Soviet animations of American sci-fi stories

Rhizome has a cache of incredible 1980s-era Soviet animations of American science fiction stories. Quite fittingly for Earth Day, here is Ray Bradbury's "Here There Be Tygers" as imagined by Russian animators. The hyper-synth music is especially awesome. неимовеÑно!

More wonderful animations of stories by the likes of Stephen King and Robert Silverberg can be found at Rhizome.

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