Ever since I was a kid, it’s been a tradition to see all the animated movies from Walt Disney Animation and Pixar. Something that was always especially fun about the experience of seeing both studio's films in theaters growing up was the original shorts that would play beforehand.

Hexed is pure Disney, but one tiny visual detail has anime origins.

Disney had a slew of memorable cartoon shows in the 1990s. And for many '90s kids, The Disney Afternoon (TDA) dominated the airwaves after school. For those who grew up with them, many of the shows seem fairly on-brand for Disney. Still, looking back, the ...

Disney has released tons of animated films throughout the years, and while most of them are available, one is surprisingly missing

Disney is synonymous with animation. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" helped bring cartoons into the mainstream, and since then, the studio has regularly released animated films, usually to widespread acclaim. It should be no surprise to see, then, that ...

Before Kids WB and Fox Kids were the must-watch blocks of network television, there was The Disney Afternoon. The syndicated block of Disney-produced cartoon shows was special because it didn’t look or feel like most afternoon cartoons of the early 1990s.

Andrew McGowan studied at Bowdoin College and the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. Hs has served on programming and judicial teams for several film festivals, and has written about cinema and media for various publications. When referring to ...