While too violent for the youngest kids, the sci-fi invasion story, high-tech wizardry and high-profile vocal cast could make for substantial mainstream traffic. Adoration by animation acolytes?

Much like Japanese anime, Battle for Terra is an animated film that takes itself and its subject matter seriously from beginning to end. If one were to compare the plot of this film to another, it ...

A dystopian view of future interplanetary relations, and a real bummer of a picture of humankind’s future, “Battle for Terra” is a solid, though not sugarcoated, animated film for the whole family.

While too violent for the youngest kids, the sci-fi invasion story, high-tech wizardry and high-profile vocal cast could make for substantial mainstream traffic. Adoration by animation acolytes?

The spry, independently produced film "Battle for Terra" demonstrates that 3-D need not strip away any charm, beauty or intelligence in favor of trick shots. By Kirk Honeycutt, The Associated Press ...