Tag "The Rescuers"

‘Bambi’ Designer Mel Shaw dies at 97

November 28, 2012 by Howard Green 1 Comment divider image

Mel Shaw, one of Disney’s most versatile and talented visual development artists, designers, and storymen who contributed to numerous Disney animated favorites from Bambi through The Lion King, has died at age 97. Shaw passed away at Woodland Care Center in Reseda, California on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday November 22nd), from congestive [...]

‘Pocahontas,’ ‘Rescuers,’ ‘Aristocats’ Make Blu-ray Slate

March 16, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean 3 Comments divider image

Pocahontas, The Rescuers and The Aristocats are among the classic Disney animated features coming to Blu-ray in 2012 as part of a year-long campaign to grow the studio’s high-definition catalog. Here are the animated films and their expected release dates: Treasure Planet Pocahontas The Rescuers Lady And The Tramp 2: [...]

Faster Than the Eye Can See!

July 27, 2011 by Michael Mallory 6 Comments divider image

One individual animation drawing goes by faster than the eye can register. Animators have an abundance of funny ideas. Animators working in England frequently go to lunch in pubs and knock back a few, lubricating those funny ideas. To what do these three facts add up? To that fact that [...]