Friday, February 13, 2026

Unfinished Business: My Top 20 Animated Movies of 2025



Well, it may be late for January, but we're just in time to give 2025 the kiss-off it deserves!  

Celebrity Deaths of 2025: https://ew.com/celebrity-deaths-2025-stars-who-died-this-year-8771515

My review of Batman Ninja: https://vimeo.com/349399416?fl=pl&fe=sh

Cold Crash Pictures' tribute to Kevin Peter Hall: https://youtu.be/Kkg1JfHtyts?si=KZeJQl4vP-EixizA

Phil Johnston's interview with NPR: https://www.npr.org/2025/10/26/nx-s1-5377409/phil-johnston-discusses-his-animated-adaptation-of-the-classic-childrens-book-the-twits

Roald Dahl Retrospective #24: The Twits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZtZenvVHk4

8 comments:

  1. Hey, Tomorrow. Happy new year in 2026.

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  2. I personally hope to see Zombie Land Saga: Yumegina Paradise this year. Basically Franchouchou are a group of zombies that you don't mind being on the lawn. Points to those who get the reference.

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  3. 00:03: ...Alright. Happy New Year, Hero. And all the best for your and all your loved ones.

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  4. SNAP! You finally got to watch #14! Glad it was worthwhile for you. And hopefully the other long-awaited animated films can reach that level of hype. Take your time, dude. I eagerly await your next review, but take your time.

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  5. Has Fujimoto committed a major controversy? Or does his writing grip and hit you that hard? I can relate to the latter, because I read Fire Punch four or five years ago, and I still remember the feelings it left with me.

    On an unrelated note, it's nice to see Batman projects that put him in lighter environments. As plenty of folks have pointed out: Being Batman is not a symptom of Bruce's trauma, but a response to it.

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    1. The latter. He's a great writer, but he definitely makes the characters earn their...I want to say happy ending, but honestly, it's mostly likely just 'ending.'

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    2. "It's an ending. That's enough."

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    3. This is even funnier now that the manga actually ended, and some people didn't react well to it...

      I have a different take, but I'm saving that for when the anime gets there.

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