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 animated movies and cartoons of each era and demographic and stars Tom Holland, Miya Cech, Brenton Thwaites, Ryan Reynolds, Taika Waititi, Robert Pattinson, Will Forte, Adam Scott, 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 and movies co-exist and must prevent an omnicidal cartoon character from destroying all of animation.
The film received widespread acclaim for its animation, visuals, humor, characters, voice acting performances (particularly Holland, Cech, Thwaites and Pattinson), premise, story, screenplay, villain, themes, John Powell's musical score, action sequences, meta-commentary, ending 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 ten 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 fourth 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.
== Plot ==
== Cast ==
Tom Holland as Aaron Stentz, an alcoholic Emmy-winning animator and co-creator of the adult-animated science fiction comedy series Drone Life with his longtime friend Jason Avery and the animated children's series Flogar. Aaron lost his six year-old daughter Chloe in car accident, which resulted in his current behavior and led him to create Flogar. He soon becomes involved in a war to save the Tooniverse.
Miya Cech as Luna, a little shape shifting cartoon alien girl who is unaware she is the main character of Aaron and Jason's animated children's series Flogar. Throughout the course of the film, she loses her friends and home, has to fight kill to survive and forms a father-daughter reletionship with Aaron. It is gradually revealed that Aaron created Luna out of grief as a representation of Chloe.
Brenton Thwaites as Jason Avery, Aaron's longtime best friend and co-creator of Drone Life.
Ryan Reynolds as Garrett, the main character in Aaron and Jason's adult-animated science fiction comedy series Drone Life who becomes a member of the ADA (Animation Defense Agency).
Taika Waititi as Terrence, a claymation figure who is a high-ranking member of the ADA. 
Robert Pattinson as Matthew Leonetti, An overlord seeking revenge on mankind after his show, "Stick City," was canceled. He aims to destroy or enslave animated worlds and communicates with his creator, Gerald Willis, to execute his evil plan. 
Will Forte as Gerald Willis, Matthew's creator and leader of the Stick Order doomsday cult. 
Adam Scott as David Northwick 
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 canceled Stick City soap opera cartoon.
== Themes ==
== Production ==
== 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
== Opening logos ==
== Critical reception ==
The film has an approval rating of 99% on Rotten Tomatoes.
== Accolades ==
Group 	Award 	Recipient 	Result
103rd Academy Awards	Best Picture 	Mamoru Hosoda and Yuichiro Saito 	Won
103rd Academy Awards	Best Director 	Mamoru Hosoda 	Won
103rd Academy Awards	Best Original Screenplay	Mamoru Hosoda 	Won
103rd Academy Awards	Best Animated Feature 	Mamoru Hosoda and Yuichiro Saito 	Won
103rd Academy Awards	Best Actor 	Tom Holland 	Won
103rd Academy Awards	Best Supporting Actor 	Robert Pattinson 	Won
103rd Academy Awards	Best Supporting Actor 	Brenton Thwaites 	Nominated
103rd Academy Awards	Best Supporting Actress 	Miya Cech 	Won
103rd Academy Awards	Best Original Score 	John Powell 	Won
103rd Academy Awards	Best Film Editing 	Shigeru Nishiyama 	Won
103rd Academy Awards	Best Sound 	Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, and Ron Bartlett	Won
== Gallery ==
War of the Toons/Gallery
== Trivia ==
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