My entry for the 2025 Ani-MAY-tion film challenge hosted by Letterboxd user Niall. This is my first attempt at this challenge, and I look forward to expanding the number of animated films I have seen throughout the month. I had actually planned to do an animated film marathon this month already, so I was excited to find out that there was already a challenge that someone had started last year with some prompts for suggested categories of animated films to watch (and that it was being brought back for a second year).

Feel free to check out the original list for more information on how to join in the challenge (and have your entries counted), but the general idea is to watch 31 animated movies over the course of 31 days in May. The movies should all fit into the different categories described in the original list, and feel free to log and review them while also using the appropriate tags to make sure anyone following along can find your reviews.

In the Notes section you will find the categories that are being satisfied by each particular film, as well as how I plan to watch each one. I will rank this as I go (with the short films being ranked separately after the feature films, since they aren't rated), but for now it is mostly in order by the highest rated films (for the first 31 movies as of list creation, which are my "official entries"), followed by the bonus films I will attempt to watch after that. My list started the month with fifty feature films and eight short films, but if I don't get any of those watched I will remove them at the end of the month (assuming I don't just extend it into June slightly).

Also, for anyone looking for ideas for animated films to watch, here is the list of the Top 100 Animated Films on Letterboxd.