Best Animation Movies of 2011

Because I love animation movies I make a search to find the best animation movie of 2011. And I like to share with you my list and to give more details about each movie. Also I found great TV series like Allen Gregory, Thundercats or Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness. At the end I love to see your own lists or tops in the comment section. Also you will find a poll where you can vote your favorite movie.

Based on the comic book series with the same name "The Adventures of Tintin" is one of the best animation movies 2011 for sure having user ratings 7.8/10 on imdb. Directed by Steven Spielberg and officially titled The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn this movie is the first movie form a trilogy, second movie, The Adventures of Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun will be released in 2013 and the third in 2015.

Having a budget estimated at $130M this animation have a very interesting cast, and we want to remember here Daniel Craig (Ivanovich Sakharine/Red Rackham), Jamie Bell (Tintin), Simon Pegg (Inspector Thompson) and Andy Serkis (Captain Haddock/Sir Francis Haddock). Release date was set for 21 December 2011 in USA. Down here you can watch the trailer.

Second movie in my animation movies list is Puss in Boots who is also a comedy having a rating 7/10 on imdb. If you like Shrek sure you will like Puss in Boots and you will find in this movie how they meet. Funny and very interesting this animation could be one of the best of 2011.

Directed by Chris Miller (director of Shrek) this movie cast include Antonio Banderas as Puss in Boots (voice), Salma Hayek as Kitty Softpaws, Zach Galifianakis as Humpty Dumpty and Billy Bob Thornton as Jack. Produced by DreamWorks Animation this movie was released on 28 October 2011 in USA

Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater make Cars 2 to become one of the best animation movie of 2011. Coming from Disney Pixar, Cars 2 is a 3D sequel to the first animated movie Cars. Release date was set for 24 June 2011 in USA. Being a success another sequel may happen and that could be Cars 3, but this is just a rumor at this time.

Larry the Cable Guy and Owen Wilson give life to the main characters Mater and Lightning McQueen and along with them we will see old and new characters like Finn McMissile (Michael Caine), Holley Shiftwell (Emily Mortimer), Sir Miles Axlerod (Eddie Izzard), Francesco Bernoulli (John Turturro) and Brent Mustangburger (Brent Musburger). You can see them in the trailer down here.

Honestly I couldn't imagine that The Smurfs could be such a great animation movie until I saw it. Making me remember about Alvin and the Chipmunks (except the songs), this movie is a must see animation. Having a budget estimated at $110M, this movie was a great success and gross over $558M (Worldwide), everyone loves it and that's why this movie already has a sequel, The Smurfs 2 and a release date for 2 August 2013.

We will see in this movie Hank Azaria as the evil wizard Gargamel, Neil Patrick Harris as Patrick Winslow, Jayma Mays as Grace Winslow and Sofía Vergara as Odile. Trailer is available down here and remember to vote this movie at the poll if you think that is the best animation movie of 2011.

Having the rating 7.5/10 on imdb, Kung Fu Panda 2 is another animated movie that could be the best of 2011. If you like the first movie, you must see this one too. About the third movie Kung Fu Panda 3 is nothing official but a trilogy may happen. Release date was set for 26 May 2011 and if you don't know this movie is an DreamWorks Animation production.

Kung Fu Panda 2 is a very big success having a budget estimated at $150M he gross over $663M (Worldwide) so the third movie may happen. Now talking about this second part we must say that the cast is similar to the first movie Jack Black as Po (voice), Angelina Jolie as Tigress, Dustin Hoffman as Shifu, Gary Oldman as Shen and Jackie Chan as Monkey.

With 4 Awards nominations, Rio was a surprising success at the box office and get a 7/10 on user ratings. Having as the main character a macaw named simply Blu, this animation is an adventure - comedy movie great for kids. Every bird learn to fly when is young, but Blu is afraid to fly. The trailer is presented down here and you can see how Blu is very funny. About the sequel Rio 2 there are rumors that will be released on March 29, 2014, but this date is not confirmed.

Blu voice belong to Jesse Eisenberg, Leslie Mann is Linda, Anne Hathaway is Jewel (voice), Jamie Foxx is Nico and Jane Lynch is Alice. Remember to vote Rio as the best animation movie 2011 if you like it.

Not at the end I like to give you the names of other amazing animations that could be the best animation of 2011. And we talk here about Happy Feet Two, Arthur Christmas, Gnomeo & Juliet, Rango, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked, Winnie the Pooh, Hop and Mars Needs Moms.

And I like also to give you a list with the best animated TV series of 2011: Allen Gregory, Thundercats, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Good Vibes, Power Rangers Samurai, Supernatural: The Animation, Ultimate Spider-Man, X-Men and Wolverine.