Want to know more? Be sure to check out Senior Writer Patricia Puentes’ full review for Ask. Meilin’s mother, Ming Lee (voice of Sandra Oh), reveals that “poofing” is a family curse of sorts. That is, she poofs into a giant red panda. The film is set in Toronto during the early 2000s and tells the story of Meilin Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang), a 13-year-old Chinese Canadian girl who is horrified to learn that, one day, her excitement and stress started triggering a… transformation. Directed and co-written by Shi, it’s Pixar’s first film to be solely directed by a woman. Photo Courtesy: Disney/PixarĪnd that brings us to Turning Red. Featuring the voices of Rosalie Chiang, Ava Morse, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Hyein Park as Mei, Miriam, Priya and Abby, Turning Red will stream exclusively on Disney+. We won’t spoil the short, but we will remind you that writer/director Domee Shi won an Oscar for Bao. Released alongside Incredibles 2 (2018), the short film Bao was one of Pixar’s most memorable stories of the last few years in it, an aging Chinese Canadian mother finds her empty nest not-so-empty when a steamed bun comes to life.

Turning Red | Now Streaming on Disney+Īfter some decidedly mixed feelings about Pixar’s last outing, Luca (2021), we’ve been eagerly anticipating the 18-time Academy Awarding-winning studio’s next feature, Turning Red. Be sure to add them to your radar - or keep your Spidey senses alert.

Without further ado, here are 16 of the most anticipated animated films of 2022. The Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) is getting a long-awaited sequel there’s a new Hayao Miyazaki film in the works and Disney is giving us a Buzz Lightyear origin story that we’re sure someone asked for (right?). While going to the theater for every new release still isn’t the norm, there are plenty of sure-to-be incredible animated films on the horizon in 2022.

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