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1Eastern European Animation refers to AnimatedShows from Eastern UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}, which includes UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} and countries from the now-defunct [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]], as well as most other ex-socialist European countries.[[note]]The exception being the former UsefulNotes/EastGermany, which ceased to exist in union with West Germany in 1990.[[/note]] Actually, classifying these as "shows" is very inaccurate; some of them are features, some are actual shows; most of them are isolated shorts that don't have a theatrical release. but do have initial airings on television. In fact, there were no animated shows in the Soviet Union; those that look like shows are series of loosely connected shorts, with long (sometimes over 10 years) intervals between "releases". Overall, network and medium seem to matter much less in Eastern European culture, at least to the average viewer -- in part because there was only one thing to watch for so many years -- so not making the distinction between features, shorts, and series on this page is justified. However, the post-Fall era animation is more westernized in formal aspects, with a proper division into features, shows, and shorts.
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3Whether EasternEuropeanAnimation can be considered a form of WesternAnimation is up for debate as many people do not think of Eastern Europe as "Western".
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5See also {{Anime}} and AsianAnimation. There may be some overlap between Asian animation and Eastern European animation due to certain countries (namely Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Russia) being part of both continents at once.
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7!!Examples:
8[[foldercontrol]]
9
10[[index]]
11[[folder:Russian/Soviet]]
12* ''Animation/ThirtyEightParrots''
13* ''Animation/AboutSidorovVova''
14* ''Animation/AdventuresOfMowgli'': Five Russian shorts based on ''Literature/TheJungleBook''.
15* ''The Adventures Of Buratino''
16* ''[[http://www.kinokultura.com/2007/16r-vladimir.shtml The Adventures Of Prince Vladimir]]''
17* ''Animation/TheAdventuresOfVasiaKurolesov''
18* ''Animation/AlicesBirthday''
19* ''Animation/AtomicForest''
20* ''At the back desk'' (На задней парте)
21* ''Animation/BackWhenWeWereBirds'' (''Прежде мы были птицами'')
22* ''Big Troubles''
23* ''Animation/{{Booba}}''
24* ''Animation/{{Boxballet}}''
25* ''Animation/TheCameramansRevenge'' -- film from tsarist Russia and one of the earliest examples of stop-motion animation
26* ''Animation/CaptainPronin''
27* ''The Cat and the Tree''
28* ''Literature/{{Cheburashka}}''
29* ''Animation/Cinderella1979''
30* ''Animation/{{Clinic}}''
31* ''Animation/TheCow''
32* ''The Dog Door'', based on the short story ''Goodbye Ravine''
33* ''Animation/FantasyPatrol''
34* ''Animation/FilmFilmFilm''
35* ''Animation/FiringRange''
36* ''Animation/TheFixies''
37* ''Animation/TheForestChronicle''
38* ''Animation/TheFrogPrincess''
39* ''Animation/{{Gagarin}}''
40* ''Animation/TheGoatMusician''
41* ''The Golden Antelope''
42* ''Animation/HedgehogInTheFog''
43* ''Animation/HeronAndCrane''
44* ''Animation/HeroesOfEnvell''
45* ''Animation/HisWifeIsAHen''
46* ''Animation/{{Hoffmaniada}}''
47* ''Animation/TheHumpbackedHorse''
48* ''Animation/IcarusAndWisemen''
49* ''Animation/InterplanetaryRevolution''
50* ''Animation/InvestigationHeldByKolobki''
51* ''Animation/IShallGiveYouAStar''
52* ''Animation/ItWasIWhoDrewTheLittleMan'' (a.k.a. Chelovechka narisoval ya)
53* ''Animation/TheKey''
54* ''Animation/KidECats''
55* ''Animation/KikoRiki'' (titled ''Smeshariki'' in its native Russia, and ''[=GoGoRiki=]'' in [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]]' English dub)
56** ''Animation/KikoRikiAnimatedFilms''
57** ''Animation/PinCode''
58** ''[[Animation/BabyRiki [=BabyRiki=]]]''
59* ''Animation/AKittenNamedWoof''
60* ''Animation/LastYearsSnowWasFalling''
61* ''Animation/LavatoryLovestory''
62* ''Animation/LeopoldTheCat''
63* ''Animation/LittleFox''
64* ''[[http://karliknos.spb.ru/eng/index_html Little Longnose]]''
65* ''Animation/{{The Little Mermaid|1968}}''
66* ''Literature/TheLittleWitch''
67* ''Animation/MashaAndTheBear''
68* ''Animation/{{Mermaid}}''
69* ''Animation/{{Mitten}}''
70* ''Animation/MotherForALittleMammoth''
71* ''Mr Walk''
72* ''Animation/MyLove''
73* ''Animation/TheMysteryOfTheThirdPlanet''
74* ''Animation/MySweetMonster''
75* ''Animation/NuPogodi''
76** ''Animation/NuPogodiKanikuly''
77* ''Animation/OnceUponADog''
78* ''Literature/TheOldManAndTheSea'' (1999 animated short film adaptation)
79* ''Orchestra Country''
80* ''Animation/{{Ostrov}}''
81* ''Animation/ThePenguins''
82 * ''Animation/PeresvetAndOslyabya''
83* ''Animation/PinocchioATrueStory''
84* ''Animation/PlasticineCrow''
85* ''Animation/QumiQumi''
86* ''Animation/ScamperThePenguin'' (Soviet-Japanese co-production)
87* ''Animation/TheScarletFlower''
88* ''Seeing Music''
89* ''Animation/SheepAndWolves''
90* ''Animation/TheSnowMaiden''
91* ''Animation/TheSnowQueen1957'' (Soviet adaptation)
92* ''Animation/TheSnowQueen2012'' (2012 CGI adaptation)
93* The Soviet short and Russian animated film based on ''Theatre/TheNutcracker'':
94** ''Animation/TheNutcracker''
95** ''WesternAnimation/TheNutcrackerAndTheMouseKing'' (co-produced with Germany)
96* The animated adaptations of ''Literature/TalesOfTheMagicLand'' and ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''.
97* ''There Lived Kozyavin''.
98* A 1984 adaptation of ''Literature/ThereWillComeSoftRains''. One would be hard-pressed to find a creepier cartoon.
99* ''Animation/ThreeBogatyrs''
100* ''Animation/TownMusiciansOfBremen''.
101* ''Pif - Paf, Oi-Oi-Oi''
102* ''The Return of the Prodigal Parrot''
103* ''Animation/TheTalesOfTheWonderKeepers'' - Co-production with China.
104* ''Animation/TreasureIsland1988''
105* ''[[Literature/{{Prostokvashino}} Three From the Prostokvashino Village]]''
106** ''Holidays in Prostokvashino''
107** ''Winter in Prostokvashino''
108* ''Animation/TheTwelveMonths''
109* ''Welcome'': A Soviet adaptation of Dr Seuss' ''Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose''.
110* ''Animation/AVeryBlueBeard''
111* ''Animation/VinniPukh'' (Soviet Franchise/WinnieThePooh shorts)
112* ''Animation/VovkaInFarFarAwayKingdom'' (Vovka v Tridevyatom tsarstve)
113* ''Animation/{{Vykrutasy}}''
114* Five short 1970's cartoons based on Greek Mythology. Remarkably close to the original material, especially considering the '''''heavy''''' Socialist undertones. Possibly unique in not giving Princess Andromeda a RaceLift. The shorts are "Return from Olympus" (occurring in modern times, with a flashback to the Labors of Heracles), "Labyrinth" (about Theseus, naturally), "Argonauts", "Perseus", and "Prometheus".
115* ''Animation/WeCantLiveWithoutCosmos''
116* ''Animation/TheWildSwans''
117* ''The Wolf and the Calf''.
118* ''Tale of Tales''
119* ''A Tale is Told''
120[[/folder]]
121
122[[folder:Bulgarian]]
123
124* ''Animation/{{Jenitba}}''
125* ''Animation/PlanetataNaSakrovishtata''
126[[/folder]]
127
128[[folder:Croatian]]
129* The works of Zagreb Films
130** ''Animation/{{Ersatz}}'' (1961)
131** ''Animation/{{Igra}}'' (1963)
132** ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Balthazar Professor Balthazar]]'' (1967-78)
133** ''Animation/TupTup'' (1971)
134** ''WesternAnimation/DreamDoll'' (1979) (co-production with the United Kingdom)
135* ''Animation/TheElmChantedForest''
136* ''Animation/LapitchTheLittleShoemaker''
137* ''Animation/{{Manivald}}''
138[[/folder]]
139
140[[folder:Czech]]
141* Creators
142** Creator/AdolfBorn
143** Gene Deitch after 1960. However, most of them were made for and financed by American distributors.
144** Creator/JiriTrnka
145** Creator/JanSvankmajer
146** Creator/KarelZeman
147* '''Večerníček''' (‘Little Eveninger’ in English) is a children's programme in which most of the following animated series were featured. Basically, every evening at 7 PM, it airs an episode. Once all episodes of said series are aired, it starts airing another one.
148* ''Animation/AboutDressySally'', about a girl who is taken by a wizard. It became infamous for being lost media for a while.
149* ''Animation/BobAndBobek'', two rabbits live in a magician's hat and go on various adventures. One rabbit is smart and hard-working, the other one is lazy and a bit thick (not unlike ''WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale'').
150* ''Animation/ClubOfTheDiscarded''
151* ''Animation/TheCrabs''
152* ''Film/CyberneticGrandma''
153* ''Animation/{{Daughter}}''
154* ''Animation/EvenMiceBelongInHeaven''
155* ''Animation/FantasticPlanet''
156* ''Animation/TheFoolishFrog''
157* ''Animation/GoatStoryOldPragueLegends''
158* ''Animation/TheLittleMole'' (''Krtek'')
159* ''Literature/TheLittleWitch''
160* ''Animation/MaxAndSally and the Phenomenal Phone'' (''Mach, Šebestová a kouzelné sluchátko''), about two children and a dog who find a torn-off telephone handset which grants them wishes
161* ''Animation/MaxidogFik'' (''Maxipes Fík''), about a girl named Ája and her huge talking dog companion.
162* ''Animation/MireBalaKaleHin''
163* ''Animation/OMistoNaSlunci'' -- first European cartoon to get an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short Film
164* ''Animation/MrKrbecAndHisAnimals'' (''O zvířátkách pana Krbce''), featuring the merry adventures at Castle Kulíkov of Mr. Krbec the Castle keeper and his friends Kokeš the Cat, Kukula the Owl, Kocanda the Jackdaw and the castle ghost, the spirit of Duke Ruprecht.
165* ''Animation/PatAndMat'', two middle-aged men live together and try to build something during an episode. Usually, all kinds of construction accidents and mishap happen, but for some reason, the end result is fine.
166** E.g. they bake Christmas cookies, they get flour everywhere, they burn the cookies to crisps, but realise these super-hard sweets can be used as tiles in their pavement.
167* ''Animation/ThePiedPiper'' (''Krysar''), a DarkerAndEdgier version of the classic ''Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin'' story.
168* ''Animation/PoppyDollAndButterflyBartholomew'' (''O makové panence a motýlu Emanuelovi'')
169* ''Animation/StaflikAndSpagetka'' (''Štaflík a Špagetka''), tales of two dogs, a short-pawed, long-bodied black one and a tall white one with a shorter body.
170* ''Animation/StoriesOfAmeliaTheForestSprite'' (''Říkání o víle Amálce'')
171* ''Animation/RumcajsTheLittleBanditOfTheForest'' (''O loupežníku Rumcajsovi''), about a cobbler who was banished from the city of Jičín by its uppish mayor Humpál and became a highwayman. He later has a wife called Manka and a son Cipísek.
172* ''Animation/TheTalesOfDoggieAndMoggie'' (''Povídání o pejskovi a kočičce'')
173* The thirteen ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'', DerangedAnimation shorts and part of a Western series.
174* ''Animation/TheVanishedWorldOfGloves''
175* ''Animation/WordsWordsWords''
176[[/folder]]
177
178[[folder:Estonian]]
179* ''Animation/SuurToll''
180[[/folder]]
181
182[[folder:Greek]]
183* ''Animation/MoneyAMythologyOfDarkness''
184* ''Animation/PandoraAndPlatoTheStrawberryBirds''
185[[/folder]]
186
187[[folder:Hungarian]]
188* ''Animation/CatCity'' (''Macskafogó''), a.k.a. ''The Cat Trap'' and its sequel.
189* ''Animation/DragonAndSlipper'' (''Sárkány és Papucs'')
190* ''The District!'' (original title: ''Nyócker!'')
191* ''Animation/AzErdoKapitanya''
192* ''Animation/TheFly'' (original title: ''A Légy'')
193* ''Animation/FoamBath'', a.k.a. ''Bubble Bath'' (original title: ''Habfürdő'')
194* ''Animation/{{Gustavus}}'' (original title: Gusztáv), a long-running series of comedic shorts with social commentary.
195* ''Animation/GypsyTales'' (original title: ''Cigánymesék'')
196* ''Animation/HaryJanos'' (hour-long opera adaptation)
197* ''Animation/HeroicTimes'' (original title: ''Daliás idők''), oil painting animation adapting a historical drama.
198* ''Animation/{{Hofeher}}'', BlackComedy retelling of the ''Literature/SnowWhite'' story satirizing the Communist regime.
199* ''Animation/HugoTheHippo''
200* ''Animation/HungarianFolkTales''
201* ''Animation/ILikeLifeALot'' (''Nekem az élet teccik nagyon'')
202* ''Animation/ItsJustFashion'' (original title: ''Ez csak divat''), animated cultural magazine from the '70s.
203* ''Animation/JohnnyCorncob'' (original title: ''János vitéz''), after the poem ''John the Valiant'', a.k.a. ''John the Hero''.
204* ''Animation/KeremAKovetkezot'' a.k.a. ''Doktor Bubó''
205* ''Animation/TheKidnappingOfTheSunAndTheMoon'', experimental and highly revered animated short.
206* ''Animation/{{Krisztoforo}}''
207* ''Animation/{{Kuzdok}}''
208* ''Animation/LongLiveServatius''
209* ''Literature/LudasMatyi''
210* ''Animation/{{Maestro}}'', an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward-nominated CGI short.
211* ''[[Animation/MezgaCsalad A Mézga család]]''
212* ''Animation/MisiMokusKalandjai''
213* ''Animation/MotoPerpetuo''
214* ''Animation/PangeaTheNeverendingWorld'' a.k.a. ''Rexy'', a CGI short.
215* ''Animation/Panic1978''
216* ''Pityke Ormester''
217* ''Pom Pom Messei''
218* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheGoblin''
219* ''Animation/RabbitAndDeer'' (original title: ''Nyuszi és Őz'')
220* ''Animation/TheRabbitWithTheCheckeredEars'' a.k.a. ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kock%C3%A1sf%C3%BCl%C5%B1_ny%C3%BAl Kockásfülü nyúl]]'', colloquially known in English as "Bunny in the Suitcase"
221* ''Animation/RubenBrandtCollector''
222* ''Animation/TheSeventhBrother'' (original title: ''A Hetedik Testvér'')
223* ''Animation/SonOfTheWhiteHorse'' (original title: ''Fehérlófia'')
224* ''Animation/SongOfTheMiraculousHind'' (original title: ''Ének a Csodaszarvasról''), a semi-educational collection of mythological tales.
225* ''Animation/ThreeDirtyDwarves'' (Part of a video game)
226* ''WesternAnimation/TimeMasters'' (a Franco-Hungarian effort)
227* ''Animation/TheTragedyOfMan''
228* ''Animation/TheTreasureOfSwampCastle'' (original title: ''Szaffi'')
229* ''Animation/VizipokCsodapok''
230* ''Animation/VukTheLittleFox''
231** ''Kis Vuk'', a.k.a. ''A Fox's Tale'', a rather poorly received sequel.
232* ''Animation/WillyTheSparrow''
233* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndThePea'' (a co-production with America)
234[[/folder]]
235
236[[folder:Latvian]]
237* ''Animation/Away2019''
238* ''Animation/FairyTaleSitsOnTheDoorstep''
239* ''Animation/{{Fantadroms}}''
240* ''Animation/NessUnNesija''
241[[/folder]]
242
243[[folder:Polish]]
244* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBlLlxw5yKM Ark]]''
245* ''Blok Ekipa''
246* ''Animation/BolekAndLolek''
247* ''Animation/TheCathedral''
248* "Animation/CreationOfTheWorld" (aka "Stworzenie świata")
249* ''Animation/DavidAndTheMagicPearl'', a.k.a. ''Dawid i Sandy''
250* ''Animation/DreadfullyTitledMovie''
251* ''Animation/DziwnePrzygodyKoziolkaMatolka''
252* ''Animation/GeorgeTheHedgehog'' (aka ''Jeż Jerzy'')
253* ''WesternAnimation/HipHipAndHurra''
254* ''Animation/KapitanBomba''
255* ''Animation/KaykoAndKokosh''
256* ''Animation/TheLordzOFlys'' a.k.a. ''Włatcy móch''
257* ''WesternAnimation/LovingVincent'' (co-production with the United Kingdom)
258* ''Animation/MiedzyNamiBocianami''
259* ''Animation/TheNut1967''
260* ''Miś Kudłatek''
261* ''Animation/PiesekWKratke''
262* ''Animation/PodrozeKapitanaKlipera''
263* ''Animation/PomyslowyDobromir''
264* ''Animation/PrzygodyGapiszona''
265* ''Animation/{{Reksio}}''
266* ''Animation/{{Tango}}''
267* ''Animation/ZaczarowanyOlowek''
268[[/folder]]
269
270[[folder:Romanian]]
271* ''Animation/AnimatPlanetShow''
272* ''Animation/ABriefHistory''
273* ''Miaunel and Balanel'' - shown on Nickelodeon in North America in the 1980s
274* ''Mihaela Si Azorel''
275[[/folder]]
276
277[[folder:Serbian]]
278* ''Animation/TechnotiseEditIJa''
279[[/folder]]
280
281[[folder:Ukrainian]]
282* ''Animation/AdventuresOfCaptainVrungel''
283* ''Animation/TheCord''
284* ''Animation/{{Cossacks}}''
285* ''Animation/MavkaTheForestSong''
286[[/folder]]
287[[/index]]
288
289!!References to Eastern European animation in other media:
290[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
291* Spoofed on ''Series/TheFastShow'' with Chanel 9's strange and sadistic animation "Willy Ton Bastardo".
292[[/folder]]
293
294[[folder:Western Animation]]
295* Spoofed on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' when Krusty the Clown airs ''Worker and Parasite'' in place of ''Itchy and Scratchy'' in the ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E22KrustyGetsKancelled Krusty Gets Kancelled]]'' episode.
296* Also spoofed in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', which features a show called ''Shoe and Shoelace'' in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E4StewieGoesForADrive Stewie Goes for a Drive]]".
297[[/folder]]

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