Of course, when it comes to animation, it’s difficult to look past the Walt Disney Company (although Studio Ghibi certainly give them a run for their money), who have been imbuing their films with cinematic aesthetics for almost an entire decade.
The wonderful video essayist, Jorge Luengo Ruiz, has created a wonderful compilation of all the most astonishing shots in Disney films, from as early as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) up until Moana (2016), and if this doesn’t give you a new appreciation for the legendary studio then we’re just not sure what will.