Instead of focusing on the output from the major studios, what I offer in this list of animated films to be excited for includes two Asian picks making my top slots! Here, it’s not just about theatrical releases, but also direct to video, and streaming too.
But to be fair, I must say Chris Sanders, co-director of How to Train Your Dragon, return to DreamWorks to helm The Wild Robot, is a bit of a surprise. I thought he cut his ties with them, but it’s nice to see there’s no hard feelings between what led to his departure, since he was never fully involved in how the classics continued except by credit. While it’s great that this studio is hard at work outputting a ton of product, the big question I have is will Orion and the Dark be good? This film is headed to streaming, and with those two said, I begin my list with:
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 1 (Jan 8)
Hopefully, this animated adaptation of the comic book will do a better job than TheCW‘s Arrowverse version. This saga spanned several comic books back when it was first published, and it concerned the Anti-Monitor who wanted to start destroying alternate Earths where variations of DC’s most famous heroes existed. However, when readers were getting confused about what’s happening on Earth-Prime or not, what Marv Wolfman and George Pérez did was to clean up the mess. That didn’t stop the comic book company from creating Elseworlds, but at least fans know what’s fashioned there are meant to be one-shots!
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By Ed Sum
By Ed Sum (The Vintage Tempest)