Talk:Walt Disney Animation Studios

Reliable references needed in several sections
In '1960s,1970s, and Location subsection in section Studio, there is a lack of reliable citations. Please help!Forbidden User (talk) 17:21, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I think I have 1960s covered, but 1970s is difficult because it's the least-covered period of the studio history. best bet is to use Google News and magazine searches to look for contemporaneous articles.--FuriousFreddy (talk) 10:18, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
 * The situation is not really restricted to those sections. To be honest, we should consider other parts as well. By the way, thank you a lot, furiousfreddy! Back after exam .Forbidden User (talk) 04:34, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

Two issues with User:FuriousFreddy's recent edits
I'll concede at the outset that my edits about the Catmull/Lasseter takeover era (2006-present) were probably getting into WP:UNDUE and that User:FuriousFreddy was right to trim them down.

But one deletion I don't understand is the deletion of the reference to the Roy E. Disney Animation Building's interior as "dungeon-like." It's really quite amazing when the president of one of the most important animation studios in the United States uses several pages in a published book (Creativity, Inc.) to attack the building in which his studio is housed. Plus if you look around the Web, there are a lot of forum comments and blogs also attacking the Hat Building (that's what animators call it) as poorly designed. Any response before I restore that particular point?

Also, I'm going to fix the incorrect reference to "creative executives." Development execs by definition are not creatives.--Coolcaesar (talk) 11:32, 29 June 2014 (UTC)


 * What Lasseter, or anyone else, personally thought of the design of the building seemed - especially for an article that already had to cover nearly a century's worth of history - something that would also apply to WP:UNDUE. A third (or more) opinion would be welcome on this, however. I actually meant to put an apology to whoever wrote the section on the Catmull/Lasseter takeover (if it is you, I apologize), because while it was well-written material, it was too detailed in comparison to the rest of the article. I tried to keep it at a comparative level to the coverage earlier in the article about the Eisner/Katzenberg/Roy E. Disney takeover (which omits detail about but still implies what the animators themselves thought of the Glendale facilities), and also tried to cut down (even as I was working) coverage of some of the less historically significant Disney films in hopes of saving space (the intent was to keep the article's focus on the organization, and secondarily on the films, which have their own articles).


 * I apoligize for conflating creative and developmental executives; I was under the impression the different sources were using different terms for the same people ("creative executives" is how some of the interviewees in Dream On Silly Dreamer refer to the then-newly installed layers of management that took over much of the film development process in the late-1990s). --FuriousFreddy (talk) 21:34, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Apology accepted. Although I haven't read Dream On Silly Dreamer so I may be missing out on those viewpoints. But the quote I was referring to above is not about Glendale, it's actually about the current Burbank building. --Coolcaesar (talk) 11:32, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I understand it's about the current building. My point was trying to keep coverage of one comparable to coverage of the other. Also, Dream On Silly Dreamer is a documentary film, not a book. --FuriousFreddy (talk) 06:05, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

About the video section
Neelix, it'd be better if you could find sources on the section. I must admit your edit is justified, but if you could help on that, it'd be appreciated!Forbidden User (talk) 11:51, 13 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Thank you for inviting me to participate in improving this article. Unfortunately, I find it especially difficult to locate quality video-game-related sources. I am currently trying to find sources for Disney's Aladdin (1994 video game), but am having difficulty finding more than what is already there. Please contact me if you know of others I might add. Neelix (talk) 19:28, 13 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Any proper sources on the Aladdin video game would likely be in contemporary video game/computer magazines. Look (and this may require visiting a library) for old issues of Nintendo Power and Computer Gaming World, or try to find 1994 reviews of the video game (many reviews at the time commented on the use of actual Disney animation in the graphics). --FuriousFreddy (talk) 03:46, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Just ran WorldCat out of curiosity on some of the old gaming magazines near Neelix's location (apparently Canada). Looks like they don't have that many libraries up there, and not that many of them carry old computer or video game magazines.  On the other hand, it looks like Cengage Gale's Infotrac family of database products appears to carry some of the old gaming magazines, so you might want to try that. Many American public and college libraries subscribe to Infotrac, but it looks like Infotrac subscriptions are scarce north of the border. Good luck. --Coolcaesar (talk) 04:14, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Somehow the whole Collaboration section needs reference. What a headache.Forbidden User (talk) 15:45, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the advice, FuriousFreddy and Coolcaesar! I tried one library today without success, but I'm holding out hope for another attempt. Neelix (talk) 03:16, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Perhaps add a notice to one of video-game related Wiki projects? Someone there is bound to have a vintage video game magazine collection or something else that can be used for a source. --FuriousFreddy (talk) 02:30, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

How much info does ref #232 include? In this scenario we'd better put the ref on every bulletpoint it is used.Forbidden User (talk) 14:04, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

When Will My Life Begin? AFD
Please weigh in at Articles for deletion/When Will My Life Begin?.--Coin945 (talk) 16:01, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Section 1940s
These films were Saludos Amigos (1942), The Three Caballeros (1944), Make Mine Music (1946), Fun and Fancy Free (1947), Melody Time (1948), and The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949). It doesn't look like a summary of information. Should we trim it down or even remove the whole thing?Forbidden User (talk) 10:13, 15 July 2014 (UTC)


 * I tried to make sure I accounted for all 53 films at least in passing mention. While some detail could be added that Saludos and Caballeros were the results of an trip to Latin America Walt Disney and some of his more loyal employees took at the tail end of the 1941 strike so that the government could settle the strike and the Disney people could produce some Latin-themed cartoons as part of FDR's Good Neighbor policy (any of the Disney biographies will have plenty of info on this). The others are only notable in the context of this article in passing, though they are notable enough to be mentioned. Their impact on the history of the studio is minimal; we're not going into the detail of Mickey Mouse's voice actors here (that's better covered at Mickey Mouse and Fun and Fancy Free), so that Fun and Fancy Free is the last time Walt Disney adid the voice _and_ the first time Jim MacDonald did is irrelevant here. --FuriousFreddy (talk) 02:26, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

The Emperor's New Groove (franchise)‎
Please weigh in at Articles for deletion/The Emperor's New Groove (franchise).--Coin945 (talk) 15:49, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

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Note about Wreck-It Ralph sequel in development in History section
I don't think that we need to note that "A Wreck-It Ralph sequel is in development" here. If you look at every sub-section of the history section, the only things that are chronicled are events that occurred in the past, not events that are going to happen in the future. "History" only deals with things from the past. Are there any thoughts? If there are no objections within one week, then I will assume that it is ok to remove the note about a sequel in development. Wikicontributor12 (talk) 22:06, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I guess an argument could be made either way. It seems harmless enough, though. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:00, 4 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you for offering your thoughts. I'm going to go ahead and remove the note, because honestly, it seems proper without it. It is not an "upcoming films" section. This is the history section, and every subsection only chronicles past events. With that in mind, the next logical note to be included in the "2010-present" sub-section should be about Moana (after it has been released.) Wikicontributor12 (talk) 06:47, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Hand-drawn animation in feature films probably isn't coming back at Disney
If you read Ed Catmull's Creativity Inc. very carefully, he explains at page 268 that The Princess and the Frog "was profitable, as we'd kept costs down, but it just didn't make enough to convince anyone at the studio that we should pour more resources into hand-drawn films." As Catmull is the president of Disney Animation, that's a very clear signal that Disney is not going to green-light any hand-drawn feature films for a very, very long time, if ever. Any objections before I revise the article? --Coolcaesar (talk) 17:24, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

The most recent film produced by the studio
I recently reverted a premature edit that attempted to replace Zootopia with Moana as the most recent film. Latest reports on the Animation Guild official blog (which can be found in about 30 seconds on Google) show that Disney is still working on lighting, so the film is not done yet. Furthermore, it's not really the most recent film until it's actually released, which won't happen until November. --Coolcaesar (talk) 06:23, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

Peter Scheider's promotion and layoff in 2013
Did the departure of Jeffrey Katzenberg lead to Peter Scheider being promoted and why were hand-drawn animators laid off in 2013?174.21.58.63 (talk) 03:23, 26 September 2016 (UTC)Evan Kalani Opedal

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It is actually a subsidiary because it is headquartered in a different place than the Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Studios, and Walt Disney Pictures.--97.113.114.59 (talk) 04:01, 14 November 2016 (UTC)Evan Kalani Opedal

Walt Disney Animation Studios in translation
I think this is a vital article that is currently missing from wikipedia. The process of translating Disney songs is a complicated one as you often have to keep to a rhythm and rhyming scheme, while making the words to some degree synch up to the mouth movement of the character. The coflicting goals between being faithful to the original lyrics' core essense, while using words that flow well in the language, are key to this issue. How different languages interpret the lyrics with their own ideas and sensibilities is interesting. There is a huge team assigned to sort out this issue - as Disney is so dedicated to dubbing their movies into as many languages as possible (a fascinating idea in and of itself). There's also the larger issues of casting actors, and changing references etc. There's a huge variety of literature on this topic. Here is a sample.--Coin945 (talk) 05:25, 26 January 2017 (UTC)


 * http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/disney/lost-in-translation-when-disney-lyrics-turn-italian
 * http://www.miscelaneajournal.net/images/stories/articulos/vol25/Loureiro25.pdf
 * http://translationjournal.net/journal/57lyrics.htm
 * https://www.bustle.com/articles/196387-the-translation-of-we-know-the-way-from-moana-makes-perfect-sense
 * http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/translating-frozen-into-arabic
 * http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/disneys-frozen-translated-welshby-14-year-old-8243243
 * http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/frozen-composer-robert-lopez-perils-683171
 * http://eurotalk.com/blog/2014/01/29/disneys-frozen-how-to-find-a-voice-that-fits/
 * http://www.k-international.com/blog/did-disney-drop-the-ball-with-frozens-arabic-translation/
 * http://www.tobefluent.com/2014/09/19/let-it-go-from-disneys-frozen-a-treasure-trove-for-language-lovers/
 * http://www.npr.org/2014/02/24/282081061/let-it-go-a-global-hit-in-any-language

Dinosaur
How much money was Dinosaur expected to earn if it was a box office success? --Evope (talk) 23:56, 7 April 2017 (UTC)Evan Opedal

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2010–present
I was curious as to when the cut-off point of this section will occur. I was wondering if we will be going by decade; will the next section start on January 1, 2020? -Wikicontributor12 (talk) 07:42, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

Disney Revival era
Dose anyone want to help make Disney Revival era page for the current era of animated Disney films. Fanoflionking 22:13, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't think that's necessary since this page and Modern animation in the United States already exists that tells of Disney animation's revival era. Christianster94 (talk) 01:57, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you to User:Tim Week for fixing those incorrect edits by User:Wikicontributor12 on 25 March 2019
No reliable source has indicated that Jennifer Lee is gaining control of Blue Sky. All major entertainment industry sources have been very consistent about the outcome of the Disney-Fox merger: the Fox production divisions are coming under Alan Horn's jurisdiction and the Fox business divisions are coming under Alan Bergman's jurisdiction. --Coolcaesar (talk) 08:17, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

A lot of people don't get the distinction between a director and a co-director followed by Disney Animation and Pixar
I've seen a pattern on articles related to Disney Animation in which a lot of inexperienced editors do not understand that Disney Animation and Pixar (during and ever since the former Lasseter/Catmull management regime) both try to maintain a distinction between directors and co-directors. They apply the distinction quite consistently if you actually take the time to read both studios' press releases. The buck stops with directors (in the sense that they have final control over the artistic direction of a film), while co-directors share some directorial duties but ultimately are there to support the directors. Only directors get a formal "director" credit (which is especially important for film awards season). For example, Ron Clements and John Musker were the directors of Moana, and Don Hall and Chris Williams were co-directors, but did not get director credits. --Coolcaesar (talk) 18:05, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

“Formerly” problem
Walt Disney Productions and Walt Disney Animation Studios are there own company's in February 6th 1986 Walt Disney Productions split into The Walt Disney Company and Walt Disney Feature Animation — Preceding unsigned comment added by Controlrabbit (talk • contribs) 13:10, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

The Female Artists, who helped make Disney great
Reading the Wikipedia article about the artists, who largely contributed to the success of Disney animated features I fail to read the names of the women, who helped create characters such as Snow White, Dumbo, Bambi, Peter Pan, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, etc. They were not mentioned at all! Are those women, who worked at the Walt Disney Studios and who shaped the iconic films that have enthralled generations, not worth mentioning? Even today??? Without their sketching art, innovative ideas, and talent in story telling many beloved characters and stories in the Disney Universe may have never seen the dawn of day the way we know them today. Please do read the book "The Queens of Animation" by best selling author Nathalia Holt and complete this article by incorporating the names of the women, who helped create those animated jewels loved by millions. Give them the credit here that they deserve. Thank you so much! Sonja Donovan 2A02:8109:B03F:E874:25F9:1B55:201C:423A (talk) 14:55, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

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