Ralph Bakshi's Fritz the Cat (1972)

Fritz the Cat (1972) was the most successful independent animated film of all time, grossing over $100 million worldwide. The film written and directed by Ralph Bakshi based on the comic strip of the same name by Robert Crumb, and is widely noted for featuring explicit sexuality and violence.

MPAA gave Fritz the Cat an X rating, something make the film lost playdates and 30 American newspapers rejected display ads for the film or refused to give it editorial publicity. The misconceptions were eventually cleared up when it received praise from Rolling Stone and The New York Times, and the film was accepted into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.

Fritz the Cat is not a pornographic film (at least not intended to be). It's a satire on American college life of 60s era, mixed with race relations and the free love movement. Of his direction of the film, Bakshi stated "My approach to animation as a director is live action. I don't approach it in the traditional animation ways. None of our characters get up and sing, because that's not the type of picture I'm trying to do. I want people to believe my characters are real, and it's hard to believe they're real if they start walking down the street singing."

Fritz the Cat movie Trailer (warning: featuring some explicit sexuality):

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