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10 Animated Films of the 1990s That Found Their Audience and Became Cult Classics
The 1990s were a pivotal decade for animation, producing several animated films that became cult classics only after audiences discovered them over time. While many animated movies were built for immediate box office success, others took creative risks that made them harder to market—and easier to overlook. Yet those films didn’t disappear. Instead, they found […]
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Culture
Rise of Manga in the West: How Japanese Comics Took Over
The rise of manga in the West didn’t happen overnight. For many years, manga existed just outside the Western mainstream, visible mainly to dedicated fans who knew where to look. However, that reality has changed dramatically. Today, manga outsells American comic books in many markets, fills library shelves, dominates convention floors, and fuels some of […]
Animation
The New Animation Studios: Why Brands, Toys, and Tech Companies Are Now Creating Cartoons
For decades, animation belonged to a small, well-defined group of companies. Today, a new wave of branded animation studios is beginning to reshape that landscape. Studios like Disney, DreamWorks, and Sony Pictures Animation did not just produce animated films and series. They defined the entire ecosystem. They controlled the pipelines, the distribution, and ultimately the […]
Visual Essays
AI in Animation: The Questions We’re Asking (and the Ones We’re Not)
AI in animation was a topic that surfaced in nearly every panel I participated in this past weekend at Comic-Con—specifically, WonderCon 2026. The event itself was wonderful, full of energy, creativity, and community, but one conversation kept returning again and again: artificial intelligence. It did not matter whether the discussion centered on storytelling, production, or […]