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DisneyToon Studios is an animation studio and a division of Disney Feature Animation. It produces primarily sequels to Disney animated features (The Lion King 1½, Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch), Winnie-the-Pooh films (Pooh's Heffalump Movie), and Mickey Mouse films (The Three Musketeers, Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas). Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of 2-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. ... Walt Disney Feature Animation (WDFA) is the animation studio that makes up a key element of The Walt Disney Company. ... A sequel is a work of fiction in literature, film, and other creative works that is produced after a completed work, and is set in the same universe but at a later time. ... The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney; NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... The Lion King 1½ (also known as The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata in some countries outside the United States) is an animated film, a part prequel/part midquel (or in-between-quel according to the film) to 1994s The Lion King, made by The Walt Disney Company. ... Winnie the Pooh Winnie-the-Pooh is a fictional bear created by A. A. Milne. ... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Poohs Heffalump Movie is an animated Winnie the Pooh film, released by Walt Disney Pictures in 2005. ... Mickey Mouse is an Academy Award-winning comic animal cartoon character who has become a symbol for The Walt Disney Company. ... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Mickeys Twice Upon a Christmas is a computer-animated movie on VHS and DVD made by The Walt Disney Company in 2004. ...


DisneyToon Studios Australia (see also Disney Animation Australia), formerly known as Disney Television Animation Australia, was a part of DisneyToon Studios based in Sydney, Australia. Originally one of several Disney television animation satellite studios, responsible for programs such as Goof Troop, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, and Bonkers, DisneyToon Studios was the main producer of the many Disney sequels and direct-to-video films (among them most of the above-mentioned films, along with the theatrically-released Return to Neverland, The Jungle Book 2, and Piglet's Big Movie). It was the last in-house Disney facility that produced traditional animation. This is about the city of Sydney in Australia. ... Scene in the episode Wrecks, Lies & Videotape. ... Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers was an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. ... Sega Genesis cover of the video game Bonkers For the Nabisco candy, see Bonkers candy. ... A sequel is a work of fiction in literature, film, and other creative works that is produced after a completed work, and is set in the same universe but at a later time. ... A film that is released direct-to-video (also straight-to-video) is one which has been released to the public on home video formats first rather than first being released in movie theaters. ... Return to Never Land is a 2002 animated feature produced by the DisneyToons studio in Sydney, Australia and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. ... The Jungle Book 2 is an animated feature produced by the DisneyToons studio in Sydney, Australia and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. ... Piglets Big Movie is a 2003 animated feature produced by the DisneyToon Studios in Tokyo, Japan and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. ... Traditional animation, sometimes also called cel animation or hand-drawn animation, is the oldest and historically the most popular form of animation. ...


On July 25, 2005, Disney announced that it was closing DisneyToon Studios Australia in October 2006, after 17 years of existence. The closing was attributed to the rising costs of animation production in Australia. DisneyToon Studios plans to produce its animated films, both traditional and computer-generated, primarily through outsourcing in the future. July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see number 17. ...


On February 23, 2006, due to new management brought on at Disney through the purchase of Pixar, all future films in production or due to go into production at DisneyToon which are not connected to a Consumer Products line are to be cancelled. February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pixar Animation Studios is an award-winning American computer animation studio based in Emeryville, California (USA). ...


List of films produced by DisneyToon Studios

Theatrical releases are marked with an asterisk (*). This article refers to the typographical symbol. ...

DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp is a movie made by The Walt Disney Company that is based on the animated series DuckTales. ... Dougs 1st Movie is a 1999 animated film based on the television series Disneys Doug. ... Mickeys Once Upon a Christmas is an animated christmas television special made directly for video by The Walt Disney Company in 1999. ... Return to Never Land (also known as Peter Pan: Return to Never Land) is a 2002 animated feature produced by the DisneyToons studio in Sydney, Australia and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. ... The Jungle Book 2 is an animated feature produced by the DisneyToons studio in Sydney, Australia and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. ... Piglets Big Movie is a 2003 animated feature produced by the DisneyToon Studios in Tokyo, Japan and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. ... The Teachers Pet movie poster Teachers Pet is a 2003 animated film based on the television series of the same name. ... The Lion King 1½ (also known as The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata in some countries outside the United States) is an animated film, a part prequel/part midquel (or in-between-quel according to the film) to 1994s The Lion King, made by The Walt Disney Company. ... Mickeys Twice Upon a Christmas is a computer-animated movie on VHS and DVD made by The Walt Disney Company in 2004. ... Mulan II DVD Cover Mulan II is a Disney direct-to-video animated feature released in 2004 and a sequel to the 1998 animated film Mulan. ... Poohs Heffalump Movie is an animated Winnie the Pooh film, released by Walt Disney Pictures in 2005. ... Tarzan II is a direct-to-video midquel to Tarzan (1999 film), telling the story of Tarzans childhood. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Kronks New Groove (also known as The Emperors New Groove 2: Kronks New Groove in some countries) is a 2005 animated feature film, a direct-to-video sequel to the 2000 animated film The Emperors New Groove. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that may be overly long, confusing, or ambiguous. ... Brother Bear 2 is a direct-to-video sequel to the animated feature Brother Bear and scheduled for release on DVD on August 29, 2006. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Upcoming Projects by DisneyToon Studios

Tinker Bell is a direct-to-video Disney animated film based on the Disney Fairies franchise, scheduled for release around August 21, 2007. ... Peter Pan III is a direct-to-video animated film, the third installment in Disneys Peter Pan series, following Peter Pan (1953) and Return to Never Land (2002). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

External Links

  • Duckau.com - DisneyToon Studios Poor Management Practices

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Jim Hill : Say "So Long !" to direct-to-video sequels : DisneyToon Studios tunes out Sharon Morrill (1029 words)
To be specific, he felt that the steady stream of cheaply made video premieres that DisneyToon Studios had produced over the past decade had severely undercut the perceived value of the full-blown animated features that WDAS was producing.
But of all the projects that DisneyToon had in its production pipeline, the one that seemed to upset Lasseter the most was "The Tinkerbell Movie." This home premiere (Which was said to be Morrill's baby, with the DisneyToon president having lots of input on this movie's storyline) was an awful mess.
Mostly because the home premieres that DisneyToon Studios was producing were now thought to make the really-for-real animated features that WDAS were making seem that much less special.
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The closing of the DisneyToon Studios will not take full effect until the middle of the 2006-year; however, there are many individuals in and around the animation industry that are still sensing the initial reverberations of this announcement.
DisneyToon Studios was the home to several intelligent and highly skilled writers, directors, producers, and animators (approximately 250), but it would appear that after two decades of hard work, Sydney, Australia has become another Walt Disney animation graveyard.
DisneyToon Studios is the last Disney owned two-dimensional animation studio, and will shut its doors in one year.
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