That was "Xerography", which they invented for the late 60's and early 70's films, starting with 101 Dalmatians: A new process where, instead of hiring artists to trace over the drawings, they could simply copier-print the paper drawings onto the cel before coloring, and save months of work time.
Unfortunately, yes, it did look "sketchier" than their early classics, since the drawings weren't as creatively cleaned up before finishing.
Eric Janssen
2023-01-22 04:50:59 +0000 UTC
The main thing I remember about this one is it being in that "sketchy" style Disney tried out for a while with this one and Oliver and Co. (another forgettable one)
Alyson Addington
2023-01-22 02:07:41 +0000 UTC
This is not technically considered one of the classicsโthe 70โs were a bad time for the studioโbut the studio tried to remarket this because their French audience loves any Disney movie set in Paris (Hunchback, Ratatouille, Beauty & the Beast), and they couldnโt figure out why their Paris theme park guests were going crazy over Aristocats references, and their US audience didnโt even remember it. ๐
Eric Janssen
2023-01-20 22:07:17 +0000 UTC
this movie was a classic for me growing up. thx for reacting to it.๐