It's Oscar Season once again, and you know what that means -- a ton of movies, both long and short. What are our favs? What has the best odds to win? What was going on this year? Do animated movies still have that magic?<br /><br />FILMS WE WATCHED:<br /><br />FEATURES:<br />Elio<br />Directed by Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, and Adrian Molina<br />Written by Julia Cho, Mark Hammer, and Mike Jones<br /><br />KPop Demon Hunters<br />Co-written and directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans<br /><br />Arco<br />Directed by Ugo Bienvenu<br />Written by ugo Bienvenu and Félix de Givry<br /><br />Zootopia 2<br />Directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard<br />Written by Jared Bush<br /><br />Little Amélie or the Character of Rain<br />Directed by Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han<br />Written by Liane-Cho Han<br /><br />SHORTS<br />Butterfly<br />Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens<br /><br />Forevergreen<br />Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears<br /><br />The Girl Who Cried Pearls<br />Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski<br /><br />Retirement Plan<br />John Kelly and Andrew Freedman<br /><br />The Three Sisters<br />Konstantin Bronzit<b><br /><br /></b><br /><br />REAL WORLD RECS:<br />Ryan - Pokopia for Nintendo Switch 2<br />Brooke - Mary O's Soda Bread in NYC<br /><br />Follow our bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/nationofanimation.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@nationofanimation</a>, our Letterboxd <a href="https://letterboxd.com/NationAnimation/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@NationAnimation</a>, and our Instagram and @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/cartoonbookclub/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">cartoonbookclub</a>, and follow our hosts<br />@thebrookesmith<br />and <br />@ryanwithcheese on Twitter  <br />http://brookeerinsmith.com http://ryangstevens.com<br />&amp;<br />Support secret projects on Venmo @nationofanimation<br /><br />BIG THANKS TO: Jacob Menke for our theme<br />Follow them @menkemaster<br />&amp;<br />Urvashi Lele for our art<br />Learn more about Urvashi Lele's animations by visiting http://www.sirpeagreenstudios.com and follow their endeavors on instagram at @sirpeagreen and @maisonaudmi