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It's not common for Westerns to be fully animated, but those that do dare to venture into the medium typically produce some amazing films. Although the humble Western was once a cornerstone of American filmmaking, surprisingly few films in the genre have experimented with animation. While all the most classic must-see Westerns may be live action affairs, animation can offer a welcome break from the typical process of the genre's tropes.
✕ Remove Ads 9 Daisy Town 1971 Most animated Westerns were only created in the last couple of decades, yearning to surprise audiences with a new spin on the irreverent genre. One of the most glaring exceptions to this rule is 1971's Daisy Town, a seldom-seen but woefully under-celebrated Western that marked the first entry of the Lucky Luke series.
7 Spirit: Untamed 2021 ✕ Remove Ads Though it took almost 20 years to happen, Spirit: Stallion of The Cimarron did eventually get a sequel thanks to Spirit: Untamed. This time around, Spirit is not the main star of the show, but a deuteragonist to the new character Fortuna"Lucky" Esperanza Navarro-Prescott, a young girl who is sent from her New England home to live out west with her estranged widower father for the summer.
5 An American Tail: Fievel Goes West 1991 While An American Tail was a daring romp through early 1900s New York City through the lens of immigrant mice, the sequel made the daring effort to switch genres, becoming a Western for the follow-up. In An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, returning protagonist Fievel finds himself once again stranded on his own, this time far out West in a meager frontier town.
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