Animation has never been at riskFrom the threat of AI to replace the animators, to study consolidations, deleted projects because big bosses do not care about the media, or in studies that exclude all productions in the house.

Which Animation Study remains in production are focused on the only thing: franchise. As if the madness of live action is not enough, the large Animation study such as Disney, Warner Bros. and DreamWorks are only focused on growing their IP, fueling the sequel after the sequel (with an occasional original story here and there as a treatment). Of course, this is not an automatic bad thing. Take DreamWorks, who is probably the champion of the animated trilogies ("How to Train Your Dragon", "Madagascar" and "Kung Fu Panda" are all outstanding), and who, in 2022 One of the best animated films of the decade with "Puss in Boots: The Last Desire".

Since then, DreamWorks has delivered brazen sequels to successful films, such as "Troll Band Together" and disappointing "Kung Fu Panda 4." It seems to be changing with the upcoming "Bad Guys 2", which DreamWorks has shown on the International Animation Film in Annness in 2025 of a great enthusiasm from the crowd. This feels like the studio learns a vital lesson from "Puss in Boots" and I hope it is a sign of things to appear in the studio.

Based on Aaron's series of Serie Bleby of the same name, the first "bad guys" was a fun caper inspired by the films in the 1970s, essentially "Ocean 11" for children. There were all the features of a great Heist movie, like the cold and unforgettable team, a plan that is immediately exhausted, fun, yet exciting complications, a good villain, and even better prey.

For the sequel, the "Bad Guys 2" goes bigger and bolder, but not only in withdrawal of another heist. Instead, during the presentation, director Pierre Perifel and co-director PE SANS talked about how Blabbi's books handle different genres (including science and thriller), so they wanted to do the same and push the story to a new place. This time, it's a less movie by Heist and more adventurous films such as "Mission: Impossible", "Jameseims Bond" and even "fast and furious". There are heists, but the pieces are larger and more detailed, the scope of the action is expanded, and unlike Vin Diesel and Company, the bad guys don't get nine movies to go into space.

The audience in Anessi has essentially the whole story, in the form of a few clips of 5 to 10 minutes, and it is clear that the film is trying something different from its predecessor. The film begins with a robbery in the palace of a rich man somewhere in the Middle East, and eventually turns into a struggle to prevent the abduction of the spaceship. It is a wild case of escalating the first film and something that "The Cat in Boots 2" did beautifully.

What he did "Puss in boots: The last wish" was so good as much as he felt from his predecessor. Compared to other sequels such as "Shrek 2" or "Madagascar 2", which retained most of their appearance and feeling of their first films, "The Last Desire" was a wild departure. The artistic style was much more stylized and inspired by anime. The story, though still in the same world in fairy tales, was a race in the type of "awkward races" to find a magical object, and also an unusual, tinted story of mortality and coming about aging. It was a very personal story about Antonio Banderas, who delivered an amazing performance.

Of course, The film continued to become a huge hit and nominated for an Oscar. "Bad Guys 2" Although it follows the visual template of the first film (even if it pushes its Chinese live influences with some stunning anamorphic lenses that combine with anime-graphic style) does something similar in how the tone of the first film is. Well, not every sequel to DreamWorks should do so correct, but that is the principle of experimenting with extensions and exploring something truly unique that makes the exciting future of the 30-year-old studio.