Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow
Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow () is a 2022 Spanish computer-animated mystery thriller film directed by Julio Soto Gúrpide and based on a original screenplay by Rocco Pucillo. Premise 
A noirish fiction set in a seaplane from Shanghai to San Francisco in 1934, the plot follows anthropomorphic spider Inspector Sun in a mission against his foe, the Red Locust, with the mystery vis-à-vis the death of Dr. Spindelthorp as a backdrop. Voice cast 
 Ronny Chieng as Inspector Sun, a shy and intelligent huntsman spider
 Emily Kleimo as Janey, an energetic jumping spider that accompanies Sun
 Jennifer Childs Greer as Arabella Killtop, a black widow spider who is Sun's love interest and Bugsy's former wife. Rich Orlow as the Red Locust, a villainous locust. Orlow also voices Mr. Scarab, a rhinoceros beetle and Lieutenant Mac
 Iain Batchelor as Captain Skeleton, a nervous housefly
 Scott Geer as Dr. Bugsy Spindlethorp, a millionaire funnel-web spider who was working for the Red Locust before his death. Geer also voices a police cop
 Jeanette Grace Gonglewski as Ant Queen, Gonglewski also voices Lady Vatchu, a hybrid bug monster created by Dr. Spindlethorp
 Paul Louis Miller as Mr. Gill Tea, a mantis assassin

Production 
The script by Rocco Pucillo won the 2013 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award. The film is a The Thinklab Media and Gordon Box production, in association with 3Doubles Producciones, the participation of RTVE, support from ICAA,  funding from ICO and Navarre's Sodena and collaboration from Epic Games. Ronny Chieng voiced Sun in the English version. Fernando Velázquez scored the film. Release 
Kapers Animation handled worldwide sales. Distributed by Tripictures, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 28 December 2022. It was released in the United States on 27 October 2023. Reception 
Juan Pando of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, highlighting the character of Sun's aide. Accolades 

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| align = "center" rowspan = "2" | 2023 || 78th CEC Medals || colspan = "2" | Best Animated Film ||  || align = "center" | 
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| 37th Goya Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Animated Film ||  || 
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See also 
 List of Spanish films of 2022

References 

Spanish animated feature films
Spanish computer-animated films
2020s Spanish films
Spanish mystery thriller films
Spanish neo-noir films
Animated films about aviation
Films scored by Fernando Velázquez
Animated films about spiders
Films set in 1934
Animated films set in Shanghai
Fictional grasshoppers
Films set in New York City
Spanish aviation films
2022 computer-animated films
2020s mystery thriller films
Animated films about grasshoppers
Animated films set in the 1930s