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dilldoeorg t1_j8z8auv wrote

wasn't that the last studio Disney had that was still doing hand drawn

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bd_one t1_j8z9uuv wrote

No, that was a Winnie the Pooh movie made later.

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dilldoeorg t1_j8zc7iq wrote

i didn't say last hand drawn movie, but the last studio that was still doing hand drawings since most were converted to digital or closed.

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Minion_Soldier t1_j91ql0q wrote

OK, let's get all this sorted out:

  1. The Florida studio was (at the time) the last Disney studio to make hand-drawn theatrical films.

  2. But they aren't now. Disney revived the traditional animation department in California for Princess and the Frog (and Pooh 2011).

  3. And of course Disney owns several animation studios outside the feature animation division; those studios didn't switch to CG at that time. Remember all those mediocre direct-to-video sequels with hand-drawn animation in the 00's? And then there's the television animation division, which still does some hand-drawn shows today.

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pfranz t1_j925xos wrote

I’m still confused what they are getting at. Treasure Planet came out after Lilo and Stitch. Because it was hybrid it isn’t hand drawn? My understanding was that Home on the Range the last hand drawn film before they stopped and that was done in Glendale.

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Minion_Soldier t1_j92f95a wrote

Home on the Range was the last hand-drawn film Disney released before the switch to CG, but Brother Bear (produced at the Florida studio) was finished later. (Disney flipped the release dates on those two for various reasons.) So technically, the Florida studio was still doing hand-drawn animation after the California studio had moved on. It's a silly distinction really, but a lot of the coverage of the Florida studio closing down focused on how they were the last holdout for 2D feature animation in America.

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tocoshii t1_j9199c3 wrote

Cartoon Saloon (Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, Wolfwalkers) still creates beautiful 2D animated movies! There's also a lot of other non USA studios that are still doing hand drawn animation

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TheGazelle t1_j91dgzs wrote

They're not owned by Disney. OP was specifically saying that the studio that made Lilo & Stitch was the last studio Disney had that was doing hand drawn animation.

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tocoshii t1_j91vf6o wrote

Didn't know if the comment I was responding to was aware of other 2D studios, that's all

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benji1008 t1_j91bhq9 wrote

I recently discovered Wolfwalkers - beautiful and really fun film! The plot and some of the scenes did remind me very strongly of Princess Mononoke though. Song of the Sea is my favourite animation film.

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