This was the last film shown in the Oscar-nominated animation shorts 2018 program and it was --- fun. I'm an old guy and I grew up with Fleischer cartoons and Looney Tunes and Woody Woodpecker: cartoons. They were created for kids, but they were done by adults who knew that the people in charge weren't really watching, so they did things that amused themselves. Even on TV, they didn't watch too closely for a while, and Rocky & Bullwinkle were a lot of fun to make. They were a lot of fun to watch, too Then the adults got into the mix, and no one wanted to spend any money, so we got cheap, tired stuff, even from the people who used to make stuff that amused themselves. I stopped watching those when I realized they were no fun.
Achoo is the story about a dragon trying to win a contest to impress a bunch of human by inhaling a lot of powder and doing something interesting, only he's allergic to it. And if we were being serious and adult about this, we'd have a lecture about how allergies are crippling and sixty zillion people die a year from them. But this is a cartoon, and Achoo is a cartoon dragon, so the people who made this felt free to make something that amused them. And you know what? I had a great time watching it!