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Fox announced Wednesday that Hayden will retire from the hit animated series after 35 years.

In another year of wildly varied animated features, Japan, Australia, Great Britain and the planet Cybertron send us their best.

He jumped headlong into a project 50 times bigger than his last feature but also, notably, 50 times smaller than a Disney animated film.

The comedy about 11-year-old Riley’s emotions, led by Joy, struggling to find balance within her grossed more than $850 million and won the animated feature Oscar.

But there is still a certain snobbery towards animated films, and only three have ever scored a best picture nomination - Beauty and the Beast, Toy Story 3 and Up.