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!

Watch the Second Trailer for The Book of Life

Hi guys! I know I'm too late for this but just wanted to post this: The second trailer for the adorable The Book of Life movie. Enjoy!

Yes, I have finally watched The Book of Life and I enjoyed it thoroughly. Maybe a little disappointed in the dialogue but it was still magical.

Review #58 | My Neighbor Totoro

It is so good to write again, I feel like I have come back from a deep sleep. Hey guys! I won't be writing for a year. I won't be writing much on 2015 but I do promise to write when I have time. So thank you for those who read and love animation.

My Neighbor Totoro, 1988

Two young girls, Mei and Satsuki, move into a new home that is close to the hospital that their mother is in. In their yard is an extremely large tree which is home to three Totoros, gods of the forest. Soon after, news from the hospital comes up that their mother can't come home as promised, so Mei (the younger daughter) runs away from home to visit her mom. Satsuki then needs to turn to Totoro for help in finding her sister.

The story of a beloved movie My Neighbor Totoro is not your typical story where you have a villain and you have to overcome it. It is a simple story with conflicts that we can face in reality. The characters, however, show cuteness and great personalities.

While story seems to lack big conflicts, characters like Mei and Satsuki’s enthusiasm make the movie fun and make you feel for those characters. They show their kind and gentle personalities through their time in their new home and find creatures like Totoro and Catbus more interesting rather than scary.

The animation looks beautiful and organic. Little bits of small details were added to the movie  that was something that made it more believable like the small scars on the little sister Mei’s leg when she fell or dirty feet when Satsuki ran bare feet looking for her sister.

Inside Outside Rating: 75%

Long Break for 'Inside Outside Blog'

It's not a good-bye, think of it as a long break. My heart breaks that I won't be writing for a long time but the circumstances are that I have to go to the military and serve my country for 21 months. All men in Korea are required to do so.

So Long...(Toy Story 3, 2010)

See you later folks! (P.S. And someone please update me on animation stuff when I come back, that would really be helpful, cheers!)

Watch the First Trailer for Big Hero 6

With the greatest animation of the city San Fransokyo, this animated treat seems like an another for Walt Disney Animation Studios. Watch the new trailer:

With great characters and beautiful animation, Big Hero 6 just made my expectation rate even more higher than before. I hope Disney is not putting all the treasure in just one trailer.

Big Hero 6, Assemble!

USA Today brings us an article about the six main characters from the upcoming movie Big Hero 6. Lets take a look at them.

Hiro Hamada (Big Hero 6, 2014)

First is Hiro Hamada voice by Ryan Potter, the main character of this movie. He is 18 years old who is a genius and transforms his nurse robot into a fighting robot.

Baymax (Big Hero 6, 2014)

Baymax is voiced by Scott Adsit and is robot that looks totally different with his suit on.

Fred (Big Hero 6, 2014)

Fred (T.J. Miller)  is a sci-fi and comic book geek, really into monsters and stuff. Fred has this "Fredzilla" suit which quite shows that he is a monster lover.

Go Go Tomago (Big Hero 6, 2014)

Go Go (Jamie Chung) is all about speed and her suit will help her exceed her limits. She is also a quiet gal who can take care of herself.

Honey Lemon (Big Hero 6, 2014)

Honey (Genesis Rodriguez)  is a chemistry student is a core character of the team because of her sweet personality.

Wasabi (Big Hero 6, 2014)

Lastly we have Wasabi (Damon Wayans Jr.) and he is all about perfection, but we can assume that all that is going to change.

While we now know about the six heroes of this movie, but who is the villain? I guess only time will tell. Get excited as more footage comes out! Big Hero 6 opens in November 6, 2014 in the U.S.

First Look At Animated "Lava"

Los Angeles Times brings us a first look on the new animated short from Pixar, Lava. Take a look at the character Uku, the lava.

Lava, 2015

I don't know, to me it looks like a cartoon, but then again, it is a cartoon! I'm gauging it will be following the same stream as 2009's Partly Cloudy short.