Snow Bear is a beautifully crafted hand-drawn animated short from Oscar-nominated director Aaron Blaise , and it tells a simple but emotional story about loneliness, rejection, and unexpected ...

It’s been years since Disney made an animated film that Walt himself could have rolled up his sleeves and pitched in on. The traditional, hand-drawn “classic” animation fell out of favor with ...

In 1908, Émile Cohl released the short film Fantasmagorie, widely regarded as the world's first animated cartoon. From these humble beginnings, cartoons blew up into detailed theatre shorts by the ...

In the 20 years since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences introduced the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, a hand-drawn movie has claimed the award only once—Japanese director Hayao ...

When Walt Disney Co’s animated film “Home on the Range” debuts Friday, it may signal the end of an era for hand-drawn cartoon features as the company that all but created the art form moves to ...

In the beginning, there was Snow White. Walt Disney’s lovely songbird made history in 1937, debuting in Hollywood’s first movie-length cartoon. It was an instant creative and financial sensation. Los ...

With modern Disney films being created in 3-D animation, it’s hard to remember what the classics looked like until fans re-watch those created from 1937. 2-D animation, also known as hand-drawn ...

If Walt Disney emerged from cryo-slumber and heard what Disney CEO Bob Iger just said at the company's shareholder's meeting, we're guessing he'd be pretty disappointed. Iger revealed today that the ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hand-drawn animation, out of fashion in the computer age, experienced a rescue worthy of a fairy tale on Thursday, when Walt Disney animators announced they would bring back ...