These images are amazing... I'm so happy Disney is going back to their roots, let's just hope they do well as it seems CG cartoons are all the rage and its gonna be hard to convince a 8 year old to see these.

As much as I agree with you, I think I'm looking foward to The Princess and the Frog more.

@wanderingpixel,
Yeah, I can't wait for The Princess and the Frog as well. It looks stunning! :)

Allow me to quote you Chad by saying AMAZING !!!

@Magnalon,
I agree that the trailers are pretty weak, but I heard it was a fantastic movie (if you like older Disney movies, at least -- and, really, who doesn't?). *fingers crossed* :)

Fantasia 3.

NOW.

AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

It looks like Peril's of Rosella. But it's by the same people who made my other favorite Disney movies.

:O

Yea ZombiePlatypus is right, it'll be all CG, but hopefully they will do a good job making it look flatter and 2D. Remember when they tried to do that with Treasure Planet? Horrible results!!

I can't wait to see the Frog Princess!! Even more exciting Chad, did you hear they are opening a Pixar studio up here in Vancouver?! I'm soooo applying!

About god damn time! Happy day!

I'm glad Disney is actually doing 2D animation again, and not mooching off Pixar which does CG. 2D forever!

@Magnalon,
I love you. <3

I'm pretty sure this is just concept art, and the actual movie won't look that good throughout. But, it'll still be a classic Disney animated film, so it won't be bad.

@Dexter,
I said it was concept art. But, still ... GORGEOUS! <3

@Chad
<3 <3 <3 <3

Disney Karaoke exclusively at the next Dtoid event? I wish!

My best friend just won his WoW guild's singing contest with Aladdin's "One Jump". CLASSIC!

Chad, just like Magnalon, I am a huge Disney fan. I think I've gone out of my way to make a trip down to Disney World every single year for the last 15 years or so. I actually have another one planned with my girlfriend and my entire family this December. It should be a blast, especially since I'll be taking my 4 year old niece for her first visit EVER!

Suffice to say, this news about another possible 2-D disney film really has me excited. The entire idea of Disney returning to its roots just makes me giddy. My mouth drools as I look through these images.

BTW ... what are your opinions of the "Epic Mickey" images that surfaces this week? Are you excited for that?

These plus those Steampunk Mickey concepts are making me Disney crazy. I think I need to play some Kingdom Hearts.

I was saying to my one friend the other day that Im getting sick of these CG kids films. Im really glad there bringing back the animated look again. Both this and Princess and the frog look amazing. I cant wait till these hit theaters. Im all for this, nostalgia is good at times.

I am certainly glad that Disney is going back to their roots (or at least the style that produced such wonderful results), and I'm certainly not opposed to princess films...but two princess films in a row? Sounds good, but I'd like to see them do a non-princess film soon. I don't know how long this new process will take, but they can certainly alternate the release of big blockbuster films with Pixar.

As for the production techniques...look, I know CGI makes everything easier. Even going for the traditional flat look, you can pull off some amazing stuff with it that would take far too long to animate traditionally (with cels). However...well, since I'm an anime fan, let me reference a few shows. The animation of a recent show like Gundam 00 or Black Lagoon is simply stunning, providing the studio is given a high budget. However, there is a distinct lack of, for lack of a better term, "warmth" to the visuals. (The exception for me was Gurren Lagann, which had an intentionally "rough" feel, not smooth.) Sure, they're stunning, but...maybe the computerized removal of "defections" in the animation make it lose something I can't fully describe. I recently finished off the final story arc of Yu Yu Hakusho, and even though the animation wasn't as spectacular as recent shows, the "warmth" of the traditional animation really endeared me to it. Every occasional "high-budget" scene looked far better (in my preference) than many CGI-boosted scenes. See also: Record of Lodoss War.

To bring this back to Western animation, the trickery used in older Disney films (or in Don Bluth's films like The Secret of NIMH) may have been complicated, inefficient, and outdated, but it produced wonderful results that still amaze me to this day. I'm really looking forward to Disney's potential "rebirth" at the hands of John Lasseter, but a part of me will still be sad that advancing technology (and the positive net benefits for the film's quality) will leave behind that intangible, indescribable "warmth" I love so much.

Also, I know this was during Disney's recent decline, but whatever team did The Emperor's New Groove, a film salvaged from several failed ideas and basically written off, allowing them to do whatever with it? I want more from them.

Vintage Disney died with John Williams.

This is pretty impressive.

I saw the trailer before Harry Potter and it made me happy to se this style of Disney film back. It did look kinda weak, but after seeing many of the old Disney princess films recently (I have a four year old daughter) it didn't look that different in retrospect. I'm excited, it's like having the retro revival we've had in videogames come to movies!

Ya, seriously can't wait for these.

@Ajax
It's a shame Disney canned Lasseter after achieving his childhood dream of working for them, only to come crawling back to him years later.

I feel bad that he had to go through that transitional period, but thus Pixar was born.

Looks promising but I still prefer Studio Ghibli and I swear I'm not a weeaboo

Yeah this looks absolutely amazing!