Ultimate Avengers II (2006)
Sep 21, 2010Marvel Comics Superhero Team/Animation
Follow-up to the previous animated Marvel Comics film featuring The Avengers, this serves to introduce Black Panther to the screen for the first time
Grey DeLisle
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007)
Aug 13, 2009Demon Superhero/Animation
The second of two animated Hellboy spinoffs, this renders what might have been impressive superheroics had they been conducted in live-action down at the level of children’s animation
The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning (2008)
Dec 20, 2009Disney Animation
One among the series of cheap video-released sequels to their classic animated films made during the 1990s/2000s, this is a prequel that offers up a Little Mermaid origin story
Bolt (2008)
Jan 11, 2009Disney Animation/Talking Animals
A low expectation Disney animated film that proves an entirely charming winner centred around a dog tv star who believes it is a superhero. In essence, this is a talking animals variant on the Don Quixote story
Hulk Vs (2009)
Sep 7, 2017Animation/Marvel Comics Superhero Battles
An animated Marvel Comics adaptation that is actually two separate stories involving The Incredible Hulk, who battles respectively Wolverine and Thor
Batman: Year One (2011)
Jan 20, 2012Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
Animated adaptation of the classic Frank Miller graphic novel, this is dark, psychologically brooding, far more adult than the children's niche it is sold to, and with producer Bruce Timm and his team at the top of their game
Justice League: Doom (2012)
May 7, 2012Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes
A relative disappointment among the mostly excellent animated DC superhero films, this pits each member of the Justice League with a matching super-villain only who seemingly kills them off
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part I (2012)
Dec 22, 2012Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
The first of a two-part animated adaptation of the classic graphic novel ever written. The film lacks the same impact because, firstly, it is an incomplete story, and secondly, Frank Miller's ideas have now become so much part of the modern Batman
The Book of Life (2014)
Nov 9, 2014Animation/Mexican Day of the Dead
An animated film produced by Guillermo Del Toro that draws on his Mexican heritage and Day of the Dead mythology. An amazingly colourful and happy film with one of the most unique design schemes ever
Luck (2022)
Mar 5, 2023Animation/The Land of Luck
Disgraced former Pixar head John Lasseter makes a returns to animation for Skydance in an incredibly lightweight effort about adventures in the land of luck
Fixed (2025)
Jan 31, 2026Animation/Talking Dog About to Be Fixed
An animated film from Genndy Tartakovsky, director of the Hotel Transylvania films, that is a really quite filthy and hilarious story of a dog about to have its testicles removed who goes on one last adventure