#animated feature

[fandom-official]

Which animated film do you think should take home the Oscar?

[skullislandproductions]

Jerry jumps from the cab of the toy locomotive moments before impact, in these layout drawings from “Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale” 2007.

[joeycoyfox]

I love this gay as fuck movie with all my heart. 🥺💕

[socialistwh0r3]

*send an ask to submit a snub

Snub winner for each category will go head-to-head with official nominations winner

[mariwatchesmovies]

Robot Dreams (2023) dir. Pablo Berger art direct. José Luis Ágreda

[vinsunt]

I had the pleasure of working on the Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart. Such a bittersweet experience. Venture Bros. Was such a huge part of NY animation for so many years. Sad to see it end but it was awesome getting to work on the final feature film.

This was on of the Handy Dandy factory BG’s I painted. Design by EZ (my apologies for not having the full name)

SS/O to Chris Fisher for welcoming me on the team and for your help throughout the production

[arconinternet]

Katy Caterpillar (Video, 1984)

Adorable Spanish-Mexican animated film. You can watch a promo for it here, and watch the whole film on YouTube here.

[caracwinters]

just watched the trailer for The Wild Robot and I'm always hesitant to get my hopes up with movies nowadays but I think we might have another dreamworks banger on our hands

[notabee-studios]

need more people to know this movie's coming out (lord knows Universal took their sweet time promoting it)

[artthinks]

Hans Bacher's Style Guide for Mulan

It's focused primarily on describing how to achieve the visual aesthetic they were going for in the backgrounds for the film, but there are good pointers on design and composition for any student of the pictorial arts.

There's also a 1995 version which is interesting to compare ...

Links courtesy of Animation Obsessive (worth checking out, and subscribing to for animation history and art goodies like this!)

[amxndareviews]

'Leo' Review

#Leo Review: "The team balanced middle-school humour w heartfelt lessons to make this a well-rounded feature for the whole family. The songs are the principal aspect of this film bc you can thread many ideas with lyrics that can connect to the audience."

By: Amanda Guarragi There is something special about an animated feature that can speak to children and adults. The ability to educate children about life and how to express their feelings while making it relatable for adults is no easy feat. Every adult has gone through something, and it has stemmed from childhood. Films that tell a universal coming-of-age story will affect everyone…

[heywoodsays]

Animated Feature: Some ‘wild’ competition

The nominees are:

Flow

Inside Out 2

Memoir of a Snail

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Wild Robot

Many Oscar-observers think this looks very much like last year’s race, where a beloved and unique foreign favorite comes up against a popular American feature. Last year, the battle went to Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron, besting Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

Those who read into that outcome are using it as a basis for picking this year’s winner.

But there are two key reasons this year is different.

1. Despite winning the Annie award, Spider-Verse had two things going against it for the Oscar. First, it was a sequel. Second, it wasn’t a complete story. Though these shouldn’t figure into Oscar voters’ decision-making, they inevitably do. They either think “I’ve award this franchise already” or “I’ll have a chance to award the conclusion of this story in a few years.”

2. Miyazaki. The Boy and the Heron was hailed as Miyazaki’s magnus opus. While I didn’t think it quite measured up to his Spirited Away, it was still viewed by Academy member as the right time to reward him for a lifetime of exceptional work.

The two main contenders this year are Flow, the dialogue-less flick from Latvia, and The Wild Robot from DreamWorks. Flow won the Golden Globe and has an Oscar nomination in Best International Feature. The Wild Robot won Critics Choice and the Annie. BAFTA was no help because they went with the British favorite, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.

The other contenders don’t really have a chance here, even Inside Out 2 which has earned nominations at all the major awards. Memoir of a Snail is one of the most creative and unique entries in this category, but its nomination here is the win for it.

As charming as Flow is, I don’t think it has a Miyazaki-like boost to help propel it past The Wild Robot. This will be DreamWorks first win in this category since it won the inaugural prize for Shrek in 2001.

Who will win: The Wild Robot

But look out for: Flow

Who I’d vote for: Flow

If I could add one more: That Christmas

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[leithvit]

Quick animation practice🕷👁

[contearchiviste]

Delta Space Mission

🎭 Victor Antonescu

🌍 Romania, 1985

[angelbeni]

Unpopular opinion: as much as I LOVE Miyazaki’s work, I wouldn’t have picked The boy and the heron as the winner 😭 it wasn’t my first, my second nor my third choice. The animation was beautiful as always, but not innovative, and the story was all over the place. Spiderverse left me stuck to my seat, blown away by the story and the animation. Just thinking about Hobie who needed 3 different animations frame-rates is insane.