Forgotten Christmas Specials

>>88693327
I saw this before and I thought it was pretty good.

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>>88693350
It's one of the more interesting entries to the Rankin/Bass canon.

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Leprechaun's Christmas Gold was a weird one

>>88695110

David Bowie?

>>88695405
I knew it, it was a Jojo reference all along!

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>>88693381
this.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3i3log

>in which Santa is adopted by Gandalf and the /ss/ fairy
>they muder sickass demons with axes and make a dragon self-immolate
>the primordial God of Hunts makes a deal with demons to buy immortality for santa

The original was written by the writer of the Wizard of Oz, so its a fantasy movie rather than being a Christmas popsong movie. It has a lot more in common with the Rankin-Bass Hobbit than most of the christmas specials.

Honestly I wish they'd animated it like they later did Hobbit and Return of the King.

>>88695110
>Leprechaun's Christmas Gold
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xw4tki_the-leprechauns-christmas-gold_lifestyle

Never seen it. Watching now.

>>88695666
>Honestly I wish they'd animated it like they later did Hobbit and Return of the King.

Both The Hobbit and Return of the King actually came before The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus, which was the last stop motion production made by Rankin-Bass.

Who's the most powerful villain in all Christmasdom?
>Eon the Terrible
>The Banshee
>Jack Frost (the bad one from Frosty)
>Kubla Kraus with his army of K'nights
>The Misers


>>88695761
Actually you're right. I had figured it came out before, but I just checked the date on it.

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>>88695901
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HFJf0MIyGY

Stormella

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTddgqefAuk

I will never forget this one.

>>88695666
I notice that a lot of the demons use the sound effects of kaiju from the Godzilla movies, namely the dragon uses Rodan's roars and the flying demon uses Mothra's screeches. Was copyright not a thing back in the 80s

I thought I imagined this movie for a while until I saw it in my recommended videos on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxydrJeB4Mk

>>88696102
They could have come out of a standard stock sounds pack

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I fucking hated this growing up, some of the dolls were fucking nightmare fuel and the tiger was a complete dick

>>88696188
That may be the case because The Last Unicorn and Return of the King use some sound effects from Godzilla and Ultraman(The former outright uses Godzilla's roar in one scene)

>>88696316
Isn't Ultraman owned by Toho though?

>>88696414
No, it's owned by Tsubarya

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>>88695666
>tfw no life and adventures of santa claus /ss/ porn
Truly a niche that will never be filled.

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>>88695901
Winterbolt probably from Frosty and Rudolph's Christmas in July.

>>88695901
you somehow managed to forget both Winterbolt and King Awgwa in this list

>>88695666
interesting minor fact Satan Claus, the whole reason the earlier special Santa Claus Is Coming To Town even exists is because at the time it was made Rankin-Bass had wanted to do Life & Adventures of Santa Claus but couldn't get the rights to it, so they went and made their own version of a Santa Claus origin story, and then they eventually got to do Life & Adventures anyways so they came out ahead twice

>>88696609
Winterbolt and the Bumble don't count because they either lose their powers or turn good at the end. Jack Frost is still a selfish dick though so he still counts as a villain though.

I did forget the Awgwas though.

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>>88696774
>winterbolt has one of the most gruesome fates of any Christmas special villains
Shit was fucked.

>>88696852
FUCK I was thinking of the Winter Warlock.

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>>88696899
Winter Warlock is bro fucking tier, he just wanted a Choo-Choo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OORsz2d1H7s

>>88696938
Probably one of the best scenes in all the movies.

Coming To Town might be the best of them, desu.

>>88696985
Maybe, but something about this one from Little Drummer Boy hits me hard, even though its not the best of their work, it has a strong emotional arc for the main character.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRbTrensuiY

>>88696852
>die horribly by being turned into a fucking tree

>>88696852
I'm trying, but I genuinely don't remember this fellow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGhT_ylXN8s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e1SQmt9WtQ

Everybody likes the Miser Brothers, but nobody knows how to capitalize on that. I guarantee the live action Year Without a Santa Clause was made just for the Misers.

>>88697005
Little Drummer Boy is one of those movies that barely ever gets played, like Nester or Pinnochio's Christmas. I can't say I've seen it much.

The sequel gave us one of my favorite songs, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5mIHdhQ0_k

>>88697198
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July. The one with the Circus.

Wasn't there The Bear that Slept Through Christmas?

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>>88695666
I really like the 2D version too. It's comfy.

I just wish we had another adaptation with a fuckhuge budget so we could get the full-scale version of the battle described in Baum's book.

Like originally, it wasn't just one dragon, the Awgwas called in like 300 fucking dragons to help them out.

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>>88697698
Man, imagine a lush hand-drawn one.

I loved the designs in the R&B one (especially the Wind Demon looking like he's made of sticks and leaves,) but if they'd been able to but that eye to some nice traditional animation it'd have been 10/10.

>>88696938
>Had an old guy living down my street.
>War vet, lost his wife in a car accident
>Bitter as fuck for years, we're pretty sure he shot people's cats.
>Mellowed out a lot after he beat throat cancer.
>Voice is dead on for Winter Warlock now.
>Accidentally called him Winter earlier in December.
>Holy shit, he starts humming the song and starts moving janky legged like in the scene.
>We bro out at the VFW now, and play Rankin Bass drinking games when they play on December.

>>88695110
Dio?

>>88700060
that's adorable but super sad

>>88693327
Gonna' Get Lucky, Knock On Wood!

>>88697698
>can't find any torrents of the 2D version
Just kill me, good Rankin/Bass torrents are becoming hard to find as well now with them falling farther out of the public memory.

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>>88700060
Damn, that's really nice and sad.