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Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse is an cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.

Spider-Ham

Spider-Ham (Peter Porker) is a superhero appearing in Marvel Comics. The character is an anthropomorphic pig and is a parody version of Spider-Man. He was created by Larry Hama, Tom DeFalco, and Mark Armstrong.

KENEDA

Kaneda, the leader of a motorcycle gang in Katsuhiro Otomo’s classic anime feature AKIRA (1988).

Daffy Duck

Daffy Duck was created by Tex Avery for Leon Schlesinger Productions. He has appeared in cartoon series such as Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, in which he is usually depicted as a foil for either Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, or Speedy Gonzales.

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‘Scarlet’: Mamoru Hosoda Re-Imagines a Gender-Swapped, Trippy, Anime ‘Hamlet’

‘Scarlet’: Mamoru Hosoda Re-Imagines a Gender-Swapped, Trippy, Anime ‘Hamlet’

Avatar photoBill Desowitz|
December 9th, 2025
Mamoru Hosoda had no idea that there were so many Hamlet movies in 2025 until he was asked about it at the Toronto Film Festival. These include Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, which explores the tragic inspiration for Hamlet, the modern take set in London’s South Asian community, starring Riz Ahmed, King Hamlet, a documentary about Oscar Isaac facing personal grief during his […]
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Sony Classics Schedules Qualifying Runs for Hosoda’s “Scarlet”

Sony Classics Schedules Qualifying Runs for Hosoda’s “Scarlet”

Avatar photoJerry Beck|
December 6th, 2025
Mamoru Hosoda's Scarlet will get an Oscar qualifying theatrical run, in iMax theaters, starting December 12th. Here's the trailer - and a list of theaters and cities.
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INTERVIEW: Sylvain Chomet Chronicles “A Magnificent Life”

INTERVIEW: Sylvain Chomet Chronicles “A Magnificent Life”

Avatar photoJackson Murphy|
November 19th, 2025
Four-time Academy Award nominee and BAFTA and Caesar Awards winner Sylvain Chomet (director of The Triplets of Belleville) discusses his latest animated feature, A Magnificent Life.
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Latest in Category: Sony

Sony Announces Animated Musical Adventure “K-Pop: Demon Hunters”

Sony Pictures Animation is in development on a feature project, tentatively titled K-Pop: Demon Hunters, from directors Maggie Kang (The Lego Ninjago Movie) and Chris Appelhans (Wish Dragon) and Academy Award-winning producer Aron Warner (Shrek, Wish Dragon). The film is described as a musical action adventure that follows the story of a world-renowned K-Pop girl […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|March 8, 2021
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Sony Announces Animated Musical Adventure “K-Pop: Demon Hunters”

Netflix Acquires Worldwide Rights to Sony Animation’s “The Mitchells vs. The Machines”

Netflix has acquired worldwide rights (excluding China) to The Mitchells vs. The Machines (formerly Connected) from Sony Pictures Animation. The original animated comedy is produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller whose film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, won the 2019 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The film stars Danny McBride, Abbi Jacobson, Maya Rudolph, […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|January 21, 2021
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Netflix Acquires Worldwide Rights to Sony Animation’s “The Mitchells vs. The Machines”

HBO Max Greenlights Sony Animation “Young Love” From Matthew A. Cherry

HBO Max has ordered a 12-episode season of the all-new, 2D animated series, Young Love, based on the characters introduced in the Academy Award-winning short film, Hair Love from director Matthew A. Cherry and Sony Pictures Animation. The new series for HBO Max is created by Cherry, who will showrun with long-time animation creative Carl […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|July 7, 2020
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HBO Max Greenlights Sony Animation “Young Love” From Matthew A. Cherry

TRAILER: Sony’s “Connected”

Sony Pictures Animation’s Connected is an original animated comedy from director Mike Rianda (Gravity Falls) and producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Lego Movie), about an everyday family’s struggle to relate while technology rises up around the world! It comes out on September 18th – and here’s our first look:
Avatar photoJerry Beck|March 3, 2020
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TRAILER: Sony’s “Connected”

INTERVIEW: Bruce Smith on his Sony Short “Hair Love”

Bruce W. Smith is the co-director of Sony Pictures Animation’s heartwarming short Hair Love. It screened theatrically with The Angry Birds Movie 2 this summer and is now available to watch for free on SPA’s YouTube channel. Smith is also the creator of Disney’s beloved animated series The Proud Family, which is returning with new […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|December 12, 2019
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INTERVIEW: Bruce Smith on his Sony Short “Hair Love”

REVIEW: “Angry Birds 2”

Before reviewing this sequel to Angry Birds (2016), I decided to try an experiment: I would see the movie pretending that I had never seen the original film or, in fact, even seen or heard of Rovio Entertainment’s app-born avian avengers. I pretended that I never played the game (I did, but stopped after they […]
Avatar photoMartin Goodman|August 21, 2019
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REVIEW: “Angry Birds 2”
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INTERVIEW: “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania” Directors Preview Final Installment

Sony Pictures Animation’s wildly successful Hotel Transylvania franchise is coming to a close. Fourth feature Hotel Transylvania: Transformania will open in theaters on July 23rd. Jennifer Kluska and Derek Drymon take over the directing reins from Genndy Tartakovsky, who serves as executive producer alongside the film’s star, Selena Gomez. Kluska and Drymon preview what Hotel […]