ABSTRACT
In 2014, 10 companies were responsible for 90 percent of the most popular animated feature films in the world, and eight of those companies were in the United States. Of those eight, Disney and its subsidiary Pixar are unsurprisingly the two powerhouses. The 10 are Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, Illumination/Universal, Aardman, Laika, Blue Sky/21st Century Fox, Paramount, Sony and Warner Bros. The non-US studios are scattered around the world, with the United Kingdom being dominant, mainly thanks to Aardman. Tomm Moore in Ireland has directed several award winning features, including The Secret of Kells (2009) and Song of the Sea (2014), both of which were nominated for Academy Awards. Studio Ghibli in Japan has produced many outstanding feature films over the years, and now that its cofounder Hayao Miyazaki has retired, it will be interesting to see what comes from there. The Red Crab, coproduced
