Nearly three dozen indie movies, along with big animated films from Disney and DreamWorks Animation, are among the recipients of California's latest round of film tax credits.

Animation is taking a larger share of the California film incentive, as the state announced Tuesday that $71 million would go to four animated features. The state expanded its production incentive to $750 million a year in 2025,

For as groundbreaking as Shrek was for DreamWorks, animated movies like How to Train Your Dragon and The Prince of Egypt are arguably better.

But while everyone is still so excited about KPop Demon Hunters, I’d like to point out that there are other — and, dare I say, better — animated movies on Netflix as well. There are movies that have stood the test of time,

This round of subsidies is headlined by DreamWorks' 'Donkey,' Disney's 'Hexed,' and an untitled movie from Pixar. Changes to California's tax credit program expanded the eligible categories of production to include animation.

Puss in Boots, Kizumonogatari, How to Train Your Dragon, The Lego Movie, and more are animated trilogies where every film is a masterpiece.

“Predator: Badlands” director Dan Trachtenberg is developing “Freddy the 13th,” an animated movie based on the graphic horror novel about the fictional Freddy Vanwinkle, a hapless 13th-born son who seems to fails at everything he does.

Any movie can be a time capsule, but the fantastical nature of animated movies makes them particularly ripe for nostalgia. Revisiting them can be a reminder that although we may grow up, we don’t have to grow out of certain comforts.

And you believe those things because the movie is animated and has a certain look and feel, which creates an unspoken whimsy. The world itself feels real, even when it’s obviously not. Funny then that the “real” version of Moana feels so incredibly fake.

British actor Simon Pegg has played a lot of adult roles in his career, but when it comes to the animated films, he says there are things grown-ups will notice.