The problem is that every time people have deviated from the Disney playbook in hand-drawn animation, they've done so with staff that are nowhere near Disney-level talent or Disney-level budgets.

Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one.

We make films that we ourselves would want to see and then hope that other people would want to see it. If you try to analyze audiences or think there's some sophisticated recipe for success, then I think you are doomed. You're making it too complicated.

If you move something 10 pounds through space and then stop suddenly, there's a little overshoot. When you transfer weight from one leg to another, there's a certain way that it happens.

You're buying for the benefit of the cottage experience at a fraction of the price.

My kids love anime, but I don't show them the really graphic stuff

Without naming names, I think other movies look more realistic but they feel less real.