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D23 Expo 2024 Exclusive

Dan and Randall recap the biennial Disney event, including coverage of the Disney Entertainment and Experiences Showcases, the Disney Legends ceremony, and much more!

Hanna-Barbera, The Recorded History: From Modern Stone Age To Meddling Kids

Greg Ehrbar does the sleuthing to uncover the story behind the famed studio on records and other media.

The Wild Robot

Believe the hype. The Wild Robot is a beautiful tearjerker with absolutely gorgeous animation.

Transformers One

Don’t sit out on Transformers One, a spectacular, action-packed origin story which packs a surprising emotional punch. Transform and roll out to the theater ASAP!

2024 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive

An exclusive recap of the annual convention, including coverage of X-Men ’97, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Hazbin Hotel, The Wild Robot, the 35th anniversary of Kiki’s Delivery Service, and LiSA.

Inside Inside Out 2 with Pixar Production Designer Jason Deamer

Find out about the unique yet satisfying challenge of designing a sequel to one of Pixar’s best films.

Hanna And Barbera: Conversations

They won several Oscars at MGM, became the kings of Saturday morning, and their life work helped to jumpstart Cartoon Network. This collection of interviews and articles covers the history of what was once the biggest cartoon studio in the world.

Despicable Me 4

With barely any story to speak of, the only reason to see Despicable Me 4 is if you enjoyed the previous films. But for everyone else, it’s criminal how little there is here to recommend.

Inside Out 2

While it still has a few too many contrivances, overall Inside Out 2 is a joy, deeper and more emotionally satisfying than the first, with some memorable performances.

The Garfield Movie

The Garfield Movie takes everything you know and love about the fat cat and tosses it all out like last week’s lasagna in favor of making an action movie instead.

Oscar Night 2024

The 96th Annual Academy Awards are tonight and we’ll be discussing it live with readers like you in our chat room. Join us as we talk the people, the story-lines, and the awards… and keep track of who’s winning our Oscar Contest.

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!

The 2023 AV Readers’ Choice Poll

Critics, the Academy, Hollywood guilds, and even the Animated Views staff will tell you what they think. But now it’s your turn to be the critic! What was the the best animated film of 2023?

Dave Metzger’s Wish Comes True…

The veteran composer, arranger, and orchestrator discusses composing the score for Disney’s latest film, intended as a celebration of the studio’s 100th anniversary year.

Flip The Frog: The Complete Series

Thunderbean’s greatest achievement is here, as Steve Stanchfield and his team bring Ub Iwerks’ 1930s creation to high definition disc, with all shorts lovingly restored and accompanied by scads of quality bonus features.

The Puppetoon Movie Volume 3

With 21 stop-motion puppet films and seven hand-drawn animated shorts, this third volume of George Pal’s classic cartoons is overflowing with creativity, fun, and simply amazing artistry!

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!

Best Animated Year Poll – 20th Anniversary Edition

On our 10th anniversary we asked you to pick the best year for animation during our existence. Now it’s time to vote again, this time for the top annual slate of movies during our second decade.

Twenty Years of AV

Wow. Twenty years. There’s no way we’ve been doing this for two decades! But it’s true. Animated Views turns 20 today. That puts us among the ranks of Wikipedia, YouTube, and Twitter – in terms of longevity, at least!

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.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Cowabunga! Mutant Mayhem should please newcomers and longtime fans alike with its endearing characters and brilliant animation.

Pixar production designer Don Shank in his element with Elemental

The new Pixar film had the challenge of presenting a livable world that could accommodate four different types of beings. Read how this was approached, in our exclusive interview.

Nimona‘s production designer Aidan Sugano: creating a future medieval world

Aside from a great tale, much of Nimona‘s success lies in its visual design. Read how the production designer brought the graphic novel to life.

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken is a beautiful looking film, featuring a predictable plot, some irritating characters, and a too-easily-wrapped-up ending. But none of that drags it down too much for kids.

Elemental

Elemental continues Pixar’s recent trend of middling movies that, with the addition of a few important missing elements, could have been great.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Alright, let’s do this one more time. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse looks great and its actors are outstanding. But we’ll have to do this one more time again before we know where it’s going.

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Honor Among Thieves doesn’t just succeed in being an excellent adaption of Dungeons & Dragons. It rolls a critical success on being downright fun!

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.

Oscar Night 2023

The big night is here! Oscar statuettes will be bestowed on lucky filmmakers this evening at the 95th Annual Academy Awards. And we’ll be covering it as part of our annual Oscar event, now in its 19th year!