List of rotoscoped works

A list of works that were produced using rotoscoping.

Animated films

• Aladdin
• Alice in Wonderland
• All Dogs Go to Heaven
• Alois Nebel
• American Pop
• An American Tail
• Anastasia
• Beauty and The Beast
• The Black Cauldron
• Brothers Lyu
• The Case of Hana & Alice^[1]
• A Christmas Carol
• Cinderella
• Cool World
• The Even More Funtrip - short
• Fantasia
• Fantasia 2000
• Felix the Cat: The Movie
• Fire & Ice
• Flashbeagle
• Germania Wurst - short
• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
• The Golden Antelope
• Grasshopper - short
• Gulliver's Travels
• Heavy Metal
• Hey Good Lookin'
• How People Got Fire - short
• The Humpbacked Horse
• I Love You - short
• Kid's Story (The Animatrix short)
• Kuuchuu Buranko
• Lady and the Tramp
• Life is Cool
• A Letter To Colleen
• The Little Mermaid
• The Lord of the Rings^[2]
• Magic Flower
• Minnie the Moocher (The dancing walrus is rotoscoped from Cab Calloway dancing)
• Mister Bug Goes to Town
• Mulan
• The Night Before Christmas
• Nobunaga Concerto
• The Old Man of the Mountain (The old man dancing is again Cab Calloway dancing)
• Once Upon a Time in the Woods - short
• One Hundred and One Dalmatians
• Out of the Inkwell
• Peace on Earth
• Peter Pan
• Pocahontas
• Portraits de Voyages (2013)
• Princess Iron Fan
• Renaissance
• Robin Hood
• Rock & Rule
• Sarmiko
• A Scanner Darkly
• The Scarlet Flower
• The Secret of NIMH
• Sleeping Beauty
• Snack and Drink - short
• The Snow Maiden
• The Snow Queen
• Snow White (1933 cartoon)
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• The 1940s Superman cartoons
• The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish
• Tarzan
• Thumbelina
• Titan A.E.
• Treasure Planet
• A Troll in Central Park
• Waking Life
• Why Can't We Walk Straight - short
• Wizards^[3]
• Year of the Fish
• Yellow Stork
• Yellow Submarine

Live action films

• The Birds
• Bride of Frankenstein (homunculus scene)^[4]
• Chopping Mall (laser effects)
• Demon Wind (hand rotoscoped demonic effects throughout)
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (title sequence)
• Harry and the Hendersons (scenes from the film are rotoscoped for the end credits)
• Juno (Title sequence is rotoscoped.)
• The Last Waltz (cocaine under Neil Young's nose was rotoscoped out in post-production)
• Life is Cool
• Sin City
• Spaceballs (schwartz-saber effects)
• Original Star Wars trilogy (lightsaber effects)
• Tron (combination of computer animation and live action)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (combination of traditional animation and live action)
• The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (For the character Gollum, rotoscoping live action shots with keyframe computer animation and motion capture)
• Speed Racer (Many of the night race sequences involved rotoscoping the computer generated background scenes for a more non-realistic look)
• Guardians of the Galaxy (film) Rocket Raccoon was created by rotoscoping Oreo, a tame raccoon.

Video games

• Another World
• Blackthorne
• Commander Blood
• Flashback: The Quest for Identity
• "Heavenly Star", by Genki Rockets, as featured in the PSP game Lumines II
• Hotel Dusk: Room 215
• King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
• Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
• Joy Mecha Fight
• Karateka
• The Last Express
• Lester the Unlikely
• Nosferatu
• Prince of Persia
• Shaq Fu
• Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (Only used for the animations of the capoeira character Elena)

Music videos

• "21st Century Breakdown" by Green Day
• "Baby I'm Yours" by Breakbot
• "Bedshaped" by Keane
• "Breaking the Habit" by Linkin Park
• "Calling All Girls" by Hilly Michaels
• "Destiny" by Zero 7
• "Drive" by Incubus
• "Fell in Love with a Girl" by The White Stripes
• "Forsaken by Dream Theater
• "Frijolero" by Molotov
• "Frontline" by Pillar
• "Go with the Flow" by Queens of the Stone Age
• "The Kids Aren't Alright" by The Offspring
• "Lemonade" by The Bawdies
• "Let It Slide" by Joanna Pacitti
• "Like to Get to Know You Well" by Howard Jones
• "Lone Digger" by Caravan Palace
• "Luv Your Life" by Silverchair
• "Momma's Boy" by Chromeo
• "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits
• "Shadrach" by Beastie Boys
• "Shoot the Runner" by Kasabian
• "Take On Me", "Train of Thought", and "The Sun Always Shines On TV" by A-ha
• "Ten Thousand Strong" by Iced Earth
• "Tom Waits for No One" by Tom Waits
• "Uno, Dos, Tres" by Motel
• "Heartless" By Kanye West
• "Wash In The Rain" by The Bees
• "What You Need" by INXS
• "You Got Me Up" by Jamie Lidell
• "You Know I Love You, Don't You" by Howard Jones

Television shows

• Sesame Street Pilot (Rocket Launch) (1969)
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (Filmation 1983–1985)
• The New Adventures of Flash Gordon (Filmation 1979–1980)
• Jem
• Blackstar (Filmation 1980)
• Delta State
• A Little Curious (Doin' The Thin Thing) (1998)
• A Little Curious (Easy For You!) (1999)
• Flowers of Evil (manga) (the anime adaptation produced by Zexcs) (2013)
• The Aquabats! Super Show! (segment in episode "The Return of The Aquabats!") (2013)
• Codefellas (2013)^[5][6]
• What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? (1983) (portions)
• It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown (1984) (portions)
• She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown (1980) (figure skating scenes)
• Dream Corp, LLC (upcoming, entirety of the series^[7])

Commercials

• Fruit Wrinkles (1980s)
• Toyota Supra (1986)
• Nickelodeon IDs: Mengarie, Bicycles and Skating (1989)
• Charles Schwab (2008)
• Akbank (2010–2011)

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