Little Dark Age | Western Animation

tribute to the beauty of western animation

FULL CREDIT TO MGMT FOR THE MUSIC

[daiizd]

The song is slowed down to avoid copyright
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Here is a list of all the clips shown for those who are wondering

- Firebird from Fantasia 2000
- Anastasia
- Mulan
- Hercules
- Iron Giant
- Sleeping Beauty
- Treasure Planet
- The Iron Gaint
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire
- Pocahontas
- The Little Mermaid
- Tarzan
- Pocahontas
- Hercules
- Aladin
- Hercules
- Hercules (again)
- Sleeping Beauty
- Noah's Arc from Fantasia 2000
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- The Lion King
- The Secret of NIMH
- The Prince of Egypt
- FIrebird
- Night on Bald Mountain
- Firebird
- Dinosaur
- Hercules
- Pocahontas
- The Lion King
- The Iron Giant
- The Rescuers Down Under (I think)
- Hercules
- Atlantis
- Anastasia
- The Prince of Egypt
- The Hunchback of Norte Dame
- The Lion King
- The Price of Egypt
- Night on Bald Mountain
- Firebird
- Night on Bald Mountain
- Firebird
- Night on Bald Mountain
- The Hunchback of Norte Dame
- Aladin
- Firebird
- Both from The Prince of Egypt
- End is from Atlantis

[maddigotnojams]

The crazy thing is that in some of these movies they didn’t completely eliminate CGI—they used it to enhance “traditional” animation. The Prince of Egypt is a great example. They blended 2D animation and CGI beautifully in that movie.

[AidanS]

There’s nothing quite like how old 2D animation feels like you’re watching a painting move. It’s a type of art that can’t be captured in a 3D style.

[LegoAnimations]

Disney ditching 2D animations was an unforgettable sin.
And trying to modernize their classics with Life Action remakes is just a slap into face.

[henryaung]

The final shot being Atlantis becoming swallowed by the depths of the sea is perfect, it's just like how Western/2D animation has been lost and seemingly forgotten.

[RambunctiousReptilian]

That shot of Chernabog at 1:05 and 1:07 looks straight out of a horror movie. It’s crazy to think Disney was pumping stuff like that out back in the day. Also really glad Prince of Egypt is here. One of the most beautiful movies of all time.

[loojeeb]

man, the 'splitting the ocean' scene in The Prince of Egypt is so gorgeous. an instant Oscar win, imo

[itzpayday]

Like people have said, 3D animation totally has the capability of being beautiful and creative, like Spiderverse or Wall-E, which were the first that came to my mind, its just that studios aren't trying much anymore

[huntercool]

Fans: “Will you ever bring 2D Animated films back?”

Disney: *”No.”* 🙂

[tritsos]

The symbolism of putting Atlantis being a treasure forever lost to mankind as the last scene is insane.

[Hysterically_Accurate]

Klaus was a welcome return to traditional animation in my opinion. Wish we could get more stuff like that.

[JJHcandraw]

The sync of the scenes with the lyrics after 1:10 is pure gold

[trainguy]

0:53 that sync was absolutely beautiful

[kasierketer]

I forgot how beautiful western animation was, such a nice blend of colors

[SHARKBITE]

I would kill to get another Fantasia movie. The way the animators brought classical pieces to life with their visual interpretations was nothing short of genius.

[WeezerFan]

I respect old animation to an infinite degree.

[DorkMatter]

the shot of Moses parting the Red Sea will always be beautiful

[goodzillo]

What’s crazy is that movies like Into the Spiderverse prove that even if cgi is unavoidably the new paradigm of western animation, there’s still so much room for creativity and style that studios aren’t even attempting, in favor of the generic plastic look that Disney, Dreamworks, and even to an increasing extent Pixar have exclusively cultivated.

[Shadow]

When i watched new cartoon with my mom, she complained about the animation not as good as before then i explained to her "That it is up to the artist who made it, if they decided to make it that way then it is" but after i watched this i understand what she said.

[maucraftyt]

The fact of all those movies are drawigns that were made with pencil and an incredible use of color will always feel respect for the animators to make those incredible moments