The great thing about our time is that everything is getting niched down, and many more indie productions come about, and more and more segmented creations are being made. they're there, they've either gone to CGI to left the industry in a huff, but they didn't dissappear. Will Disney Ever Return to Making Hand-Drawn Animated Films? 2D animation continues to be a staple in the innovation that Disney pushes forward through their projects, and although the medium has transformed in ways that no one had ever imagined, we’re glad that Disney still continues to pay tribute to its legacy in some form. Thank you for this excellent comment and the kind words. Still 24. It’s widely used for creating animated movies, cartoons, marketing videos, advertisements, educational materials, games, and so much more. That gave them a chance to do what Disney does best. And I think the reason “The Princess and the Frog” didn’t do well in the box-office was because they released it in December instead of November and Disney giving the November slot to the motion captured film, “A Christmas Carol” having too high hopes for that. Animation will forever be a changing landscape but it’s comforting to know that even though Disney is always looking towards the future, there’s still one foot in the past. It's kind of mind-boggling when you think about it. They would capture it on 35-millimeter film and then run that film at 24 frames per second. I don’t know if that's true or not, but I do think there’s a beauty to 2-D that you don’t get with a 3-D film. And here lies the twists. Is everything hand-drawn still? All these elements have to gel to make a classic animated film. 'Moana' Review: Disney Cements Their Legacy with Another Stunning Masterpiece - The Mickey Mindset, Forefront of my current work – CreativeClay Animations. If it does come back, it will be 2-D animation for adults, I think. My theory is that the monotone colors are what give 2d films this 'dated' perception, and a lot of new ways to circumvent this are being invented. With Pixar bought and under the Disney flag, the company then realized that it would be best to learn from Pixar and let them lead. ;), Like the return of practical effects in live-action fingers-crossed. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). The Princess and the Frog bought fans back. I think 2D animation will make a comeback for feature films. Between the cost of that, the cost of the CGI infrastructure that's now lying around doing nothing, and all the other costs associated with producing a film (marketing, etc. I also think that 2D hand-drawn animation will come back, and for two reasons. In recent years, Disney has found ways to blend unique styles of animation between CG and hand drawn 2D to create stunning results. Is 2D animation ever going to come back? PhillyVoice Contributor. One, contrary to popular belief, it's actually cheaper than 3D computer animation. In the mid to late 2000s era, 2D video games nearly became extinct but finally rose again (Braid, Terraria, SMB, Fez, Starbound, Don't Starve, etc) due to indie developers (though still not trumping 3D completely) around 2012 or so.