11 most anticipated cartoons of 2021

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

New Pixar work, return of "Minions" and "Monsters on Vacation", as well as a musical from the famous author.

1. Tom and Jerry

• UK, France, Germany, USA, 2021.
• Comedy, adventure.
• Premiere: February 25.

Jerry the mouse lives in an elite hotel where the wedding is to take place soon. Fearing that he might disrupt the celebration, a hotel worker hires Tom the cat. But catching Jerry is not easy.

The film will combine classic 2D animation and live filming, as was once done in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

2. Raya and the last dragon

• USA, 2021.
• Fantasy, adventure, musical.
• Premiere: March 4.

Once brave dragons sacrificed themselves to fight the evil Druuns. But after 500 years, the monsters have returned. And now Raya and her companion Tuk-Tuk need to find the last dragon, which will again help them in the fight.

Disney has been developing this cartoon since 2017, describing the idea as a southeast-themed fantasy adventure. The film was supposed to be released in 2020, but due to the closure of cinemas, the premiere was postponed.

3. Vivo

• USA, 2021.
• Adventure, musical.
• Premiere: June 10.

This musical adventure cartoon from Sony tells the story of a Capuchin monkey traveling from Havana to Miami.

The idea for this cartoon was proposed by the actor, screenwriter and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda. In recent years, he has been known for the world-beating musical "Hamilton". The director will be the creator of The Croods, Kirk de Mikko.

4. Luke

• USA, 2021.
• Fantasy, adventure.
• Premiere: June 17.

Young Luca is spending a wonderful summer in a seaside town on the Italian Riviera. He has fun and embarks on an adventure with a friend who is actually a sea monster.

The director of the next work from the famous Pixar studio is Enrico Casarosa. On his account so far only a short film "Moon", but for this cartoon the author received an Oscar nomination.

5. Minions: Gruvitation

• France, Japan, USA, 2021.
• Comedy, fantasy, adventure.
• Premiere: July 1.

The spin-off of Despicable Me about the adventures of a trinity of minions turns into an independent franchise. In the finale of the first part, Kevin, Stewart and Bob finally met their future owner Gru.

In the continuation of the story from Illumination, they will talk about the beginning of their joint work with the new boss, as well as, apparently, about the development of the villain himself.

6. Space Jam - 2: The New Generation

• USA, 2021.
• Comedy, fantasy, adventure.
• Premiere: July 15.

The plot continues the famous 1995 film "Space Jam". In the first part, basketball star Michael Jordan helped cartoons defeat evil aliens. The sequel will tell about the new sports star LeBron James.

Together with his son, he is locked in a virtual space. To get out, the heroes must help the cartoon characters beat the villains in basketball again.

7. Monsters on vacation - 4

• USA, 2021.
• Comedy, fantasy, horror, adventure.
• Premiere: 15 August.

The legendary team of monsters is back. The plot of the sequel is still unknown, but the audience will definitely meet with Dracula, who once founded a hotel for monsters, his daughter, who married a simple guy, and their friends: a werewolf, a mummy, a Frankenstein monster and others.

For the first time, the creator of the franchise, Gendy Tartakovsky, does not work on the cartoon himself, limiting himself only to writing the script.

8. Boss-sucker-2

• USA, 2021.
• Comedy, adventure.
• Premiere: August 19.

Reasonable child Ted has already grown up and has remained the same businesslike. But in his brother's family, a girl named Tina is born, who also secretly works for BabyCorp. Now the girl, together with her father and uncle, will have to stop another villain.

A scandal has already erupted around this cartoon. The slogan, which in the original sounded like Playtime is over, has turned into an obscene one in Russian localization: “The new nipple is just a bomb”.

9. The Addams Family: Hot Tour

• USA, UK, Canada, 2021.
• Horror, fantasy, comedy.
• Premiere: October 28.

In 2019, the famous franchise returned to screens in the form of children's animation. Of course, the story will continue. The plot of the sequel has not yet been revealed, but they promise to introduce the audience to completely new characters.

10. Encanto

• USA, 2021.
• Comedy, fantasy, musical.
• Premiere: November 25.

The action of the cartoon will unfold in Colombia, in the secret place of Encanto, where a house is hidden in the mountains. Children live there, each of whom has some kind of magical power. Only Mirabel Madrigal did not get superpowers. But it is she who will have to save all the inhabitants of the house when danger comes.

Lin-Manuel Miranda also had a hand in this project. And the directors were Byron Howard and Jared Bush, who directed the famous "Zootopia".

11. Sing-2

• USA, 2021.
• Comedy, adventure, musical.
• Premiere: December 23.

Koala Buster is gathering a new musical line-up and plans to stage a show at the Crystal Tower Theater. But for this, the hero needs to find the legendary performer - the lion Clay Calloway.