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The Best Of 2023: Back To Normal-ish?

Time to relive the past year again, which kind of, sort of, not really quite got us back on track but still served up some treats. We share our faves, and your picks too!

Twenty Questions with the AV Staff

Whether you started reading in 2003 or found us in the years since, how well do you actually know the writers who bring you Animated Views? For our 20th anniversary, the AV staff answers 20 questions about the site, their opinions, and themselves.

From the Archives: The Animated News Weekly

After some excavation deep into the embarrassingly cluttered AV archives, we discovered some long lost content: the newsletters we published in the years after our 2003 launch!

2023 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive

An exclusive recap of the annual convention, including coverage of The Owl House, the Sand Land world premiere, Tiny Toons Looniversity, Critical Role, Fleischer Studios, and the X-Men Hellfire Gala.

An Animated History of Dungeons & Dragons Adaptations

Make a history check with this exploration of the few adaptations of Dungeons & Dragons that made it to the screen ahead of the upcoming theatrical adventure.

The Best Of 2022: Wait, What…It’s Over? Where Did THAT Go?

Join us for our annual recap of the highlights and lowlights of the past twelve months, including your Readers’ Choice of the top animated movies of the year!

D23 Expo 2022 Exclusive

An exclusive recap of Disney’s convention, including coverage of the Studio Showcase, Disney Legends, Disney Princess – The Concert, and the anniversary presentations of Tron and The Muppet Christmas Carol.

2022 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive

An exclusive recap of the annual convention, including coverage of Marvel Studios, Dungeons & Dragons, Princess Mononoke, X-Men: The Animated Series, The Rocketeer, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, and Little Demon.

The Best Of 2021: The More Things Change…

Our annual recap of the year that was is finally up, with us giving you our favorites in film, television, and anything else we might’ve liked! Plus we reveal your picks for the best animated movies of 2021!

Comic-Con@Home 2021 Coverage

Watch our coverage of Comic-Con@Home 2021 featuring an X-Men fandom surprise party, the 50th anniversary of Rolling Stone magazine’s coverage of Marvel, a celebration of geekdom in 1981, The Owl House, Family Guy, and more!

The “Best” Of 2020: The Year The Earth Stood Still

2020 was the worst ever, but we’ve done our best to find the highlights for our annual survey of the year that was, or would have been, or whatever!

DC FanDome Online Event Recap

Read our quick recap of the one-of-a-kind online fan event, including coverage of Wonder Woman 1984, The Batman, and Zack Snyder’s Justice League.

AV Roundtable Flashbacks: Titan A.E.

Covid be thwarted! The Animated Views team gathers virtually for the first of our AV Roundtable Flashbacks, revisiting anniversary year films from the past couple of decades, blasting off with Fox Animation’s Titan A.E.!

Comic-Con@Home Coverage

Watch our coverage of Comic-Con@Home featuring the Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film 30th Anniversary, Ray Harryhausen 100th Birthday Celebration, and “The Secret Origins of Saturday Morning Cartoons”!

The Blazing Dragons of Monty Python’s Terry Jones

Discover a hidden gem in Blazing Dragons, an animated series created by the late Monty Python alumni, where dragons are the heroes and humans the villains.

The Best of the 2010s

With the 2010s now behind us, it’s the perfect time to look back at the best of what the past decade in animation had to offer. But instead of giving you our views, we asked “What were YOUR picks for the best animated films from the last ten years?”

The Best of 2019: And Then It Was Over

With awards season in full swing, it’s time for our site’s annual look back at the year that was, with our staff favorites along with your picks of what 2019 had to offer in our Reader’s Choice poll!

D23 Expo 2019 Exclusive

Dan and Randall recap Disney’s biennial event, including coverage of the Disney Studios, Disney+, and Disney Legends presentations, The Little Mermaid 30th Anniversary, and Tarzan 20th Anniversary!

2019 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive

An exclusive recap of the annual convention, including coverage of Marvel 80th Anniversary through animation, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Seis Manos, and Sesame Street 50th Anniversary!

Critical Role Art Exhibition and Live Show

An exclusive visit to an art exhibition celebrating the hit internet stream of animation voice actors playing Dungeons & Dragons and a look at the Q&A with the cast and live show.

The Best Of 2018: The Year Old Became New (Again!)

Was Poppins practically perfect? Did Ready Player One get a high score? Here’s our look at the year that was, with favorites in film, TV and more! Plus your picks for the best animated movies of 2018!

Animated Movies Database Archive

Take a trip back to 2003 and the site that we descended from! Animated Movies held a treasure trove of info about past and future films. We’ve taken the database out of storage so you can unbox it and explore it as it last appeared online!

Animated Views Timeline

We recall the history of the website told via the milestones and highlights of the last fifteen years in this timeline, where you can revisit key posts and images from our past.

2018 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive

An exclusive recap of the annual convention, including coverage of the Mickey Mouse 90th Anniversary, Star Wars: The Clone Wars 10th Anniversary, Invader Zim, and the 1984 Supergirl film!

2017: Animated Views’ Review Of The Year!

As the Oscars bring awards season to a close, we take our own look back on the good, the bad and the ugly of 2017 in film, television and animation, plus your picks of the year!

2017 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive

An exclusive recap of the annual convention, including coverage of Rocko’s Modern Life, DuckTales, The Legend of Korra, the Adam West Celebration, and the Hanna-Barbera 60th Anniversary!

2017 D23 Expo Exclusive

An exclusive recap of Disney’s biennial event, including the animation and live-action panels, Hercules 20th anniversary, and Oswald The Lucky Rabbit’s 90th birthday!

VIEW Conference 2017: an interview with director Maria Elena Gutierrez

Jeremie has an exclusive interview with the director of this important graphics and animation conference.

Star Vs. The Forces Of Evil Tribute Exhibition and Panel Event

An exclusive visit to a tribute exhibition and panel event for Disney XD’s hit series, with behind the scenes stories, details of Season 3, and a look at the various art on show!

Animated Views’ 2017 Animated Movie Guide

It’s our first ever Movie Guide, looking at every major animated movie coming your way in 2017. Get set for Lego Batman, more Cars, Gru, and Alec Baldwin as a talking baby!