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  • Rick and Morty, What Have You Done?

    Rick and Morty, What Have You Done?

    That sweet, sweet 1998 Mulan promotional Schezwan teriyaki sauce: it’s all people are talking about this week, and considering what has gone on in the world, that’s impressive. People petitioning McDonald’s to bring back an almost twenty year old promotional […]

     
  • A Look Back on Rango, and a Look Ahead to Adult Animation

    A Look Back on Rango, and a Look Ahead to Adult Animation

    When you look at the winners of the Best Animated Feature category at the Academy Awards over the last ten years, you’ll notice only one movie that breaks from the recent trends: 2016: Zootopia, Disney 2015: Inside Out, Pixar 2014: […]

     
  • Why Little Witch Academia Is Great And Everyone Should Watch It

    Why Little Witch Academia Is Great And Everyone Should Watch It

    Since the start of 2017 there is one series in particular from Japan that I have keeping track of and enjoy every week: Little Witch Academia. What is Little Witch Academia and what is it about? Well, let me explain. The […]

     
  • Tangled: Before Ever After — Like Rapunzel’s Hair, There’s Room For Growth

    Tangled: Before Ever After — Like Rapunzel’s Hair, There’s Room For Growth

    Want to win a movie trivia night? Disney’s 2010 animated film Tangled, as of March 2017, is still the most expensive animated film ever produced, at an estimated production budget of $260 million. While it actually doubled its astronomical budget […]

     
  • An Ode to Lauren Zuke

    An Ode to Lauren Zuke

    Lauren Zuke began their career in a dream scenario for most fan artists; after an opening caused by the departure of storyboarder Hellen Jo in 2014, Steven Universe showrunner Rebecca Sugar hired Zuke on to replace her. Since their first […]

     
  • Coronating Star vs. the Forces of Evil into the Top Tier of American Animation

    Coronating Star vs. the Forces of Evil into the Top Tier of American Animation

    Welcome to the top, Star vs. the Forces of Evil! By the power vested in me as one of the only animation specialty critics online, I promote you to the top tier of American animation. You join Steven Universe, Rick and Morty, […]

     
  • Total Drama Review Week 45: Rock and Rule & Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen

    Total Drama Review Week 45: Rock and Rule & Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen

    And we’re back after an off week. Today I’ll be covering two episodes, with most of the emphasis going to the first one. Let’s get right into Rock and Rule. Right off the bat, everyone’s favorite big ol’ goofball is back: […]

     
  • How Tower Uses Rotoscope to Make the Past Feel Present

    How Tower Uses Rotoscope to Make the Past Feel Present

    Last night I was scrolling through one of my favorite film news websites, and saw that some movie called Tower was free for a limited time on PBS’s independent lens program. I decided to go ahead and give it a […]

     
  • Top 10 Current Animation Couples

    Top 10 Current Animation Couples

    Happy Valentine’s Day! Love has certainly been in the air recently in animated shows and movies and here I’ll be counting down the “top” (whatever that means) 10 couples, whether together now or in the future, in recent animation. 10) […]

     
  • Total Drama Review Week 44: Get a Clue

    Total Drama Review Week 44: Get a Clue

    I absolutely adore this episode. Lindsey excels in what is possibly her best episode, and Harold has some of his best jokes. It also is a really good character episode in general, with all of the final five shining bright. […]