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A mosaic of Steamboat Willie sketches

Pixar hops to the top with animated film ‘Hoppers’

Iman Monnoo
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April 23
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A mosaic of Steamboat Willie sketches

Steph Curry goes for gold with his newest sport-comedy, ‘GOAT’

Iman Monnoo
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March 5
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A animated haunted hotel sits against a night backdrop, lit from the inside.

Chris McKenna ’92 produces new spooky Netflix show ‘Haunted Hotel’

Sterling Davies
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Oct. 6
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Four individuals stand in front of a green, moss-covered wall with two dark rectangular openings. There is a boy, a girl, a woman, and a man holding a glowing cube.

‘Skadoosh!’: Disney recasts movies with better actor(s)

Wambua Musyoki
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May 7, 2025
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Despite a rushed second season, "Arcane" pushes the genre of animation forward with groundbreaking artistry and creativity. (Graphic by Da-Hee Kim)

‘Arcane’ season 2: A new era of adult animation

Sara Alanis Morales
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March 3, 2025
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A girl (Moana, the titular character) holds an oar and smiles confidently.

‘Moana 2’ drowns in money and fails to make waves

Anthony Martinez Rosales
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Dec. 11, 2024
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Various Studio Ghibli characters, yellow background, text reading "Ghib it a try: When Marnie Was There"

Ghib it a Try: Memories and redemption in “When Marnie was There” 

Emma Kexin Wang
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March 31, 2024
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A graphic of a boy, with the text "The Boy and the Heron" written in the foreground.

Birds and bewilderment: Ghibli’s ‘The Boy and the Heron’ delights the eye and the imagination

Michelle Fu
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Dec. 6, 2023
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a sky-blue graphic with 'GHIBLI" written in white text with a sketch of an ambiguous rabbit-like creature.

Five Studio Ghibli films to watch in anticipation of ‘The Boy and the Heron’

Michelle Fu
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Dec. 1, 2023
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A poster with a deep blue background with "Wish, a pre-review critique" written on it.

Why does everyone already hate Disney’s ‘Wish’?

Katie Mannion
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Nov. 20, 2023
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A ginger cat wearing a cowboy hat, a black cat and a dog appear on the right of the graphic staring at the left into the distance. They are against a black background and to their left is the caption: "The State of Animation: Thhe Loast Wish Review."

The State of Animation: ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’ is nearly purrfect

Kristofer Nino
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Jan. 18, 2023
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A graphic of a yellow cartoon dog (Jake the Dog from "Adventure Time") wearing a red and green Christmas sweater and holding a blue mug with a snowflake on it. The text, "The State of Animation: Holiday Specials" appears to the left of the dog. Both the text and the dog are set against a black background with white snowflakes sprinkled in the corners of the graphic.

The State of Animation: Why do animated shows always have holiday specials?

Kristofer Nino
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Dec. 7, 2022
Arts & Life
Pictured: scenes from 'The Last Airbender," M. Night Shyamalan's 2010 film adaptation of the television series 'Avatar: The Last Airbender.' (Graphic: CHASITY HALE/The Stanford Daily) (Photo: Paramount Pictures)

Revisiting ‘The Last Airbender’ (2010)

Kelly Yang and Sania Choudhary
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Aug. 27, 2020
Arts & Life
"Neon Genesis Evangelion" takes place in the far-future city of Tokyo-III, expressly built to defend humanity against mysterious monsters (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

The bizarre journey into ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’

Noah Howard
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Oct. 15, 2019
The Grind
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The most magical night of winter quarter

Sarayu Pai
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Feb. 25, 2019
Courtesy of Mitchell Johnson

Disney character designer Glen Keane talks experience as an Oscar-winning animator and director

Clara Kieschnick
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Feb. 25, 2019
Phil Lord and Chris Miller assemble a compelling cast of cute minifigures for "The Lego Movie 2" (courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures).

‘The Lego Movie 2’ is built on heart

Daniel Wu
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Feb. 20, 2019
"Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse" demonstrates that some books must be seen on screen (MARK YORK/The Stanford Daily).

Into the Adaptationverse – ‘Spiderverse’ proves that adaptations are necessary

Mark York
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Feb. 19, 2019
Rebecca Sun, a senior reporter at The Hollywood Reporter (left), talks with “Crazy Rich Asians” screenwriter Adele Lim (right) at the 2018 Confluence Summit hosted by Winston Baker in Menlo Park. (OLIVIA POPP/The Stanford Daily)

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ screenwriter, VR leaders unite at second annual Confluence Summit

Olivia Popp
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Nov. 9, 2018
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Classy Classes: MUSIC 25 offers new approaches to anime

Emily Wan
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Oct. 30, 2018
The Stanford Daily

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