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La Linea

La Linea by Osvaldo Cavandoli, aka CAVA, was aired on French TV when i was a kid. I still find it wonderful. Check also La Linea 01, 02, 03, 05. What i like best now is that the character is soooo Italian (especially the way it’s gesticulating.)

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  1. 1
    David Olivari on March 20, 2006 at 3:06 pm

    I really enjoyed this anime when I was young too.
    I saw that it was on dailymotion. Be aware that dailymotion has very bad “term of use” for uploaded videos.Look in chapter 17. You’ll be surprised.

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    Norman on March 20, 2006 at 4:05 pm

    La Linea is out on DVD, BTW, three volumes of it, available on http://www.amazon.de (and seemingly nowhere else?)

  3. 3
    Screenhead on March 20, 2006 at 4:50 pm

    La Lina

    Osvaldo Cavandoli’s odd meta-animation from the 70s wherein a line would be drawn into a grouchy, squeaky voiced little person who would grumble at his creator when his universe…

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    Screenhead on March 20, 2006 at 4:53 pm

    La Lina

    Osvaldo Cavandoli’s odd meta-animation from the 70s wherein a line would be drawn into a grouchy, squeaky voiced little person who would grumble at his creator when his universe…

  5. 5
    Gentle on March 20, 2006 at 5:07 pm

    I don’t recall where (Seasame Street?), but this sparks some great childhood memories for me too!
    Thanks for posting this!

  6. 6
    Christopher on March 20, 2006 at 5:52 pm

    I always wondered where these came from. I used to watch these shorts as part of the Great Space Coaster in the States.

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    freezen on March 21, 2006 at 8:00 am

    In Dortmund (Germany) they show these clips all day at the subway stations, fun fun!

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    Ingeborg on March 21, 2006 at 11:12 am

    La Linea seems to have entered immaculateness… Remember the video Bla bla bla from Gigi d’Agostino (italian off course) in 2003?

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    zach on March 21, 2006 at 1:10 pm

    viva la linea !
    I thought I’d share — my 2006 new years card (processing applet) is inspired by this great work…
    thanks *much* for posting this.

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    Oded on March 22, 2006 at 9:38 am

    wow… flashbacks ! I had almost forgotten about this. I was so in love with these animations when I was a kid. Thanx for the info about the DVD too, will definatly be. Maybe I could become a kid again…
    x,
    Oded

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    Bibi's box on May 11, 2006 at 6:58 am

    La Linea

    La Linea is a fantastic example that good cartoons can use a clean style. La Linea is an Italian cartoon series created in 1972 by Osvaldo Cavandoli. The cartoon features a man walking on an infinite line. The man himself is drawn using one line and i…

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    Bibi's box on May 14, 2006 at 5:00 pm

    La Linea

    La Linea is a fantastic example that good cartoons can use a clean style. La Linea is an Italian cartoon series created in 1972 by Osvaldo Cavandoli. The cartoon features a man walking on an infinite line. The man himself is drawn using one line and i…

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