Children like various cartoon characters: robots, princesses, animals, mythical creatures, etc. But not so often you can see a dragon in the role of the main character. Cartoons with such characters conquer children's hearts with a fantastic atmosphere and uniqueness of the plot.
First cartoons
One of the first studios to start creating cartoons about mythical creatures was the Soyuzmultfilm studio. In 1953, the Brave Pak cartoon was published. The directors are Vladimir Degtyarev and Evgeny Raikovsky. The cartoon tells the story of how every year an unknown dragon ruined the harvest of a small village. The brave peasant Pak challenged the dragon. The cartoon shows a battle between a man and a dragon. The total duration of the cartoon is 21 minutes.
In 1976, the Georgia-Film studio released a cartoon titled "About the Dragon and the Knight Again". The director of this work is Merab Saralidze. The cartoon is based on a Georgian folk tale. It also tells the story of a battle between a man and a hero. The duration of the cartoon is 9 minutes. The age category consists of children from 8 to 10 years old.
If we talk about foreign cartoons, the most popular is the animated series "Tabaluga". It was produced in Germany in 1996. The series includes one season, which consists of 24 episodes lasting 22 minutes. The action takes place in the Green Country, whose inhabitants find an egg, the dragon Tabaluga hatches from it. It is he who will have to fight the evil emperor Arktos throughout the season. The cartoon is intended for children aged 4 to 7 years.
Computer graphics
The use of computer graphics facilitated the creation of cartoons, and also attracted the attention of children and the public. In 1982, the United States released a feature-length animated film called Flight of the Dragons. Directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin. The length of the film is 96 minutes. The plot of the cartoon tells how a kind wizard from the Green Forest decides to combine the forces of good with the magical power of dragons.
If we talk about modern cartoons, the most popular is the trilogy by Dean DeBoole and Chris Sanders "How to Train Your Dragon". These full-length cartoons were created in the USA. The first part of the cartoon, created in 2010, was nominated for an Oscar several times. The plot of the cartoon tells us the story of the uneasy friendship between the teenager Hiccup and the dragon Toothless. The animated film is entirely CGI. Detailed characters and mysterious backgrounds made the cartoon unique.
