The animation wizardry of Ralph Bakshi  Posted by David Konow
  I've always loved animation, and I grew up obsessed with the
animated film Wizards on cable. It was a sci-fi / fantasy film
by legendary cartoon provocateur Ralph Bakshi, who previously
had made the X-rated Fritz the Cat, and Heavy Traffic, and he
also made the long, lost gem American Pop, which finally came
out on video and DVD in 1998. (It was held up for over a decade
because of the music rights).  Wizards came out in 1977, and
reportedly did good business in theaters until the ultimately
sci-fi crossover flick, Star Wars, came out of nowhere, and 20th
Century Fox had to take Wizards off screens to make more room
for Lucas's space opera. (Funny enough, Luke Skywalker himself,
Mark Hamill, actually provides one of the voices in Wizards.)  
Now Wizards is in the news again, because it's being redone for
Blu-Ray, and Bakshi will be appearing at the L.A. County Museum
of Art and Wondercon as the film hits its 35th anniversary.
Bakshi told NBCPhi