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Sun 17 Aug 2003 - 14:36

I siad this back in October and nobody believed me. At any rate, here is a confirming article.

Believe me now?

Mon 12 Nov 2001 - 21:13

About a month ago I sent in an article titled "Disney animation to Close Down". That was actually not a fact but an opinion, and so I should have chosen a different title. Here are more details.

Tue 6 Nov 2001 - 14:06

I'm not sure if anyone saying they are going out of business or leaving the fandom is news, as 90% of the time it is a very temporary situation, with the person or business returning after "a flood of support" - but I just got a message from FurBuy saying that they are going out of business effective December 1, with the domain name and auction software up for sale.

No, I don't know if they really mean it this time, that's just the email they sent out.

Thu 11 Oct 2001 - 17:23

This isn't to say there will be no more movies, HOWEVER, I have 3 different friends in the feature animation department who have all confirmed that after the two features currently in production are finished, there will be no more classic hand drawn animation. It will instead all be computer generated stuff like BUGS LIFE or TOY STORY.

Personally, I think this is because some "suit" saw the commerical success of SHREK and decided that it succeeded because it was computer animated and not because it was actually GOOD.

The last two conventionally animated movies sound dull as well - so if you were looking for Disney to ever do another 'Lion King" - it ain't gonna happen.

I'll try ad get more details this weekend - but I consider this information to be fairly reliable.

Can anyone confirm/deny this report? It sounds like hearsay, at the moment...

Fri 14 Sep 2001 - 08:04

Pets left behind by victims of the bombing are being looked after, as well as the numerous dogs being used for rescue work. More information here.