Fun cartoons you should watch together before your child grows up
Interesting cartoons that you must watch together before your child grows up
Today, the choice of cartoons is very wide, and 2022 was especially fruitful in this regard. Among the many fairy tales, there are those that help children understand important values in life and the subtleties of human relationships.
**“Puss in Boots 2: The Last Wish”, 2022 (USA)**
Photo: Frame from the film
Puss in Boots devotes almost his entire life to adventures, leaving only one of his nine lives. Despite this, he embarks on a new, exciting adventure to find his last dream and return the lives he lost. This cartoon teaches children that being smart and intelligent helps to achieve success.
**“Ballerina”, 2016 (France, Canada)**
Photo: Still from the film
The plot of the cartoon “Ballerina” is built around the dream of an orphan girl to become a ballerina. She enters a famous school in Paris, but achieving her dream is not easy. The film teaches that it is important not only to do what you love and strive for your goal, but also to understand where your true desires lie. It is also very important that what you do does not make you look down on others, does not make you dizzy.
**“Ponyo on the Seaside”, 2008 (Japan)**
Photo: Still from the film
Ponyo, a little fish, the daughter of a magician and a sea goddess, swims far from her home and ends up in the human world. She makes friends with a boy named Sosuke and eventually wants to become a human. This cartoon teaches kindness, patience, openness to the world, friendship and mutual assistance.
**“Transylvania”, 2012 (USA)**
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Creatures led by Count Dracula live in a mysterious hotel, hiding from people. Dracula raises his beloved daughter alone, protecting her from people. But as soon as a young tourist enters the hotel, their quiet life is disturbed. The cartoon helps the child understand that it is impossible to judge a person by his appearance, because the main thing is in his soul. Family is the most important thing in life, but children and parents do not always understand each other. Children need to realize that they are overprotected by their parents, and parents need to give their children more freedom.
**“Luck”, 2022 (USA, Spain)**
Photo: Still from the film
Sam Greenfield is the unluckiest hero in the universe. In an unexpected twist of fate, he ends up in the incredible Land of Luck and teams up with amazing magical creatures to regain his luck. This exciting story, full of magic and adventure, will not leave anyone indifferent. The cartoon teaches that sometimes failures are necessary to become stronger and achieve what you want.
**“Your Name”, 2016 (Japan)**
Photo: Still from the film
This story about a boy and a girl from Tokyo will appeal to teenagers. Young people notice a strange and inexplicable connection between them. In a dream, they switch bodies and try to live each other's lives. But one day this ability disappears, and they decide to find out what happened. The cartoon allows viewers to think about what role coincidence plays in life, how to distinguish true love and why time is powerless against real feelings and the unexpected circumstances of youth.
**“Paranorman, or How to Train Your Zombies”, 2009 (USA)**
Photo: Frame from the film
The whole town hopes for Norman. After all, he has a super gift - the ability to communicate with ghosts that haunt the inhabitants. Only he can lift the ancient curse. A slightly scary cartoon teaches us to solve important problems without fear: we are afraid of what we do not understand and try to eliminate our fears. Sometimes it is very important to just lend a helping hand and sympathize.
**“Smallfoot”, 2018 (USA)**
Photo: Still from the film
A snowman named Migo falls from the top of his mountain into the unknown world of people, where many discoveries await him. A wonderful cartoon about the need to take care of nature, not to hurt animals and appreciate every living thing. It also tells about friendship, betrayal, mutual assistance and courage.
**“Olga”, 2020 (USA)**
Photo: Still from the film
The elf brothers live in a fairy-tale world, but very similar to the modern human world. An unexpected discovery invites them on a journey in search of real magic. A story about how important it is to value loved ones, because often we do not value our loved ones. The world needs the magic that is stored in the hearts of each of us.
**“Sea Creature”, 2022 (USA, Canada)**
Photo: Still from the film
A young girl boards a legendary hunting ship that sets off to hunt a sea creature and travels to unknown places. Historical records and the blurring of boundaries between man and creature are such global themes raised in this new cartoon.
**“Little Red Riding Hood and the 7 Gnomes”, 2019 (South Korea)**
Photo: Still from the film
One day, in a fairy-tale kingdom, a girl finds a magic slipper that can turn her into a beautiful princess. In the same kingdom, there live 7 green gnomes, who were once princes. One day, their paths cross. Friendship, love, beauty and help - these are important themes in the cartoon. But it also teaches children how important it is to accept themselves, their appearance and understand who they are.