1965 / Film / Feature / puppet
Willy McBean and his Magic Machine
United States / Japan
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Merged 2026-09-24 with a duplicate TMDB-imported row (Willy McBean & His Magic Machine). and Jules Bass' Videocraft International (US) with stop-motion animation work by Dentsu Motion Pictures (Japan). Rankin/Bass' first theatrical Animagic feature, per Wikipedia. credited as animation director.
Cast & crew (2)
| Person | Role | Department | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Rankin Jr. | director; producer | direction | Wikidata source en.wikipedia.orgen.wikipedia.org high confidence |
| Tadahito Mochinaga | cinematographer; animation director; Animagic supervisor | camera | Wikidata source en.wikipedia.orgen.wikipedia.orgrankinbass.fandom.com high confidence |
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