Every 2023 Animated Film Ranked: Worst to Best

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  • Опубліковано 31 тра 2024
  • Worst to Best Time again. Finally. Spiderverse or Boy and the Heron
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  • @CellSpex
    @CellSpex  2 місяці тому +345

    So I changed the thumbnail for like 3 hours for an April Fools thing just to see what would happen. It's over now.
    Music Used:
    Swan Princess 3 - Aint Nothing but Bad Days Ahead
    Big City Greens - Best part of Christmas
    Central Park - I Did Not Account for This
    Underdog Theme Ted from Scrubs
    Ghost and Molly Magee - Enjoy your Afterlife
    Twisted - Starkid - Dream a Little Harder
    Little Mermaid - Poor Unfortunate Soul (Cover)
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    Muppet Christmas Carol - It Feels like Christmas
    Detective Conan Theme - Saxophone cover
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    Miraculous Ladybug Japanese Theme
    Monkie Kid Theme
    Believe Your Eyes - Swan Princess Longer Than Forever
    Gotta go Fast Sonic X Theme
    Fred Penner - The Cat Came Back
    Wander Over Yonder - Your the Greatest
    That Moment Forever Ago - Central Park
    Milo Murphy's Law - Chop Away at my Heart
    Eye of the Tiger Cover
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    Skillet - Feel like a Monster Cover - Caleb Hyles
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    Crazy Ex-Girlfriend - Stupid Bitch
    Greatest Showman - This is Me (cover)
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    Under the Boardwalk - More than a Meathead
    Mission Impossible theme cover
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    Die trying - Central Park
    Jingle Bells Batman Smells - Batman Animated series
    Les Mis - Castle on a Cloud Cover
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    Imperfectly Perfect - Central Park
    You are the Music - Central Park
    Attack on Titan Theme (epic cover)
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    Paradise - Ikson
    Anatasia Musical - Paris Hold the Key to Your Heart (Portuguese)
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    Frozen Love is an Open Door Acapella Cover
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    Simple Plan - I’m Just a Kid Cover - Midnight Cereal
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    Under the Sea Little Mermaid Jazz Cover
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    Green Day Boulevard of Broken Dreams Bard Cover
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    Little Bird - Elizabeth Mitchell
    Mad World Cover Tears for Feers Street Performance
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    I'll be the Misfit - Gamboy Jone x Breeton Boi
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    • @leebulger7112
      @leebulger7112 2 місяці тому +5

      I have been looking forward to this year's video since the New Year started and can't wait to get started.

    • @thataintfalco7106
      @thataintfalco7106 2 місяці тому +2

      That intro was peak

    • @demiclown
      @demiclown 2 місяці тому +3

      The paris hold the key of your heart performance you used is actually in portuguese not in french!

    • @illusionofartYT
      @illusionofartYT 2 місяці тому +3

      Me seeing you use a song from my friends game boy Jones and breeton boi song want on my bucket list that was so unexpected hearing that! 🔥🔥✨

    • @abandonedaccounnt
      @abandonedaccounnt 2 місяці тому +3

      love all the central park reps

  • @sarahtelles1931
    @sarahtelles1931 2 місяці тому +812

    Can you imagine how Wish would have turned out if the Disney Corporation just let the story be instead of forcing the writers to change it just to cram in references to past movies

    • @emblemblade9245
      @emblemblade9245 2 місяці тому +33

      The original story sounds better than what we got, sure, but I really don’t understand why it gets so much hype. It doesn’t sound that groundbreaking to me.

    • @colbystearns5066
      @colbystearns5066 2 місяці тому +67

      @@emblemblade9245 I think it's because it was tied up in the 100th Anniversary of Disney and people believe the original idea for the movie would've been more fitting for the occasion.

    • @sarahtelles1931
      @sarahtelles1931 2 місяці тому +22

      @@colbystearns5066 plus it was supposed to be the origin story of the fairy godmother

    • @Krimsin01
      @Krimsin01 2 місяці тому +4

      @@sarahtelles1931dude that actually sounds interesting

    • @Krimsin01
      @Krimsin01 2 місяці тому +3

      @@emblemblade9245at least it would have been something interesting, rather than something that wasted my time

  • @kingsleycy3450
    @kingsleycy3450 2 місяці тому +403

    The Swan Princess having that many sequel films is the biggest thing I have learned all year

    • @rebekahjohnson5940
      @rebekahjohnson5940 2 місяці тому +15

      I found out when the algorithm recommended me Laura Crone’s video on the swan princess series a while back, and i highly recommend it. She talks about each installment at length and talks about the company making it now being… odd. (I don’t want to spoil it lol).

    • @emuanon34
      @emuanon34 2 місяці тому +4

      I also highly recommend Bobsheaux.

    • @NAVEMAN3
      @NAVEMAN3 2 місяці тому +2

      Less you forget Land Before Time

    • @kostajovanovic3711
      @kostajovanovic3711 2 місяці тому

      ​@@emuanon34Has he dropped the channel awesome way of reviewing movies?

    • @louisej682
      @louisej682 Місяць тому

      Who has been watching them
      And how can we help them

  • @AltoBurrito9506
    @AltoBurrito9506 2 місяці тому +765

    Me: I thought you released your worst to best in January
    Cellspex: "I don't believe in consistency"

    • @CellSpex
      @CellSpex  2 місяці тому +335

      The number of Worst to Best Lists that actually released in January in the 15 years I've been doing it is maybe 3

    • @ammaralrai9955
      @ammaralrai9955 2 місяці тому +11

      This is a long one

    • @Shabowdiadlo
      @Shabowdiadlo 2 місяці тому +32

      ​@@CellSpex I'm surprised you didn't make this a two partner, but I'm glad you made it one full video, almost certain the songs used in here might be copyright striked

    • @lillyrose1873
      @lillyrose1873 2 місяці тому +12

      It still feels like January to me

    • @Peeps7468
      @Peeps7468 2 місяці тому +4

      @@ammaralrai9955now I’m thinking of that meme with Kylo Ren. “More. MORE!!”

  • @NobodyC13
    @NobodyC13 2 місяці тому +306

    Playing the most satirical part of Twisted's "Dream A Little Harder" to introduce Wish.
    Oof.

    • @eaglefan2569
      @eaglefan2569 2 місяці тому +38

      Especially by nature of what Twisted is and what the musical itself calls out. Just perfect usage

  • @zacharymccoy7091
    @zacharymccoy7091 2 місяці тому +657

    2023 overall was one of the better year for animated films. Spiderverse will definitely have an effect on the industry for at least the rest of the decade.

    • @yololthepikminenjoyer
      @yololthepikminenjoyer 2 місяці тому +28

      as in... it’ll teach directors you can get away with mistreating your workers as long as you make a good movie?

    • @colbystearns5066
      @colbystearns5066 2 місяці тому +53

      @@yololthepikminenjoyer I hope it's the part about inspiring other people to take chances on the artistic style of their films rather than continuing to imitate the Disney/Pixar look.

    • @joshuasgameplays9850
      @joshuasgameplays9850 2 місяці тому +21

      @@yololthepikminenjoyer Hollywood has known this for decades.

    • @ShockwaveFPSStudios
      @ShockwaveFPSStudios 2 місяці тому +7

      @@joshuasgameplays9850Hell, it’s been an animation practice since Animation even began. It’s not a big deal as you think people, it’s been literally done countless times! Just look at Toy Story 2. Ugh, the internet’s full of Drama Kings.

    • @_kaleido
      @_kaleido 2 місяці тому +21

      @@ShockwaveFPSStudios I mean it is a big deal, just because it’s the norm doesn’t mean it’s not bad. but I do agree it’s weird that people are acting like this is the first time animators have been mistreated during production of a movie

  • @DracoGalboy
    @DracoGalboy 2 місяці тому +250

    The original swan princess had one of the best responses the prince. "How to offend women in 5 syllables or less" has lived rent free since i saw it

  • @anglure3617
    @anglure3617 2 місяці тому +207

    I feel like I should have said this ages ago but I really do appreciate that you cover such a wide variety of animation in these, when you say "every" you really MEAN "every"

  • @Tw1zteR.
    @Tw1zteR. 2 місяці тому +80

    I LOVE how you use the best clips from every movie in that opening montage and treat them all as equals for a second.. just appreciating the medium because they really do all have beautiful qualities

  • @Omnipotentmonkey
    @Omnipotentmonkey 2 місяці тому +239

    Usually you give Disney a bit of leeway, not much to be clear, you're fair, but when perception of their films is more negative (such as Ralph Breaks the Internet) you tend not to swing quite so far as others might in that direction,
    so to see Wish lose to URKEL SAVES SANTA is a pretty stark statement of how bad Wish actually is. I genuinely think Chicken Little and Home on the Range might have more actual outright fans than Wish does at this point...

    • @reddeath5791
      @reddeath5791 2 місяці тому +34

      I agree because Chicken Little and Home on the Range are absolute shitshow movies so bad that they can absolutely gain an ironic cult following whereas Wish I feel has absolutely nothing to hold onto and it’s just an absolute nothing burger

    • @tel780
      @tel780 2 місяці тому +6

      I didn't even know people didn't like home on the range, till now 😅 to be fair I mainly listen to the german Audioplay. I only saw the movie once or twice.

    • @alexmillar4878
      @alexmillar4878 2 місяці тому +4

      To be honest, I’m often in the same boat as her when it comes to recent Disney. For instance I honestly really like Raya and the Last Dragon and think it is really overhated despite it’s flaws and with the other non-Encanto films in recent years like Ralph Breaks the Internet, Frozen 2 and Strange World, Don’t get me wrong, they are definitely not great films by any means and I’m not going to fully defend them but I do think they have genuinely good qualities that make them in my opinion nowhere near as bad as everyone makes them out to be.
      So even with all that being said, even I agree that I did not like Wish whatsoever and consider it my least favourite Disney animated film since Chicken Little.
      I honestly think Cellspex doesn’t get enough credit as a great movie and animation reviewer and should be more well known.

    • @jclkaytwo
      @jclkaytwo 2 місяці тому +6

      it's important to remember that many (most?) of chicken little and HotR's fans are due to nostalgia from those who grew up with those movies. wish hasn't had that opportunity yet since it just came out.

    • @scrittle
      @scrittle 2 місяці тому +1

      @@reddeath5791 Throughout my childhood, I loved Chicken Little and played the PS2 game relentlessly. All the criticism is deserved, but I honestly think it isn't a bad film.
      Wish is a bad film.

  • @morganrakes4184
    @morganrakes4184 2 місяці тому +299

    Me: Man I need a good video to clean my apartment to
    *Cellspex uploads an hour video*
    Me: PERFECT!!!!!!

  • @thefabuloustrash05
    @thefabuloustrash05 2 місяці тому +156

    1:00:38 THANK YOU!! Nowadays I feel people are forgetting/not appreciating TMNT 2012 anymore and especially Sean Astin’s take on Raphael which in my opinion has been one of the best adaptations of Raphael in a long time, nailing his personality, personal struggles, flaws and attitude perfectly 👏

    • @adiadean9962
      @adiadean9962 2 місяці тому

      @fandomqueenjkwhen was Leo a jerk? I would just like some clarification plz.

    • @kerm8835
      @kerm8835 2 місяці тому +2

      Came to the comments just to say SEAN ASTIN MENTION!!! 🙌🙌🙌 best Raph imho, he really did capture the angry, snarky teenage boy vibe SO well. No one comes close

  • @randfur
    @randfur 2 місяці тому +146

    Timestamps:
    43. 1:35 - The Swan Princess: A Fairy Tale Is Born / The Swan Princess: Far Longer Than Forever
    42. 4:39 - Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Christmas Cabin Fever
    41. 5:24 - Mummies
    40. 7:08 - Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie
    39. 8:41 - The Canterville Ghost
    38. 10:21 - Wish
    37. 14:19 - Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken
    36. 15:37 - Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie
    35. 17:00 - Mavka: The Forest Song
    34. 18:12 - Inspector Sun
    33. 19:22 - The Magician's Elephant
    32. 20:15 - Rally Road Racers
    31. 21:42 - Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie
    30. 24:36 - New Gods: Yang Jian / The Monkey King
    29. 28:07 - The Amazing Maurice
    28. 29:49 - The Super Mario Bros. Movie
    27. 32:02 - To Me, The One Who Loved You / To Every You I've Loved Before / The Tunnel To Summer, The Exit Of Goodbyes
    26. 35:27 - Trolls: Band Together
    25. 37:27 - Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham
    24. 39:42 - I Am What I Am
    23. 41:00 - My Love Affair With Marriage / The Peasants
    22. 42:59 - Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget
    21. 45:53 - Under The Boardwalk
    20. 48:36 - Scarygirl
    19. 50:17 - Merry Little Batman
    18. 51:46 - Migration
    17. 54:04 - Lonely Castle in the Mirror
    16. 55:59 - Elemental
    15. 58:20 - Ernest & Celestine: A Trip To Gibberitia
    14. 59:32 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
    13. 1:01:11 - Leo
    12. 1:03:04 - The First Slam Dunk / Blue Giant
    11. 1:06:27 - Le Petit Nicolas
    10. 1:07:22 - Suzume
    9. 1:09:21 - The Venture Bros.
    8. 1:11:38 - Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War
    7. 1:14:37 - Deep Sea
    6. 1:17:06 - The Inventor
    5. 1:19:39 - Unicorn Wars
    4. 1:20:53 - Nimona
    3. 1:22:01 - Robot Dreams
    2. 1:23:46 - The Boy And The Heron
    1. 1:26:04 - Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

    • @MisterPaybackX
      @MisterPaybackX 2 місяці тому +2

      Migration lets gooo

    • @playgroundchooser
      @playgroundchooser 2 місяці тому +2

      Hero level! Thanks!

    • @moon_orbit
      @moon_orbit 2 місяці тому

      Thanks, no way I'm watching this video with silly opinions

    • @jclkaytwo
      @jclkaytwo 2 місяці тому +4

      holy crap, I did NOT realize that many movies were featured in this ranking. cellspex is such a legend I swear

    • @kanchomerocks12
      @kanchomerocks12 2 місяці тому

      Ah... Once again, no Digimon adventure 02 the beginning. A shame

  • @Coradia_
    @Coradia_ 2 місяці тому +52

    I got jumpscares upon hearing Dream a Little Harder, the fact you used a Twisted song for Wish is amazing

  • @zam_likes_cats
    @zam_likes_cats 2 місяці тому +49

    You are the GOAT. You've been ranking every animated movie for a decade now! Its definitely one of my favorite youtube yearly traditions

  • @okapi77yeet
    @okapi77yeet 2 місяці тому +80

    1:00:52 In the new TMNT show's defense, it was either a scribbly 2-D animation style, or having a lower budget copy of the movie's animation. I'm grateful for what we are getting since I feared much worse.

    • @drdewott9154
      @drdewott9154 Місяць тому +3

      Yeah thats a great way of putting it. And we all know how bad cheap CGI can look if not handled well. Heck just look at the first few movies on the list, or heck for extra relevance Megamind vs the Doom Syndicate.

    • @hyacynthii
      @hyacynthii Місяць тому +1

      I was surprised to see people not like the new tmnt shows style tbh, I’m an animator and I got pretty excited after seeing some clips from the show - I liked it!

    • @okapi77yeet
      @okapi77yeet Місяць тому

      @@hyacynthii I liked it too! I was also pretty surprised by the distaste I saw.

  • @youareallbots7536
    @youareallbots7536 2 місяці тому +39

    Nimona and Spiderverse were definitely my top two that I saw in 2023. I was pleasantly surprised by both since I'd never heard of Nimona before and didn't think Spiderverse would be able to match the first one.

  • @Jacobjinglepocket
    @Jacobjinglepocket 2 місяці тому +93

    inb4 the opening is claimed and she's forced to redo it again.

    • @CellSpex
      @CellSpex  2 місяці тому +49

      No copyright track (for now)

    • @ShockwaveFPSStudios
      @ShockwaveFPSStudios 2 місяці тому +3

      @@CellSpexWell that’s a good start.

    • @scrittle
      @scrittle 2 місяці тому +2

      "Whoops, looks like you used music somebody rapped over."

    • @emanuelrojas2
      @emanuelrojas2 2 місяці тому +2

      Knock on wood

  • @EvieRawlings
    @EvieRawlings 2 місяці тому +112

    Worst to Best in one video?
    WHAT MADNESS IS THIS?
    Edit: You have NO IDEA how happy I am to hear you talk about the awful Swan Princess sequels. (And use the song from the third movie)

    • @Plexxis_SugarPom
      @Plexxis_SugarPom Місяць тому

      Hey, been a while since I've seen a Wakfu pfp!!! Nice

    • @EvieRawlings
      @EvieRawlings Місяць тому

      @@Plexxis_SugarPom Hello fellow Wakfu fan!

  • @everythingpizzaandknuckles6268
    @everythingpizzaandknuckles6268 2 місяці тому +53

    The biggest disappointment of the Magician's Elephant movie is that it didn't include the Light & Night, the Tally Hall song written for the digital release of the book

  • @randomcat7246
    @randomcat7246 2 місяці тому +36

    The intro with the man himself at the piano was the best UA-cam intro I’ve ever seen

  • @WhirlyBeepBoops
    @WhirlyBeepBoops 2 місяці тому +40

    I know this doesn't really affect anything, but there are good cats in Paw Patrol. One of them is a biker and actually joins the Patrol in some missions!

  • @silasaguilar8511
    @silasaguilar8511 2 місяці тому +22

    “I swear the people would adore this movie if it was made by dreamworks” is so true cs dreamworks was carrying 2023(with spiderverse and the boy and the heron and Nimona) before 2024 came along and they fumbled with MegaMind 2 and a mid kfp 4

    • @ShockwaveFPSStudios
      @ShockwaveFPSStudios 2 місяці тому +1

      😆, good one.

    • @jclkaytwo
      @jclkaytwo 2 місяці тому +11

      sorry if I'm missing a joke but the only dreamworks movies that came out in 2023 were ruby gillman and trolls 3. they were definitely not carrying 2023.

    • @junjunjamore7735
      @junjunjamore7735 2 місяці тому +1

      I liked Nimona, and I'm pretty sure people would have hated it if it was made by Disney since it featured a prominent gay couple.

  • @krbthewitch
    @krbthewitch 2 місяці тому +26

    The best animated thing I saw last year was definitely 'Scavenger's Reign', an animated series on max that was probably the best sci fi world I've ever seen and a masterclass in how to write alien worlds and how humans interact with them. I really hope you're able to go back and give it a look, just for the benefit of more people hearing about it.

    • @Tsalv
      @Tsalv 2 місяці тому +2

      Based

    • @AlbertLarter
      @AlbertLarter 2 місяці тому +2

      It’s become one of my favourites, I loved the ecosystems and stuff

  • @BlueCoolOla
    @BlueCoolOla 2 місяці тому +10

    Amazing video as always! But an important correction on Suzume: After they leave Tokyo, the entire finale takes place in Tohoku because (spoilers) Suzume lost her mother and her home in the Tohoku earthquake of 2011 (the date even appears in her diary in the film) and the entire point is that she needs to return to where it all began and confront her past. Thank you for reading, love you always ❤

    • @CellSpex
      @CellSpex  2 місяці тому +7

      Oh man I thought it was Hokaiddo, that's on me then

    • @BlueCoolOla
      @BlueCoolOla 2 місяці тому +1

      @@CellSpex It's okay, they're both technically the rural north haha ☺️

  • @itsspoonx
    @itsspoonx 2 місяці тому +31

    The huge smile that popped up on my face when I heard a song from Big City Greens when Diary of a Wimpy Kid popped up!

  • @trentonmoyer5048
    @trentonmoyer5048 2 місяці тому +10

    I love how many films you are able to cover! There were a decent amount that I recognized or had seen in the past year, but a lot that I hadn’t that, with some that I am curious to check out now. It was a great video and the edit at the beginning was really cool and well done! Also, I am so happy that “The Inventor” is ranking high on some of these lists, that was a really unique and creative film!

  • @Mr_bukowski4435
    @Mr_bukowski4435 2 місяці тому +12

    It’s insane how the two best animated movies of this year were the most life changing for me

  • @Princess_-gp3ep
    @Princess_-gp3ep 2 місяці тому +62

    Nimona is literally my favorite animated movie of 2023 and of all time. It’s very underrated, The animation gives me storm hawks & dragon prince vibes and I laughed & nearly cried. It should’ve won the Oscar for Best animated feature.

    • @cliffturbo2146
      @cliffturbo2146 2 місяці тому +1

      The animation reminds me of Storm Hawks and Slugterra. One of my personal favourites in Disney XD

    • @pokepwned
      @pokepwned 2 місяці тому +7

      It was a tough year for relatively smaller projects to win with juggernauts like Spiderverse and a Miyazaki film coming out

    • @joelmole3157
      @joelmole3157 2 місяці тому +12

      In any other year I would agree with you but let’s be fair, it didn’t stand a chance against Spiderverse and Boy and the Heron. This was a really impressive year for animation.

    • @braumkimball9548
      @braumkimball9548 2 місяці тому +2

      It's legit my favorite movie ever.

    • @erichfiedler1481
      @erichfiedler1481 2 місяці тому +2

      @@cliffturbo2146 funnily enough, Nimona's animation style was inspired by the Disney shorts "Paperman" and "Feast"

  • @infinity-marc
    @infinity-marc 2 місяці тому +11

    The thumbnail change 💀 The opening montage is really good, though.

    • @ValentinF23
      @ValentinF23 Місяць тому +1

      What was the thumbnail?

  • @yuki2320
    @yuki2320 2 місяці тому +14

    My top 3 animated movies of 2023:
    1. Attack on Titan: The Final Chapters
    2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
    3. The Super Mario Bros Movie

    • @zadejames6269
      @zadejames6269 2 місяці тому +5

      For me it’s:
      1. Across the Spiderverse
      2. The Boy and the Heron
      3. The Peasants

    • @yuki2320
      @yuki2320 2 місяці тому

      ​@@zadejames6269Oh, the only movie I've seen on your pick is Across the Spider-Verse, and I haven't seen the rest.

    • @zadejames6269
      @zadejames6269 2 місяці тому

      @@yuki2320 you should for sure check em out !! highly recommend

  • @Sootielove
    @Sootielove 2 місяці тому +6

    I'm always impressed by the music choices you come up with :D Also truly appreciate the variety of animated films you show off, especially when so many of the big companies really flopped last year

  • @hardyworld
    @hardyworld 2 місяці тому +14

    I will not forgive [as] for canceling The Venture Bros.

  • @zaryuezi-youtaylor2994
    @zaryuezi-youtaylor2994 2 місяці тому +4

    1:06:32 Le Petit Nicolas is a series of French children's books created by René Goscinny and illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempé. Goscinny was the same writer for 2 other Franco-Belgian comics, Asterix and Lucky Luke.

  • @sofiathefirst8329
    @sofiathefirst8329 2 місяці тому +8

    These are my favorite videos to tune into each year!! It made me so happy to hear you talk about Lego Monkie Kid that is my FAVORITE show!

  • @Dani751PL
    @Dani751PL 2 місяці тому +6

    Peasants is the most Polish movie ever made. As the Pole myself I can confirm that we sure love to have eachother behind courtains but still being kind to one another

  • @brittanydavisghiblieaglesfan
    @brittanydavisghiblieaglesfan 2 місяці тому +2

    “The Boy and the Heron” is my top animated film of 2023 with “Across the Spider-Verse” a close second. I’m so happy that “The Boy and the Heron” won Best Animated Feature with Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli winning their second Oscar and the second 2D film and first PG-13 animated film to win Best Animated Feature. What a historic and well-deserved win for Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli!

  • @focusfireno.1099
    @focusfireno.1099 2 місяці тому +5

    Congratulations on getting this hour and a half video out. Last year to me was the best year in terms of releases in animation, and its videos like these that make me appreciate the release we got. The good, the bad, and the weird. Here's to another good year of animation with hopefully good results on the basically inevitable animation strike.

  • @matcha_zuki5597
    @matcha_zuki5597 2 місяці тому +4

    This is such a highlight to my year as a huge animation fan and an animation uni student, love seeing how animation impacts others and learning more about it myself from others.

  • @happyllama1160
    @happyllama1160 Місяць тому +2

    I always love watching these videos every year. Time goes by so fast nowadays and though my city’s university has a really fantastic independent cinema, I miss so many movies. These give me a big chance to catch up and discover things I would never have considered. Really excited to go back and watch all the ones I missed last year, thanks so much!

  • @Danominator
    @Danominator 2 місяці тому +3

    I always look forward to your montages for these, wonderfully edited by the way

  • @CyberGhost12.0
    @CyberGhost12.0 2 місяці тому +4

    Who here has chills while watching the intro of the video (honestly this is the best intro I ever seen in a youtube video therefore I'm subscribing to this channel and hopefully she makes more intros like that in the future)

  • @questworldiangreenknight7455
    @questworldiangreenknight7455 2 місяці тому +2

    Saw this in my notifications, this instantly just made my day! Love whenever these are posted!!!!

  • @spaceylatte
    @spaceylatte 2 місяці тому +4

    Commenting to say that I have been watching (and rewatching) these worst to best lists since my early highschool days. I recently graduated college, and this is still one of my most anticipated - anything, for me every year.
    Also that every year I mentally note each movie that I hadn't heard about, with the intent to someday watch. (college + covid really made it hard for me to go and watch movies)
    Tho I am fascinated by your opinion on Leo, but also I am so much younger, and saw way fewer movies that year so I kinda had to push that one to my personal bottom ranks.
    Also that even tho I havent seen Chicken Run in years, I was absolutely terrified of it as a kid and it was one of those movies that my mom would insist I should watch again because its funny, but all I could think about was the scary stuff... which I cant remember anymore.

  • @kuku8846
    @kuku8846 2 місяці тому +11

    I’m so happy to see the attention paid to a couple Chinese animated films!!
    I’ll mention a couple other films later in this comment that I loved (specifically _The Storm_ aka _Dayu_ and then also _30,000 Miles from Chang’an;_ one of which _was_ released internationally and one of which didn’t get to be), but I only bring them up here as a “preview.” First, I want to mention some other things:
    Your discussion of _I Am What I Am_ reminds me of something I’ve been thinking with Chinese animation: a lot of it _is_ amazing visually, but often gets criticized in terms of plot/writing/clichés, but I’ve always felt like there’s some leeway you can give Chinese animation here, which is that _China_ hasn’t gotten a chance to tell some of these stories for themselves.
    Like with _I Am What I Am,_ yeah it’s a pretty generic ‘80s sports movie on its surface, but the lion dancing part of it _is_ the unique, intriguing aspect of it, and I think it’s neat that we get such a film for a sport/festivity as lion dancing.
    Plus it’s an interesting thing to try and balance in the first place; Chinese animation has always been known for national style, where it tries to put forth a unique Chinese style that will make it stand out on the international stage. This is actually why so many Chinese films rely on Chinese mythology and fantasy-those _are_ things very special-and important and even cool!-about China.
    But of course this within itself is limiting.
    If you demand a film always try to rely on a national style, they’ll start blurring together at some point; you can see this with the number of Sun Wukong and now Nezha but also ink-wash style films there are.
    But with that being said, I’m glad regardless that Chinese animation is growing so, so rapidly, even though none of them are still quite at the level to compete with the sheer emotional resonance of Western/Japanese animation.
    Considering Chinese animation only started really maturing again in 2018 and has now culminated in so much, I’m still excited for the future, especially as more and more Chinese indie animators make their debut.
    And fortunately, China’s animation industry isn’t quite as reliant on a fixed release schedule as Japan, so while I know animation industries are almost inherently exploitative at this point, I’m glad that at least on this front donghua is a little more lenient.
    Anyway, I typed up all this because I’m happy to see more attention on Chinese animation, even if they’re still not Oscar-worthy ahaha.
    And because I look forward to next year, when I hope you’ll talk about Busifan’s _The Storm,_ aka _Dayu,_ which I believe released in super early 2024 internationally (it was so soon after the Chinese release I was absolutely delighted).
    I mourn the fact _30,000 Miles from Chang’an_ didn’t get enough attention internationally to cross borders, because I really feel like not only is it a film worthy of praise (especially since it’s another one that does _not_ rely on mythology!)-it actually came out _in China_ with built-in English subs (hard subs, as everything in China is also subbed in Chinese), which _shows_ the team’s interest in it going west. But hey, at least _The Storm_ got further!
    Of course, it was quite a limited release, but with the way both films went viral in early 2024, I have my fingers crossed _some_ people actually went and gave them a chance.
    I always want Chinese animation to get attention internationally so Chinese studios will know it’s worth investing in exporting them (again, I mourn the missed opportunity for _Chang’an_ not getting out of China 😭).
    And while _The Storm_ was another one that was a little over-ambitious, it was still a really heartfelt, beautiful film that I feel like animation fans will adore, as long as they give it a chance.
    I actually personally prefer the director (Busifan)’s other film, _Dahufa,_ and I kind of wish more reviews existed of it, but that’s another one that unfortunately never got to go across borders.
    But in that way, I’m glad _The Storm_ made it, and fingers crossed for it in the future to get more attention, alongside the rest of China’s animation industry. 🥺🤞

  • @LMC_Jarred
    @LMC_Jarred 2 місяці тому +1

    It's so nice to see your opening compilation not be removed by copyright. That was beautiful! Great editing work!

  • @nateds7326
    @nateds7326 2 місяці тому +14

    Cellspex: the motion picture

  • @oiitsoranglee
    @oiitsoranglee 2 місяці тому +6

    *IT IS TIME*
    (dramatic lion king music as you walk towards this video)

  • @giascott-heron
    @giascott-heron 15 днів тому +1

    It looks like you spent a lot of time on this. I appreciate that, and some of the movies I hadn’t heard of, or didn’t know had come out. Thank you. Good job!

  • @cryingeagle3
    @cryingeagle3 2 місяці тому +1

    You have become my benchmark and information on info about animation. Thank you for another banger!

  • @hyenaedits3460
    @hyenaedits3460 2 місяці тому +2

    The montages get better every year and they've always been great!

  • @jetproject4972
    @jetproject4972 2 місяці тому +1

    Its great to have another long video from your channel! I really enjoy your content :D

  • @ochkoshka
    @ochkoshka 2 місяці тому +3

    Fun fact, there's a soviet animated short from the 70s based on the Canterville's ghost! Sorry you just said it's the first time it's been animated and that triggered some childhood memories in me xD That short has some weird camera choices throughout but it's pretty fun~

  • @DarkLordGanondorf190
    @DarkLordGanondorf190 2 місяці тому +3

    Thank you for putting so many animated movies on my radar every year!

  • @robertdelossantos5844
    @robertdelossantos5844 2 місяці тому +1

    There was one movie I was really looking forward to seeing you review, and curious where you would put it in the list for 2023. Glad you liked Leo.

  • @metalandmagi6486
    @metalandmagi6486 2 місяці тому +1

    Impeccable intro song choices as always!

  • @proflns8558
    @proflns8558 2 місяці тому

    Your montage is fire, and so is the list. I hear about so few of the mid-good tier films, so it's nice to have something to look forward to in the next year.

  • @CecenaGuy
    @CecenaGuy 2 місяці тому +4

    I can’t wait for Robot Dreams to get a wide US release this summer so I can see it again on the big screen. I saw it earlier this month at a sneak preview screening, and it’s genuinely one of the best animated films I’ve ever seen. A true work of art.

  • @violetthebookcat7457
    @violetthebookcat7457 2 місяці тому +6

    Came in as soon as the notification came on! READY FOR THIS!!!

  • @yokaiwatcher8500
    @yokaiwatcher8500 2 місяці тому +3

    For two seconds at 18:32 you showed a picture of a picture of a book, “Ace Lacewing: Bug Detective” and I briefly have to thank you for awakening a core memory of a living books type thing of that book I used to love in elementary school. I was thinking about it just a couple days ago, but until 10 seconds ago I figured I’d have to hope of tracking the book down.
    Thank you

  • @BugsyFoga
    @BugsyFoga 2 місяці тому +6

    Now that was a pretty cool montage.

  • @proabram
    @proabram 2 місяці тому

    I appreciated the intro thank you for the effort you put into your videos 🫶

  • @user-cv2lq2uu5z
    @user-cv2lq2uu5z 2 місяці тому

    I really love the music you used at the beginning.

  • @Dreadfort-ho8lg
    @Dreadfort-ho8lg 2 місяці тому

    Great, i love your Videos, especially these Rankings.

  • @anto_point
    @anto_point 2 місяці тому +3

    You haven’t talked about Mars Express, which was my favorite movie of the whole year, and not only the best animated scifi movie ever, but also one of the best scifi movie of the last decade.
    I’m really sad.

    • @anto_point
      @anto_point 2 місяці тому +1

      And not to be chauvinistic, but it is certainly one of the best french movie in recent history
      And the best french scifi movie by far

  • @corieslagter1322
    @corieslagter1322 2 місяці тому

    IM SO EXCITED!!!!!! happy the notifications got me!

  • @Ouch193
    @Ouch193 2 місяці тому +6

    23:09 POV: you would spend 50k on a softcore animation featuring Charlie from Hazbin Hotel.

  • @neilhannan5112
    @neilhannan5112 2 місяці тому +13

    An 1hr half my god we are spoiled right here ❤❤👍🥳🎊

  • @yukitora10
    @yukitora10 Місяць тому

    Thank you for your thoughts and for opening the door for us to find new favorite films! I have maybe 12 hours of films to go watch now!

  • @nickydinino5651
    @nickydinino5651 2 місяці тому

    I look forward to this vid every single year!

  • @elihall6480
    @elihall6480 2 місяці тому +3

    my half cousin is lead animator of inside out 2 if disney screws it up ima be extremely angry

  • @kokoro7996
    @kokoro7996 2 місяці тому +2

    Every year you do this, it reminds me that I need to watch animated movies more.

  • @pinespuzzler3252
    @pinespuzzler3252 2 місяці тому +2

    I love your rankings ❤

  • @nyattanyako5248
    @nyattanyako5248 2 місяці тому +1

    Loved the video❤ and wanted to mention that there is an animated adaptation of the ghost of the canterville! It was made in USSR, in 1970. Sadly i don't think it was ever subtitled.

  • @joeldipops
    @joeldipops Місяць тому +1

    I'm so ffing happy someone saw and liked Scary Girl, just as an Australian who happened to see it at the cinema. Myself, my wife and my 4yo were the only ones at the showing and though it wasn't my favourite movie, I thought it deserved much better than that.

  • @capn_toad
    @capn_toad 2 місяці тому +12

    really appreciate the twisted clip preceding the wish segment

  • @ivymurphy8305
    @ivymurphy8305 2 місяці тому

    Hey there, I wanted to say that an old video of yours was what introduced me to the Venture Bros, which has become an incredibly important story to me. So, thank you! For whatever reason I was a bit worried that you weren't going to talk about the finale, but im glad you did.

  • @blueegg4198
    @blueegg4198 2 місяці тому

    this list brought several interesting movies to my attention that I didn't know about, so I appreciate that

  • @annelooney1090
    @annelooney1090 2 місяці тому

    I love how high you rated Unicorn Wars! Loved it. My fave of the year was The Peasants.

  • @mr.fluffyface431
    @mr.fluffyface431 2 місяці тому +1

    9:34 actually there was a made for TV animated version of Canterville ghost in 1990. I saw it as a kid.

  • @callmeanne1043
    @callmeanne1043 2 місяці тому +2

    Oh shit, first. That’s new. Been looking forward to this since the beginning of the year!

  • @zadejames6269
    @zadejames6269 2 місяці тому +4

    The Peasants is wayyyy to low IMO. I don’t really understand its placement ? Just because it was a downer ?? To me it’s a visually stunning, powerfully written and important wonderful film

  • @Inkan1969
    @Inkan1969 26 днів тому +1

    1:22:28 - "Now if you're wondering if this is going to be exploring the social and society upheaval of a world where fully sentient robots are purchasable"
    You need to see "Mars Express", which really does that.

  • @ladypool1404
    @ladypool1404 2 місяці тому +4

    I didn't liked that Ladybug got 3 songs about her doubts and fears while Chat noir has ONE about his love for her and we never saw him transformed. The show and movie are called '' The adventures of Ladybug AND Chat noir. '' not just '' Miraculous Ladybug! '' He's an important character too, is kind and funny. It's not fair to give everything to her and nothing to him! It's also very disrespectful towards his fans ☹

  • @PaleoSteno
    @PaleoSteno 2 місяці тому +1

    Excellent video as always! Added a few to my list thanks to yours so I could fill out a few more spots. Might actually have 50 films this time. The problem is just finding them. Would still love to see Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning but unfortunately couldn't see it in theaters last year and I have no idea what the timetable is for a digital release.

    • @CellSpex
      @CellSpex  2 місяці тому +1

      Been there, which ones do you have that I don't?

    • @PaleoSteno
      @PaleoSteno 2 місяці тому +1

      @@CellSpex The ones I have that you didn't have on your list are Rock Dog 3: Battle of the Beat, Scooby-Doo and Krypto Too, Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar, and Craig Before the Creek. I'm also thinking of adding Stopmotion which recently became available and is technically a 2023 release, though it is a hybrid but I'm fascinated by a movie that uses stop-motion animation in combination with live action for horror so want to include it.

  • @vjara94
    @vjara94 2 місяці тому

    I've been waiting for this the whole year!!

    • @CellSpex
      @CellSpex  2 місяці тому +1

      Sorry it's so late 🥲

    • @vjara94
      @vjara94 2 місяці тому +1

      @@CellSpex wouldn't like seeing one of my favorites UA-camrs overworking themselves. We can wait, and the wait is always well recompensed 💯 and I am so excited to see this list

    • @MisterPaybackX
      @MisterPaybackX 2 місяці тому

      @@CellSpexbtw thanks for the support for migration. It’s nice to see others who like the film

  • @thataintfalco7106
    @thataintfalco7106 2 місяці тому +4

    Man that intro is fire

  • @vazarri86
    @vazarri86 2 місяці тому +1

    Y'know I gotta say your "Just Watch the First Minute" thumbnail surprisingly worked, cuz I came just to watch the first minute and I'm now 35 minutes in lol

  • @SydneyJeanFilms
    @SydneyJeanFilms 2 місяці тому +3

    Everyone else: YEAA SPIDERVERSE
    Meanwhile, me: *wipes tear* she finally caught up on Miraculous!

  • @SiwanBouss
    @SiwanBouss Місяць тому +1

    Great vid ! Kinda disappointed you didn't talk about Mars Express or Concierge but maybe they weren't released where you live.
    Great movies though and I 100% recommend Mars Express especially if you ever come across it.

  • @jibekmechler139
    @jibekmechler139 2 місяці тому +3

    Is just me or does Nimona feel like what if Jinx was adopted by Viktor instead of Silco

  • @Teag_Brohman15
    @Teag_Brohman15 2 місяці тому +3

    I kind of liked Wish, but I'm painfully aware that the internet in general, doesn't
    I really liked the animation, Chris Pine King & a handful of the songs, but my opinion might change on rewatch
    UPDATE: I am legitimately shocked that it still holds up after seeing it in theatres five months ago

  • @WarriorMiller-zk2lu
    @WarriorMiller-zk2lu 2 місяці тому +4

    when the leo section came up i started saying nimona over and over again because it looked like the shark form and it just ended up being leo
    this is super longwinded but i thought it was kinda funny

  • @dreamguardian8320
    @dreamguardian8320 Місяць тому +1

    I'm glad the Boy and the Heron won the Oscar award for best animated film, Studio Ghibli deserves another award.

  • @hartthorn
    @hartthorn 2 місяці тому +12

    Wish was fairly straight forward for me, and had a shockingly clear thesis.
    It's a movie about Capitalist Realism. Like, that very specific concept. When society robs people of the ability to even coherently imagine a better world.
    Magnifico is pretty much just Musk, Bezos, Gates, and every billionaire who capitalizes and exploits others to his own benefit but convinces himself and others he's helping SOOOOO much, everything would be so much worse without him!
    And the heroes have to be a plurality because it says the only recourse is collective action. Plus a cheeky Carl Sagan reference as the premise for the power of community.
    And the big lynchpin in all of this: The wishes aren't really REAL. Not in the way we think of "Disney Wishes". Magnifico can't "grant" wishes, all he does is deny people the ability to even TRY. Wishes can only do anything from WITHIN the person with the wish. Look at the two "wishes" he grants on camera: He gives a celebrity endorsement to a dress maker and.... he makes a cop.
    And Magnifico's vague backstory is honestly kind of genius. Because it doesn't MATTER what his sob story is, his real and deliberate harm cannot be justified because he had a bad day one time. It's even left vague enough that it remains to be known if it was all Magnifico's fault, if he was just the bad guy then, too.

    • @CellSpex
      @CellSpex  2 місяці тому +9

      I concur, I thought he only granted wishes of people who already had the skills and it was a Wizard of Oz situation with meaningless magic badges of sorts. There's little evidence of how much magical power he actually has

  • @drdewott9154
    @drdewott9154 Місяць тому

    Very interesting, Ive not watched nearly enough of thesem but I can hopefully catch up on a few. Robot Dreams is finally coming to theatres in my country in a week (along with the first ever theatrical release of Lupin the third: Castle of Cagliostro here, I am super hyped for that!), and movies like Deep Sea look otherworldly! Last theatre trip for me was actually Boy & The heron, though we only got the subbed version with the original Japanese dialogue in my country, so I didnt get to hear Robert Pattinson as the heron.
    And like you said, the studio strikes are a shame, especially that they had to happen in the first place, it does thankfully give Indie production especially a boost. Though of course given the immense hurdles of Indie, it really only just comes back with short films and occassionally episodic series, but even then there is great stuff left and right, challenging conventions with quality, and from creators across the world, whether its Lackadaisy, Helluva Boss, both with global teams, The Lovers from the Philippines, Several independent shorts and student films from my home country of Denmark like Tales of Zale and Monkey movie, and many more.

  • @randfur
    @randfur 2 місяці тому +2

    That intro is so cool, can you post it as a standalone (maybe unlisted) video?

  • @willgolec2438
    @willgolec2438 Місяць тому +1

    I thought that the reason Unicorn Wars had Teddy Bears and Unicorns as protagonists was as a way to mock the war propaganda of the teddy bears and the attitudes of the soldiers. They act like tough macho men but everything they do is undermined by them being Teddy Bears. Plus the Unicorns being presented as monsters out of a horror movie is a way to show that anything can be villainized if presented in the right way.

  • @sarahtelles1931
    @sarahtelles1931 2 місяці тому +3

    The 90s dolls you are thinking of is called Betty Spaghetti. And I guess the others in that line. Yeah a lot of people are comparing Velvet and Veneers race/species to Betty spaghetti dolls. That's actually cool to me because I remember those

  • @171QA
    @171QA 2 місяці тому

    Great list.