This year, Deborah Diesen’s The Pout-Pout Fish makes its way from the stout cardboard pages to the big screen. Despite all the colorful scales, bubbles and iridescent colors, there’s something missing in this feature-length underwater adventure. Considering this animated feature comes from a children’s book (and series) that has less than 30 pages, credit where it’s due, the trio of writers created a more impacting tail, err tale than the eponymous fish turning his frown upside down. Living on a rundown shipwreck, Mr. Fish discovers a hyperactive young sea dragon Pip – who had mistaken his home for a junkyard – pilfering his belongings. The heated argument that ensues leaves both their…