They just had the ANNIE AWARDS, the animation industry's big honors. I'm very happy that SPIDERMAN: INTO THE SPIDERVERSE swept the movie awards and that HILDA won big in the TV department. It's nice to see quality productions that actually deserve all the recognition they can get get exactly that!
Other big news is that Disney announced two ZOOTOPIA theatrical sequels. It's unusual for an animated feature to have two follow-ups announced simultaneously like that. But then I guess Zootopia was a surprise monster hit and did break a billion dollars, so I guess Disney is confident they'll get a good return on their investment.
I wonder if they're going to do the interracial couple allegory thing with Judy and Nick, which I'm sure would have all the shipper fans the world over squealing with delight.. It seems like a natural place to go with it, but we'll see.
Right now I'm looking forward to the second season of THE DRAGON PRINCE dropping on the 15th. The first season was great stuff and I thought at the time that it was a shoe-in for best TV animation of last year, until HILDA and SHE-RA showed up. Here's hoping the second season is as good as the first!
