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Minion_Soldier t1_j91ql0q wrote

Reply to comment by dilldoeorg in TIL that "Lilo & Stitch" (2002) used exclusively watercolor backgrounds, since Disney, after some failures, was investing in other projects. This was later called a "hand drawn miracle". by starring2

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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