Every 2023 Animated Film Ranked: Worst to Best

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  • @CellSpex
    @CellSpex  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +378

    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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That intro was peak

    • @demiclown
      @demiclown 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

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

    • @illusionofartYT
      @illusionofartYT 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      love all the central park reps

  • @DracoGalboy
    @DracoGalboy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +313

    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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +263

    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"

  • @kingsleycy3450
    @kingsleycy3450 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +494

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

    • @rebekahjohnson5940
      @rebekahjohnson5940 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I also highly recommend Bobsheaux.

    • @NAVEMAN3
      @NAVEMAN3 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Less you forget Land Before Time

    • @kostajovanovic3711
      @kostajovanovic3711 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @louisej682
      @louisej682 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Who has been watching them
      And how can we help them

  • @Tw1zteR.
    @Tw1zteR. 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +127

    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

  • @sarahtelles1931
    @sarahtelles1931 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +914

    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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

      @@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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

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

    • @Krimsin01
      @Krimsin01 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@sarahtelles1931dude that actually sounds interesting

    • @Krimsin01
      @Krimsin01 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

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

  • @AltoBurrito9506
    @AltoBurrito9506 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +820

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

    • @CellSpex
      @CellSpex  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +364

      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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      This is a long one

    • @Shabowdiadlo
      @Shabowdiadlo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      ​@@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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      It still feels like January to me

    • @Peeps7468
      @Peeps7468 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

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

  • @zacharymccoy7091
    @zacharymccoy7091 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +703

    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.

    • @bighairedyolol
      @bighairedyolol 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

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

    • @colbystearns5066
      @colbystearns5066 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

      @@bighairedyolol 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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      @@bighairedyolol Hollywood has known this for decades.

    • @ShockwaveFPSStudios
      @ShockwaveFPSStudios 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      @@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

  • @NobodyC13
    @NobodyC13 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +359

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

    • @eaglefan2569
      @eaglefan2569 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

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

  • @randfur
    @randfur 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +175

    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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Migration lets gooo

    • @playgroundchooser
      @playgroundchooser 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Hero level! Thanks!

    • @moon_orbit
      @moon_orbit 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @jclkaytwo
      @jclkaytwo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

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

    • @kanchomerocks12
      @kanchomerocks12 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @thefabuloustrash05
    @thefabuloustrash05 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +175

    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 👏

    • @GollyJolly
      @GollyJolly 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @kerm8835
      @kerm8835 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      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

  • @Omnipotentmonkey
    @Omnipotentmonkey 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +269

    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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +319

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

    • @DeviousDryad
      @DeviousDryad 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Same but with making dinner lol

    • @bighairedyolol
      @bighairedyolol 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      same but with wasting my life

    • @catapultato1733
      @catapultato1733 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@bighairedyololsame

  • @zam_likes_cats
    @zam_likes_cats 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

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

  • @CoradiaDragon
    @CoradiaDragon 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

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

  • @okapi77yeet
    @okapi77yeet 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +88

    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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

  • @randomcat7246
    @randomcat7246 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

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

  • @Jacobjinglepocket
    @Jacobjinglepocket 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +105

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

    • @CellSpex
      @CellSpex  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

      No copyright track (for now)

    • @ShockwaveFPSStudios
      @ShockwaveFPSStudios 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@CellSpexWell that’s a good start.

    • @scrittle
      @scrittle 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

    • @emanuelrojas2
      @emanuelrojas2 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Knock on wood

  • @Sootielove
    @Sootielove 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    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

  • @everythingpizzaandknuckles6268
    @everythingpizzaandknuckles6268 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

    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

  • @sofiathefirst8329
    @sofiathefirst8329 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    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!

  • @krbthewitch
    @krbthewitch 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Based

    • @AlbertLarter
      @AlbertLarter 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

  • @brittanydavisghiblieaglesfan
    @brittanydavisghiblieaglesfan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    “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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    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.

  • @WhirlyBeepBoops
    @WhirlyBeepBoops 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    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!

  • @EvieRawlings
    @EvieRawlings 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +120

    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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @EvieRawlings
      @EvieRawlings 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Plexxis_SugarPom Hello fellow Wakfu fan!

  • @happyllama1160
    @happyllama1160 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    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!

  • @BlueCoolOla
    @BlueCoolOla 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

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

    • @BlueCoolOla
      @BlueCoolOla 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @zaryuezy-youtaylor2994
    @zaryuezy-youtaylor2994 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    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.

  • @itsspoonx
    @itsspoonx 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    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!

  • @Mr_bukowski4435
    @Mr_bukowski4435 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

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

  • @DarkLordGanondorf190
    @DarkLordGanondorf190 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

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

  • @CyberGhost12.0
    @CyberGhost12.0 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    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)

  • @Dani751PL
    @Dani751PL 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    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

  • @hyenaedits3460
    @hyenaedits3460 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

  • @spaceylatte
    @spaceylatte 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    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.

  • @LMC_Jarred
    @LMC_Jarred 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @yokaiwatcher8500
    @yokaiwatcher8500 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    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

  • @ochkoshka
    @ochkoshka 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    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~

  • @Princess_-gp3ep
    @Princess_-gp3ep 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

    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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

    • @pokepwned
      @pokepwned 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

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

    • @joelmole3157
      @joelmole3157 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It's legit my favorite movie ever.

    • @erichfiedler1481
      @erichfiedler1481 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

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

  • @nateds7326
    @nateds7326 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Cellspex: the motion picture

  • @violetthebookcat7457
    @violetthebookcat7457 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

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

  • @infinity-marc
    @infinity-marc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

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

    • @ValentinF23
      @ValentinF23 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What was the thumbnail?

  • @BugsyFoga
    @BugsyFoga 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Now that was a pretty cool montage.

  • @robertdelossantos5844
    @robertdelossantos5844 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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.

  • @questworldiangreenknight7455
    @questworldiangreenknight7455 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @Danominator
    @Danominator 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

  • @metalandmagi6486
    @metalandmagi6486 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Impeccable intro song choices as always!

  • @cryingeagle3
    @cryingeagle3 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @giascott-heron
    @giascott-heron 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +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!

  • @jetproject4972
    @jetproject4972 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @silasaguilar8511
    @silasaguilar8511 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    “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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😆, good one.

    • @jclkaytwo
      @jclkaytwo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @kokoro7996
    @kokoro7996 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @SirAbyss
    @SirAbyss 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @kukuandkookie
    @kukuandkookie 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    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. 🥺🤞

  • @oiitsoranglee
    @oiitsoranglee 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

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

  • @proflns8558
    @proflns8558 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @Terrencetheterrible
    @Terrencetheterrible 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    2023 was easily one of the best years for animated movies if not the best

  • @blockEdragon
    @blockEdragon 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    3:00 Wait, so the Swan princess not becoming a swan isn't a once per movie thing?! That'd be a given in my eyes if I was hired to make a franchise out of that. They could've went the route of it becoming like... A family super-power and have Odette and her daughter turning into swans left and right as a franchise gimmick. Then you could make the swans distinct looking and sell double the toys.

  • @anto_point
    @anto_point 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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

  • @hardyworld
    @hardyworld 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

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

  • @joeldipops
    @joeldipops 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @Ouch193
    @Ouch193 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

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

  • @neilhannan5112
    @neilhannan5112 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

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

  • @thataintfalco7106
    @thataintfalco7106 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Man that intro is fire

  • @vazarri86
    @vazarri86 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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

  • @callmeanne1043
    @callmeanne1043 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @yukitora10
    @yukitora10 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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!

  • @yuki2320
    @yuki2320 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

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

    • @yuki2320
      @yuki2320 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @zadejames6269
      @zadejames6269 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @ProbablySoon-pv6ee
      @ProbablySoon-pv6ee 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Mario wasn't good

  • @nyattanyako5248
    @nyattanyako5248 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @rauldjvp3053
    @rauldjvp3053 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In a year that Puss in Boots: The Last Wish came out, The Amazing Maurice is the best movie in which a cat confronts the personification of death

  • @sarahtelles1931
    @sarahtelles1931 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    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

  • @SydneyJeanFilms
    @SydneyJeanFilms 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

  • @nickydinino5651
    @nickydinino5651 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I look forward to this vid every single year!

  • @mr.fluffyface431
    @mr.fluffyface431 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @proabram
    @proabram 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @pinespuzzler3252
    @pinespuzzler3252 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love your rankings ❤

  • @tobigrantlbart
    @tobigrantlbart 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Personally I did love Suzume as it became obvious towards the end that it really is a story about the 2011 Touhou Earthquake
    While maybe late in the story, the drive to the Earthquake site in Fukushima and shift to a suddenly more somber tone, gave me chills.
    Also as someone who is rather close to his mother the final moments of the story where kinda hard to watch without tears

    • @sonicfan9144
      @sonicfan9144 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I definitely enjoyed it more than WWWY (and possibly even Your Name). It was just such a fun movie. The amusement park scene was awesome, the humor was top notch, etc. That Whisper of the Heart reference cracked me up too. And of course, the visuals are BEAUTIFUL. Shinkai makes the most gorgeous-looking animated movies, and that is a fact.

  • @ivymurphy8305
    @ivymurphy8305 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @Inkan1969
    @Inkan1969 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @Dreadfort-ho8lg
    @Dreadfort-ho8lg 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great, i love your Videos, especially these Rankings.

  • @NumberOneMikeFan
    @NumberOneMikeFan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    A hour and 30 minute long Cellspex video? Sign me up lol

  • @PaleoSteno
    @PaleoSteno 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @PaleoSteno
      @PaleoSteno 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @KatePolaski
    @KatePolaski 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The "Chop,Chop,Chop" needle drop was all I needed to make this day amazing.

  • @Raymond-u2c
    @Raymond-u2c 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really love the music you used at the beginning.

  • @randfur
    @randfur 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @genericscreenname13
    @genericscreenname13 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm so happy you liked the Venture Bros movie. I did the props for it, and I can tell you we had a blast making it!

  • @RangeReaper0406
    @RangeReaper0406 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was legitimately convinced that I was the only person who watched Scary Girl (I have seen literally nobody talk about it) so I'm happy to know I'm not the only one.

  • @WarriorMiller-zk2lu
    @WarriorMiller-zk2lu 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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

  • @corieslagter1322
    @corieslagter1322 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @SiwanBouss
    @SiwanBouss 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @HungryEyes-sl3mu
    @HungryEyes-sl3mu 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow, while I don't recognize all of the animated movies dropping in 2024, the only one I'm excited for is The Wild Robot.
    Also Wish Dragon slaps

    • @CyberGhost12.0
      @CyberGhost12.0 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same I'm for the wild robot movie too

  • @-Rairakku-
    @-Rairakku- 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    9:23 Actually "Canterville Ghost" was animated before. It's the russian short cartoon "Кентервильское привидение" 1970. I'm not sure if it has english subtitles though.

  • @vjara94
    @vjara94 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @CellSpex
      @CellSpex  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sorry it's so late 🥲

    • @vjara94
      @vjara94 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @MisterPaybackX
      @MisterPaybackX 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @dreamguardian8320
    @dreamguardian8320 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @amastelaire
    @amastelaire 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    1:06:31 this film almost made be tear up since i grew up with the little nicolas, and i think it does great job at being a tribute to it's creators

  • @capn_toad
    @capn_toad 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    really appreciate the twisted clip preceding the wish segment

  • @BradyPostma
    @BradyPostma 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've loved animation since the 1980s, but I will never know anything close to the amount you know about animation.
    Another thing I love is seeing a master at their craft. More than anything else, **THAT** is why I love your videos.

  • @unservant
    @unservant 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I wish more people were familiar with robin laws concept of the iconic hero. It would help a lot with analysis of genre / action movies.