mike rianda
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Arcane and The Mitchells vs. Machines Sweep the 2021 Annie Awards
Overall, 2021 was a pretty great year for animation. Whether you like stories of Italian adolescence, prequels about monster hunters, or emotional closers to the anime of our childhood, animation fans ate pretty good last year. And with last night’s Annie Awards, the annual celebration of the medium gave some love to two of 2021’s…
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The Mitchells vs the Machines Team Explain How They Made One of the Best Animated Movies of 2021
If you haven’t watched Sony’s The Mitchells vs. The Machines yet — it’s streaming on Netflix — you should do that immediately. Co-directors and writers Mike Rianda and Jeff Rowe tell the story of a family travelling across the country to bring the daughter to college when a robot apocalypse threatens to take over the…