Personal connections loom large in the animated 'Migration' and 'Robot Dreams'
by Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times
Nov 28, 2023
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES — In another big year for animation, 2023 saw the return from retirement of one its true masters (Hayao Miyazaki, with the acclaimed "The Boy and the Heron") while an animated feature scored the year's second-highest box-office haul ("The Super Mario Bros. Movie," with $1.36 billion). Hollywood franchises continued ("Trolls Band Together"; "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse"; "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem") and another Japanese master, Makoto Shinkai, continued his critical and commercial winning streak with "Suzume."
Meanwhile, two other notable
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