Best Animated Feature - Toy Story 4

Well, it had to happen:

Toy Story 4 won Best Animated Feature for 2019.

I know many people were hoping that "Klaus" would win, after their success at the Annie Awards.

Plus the stop motion feature missing link had high hopes as well.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-02-09/animated-feature-2020-oscar

https://oscar.go.com/nominees/animated-feature-film/animated-feature-film-toy-story-4

But it's a business. The Mouse was able to squeeze one more film out of  the Toy Story series, and perhaps left the door open for "Toy Story, The Next Generation".

I'm being too cynical here; Woody and Buzz are beloved characters. We can't just write them off.

But after Klaus, and the other innovations taking place in animation, I think the audience is ready for something new.

 

Stay tuned...

(copyright Disney/Pixar)

Oscars - Best Animated Feature and Best Animated Short for 2018

The nominees for 2018 are -

Animated Feature
“Incredibles 2,” Brad Bird
“Isle of Dogs,” Wes Anderson
“Mirai,” Mamoru Hosoda
“Ralph Breaks the Internet,” Rich Moore, Phil Johnston
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman

Animated Short
“Animal Behaviour,” Alison Snowden, David Fine
“Bao,” Domee Shi
“Late Afternoon,” Louise Bagnall
“One Small Step,” Andrew Chesworth, Bobby Pontillas
“Weekends,” Trevor Jimenez

With some bad news...

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/academy-voters-dont-watch-the-animated-features-they-vote-on-and-the-academy-is-fine-with-that-170670.html?fbclid=IwAR0fyGO6Nzkyhppfr7V_L1xmc3Nd13TKa1q1X-sMX-BGt1SRpyf-0ktH_yo

And the winners are...
 Best Animated Feature
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
and
Best Animated Short
Bao

https://www.sonypictures-guilds.com/spiderman-into-the-spiderverse

 (copyright A.M.P.A.S, Marvel, Sony and Time-Warner. Sorta)