The Fox and the Hound isn’t exactly the most fondly remembered film according to Disney, which explains the lack of proper behind-the-scenes documentary. Luckily though, a devoted fan by the name of Adam Zanzie emailed us his insightful video essay on the 1981 animated feature, which we are pleased to feature on the site (embedded below).

Zanzie was originally going to make this a feature-length documentary, but a expensive rights price prevented this. Nevertheless, this 15-minute video details the film’s intense and troubled production cycle, based on conversations he [...]

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Greetings, fellow Disney fans! It was that time once again for the grand D23 Expo, which took place this year from July 14 to 16. This is Disney’s bi-annual convention which showcases many of their upcoming projects. Whether it’s Disney, Marvel, or Star Wars, theres always bound to be something to get hyped for with these announcements from the Magic Kingdom!

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For this article, I’ll primarily be focusing on the animation aspects of the convention, and will briefly talk about the live-action productions, with research [...]

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HELLO BRONIES AND PEGASISTERS!

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With My Little Pony: The Movie coming close to release, more details of The Art of My Little Pony: The Movie have surfaced. Nakou has been presenting some of the art book sneak peeks on the French side, so I thought it would be neat to show them here for us English users!

First we have reference sheets of the Mane Six, each with their own description. I have created a page dedicated to character concept art that features these.

There is also background concept art of Canterlot, and the land beyond Equestria. Like with [...]

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This year he reviewed Balto, and now this? It seems like Channel Awesome’s Nostalgia Critic (played by Doug Walker) has reviewed yet another animated movie featured on Animation Source. This time it’s the much-requested Warner Bros. cult favourite Cats Don’t Dance! This episode is a much-shorter editorial-like review to see if the movie holds up well, and he admits liking as a good kid’s film.

It is however strange to think that Doug would end up actually reviewing Cats [...]

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