I just can’t get over the disconnect when it comes to animation in the US. We get the usual “this shit is for kids” potshot, and then The Boy and the Heron, which is absolutely NOT for kids, wins the Oscar.
WAKE UP, AMERICA! Animation is for EVERYONE!!
Animation is such a vast & complex medium of storytelling, yet all they can say at the Oscar’s is “be honest who let their kids fill this part out” before presenting the awards for best animated short & film.