I’m more into today’s mainstream animation world than indie.

I agree fine cartoon shows are tough to find these days. Luckily I’m enjoying Tangled the Series and Star Wars Rebels. When I think of the past decade, I think of Avatar, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, American Dragon Jake Long, Life & Times of Juniper Lee, SpongeBob and Fairy Oddparents back in their prime, Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go, Oban Star Racers, Emperor’s New School and Kim Possible.

I haven’t really cared for the foreign animated films we’ve received in recent years but I do agree Disney has been on a roll this decade. So has Illumination (seen all of them except Hop) and Pixar (like always).

It’s hard to believe over 20 years later, Pixar still has a bit of magic in them.

1) Obviously, the Disney Renaissance (‘Little Mermaid’, ‘Lion King, ‘Beauty and the Beast’)
2) Formation of Pixar and commercial breakthrough of computer animation (‘Toy Story’)
3) Formation of Studio Ghibli and the global spread of anime. (‘Grave of the Fireflies’, ‘My Neighbor Totoro’)
4) Other groundbreaking anime films like ‘Akira’ and ‘Ghost in the Shell’.
5) ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’, still the gold standard for stop-motion animation, was released.
6) The rise of MTV gave way to experimentation with animation in music videos.
7) The beginning of ‘The Simpsons’ (the beginning of adult-oriented tv shows and a television landmark in it’s own right)

I prefer some Non-Disney features than most of what Disney gave us back in the 90’s. But in particular I liked Prince of Egypt, The King & I, Cats Don’t Dance, Pebble and the Penguin, Thumbelina, The Swan Princess, We’re Back, A Troll in Central Park, Quest for Camelot, Rock A Doodle, Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland and Pippi Longstocking.

I’m not a huge fan of Looney Tunes but I remember liking them as a kid. I also like Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and Sleeping Beauty. But Cinderella is the best Disney had done in the 50’s!