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Both of Elemental/Wish cause Disney. TMNT because they know what that is without having to watch it.

Yes, that’s exactly what they told people they do lol. But they must actually watch them every blue moon otherwise there’s no way ITSV could have beaten Disney backed $1B+ Incredibles 2.

Not really. Princess Kaguya has 100% RT and 89% Metacritic and lost to Big Hero 6 in animation. Green Book won best picture with 70 RT and Metacritic. Barbie is guaranteed a nom, and it’s reviews aren’t even anything special at the best picture level. Reviews alone don’t decide.

Because parents have it on loop to keep their kids distracted by the colors.

For my final TIFF prediction I'm going with: Winner: Holdovers 2nd: American Fiction 3rd: Hit Man Holdovers gets the best pic nom.

They were positive. It was reported as mixed because audiences did not like it. It is his lowest rated film on both filmarks and eiga (Japan IMBD and Letterboxd basically). As well as one of this lowest grossing films there in the last 30-ish years. He didn't show up to get the one he won for Spirited Away so I can assure you he doesn't care that much. Nor should he. His box office has been 80% Japan for 40 years lol.

It was critically acclaimed in Japan too, but the actual audience did not like it that much. They said it was difficult to understand. He said he didn’t get the reception he wanted so he was coming out of retirement (again). In the west it has 89 Metacritic and 9.3 average Top Critic on RT, but is sitting at 7.7 on IMBD and 4.0 on Letterboxd already. 7.3 from Japan. 7.5 from United States more specifically. And that’s before GA reviews start coming after wide release in December. There’s clearly a split.

Forgot about this one. Hollywood must be running out of ideas for black trauma films if we’re remaking old ones now. I guess the next ones up are 12 years a slave, green book, precious, fences, and moonlight?

All of the highest grossing anime movies domestic are the biggest IP’s Japan has produced and have 20 year long running anime or like 100M+ manga volumes sold. Pokémon, Yugioh, Dragonball, Jujutsu Kaisen etc. Not to mention this is also all action adventure stuff that naturally draws a bigger crowd as it’s more easily accessible. Heron did $50M in Japan and His box office has been 80% Japan heavy his entire career. Original artsy anime film is not touching $50M DOM.

Its not his last film and as far as reviews go even Frozen beat The Wind Rises.

Academy going to shock the world and nominate the cartoon CBM that’s half a movie for best picture. 4th cartoon in history. Its totally happening.