Despite initially being a massive box office bomb, The Iron Giant has since been established as a true animated classic, being one of the greatest blendings of 2D and 3D animation at the edge of the 20th century.
Despite initially being a massive box office bomb, The Iron Giant has since been established as a true animated classic, being one of the greatest blendings of 2D and 3D animation at the edge of the 20th century. The film follows the story of Hogarth, a young boy living in 1957 Maine who makes the miraculous discovery of a giant robot from outer space. He soon finds himself making an unexpected friendship with the robot, and is forced to hide him away so that the government won't take him away, or worse, attempt to destroy him.