![]() The films they released in those years remain among the most beloved animated pictures ever made and cemented the studio’s stellar reputation with audiences and critics. Shrek’s DreamWorks Animation may have come into its own during the 2000s, but the decade belonged to Pixar. ![]() And there was a near-total displacement of any form of animation other than CGI by the decade’s end – another trend that has yet to subside. But the success of Shrek and related titles encouraged a cynical, self-aware, and celebrity-led sense of humor that’s become persistent in American animation. While the notion that animation is “just” for kids persists to this day, films like Shrek helped to weaken that stigma. There was a proliferation of companies owned or partnered with major studios, offering more feature-length cartoon content than mainstream cinema had ever seen. There’s a bittersweet quality to the history of animation once you reach the 2000s.
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