Disney to cut 160 workers in animation (Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)

Los Angeles Times ^ | December 2, 2006 | Joseph Menn

[pterional]

Disney has always been PC. The personification of animals by the Disney Studio has led to generations of people thinking that hunters are bad and evil. The movie Bambi is a great example (" Man is in the forest").

[miliantnutcase]

Being an animator myself I can see why these people are being cut. They've been cutting since the late 90's because of the mismanagement under Eisner. Disney's in house animation was wasted on rehashed direct to video stuff that was done to recoup lost profits from their box office flops.

The animators who cannot/will not be trained in 3d computer animation are the ones being cut. Sad to see this, but you need to keep yourself marketable or you lose your job. =-(

[Tolsti]

Disney animation started losing it after Mulan, with stuff like Emperor's New Groove. It's a real shame, they had a great 10 or so years between Little Mermaid and Mulan.

[miliantnutcase]

Yeah, they were high gear with Aladdin, and Lion King.

[Neidermeyer]

FWIW I agree 100% on the Warner vs. Disney argument ... but as to the demise of witty cartoons I can only point to Simpsons, King of the Hill , and the "adult swim" lineup , particularly the less bizarre ones , Futurama & Family Guy..