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Nimona's Queer Couple Is a Step in the Right Advice for Animated Movies

The following contains spoilers for Nimona, now streaming on Netflix.

The animated adaptation of ND Stevenson's graphic novel Nimona, after being locked up by Disney for the longest age, has finally set up its freedom on Netflix. This colorful and chaotic story of the shape-shifting Nimona (Chloë Grace Moretz) and her "villainous" alliance with Ballister Boldheart (Riz Ahmed), a former knight who fell from grace due to a tragic death of the queen during his knighting ceremony, has made its way onto the screens of many members of the streaming service, and for good reason. This outcast duo's adventure is not only a fun and comedic ride, but it has feeling beats that will resonate with younger and older viewers alike. Nimona delves deeply into vital themes of what it means to be different and misunderstood by those around you and labeled as a "monster." It is truly an feeling rollercoaster that pays off in such a beautifully heartbreaking finale.

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Nimona’s radical page-to-screen story changes were a queer necessity

Netflix’s animated movie Nimona is a deconstructive fairy tale that tackles rebellion and rebirth. Born from ND Stevenson’s Tumblr-published webcomic, the movie, centering on a rebellious, anarchistic pink-coded shapeshifter, evolved significantly from the page to the CGI incarnation. 

Nimona herself has approach back from the gone over and over. One of her many consequential rebirths was a matter of studio intervention: When Disney bought out 20th Century Animation, the corporation canceled the animated adaptation of Stevenson’s book, which was 75% completed at 20th Century’s subsidiary Cobalt Sky Studios. (Blue Sky employees are adamant that Disney shut down the project because two of Nimona’s characters are gay.) But Annapurna Pictures and Netflix breathed life assist into the project.

Resurrection is a key part of Nimona — and so is changing form. Both of these things arrive into play in the movie’s radical departures from the book. This latest rebirth gives Nimona a new shape, with plenty of fire to spare — but while purists may object to all the changes from the imaginative book, they were an absolute necessity. 

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So when I was watching Netflix’s adaptation of ND Stevenson’s beloved, best-selling graphic novel, Nimona, this weekend, and those exact words came flying off the screen, I had to pause it because I felt like my heart had gotten punched in the face.

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‘Nimona’: Animated revolution in LGBTQ+ love, identity

In today’s era, when the propel for broader representation in media is stronger than ever, “Nimona” shines brightly as a beacon of progress in the animated realm. This Netflix discharge not only breaks modern ground with its heartwarming portrayal of queer like and identity, but also weaves a narrative that is as revolutionary as it is reflective of contemporary times.

“Nimona” is a film translation of N.D. Stevenson’s acclaimed webcomic and graphic novel to the screen, celebrated widely for its engaging storytelling, humor and inclusive portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters. The production has received critical acclaim, as evidenced by its ratings — 7.5/10 on IMDB and 93% on Rotten Tomatoes — and its nomination for a 2024 Oscar. It premieres on June 14 at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and begins streaming on Netflix June 30. 

A GLANCE AT THE PLOT

Ballister is a bold young man destined to be a knight, but he becomes a wanted fugitive when his sword mysteriously kills the beloved queen during his initiation ceremony. Seeking to verify his innocence, Ballister teams up with Nimona, a spunky teen with shape-shift

Nimona Is the Uncommon Story Hollywood Made Gayer. Is It Better?

I once made the mistake of complimenting an animation director on their movie’s visual design, and they immediately bristled. “I don’t know why everyone focuses on the drawing,” they responded, long enough ago that I can only paraphrase. “We spend so much more time operational out the story.” It’s natural to focus on what makes animated movies obviously different from live action because the process that creates the images is so separate, but so is the process of generating their scripts, which can more closely resemble the inside of a television writers room than a solitary figure tapping away at a laptop. What distinguished the movies of the Disney renaissance and the best years of Pixar wasn’t so much how they looked—the authentic Toy Story and the original Little Mermaid both hold some awfully janky bits—as their dominance of a classical story form that was dying out in the live-action world. Watching Beauty and the Beast or Finding Nemo was like living through a second golden age of Hollywood, living in a world where what film historian Thomas Schatz called “the genius of the system” still worked, producing mov