87th Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature

And the Oscar goes to...

The Oscars, 2015

Best Animated Feature

• How to Train Your Dragon 2 (DreamWorks Animation)
• Song of the Sea (Cartoon Saloon)
• The BoxTrolls (LAIKA)
• Big Hero 6 (Walt Disney Animation Studios)
• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Studio Ghibli)

Best Animated Short Film

• Feast (Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed)
• The Bigger Picture (Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees)
• The Dam Keeper (Robert Kondo and Daisuke Tsutsumi)
• Me and My Moulton (Torill Kove)
• A Single Life (Joris Oprins)

Congratulations for the crew of Big Hero 6 and Feast! Well done and keep up the good work! The world acknowledges the work you've done. I love you, Walt Disney Animation Studios!

HTTYD2 is Getting Positive Early Reviews!

The upcoming ambitious animated feature from DreamWorks Animation is turning out to be something special.

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The critics are praising the movie for it's amazing story. Drew McWeeny, from HITFIX said: 

With this second film in the series, Dean DeBlois (who both wrote and directed the movie) has turned this into the most exciting overall property that DreamWorks has, live-action or animated. The film has an immediate confidence, and they don't spend much time trying to explain the first film. This is a sequel that has its own story to tell and that gets right down to it, and it expands on the ideas from the first film, but in a way that tells a thematically satisfying and complete story. In other words, this is how franchises are supposed to work.

I was worried how DreamWorks Animation would carry out the success of the first movie, but so fortunately it turns out be a great sequel that will serve as a model for other studios to look up to.

How to Train Your Dragon 2: First 5 Minutes

I try to avoid watching clips from the upcoming animated movies if I can, but I recklessly decided to watch the clip because the movie's release date was still far away that I couldn't resist it. When I first watched it, the opening felt similar to the first movie. The clip introduces the life after dragons came along. Watch the clip below:

What did you think of the clip? Share your thoughts on the comments below.

Stoick the Vast Character Poster

As the days come nearer to the opening of How to Train Your Dragon 2 more things start to unravel. More and more things we get to know about the movie making us feel more excited or less. Check out the latest character poster starring Stoick the Vast with his dragon.

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52 days left for the dragons!

How to Train Your Dragon 2 Final Trailer

To be honest, I was not amused with this trailer. I didn't captivate me and it didn't stir up an interest in me. The trailer looked somewhat lighthearted without conflict. Sure it revealed some war against the bad gut but to me, he looked harmless. I don't know what you think but I will probably not watch this trailer repeatedly.

However, trailers can sometimes deceive us so there is no point in disappointing at it. I am not saying it was a totally bad trailer but it wasn't as interesting as I thought it would. It is nice to see new dragons in this trailer. Watch previous trailers in the providing links below.

• Watch the How to Train Your Dragon 2 Teaser Trailer
• Watch the How to Train Your Dragon 2 Trailer 1

How to Train Your Dragon 2 opens on July 13, 2014.

A Final Poster Plus A Character Poster of Gobber and His Dragon!

Dragons are coming. I can recall how long the wait seemed to be just last year looking forward to the first teaser trailer for this movie but now it is almost here! Take a look at what looks like the main poster of this movie with the latest character poster of Gobber and his dragon (yes, he has one too!).

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How to Train Your Dragon 2, 2014

How to Train Your Dragon 2 opens in theaters very soon.

'How to Train Your Dragon 2' Animation Complete

Not few days ago Simon Otto, head of character animation for How to Train Your Dragon 2, tweeted that the animation for the movie was complete.

Dragon 2 Animation team just finished last shots hours ago! Congratulations everyone...what a journey!
— Simon Otto (@SimonOttoAnim) March 31, 2014

Congratulations for the animation team in DreamWorks Animation and I can't wait to see the film. How to Train Your Dragon 2 will be using a new animation softwared much more faster and better than the previous one.

The film will be also the studio's first film to use its new animation and lighting software through the entire production. Programs, named Premo and Torch, will allow much more subtlety, improving facial animation and enabling "the sense of fat, jiggle, loose skin, the sensation of skin moving over muscle instead of masses moving together." (Wikipedia)

The final trailer for the movie will be released with Rio 2 on April 11.

Training is Over

One of my most anticipated movies of this summer is How to Train Your Dragon 2. We have been introduced to grown up characters from the posters before but this poster is the first look as a whole movie poster.

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I love how DreamWorks Animation does provide their own style of animation. I haven't seen Mr. Peabody & Sherman but personally it is my most anticipated movie of the year. How to Train Your Dragon was a picture that showed what DreamWorks can do. All of their movies are creative, something different from Pixar Animation Studios or Walt Disney Animation Studios. They explore more into creativeness side of storytelling.

How to Train Your Dragon 2 is only 70 days away from its release! I am looking forward to this and Mr. Peabody & Sherman!

New Dragons from 'How to Train Your Dragon 2'

DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon 2 is giving audience loads of images to get excited. I love how the movie is shaping out to be. Visit the How to Train Your Dragon website for full exploration.

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Get Hyped! How to Train Your Dragon 2 opens on June 13, 2014.

Snotlout Jorgenson

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DreamWorks Animation continues to deliver sharp, stunning and high quality character posters. I simply love the design. Unlike Toy Story 3 where all the characters look quite the same, artists from Dreamworks have done a great job making the character more mature.

Snotlout looked like one of those 'bully' kids in the first movie, but here he looks like one of the 'cool' teenagers.

Fishlegs Ingerman

How to Train Your Dragon 2, 2014

DreamWorks Animation is releasing, in my opinion, the greatest character posters for its ambitious sequel to How to Train Your Dragon. What I like about this poster is it sharpness, this is very high quality animation. Fishlegs  is grown to be what, 18-19 years of age? He changed a lot, looks like himself but I think I'll have hard time being accustomed to his voice.

How to Train Your Dragon 2 opens in June 13, 2014. Are you ready for an epic Dragon adventure?

A Stunning New Poster of Astrid

How to Train Your Dragon 2, 2014

How to Train Your Dragon 2 is one of the most anticipated movie of 2014. The looks of the characters changed over five years of time since the first movie. How to Train Your Dragon 2 is scheduled to open in theaters on June 13, 2014.