I first saw Rock and Rule on Laser Disk while at CCAC. It’s by the Canadian animation studio Nelvana back when they created amazing original TV animated specials, such as The Devil and Daniel Mouse and Rome-O and July-8. Those days are long gone. In fact their website does not even mention any of there distant past, choosing to features shows they have little to do with beyond distribution. Oh well.
Nirvana’s first fully animated ‘rock musical’ feature film Rock and Rule (1983) is coming to DVD. While not a perfect movie, it contains some great animation and music by Debby Harry and Earth Wind and Fire. It is one of the first movies to incorporate CGI imagery into it. Lots of rock and roll fun in a post apocalyptic world of human like cats, dogs, and rats.
Check out more details on Cartoon Brew HERE
To see some amazing original animation drawings from the film by Brian Lemay, visit HERE
and make sure you check out the rest of his portfolio too, lots of familiar stuff like Inspector Gadget, Droids, Ewoks, and Lethargic Land.
Here is the’ Rock and Rule home page’ HERE
lots of info and images.
