Animated Movies

Elizabeth, great call on Tekkonkinkreeto (which for you non-Japanese speakers is a play on 'tekkin konkreeto' which is the pronunciation for "steel-reinforced concrete" in Japanese). I think the movie is masterly.

I agree with above posters that the Incredibles, Triplets of Belleville, and Cars have great audio and animation. I am surprised that noone has mentioned Fantasia, which to me is the original animation set to music movie.

I second, "Fantastic Planet". I'd also recommend a Jules Verne-based piece from the '60s. Not conventional animation, also sort of a collage from various Jules Verne stories/novesl. Sorry I can't remember the name ("The Amazing World of Jules Verne"???).

More for kids, consider, "Astro Boy" and "Beanie & Cecil" if these are now available.

Pixar/Dreamworks movies.
Akira
Appleseed
Afro Samurai
Ghost In The Shell
X
Wonderful Days (Korean)
Vampire Hunter D (Both)
Blood
Original Spawn series
Spirited Away
Howl's Moving Castle
Prince Mononoke
Metropolis
Grave of the Fireflies
Anything by Ralph Bakshi-Wizards!!
Ninja Scroll
Aeon Flux series
Paprika
Fantasia
Final Fantasy

I for got about "Fantasia 2000"!!!! A must watch....and LISTEN!

Kennyt, scanner darkly was filmed, then each frame was drawn, animated by human hands, it took a lot of people about 1 1/2 years of drawing after it was shot, come'on man watch the bonus footage :)