War of the Toons

War of the Toons is a 2030 Japanese-American animated action adventure science fantasy comedy film written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda, produced by New Line Cinema, Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment and Studio Chizu and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film is a parody of and tribute to cartoons of each era and demographic and stars Tom Holland, Miya Cech, Brenton Thwaites, Taika Waititi, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Pattinson, Will Forte, Bruce Campbell, Ben Schwartz, Gillian Jacobs, Jim Rash, Kevin Hart, Todd Haberkorn, Idris Elba, Kevin Spacey and Sharlto Copley. The film follows Aaron Stentz, an alcoholic animator who is transported to a universe where cartoon characters from different shows joins a team of cartoon characters to prevent an abandoned cartoon character from causing the destruction of the multiverse.

The film received widespread acclaim 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 $2 billion on a production budget of $175 million, becoming the first anime film to cross the billion dollar mark. The film won eight Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Animated Feature, Best Actor for Holland, Best Supporting Actor for Pattinson, Best Supporting Actress for Cech, Best Original Score, Best Film Editing and Best Sound, becoming the third anime film to win an Academy Award after Ava 2 (2027) and Spirited Away (2001) and the first animated film in history to win the five major Academy Awards.

Cast
Tom Holland as Aaron Stentz, an alcoholic animator and co-creator of Lia the Shape-Shifting Alien who becomes involved in a war to save the Tooniverse.

Miya Cech as Lia, a young shape shifting cartoon alien girl who is the eponymous main character of Aaron and Jason's preschool education series Lia the Shape-Shifting Alien.

Brenton Thwaites as Jason Avery, Aaron's longtime best friend and co-creator of Lia the Shape-Shifting Alien.

Taika Waititi as Terrence

Ryan Reynolds as Garrett

Robert Pattinson as Matthew Leonetti, a Brooklyn-accented stickfigure whose cartoon Stick City was rejected by Cartoon Network in favor of Johnny Bravo.

Will Forte as Gerald Willis, Matthew's creator and leader of the Stick Order cult.

Bruce Campbell as Jack Manning

Ben Schwartz as Blue Goo

Gillian Jacobs as Selene

Jim Rash as Ricky

Kevin Hart as Steve Laine

Todd Haberkorn as Takuya Yurisaki

Idris Elba as Tom

Kevin Spacey as Timothy Moore

Sharlto Copley as Samuel Petersen, a Matthew's South African roommate from the rejected Stick City cartoon.

Release
The film was released on May 10, 2030.

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

Credits
War of the Toons/Credits

Transcript
War of the Toons/Transcript

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Critical reception
The film has an approval rating of 99% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Gallery
War of the Toons/Gallery