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From Disney to anime, this is where you'll find Polygon's coverage of all things animation.

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KPop Demon Hunters' Huntr/x perform 'How It's Done' for McDonald's — and fans aren't happy

They are not Lovin' It

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Luigi, Mario, Yoshi, and Peach fly through space in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
The Super Mario Galaxy movie is coming to streaming sooner than you think

It's Super Mario Galaxy Summer, baby!

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Stranger Things: Tales from '85 fixes the final season's biggest mistake

And it makes for the best episode of the cartoon spinoff

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Charlie Morningstar, a humanoid demon, sings and raises her arms in a triumphant close-up in Hazbin Hotel season 2
Hazbin Hotel renewed for a fifth and final season despite the lack of a season 3 release date

Three more seasons of Hazbin Hotel are in the works, but the beloved animated series will conclude after that

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Steve and Dustin lie on their backs in an industrial space full of pipes, both looking astonished or scared, in Stranger Things: Tales from ’85
Netflix's new Stranger Things show wanted to create a monster as scary as Jaws

The animated spinoff draws on The Goonies, The Real Ghostbusters, Jaws, and Alien

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Nikki, a large girl with a spiky pink peak in her hair, holds a mallet and smiles as she prepares to play a carnival game while Will watches in Stranger Things: Tales from ‘85
Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 expanded the party to solve the problem with Will

The spin-off’s showrunner has big plans for more adventures

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Give me this banned Simpsons episode over the new Michael Jackson biopic any day

You won't find "Stark Raving Dad" on Disney Plus, and for good reason

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Aang, Katara, and Sokka standing together in an image from Avatar: The Last Airbender
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender movie leaker arrested

Leaker of the Avatar animated movie faces up to 7 years in prison

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A small pig with a huge open-mouthed grin on his face falls spread-eagled toward the camera in Andy Serkis' 2026 Animal Farm
Andy Serkis defends his beleaguered Animal Farm movie: 'exactly what Orwell would have wanted'

Many reviews of Serkis' animated rewrite of George Orwell's bleak classic have been brutal. Serkis remains unfazed.

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Stranger Things: Tales from '85 creates a blatant plot hole in the Stranger Things timeline

Who the hell is Nikki?

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Legend of Vox Machina season 4 trailer teases its most tragic storyline

Vox Machina returns for its penultimate season in June

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Lego reveals first Shrek sets, which have layers

For Shrek's 25th anniversary, Lego and DreamWorks Animation team up for Lego Shrek

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Stranger Things: Tales from '85 recaptures the original's early season charm

The series is a pleasant surprise for an IP way past its prime

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Everything we know about Invincible season 5

Expect to see more Dinosaurus early next year

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Princess Peach: Showtime!
Peach's backstory in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie will affect future games, Miyamoto says

The hit animated movie revealed a new family tie for the Princess

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The Coyote vs. ACME trailer is full of hilarious digs at WB

Of course you know, this means war

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The must-have Studio Ghibli Blu-rays for your home collection

These beautiful animated classics really benefit from the physical format

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Lee Pace teases what’s next for Thragg after the Invincible season 4 finale

'We’ve set up a character that will be fun to apply pressure to'

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem sequel director promises Shredder will be a 'spectacle'

Jeff Rowe teases the newest take on TMNT's original villain

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The title card from the Mummies Alive! TV series, featuring a bas-relief pharaoh in a traditional headdress above the series title
If Lee Cronin’s The Mummy looks too gross for you, try this lighter animated Mummy fare from the 1990s

Mummies Alive! was a solid late-1990s cartoon that's mostly been forgotten

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