You can tell summer is over when the animated offerings turn dead serious and aim at the olds, like Decorado.

Slight, sweet and technically astute, A Mighty Adventure finally makes its way back to Hong Kong.

All Wishes Come True! is Ocean’s 8 in ancient China and man, does that work like a charm.

Did you see PAW Patrol: The Movie? The Mighty Movie? Then you’ve seen PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie. Which is fine.

Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island is aggravatingly cute. That’s either wonderful or a waking nightmare.

Say it with me: The 2016 Moana didn’t need an update in the form of a live action Moana.

Turns out seventh time’s the charm for the Minions in Minions & Monsters.

Toy Story 5 is exactly like the first four Toy Storys. You’ll be crushed by that idea or delighted by it.

The Sheep Detectives doesn’t really need Hugh Jackman or Emma Thompson. It has talking sheep.

It may feel like a day in a dark theatre given how deliberate A New Dawn can be.

Taiwanese animator Joe Hsieh is a picture perfect example of how art and artist don’t necessarily need to match.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is critic-proof. Also: Ka-ching!

Pixar may need to do more work to convince us it hasn’t totally been subsumed by the Mouse, but Hoppers is a good start.

At least Kenichiro Akimoto figured out who the real star is in the trippy All You Need Is Kill.

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants carries the series’ torch nicely – and with no stolen recipes.

Animated Jesus origin story The King of Kings has a very specific market and not enough creativity to attract anyone else.

Mamoru Hosoda’s ambitious Scarlet doesn’t come close to Hamlet’s depth or storytelling grace.

At least Nobody isn’t just another Journey to the West knock-off.

This is getting repetitive. Zootopia 2 is a lot more of what made Zootopia such a chamer… but less.

Another World at least proves animator Tommy Ng knows how to make an anime.