22 Kubo and the Two Strings T-Shirts That Are Nothing to Blink At!

I have to admit I’ve lost some faith in animated movies. When more than just Disney started dipping their toes in the animated movies water, we got some output that was more that just great movies, they were great films. Movies like The Iron Giant and Chicken Run were fun for the whole family, and maybe even more so for adults. But it seems like in the past few years that we’ve been inundated with more fair to middling animated movies. Yeah, there were still gems out there, but there was no longer a guarantee that if you saw an animated movie, it was sure to entertain on multiple levels.

That’s why this summer’s offering of Kubo and The Two Strings was a refreshing surprise. It was a sweet movie with lots of layers in the plot and characters. The animation was stunning, from beautiful scenery, to the terrifying Sisters, to the cuteness of poor little one-eyed Kubo himself. The story had a great message of family and hope, and even dealt with death of loved ones in what I thought was an inspiring way.

The film is so well done, if feels as if it were an adaptation of an ancient Japanese folktale. But it is an original story. It honors the Japanese culture and storytelling. And the theme is that each one of us has our own amazing story to tell.

It was great to see Kubo and The Two Strings being honored with an Oscar Nomination for best animated feature. Though the competition is fierce this year (the odds are pretty good it’ll go to the certainly worthy Zootopia), it would be nice to see this underdog receive that ornament of gold.

As I mentioned, the visuals of Kubo and The Two Strings were gorgeous. Not only the scenery, but the special effects (especially all the origami images). Such beautiful images are perfect for t-shirts. Not only that, I bet they’d make great ice breakers for other Kubo fans to spark conversations about the movie.

The images of Kubo playing his shamisen (yeah, I had to Google it) are probably the most iconic of this film. As well as his sword and origami.

He picks up a couple of interesting looking companions along the way: a monkey and a giant man-bug. Remember, don’t mess with the monkey!

Kubo and team face many trying and terrifying obstacles along the way. They are pursued by the Two Sisters who feel like characters that were even too dark for Tim Burton. And speaking of, Kubo also takes on a skeleton much creepier than Jack. And worst of all, the Moon King.

Kubo and company also make for some great mash-ups, parodies and stylized Japanese t-shirts.

Here’s hoping with the boost of the Oscar nomination (if not an actual win) it will be a long time before Kubo forgets his own story.