Moana Waialiki is the young heir to the Polynesian island of Motonui. When a spreading sickness begins to affect the island, she sets off ...

A young boy is ordered by his farmer father to take their old donkey, named Small One, into town to sell him at market. The boy struggles ...

I have always maintained that 1999 was one of the best years ever for American cinema. It was a year that saw the release of The Sixth Sen...

Anna Sasaki is a disenchanted 12 year-old girl in Sapporo who has lived with foster parents ever since her own parents died. When she suff...

Don Hertzfeldt is one of the most singular talents in American animation. His short films, including Billy's Balloon, Rejected and Wis...

Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) is the first rabbit to be made a police officer in Zootopia, a sprawling city in which anthropomorphic anima...

Since 1969 Doraemon has been a permanent fixture in Japanese children's entertainment. Originally the star of his own serialised manga...

For about 15 years the title Pixar Animation Studios was effectively a synonym for quality in film. Animated hits like Monsters Inc, Findi...

Nara, Japan: 750 CE. Iratsume, a young noblewoman, becomes obsessed with the Chinese religion of Buddhism that is spreading across Japan. ...

Generally speaking I am not hugely fond of DreamWorks Animation. I liked them at first, with their excellent cel-animated features The Pri...

Princess Iron Fan is a Chinese animated film, produced and released in 1941. That makes it the oldest animated feature in the history of C...

The early 1980s were a boom time for American fantasy cinema. While the period only inspired a few genuine hits, such as John Milius' ...

By the mid-22nd century, environmental pollution has all but wiped humanity from the face of the Earth. Now two communities remains: the r...

Let's celebrate two pop culture anniversaries today: one turning 25 years old, and the other a sprightly 80. 25 years ago Clive Bark...

A Town Called Panic is a 2009 stop-motion animated film directed by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar. It is a spin-off from the popular ...

It's Nostalgia Time, where we celebrate pop culture anniversaries like nobody's business. Today sees the anniversary of two films ...

Last year I highlighted a bunch of anniversaries for pop culture-related characters, films and TV programmes. I figured it was worth conti...

Tatsumi is a wonderful oddity. It's an animated film, made in Singapore and Indonesia in 2011, although it's performed entirely i...

Unless you're a professional film critic, and can dedicate much of your working year to seeing every major and independent film releas...

In the city of San Fransokyo, teenage super-genius Hiro Hamada is invited to apply to an advanced school for robotics - but when tragedy s...