Many generations' first introduction to anime films was with works entirely or almost entirely animated with hand-drawn cel animation. Cel animation is a traditional technique using celluloid sheets ...

Studio Ghibli's hand-drawn animation requires unparalleled dedication from artists, resulting in vibrant visuals. Ghibli ...

Benoît Chieux's first solo feature, 'Sirocco and the Kingdom of Air,' is a 2D animated tale about two sisters who get trapped in the pages of a children's book. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief ...

JAPANESE hand-drawn animation master Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle) has hinted strongly in recent interviews that this epic work will be his last. That should be reason enough ...

From Oscar winners like Inside Out in 2015 to underrated gems like Rango in 2011, these are the best animated movies from ...

It’s been years since Disney made an animated film that Walt himself could have rolled up his sleeves and pitched in on. The traditional, hand-drawn “classic” animation fell out of favor with ...

LOS ANGELESLOS ANGELES — Computer animation may have taken control of the big-screen cartoon world, yet two of the world’s animation masters remain committed to the hand-drawn form. Japan’s Hayao ...

Animation is nearly as old as cinema itself and has continued to evolve alongside film. Beginning life as stop-motion films and hand-drawn theatre shorts, European countries began experimenting with ...

However much Mary Poppins Returns might have its heart in the past, the new Disney musical might have just changed cinema’s future as we know it. As in the 1964 original, the film’s centrepiece ...

‘Home on the Range’ is the last hand-painted film on Disney's slate as the company has begun to rely more heavily on computer animation. When Walt Disney Co’s animated film “Home on the Range” debuts ...