Animated Movies Throughout the Years: 2018

Animated Movies Throughout the Years: 2018 Note: DreamWorks nor Blue Sky didn’t release a single film this year.

In January, from new Japanese animation studio Studio Ponoc came the US release of Mary and the Witch’s Flower.

In February in the US, Aaardman released their seventh feature film Early Man. It was about a family of caveman training to play soccer to save their home from gladiators.

In March, from the creators of Gnomeo and Juliet came Sherlock Gnomes. However, the film got very negative reviews, with a 28% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Also in March, Wes Anderson made his return to stop-motion with Isle of Dogs. However, unlike Fantastic Mr. Fox, Isle of Dogs was a bit more mature. It was about a tribe of Japanese dogs in a Dystopian future who are forced to be put on an island of trash. A boy named Atari hijacks a plane to the Isle of Dogs to find his missing dog Spots. Isle of Dogs received great reviews, but didn’t meet box-office expectations, but it did get the Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature.

In April, from smaller animation studio Fun Academy Studio came Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero. It told the story of a stray dog who joins his new master on the battlefields of the First World War.

In May, from the creators of The Wild Life came the US release of Bigfoot Junior, retitled The Son of Bigfoot. It got better reviews than ‘Wild Life’, but was overshadowed by Avengers: Infinity War at the box-office. However, the film managed to greenlight a sequel, Bigfoot Super Star, which will be released in Summer 2020.

In June, the supers made a triumphant return with Pixar’s 20th feature film Incredibles 2. The film kicked butt at the box-office, earning a billion dollars worldwide, pleased fans of the original, and got the Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature.

In July, Dracula, Mavis, Johnny, Denis, and the rest of the monster gang returned for a third time with Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation. The film has the best reviews of the trilogy, with a 60% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. You didn't hear this from me, but there's going to be ANOTHER Hotel T. movie in 2021.

Also released in July was another Flash-animated feature film, Teen Titans Go! To the Movies.It got better reviews than the TV series and promised fans a long-awaited treasure: Not a sixth season to the original Teen Titans, but a third season to Young Justice. However, as I'm typing this, it can only be viewed on the DC Universe digital streaming service.

In September, from Warner Animation Group, the people behind The LEGO Movie and Storks, and cult filmmaker Karey Kirkpatrick came Smallfoot. In a similar fashion to Monsters Inc, it told the story of a yet who was convinced that humans, which he calls Smallfoot, exist. What surprised many was that Smallfoot was actually a musical, and what surprised people even more was that this was the only animated film released in 2018 to win the Heartland Award for Truly Moving Picture.

There were two animated movies released in November. The first, from Illumination Entertainment came their second attempt at adapting a Dr. Seuss book into a feature film, simply called The Grinch. The film got mixed reviews, but as usual, managed to rake in over 500 million dollars at the box-office.

The second was Disney’s 57th animated film Ralph Breaks the Internet, the sequel to the 2012 animated film Wreck-it Ralph. While it didn’t get as good reviews as previous animated Disney movies like Big Hero 6, Zootopia, and Moana, Ralph Breaks the Internet did very well at the box-office, got good reviews, and got the Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature.

And finally, in December, from Sony Pictures Animation and Marvel Entertainment came Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse. It was one of the most experimental CGI movies in a long time, with a limited frame rate, no motion blurs on the characters, and a 2.5D look only imagined previously in short films. ‘Spider-Verse’ got great reviews, earned more than 300 million dollars worldwide, and won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. If any of you are wondering if I'll do more Animated Movies Throughout the Years articles, no. I won't. However, I do plan on writing reviews of Sgt. Stubby, Bridge to Terabithia, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the 1990 live-action film), and maybe Toy Story 4 in the next two months. I have also updated Animated Movies Throughout the Years: 1989-1991 and added films from 1988. Here's the link below.

https://asateriale.blogspot.com/2018/12/animated-movies-throughout-years-1989.html