Beavis and Butt-Headreturned, stop-motion roared, and anime rocked.
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This year proved a particularly strong one for animated features released in the United States.
Rotoscopingroared backinto the public eye with the help of Richard Linklater.
Not one butthreestop-motion films made the list below.
And Pixar released a whole, affecting movie about aChinese Canadian girls period.
More than any other single factor, a pronounced clarity of vision defines the movies weve chosen to feature.
The films on this list accomplish all this in some way evenBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe.
10.The Sea Beast
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Maisie points over Jacobs shoulder.
9.My Fathers Dragon
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Cartoon Saloons movies tend to rank among the least commercial animated titles that release in a given year.
The director ofMy Fathers Dragon, Nora Twomey, knows this and operates accordingly.
We can tell stories that dont necessarily have to sell toys at Christmas time or anything like that … ## 8.Wendell & Wild
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7.Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
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6.Entergalactic
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5.Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
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4.Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
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Very few 90s animated properties are as malleable for revival asBeavis and Butt-Head.
The jokes on them, as creator, voice actor, and writer Mike Judge recentlyput it.
Theyre still wiener-heads just looking to score, and thats beautiful.
3.Turning Red
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Disneys best animated release this year by far, PixarsTurning Redwas an instant classic upon arrival in March.
Ultimately, though, the giant red panda in the room is what makes it special.
2.Inu-Oh
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The plot is relatively simple, but that works in the films favor.
1.Guillermo del Toros Pinocchio
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Its not WaltsPinocchio, and no one needs it to be.
Ohhhhh, boy, repeated by H. Jon Benjamin over and over).
Now,The Bobs Burgers Movieaint perfect.It needed more songs.But no family, or cheeseburger, ever really is.
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