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Animation Movies For Slow Mornings From The 80S And 90S

Animation movies for slow mornings from the 80s and 90s. Includes Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, Only Yesterday, The Little Mermaid and more, curated by Moviepiq.

Coffee. Blanket. No plans. These films fit that exactly.

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade movie poster
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1999 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the suicide bombing of a young girl and is forced to undergo retraining. However, unbeknownst to him, he becomes a key player in a dispute between rival police divisions, as he finds himself increasingly involved with the sister of the girl he saw die.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

Only Yesterday movie poster
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1991 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

The Little Mermaid movie poster
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1989 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters -- including the villainous sea witch Ursula.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

Kirikou and the Sorceress movie poster
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1998 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from the evil witch Karaba.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

The Prince of Egypt movie poster
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1998 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

The strong bond between two Royal Egyptian brothers is challenged when their chosen responsibilities set them at odds, with extraordinary consequences.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

The morning film is underrated. Quiet, unhurried, all yours.

Genuinely perfect for slow mornings. Warm, visual, unhurried.

Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon movie poster
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1995 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

The Z Warriors discover an unopenable music box and are told to open it with the Dragon Balls. The contents turn out to be a warrior named Tapion who had sealed himself inside along with a monster called Hildegarn. Goku must now perfect a new technique to defeat the evil monster.

Unhurried in the best way. Sits well with a second cup of coffee.

Balto movie poster
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1995 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut movie poster
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1999 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

In this feature film based on the hit animated series, the third graders of South Park sneak into an R-rated film by ultra-vulgar Canadian television personalities Terrance and Phillip, and emerge with expanded vocabularies that leave their parents and teachers scandalized. When outraged Americans try to censor the film, the controversy spirals into a call to wage war on Canada and Terrance and Phillip end up on death row, with the kids their only hope of rescue.

Unhurried in the best way. Sits well with a second cup of coffee.

The Last Unicorn movie poster
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1982 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

A unicorn learns from a riddle-speaking butterfly that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the monstrous Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually joined on her quest by Schmendrick, a second-rate magician, and Molly Grue, a middle-aged woman who dreamed all her life of seeing a unicorn. Their journey leads them far from home, all the way to the castle of King Haggard.

Unhurried in the best way. Sits well with a second cup of coffee.

Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan movie poster
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1993 · ★★★½☆ 7.2/10

While the Saiyan Paragus persuades Vegeta to rule a new planet, King Kai alerts Goku of the South Galaxy's destruction by an unknown Super Saiyan.

Unhurried in the best way. Sits well with a second cup of coffee.

These films work because they match where you actually are, not where you think you should be.

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