Ali Soozandeh’s Tehran Taboo is a German – Austrian animation. It was screen at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. This film is the first feature film written and directed by Ali Soozandeh and stars Jasmina Ali, FarhadAbadinejad and Rozita Assadollahy amongst others.
The 37th movie in the Doraemon series,Doraemon the Movie 2017: Nobita’s Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi is a Japanese animated Science fiction feature based on the manga by Fujiko Fujio. The movie was released in March this year, in Japan. Atsushi Takahashi wrote and directed the film.
Beast of Burden is a 3D animated family feature, the first official co- production by China and New Zealand after both governments signed a ‘Film Co-Production Agreement’. The title in Chinese translates to ‘The Legend of the Magic Elephant’ and is directed by Kirby Atkins and Huang Jun. Huang Jun is also co- producing the film with Trevor Yaxley.
produced Scheduled to release in 2020, The Croods 2 is a 3D computer animated adventure comedy by DreamWorks Animation. It is the sequel to ‘The Croods’ released in 2013 and stars Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Clark Duke, Cloris Leachman, Ryan Reynolds and Catherine Keener. Lisa Mann will join the cast for this film. Directors Chris Sanders and Kirk de Micco have also written the film.
Released in February this year, Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale is a Japanese animation adventure and fantasy film based on the light novel series ‘Sword Art Online’ written by Reki Kawahara. The film was produced by A-1 pictures, directed by Tomohiko Itō and character designs were done by Shingo Adachi. The English version was released in March.
Based on the anime series and shōnen manga ‘Fairy Tail’ by Hiro Mashima, Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry was released in May this year. The film is a Japanese animated action fantasy film directed by Tatsuma Minawikama. Tetsuya Kakihara, Rie Kugimiya, Aya Hirano, Yuichi Nakamura, Sayaka , Satomi Satō, and Yui Horie come back to reprise their roles from the TV series. Funimation released the English version of the film in the United States.
Released in January this year (Japanese version), Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic is a Japanese animation based on the Yana Tobosco’s Black Butler Japanese manga series. Produced by A1 – Pictures and directed by Noriyuki Abe, the film features character designs by Minako Shiba and music by Yasunori Mitsuda. The cast from the anime’s TV series has reprises their voice roles for the film.
Ancien and the magic tablet (local name) also has an English dubbed version known as ‘Napping Princess: The Story of the Unknown Me’. The film is an animated Japanese fantasy adventure released in March in Japan and in U.S on 8th September this year.
Bunyan and Babe, released in February this year, is a computer animation feature, loosely based on the folklore of Paul Bunyan. The film stars John Goodman and Jeff Foxworthy as the lead characters. Bunyan and Babe premiered on Google play, where it was available to watch for free when it released.
The Breadwinner is scheduled to release this fall. It is an Irish Canadian Luxembourgian animation drama, produced by Cartoon Saloon. Angelina Jolie is one of the executive producers for the film. The film is based on the novel of the same name, written by Deborah Ellis. Nora Twomey directed the film. The movie stars Saara Chaudry, LaaraSadiq and Shaista Latif.
Released in July this year, Director Leopoldo Aguilar’s Monster Island is a Mexican computer animated fantasy film. Also known as L’IlladelsMonstres, the film stars Fiona Hardingham, Roger Jackson, Jenifer Beth Kaplan and Eric Larsen amongst others.
All set to release in November this year, Olaf’s Frozen Adventure is a 3D animated fantasy musical short film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. The films features Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel and Jonathan Groff, who also starred in Frozen (2013). The film is a holiday themed short.
Loving Vincent is the worlds very first fully hand painted film! It is scheduled for a theatrical release in October. The film is a biographical animation, of the life of Vincent Van Gogh. DorotaKobiela and Hugh Welchman directed and wrote the screenplay for the film and the entire film’s funding was taken care of by the Polish Film Institute.
Released in January this year, Sahara is a French Canadian 3D animated film produced by StudioCanal and Mandarin Films. The English version of the film starred Angela Galuppo, Robert Naylor, Daniel Brochu, Mark Hauser and Rick Jones, amongst others. The film was scored by Jérôme Rebotier and was distributed by Netflix.
Released early in January this year, Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania is a 3D animated comedy film, and is a sequel to ‘Surf’s Up’ , 2007. The film is produced by WWE Studios and Sony Pictures. The film boasts a cast that includes some of WWE’s renowned wrestlers. Some of the main voice cast members include Jeremy Shada, Melissa Sturm, John Cena, Undertaker, Triple H and Paige.
The Big Bad Fox and other tales is a French animation, released in June this year and produced by Folivari. The feature is directed by Benjamin Renner and Patrick Imbert. Guillaume Darnault, Damien Wietecka, Kamel Abdessadok, Antoine Schoumsky and Christophe Lemoine are some of the French actors who have lent their voices for the film.
Released in July this year, Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! (also known as‘Pocket Monsters the Movie: I Choose You!’ in Japan) is a Japanese animated adventure film. It is the twentieth Pokémon Movie and the first one from the Sun and Moon series. The film has two separate voice cast teams, one in Japan and one in US and features the characters from the original series.
Blue Dreams Studio’s ‘Animal Crackers’ is a Spanish-American 3D animated fantasy film that was released in June this year. The movie is directed by Scott Christian Sava and Tony Bancroft and stars real life husband and wife, John Krasinski and Emily Blunt. Other A list cast members include Sylvester Stallone, Danny DeVito, Raven-Symoné,Patrick Warburton,Ian McKellen and Wallace Shawn.
