War of the Toons

War of the Toons is a 2030 Japanese-American animated action adventure 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 and video games of each era and demographic and stars Tom Holland, Miya Cech, Brenton Thwaites, Taika Waititi, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Pattinson, Will Forte, Ben Schwartz, Gillian Jacobs, Jim Rash, Kevin Hart, Todd Haberkorn, Idris Elba and Sharlto Copley. The film follows a pop culture YouTuber 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 eight Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Animated Feature, Best Actor for Holland, Best Supporting Actor for Pattinson, Best Supporting Actress for Cech, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Film Editing and Best Sound, becoming the third anime film to win an Academy Award after Ena (2027) and Spirited Away (2001) and the first animated film in history to win Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.

Cast
Tom Holland as Aaron Sanderson, an alcoholic 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 Aaron and Jason's preschool education series Lia's World.

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

Taika Waititi as Terrence

Ryan Reynolds as Garrett

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

Will Forte as Gerald Willis, Leonetti's creator

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

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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