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Seven Animated Movies More Sequel-Worthy Than Kung-Fu Panda

movieretriever.com — Ever wonder which animated films should have sequels? Well, this article attempts to answer that question by listing a few such movies.

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  • Erodeo, on 10/02/2008, -2/+82The Iron Giant needs a sequel.
    • Garofoli, on 10/03/2008, -1/+4'nuff said.
    • whatthefu, on 10/03/2008, -5/+16It would suck and you know it.
    • gozroth, on 10/03/2008, -0/+6the head of my animation department at school was the director of animation on Iron Giant. I've asked him before about doing a sequel and he said he'd jump on it in a second, if offered.
    • brandondatwyler, on 10/03/2008, -0/+12Let's be honest, Brad Bird could videotape himself taking a crap, and it would deserve a sequel.
      • macweirdo42, on 10/03/2008, -0/+11Taking a crap always deserves a sequel - the last thing you want is your colon to shut down.
    • ItsaPalindrome, on 10/03/2008, -5/+0The Iron Giant is very sequel worthy. In the meantime, check out this animated political commentary:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjomYMe6t_U

      Enjoy!
    • futility, on 10/03/2008, -1/+1If only only Sylvia Plath could kill herself again...
    • matrix2022, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1No.
  • gberkshire, on 10/02/2008, -4/+24Good list. An Incredibles sequel seems like a no-brainer as long as Brad Bird would want to do it. I'd add another Wallace & Gromit to the list too.
  • Hetman, on 10/02/2008, -4/+6The corpse bride is not a sequal an actually sequal but it is done the same way that the halloween movie was, and resembles it feel. But Kung Fu panda was really awesome. It deserves a sequal and so does the incredibles.
    • tykwondingo, on 10/02/2008, -1/+14I think Hetman is a pretty cool guy. eh can't form a proper sentence and doesn't afraid of anything.
  • DBreeze, on 10/02/2008, -3/+7I would say wall-e but i don't see how it could match up to the original
  • Shiftyeyedgoat, on 10/02/2008, -2/+25The Incredibles is the only stand-out on this list. The rest either finished tidily (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?) or were the apex of their respective franchises (South Park: B, L, & U).

    • VacantThoughts, on 10/03/2008, -0/+2The Incredibles even set up for a sequel but instead a ***** video game was made.
      • unreg, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1Err?

        One has nothing to do with the other.

    • Lochie, on 10/03/2008, -0/+6Really? I think South Park has only gotten better and better.
  • t3hmyth, on 10/02/2008, -3/+36Akira shouldn't have a sequel.
    • Caalro, on 10/03/2008, -1/+8Somebody didn't read the manga.
      • t3hmyth, on 10/03/2008, -0/+3I DID read the manga. I'm very endeared to the manga. I believe that the film shouldn't have a sequel because it would destroy the singular aspect that the film itself carries. The film is not the manga in the same way that L.A. Confidential is not the book.
    • ItsaPalindrome, on 10/03/2008, -7/+0Regardless of what you think of Akira, check this out:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjomYMe6t_U

      classic!
    • ChromaVita, on 10/03/2008, -0/+9Akira made both the list for movies that should have sequels, and movies that shouldn't.
      • t3hmyth, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1Nice. Very astute of you; I had missed that.
    • Rollic, on 10/03/2008, -1/+1Does it count as a sequel if it's just telling the pieces of the original story from the manga that got cut out of the original movie?

      I realize that the article title uses the word "sequel," but if you read it, they clearly aren't asking for new adventures of Akira or anything.
  • rgon, on 10/03/2008, -4/+42The Incredibles should be number one.
  • Garofoli, on 10/03/2008, -1/+4Animated movies always make me think of those Pixar films.
  • Elliottx, on 10/03/2008, -5/+19The Nightmare Before Christmas was ***** incredible. EVERY Christmas, our family sits down to watch it regardless of what's goin on.

    I can pretty much recite all of Jacks lines. I wish they'd make another one.
  • brandita, on 10/03/2008, -1/+4I'd love to see some Miyazaki sequels....not that I am a huge fan of sequels.
  • lwoodnj, on 10/03/2008, -2/+6That's weird, there was an article on the front page probably only one or two away from this one now claiming that Akira must never, ever have a sequel and that it would be impossible. I guess it just goes to show:

    Articles like this are stupid.
  • TheAmazingBob, on 10/03/2008, -3/+12How 'bout another Shrek?

    jk
    • bluezinc, on 10/03/2008, -0/+2Dont even THINK about another Shrek movie, a single thought in that direction could persuade dreamworks to do yet another terrible Shrek movie. They just don't care, and Mike Myers needs the work these days.
    • tymme, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1Unless it changed, they were slated for 4 & 5 already.... maybe (hopefully?) 3 cut that idea short.
    • bagboyrebel, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1Sorry, they are already planning 4 and 5.
  • ousthouse, on 10/03/2008, -1/+7Funny because a lot of us would be complaining if studios announced sequels to many of these movies.
    "They're going to ruin the original to make a quick buck!"
    • scabbers, on 10/03/2008, -1/+3They can do what they like with sequels... I can pretend they don't exist. Far more damaging is when some middle-aged version of a director goes back and screws up their old movies.
    • macweirdo42, on 10/03/2008, -1/+3It really depends on the movie, honestly. For some movies, by the end, the story is told, and there's really not much more you can add. For others, the movie is just a first glimpse into a world full of stories to be explored.

      Personally, for me, The Incredibles is really the only movie on that list that I can personally say really deserves a sequel. The movie itself was absolutely fantastic, but come on - it ends just as the family really comes together to form a crime-fighting team. I mean, unlike a lot of movies that tragically end up with sequels, there's somewhere you can actually go with that.
  • brandita, on 10/03/2008, -1/+3Also wasn't there a thing about sequels on just 2 hours ago?
  • inkubusfan, on 10/03/2008, -4/+38I actually liked Kung Fu Panda.
    • supernuke, on 10/03/2008, -0/+2Me too. Am I the only one here who has had the noodle dream?
    • jabelar, on 10/03/2008, -1/+0I watched Wall-E and Kung-Fu Panda both in theatres around the same time. I have to say that Kung-Fu is much better animation, way more visually interesting, and generally more entertaining. With kids movies I have to think about how many times I'll have to rewatch it on DVD, and Kung-Fu Panda is way more re-watchable.
  • scabbers, on 10/03/2008, -16/+11Chicken Run really stank.
    • oblivian92, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1$10 weed at its best.
    • scabbers, on 10/03/2008, -3/+1The 3 fans of Chicken Run in the world dug me down ; ___ ;
  • skellener, on 10/03/2008, -2/+2> Seven Animated Movies More Sequel-Worthy Than Kung-Fu Panda

    But that's just not the Dreamworks way. They are a Shrek factory. They want a franchise they can make hundreds of sequels to. Most sequels, animated or otherwise suck. There are very few that turn out any good.
  • ifruit, on 10/03/2008, -7/+0WHAT ABOUT "INSERT MOVIE" ?
  • Blurker, on 10/03/2008, -2/+1Animal Farm needs a sequel.
    • kingfoot, on 10/03/2008, -1/+1animal farm is a ***** game.
    • skabyss, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1It was called 1984, it just didn't involve animals and wasn't animated.
  • YouRookies, on 10/03/2008, -4/+7Sorry, but I thought Kung Fu Panda's action scenes were better than Incredibles. Tia Lung > Incredibles cast.
    • bluezinc, on 10/03/2008, -0/+3Yeah that's true. For Panda they actually got some really good Hong Kong fight choreographers to just let their imaginations run wild because they could do anything they wanted as it was all animation. The action scenes were pretty impressive, at some points mind blowing. The rope bridge fight? Holy *****.
    • VacantThoughts, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1I might actually give Kung Fu Panda a watch soon, if not for the fight scenes then for Jack Black.
  • hasahugedig, on 10/03/2008, -3/+11Team America needs a sequel. ***** Yeah!

    Dunno if you'll consider that animation though.
    • TheSabre, on 10/03/2008, -1/+1Considering that it isn't animated, I'd say that you wouldn't classify it as "animation".
      • DforSpiD, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1In what way were the puppets not animated?
        "made to appear to move as living creatures do; "an animated cartoon"; "animated puppets" "
      • TheSabre, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1In film, animation is a sequence of still images used to give the ILLUSION of movement. Actual movement isn't animation.

        "The representation of movement through a sequence of still images", Glassgow School of Art.

        See, I can post definitions too. But in various industries, sometimes words have very specific definitions.
  • evilcaptain, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1There are too many fresh original stories that could only be done in CG that should be done first. Otherwise you end up with a butchered original story with a Disney character shoved up it and another generation anaesthetised to creativity:(
  • naz2292, on 10/03/2008, -0/+5I love how on another list called movies that should never have sequels that was on frontage today, said not to make a sequel for Akira


  • Lucifugerising, on 10/03/2008, -0/+6While I agree with the Incredibles and Chicken Run, I have no idea why this person would think Akira warrants a sequel.
    It's fine as is.
  • Skab, on 10/03/2008, -0/+3KANEEEDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Totally agree. I just want a re-release of the original English dub in 5.1 not the new one with totally different dialog.
  • Coercion, on 10/03/2008, -0/+4the incredibles yes. i think it would be very hard to make even sub par sequels to the others. i mean akira? ,right, impossible to sequel it
  • Daiken, on 10/03/2008, -1/+3I really liked Kung-Fu Panda so I wouldn't mind a sequel. As for the other movies, I haven't even seen most of them. It's funny though because I just read another article about movies that should never have sequels and Akira was on there.
  • SadMartigan, on 11/25/2008, -2/+1Does The Clash of the Titans count as animated?
  • ZiggyILM, on 10/03/2008, -0/+6Akira makes this list as an animated movie that needs a sequel.

    Just hours ago I read a digg article from io9.com that put Akira on a list of movies that didn't need sequels. -_-
  • llama5492, on 10/03/2008, -2/+5This List Sucks.
  • Rikushix, on 10/03/2008, -1/+8Incredibles: yes. The others? I'm not so sure...

    I've never seen Akira though, I've been dying to see it for ages. I wouldn't call myself an anime fan - I couldn't care less about all the imported shows that they bring over on 4Kids or otherwise - but some of Studio Ghibli's works are the most amazing films I have ever seen. Princess Mononoke is epic. And Grave of the Fireflies....you know you have a good movie when Roger Ebert calls it possibly the greatest war movie ever made.
    • Mononuclear, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1The fact that you can name all of those makes you an anime fan.I have never heard of Akira or anything else you just said.
      • rye419, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1not really. just makes him or her a movie fan.
      • Mononuclear, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1I am a big movie fan but I don't know anything about anime..
      • DforSpiD, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1They are all very common and mainstream . . . it's not unlikely for someone who had never watched anime in their life to have heard of them.
  • kawaiirobo, on 10/03/2008, -1/+1I really disagree with this list. For starters Kung Fu panda was a pretty good film, and the kind you could make a decent sequel to. As for the films on the list its self, several of the movies on the list are great, like tNBC and Akira, but you really couldn't make a sequel that would do the original justice and The Triplets of Belleville didn't make enough sense in the first place to justify a second. I would like to see a sequel to the Incredibles, but this list is more like a "hey these are some sweet animated films" instead of a sequel wish list.
  • futility, on 10/03/2008, -1/+61st Kung Fu Panda was fantastic
    2nd Most of those movies were 1 shot stories. Most story arcs don't need sequels!
  • kevin52094, on 10/03/2008, -1/+2what about finding nemo? that is another pixar classic.
  • dtraneighty8, on 10/07/2008, -1/+2Monster's Inc. 2
  • scratend0788, on 10/03/2008, -7/+2
    Nightmare Before Christmas was a musical and musicals are gay.
    Chicken Run is not even technicly an animated movie.
    South Park movie wasent all that , the series is better.
    pixar is buisy making other things.
    and if anyone did make a sequel to akira everyone would spend all their time whining about how much of a let down it is.
    and finally i liked kung fu panda, so ***** you.


    • Rikushix, on 10/03/2008, -1/+3If Chicken Run is not an animated movie, than The Incredibles is DEFINITELY not "animated".

      It's claymation. Clay + animation. As in, they move character models around 24 times a second and take a picture each time and then splice them together. Which exactly like traditional animation except it's not drawing these pictures on paper.

      edit: Buried for resorting to internet logic. If you can't appreciate a single musical, you're an uncouth prick. Philistine.
    • Mononuclear, on 10/03/2008, -0/+2How is Chicken Run not technically an animated movie? It fits the technical definition of animation perfectly. You think in order to be animated it has to be drawn?
    • DforSpiD, on 10/03/2008, -0/+2You lost me at "musicals are gay"
    • jkinman1, on 10/03/2008, -0/+0just so you know Bigger Longer Uncut was a musical, too.
    • scratend0788, on 10/03/2008, -2/+1Musicals ARE gay.
      People who like musicals ARE gay.
      Therefore people who digg this down are probably gay.

      yes "Bigger Longer Uncut was a musical" and in part that is wht it was gay compared to the series.
  • Skewt, on 10/03/2008, -0/+2I enjoyed Kung Fu Panda well enough. Far more than I expected to. But this is just a stupid list In the context of its thesis of the article.

    Are we to assume there are not sequels to the listed movies because of 'Panda'? All the movies listed were pretty great. But I really don't think any of them left anything open for a necessary sequel. The fact that one is getting a sequel and other aren't can be rested solely on the creators/producers.
  • Yage2006, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1I heard they are remaking Akira in CGI.
    I would love to see what they could do with it.
  • t4stringer, on 10/03/2008, -0/+2dugg for akira. DUNNNNN DUNNNNN DUN DUN! gotta love it
  • asdfer, on 10/03/2008, -1/+2Kung Fu Panda is a terrible movie. The studio relies on the Big Name for the voices than the movie itself. Notice how they're promoting the movie, if they're mentioning tons of names in the promos and trailers the studio doesn't really have the confident in the movie itself.

    I wonder if Mike Myer's is going to rehash Austin Powers + Love Guru in the next Shrek movie which I'd avoid seeing.
    • Noein, on 10/03/2008, -1/+2Have you even seen the movie? I don't see how the studio chose to advertise it has any bearing on the quality of the movie itself. Kung Fu Panda is easily one of the best CG movie that's not made by Pixar in years. It gets bonus points as such a wonderful throwback/tribute to the classic HK chopsocky film genre. The martial art choreography and cinematography are also one of the best I've seen in films, live-action or otherwise.
  • xbxoxy1, on 10/03/2008, -1/+2tetsuoooooooooooooo....
  • Calcularius, on 10/03/2008, -0/+3Who Framed Roger Rabbit!!! YES!!!!!
    It would be so awesome to put all of the current and popular toons in Toon Town!
    Imagine all of the cameos: The Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park, Power Puff Girls, Samurai Jack, Metalocalypse, Dexter's Lab, American Dad, Dark Night, Aqua Teen Hunger Force... the list is endless!
    • darthdusty, on 10/03/2008, -0/+3Holy ***** that would be better than the original! Still, you gotta keep the classics in there. How awesome would it be to see the Peanuts characters fight characters from South Park though???
  • brainboy77, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1dude, how can you top the incredibles?
  • tmackb1991, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1isnt Akira being made into a live action flick?
  • SquigglyP, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1If half of these films got sequels they'd just be cashing in on something. How exactly does one expand upon Akira or Chicken Run in a way that makes any kind of sense at all? I think I'd rather see any animation studio work on something actually original for once rather than rehash classics from the past. I mean, look at the way Disney makes sequels to EVERYTHING. There's a ***** Bambi 2. I don't see the need. Why not spend the time and effort making something new rather than try to wring more money from the same old *****? Kung Fu Panda was at least written to allow for sequels. None of these other films were written that way. A sequel would feel contrived.

    Anyway, after what Disney did to Richard Williams after Roger Rabbit, it makes me wish they'd never made the first one.
  • klekamp, on 10/03/2008, -0/+0I agree with their selection, and I contribute my selection (not really a true movie, but awesome none the less) Elephants Dream found here: http://orange.blender.org/
  • alex3540, on 10/03/2008, -0/+3Space Jam 2, starring Lebron James
    • t3hmyth, on 10/03/2008, -0/+3Psh. Lebron James is NO Michael Jordan. When Michael Jordan jumps, he chooses to come back down.
    • alex3540, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1Fair enough. Then who do you have star in it?
  • shadowspawn, on 10/03/2008, -0/+3Ok, diggers are schizophrenic. Make up your mind about Akira!

    http://digg.com/movies/12_Movie_Sequels_That_Must_ ...
  • ryanjohnr, on 10/03/2008, -1/+1cool http://www.salutevietnam.com/
  • StuartTaylor, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1Akira is Awesome
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