Ralph Bakshi’s Typical Vibe
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Ralph Bakshi has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1990s.
Recurring themes

Heavy Metal
1981
Animation · Science Fiction

First Squad: The Moment of Truth
2009
Fantasy · Animation

Justice League Dark
2017
Animation · Action

Tales from Earthsea
2006
Animation · Fantasy

Watership Down
1978
Adventure · Animation

Justice League: Gods and Monsters
2015
Action · Animation

Fantastic Planet
1973
Animation · Science Fiction

The Black Cauldron
1985
Animation · Adventure

Young Hobbit Frodo Baggins is thrown into an amazing adventure when he's tasked with destroying the One Ring, created by the dark lord Sauron. Frodo must travel in a small fellowship of nine warriors and accomplices. But it won't be an easy journey for the Fellowship of the Ring, on the ultimate quest to rid Middle-earth of evil.
Dir. Ralph Bakshi · With Christopher Guard, William Squire, Michael Scholes

The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing different musical abilities.
Dir. Ralph Bakshi · With Ron Thompson, Lisa Jane Persky, Jeffrey Lippa

The villainous Nekron and his mother, Queen Juliana, plot against the human race from their frigid fortress. Creating mass destruction with huge glaciers, mother and son incur the wrath of Larn, a warrior whose entire village was destroyed by ice. When Nekron's underlings kidnap the beautiful Princess Teegra, Larn sets out to rescue her, assisted by the fierce and enigmatic Darkwolf.
Dir. Ralph Bakshi · With Randy Norton, Cynthia Leake, Steve Sandor
A multi-layered satire of race relations in America. Live-action sequences of a prison break bracket the animated tale of Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox, who rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem by going up against a con-man, a racist cop, and the Mafia.
Dir. Ralph Bakshi · With Philip Michael Thomas, Barry White, Charles Gordone

After the death of his mother, evil mutant wizard Blackwolf discovers long-lost military technologies. Full of ego and ambition, Blackwolf claims his mother's throne, assembles an army, and sets out to brainwash and conquer Earth. Meanwhile, Blackwolf's gentle twin brother, the bearded sage Avatar, calls upon his own magical abilities to foil Blackwolf's plans for world domination — even if it means eliminating his own flesh and blood.
Dir. Ralph Bakshi · With Bob Holt, Jesse Welles, Richard Romanus

as Narrator / Pig Cop #1 (voice) · Voice · Director · Writer
MGM+ · Included
In late 1960s New York City, fed up with monotonous college life and police repression, free-spirited Fritz, an impenitent seducer and unrestrained party-animal, decides to explore the world. And just like that, as he flees NYC, heading to San Francisco, Fritz embarks on an endless adventure of illumination. Immersed in a world surrounded by drugs and sex, Fritz participates in mad orgies, brings about a revolution, incites mass urban riots, and crosses paths with drug-addled Nazi bikers.
Dir. Ralph Bakshi · With Skip Hinnant, Rosetta LeNoire, John McCurry
While incarcerated for murder, cartoonist Jack Deebs found escape by creating Cool World, a series featuring a voluptuous femme fatale named Holli Would. But the artist becomes a prisoner of his own fantasies when Holli transports Jack into Cool World with a scheme to seduce him and bring herself to life. Hard-boiled detective Frank Harris – the only other human in Cool World – cautions Jack with the law: Noids (humans) don't have sex with doodles (cartoons). However, flesh proves weaker than ink as Holli takes human form in Las Vegas, staring in a trans-universal chase that threatens the destruction of both worlds.
Dir. Ralph Bakshi · With Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne, Brad Pitt