PixarA rumor (and let’s be perfectly honest here, that’s all this is until we hear otherwise) at Ain’t it Cool News suggests that Pixar Animation Studios, currently the most successful animation house in the country, is looking to move into traditional 2D animation. If true, this would be absolutely amazing. Pixar’s not just a great animation studio, they’re great filmmakers. They have a process down pat, and it has nothing to do with the quality of their CGI rendering techniques. Is there any doubt that Toy Story would have been just as entertaining if it were hand-drawn? These guys know how to write and direct movies, and the fact that it’s 3D animated is just the method they’ve used until now. I would love to see these guys reinvigorate the traditional 2D animated movie. Especially if they got the ball rolling by creating some new shorts, which they’ve always been masters at.


So we’ll see. I was just thinking that someone with a lot of clout (like Pixar) should pick up the slack left over when Disney canned their traditional animation department. If anyone can do it, it’s Pixar.