Category: Animation

Masaaki Yuasa’s Mermaid Anime Visionary anime director Masaaki Yuasa (Mind Game) embraces more accessible characters and conventional storytelling for Lu Over The Wall. Retaining some of Yuasa’s distinctive flair …

Mari Okada Explores A Mother’s Love Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms is a captivating anime masterpiece. The sentimental fantasy epic weaves a mesmerizing tale of tenderness and genuine …

All Grinch’d Out If there’s a revelation in this new animated version of The Grinch, it’s that he wears pants. It isn’t fur covering his bottom half. Early in …

Superman’s Return From the Dead? Does Metropolis need Superman? Lex Luthor pushes his own solution in this satisfying superhero adventure that sees the Justice League taken out of the …

Masaaki Yuasa’s Sibling Movie To The Tatami Galaxy If there is such a thing as an auteur in anime, award-winning director Masaaki Yuasa fits the bill. Masaaki Yuasa’s movies …

Animated Children’s Fare For The Holidays A miniature horse dreams of joining Santa’s flying reindeer team in this uneven animated holiday tale that feels too adult for its intended …

Fred Astaire Narrates This Rankin-Bass Christmas Classic Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass created cultural touchstones with their line of animated holiday specials on television in the 1960s and …

Yeti Smash When The Muppets revived in 2011, certain corners of media attacked the movie’s anti-capitalist slant. Chris Cooper starred at Tex Richman. His name wasn’t coded, as if …

Original Mono For Frosty The Snowman Coming off the success of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in 1964, Rankin-Bass became something of the go-to company for holiday specials aimed at …

Aquaman Meets The Justice League Set after the events seen in Justice League: War, Justice League: Throne of Atlantis acts as Aquaman’s introduction to the New 52-based animated continuity …

Romantic Teen Anime Meets Time Travel How do you follow up the anime sensation Your Name, one of the biggest grossing movies in Japanese box office history? Producer Genki …

The Cartoon Network Hit Shows Up On The Big Screen Juvenile silliness and visual gags galore fill this fun animated comedy starring the Teen Titans. Made with younger viewers …