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Every Thursday we're opening the studio doors and answering all of your questions. Technical, industry, fandom or otherwise - drop your question in the comments below - and we'll hop to it. (We're fielding Q's on Facebook, Twitter and G+ too, if that's easier!)

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First question in from John Toland via Facebook:

“Hi Brown Bag Films Other than your own animations what are your top 5 Animations 2D or 3D? And why? Thanks. I know 5 is probably really hard to pick? For me, in no particular order - Aladdin, Prince Of Eygpt, Monsters Inc, Wall E, Finding Nemo - but could prob replace all them with another 5 just as good.”

Great question John! We opened it up to our staff and here are a selection of their picks (some couldn't stick to just 5!):

From Technical Supervisor Donnchadh Murphy - The Iron Giant, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Paranorman, Monster House, The Castle of Cagliostro

From Technical Supervisor Eoin Kavanagh - Robin Hood, Aladdin, Toy Story, Shrek, The Lego Movie, Pinocchio

From Lead Animator Rob Byrne - Spirited Away, Prince of Egypt, The Iron Giant, Toy Story 2, Princess Mononoke

From Animation Director Jean Herlihy - Peanuts, The Original Pink Panther, Despicable Me, Up, The Snowman

From Episodic Director Shane Collins - Pinocchio, Finding Nemo, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Toy Story, An American Tail

From Art Director Stephen O'Connor - Spirited Away, Toy Story 3, Princess Mononoke, Castle in the Sky, Ghost in the Shell

From Storyboard Revisionist Danny Shiels - Tarzan, The Emporer's New Groove, Transformers the Movie, Toy Story 2, Paranorman

From Pre-vis Artist Conor Clancy - My Neighbour Totoro, The Wrong Trousers, Akira, Castle in the Sky, A Goofy Movie

From CG Supervisor James Stacey - Spirited Away, The Lion King, The Iron Giant, the first third of Wall-E, Finding Nemo

From Scene Prep and Camera Artist Paul Morris - The Iron Giant, The Incredibles

From Lead Texture Artist Aurelie Badin - Princess Mononoke, Monsters Inc., How to Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda, Avatar: The Last Airbender (the series)

From FX Artist Pisut Wisessing - My Neighbour Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Porco Rosso


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