War of the Toons

The Cartoon Warrior is a 2030 Japanese-American animated action adventure comedy film written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda and produced by Studio Chizu. The film is a parody of and tribute to cartoons and video games of each era and demographic and stars Tom Holland, Miya Cech, Taika Waititi, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Pattinson, Will Forte, Ben Schwartz, Gillian Jacobs, Jim Rash, Brenton Thwaites, Kevin Hart, Todd Haberkorn, Idris Elba and Sharlto Copley. The film follows a YouTube pop culture nerd who joins a team of cartoon characters to prevent an abandoned cartoon character from causing the destruction of the multiverse. The film received positive reviews for its animation, visuals, humor, characters, voice acting, story, screenplay, themes, John Powell's musical score, action sequences, meta-commentary and tribute to the greatest animators of the animation industry. The film was also a commercial success, grossing $876 million on a production budget of $75 million. The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score becoming the third anime film to win an Academy Award after Ena (2027) and Spirited Away (2001) and was nominated for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay, becoming the seventh animated film to be nominated in that category.

Cast
Tom Holland as Aaron Sanderson, a pop culture YouTuber and co-creator of Lia's World.

Miya Cech as Lia, a shape shifting cartoon alien girl who is the eponymous main character of the preschool education series Lia's World.

Taika Waititi as Terrence

Ryan Reynolds as Garrett

Robert Pattinson as Cracky, a rejected cartoon character

Will Forte as Gerald Willis, Cracky's creator

Ben Schwartz as Blue Goo

Gillian Jacobs as Selene

Jim Rash as Ricky

Brenton Thwaites as Jason Matheson, Aaron's longtime best friend and co-creator of Lia's World.

Kevin Hart as Steve Laine

Todd Haberkorn as Takuya Yurisaki

Idris Elba as Tom

Sharlto Copley as General Sakaas

Release
The film was released on May 10, 2030.

Music
The film was composed by Hosoda's frequent collaborator, John Powell.

Transcript
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Critical reception
The film has an approval rating of 98% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Gallery
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