James Gunn spills the surprising truth behind the Guardians Holiday Special s animated sequences

Get the Full StoryThe Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special is likely to join the ranks of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Santa Claus Versus The Martians as a bonafide Christmas season hit. The 44-minute-long Marvel Special packs a lot of feel-good emotional weight, especially in its bookend animated sequences. And director James Gunn has revealed there s a reason they hit as hard as the live-action sequences.

For the #GuardiansoftheGalaxyHolidaySpecial, we used old-school rotoscoping animation in the style of the Ralph Bakshi films I liked growing up and to give us that 1970 s & 80 s nostalgic Christmas Special feel. pic.twitter.com udYmYGpHvV

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