Category Archives: Disney
Animaly Appraisal: Hercules Part II
This is a continuation of yesterday’s Part I, where I covered the plot and music. Today I’m going to cover the animation, the characters and the character’s designs. First off, the animation is the same fine quality that we have … Continue reading
Animaly Appraisal: Hercules Part I
Sooooo, having just finished watching Disney’s Hercules, here are some initial thoughts that will be concluded tomorrow. Released in 1997, Hercules continues the Disney tradition of releasing a "classic" film every year/couple of years which in the preceding years had … Continue reading
Animated Musical Films
Disney has done them since Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs, but are they outdated in the modern animated market? The answer is maybe. Disney is often given huge amounts of credit for the renaissance that the company managed to … Continue reading
TRON and The Future of Animation
Anyways, who would have thought they would ever make a sequel to Tron. The original, groundbreaking as it was, fared poorly on release. Apparently the public just wasn’t ready for such an advanced movie in the 1980s. How things have … Continue reading
If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It
Today I’d like to talk about something that is bothering me. It’s not a huge problem that’s going to destroy my life if it’s not fixed right away, but it has been lingering in my mind for a while. The … Continue reading
Consumer Perceptions and the Independent Studios that are Subservient to Them.
I’m a regular reader of Cartoon Brew and have come to appreciate (and accept) the differences between the Brewmasters. They are what make the site interesting after all. The audience on the other hand, is drawn from animators, producers, regular … Continue reading
Lead Female Protagonists in Mainstream US Animation
Animated TV programmes with female lead characters. Are they a rare occurrence? Certainly when compared to the numbers with male lead characters. Now, I’m not saying that females are underrepresented in animation, there are plenty of female characters, however, more … Continue reading
The Animation Anomaly 