Browsing: Animated

When Hollywood shut down in March 2020 in response to the COVID pandemic, one of the few cinematic forms that could keep on chugging was animation. Because these titles could be completed virtually, animated movies didn’t experience as significant of production stoppages or hiccups as their live-action counterparts. The continued creation of new animated features…

There was a fair amount to celebrate at the box office over the weekend. “Avengers: Endgame” returned to the top of the charts seven years after its initial release. Meanwhile, a couple of non-franchise movies found success, and Zach Cregger’s “Resident Evil” continued to rule the box office following its killer opening. But they can’t all…

The emotional core of “Forgotten Island,” the latest film from “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” writer/directors Januel Mercado and Joel Crawford, is as poignant and moving as anything I’ve seen on film this year. Trapped on the mysterious island of Nakali, best friends Raissa (Liza Soberano) and Jo (H.E.R.), who are both temporarily suffering from 24-hour amnesia,…

A beloved yet traumatizing animated classic from the 1980s returned to the box office over the weekend. “The Transformers: The Movie” first brought Optimus Prime and the Autobots to the big screen in 1986 to duke it out with the Decepticons. So, to commemorate the film’s 40th anniversary, Hasbro and Fathom brought director Nelson Shin’s…

Batman has been animated before. A lot of different ways. From the gothic shadows of Batman: The Animated Series to the increasingly stylized worlds that followed with the Justice League and Batman: The Brave and the Bold. But Absolute Batman presents a different challenge. This version of Bruce Wayne doesn’t simply look different from the…

More than 50 years after Disney’s Robin Hood starred in its own Gold Key comic series, the beloved outlaw is finally returning for an all-new run.

The Golden Axe animated series is now streaming on Paramount+, with all 10 episodes released together on September 16. The show adapts SEGA’s 1989 arcade fantasy into an animated action-comedy, which is one way to bring a beat-’em-up back without asking anyone to find a working cabinet. Paramount+ confirms the full-season release, while SEGA outlines…

Canadian director Leah Nelson has drawn on personal experiences to create ‘Tangles,’ a poignant animated dark comedy inspired by her family’s encounters with Alzheimer’s. The hand-drawn film serves as Nelson’s feature debut, derived from the graphic memoir by Canadian cartoonist Sarah Leavitt.

The blue blur is speeding back to Netflix! Following a highly successful run with Sonic Prime, Netflix and SEGA have officially announced a brand-new multi-project collaboration, and a brand-new Sonic animated series is officially in development.

The series will be set in the world of Diablo, but its story has not yet been revealed September 14, 2026 Prefer PocketGamer.biz on Google