Best Animated Feature Winners, Ranked

## Yeah... one of the *Marco* movies has to win, of course.

Ever since 2001, the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature has been prominent for 20 years straight with the best animated films ever made. That honor went to *Marco* first in 2005, almost a year following the success of that film and when the Oscar award reached the Marcanese border. Thus, here we have all the winners for Best Animated Feature so far in the Marcanese animation industry:

So, we came to the point that Best Animated Feature winners here are perhaps more towards the efforts of Anaya Animation, don't you think? Or, let us say that everyone here did an amazing job at providing the best of animated storytelling through the lens of creative storyboard artists. If Sony Pictures Animation's *Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse* is regarded as the best animated movie of all time, then what could be the best from the Marcanese animation industry?

### Cowboy Sam Returns

I absolutely have no idea why this was considered the Best Animated Feature of 2008. Sure, the sequel to the 2006 Academy Award nominee for this category has a much better and engaging story than its predecessor, but the stakes of winning are very low compared to the other films on this list. However, the film does have new memorable characters and still retains the same Western space vibes, along with Randy Newman's glorious music score. *Cowboy Sam Returns* was probably chosen because of some dancing penguin named Linus.

### Gansito

Compared to *Ay Dingo!: The Movie* from 2018, *Gansito* is rather simply put as delicious snack cake and nothing else on top. While the concept of some candy mascot - a not so lucky yet happy goose named Gansito - who flees his own supermarket and embarks on a delicious journey towards candy paradise seems interesting enough, you can't deny the film's vast amount of product placement and thin bread storylines. However, what makes *Gansito* win aside from its engaging premise would be its solid message about American consumerist culture from a famous Mexican snack company. Bonus points for making Bimbo the cuddly twist villain of this film too.

### Toyland

What's so special about *Toyland?* Yes, of course there's plenty of children's entertainment to see here, but the real fun comes with perhaps the most unique concept imaginable: what if toys and children lived in the same world? Being inspired by *Toy Story* and the 1961 Disney film of the same name, *Toyland* makes every child's dream come true with great characters, awesome action scenes, plenty of very funny jokes, and Randy Newman's iconic theme song. The film also speaks out to human kindness through the lens of plastic toy figures, something that no other film but *Toy Story* has ever done before. The major takeaway would be the fact that *Toyland* seems the simplest compared to other films on this list.

### Imaginext

Illusion Pictures has been making some good movies over the past few years, and *Imaginext* is for sure one underrated gem. The film's capacity to understand the concept of imagination through the eyes of two different siblings is astounding, and so is the adventurous couple Fred & Emma as they fight off swashbuckling cowboy pirates and gangster aliens. The action scenes are as intense as the film's climax with the huge green Tyrannosaurus Rex, and the awesome soundtrack gives that desire for going beyond your wildest dreams. No other animated film in 2014 could've been as good as *Imaginext,* although the fact that *Donnie* got replaced was a straight up bummer.

### Marco 3

And the absolute winner of Best Animated Feature on this list is...