I took the time to watch Heavy Metal, the 1981 animated anthology flick and was astounded by the amount of ideas and moods that are in there. Don't expect all too much on the animation side, as budget and release date were obviously tight, but you might be surprised by the amount of taste that is shown - for an R-rated movie at least. Exceptionally enjoyable, even when sober.
Right after that I watched Michael Jackson's Moonwalker from 1988. Now this is a completely different story. While it's also an animation-driven anthology bursting with ideas, I found it much harder to find a common mood or even a continuity of mood in it. For example in a remarkable 'Smooth Criminal'-performance, that has some of the best steadycam-work I've seen in a music video, there is a very abrupt break completely disrupting my experience. The film is all over the place and just doesn't come together (haw-haw...).
The effects are rather astounding. Will Vinton did claymation, Dream Quest Images did some other amazing shots, so for that alone it's definitely worth a look. Maybe I'll do some in depth research at another time, until then judge for yourself and take a dip into a highly disturbed mind with Michel Jackson's Moonwalker.
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