Saoirse and Ben find adventure...
Brave / Brave
Year: 2012
Country: USA
From time immemorial, myths and legends envelop the picturesque spurs of the Scottish mountains in a mysterious veil. Skillful archer Merida has to choose her own path in life, and one day she refuses to follow the ancient traditions of the kingdom, challenging the powerful Scottish clans and their leaders: the awkward Lord MacGuffin, the sullen Lord Mackintosh and the grumpy Lord Dingwall.
Merida's careless actions threaten to plunge the kingdom into chaos, and then she goes for advice to an eccentric hermit, who instead of helping puts a dangerous spell on Merida. The young princess will have to rely only on her own courage to overcome powerful magic and defeat the most terrible beast of those that are found in the mountain valleys.
Hercules / Hercules
Year: 1997
Country: USA
Hades is the ruler of the underworld. Many years ago, he was actually exiled by his older brother Zeus to the depths of Hell and now intends to catch up by gathering an army of monsters and capturing Olympus. The only one who can stop Hades is the son of Zeus, the young Hercules, so the servants of the villain kidnap the baby and turn him into a mere mortal. Many years later, the young man learns about his origin and aims to return home, but for this he will have to perform many feats and become a real hero. But, as it turns out, even victory over the forces of evil is not enough to return the divine principle...
In 1998-1999, an animated series was released with the same main characters.
The Little Prince
Year: 2015
Country: France
The world is impossible without fantasy and adventure. At least this is what a good-natured old aviator believes in, next door to whom a very pedantic mother recently settled with her diligent daughter. The girl's life is subject to a strict curriculum, in which time for friends is provided only next summer.
However, this carefully crafted plan comes apart at the seams when a strange neighbor bursts into the girl's life with his incredible tales of the Little Prince and distant stars. It remains only to fix the plane, and go! Thus begins the girl's big journey - full of danger, magic, humor and true friendship.
keepers of dreams / Rise of the Guardians
Year: 2012
Country: USA
When the evil spirit Kromeshnik encroaches on the most precious thing - childhood dreams, Northerner, Ice Jack, Rabbit, Tooth Fairy and Sandman unite for the first time to create a team of Dreamkeepers...
Dobrynya Nikitich and Serpent Gorynych
Year: 2006
Country: Russia
While the brave warrior Dobrynya Nikitich was collecting tribute from the Tugars, Zabava Putyaticna, the prince's favorite niece, was kidnapped in Kiev. Against the will of the prince, Dobrynya with her fiancé Zabava Yelisey goes in search of her. Many adventures await along the way...
The animation studio "Melnitsa" also released other cartoons about the three heroes: Alyosha Popovich and Tugarin the Serpent (2004), Ilya Muromets and the Nightingale the Robber (2008), Three heroes and the Queen of Shamakhan (2010), Three heroes on distant shores (2012) ), Three heroes. Knight's move (2014), Three heroes and the king of the sea (2016), Three heroes and the princess of Egypt (2017)
Gravity Falls / Gravity Falls
Year: series 2012 - 2016 (2 seasons)
Country: USA
The story follows the adventures of twin siblings Dipper and Mabel Pines, whose summer plans go to the closet when their parents send them to a distant relative in the quiet town of Gravity Falls. But is this city, relative and inhabitants so simple, and what secrets await their discoverers?
Over the Garden Wall (mini-series)
Year: 2014
Country: USA
In the center of events are two brothers Greg and Wirt. They have a journey through a mysterious and terrible forest, only after passing it, they will be able to get home.
Picture: The Legend of Aang /Avatar: The Last Airbender
Year: series 2005 - 2008
Country: USA
The world is divided into four nations: the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom, the Air Nomads, and the Fire Nation. Representatives of each nation have the ability to control their elements and call themselves the magicians of Water, Earth, Air or Fire. Only the Avatar is the master of all four elements. Its role is to maintain balance between peoples and preserve world order.
One day, the leader of the Fire Nation, the Master of Fire, unleashed a war in order to subjugate the rest of the nations. The responsibility for saving the world fell on the shoulders of a twelve-year-old boy, an airbender named Aang, who found out that he was the Avatar. Aang embarks on a perilous journey with his brave Water Tribe friends Katara and her brother Sokka. He has to master all the elements, go through many trials, overcome his fears and defeat the Lord of Fire in order to stop the war and restore balance in the world.
The Legend of Korra / The Legend of Korra
Year: series 2012 - 2014
Country: USA
The series takes place approximately 70 years after the victory of Aang's avatar over the Fire Lord in the final episode of the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Korra, who has already mastered the magic of water, earth and fire, must learn the last element - air magic. In this, only the son of Aang and Katara, Tenzin, can help her. Korra lives in Republic City. A republican city is a place where people of all nations live together. The heroes of the animated series will have to fight crime and the upcoming uprising against magicians.
