Cartoon gangsters
Hollywood studios of the 1930s to the 1950s loved gangster parodies, with Bugs Bunny outwitting crooks in shorts such as Racketeer Rabbit and Bugs and Thugs.
Gentleman thieves
From 1971 Japanese television followed Lupin the Third around the world, and the TV specials from Lupin the Third: The Hemingway Papers onward became a yearly event.
Noir and after
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Noir and Ruben Brandt, Collector carried shadows, rain and jazz into feature animation.
The shelves
Open Before 1980, 1980 to 1999 or Since 2000.