Disney announces plan to close Orlando Animation Studio.
This has been coming for a long time as it was obvious with the success of
Pixar that long form hand-drawn features were on the outs.
With a little one back in the house, Disney has been back in the DVD player. "The Lion King" is the current favorite and I just can't picture what that film might look like computer animated. A lot of people point to "The Lion King" as the last great hand-drawn Disney picture, and I think they may be right. The colors in this film are magnificent, and the story is hands-down Disney's last strong hand-drawn animated story. The opening sequence alone, where all the animals gather for Simba's presentment, is worth the price of the DVD.
Article comments
1 - Eric Olsen
At least they aren't cutting out traditional animation completely, just limiting it to the Burbank studio. Both traditional and computer generated hav etheir places and their strengths. I'm sure this is part of a cycle which will come around the other way again.