As of June 17, 2016, Pixar has created one of the most complex and vibrant animated films in its history. "Finding Dory" has become a beloved sensation with aspects that will make you laugh harder than you have since "The Incredibles" and scenes that will make you tear up more than when you first saw "Toy Story 3."

And don’t worry, there're no spoilers here.

"Finding Dory" was created over a span of six years, with a storyboard lasting around three and a half years. According to POPSugar, director Andrew Stanton had not seen its predecessor "Finding Nemo" until 2010, and immediately knew there was an additional story to tell. The story came about as the director wondered if Dory would be able to find Marlin and Nemo if she lost them, given that she was portrayed as having a somewhat tragic backstory in "Finding Nemo."

She struggles with her short-term memory loss throughout the film and continues to push through various challenges. Without giving anything away, one of the challenges she faces is a scene that pushed Pixar to its limits and really shows the talent and passion of its staff. This particular scene took 146 takes, 13 months and 18 artists and animators to produce and complete!

One of the characters in the film, an octopus named Hank, brought an incredible hindrance to the animators but produced a great payoff. The animation style used to create Hank was one including both art and animation to manifest realistic tentacles. It took the artists working on Hank approximately a year to accomplish a character worthy of showing the directors. And even with this astounding contribution to the film, it took an additional six months to create just one scene involving Hank.

But Hank isn’t the only character worthy of mentioning. One of the many notable aspects of "Finding Dory" is that there are many more female characters than there were in "Finding Nemo!" A simple reason for this is that there were more female writers on the team for "Finding Dory" than for "Finding Nemo." In fact, in addition to the lovely Ellen DeGeneres herself, two of the female characters in "Finding Dory" are voiced by Diane Keaton and Kaitlin Olson, with a cameo from Sigourney Weaver. Although there isn't a significant number of female characters compared to male ones, it is definitely a step in the right direction for Pixar.

Ellen DeGeneres, the star of the film, has truly outdone herself. Not only did she portray the beloved and hilarious blue tang we knew from "Finding Nemo," but she was able to supplement the character’s personality with heartwarming and heartbreaking voice acting. Bravo, Ellen. You’ve done it again.

Now for the last and possibly most important element to consider in this film — baby Dory is the cutest animated film character since young Anna and Elsa from Frozen. Baby Dory makes several appearances throughout the film in flashbacks, so don’t worry, you’ll get to see plenty of this adorable fish.

And speaking of adorable, don’t forget that every Pixar film also has a short before it in theaters. This short is called "Piper" and may be the most precious Pixar short since "Partly Cloudy," the short released with "Up." But don’t take my word for it, go see it for yourself!