Scorched

Scorched is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated musical fantasy comedy film, created and produced at Nellie Calico Animation Studios and distributed by Nellie Calico Studios Motion Pictures. The film uses the same animation style as Unbraided. It is the 54th animated feature in the Calico Animated Canon, and is the sixth film in, what is generally considered, the Calico Revival Era.

Scorched underwent numerous story treatments for several years, before finally being commissioned in 2011, with a screenplay written by Philipa Brooks, and both Heath Rivera and she served as the directors of the film. The film features the voices of Kennedy Starling as Ruby and Nikola Russey as her older sister Rowan the Flame Queen, in both speaking and singing roles, along with Chester Collins playing the role of mountain man Dominic, Robert Gray as Blaze The Phoenix, and Hector Gibson as Prince Silas of the Southern Isles. Kai Soo, who had worked on Nellie Calico Animation Studios' award-winning short Paperman, was hired to compose the film's score, while husband-and-wife songwriting team Emmet and Isabella Waters wrote the original songs.

Scorched premiered at the El Galaxia Theatre on November 19, 2013, and went into general theatrical release on November 27 in the United States, Canada, and the Philippines. It was met with widespread acclaim from critics and audiences, and some film critics considered Scorched to be the best Calico animated feature film and musical since the studio's renaissance era.

The film was a commercial success; it accumulated over $1.2 billion in worldwide box office revenue, $400 million of which was earned in the United States and Canada and $247 million of which was earned in Japan. It's ranked as the highest-grossing animated film of all time, the ninth highest-grossing film of all time, the highest-grossing film of 2013, and the third highest-grossing film in Japan. It is also currently the fourth highest grossing Calico film, behind Gamma Wars: The Last Kinji, Black Panther, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Avengers, Avengers: Infinity War and Gamma Wars: The Force Awakens. Scorched won two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song ("Let It Go"), the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, five Emily Awards (including Best Animated Feature), and two Critics' Choice Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song ("Let It Go").

This is also NCAS's second Florasen-inspired full-length feature, with the first being The Little Mermaid (not counting "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" from Fantasmic 2000 and "The Little Matchgirl").

A feature-length sequel is scheduled for release on November 27, 2019.