By Victoria Luxford Hand drawn animation has had a renaissance of late, with the success of the recent Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon and Oscar winner The Boy and The Heron. Robot Dreams, which was nominated in the same category as the Studio Ghibli hit, continues that trend with an absolute classic of the genre. Adapted from a 2007 graphic novel by Sara Varon, this film) takes place in an alternate 1980s New York. We meet Dog, a resident of the East Village living a lonely life in his apartment. Longing for companionship, he sees an ad for a mail order robot. He builds his new friend an…