Blankments Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 According to former Disney animator Tom Bancroft on Twitter, Disney gutted their hand-drawn animation division this afternoon, and laid off some of the studio’s biggest names: Nik Ranieri, Ruben Aquino, Frans Vischer, Russ Edmonds, Brian Ferguson, Jamie Lopez and Dan Tanaka. Two of the animators who still have jobs are Eric Goldberg and Mark Henn. The news of cuts in their animation division was leaked last week, but I, for one, did not anticipate that all these top animators would be let go. We’ve reached out to the studio for comment. http://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/breaking-disney-just-gutted-their-hand-drawn-animation-division-81043.html This is a sad day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 They shoud change their name to Marvel-Pixar-Lucas-Entertainement. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawa Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 That's pathetic. The studio that pioneered hand drawn animation is now going to only churn out computer animated flicks like every other animation studio in the United States. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 John Lasseter's transformation into Michael Eisner is now complete. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accursed Arachnid!™ Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I was hoping Princess nd the Frog would start a resurgence. Guess not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladybug Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 At least not all the hand-drawn animators were laid off...I'm hoping that one day Disney will come back to its senses and try one more hand-drawn film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieGuyKyle17 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Winnie The Pooh was their last hand drawn film right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I believe it was. It's a sad day. I still love watching hand drawn features. Though I think there's a misconception among the higher ups in Disney and even Dreamworks that the public didn't want to see hand drawn features. The reason why Disney's hand drawn output faltered is some of the stories weren't the strongest. Though I love Atlantis and Treasure Planet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvikk Lunsj Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 They shoud change their name to Marvel-Pixar-Lucas-Entertainement. MPL Entertainment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvikk Lunsj Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 John Lasseter's transformation into Michael Eisner is now complete. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 From what I've been reading is they haven't had a true 2D department for sometime now and that the animators who were laid off weren't being pushed out because 2D was out and CGI was in. It was what what most companies do when they lay off workers they usually go for the older workers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoot Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Glen Keane probably saw the writing on the wall way back, which is why he "sold out" and helped turn Rapunzel into a CGI movie, then left soon after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Well....this sucks. Reading this made me really sad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalel009Shel Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I believe it was. It's a sad day. I still love watching hand drawn features. Though I think there's a misconception among the higher ups in Disney and even Dreamworks that the public didn't want to see hand drawn features. The reason why Disney's hand drawn output faltered is some of the stories weren't the strongest. Though I love Atlantis and Treasure Planet. Indeed Dar...It was quality that sunk.. Especially when Disney was cheap with the fellow that went on to go form Dreamworks with Speilberg and other top honchos. Also successfully sued Disney and received nearly a billion dollars for his contributions to some of the greatest animation wonders in history aka. The Lion King, Beauty and the BEast and Aladdin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalel009Shel Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Well....this sucks. Reading this made me really sad. Perhaps someone with power will command hand drawn Disney era to return Empire... With enough thought energy on this, its likely to happen. Im pretty sure millions of Disney fans miss the Hand drawn era, the CGI era is great but seems soulless on too many occasions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatMovieGuy Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 (edited) nothing will ever top the first full feature film from Disney, possibly from what I have read the first full featured animated film ever, " Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" it's no surprise this film has grown on me with all the love and care of Walt Disney himself investing and producing to make sure this classic tale got its adaption and it ends up a masterpiece. Now it's sad to see these artists getting laid off, hopefully they will find work else ware but if there was one thing Walt believed in, it was progress. and like Ladybug mentioned I also hope one day they will have a change of heart and re-open this department, or add a similar one, so that one day we might experience the beauty of hand drawn animation once again. even if it is more costly. Edited August 10, 2013 by ThatMovieGuy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
