Ironically, the man who saved
Disney Studio’s traditional, hand-drawn animation from oblivion is John Lasseter, reports Bruce Kirkland
at the Toronto Sun. "Even though John is the king
of digital animation at Pixar," Disney animation director Ron Clements
told Kirkland,
"he loves hand-drawn animation. He very passionately loves hand-drawn
animation!" Adds Kirkland:
“Lasseter once told me he cherished the beauty, grace and storytelling
possibilities of hand-drawn animation, even though he pioneered digital
animation at Pixar. Once he took over the animation departments at both Pixar
and Disney, Lasseter put his plan of revival into action. Disney had phased out
hand-drawn movies after 2004. Lasseter brought it back with ‘The Princess and
the Frog.’” Alas, the Princess and her amphibian beau didn’t do quite as well
at the box office as it’d been hoped, but hand-wrought animation is still alive
and well at the Mouse House.
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